CRICKET.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 176, 30 August 1909, Page 3

CRICKET.

AUSTRALIA v. SUSSEX. SMALL SCORING. By Cable.—Press Association.—CopyrighJ London, August 27. Bright weather and a faster, though still tricky wicket, were the conditions for the second day's play between Australia and Sussex.' The attendance numbered 0000. Following are the scores.--AUSTRALIA.—First Innings. I Hartigan, c Butt, bA. Rclf .. .. 11, J Xoble, c Butt, bA. Relf .. .. 11 Ransford, cA. Relf, b Vincent .. 7 I Muealister, 1.b.w., b A. Relf .. .. 0 Gregory, cR. Rclf, bA. Relf .. 8 Trumper, b Vincent 31 Armstrong, b Vincent .. .. 20 liopkins, o Vincent .. .. .. t Carkeek, c Heygatc, bA. Relf .. 1 O'Connor, c Butt, bA. Rclf .. .. 20 Whitty, not out .. :. .. 13 Sundries 10 I Total 135 ' Bowling analysis.—A. Relf, six for 45; , Vincent, four for 81. Trumper, in his fifth over, in attempting to pull a ball, lost his middle stump. He had been batting for 53 minutes.—Six for 79. The batsmen were repeatedly beaten. A slow vorker proved fatal to*Hopkins. —Seven for 91. Carkeek was neatly caught at mid-on a run later. The fielding was brilliant. A few balls resulted In four fourers. Armstrong and O'Connor partner-id. The former played skilfully and batted for 80 minutes for his total. The ninth wicket fell at 112. O'Connor hit up 20 in 40 minutes, Including three fourers; and thon the wicketkeeper snapped him. The inninis lasted 130 minutes. SUSSEX. First Innings .. .. .. ~,06

Second Innings. R. Relf, c Gregory, b Armstrong ~ $5 Vine, b Noble „, 10 Young, b Armstrong .. ..... 22 K-iHick, 1.b.w., b Armstrong .. .. 0 Heygate, b O'Connor .. .. „, 1 A. Relf, 1.b.w., b Armstrong .. 11 Cartwright, b O'Connor .. ' 4 Leach, b O'Connor 3 Smith, st. Carkeek, b Whitty ,„ 20 Vincent, c Noble, b Armstrong „. 1$ Butt, not out .. 1,, .. 1 Sundries .., „ ,* n „ Total .. ~. „ % .^5 Bowling analysis—Armstrong, five ftr 68; Noble, one for 16; O'Connor, three for 28. R. Relf and Vine opened the second mnings for Sussex. The former was missed at 5 by Armstrong in the sllus off Noble. r After lunch Relf increased his score bv vigorous driving. Noble bowled Vin6.-MDne for 39. The wicket became less treacherous. Relf and Young put up a bright parinership. Relf gave a hard chance w Noble at point off Whitty when 34 Armstrong with a fine ball" broke the partnership by dismissing Young.—Two for 80. ° Frequent changes were made fn .the bowling. Relf skied one to Gregory in Armstrong's second over. He was at he wickets for 95 minutes, and hit six fourers.—Three for 83. Armstrong got Killick in the same over without the total being altered. Heygate and A. Relf were together. The former only added a single.—Five for 01. The century was reached in 130 minutes. A run later A. Relf was out Vbefore. ° Since the resumption the Victorian bowler had sent down seven overs for eeyen runs and obtained four wickets. Without any further score being made O'Connor bowled Cartwright. Maiv extras were added, the ball beating batsmen and wicketkeeper. Eight wickets were down for 112. Smith, by free cricket, lifted the 0tal before being stumped.—Nine for 140. The innings closed after three hours"' play. Stumps were drawn at this stage. AUSTRALIA WIN BY A WICKET.

Received 29, 5.5 p.m. Londong, August 29. Australia won with a wicket to spare.

AUSTRALIA.-Second Innings. Hartigan, thrown" out, b Young .. 4 Xoble, b Vincent <\ Ransford, b Killick 19 Macalister. c Heygate, b Vincent .. 3 Gregory, b Vincent 20 •Trumper, c Smith, b Killick .. .. h Armstrong, b Vincent .. .. 7 Hopkins, not out 14 fiirkeck-; cR. Relf, b Killick.. .'. I O'Connor, b Vincent 1 Whitty, not out g Sundries ' ] ] Total for nine wickets .. .. 122 Bowling analysis.—Vincent, three 'or' 17; Killick, three for 17; A. Relf, none for 37. The attendance numbered about 2000. The weather was fine and the wicket was improving. Noble and Hartigan opened, and the latter was thrown 'ut by Young fro m third man when the ;otal stood at 13. Noble went at 10: Macalister succumbed to an easy catch off the handle of his bat.—Three for 28. Ransford lasted 55 minutes, playing steady cricket. Trumper ended by putting up a skier. The fourth wicket was down for '4B, nnd the fifth for 84. Gregory played flukily, and was missed at short leg before scoring. An easy chance to run him out at 7 was missed by Young making a wild return—Six for Bft. The next three wickets fell for 11 runs. Several changes in the bowling were tried during the Hopkins-WhTtty partnership but were unavailing. Hopkins gave a chance at 13. The innings occupied 170 minutes. •Afterwards an exhibition game was played. ENGLISH NOTES. London, August 27. Hayes completed 2000 runs first this season. Middlesex scored 145 against Gloucester's 33 and 81 respectively. Tarrant i*ss), carried his bat through and took seven wickets for 18 and six for 49, including the "hat trick."