ANGLO-AUSTRALIAN CRICKET.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVII, Issue 157, 6 July 1896, Page 3

ANGLO-AUSTRALIAN CRICKET.

NORTH OF ENGLAND MATCH.

ANOTHER AUSTRALIAN VICTORY.

.London, July 4. IN the first) innings of the North England team against) the Australians, Gifl'en took two wickets for 12, Trumble six for 69, McKibbin one for 22, Jones ona for seven. The following are the scores in the Australians' second innings:— Irodale, b Mold ... .- 40 Darling, b Briggs. ... 44 Giffen, c Sugg, b Mold 6 Trotb, c Ward, b Briggs ... ... 4 Gregory, c Lilley, b Mold 4 Graham, c Baker, b Briggs 6 Eady, c Attewell, b Briggs 0 Trumble, b Briggs ... 1 Kelly, c Lilley, b Mold ... 0 Jones, nob out 8 McKibbin, b Briggß ... .- ... 2 Extras 4 Total ... ... : ... . ... H9 Mold took four wiekebs for 39, Briggs-six for'4l. London, July 4. The finish of the first innings of North England only took 55 minutes, Trumble being particularly destructive. The Australians began their second innings remarkably woll, Iredale and Darling piling on the runs in fine style, bub with the score at 68, the latter fell a victim, to the Lancashire professional, who had on two occasions missed him, but the returns wero particularly warm. Iredale was the third wicket down at 93. After lunch the two Lancashire bowlers, Mold and Briggs, were in great evidence, the former securing four wickets for 27, and the latter six for 22, the diminutive loft-hander getbing his lasb five for nine runs. London, July 5. The weather yesterday was dull, with the wicket soft. There were scarcely a hundred spectators. Second Innings of North England. Ward, c Trott, b Jones 14 Sugg, b Jones 0 Bainbridge, c Trumble, b Jones ... 7 Quaife, b Trumble ... 8 Jones, c Jones, b Trumble ... .„ 4 Pougher, o Graham, b Trumble ... 39 Lilley, b Jones 61 Baker, c Jones, b Trumble ... ... 0 Attewell, c Iredale, b Jones 0 Briggs, nob out " 7 Mold, absenb ...» ... 0 Extras ... ' 9 Total , * ... 149 Australians. First innings 195 Second innings ... 119 Total ... ... ... 314 • North England. First innings ... 123 Second innings ... ... ... ... 149 Total ... • ... .-'272 The Australians won by 42 runs. Jones took five wickets for 56, Tj&mble four for 46. Five of the home team were oub with the small score of 45, and then Pougher and Lilley pub quito a different complexion on the game, both playing a forcing game, and 91 came on the board as the result of an hour and ft quarter's play, when the wicket-keeper fell a victim to the South Auebraliau express bowler. Almost all bhe bowling of the visitors was pub in use in an endeavour to get rid of the two professionals, Lilley, the Warwickshire man, giving bhe mosb trouble, and his innings was a brilliant one, nob the semblance of a chance being given to the field. Pougher, though nob so brilliant &a Lilley, kept up his wickeb till the lasb, and had to retire, being caught by Graham, the wicketkeeper. Lilley hit eight fours in his sCorfl.