CRICKET.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9538, 9 July 1909, Page 5

CRICKET.

AUSTRALIANS AT HOME. MATCH AGAINST WARWICK DRAWN. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph Copyright. Received July 8, 11.5 a.m. LONDON, July 7.

The mat:h between the Australian cricketers and a Warwickshire eleven was continued to-day at Birmingham, and ended in a draw, ihe local team still having two wickets to fall when nlay closed for the day. But for * <y caused by rain the Australians orobably have won with an would

innings to sp^ re ' Showers de., 1 Mart for an . j . ilay wss resumed hour, and when , ; , , .. ... j . and tbi wicket the weather was aui» easy. Lilley and Quaife, the two . no^® u ' men, continued the Warwicksi.. ,re innings. The former added a single to hi» overnight score, and then gave a catch to Hartigan at short-Jeg, the fieldsman falling forward in taking it. Five for 151. Stephens, after giving a difficult chance to ArmI strong off Whitty's first over, before scoring, retired for 1, caught low down at slip. Six for 155. Before an addition had been made to th scoieg Quaife was stupidly run out, Trumper making a smart return from short-leg. The retiring batsman had batted for 165 minutes, during which he hit five fours. The pitch was now treacherous and kicking. Foster was dismissed with the first ball, hitting out at O'Connor, with the score still at 155. Hargreave hit at everything. He gave a couple of chances to Whitty and Carkeek". The ninth wicket fell at 174, and the whole innings realised 186, Being 270 runs behind on the first innings, the Warwickshire team followed on, and when the time came for the drawing of stumps had made 185 runs for the loss of eight wickets. The match was drawn. Following are the full scores: — AUSTRALIANS. First innings 456 WARWICKSHIRE. First Innings. Cnarlesworth, run out 9 Kinneir, b Armstrong 46 Fishwick, b Hopkins 0 Pridmore, c and b O'Connor. 7 Liliey, c Hartigan, b O'Connor 19 Quaife, run out o8 Stephens, c Armstrong, b O'Connor 1 Santall, not out 12 Foster, b O'Connor 0 Hargreave, b O'Connor 14 Field, b Whitty 4 Extras 6 Total 186 Bowling analysis—O'Connor, five for 41; Armstrong, one for .15; Whitty, one for 21; Hopkins, one for , 36; Trumper, none for 49, Second Innings. Santall, b Hopkins 15 Kinneir, b Whitty 18 Charlesworth, c RansforJ, b O'Connor 25 < Quaife, c Hartigan, b O'Connor 20 i Pridmore, c Armstrong,b o'Connor29 Lilley, Ibw, b O'Connor 18 Stephens, c Carkeek, b O'Connor 10 ' Fishwick, not out 23 1 Foster, b Armstrong 11 1 Hargreave, not out 4 , Extras 12

Total for eight wickets 185 Received July 8, 11.20 p.m. LONDON, July 8r The following is the Worcestershire team to play the.Australians:— H K. Foster, W. C. Foster, Simps in-Flayward, Bache, Lyttelton, Burns, Arnold, Culfu', Bowley, Person, Gaukrodger. Kent scored 555 against Worcestershire, (Wolley 185, Fielder 112). For the last wicket the partnership yielded 235 runs—a record.