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Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 143, 19 June 1899, Page 3

CRICKET.

The AUSTRALIANS in ENGLAND.

TEE AUSTRALIANS IN ENGLAND

SECOND TEST MATCH,

WON BY THE COLONIALS,

A DECISIVE VICTORY,

ALL ENGLAND OUT FOR 240,

AUSTRALIANS WIN BY TEN

WICKETS.

(By Klectric Telegrapb.j (Press Association—Copyright.)

LONDON, June 17.

When stumps were drawn for the day on Friday, All Engiand had lost four wickets for 94 runs, Hay-ward being 42, not out.

The first wicket had fallen for five and the third for 23.

Hayward was mixed at the wickets by Kelly when he had only scored a single.

The Englishmen continued their second innings this morning. Hayward and Maclaren were the not-outs of the previous day.

Jones, Noble Howell, Trumper and Layer were all .tried with the ball in the attempt to dissolve the partnership.

The fielding of the Australians was excellent, and the batsmen scored slowly.

At 160 Hayward was caught in the slips after batting three and a quarter hours, making eleven fourers—l6o—s —77

Six runs later Tydesley lifted one at OOYer-point, and the sixth wicket fell —166—6—4.

Jessop then skied one to the longfield, and seven for 177 went up on the board.

Jones, the fast bowler, just tipped Lilley's bails off, the eighth wicket thus falling for 212.

The ninth wicket fell just before lunch for 240.

Maclaren batted three and a quarter hours without giving a chance. He made 16 fourers.

Mead brought the innings to a close without scoring.

The total for the inning's was 240,

The Australians, requiring 26 runs to win, then commenced their second Innings, and scored 28 without the loss of a wicket, thus winning by ten wickets.

The weather to-day was fine, the wicket good, and it wore well. The general opinion is that the Englishmen were outclassed at every point. Their display was altogether deplorable. Trumper's masterly and stylish performance is regarded as amply justifying his inclusion in the team. SCORES. ALL ENGLAND.—First Innings, 206. AUSTRALIANS.—First Innnigs, 241. ALL ENGLAND.—Second Innings. Fry, b Jones 4 Ranjitsinhji, b Noble 0 Townsend, b Jones > 8 Jackson, c and b Trumble 37 Hayward, c Trumble, b Layer 77 Maclaren, not out iSB Tyldesley, c Gregory, b Layer.... 4 Jesso'p, c Trumper, b Layer 4 Lilley, b Jones 12 Rhodes, c and b Noble 2 Mead, lbw, b Noble 0 Extras 4 ' Total 240 1 . BOWLING ANALYSIS. Jones, 3 wickets lor 76 runs. Layer, 3 for 36. Noble, 2 for 37. Trumbie, 1 for 20. Howell, 1 for 67. AUSTRALIANS.—Second Innigs. Darling, not out 1? Worratl, not out Total for no wickets 2S "But 'twas a famous victory," and in every way in keeping with the splendid form shown by the Australians throughout the present tour. It is the most crushing defeat tihat England has ever sustained on her own ground. And at Lord's, too, of all places! Only once before has an Australian team succeeded in defeating the chosen of England on this historic ground, which may fairly be termed the stronghold Of English cricket. That was in 1888, when the Australians won by 61 runs. The match just concluded is only the fourth that Australia has won on English ground, but each victory has been more decisive than the one preceding it In tine memorable match at the Oval, in 1882, the Australian Eleven won by 7 runs; in 1888, at Lord's, the Australian victory was by 61 runs; in 1896 at Manchester, the colonials won by 3 Wickets; and in 1899 they have gained a victory by 10 wickets and 3 hxns. It would probably have been an inning's defeat if Kelly had taken the chance which Hayward gave at the start of his innings. Hayward, by the way, has done yeoman service for England in both, test matches In the first, lie was instrumental, with Eanjitstahji, in averting defeat while in thTxnatch just finished All England was saved from the disgrace of an inning's defeat by the steady batting of Skyward and Maclaren. The> difference in the rate of scoring between it to^scorers in the respective team, is Tcry noticeable. mP^'*sS? linn bowling appears to '^ye been addrawn eTeatly in Australia s lavour. are y S ults it would seem^ this season, as it was last year, by the Australians. The batting and bowling averages of those Englishmen and Australians

who have played in both test matches this season are appended. Clem Hill heads the Australian batting list with the grand average of 89, unaided by a not-out. Trumper has a fine average, and, indeed, the first seven are all distinctly creditable. On the English side the highest is 47.G, 'Runji's' figures. Taking the number of wickets lost in both matches and the total scores, it will be seen that the colonials average works out to 33.25 runs per wicket, •whereas the Englishmen's is only 21.02. The bowling figures axe only roughly approximate, as the full analyses were not cabled. TEST MATCHES. (Those Who have played in both gumes). AUSTRALIANS. BATTING AVERAGES.

BOWLING AVERAGES. Wkts. Runs. Avg. Rhodes 10 226 22.(5 Jackson 3 115 35.3 Hayward — 55 — Australians have lost 28 wkts for £31 runs, average 33.25 runs per wicket English lost 37 wickets for SOO runs; average 21.62 runs per wicket. EECORD OP THE TOUR. May 8, 9, 10, v. South of England: Drawn. May 11, 12, 13, v. Essex: Lost by 126 runs. May 15, 16, 17, v. Surrey: Won by an innings and 70 runs. May 18, 19, 20, v. English team, at Eastbourne: Won by 171 runs. May 22, v. Yorkshire, at Sheffield: Abandoned. May 25, 26, v. Lancashire, at Manchester: Won by an innings and 34 runs. May 29, 30, 31, v. Oxford University, at Oxford: Drawn. June 1, 2, 3, v. All England, at Nottingham: Drawn. June 5, 6, 7, v. M.C.C., at Lord's: Won by 8 wickets. June 8, 9, 10, v. Cambridge University, at Cambridge: Won by 10 wickets. June 12, 13, 14, v. Yorkshire, at Bradford: Drawn. June 15, 16, 17, v. All England, at Lord's: Won by 10 wickets. Matches played 12; won 6; lost l; drawn 3; abandoned 1.

I. N.O. H.S. Tl Sc. Av. Hill 3 0 135 267 89.0 Trumper 3 l 135* 146 73.0 Noble 3 0 ' 64 140 46.G Trumble 3 1 38 78 39.0 Gregory 2 0 48 63 31.5 Darling: 4 1 47 87 29.0 Kelly 3 1 26 4C 23.0 Jones 3 0 17 24 ii.O Laver 3 0 3 6 2.0 Howell 3 4 4 4 2.0 ♦Signifies not out.' BOWLING AVERAGES. Wkts. Runs. Avg. Laver 3 36 12.0 Jones 17 283 1G.6 Trumble 5 103 20.6 Noble 5 135 27.0 Howell 6 207 34.5 ENGLISHMEN. BATTING AVERAGES. I. N.O. H.S. Tl. Sc. Av. Ranji 4 1 93* 143 47.6 Jackson 4 0 73 118 29.5 Hay ward 4 0 77 10G 26.5 Fry 4 0 50 76 19.0 Tyldesley 4 0 22 50 12.5 Rhodes 3 0 6 10 3.3 * Signifies not out.