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Press, Volume LVI, Issue 10886, 1 July 1899, Page 8

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AUSTRALIANS V. ENGLAND. THE THIRiTtEST MATCH. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. . t « LONDON, June 29. . The third test match was commenced at Lords to-day,' when the weather was beau- ' tifuL Rain fell during the night, and the , - Vicket was rather soft. The attendance was 12,000. Jackson, who first declined to play in 1 consequence of a disagreement with the ,' ~: Ywtodure County Club, consented to play.* r ".. Brockwell was not selected, owing, to hav- >'• _og damaged Ma hand, otherwise he would , have 'superseded Hayward. Briggs was ' chodett to complete the team. Johns, Mc- , Xeod, and Iredale stood out of the Austra- .' i ■ JUatt .team.*.. -< ' Darling won the toss, and decided to bat. Kelly ud Worrall opened the innings to the howling of Heame and Briggs. The start jwa* dfcsvsftxfua, Kelly being caught before he had, scored, the first wicket falling for 8 r rank. Noble joined Worrell, but failed to . %<* going, bemg run, out soon after he ar- . : rhred—two for -17. Briggs made a splendid -'..-, l _B-*»ftt/£Soble*a\ wicket,from' square leg; Noble hesitated, and Hayward smartly returned the ball Gregory joined Worrell, : -only to »tko for a "duck"—three for 24. TOomU and Hill then made a good stand, ; iWorraU, especially, displaying fine form. •With the score at 52 Young displaced / ; J_earne. Worrafl carried has score to 76, •;' and he was then smartly run out—four '" .wickets for 95. * Doll was partnered by . tDa-ung, but the captain was not destined to S' x-main. in long, bemg caught by Young off \ JBriggs for 9—five, for 114. Trumper , reDading, and stayed long enough to make a dooen—six for 131. The adjourn-tae-b was .then made for lunch. Darling ' yrm finely caught by Young at raid-on. Wor- - ireiU batted! brilliantly, and hit fourteen fourers. He stayed at the wickets an hour land a naif. Trunible joined Hill after luncheon, but Ihe young South Australian only added one ito hii total before being dismissed-—seven for 1 132.. Trouble and Layer were then ttssocilated. Hearne, Briggs, Jackson, and Young »jU bowled, the wicket apparently playing ,-weU. . Layer wea stumped by Lilley when he ttM 7—<ught for 15L Howell partnered TxumUe, tvod made 7, and Jones, the last man, made 5 before he was bowled by lYobng. The attendance increased during the after- • {noon to 18,000. Trumble was missed by IHrjggß when his score was 4. , Trumble and Layer's partnership was characterised by igreat caution, and only 15 runs were added in half an hour. Jones played a ball on, pndVHoweU was taken in the slips. McLaren and Brown opened the English innings, Trumble and -ioole bowKng. MciilLawinwas smartly taken by Trumble off Ma own bowling. The. first wicket fell for , 437 and the second for 38. ', MsjcLferen was dismissed ,by an easy . . <C-teh; Ramjiteinhji was taken at mid-off, ca Brown was easily caught in the slips. ~"•-, Quaife's defence was admirable. Jones and . iHoweU tried .the bowling without success. ' The fielding of the Australians was excel- "; ; Jent ' , - Tbttt following are the scores :— j.' I AUSTI_U-fANS. t First Innings. iKtSri o Fry, b Briggs .. .- „ 0 Wor_a_, run, out ~H _« 78 tun oat , M . 0 Onarory, o LOlay, b Heazna .. .. 0 Hi-, o liUey, b Young .. . »- 84 »tt-ng, o Young, b Briggs .., •. t~ 9 SSrumper, b Young ... .• w «m M Scramble* not out .. .. .« M 20 M-feif «t4_Uey,b Briggs .. m - ? Howell, o RanjUiinhji, b Young ... »« 7 Vooeev b Young .. - .„ ... . «. B —Setts—. . jm, •« j.«- - *. 2 IfoUl „. .. , .. 172 Boading A-aiynSr—Young, 4 wkto for 80 5-os; Bioggs, 8 foe 53; Heaxne, 1 lor 69; Jackaon, 0 to; 18. I-JGLAND., ; . ' ' First In-ingat, -CoLareo, o and b Tnnnhle . .« m 9 Rsnjitsh-uL o WorraU, b Nobis .„ 11 Brown, o Trumhte, b Noble :, H M S7 Jackson, b Tkuml-e «. *.„ ,* 9 Quaife, not oni,**, " .„ w » vrr,_ne* oat i* *» .. ■ .« 88 --_ Sst-M m " *«■ ea' -•». * HB Total tun four wickets .* ... 110 i-; June 30. . , -jsooib. completes his;. 1000 rnnrS in test m-tchea, * - •