CRICKET.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 90, 12 May 1909, Page 3

CRICKET.

AUSTRALIA v. XOIiTHAMI'TOV SHIM. t, London. Mav 10. T'e second match of the Australian cricketers tour in England in against i |,t„"sl,i". at .-urthampton? LaW lntty, Carkcek, Hopkins, and Mc--7 "•!'£ °" litte ' 1 fro '" "wrn- « i„i • lh « .weulher is dull, but the ycket is good and there is a moderate attendance. Northamptonshire won the toss eieeted to bat, and made 203' in tne first innings. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE,

First Innings. Kingston, b .Macartney .. 15 Pool, 1.b.w., b Cotter 1 Haywood, b Cotter .. .. " ,j Vialls, b Macartney .. " 24 .Smith, e Trumper, b O'Connor !] 13 >1 ells, C and b Armstrong .. 45 Thompson, not out .. .'. 40 fiynell, 1.b.w., b Armstrong .. 0 East, run out g Manning, b Macartney .. .; 9 (Bus well, ih Macartney 1,, ~ 12 Sundries ~ ~ 21 203

Northamptonshire made a poor start, the first two wickets going down for s 18, and the first four for oil. J Vi;.lls played good legside cricket. He 1 gave a ch'-Ste to Bardsley at slip off Cotter when his score was 7. At the - luncheon adjournment the score stood 1 at 75 for five wickets. Wells was sixty 1 minutes at the wickets. He gave a 1 good display of vigorous driving and • pulling. Finally he returned a hot one • to Armstrong, which the bowler held. A. smart return to Ransford was respon- ' sible for East's dismissal. Thompson ' played a sound steady game. He batted for 140 minutes and gave a chance to ■ Carter at the wickets (when his score was 4) off O'Connor. The seventh wicket fell at 142, the eighth at 108, and the ninth at 181. Bowling analysis.—Cotter, two wickets for 40; O'Connor, one for 41; Armstrong, two for 47; Macartney, four for 40; Noble, none for 8.

AUSTRALIA. Hartigan, b Smith 14 Bardsley, not out 75 Noble, 1.b.w., b Thompson .. ..32 O'Connor, b Smith .. .. .. a Carter, b Smitli 0 Cotter, not out .. ~ ..3 Sundries 4 Total (for four wickets) 133 Stumps were drawn at this stage. Received 11, a p.m. |. London, May 11. Hartigan lost his wicket in attempting to play back to one from Smith. His scare included three fours, made off the second over he received. The first wicket fell at 67, and the second at 101. Noble's innings lasted 70 minjtvs. • His' runs were mostly the result of late cuts. Smith disposed of O'Connor and Carter with successive .balls, % the latter succumbing to hie first delivery. The fourth wicket fell at 122. Bardsley played free, faultless cricket, especially strong 011 the leg-side.

PROGRAMME OF MATCHES. May 13—v. Essex, at Leyton. May 17—v. Surrey, at the Oval. May 20-v. M.C.C., at Lord's. May 24.—v. Oxford University, at Oxford. May -27—FIRST TEST MATCH, at Birmingham. • May 31—v. Leicestershire, at Leicester. June 3—v. Cambridge University, at Cambridge. June 7—v. Hampshire, at Southampton. June 10—v, Somerset, at Bath", June 14—SECOND TEST MATCH. June 17—Vacant (probably Scotland). June 21—v. Yorkshire, at Bradford. June 24—v. Lancashire and Yorkshire, at Manchester. y' June 28—v. Scotland (two days), at Edinburgh. July I—THIRD TEST MATCH, at Leeds. - July 3—v. Warwickshire, at Birmingham.

July B—v. Worcestershire, at Worcester. July 12—v. Gloucestershire, at Bristoi. July 15—v. Surrey, at the Oval. July 19—v. Yorkshire, at Sheffield. July 22—v. Derbyshire, at Derby. July 26—FOURTH TEST MATCH at Manchester. ' July 20 v. Yorkshire and Lancashire, at Hull. August 2 v. South Wales, at Cardiff. August a—v. Lancashire, at Liverpool. August 9—FIFTH TEST M/TCH. Augus„ 13—v. West of England (Dcvo.'i, Cornwall, etc.), at Exeter. August 16—v. Gloucestershire, at Cheltenham. August 10—v. Kent, at Canterbury. August 23—v. Middlesex, at lord's August 26 v. Middlesex, at Brighton. August 30—v. M.C.C., at Lord's* September 2-v. Essex, at Leyton. September —v. An England Eleven (Mr Bamford's), at Uttoxeter. •September D—Scarborough Festival at! Scarborough. ! September 13-v. South of England, at Hastings.