CRICKET.

Gisborne Times, Volume VIII, Issue 504, 18 August 1902, Page 3

CRICKET.

AUSTRALIANS v. M.C.C,

By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright London, Aug. 15. Thoro is dull weather, but a firm wicket. Thoro is an oxtroinely small attondanco. Tho Australians have,lost sovon wiekots

for 393. , Hill commenced to scoro smartly. Darling was bowlod off his pad after scoring 3. Throo wickets for 102.

Noblo joined Hill, and both gave an oxcollont batting display, Noblo boing especially free and knocking up 35 in half-an-hour. Tho total of 100 was producod for under two hours’ play. Hill scored rnoro slowly than his partner, who had registered his half-contury in fifty-five minutes. Although tho batting was bright, the holding was poor. Noblo outpaced Hill’s total boforo boing caught at short-log by W. Smith. His innings was oxcollont, and was characterised by fane hitting. Four for 207. Gregory was next man. Mead was bowling well, but was unlucky. Hill gave chancos to tho wicket-keeper of both catching and stumping. At lunch, the scoro was four wiekots for 265. On resuming, Hill obtained his century in 195 minutes, Gregory gotting plontyof runs with pretty strokes. When tho third century was in sight, E. Smith and Young woro bowling, tho latter having replaced Moad, but no separation was effected till Carpenter took tho ball. Hill sloggod at ono, which boat him and closed a fino innings of very free cricket after ho got the contury. Fivo for 349. Gregory foil leg-boforo to Moad, Armstrong being run out at 373. Tho Bcoros aro:— Hill, b Carpontor -

Darling, b Young ••• ° Noblo, cW. Smith, b Thompson ... 70 Gregory, Ibw, b Moad 86 Armstrong, run out Hopkins, not out ® (Itocoived 8.5 p.m., 16th August.) Tho Australians, in their first innings, mado 427, and Marylebono havo one wickot down, in thoir second innings, for 23. Hopkins was chiefly instrumental in carrying tho total well beyond tho fourth contury, before retiring log-beforo to Thompson, who also bagged Trumblo when ho had made 7. Howoll contributed 3, and then placed ono from Mead into Young’s hands, Kelly remaining not out. Tho additional scores aro Hopkins, lbw, b Thompson 37 Trumblo, b Thompson 7 Howoll, c Young, b Moad 3 Kelly, not out 1 Sundries 14 Bowling analysis: Thompson, throo wiekots for 43 runs ; Mead, throo for 90 ; Carpontor, ono for 25 ; Stevenson, ono for 78; Young, ono for 80; E. Smith, uono for 57 ; W. Smith, none for 13 ; Ranjitsinhji, none for 24. Findlay was tho first of tho home team to go, being caught by Trumblo in the slips off Howoll. Carpontor and \V. Smith played out time. Tho scores were: Findlay, c Trumblo, b Howell ... 4 Carpontor, not out 19 W. Smith, not out 0

AUSTRALIANS TOUR SOUTH AFRICA.

By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright London, Aug. 15. Two thousand pounds sterling has been guaranteed the Australians for tho South African tour, and tho surplus from the procoods of six matches to bo played, including two at Capetown, one at Durban, and one at Kimberly or Pretoria.