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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 30, 5 February 1902, Page 3

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J ENGLISHMEN v. NEW SOUTH WMES. ' \ ENGLAND ALL OUT FOR 769.J PER PRESS ASSOCIATION, I', Received 4, 6.45 p.m. \ Sydney, February $• After a delay of an hour owinito rain play was resumed, but sixtee 1 ! minutes only had elapsed when it cam? down heavily, and pl&yed was stoppeil till after lunch. The early morclnj,' rain had cot affected the wicket, bat the midday shower did some the wicket playing slow. As the gauss progressed the ball bumped a lot. G«rnett had only added eight to the sco'e when Poidevin secured a catch t.t point. Five wickets for 659. Braund was next asrociated with i' Quaife, the latter plodding along witl the score. The Somerset man got ii somfl hard st-nkes, raising 20, and the! Greg >ry caught him finely low down a mid-on. Six for 690. i A few runs later Quaife, who ha< been at the wickets threo hours fifty seven minutrs, gave Clarke a catch at fine leg. Seven for 695. Jones and Lilley were then p»rt-i nered, runs coming slowly. Lilley'i brought the seventh century up, nine'l hours thirteen minutes having been occupied in the compilation. Jones' infused some life momentarily into the scoring, and then his career was ended by Carter catching him at the wickets. Flight for 719. McGahey came nex*. Several bowling changes were tried, the batsmen playing th« howlers quietly. At the afternoon tea adjou*nment i the weather cleared aid the sun ap- : peared. McGahey and Lillev gradually fetched the score up. Tbe lattor lifted I one hieh, and by a great run j effected a wonderfully clever catch. Nine f'r 769.

Gunn, the last man, tapped a soft one into Trumper's lnnds and retired without adding to the total, and the innings closed. The complete scores are as follows: New South Wales—First Innings, 432. England— First Innings., Haywird, c Clarke, b Trumper .. 174 Maclaren, b Kermode .. .. 167 Tyldesley,b Hopkins .. ..142 Qaaife, c Clarke, b Kermode .. 62 Jessop, b Mcßeath .. ~ 87 Garnet, c Poidevin, b Meßeath .. 8 Braund, oS. Gregory, h Kermode 20 Lilley, c Trumper, b Mcßeath .. 27 Jones, cCirter,b Kermode .. 13 MeGahey, no';«ut.. .. .. 32 Gmnn, c Trumper, b Clarke .. 0 Extras .. .. .. 37 Total .. .... 769 Bowling analysis: Mcßeath took three wickets for 166, Clarke one for 134, Kerm"de four for 162, Hopkins one. for 84, Noble none for 75, Trumper one for 11. THIR WELSHMEN'S UPHILL TASK. Beceived 4. 8.25 p.m. Sydney, February 4. C. Gregory and Hopkins commenced the uphill ha f tlo for New Snu*.h Wales, Braund and Gunn openin? the attack The former got a tremendous amount of work on to the wicke 1 ;. His las'; ball beak H"pVirs. who played buck at it.. One wieket for 2. Trumper filled thp vacncy. Eight '». ad besn lidded when Gregory pulled Gunn hard, Macl»r=n catching him smartly. Two for 10. Poidevin came, next, and opened with a boundary. Trumper had a bit of 'u'k at the hands of .Ton's at second slip. He chanced a difficult one, which resulte' "n a 4. Bi'h ba'smeD punished Bound's boiling, but the Somerset man had his revenge. He tempted Poidevin, and the latter was run out. Three for 25. o. Gregory followed, and some clever run-getting botween *h l ' two ensued, Trumper timing Braund nicely and getting into the twentios. Fifty were 1 put up in forty-two minute". With 60 up Jcs'op replaced Gunn, and off his 1 fourth ball Lilley caught Trumper. ' Four for 67. Duff euccee-W, but was dismissed rather remarkably. The ball went past 1 Rraund's bands at short slip, but 1 biunHed high to Maclaren, who s°cured ' it. Five frr 75. Nohle was next. Gregory continued to knock n siogle now and then, and the psir played opt to time. New South Wales.—Second Innings, i C. Gregory, c ]\Tachre", b Gunn., 7 Hopkins, b B'.iund .. .. 0 Trumpet, c LUl'-y, b J.'ssop .. 35 Poidevin, run out.. ~ .. 9 Sid Gregory, not out. .. .. 24 Duff, c Machren, b Jessop .. 0 Noble, not. out .. .. .. 0 Extras 4 Total for 6ve wickets ~ 79 The following memVri will represent the New Plymouth Rovers in the match ngai"st Stratford in the Recreation Grouvds on Thurfday next, February 6^b; plav to commence at 2 o'clock sharp :—Elliot*-, Hapell, L«sh, M. Robertson, W. A, Bewloy, Medley, L. Hill, Trebilco, Bramley, Ward. Emergency, Lee.