CRICKET.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9579, 28 August 1909, Page 5

CRICKET.

AUSTRALIA V. SUSSEX. POOR SCORING. Received August 27, 9.10 a.m. LONDON, August 26. To-day the Australian cricketers began a match against Sussex, on the county ground at Brighton. The weather was bright and the wicket soft. Smith, the Sussex captain, won the tos?, and elected to bat, R. Keif and Vine opening. The innings only produced 96 runs. Scores SUSSEX. First Inrings. R, Relf, c Hartiean, b Whitty 0 Vine, lbw., b Armstrong .. 29 Young, b Hopkins 17 Killick, b Noble 7 Heygate, b Hopkins 3 A. Keif, c M'Alister, b Armstrong 24 Cartwright, c Gregory, b Whitty 0 Leach, c Ransford, b Armstrong 4 Smith, b Whitty 1 Vincent, st. Carkesk b Armstrong 0 Butt, not out 2 Extras 9 Total 96 Bowling analysis Whitty, 3 wickets for 24; O'Connor, 0 for 11; Hopkins, 2 for 25; Armstrong, 4 for 26; Noble, 1 for 1. Hartigan and Nohle opened the Australians' innings, on a difficult wicket. The former was cleverly caught at the wicket, after running forward to one from A. Relf Noble fell to the wicketkeeper five runs later.

M'Alister gave a difficult chance off the first ball he received, and got leg before to the second one. Three for 23, in 30 minutes. Ransford and Gregory had but short careers. Trumper, who, with Armstrong, was at the wickets when stumps were drawn, made some fine strokes, and played admirable cricket. Scores : AUSTRALIA. First innings. Hartigan, c Butt, b A. Relf 11 Noble, c Butt, b A. Relf 11 Ransford, c A. Relf, b Vincent 7 M'AMster, lbw, b A. Relf 0 Gregory, c R. Relf, b A. Relf 8 Trumper, not out "9 Armstrong, not out 7 Extras 4 Total for five wickets 77 MACLAREST ON THE TEST MATCHES. Received August 27, 9.45 a.m. LONDON, August 26. A. C. MacLaren, in an article in "Country Life" or. the test matches, says the Australians thoroughly deserved their victories, and proved themselves the best side. They played like good sportsmen, and could not have played fairer. Macartney's performance at Leeds was one finest of the year. The English batting through out, .MacLaren declares, was unsound.