CRICKET.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9596, 16 September 1909, Page 5

CRICKET.

AUSTRALIANS AT HOME.

THE LAST MATCH.

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Received September 15. 9.40' a.m. LONDON. September 14. The last match of the Australi ans' tour began to-Jay at Hastings. The weather at the opening was showery, but afterwards brightened. The wicket was soft. About two thousand spectators were present. The teams were composed as fo'low: —

Australia Carter, M'A lister, Noble, Gregory, Armstrong, Bardsley, Macartney, Ransford, O'Connor, Whitty and Hopkins.

South of England—Young, Douglas, J. Crawford, Major Turner, Llewellyn, Arnold, Dsnnett,, Braund, Vine, Vincent, and R. Relf. Young won the toss and the Englishmen went first to the wickets. A poor opening was made. The hrst wicket went with the score ad 7, and the second at 16

Vine and Llewellyn came, and played good free cricket. The halfcentury appeared after 5o minutes' play. Llewellvn was bowled by Whitty after a chanceless innings o± 153 minutes, during which he hit six fourers. Three for 90. The century went up at the eid of 95 minutes. Vine played a good second innings lasting two hours, . showing good driving, and then go': leg before to Whitty. Four for 119. Turner played O'Connor off his leg after batting for 50 minutes.

Assisted by the soft wicket, Whitty ai.d O'Connor quickly disposed of the balance of the Home team. The fifth wicket fell at 125, the sixth at 13!, the seventh for 140, the eighth for 149, and the ninth for 155.

The last wicket fell for a total of 173, the innings lasting altogether 175 minutes. Scores:— SOUTH OF ENGLAND. First Innings. Relf, b O'Connor 7 Vine, lbw. b Whitty 34 Douglas, lbw, b Armstrong 2 Llewellyn, b Whitty 44 Turner, b O'Connor 37 Braund, b Whitty 1 Young, lbw, b Whitty 16 J. Grawofrd, b Whitty 9 Arnold, lbw, b O'Connor 6 Vincent, c Armstrong, b O'Connor 1 Dennett, not out & Extras 15 Total 178 Bowling analysis Armstrong, one wicket for 16; Macartney, none for 2; O'Connor, four for 63; Hopkins, none for 13; Whitty, five for 55. u Bardsley and opened the Australians' innings, and the batting quickly became lively. The 50 was hoisted in 37 minutes. Bardsley, with fine leg-side play, batted for 70 minutes, and completed his 2,000 runs for the season His wickt fell with the score at 93. M'Alister played a faultless innings. His runs cam mostly from cuts. When play closed for the day, the score stood at 98 for one wicket. AUSTRALIA. \ First Innings. Bardsley, lbw, b Douglas 42 M'Alister, not cut 50 Whitty, not out 2 Extras 4

Total for one wicket 98