SPORTING NEWS.
[REUTER’S TELEGRAMS.] By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. CRICKET. AUSTRALIANS Y. ALL ENGLAND. HANLAN AND BEACH. (Received August 14, 4.25 p.m.) London, August 13. The cricket match Australians v. All England was resumed and concluded at the Oval to-day. The first innings of the Englishmen closed for 346. The highest scorers were Scotton, 90 : Read 117. With the exception of Mr A. G. Steel, Scotton, and Mr W, W. Read, none of the Eleven made any stand against the howling of Palmer and Spofforth. When Steel and Scotton were in partnership they became well set, and runs were freely scored, Soot-
ton being in excellent form, Steel, however, was taken leg before wicket when, he had contributed 31. Read, on joining Scotton, succeeded in adding materially to the score, and between the two a good display of batting was afforded the spectators. Scotton was caught, however, when he had run up a well played 90. Those who followed failed to remain long at the wickets, but Head continued to bat splendidly and maintained his stand till the close of the innings, when he was bowled. His score standing at 117. The following is the fall score : All England— lst Innings. Dr. W. G. Grace, run out... 19 Barnes, caught 19 Shrewsbury, caught ... 10 A. G. Steel, 1.b.w.... ... 31 Ulyett, caught 10 Barlow, caught 9 Lord Harris, l.b.w. ... 14 Hon. A. Lyttelton, bowled... 8 Scotton, caught 90 W. W. Read, bowled ... 117 Peate, not out ... ... 4 Extras ... ... 24 Total 346 Bowling analysis: Palmer, four wickets for 90 runs, Spofforth, two for 80. Being 205 behind their opponents, the Home team followed on, and, when the stumps we drawn, had scored 85 for two wickets ] and the match was drawn. All England —2nd Innings. Barlow, not out ... ... 21 Hon. A. Lyttelton, bowled... 17 Shrewsbury, caught ... 37 Lord Harris, not out ... 6 Extras ... ... 4 Total 85 Sydney, August 14, Both Hanlan and Beach are in fine form for their approaching contest. Betting ia now two to one against Beach.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/KUMAT18840815.2.7
Bibliographic details
Kumara Times, Issue 2543, 15 August 1884, Page 2
Word Count
335SPORTING NEWS. Kumara Times, Issue 2543, 15 August 1884, Page 2
Using This Item
No known copyright (New Zealand)
To the best of the National Library of New Zealand’s knowledge, under New Zealand law, there is no copyright in this item in New Zealand.
You can copy this item, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It can be modified, remixed and built upon. It can be used commercially. If reproducing this item, it is helpful to include the source.
For further information please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in