CRICKET.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVI, Issue 10063, 3 February 1909, Page 2

CRICKET.

THE AUSTRALIAN TEAM

[By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.]

(Per Press Association.)

Received February 2, at 1.6 a.m. Sydney, February 2. The following .certainties have been selected for the English team: Noble, Trumper, Hartigan Ransford, Armstrong, Cotter.' Carter, Macartney, and . O'Connor. The following team has been chosen for the-trial -match. '. Australia v.: the Rest of Australia, to .begin on .Monday : Noble, Trumper, Ransford, .O.'Connor,. Armstrong, Cotter; - Carter, Macartney, ■ Carkeek, ■ Mac alister,' Gregory. : Rest: Hopkins, Bardslev; Vernon. Hazlitt," Saunders, Parker, Simpson, Mayne. Uehrs, Barnes, and Uorrv. The selectors announce-that the selection of Carkeek, Macalistcr and Ure-o-orv in the trial match does not indicate necessarily that they will be selected tor England. PICK THE FULL TEAM! We offer a prize of 10/6 to the first person who sends us a list containing the members of the Australian team to visit England (14 men with Laver as manager) or failing this the nearest to the actual team. Letters must be in before 5 o clock on Saturday and sixpence must be enclosed, which latter will be devoted to the Children's Bread Fund at present being conducted by us. In tho event of sufficient interest being evinced in the competition an extra half-guinea prize will be given.