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Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 191, 14 August 1899, Page 3

CRICKET.

The AUSTRALIANS in ENGLAND.

MATCH AGAINST KENT.

THE COUNTY TEAM WIN BY TWO

WICKETS

(By Cable.—Press Association.)

LONDON, August 12.

! The match Australians v. Kent was j finished to-day on a good wicket. Keni i : required 138 in their second innings to ' win the match, and they succeeded in ~ scoring 141 for the loss of S wickets, ] I thus winning by 2 wickets and 3 runs. 1 This is the third defeat sutained by the Australians during the tour, the i others being in the Essex match and ( in the return match against Surrey. Scores:— j Australians, first innings 227 : 'Kent, first innings IS4 : AUSTRALIANS—Second Innings. Noble c Mason b Burnip 1 . .Worrall c Hearne b Burnip 10 JTrumper c Mason b Bradley 13 j ;Gregory c Bradley b Burnip 8 Darling b Bradley 4 Iredale c Huish b Burnip 0 : Kelly c and b Burnip * i Layer c Bradley b Mason 20 McLeod b Bradley 0 , Jones c Day b Bradley 29 Howell, not out 0 Extras t 8 Total 94 BOWLING ANALYSIS. I Bumip took live wickets for 44. Bradley four for 42. Mason one for 0. KENT.—Second Innings. Bradley b Noble 12 .Huish lbw b Noble 33 ! Doboulay b Jones 27 j I Burnip c Noble b McLeod 24 • | Hearne c Kelly b Howell 17 ■ j Day c Kelly 'b McLeod 5 ■ | Patterson c Howell b McLeod 2 I 1 Mason b Howell 5 11 Stewart not out 15 ! Weigrall not out 12 Extras & I Total for eight wickets 141 | BOWLING ANALYSIS. MeLeod took three wickets for 41. Noble two for 20. Howell two for 36. Jones none for 29. ; THE AVERAGES i The Australians' batting averages; ■ show a genera] though slight falling- | 5 off since the last compilation, thanks . to the low scoring in the match just ; concluded. Noble still heads the 1 averages, while Trumper has the high- ; lest aggregate. Gregory and Worrall . have not yet succeeded in topping the ■1000 runs, though their aggregates ■ 'have been nine hundred odd for some , (time past. The figures are as under: — I N.O. H.S. Tl.Sc. Avg. 3 Noble 39 0 150 133G 40.4 \ ™per i 8F ™SS Womii"::::::::::?! s «b ™ gi .BSS=E» \ | 11 &HEB I i Hi t i I^-elly "4 .j 55 477 20.7 \\ &-::::::::::: £ |; v go I So«i'v:::::::::: 29 5 4C a» 12.4 t It is interesting to compare these 2 ! batting averages with the highest batt tino- averages secured in each of the - 'previous Australian tours in England. - It will be seen that the batting of the a present team compares favourably I with that of its predecessors:—

1878— C. Bannerman.. jggO—W. L. Murdoch 1882—W. L. Murdoch 1884—W. L. Murdoch 1886-G. O iff en 1888—P. S. McDonnell 1890—W. L. Murdoch 1893— H. Graham ....

24.1 25.8 ISO. 5 30.6 2G.9 22.51 23.33 28.69 31.38

1896—5. E. Gregory