Australian Cricketers in England

Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 36, 11 August 1896, Page 2

Australian Cricketers in England

AUSTRALIANS v. ALL ENGLAND. | THE FINAL TEST MATCH. ! (Per Press Association) ' London, August 10. At tbe last moment Richardson, Abel, and Hayward were reinstated in tbe Eng- { ! land Eleven ; Pougher, Mold, and Stoddart being displaced in their favor. 1 The Australians left out Graham, Eady, i and Johns. Unfortunately it was raining heavily | at noon, and play did not begin i ill after lunch. The attendance, despite the weather, was enormous. Grace won the toss and took the innings in order to give the Australians the disadvantage of handling a wet ball, Grace and Jackson were the first batsmen, and at the time of sending this message had made 12 without losing a wicket. Rain fell at intervals during the day. When the stumps wero drawn for the day England hud lost one wicket for 6P— i Grace, caught, 24 ; Jackson, not out, 39 ; Rangitsinghi, not ow, 5 ; extra, 1. Below are the matched played by the ■ Australian teaia, with the results, tt date : —

(Prr Press Association.) Christchurch, Ang. 10. Thi New Zealand Cricket Council met to ni^ht and decided npon the following programme for the tour of the Australian Eleven in New Zealand :— Play Auckland, November 6. 7, and 9 ; Wellington, November 11, 12, and I'd ; Southland, Novembpr 18, 19, and '20; Otago, November 21, 23, and 24 ; Canterbury, November 27, 128, and 150 ; New Zealand, December 1, '2, and 3. The Council regretted that a match could not be arranged against Hawke's Bay. It was resolved that if it could be arranged a delegate representing the Council should meet the Australian Eleven npon their arrival at Auckland, and accompany them through the Colony. It was decided that the New Zealand match be played in Wellington ; that the question as to the number of players to represent the colony in the New Zealand match should be deferred ; that a committee of three should select the New Zealand team.

Against Lord Sheffield's XL ... Drawn „ Essex Won South of England ... Won „ An English XI. ... Drawn „ Yorkshire Won „ Lancashire ... ... Won „ Oxford University ... Won „ Gloucestershire ... Won An English XI. ... Won „ M.C.C.& Ground ... Lost „ Yorkshire Drawn „ Midland Counties ... Lost „ England (Test match)... Lost „ Notts Won „ Yorkshire Won „ North of England ... Won „ Hampshire ... ... Won „ Players of England ... Won „ Leicestershire ... ... Drawn „ England (Test tnateh)... Won „ Derbyshire Drawn „ M.C.C. & Ground ... Drawn „ Surrey ... Won Earl dek Warr's XL ... Lost „ Warwickshire ... ... Won „ Kent, Won