Australian Cricketers in England THE FINAL TEST MATCH.

Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 37, 12 August 1896, Page 2

Australian Cricketers in England THE FINAL TEST MATCH.

(Per Press Association) j London, August 11. | At the Oval to-day, despite tho un- ■ favorable weather, 13,411 people paid for admission. j The play lasted only 1 hour and 3") minutes, and that in a bad light. | Grace and Jackson opened to Trumble j ' aud Giffen, the former being taken at ' j point when the total was 54. The ! Indian Prince made several uppish j strokes, but fortunately out of the reach of the fieldsmen. Trumble and Giffen bowled excellently aud no change was made. The batsmen played vary cautiously, aud the Australian skipper had the ti *ld close in. Grace and Stoddart strongly resent tlie imputation that the amount of expenses received by the ainaf-eurs is higher than the fees paid to the professionals. It is believed that this isthe real reason of Stoddart's recession from the team, though he anuouueed that he j is unwell. The Surrey commmittee of- j hcially announce that Grace has never J received more than £10 expenses for a ' match on the Oval. Later. The weather was perfect when the i third test match was resumed to day, and i the sun was shining brilliantly. The attendance was enormous, thn ] ground being crammed. i The wicket was still soft and as it dried | under the influence of the sun the bowlers had the best of the game. The first innings of the English was rapidly finished off for 140. Iredale and Darling made a good start for the Australians while the pitch was still under the influence of the roller, but when this wore off batsmen were <)uite unable to stand up to the bowling. England's First Innings. Grace, caught 24 JacksDn, c McKibbin, b Trumble ... 45 Ranjltsiughi, b Giffen ... ... 8 Maclaren, b Trumble 20 Hay ward, b Trumble ... ... 0 Wynyard, c Darling, b McKibbin ... 10 Peel, c Darling, b Trumble ... ... 0 Abel, c and b Trumble ... ... 20 Lilloy, c Iredale, b Trumble ... 2 Hearne, b McKibbin... ... ... 8 Richardson, not out 1 Extras ... ... ... ... 1 Total 145 Giffen took two wickets for 64, Trumble six for 59, McKibbin two for 2. Maclaren and Hayward were both bold in tbe same over" Australians', Ist innings. Iredale, run out ... ... ... ;-50 Darling, c Maclaren, b Hearne ... 47 Trott, b Peel 5 Hill, run out ... ... ... ... 1 Gregory, b Hearne ... ... ... 0 Giffen, b Hearne ... ... ... 0 Donnan, b Hearne ... ... ... 10 Trumble, b Hearne ... ... ... ;•'. Jones, c Maclaren, b Peel ... ... 8 Kelly and McKibbin's scores were omitted in transmission and the Australians are all out for 119.

Wellington, This Day. A private letter from Sydney says : — " I am afraid you are not likely to have a chance of viewing the Australian team. The feeling is very strong against them for making engagements outside the Council and, further, the several Associations are bound to take it up because the intercolonial matches are sure to suffer from the absence of the cracks."

Below ar<3 tho matches played by the Australian team, with the results, to date : — Against Lord Sheffield's XI. ... Drawn „ Essex ... ... ... Won „ South of England ... Won „ An English XL ... Drawn „ Yorkshire Won „ Lancashire ... ... Won „ Oxford University ... Won „ Gloucestershire ... Wen „ An English XL ... Won „ M.C.C. & Ground ... Lost „ Yorkshire ... ... Drawn „ Midland Counties ... Lost „ England (Teafc match)... Lost „ Notts Won „ Yorkshire ... ... Won „ North of England ... Won „ Hampshire ... ... Won „ Players of England ... Won „ Leicestershire ... ... Drawo „ England (Test match)... Won „ Derbyshire ... ... Drawn i „ M.C.C. & Ground ... Drawn „ Surrey ... ... ... Won „ Earl dela Warr's XL ... Lost „ Warwickshire Won „ Kent Won