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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue XXIV, 14 June 1902, Page 3

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AUSTRALIA V. ENGLAND. SECOND TEBT MATCH. PHR PRESS ASSOCIATION. Londos, June 12. Dirling and Noble wi'l piny to day, but Trumblts is confined to his bed at Cambridge, whilo Howell and Saunders are alse too unwell to pliy, so that the Australians have a bare eleven, including Carter, for today's test match. ! London, June 12. The second test much commenced at Lords to-day und»r most; inauspicious conditions. Owing to a heavy downfill of rain play was not started till Lite in the afternoon, the ground being drenched. England is playing the same team as iu the first tes% while Saunders flays for Australia, Carte'-, Trumblf, and Howell Leing omitted. ■ The EngH-hmen went first to the wicket", Fry and MacLaren opening the inr ings. F y retired imm-diarely' ' before (ither ba'smen hadsjjr.d, Hill tiking aneisy catch oft Hopkins at hoi-le.i'. 0 e for 0. Banjitsinhji succ-n dtri, and H'pkinprcduced a sens ition by ;« once clenu bowlirg th« newcom r. Two for 0. Jackson fill.d thi v cancy. R<in was now falling, notwithstanding which p'ay was continu-d, Juk'on making the mos- of hip opp riunities to put on runs. When the ecir- had le ched 19, Jackson's contribution being 15, and MacLaren's four, rain stopped play at 9 50p.rr. England—First innirjgs. Fry, c Hill, b Hopkins .. .. 0 MauLnivn, not out .. .. 4 Raijitsinl ji, b Hopkins .. .. 0 Jickson, notoof.u f . .. .. ~ 15 PI y was resumed at 5.15 p.m., I but though the light »a' bad the batting Was exc-llen l -, MacLaren yetting two superb 4's to leg iff Jriis. Aimstrong displaced Saund-ih at 70. MacLaren, when he had reached 34, was missed by Darling, givirg a sh rp righ'-handfd ihaccfe in the sHp6 off Trumpw's bowling. Otherwise hie batting was then drawn. Additional scores : MacLaren, not out .. 47 Jaikson, not out .. .. .. 45 Total for two wickets .. 102 The Baron<-s« \l<\ d tt - Coutts bas invited the Australian cricketers to witness the Coronation precession from her hous • in Piccadilly. The following are the batting averts of membe s of the Australian 'earn up to and including the match against the Cambridge University !eam :

Centuries fjr Aus^mlip,.— Truroper 101 132 105 128 Hill IC4 Daring 128 Centuries against Aus ralia - Braund 104 TvHes'ey 138

GU 3 Q S 61 Batsman a jn © f-h a) a h- 1 O 5$ .2r o •£ q Was HP3 > Truraper 16 0 132 859 53 D'i'liDg 14 3 128 421 38 Kelly 9 3 75 188 32 Hill 15 1 104 377 26 Armstrong ..' 14 3 87* 281 25 Gregory 10 4 72 275 22 Duff 16 0 49 283 17 Hopkins 13 1 80 196 16 Noble 12 3 44* 146 16 Jones 7 0 40 f,8 14 Saunders .. 2 1 9 9 9 Carte'' 3 1 7 10 5 Howe 1 7 2 4 15 3 ♦Not out