Australian Cricketers in England

Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 56, 3 September 1896, Page 2

Australian Cricketers in England

(Per Press Association."! London, Sept. 1. In the first innings of Thornton's team McKibbin took 4 wickets for 84, Jones 3 for 72, G iff en 2 for 58, Trnmble 8 for 55, Trott 0 for 14. The scores in the Australians 1 first Jennings were: — Darliui/ 0 Iredale ... ... ... ... 6 Giffen 13 Donnan ... o Gregory ... ... ... ... 6 Hill 2 Trott :« Kelly 21 Trumble 7 Jones 10 McKibbin, not out 6 Sundries 8 Total 116 Hearn took 3 wickets for 43, Peel 7 for 53, Davidson 0 for 12, Jackson 0 for 1. In the second innings the Australians, who require 176 to save an innings defeat, have lost 1 wicket for 27. September 2. Despite tbe inclement weather 5000 people were present at the match. The rain delayed the game being resumed for some time and when a start was made th© bowlers were almost unplayable. Darling skied his first ball to mid-on and retired. Hill was dismissed by a marvellous catch by Tunnicliffe atjshort slip. Trott and Kelly played stubbornly for 45 minutes, but the latter lost his wicket at 81, and 15 runs were added when the skipper followed after being at the wickets 80 minutes. Jones secured his runs by slogging, but none of tbe other batsmen were at home on the wicket. At the beginning of the Colonials' second innings the light was bad and both Darling and Iredale, who opened, played steadily for half an hour. Later. The Australians have lost six wickets for 90 in their second innings. The last three wickets fell for seven runs. Scores — Darling 24, Giffen 3, Iredale 42, Gregory 0, Hill 2, Donnan 13.