CRICKET.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7859, 29 June 1905, Page 2

CRICKET.

AUSTRALIA v.. WAKWIUK.SHIIUS, LONDON, Juue 27. The weather is fine and the wicket good. Noble and Darling immediately got to work. Fifty appeared to Noble's credit at the end ot two hours. The Australian captain had batted two hours and twenty minutes, and gave only ono chance. Five for 272. Noble, whose total stood at 90, had completed his 1000 runs this season. Noble added a dozen, and then his faultless innings ot three hours aud forty minutes was brought to a close. Six for 317. 1 Cotter, the twenty minutes ho wan at the wicket, played vigorous cricket. Howell was stumped, the innings closing for 360. After lunch all the batsmen tried hitting. Heavy raiu prevented Warwick starting their second innings, and stumps were drawn. Additional scores AUSTRALIANS.—First Innings. . Noble, c Moorhouse, b Hargreaves 125 Darling, st Lilley, b Hargreaves 71 . Hopkins, c Hargreaves, b Quaife 2b Cotter, st Lilley, b Quaife ..., ... 37 , Laver, b Hargreaves ' b i Kelly, not out i ' Howell, st Lilley, b Quaife 4 Extra* ... 13 Total _. 380 Bowling analysis Hargreaves five for 47, Quaife Ave for 66, Moorhouse none for 35, Saatall none for i Hall none tor 43, Bryne none for 11, Baker none for 31 NOTES BY "OOVER-POINT." —Answers to Correspondents.— B.W.—Essex defeated the Australian team in 1899 by 126 runs. The scores were : Essex 199 and 114 ; Australians 144 and 73, Young, for Essef, took four wickets for 42 runs and seven wickets lor 32 runs. Surrey and Kent also defeated the Aus-' tralians the same year. These three were the only matches lost during that tour. The Australians won 16 matches and 16 were drawn Only one match against England was played out, the Australians winning by ten wickets. Urenui.—ln my opinion it would certainly be in the interests ot cricket to have only one association in ■ Taranaki. Hawera should be approached on tho matter. B.B.—"Cricket Across the Seas" is ■ the title of Warner's book on Lord i Hawkc's team in New Zealand. W.—Warner stood fifth in the list of averages in both test matches and eleven-a-side matches. In the former his average w«s 27.66, and in the latter 31.-05. 1 T.H.—Twenty-six centuries were scored for Lancashire last season in County matches. The team were undefeated, They won 16 matches and 10 were drawn. F ENGLAND'S CHAMPIONS. (Received Juno 28, 10,25 p.m.) , LONDON, Juno 28. The team for the third test match beginning on Monday will bo chosen froiu Jackson, MacLareo, Fry. Bosan- ?" ct i Hay ward, Tildesley, Rhodes, t ,V LI L Icy > Arnol(, < Denton, Warner and H&igh.