CRICKET.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 115, 12 June 1909, Page 5

CRICKET.

; SOMERSET v. AUSTRALIA. i! London, J une 10. I Australia commenced iu mulch a«uiust . I Somerset to-day at Bath. The wcatflcr I was tnreatcning hut the wicket excelI lent. Tlie attendance at the ouejiiu" was meagre. Ilic county team made a I abort stay. The innings was over by ! lunolieon, having lasted, an hour and iorty minutes, following are the s( . urL . a . ! SOMERSET.-First liming, | ; Braund, c Armstrong, b W nitty ' : Hardy, c Noble, b Lavcr ' n Lewis, I, Luver .. .] " ,„ Anrayan, st Carter, b WhiUy . 3 Bisguud, st Carter, u WhiUy j Robson, c Armstrong, b Lavcr .. 4 Hill, c Macalister, b vVhitty .. .. (i Cresswell, Ibw, b Whitty '' •. Poyntz, Ij Noble .. .." i» Daniel), not out .. .. ' w Chidgey, b Noble .. .. \\ „ Sundries .. .. \_ y „ ~ 93 Rowling analysis—Whitty, live wickets for 45; Noble, two for 4; Laver, thrv for 40; Macartney, none for 2. With the total at a, Braund was neatly taken low down in the slips by Amistrong off Whitty. Hardy, after hitting a fiver to leg, gave a catch to Noble, the second wicket falling at 21. I Carter stumped Narayau. making the figures at the fall of the second wicket ■read three for 30.

ilie light was improving, and the wicket playing slower than was expected. The fourth wicket went for 42, the liftli for 50. and the sixth for 52.

Lewis made his score by steady play. Hobson fell to an easy catc'i iu 'the slips, and Biggood was snaped up by Carter at the wicket by a smart catcli.

Macalister at deep field disposed of Hill—7 for 01; and ten runs later Cresswell put his leg in front to one from Whitty.

Noble accounted for tlie niuth wicket at 93, and bagged Chidgey in the same over.

AUSTRALIA.—First Innings. Carter, c Poyntz, b Lewis .. .. 7 Macalister, c Chidgey, b Robsou .. 27 Hartigan, c Chidgey, b Robson .. 2 Truuiper, b Robson' ■> Noble, c Braund, b Robson .. .. 14 Gregory, e Chidgey, b Robson .. U Armstrong, e Cresswel), b Robson / Bardsley, b Robson 17 Macartney, not out 2.) Laver, c Poyntz, b Robson .. .. 5

Total for nine wickets 13!) Stumps were drawn at this stage. Received June 11, (i p.m.

Londpn, Juno jl. Drizzling rain fell during the luncheon interval and the weather was gloomy and cheerless. The attendance in the afternoon numbered 3000. Robson ~u£ up a fine howling performance, capturing eight out of the nine wickets. Chidgey's smart wicket-keeping accounted for three behind the stumps. Lewis took the first racket at 32, the second fell at 35, and the third at 37. Trumper retired in ihis second over, beaten by one of Robson's shooters. Macalister played excellent cricket and batted for an hour, leaving the record four for 40. While Noble and Gregory were partnered the light became so bad that play was stopped repeatedly, and beat both batsmen. At 58 Chidgey snapped up Gregory on the leg side of the wicket. Noble retired at 77, caught low down at slip. Thrci runs later Armstrong put up a skier in the slips, Cresswell taking tlie catch. Seven for 80. The Bardsley and Macalister partnership in the last 55 minutes added 45 runs, the century appearing at the end of two hours. Play was stopped at 6.15 owing to bad light.

Blythe does not play >n the test matci.