AUSTRALIAN TEAM IN ENGLAND

Otago Witness, Issue 2896, 15 September 1909, Page 62

AUSTRALIAN TEAM IN ENGLAND

AUSTRALIA v. ENGLISH ELEVEN. LONDON, September 7. Owing to rain play did not start in the game at Uttoxeter till. 3.20 p.m. The wicket was soft and dead. Carkeek played instead of Carter. The attendance was small. A. O. Jones won the toss, and sent the English Eleven in. Tarrant's was the first wicket to go, the total then biing 20. Iremonger and Hayes carried the score to 37, when M'Alister caught the latter at long-on. After the halfcentury was reached further rain caused a delay of 25 minutes. Gunn, who was nearly stumped off Hopkins when 8, got his leg before three runs later. Three for 57. Crawford and Iremonger brought 73 on tHe board before the latter was smartly caught at long-on by M'Alistbr. Thereafter the wickets fell quickly. Maclaren succumbed to the first ball, and Jones played O'Connor on, the South Australian securing three wickets in one over. Tbe fourth and fifth wicket fell at 73, tht> sixth at 79, and the eighth at 81. Buckenham and Barnes succeeded in maintaining their wickets intact till stumps were drawn. Scores :—: — September 8. Owing to rain play did not start till 2.10. The wicket was very soft, and th© attendance small. Barnes, in playing forward, was caught by Hopkins at short-leg. Nine for 109. Buckenham and Blythe played briskly, the latter hitting off 17 in 10 minutes. Then the Essex bowler was dismiseed by, O'Connor, the innings closing for 140. It had lasted 160 minutes. Trumper and Whitty started on behalf of tbe colonials, tut the latter was bowled after making a single. One for 8. Trumper skied one to cover-point. Two for 21. O'Connor added a couple, and then gave a catch to Tarrant at longon. Three for 23. Carkeek, who was batting soundly, gave % chance when. 14 Ito second slip off Buckenham, but' Jones I failed to hold it. The Victorian, wicketkeeper and M'Alister then, put in a useful partnership. The latter stayed 50 minutes, and scored 30 before Iremonger beat him. Four for 82. OarkrV batted

85 minutes, Hayes eventually bowling him. Five for 90. Bardsley and Macartney were associated, but the latter was bowled immediately, with the total unaltered. Noble made 14, and was then caught at the wickets. Seven for 110. The match -was drawn. JThe following are the scores: — EkgijbH Eleven. — First Innings. J- Iremonger, o M'Alister, b "O'<3onnor 21 F. A.- Tammt, o Maomtoey, b Whitty .. 8 E. G. Hayes, o M'Alister, b O'Connor __. •.. 16 • O. Gunn, Ibw, b Arinsrrong „ 11 J. N. Crawford, b Armstrong .. 12 ! A. C. Mttclsren, Ibw, b O'Connor 0 A. 'O. Jon«3, b O'Connor .. .. 2 • A. A. Lilley, o Macarlney, b O'Connor 3 . 3 C. P. Buckenham, b O'Connor .. 28 S. -P. Barnes, c Hopkins, b Trumper 13 C. JBlythe, not out ... ... ». 17 Extras ... *. L o »**««• 9 " Total .. .. W0 • Australia. — First Innings. Trtunper, c Hayes, b Barnes .. 12 Whitty, c BuclMnhawn, b Barnes 1 Oswkeek, b Hayes : .. 37 CGonnor, c T*rrant, b Barnes ... 2 M'Alister, b' lremonger 30 „ Bfctdeley, not out .".' .. Z. .9 Macartney, b Hayes ... ... ".. 0 Noble, o I*illey, t> Jones _ ». 14 Sundries .. ...... 5 Seven wickets for ... .. 110 j Bowling Analysis.— Blythe, no wickets for j 23 runs; Barnes, threo for 22; Buekenham, i none for 13; Tarraat, none for 22; Ire- j monger, one for €^ H-ayes, two for 8; Maclaren, none ior 1; Jones, one for 8. AUSTRALIA v- ENGLISH ELEVEN. LONDON, September 9. The match arranged for Scarborough festival week at Scarborough between the Australians and Lord Londesborough's English Eleven began 10-day. The < •weather was good, but the wicket was j tricky. The attendance numbered 6000. The teams were constituted as under : English Eleven. — J. B. Hobbs (Surrey), G. H. Hirbt (Yorkshire), W. Bhodes (Yorkshire), R. F. Spooner (Lancashire), J. T. Tyldeslty (Lancashire), F. L. Fane (Essex)," K. L. Hutchings (Kent), G. W. Carr (Kent), G. J. Thompson (Northamptonshire), C. P. Buckenham (Essex), D. Hunter (Yorkshire). Australians. — W. W. Armstrong, A. Cotter, F. Layer, G. C. Macartney, W. Bardfaley, IL CaTter, A. J. Hopkins, V. Ransford, M. .A. Noblb, R. Hartigan, J. A. O'Connor. Noble won tie toss, and put the Englishmen in. Hobfbe was disposed of the second ball, -when the total was 1. The" eeoond wicket was down for 6, Rhode's giving the Australian skipptr an eahy catch at point. Tyldesley and Spooner brought the total up to 36 and then the latter was bowled just as he had acquired double figures. Fane was taken by a bailer when he had scored a single. Four for 43. Fifty were compiled in 40 minutes. Tyldesley, playing forward to Macartney, was caught in tht, Blips by Armstrong. He had shown fine driving power**. Five for 68. i Hutching 6, makißg a mis-hit, was caught in the slips. Six for 75. Hirst and Thompson played to the luncheon adjournment. On resuming Hirst .knocked up an easy catch to Macartney at mid-off. Stven for 95. Ten runs later Thompson was caught at cover-point. The century was 1 reached after two hours' play. Bnckenham wa& bowled round his legs. Nine for 105. Hunter mad* 10 and was then missed twice in one over, but was caught in the slips a few minutes later. The innings, 1 which yielded 129 runs, lasted 170 minutes. After making a fairly good start with thrte .wickets for 73, the colonials went to pieces. The first wicket was down for 23, and the second for 34. Bardsley played steadily, but was eventually deceived by thfc break. The half -century ■was completed in 50 minutes. The fourth wicket feH at 77, the fifth at 81, the sixth at 95, the seventh at 96, and the eighth at 98. Stumps were then drawn for the day. September 10. The umpire allowed two 6's to Hopkins, ■which had been credited by the scorers as 4's. so that his amended score was 27. Tho weather was dull, the wicket faster, and the attendance excellent. The remaining two wickets of the colonials fell quickly. The innings, which occupied two hours, yielded 113 runs. Hobbs and Rhodes represented the English Eleven in their second venture. The former gave a difficult chance to Layer at mid-off at 16. Rhodes was clean bowled shortly afterwards. One for 26. j Hobbs batted an hour for his total. He lost his wicket in reachine forward to ; Armstrong. With his eighteenth run he completed his 2000 runs for the season. Two for 63. Neither Spooner nor Fane gave any trouble, the third wicket falling at 70 and the fourth at 72. A fine partnership between Tyldesley : and Hutchings ensued., the sunshine improving the wicket. The century was reached as the reeolt ot S5 mbytes' p^yHutchings Teeled off 50 in an equal number of minutes, showing brilliant all-round play. He was smartly taken in the slips by Armstrong. He hit three 6's and niDe 4'e. and batted 75 minutes. Five for 197. Tyldesley continued to bat steadily, bufc lost Hirst, who got his leg in. front. Six for 233. /

] Thompson was stumped, and five minutes later Tyldesley (whose innings had been | characterised by fine cutting and driving) ■ was caught at the wickets. He -was batt ting for 170 minutes, and hit sis 4's. Eight for 261. The ninth wicket fell at 271, and the innings closed for 276. The colonials were represented at the opening of their second innings by Noble and O'Connor. With 10 on the board the captain was caught at second slip, and at 22 O'Connor was stumped, off Carr. Stumps were then drawn. September 11. The weather on the second day was fine and the wicket good. The attendance was moderate. Layer put his leg in front of one of Carr's, after adding 2 to his overnight score. Three for 40. Macartney was foolishly run out at 60. Bardsley went a run later. Oarr, with a googly, disposed of Hartigan. Six for 84. Ransford and Armstrong got together, and with stea-dy play the century was hoisted in 95 minutes. Ransford .lost his wicket in attempting to run a short one. Armstrong fell a victim to one of Carr's googlies. | The seventh wicket fell at 112, and the [ eighth at 121. Cottep- batted vigorously, and hit two 6's. Nine for 148. The innings finished .at 1 o'clock for 159 runs, England thus winning by 133 runs. The following are the scores : — English Eleven. — First Innings. Hobbs, c Armstrong, b Macartney 0 Rhodes, c Noble, b Layer . . 4 Spooner, b Layer 10 Tyldesley, c Armstrong, b Mac*rtney 35 Fane, b Macartney . . .. 1 Hutchings, c Armstrong, b Macartney 16 Hirst, c Macartney, b Armstrong 13 Thompson, c Bardsley, b Macartney 12 Buckenfcam, b Armstrong .. 6 Carr. not out .. 9 Hunter, c Xoble, b Armstrong . 12 Extras 11 Total 129 Bowling Analysis. — Macartney, five wickets for 53 runs; Layer, two for 30; O'Connor, none for 7 ; Armstrong, three for 27 ; Xoble, | none for 1. Sec-nd Innings. Hobbs, st Carter, b Armstrong .. 39 Rhcdea. b Hopkins 5 Tyldesley. c CaTter, b Armstrong 89 Spooner, b Noble 3 Fane, b Macartney ... ... 0 Hunter, b Armstrong 4 Hutching", c Armstrong, b O'Con-nor 78 Hirst, Ibw, b O'Ccnnor .. .. 15 Thompson, st Carter, b Armstrong •• 3 Buckertham. not out • 18 Car/, c Noble, b Armstrong .. 1 "Sundries ... .. ..21 Total 276 Grand total 405 Bowling Analysis. — Macartney, one wicket for 65 runs; Hopkins, one for 26: Armstrong, five for 48; Noble, on© for 11; O'Connor, two for 40; Layer. nil for 23. Australia. — First Innings. Hartigan, b Buckenham .. .. 7 Bardsley. b Carr 34 RansfoTrl, c Hutchings. b Rhodes 3 Hopkins, c Spconer, b Carr .. 27 K"obl«, run out - . O Armstrong, b Rhodes . .. .. 16 Macartney, c and b C«rr .. .. 1 Cotter, c Thompson, b Rhodes ..1 Carter, b Rhodes . , .. 1 O'Connor, b Carr . _ti .. - i 2 Layer, not out • _.< . ? 4 Sundries ...» ." .. 17 Total 113 Bowling Analysis. — Rhcd3«, four wickets | for 23 runs; Buckenham, one for 23; Thompson, nil for 17; Carr, four for 27. Second Innings. ICoW«, c. b Cair — O'Connor, st Hunter, b Carr .. — Layer, Ibw, b Ca.rr .. .. .. .. 5 Macartney, run out 30 Bardsfey, Ibw. b Hirst ....... 3 Harfcigan, b Carr . . . . ". . . . 7 Ransford, run out . . 20 Armstrong, b Carr .. 28 Hopkins, b Rhodes 11 Colter, c Hunter, b Rhodes .. 21 Carter, not out 9 Extras .. .. 14 Total „ „ .. 159 Grand total 272 Bowling Analysis, — Carr, fire -wickets for 78 runs; Bucke-nhain, nil for 17; Thompson, nil for 1; Rhodes, two for 30; Hirst, one for 19(There are several points of difference between tha individual scores and the bowling «n*lyais, and the scores of Noble and O'Connor in the second innings are jiot stated.]