THE AUSTRALIANS' ENGLISH TOUR.

Motueka Star, Volume III, Issue 116, 23 September 1902, Page 5

THE AUSTRALIANS' ENGLISH TOUR.

The Australians have every reason to be proud of the result of this tour. Thirty-nine matches have been played, of which number 23 .cere won, 14 drawn, and 2 lost. This is is the best result by any touring Australian team in England, the next in order of merit being toe 1182 team, which played 38 rnatcnes, winning 23, losing 4, and drawing in 11. The team has, however, had its slice of lack, for in several matches when the odds were against them radii has interfereed or time not permitted the completion of the trame. Arainst this it can be said that they have been robbed of victories in the same manner. The tour of the present team will always be remembered by the sensational form with the bat of Trumper. This young player has fully earned the title of ehampio.j batsman of 1902. His record of 2570 runs for 53 innings is splendid. He lias also placed 11 centuries to his credit. His total runs constitute a record, Darling previously being at the head with 1941 runs on the tour of the 1899 team. On the tour of that team Trumper notched 1547 runs. Seven members of the team have scored over a thousand runs ; a coincidence, for exactly the same number got four figures with tlie 1899 team. The bowlers of the team have done line work, especially Trumble and Saunders when the wicket was just a litttle soft. The efforts of this pair in the fourth test match will not soon be forgot ten, when, through their suberb trundling a victory by three runs was gained. Noble bowled well, especially in the early matches, when the team was deprived of the services of Trumble. The success of the new men in the team — Saunders, Hopkins, Ai mstrong, and Duff especially—is very gratifying. All the colts have been conspicuous throughout the tour. With the exception of Saunders, they have batted splendidly, but his bowling makes amends for his batting. Armstrong and Hopkins 'have also bowled with success. When the team left Australia for England, many said that it would be a fadure, but the result fully upholds the wisdom of the selectois in giving young blood a chance. The A nsti alia ns during the tour have scored a total of 12,559 runs off the bat for 492 wickets, showing an average of 25 52 runs per wicket. To the above aggregate 5&4 “extras” have

to be added, making the full scoie fcr the tout 13,123 runs. The New South Wales representatives contributed 8127 runs, South Australians 1770, Viet >rians 1549, and Tasmania, per J. Darling, 1113. Centuries during the tour were scored on both sides as follows . AUSTRALIA. ' Trumper, ioi, Surrey (first match) ' ' Trumper, 121, Oxford Trumper, 105, M.C.C Trumper, 128, Cambridge Trumper, 113, an English Eleven Trumper, 104, 4th test, match Trumper, 109, Essex (first innings, return) Trumper, 119, Essex (second innings, return ) Trumper, 125, Gloucestershire (return) , Trumper, 127, an Englisn Eleven (Harrowgate) Trumper. 120, South of England (return) Hill, 104, Essex Hill, 119, third test match Hill, 123, Glousestershire Hill, 136, M.C.C. (return) Darling, 128, Notts Dari ing, 116, Hampshire Duff, 182, an English eleven Duff", 183, Somerse Noble, 100, Gloucestershire Noble, 284, Sussex Noble, 113, Hampshire Hopkins, 105, Gloucestershire .Armstrong, 172 (not out) Sussex ENGLAND. Braund, 104, London County Tyldesley, 138, first test match Abel, 104, Surrey (second match) Jackson, 128, fourth test match Jessop, 104, fifth test match Hayward, 106, South of England (return)

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