THE AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXIV, Issue 175, 26 July 1893, Page 5

THE AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS.

London, July 24.

Tho weather was fine, bub bho wicket was heavy from the recent rain. The obher Bcorers en the Ausbralian side wero : Trobt, 14 ; Bruce, 12 ; Graham, 12. Hearne took in all 7 wickets for 58 runs, and Rawlins secured two for 61. Tho principal scorers in the first innings of tho County team wero Douglas, 12; Ford, 14 ; O'Brien, 13 ; West, not out, 13 ; Hoi\rne, 18. Turner took 6 wickets for 30, and Trumble 4 for 37. They were almosb unplayable. The Australians went in again at the close of the day, and ran up 134 for the loss of 3 wickets, so thab they bare a lead of 213, with 7 wickots to fall. Lyons made 51; Giffen, 14; Trot., 52, nob oub ; Trumble, 24, nob oub. Lyons hib grandly. One straight drive of his wont clean over the stand, and was the biggesb hib ever seen on bhe ground, Troth and Trumble both scored freely off the rather weak Middlesex bowling. The 144 were pub up in 92 minutes.

London. July 25,

In their second innings tho Australians scored 457 rnns. Trott pub together 145, Gregory 112, and Turner was' not out with 65. Trott and Gregory made an excellent stand, and hib the bawling all over the field. Frequent changes wore mado, but withoub eil'ecb. Trobb was ab the wickets two and a-half hours, and his score included twenty-two fours.* Hewitt, one of the leading gentlemen cricketers of England, has resigned his connection with the Somerset County beam. Ho is disgusted at thoir clamouring againsb the action of the umpires, aud has quarrelled with Palaireb, the Oxford captain, who is also a prominenb Somerset cricketer .