CRICKET.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3191, 17 May 1909, Page 5

CRICKET.

AUSTRALIA v. ESSEX. A DRAWN GAME. LONDON, March 14. The match was resumed to-day. The weather was bitterly cold and gloomy, the wicket, despite rain during the night, was hard. The attendance numbered under a thousand. After forty-five minutes' play the match was stopped by duskines, and steady rain commenced. Armstrong and Macartney, the two not-out men, continued the innings of the Australians. Both batsmen played lively cricket, Armstrong's fine free cutting and Macartney's attractive style finding much favour with the spectators. Macartney gave a chance to Fane in the slips when he had made 16. With'the score six wickets for 609, the Australian captain declared the innings closed. Following was the score:— AUSTRALIANS.—First Innings. Hartigan, c Freeman, b Buckenham 4 Bardsley, run out 219 Noble, b Buckenham 0 Ransford, c Young, b Buckenham 174 Trumper, c Fane b Reeves 74 Armstrong, not out 59 Hopkins, b Mead 15 Macartney, not out 48 Extras 16 Total for 6 wickets 609 Bowling analysis:— Buckenham, three wickets for 154 runs; Young, 0 for 80; Douglas, 0 for 125: Mead, one for 59; Read, 0 for 47; Reeve, one for 58. Essex in its first innings made 148 runs. In the follow-on, 15 runs had been scored without the loss of a wicket when play closed for the day. __ ~ Scores : ESSEX.—First Innings. Douglas, b Cotter 1 Fane, b Cotter 7 Perrin, run out 22 M'Gahey, b Whitty 42 Gillingham. b Cotter 4 Freeman, played on, b Whitty 2 Reeves, b Whitty 6 Buckenham,not out 15 Read, c Bardsley,b Armstrong 26 Young, c Hartigan, b Macartney 4 Mead, c Bardslev, b Macartney 3 Extras 16 Total 148

Bowling analyis.— Cotter, three wickets for 62 runs; Whitty, three for 28; Macartney, two for 15; Armstrong, one for 23; Noble, 0 for 4. Received May 16, 4.30 p.m. LONDON, May 15. The weather was bitterly cold, but brighter, when play was resumed. The wicket was hard. The third wicket fell for 60. A'fine partnership was then established between Fane and Perrin. Both played carefully till lunch. On resuming the play was brighter, Fane driving and cutting finely. Perrin, who gave a char.celess display during the 110 minutes at the wicKet, was taken smartly by Cotter at mid-off. Fane notched hi 3 century in 173 minutes. He played forceful cricket on the off side. MeGahey scored quickly, hitting 10 off Noble in one over. The fourth wicket fell for 172. Fane was taken in deep field by Ransford at the third attempt. He played a chanceless innings lasting 185 minutes and hit fifteen fours. The fifth wicket fell at 273. Gillingham played a vigorous innings. At the call of time Essex had lost 9 wickets for 344 runs, and the match was drawn. The following were the scores:— ESSEX.—Second Innings. Buckenham, b Cotter 13 Young, b Cotter 22 Douglas, c Carter, b Cotter 18 Fane, c Ransford, b Hopkins 115 Perrin, c Cotter, b Armstrong 53 McGahey, c Ransford, b Hopkins 55 Gillingham, b Hopkins 33 Freeman, not out 4 Reeves, c Hartigan, b Cotter 13 Read, c Trumper, b Whitty 6 Mead, not out 2 Sundries 10 Total for 9 wickets 344 Bowling analysis:—Cotter, 4 for 80; Hopkins, 3 for 76; Whitty. 1 for 46; Armstrong, for 49; Macartney, 0 for 34; Noble, C for 49.