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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 112, 9 June 1909, Page 3

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HAMPSHIRE v. AUSTRALIA. Loudon, June 7. I 'A downpour of rain at the start of the match at Southampton between llaiup*lmv and Australia, delayed <play yesterday until 2.15 p.m. The weather at the opening was dull and the wicket soft. Tliere was an attendance of 1000. Hansford, Hopkins, O'Connor, Cotter and CiU'keek. were omitted from the Australian team. The -scores are as follow: HAMKSHIRKirsI Innings. I

Bo well, c (iregorv. ,b Laver .. .. 0 Mead, c and b Whitty .. .. W White. e and h Lnvev 21 Llewellyn, e and ib Laver .. .. !) Evans, b Laver 7 Hill, played on, b Whitty .. '7 Lee, c Ba-rdsley. b. Whitty .... 0 Stone, b Laver 10 Brown, c Hartigan, b Laver .. 7 Remnant, siot out 11 Newman, hit wicket, b Macartney 11 Sundries 9 Total 131 Bowling analysis.—Laver, six for 53; Whitty, three far 2<i; Macartney, one for 17; Noble, none for 20; Armstrong, none for 0. The county made an unpropitious start. How ell succumbed second ball of the first over, Gregory at cover-point taking an easy catch off Laver—One for

Head and White steadied things. White knocked three fours off one over of Laver'*. The second wicket went for

Starting cautiously, Mead soon developed strong driving powers. Llewellyn made a poor display. He took forty minutes to make 9. The third wicket went down for 62, the fourth for 78, and the fifth for 80. Evans lost his ivicket in playing back to Laver. Lee followed and placed the first toll received into Bardsley's hands at mid-on. This) left the total unaltered.

tMead ended a fine steady innings, lasting two hours, -by sending a skyer back to Whittv.—Seven for 06.

A well-judged catch by Hartigan at long-on off Laver dis,posed of Brown at 109, and at tlie satae total Laver captured the ninth wicket. The innings lasted 170 minutes. AUSTRALIA.—First Innings. Australia hag two wickets down for 34. Trumper, played on, b Newman .. 0 Bardsley, not out .. .. .. 21 Noble, run out o Whitty, not out o Stumps) were drawn at this stage. Received June 8, 7.30 p.m. London, June 8. . Trumper, after batting for twenty minutes, had the misfortune to play Newman on, the first wicket falling for 32. Bardsley added a couple, and then, in trying to steal a run next over, Noble •was run out without scoring. Bad light stopped play at 5.50.