Australian Cricketers in England

Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 53, 31 August 1896, Page 2

Australian Cricketers in England

AUSTRALIANS v. LANCASHIRE. COLLAPSE OF THE LANCASHISE TEAM. j I (Per Press Association.) ( London, August 28. The Australians second innings closed < for 188 runs, which gavo them 245 of a ] lead. 1 Darling 25 ] Giffen 22 < Gregory 53 ] Hill 81 '■ Trumble 21 ; Were the principal scores. Briggs took 5 wickets for 72, Hallam 5 for 74, Mold none for six, and Baker none for 11. ' In their 2nd innings Lancashire had • lost 2 wickets for 10 runs when the stumps were drawn. ', August 30. The weather was fine yesterday, but , owing to the absence of sunshine, the i wicket was not so treacherous as was expected. In the Australian's second innings, ' Hill and Gregory played splendidly, the latter being at the wicket for something like two hours, Trumble, too, gave a vigorous display. Requiring 246 runs to win, Lancashire, wbich had 2 wickets down for 10, cut a sorry figure, as the whole team was dis missed for 28, leaving the Colonials victors by 217 runs. For the Home team, Ward was highest scorer with 6. McKibbin again was the destroying element, and ouly delivered 53 balls, the New South Welshman getting terrible work on from both sides. Kelly, his own townsman, was equally successful, as he stumped three and caught one. Sugg lost his wicket at the first ball. McLaren was out with the score at 12, Tyldsley at 13, and S wickets were down for 17. The bowling analysis is, Trumble 2 for 12, and McKibbin 7 for 11. London, August 30. In the match between the Champion County (Yorkshire! and South of England, Spofforth took 6 wickets for 40 runs. Wellington, This Day. With respect to the dispute over the visit of the Australian Eleven to NewZealand, ihe Secretary of the New Zea land Association points out the New Zealand tour can be completed in atnpl« time to allow the team to reach Adelaide for the imorcolonial match on December 17. The men can be in Sydney on Deer. 12, and possibly earlier. Below are the matches played by tho Australian team, with the results, to date : — Against Lord Sheffield's XL ... Drawn Essex Won South of England ... Won An English XI. ... Drawn „ Yorkshire Won „ Lancashiro ... ... Won „ Oxford University ... Won „ Gloucestershire ... Won „ An English XI. ... Won M.C.I. & 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 match)... Won " Derbyshire Drawn M.C.C.& Ground ... Drawn „ Surrey Won „ Earl dela Warr's XI. ... Lost „ Warwickshire ... ... Won „ Kent Won „ England (Test match) ... Lost „ Sussex Won , Surrey Drawn „ Gloucestershire ... Won „ Somersetshire Drawn „ Lancashire ... ... Won The present English tour of the Australian cricketers will conclude this week, there being only two more matches to play, viz, against Mr Thornton's eleven, commencing to-day ; and against an eleven representing the South of England, commencing on Thursday next.