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Press, Volume LVI, Issue 10387, 3 July 1899, Page 5

CRICKET.

. AUSTRALIANS -Y. ENGJGAND. , THE THUtD TEST HATCH. PLAY ABANDONED. Unit*} Etotoia ; Ttfogtft^h^-Cepyrigfai LONDON, June 30. , When play was resumed this morning the weather was lowering, with a bad light. , Quaif& and Fry, the not outs* continued i their innings to the bowling of Jones.and . Noble. Without a run being added, both [ were dismissed—six wickets for 119. Quaife i wee bowled off his pad, and Fry in trying >- to make » big hit. He played a capital innings. Hayward and Lilley then became associated, and both opened cautiously, the > bowling permitting of so liberties. Hayl ward gave two (difficult cban«&s to Kelly. ! After 10 xun| igd been added in forty-five > minutes, the batsmen began, to pSay moie i freely. With ihe total at 157 Trumble ie- - placed Jones, and one run later Noble again 1 went on in place of Howell. The apec- • tators cheered loudly when the Australian 1 total was passed. Howell relieved Noble " at 178. The seventh wicket (Lilley's) fell with the total at 213. Tbe retiring bate- ' man jiever gave a chance, and was at the wickets an hour sod forty minutes. . He hit eeven fours, and was caught by Hill in.trying to drive Irumble... Hearne joined Hayward, but was bowled by Trmnbla for 3. Young was the last man in, owing to Briggs ' beiog (unable to bat, and was promptly ' caught by Kelly off Trumble for a "duck." Hearne was bowled off his pads, and Young succumbed first ball. When Hayward was 28 he was missed by Gregory at cover point. ' The innings of the English team closed for 220. \ Brigga was seized with, .a fit while in. a : music hall last night, and a> series of fits followed. He is now unconscious. Tyldes- ° ley took ibis place in the field. '. Having a deficiency of 48 to make up, L Worrall and Darling-started the second i innings of the Australians. WHit tine score . at 34 WouaU. was caught by TyJdesley off Young. HiQ joined Darling, but Hearne bowled Juan for a "duck"—two for 34. i Gregory was next, but ihe was .caught by , Maclaren off Hearne without scoring—three L for 34. Noble, who was next, shared tihe i same fate, Bonjitsinhji catching him off i Hearne—four for 34. Trumper then • partnered Darling, and the latter was almost , immediately dismissed—five for 39. i Hearne did the "hat*- trick." The crowd , excitedly shouted "5 to 1 on, England," and ■ there, was great cheering. < Worrall was caught at- long off from a high > hand drive. Gregory and Noble succumbed ■to easy catches in the slips. Darling was easily taken at third man. Trumper ap- > peared uncomfortable, and played cautiously. Kelly hit out and scored rapidly. He ' played a good resolute innings, lasting ! under an hour, and his score included five 1 fourers. Trumper was taken low in the 1 slips. He was at the wickets an hour and 1 forty minutes, and was beaten several times >by Young. Trumble gave a fine display and hit eeven fourera, and with Layer de- • fied repeated changes in the bowling. Young broke tremendously, beating Lilley - several times, and byes to the boundary were the ■ result. The second innings of the Australians closed for 224. i The English team in their second innings < have.no wickets for, 19 runs: ' ; - Tihe following are the scores:— ENGLAND; First Innings. ) McLaren, c and b Trumble .„: ; ».,. 9 . Ranjitsinhji, c Worrall, b .Noble .., .. 11 Brown, o Trumble, b Noble ..., *» 27 Jackson, b Tiumble .. ~' ,'. 9 j Quaife, b Jones .. .., ... .. 20 Fry, b Noble .. ;,., .. ; ... 38 Hayward, not'out .. ~; .. 40 s Lilley, c Hill, b Trumble *■ ".., .. 55 Hearne, b Trumble - .. ~r ..3 Young, c Kelly, - b Trumble ..; ; 0 Briggs, absent .. .. .. .. 0 Kxtras ... . ... ;. „,« . ' ..: 8 Total .. .. .. ..220 Bowling Analysis.—Noble, 8 tickets for 82 runs; Jonta, 1 for 84; Howell, 1 for 29; Layer, 0 for 7. s Trumblo bowled 39 overs, including 16 mai- ; dens, and took five wickets for 60 runs. ■ Second Innings. Brown, not out .. - .. ... ..14 - Quaife, not out ... .. „„' .. 1 k Sundries .. -.. »., ... 4 : Total for no wicket •,» r «. 19 AUSTEALIANS. '' First Innings ..' .. ..„ > A . 172 s Second Innings. . Worrall, c Sub., b Young .«, ... -16 Darling, o Fry, b Young .. ~.,- '..14 " Hill, b Hearne .. .. ... .'. 0 ■ Gregory, c Maclaren, b Hearne .. >~ 0 Noble, c Ranjitsinhji, b Hearne .. .. 0 Kelly, c Lilley, b Hayward .'. ..S3 Trumper, c Uanjitsinhji, b Jackson - .. S3 Darling, c Fry, b Young.. ... M 16 Truznble, run out .. .. ... 66 Layer, c Lilloy, b Hearne ... .. 45 Jones, c Brown, b Hayward .. >.. 2 Howell, not out ■.. .., .. ... 2 Extras .. .*, ... .. 24 Total 226 Bowling Analysis—Hearne took 4 wickets for i 50; Young, 2 for 72; Hayward, 2 for 45; Jack- . eon, 1 for 13; Brown, 0 for 22. ! The opinions as to the condition of the • wicket yesterday vary. Most judges agree 1 it was true, but wanted watching. In any ' case tihe Englishmen are believed to have . had the worst of ifc. The feature of yesterday's play was tiie great forcing tactics of Worrall. Quaifo was badly missed by ; Trumble"in the slips off "Howell shortly ; before the stumps were drawn. Later. ' Briggs is progressing favourably. July 1. The test match has been abandoned owing ■ to the rain. ' Briggs is conscious and his condition has , greatly improved. ; -[The next match in the Australian tour is to be,at Nottingham, against Notts, on the 3rd inst.] : July 2. ; Hill, the cricketer, undergoes a slight operation nest /reek for the removal of. a small growth from his nose. This will entail . a week's absence from the team. .„. ■ i ii ill t;;-