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Gisborne Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1484, 19 June 1905, Page 3

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AUSTRALIANS IN ENGLAND. THE SECOND TEST MATCH. THE MATCH ABANDONED. Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright London, June 16.

The first innings of the Englishmen closed for 282. The Australians in their . first innings made 181. * Earrant, in his first appearance in the match Middlesex v. Somerset, took 10 wickets for 47. Lovely weather prevailed, but the wio1. ket was soft owing to the rain overnight. The attendance was 10,000. Hopkins completed his over-night over to Haigh, then without any additional score Lilley ' got log-before to the third ball off Me-' Head's opening over. Nine for 258. f Arnold, the last man, joined Haigh, and runs came slowly till 270, when Laver went on instead of Hopkins. The end came at 282, Laver bowling Haigh. ENGLAND—Ist Innings. Maclaren, b Hopkins ... ... ... 56 Hayward, lbw, b Duff... ... ... 10 Tyldesley, c Laver, b Armstrong ... 43 Jackson, o Armstrong, b Laver ... 29 Jones, b Laver... ... ... ... 1 Fry, c Kelly, b Hopkins ... ... 73 Bosanquet, c and b Armstrong ... 6 Rhodes, b Hopkins ... ... ... 15 Lilley, lbw, b McLeod ... 0 Haigh, b Laver ... ... ... 14 Arnold, not out ... ... ... 7 Extras ... ... ... 22 , Total 282 Bowling analysis—McLeod one for 40, Laver three for 64, Armstrong two for 41, Doff one for 14, Hopkins three for 40, Noble none for 61. I T t Q 1

Trumpor, b Jackson ... ... ... 21 Duff, c Lilley, b Bhodes ... ... 27 Hill, c Bosunquo*, b Jackson ... 7 Noble, o Fry, b Jaokson ... ' ... 7 Armstong, lbw, b Jackson ... ... 33 Gregory, c Jones, b Bhodos ... ... 5 Darling, c Heigh, b Arnold ... ... 41 Hopkins, b Haigh ... ... ... 10 McLeod, b Haigh 0 ■’ Laver, not out ... ... ... 4 vy"Holly, lbw, b Bhodes ... ... ... 2 Extras 8 Total ... ... ... • 181 Bowling analysis—Haigh two for 40, Bhodes throe for 70, Jackson four for 50, Arnold one for 13.

The Australians began their innings s before noon, Haigh and Rhodes bowling. Duff and Trumpet opened with free, btil liant play, and 24 runs were knocked off the first five overs, 39 appearing on the board as the result of 25 minutes’ play. *, Then Trumpor hit ten off one over of Haigh’s, and 50 appeared at the end of half an hour. This caused the English captain to go on at Haigh’s oDd, and his first bail, a breakback, got Trnmpor’s wicket. Hs had given a masterly display for his 31. One for 57. Duff was 18 when Hili joined him, but the latter at 7 fell an easy victim to Busauquet at wide mid-oa off Jackson. Two for 73. Duff was 27. Noble joined Duff, who almost immediately jumped out to drive Bhodes,

but only just touched the ba'l. It was snapped up at the wicket by Lilley. The sun had begun to affect tho wicket when V Armstrong joined Noble. The noweomor, hitting out freely, put on 15 while Noble was making 7, at which point the latter 1 sent a ball from Jackson to loug on, where V Fry brought off a splendid catch. Four "w for 95. Just previously Armstroog had registered two fino fourers at Rhodes’ oxponse. Darling filled the gap, and at 106 Haigh again wont on, displacing Rhodes, and beat Armstrong, but the bell missed y, . the wicket. The luncheon adjournment was then taken, the score beiug 110, Armstrong 25 and Darling 5. On resuming, 'pvgefr' n and Rhodes wore entrusted with and tho spectators wore treated \ to some good hitting on the part of the

batsmen, four overs yielding 20 runs. Before Armstrong got lbw to Jackson he had, yJ yed free oricket, but his innings was atoVnded by many risks. Five for sK 181, DarliDg 18. Gregory was quickly > disposed of, Jones effecting a nice catch high up in the slips. Six for 138. Hopkins followed, and before he got fairly to work received a nasty knock from one of Jackson’s, which interrupted play for a few minutes. Darling was punishing Rhodes bo severely that he gave way to Arnold. Hopkins scored a lively soven from ono over of Jaokson’s, and then Haigh resuming the bowling tho Sydneyite was bowled fiy kim. The partnership bad lasted half

lan hour. Sovon for 171, Darling 37. McLeod joined his captain, whoso end was j near at hand, being well taken low down by Haigh at mid-off off Arnold. Darling had batted 1} hours, and his innings was marked by some splendid hits. Eight for 175. McLeod came and went without tho total being advanced. Kollj’, the last man, had scored a couplo when Rhodes wont on at tho pavilion end and got him leg before, I the innings terminating for 181, and Laver carrying his bat for four. Tho innings had I lasted nearly 3£ hours, and was a fine per- I formanco considering tho state of the wio- | kofc. I In thoir socond innings England lost I two wickets for 115. I Maclarcn, Dot out ... ... ••• 73 | Hayward, c Laver, b McLeod ... 8 I Tyldesley, b Noble ... ... ... 12 I Fry, not out ... ... ... ••• 18 I

Later. —Maclaren and Hayward opened tho second innings at 4 o’clock, McLeod and Laver bowling. The weather was lovely. Tho attendance was 28,000. Rons came finely, 17 being got off four overs. Then Maclaren was nearly caught j

and bowled by McLood. At 18 Hayward was finely caaght by Laver with one hand in the slips. Tyldesley followed and gave a posaiblo chance of being caught and bowled by McLood. Then Maclaren added ten off one of Laver’s overs, bring-

ing 50 up in 35 mioutes. Noble took tho ball from Laver, and in tho second over Tyldesley played one hard on to his wic- , kofc. Two for 63. With Fry in, play was quiet. Armstrong went on at 86, and 100 I showed on tho board as tho result of as I many miautos’ play. With his scoro at j 68 Maclaren skied the ball, but it fell cafe- I ly, otherwise he was playing in great form. I Fry appeared unhappy when facing Arm- I

strong. Another change in the bowling I was made, Hopkins relieving Noble. I When the board showed 136 Armstrong I clean bowled Maclaren, who had hit up I 79 in two hours and five minutes, includ- j ing 13 fourers ; Fry 31. Jackson was dis- I missed by the first ball from Armstrong without any change in the total. Jones I had a brief innings, being caught at point. I Fry and Bosanquet played out time. Ad- I dition scoros were : 1

Maclareo, b Armstrong ... ... 79 Fry, not out ... ... ... ... 36 Jackson, b Armstrong ... ... 0 Jones, o Trumper, b Armstrong ... 5 Bosanquet, not out ... ... ... 4 Total for five wickets ... ... 151 Received 4.8 p.m., June 18. London, June 17. The incessant steady rain from 3.30 this morning turned the wicket into a mud heap, and match was abandoned. The bowling analysis in the second innings of England was ; —McLeod 1 for 33, Noble 1 for 31, Armstrong 3 for 3, Hopkias nil for 11, Laver nil for 39, and sundries 7.

FIXTURES. JUNE. 22. Leyton, v. Essex 26. Birmingham, v. Warwickshire 29. Bristol, v. Gloucestershire JULY.

3. Leeds, v. England (Third Test Match) 6. Southampton, v. Hampshire 10. Derby, v. Derbyshire 13. Bath, v. Somerset 17. Edinburgh, v. Scotland 20. Glasgow, v. Scotland 24. Manchester, v. England (Fourth Test Match) 27. Oval, v. Surrey 31. Brighton, v. Sussex

AUGUST. 3. Worcester, v. Worcestershire 7. Cardiff, v. South Waleß 10. Lord’s, v. Middlesex 14. Oval, v. England (Fifth Test Match) 17. Northampton, v. Northamptonshire (provisional) 21. Liverpool, v. Lancashire 24. Canterbury, v. Kens 28. Cheltenham, v. Gloucestershire 31. Bournemouth, v. An England Eleven

SEPTEMBER* 4. Leyton, v. Essex 7. Scarborough, v. Mr C. I. Thornton’s England Eleven 11. Hastings, v. South of England