CRICKET.

Bush Advocate, Volume XXI, Issue 280, 31 May 1909, Page 2

CRICKET.

THE FIRST TEST MATCH. Press Assn — By telegraph — Copyright. LONDON, yesterday. Australia — First Innings. Cotter, c "Hirst, b Blyth« 2 " Bardsley, c. Maclaren, b. Hirst ... 2 Trumper, c Hirst, b Blythcv 10 Armstrong, b Hirst 24 Noble, c Jessop, b Blythe 15 Gregory, c Rhodes, 1) Blythe... ... 0 Ransford, b Hirst ... ... ... 1 MacArtney, c j\£aclaren, b Blythe 10 Carter, lbw, b Hirst "... 0, O'Connor, lbw, b Blythe .... „- ... 8 Whitty, not out ... ' 0 Sundries -. ... ... ... 2 Total ... ...,...,.. 74 Bowling analysis— Hirst; fou? for 28 ;■ Blythe, six for 47. i '■ '■ ■ . England — First Innings. Maclaren, b MacArtney ... :.. L . o Hobbs, b MacArtney • 0 Tyldesley, b O'Connor ...''.: 24 Fry, b MacArtney ... ... 0 Jones, c Carter, b Armstrong ... 28 Jessop, b Armstrong ... 22 Hirst,- b Armstrong... ; 15 Rhodes, not out 15 Lilley, c Ransford, b Armstrong 0 Thompson, runout ; . 6 Blythe, c MacArtney,' b Arm- . strong ... ... .... ... 1 Sundries ... ..." ... „. ..'. . 5 S\. - Total..: ... ... ... ..'. 121 Bowling "analysis — Armstrong, five %r. 27; ' ' MacArtney, three for 21: O'Connor, one for 23; Noble, none for 2"; Whitty, none for 23. Australia — Second Innings. Noble, b Hirst .v. : ... -. 11 MacArtney, lbw, b Blythe ... ... 1 Ransford, not out .-.: ... ...... ... 28 Gregory, not out, ... ...... ... ... 26 Two wickets for ... ... ... ... 67 Later. The Australians' -second innings closed for 151— Ransford 43, Gregory 43, Cotter 15, sundries 8. Hirst took five wickets for 58, and Blythe five for 58. In their -• second ■innings the Englisjimeii scored 105 without the Joss of a wicket, thus winning by ten wickets and one run— Hobbs 92, Fry 35, sundries 8. After stumps wore drawn last night rain fell for two hours, and this morning opened cloudy, but the wicket was drying nicely. The attendance was good. Rah6ford and Gregory, the not-out men, batted excellently and steadily. Twenty-six runs were added for the first half-hour's play; then Gregory was finely caught by Thompson off a skyer, the fieldsman running from mid-on to short-leg. Gregory gave a first-rate exhibition, lasting 75 minutes. Ransford was bowled off his pads a few minutes later. He was at the wickets 105 minutes, and played excellent cricket,, but was sometimes in trouble. Five for*lo3. Cotter livened matters up for a brief space. He hit 11 in one over off Hirst, a huge on-drive .for six. Then Bardsley gave a skyer, an easy one, at mid-on. Eight for 123. .. „. . ' THE ENGLISHMEN. Hobbs and Fry, by splendid cricket, piled up the runs, Hobbs playing aaperbly. . , Fry made the winning hit with a fourer to k>g, amidst great enthusiasm. Hobbs' half- century was made in 85 minutes, and included nine fourers. He received a great ovation.