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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3210, 9 June 1909, Page 5

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AUSTRALIA V. HAMP- \ SHIRE. POOR SCORING. Unite:! Press Association—By Electric Telegraph Copyright. Received .June 8, 9.25 a.m. LONDON, -June 7. Play in the match Australians v. Hampshire began to-day at Southampton. Owing to downpour [ of rain yesterday the start was delayed till 2.15 p.m. The weather at the opening was dull, and the wicket soft. The County made an unpropitious start, and were finally got out for 131. HAMPSHIRE. First InrJngs. Bowel], c Gregory, b Laver 0 Mead, c and b Whitty 39 White, c and b Laver 21 Llewellyn, c and b Laver 9 Evans, b Laver 7 , Hill, played on, b Whitty 7 Lee, c Bardsley, b Whitty 0 Stone, b Laver 10 Brown, c Hartigan, b Laver 7 Remnant, not out 11 Newman, hit wicket, b Macartney 11 Extras 9 Total 131 Bowling analysis—Laver, 6 wickets for 53; Whitty, 3 for 26: Macartney, 1 for 17: Noble, 0 for 20; Armstrong, 0 for 6. The Australians opened their innings with Trumper and Bardsley. The former soon retired, and Nobis i i failed to score, two wickets being down for 34 runs when played closed j for the day. Scores:— i AUSTRALIANS. First Innings. Trumper, played on, b Newman 9 Bardsley, not out 21 Noble, run out 0 Whitty, not out 0 Extras 4 Total for two wickets 34 Received June 8, 7.30 p.m. LONDON. June 8. Trumper, after batting twenty minutes, had the misfortune to play Newman on. Th'a first wicket fell at 32. Bardsley added a couple; then in trying to steal a run in the next over Noble was run out without scoring. The bad light stopped ptay at 5.50 o'clock.