ENGLISH CRICKET TEAM.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 41, 12 November 1907, Page 5

ENGLISH CRICKET TEAM.

BIG SCORING. ; : . ; GOOD. START AGAINST SOUTH ' •; AUSTRALIA, jnt teleqbapii—fbess association—ooptright. i (Reo. Nov. 11. 11.6 p.m.) ' Adelaide, November 11. , , The weather was again exceedingly warm. The-game was slow at the start, noither of the • not-Out batsmen of the previous day (Claxton and Jennings) being at homo with the bowling iof Barnes and Blythe. Olaxton played sterling oricket throughout. South. Australia's innings oloscd, for 343. Jones, and Fane were tho first batsmen ;to represent England. They fabod Wright's *nd Hill's bowling,'. For a time the batsiiicn took: no liberties. Jones,' however, soon got to work, cutting and driving in excellent style.' -When stumps wero drawn for tho day, the Englishmen had lost four wickets for 233> : ■ The'scores are:— SOUTH AUSTRALIA., Fiest- Innings." ; Darling, o. Jones,'b.. Barnes - 11 *Mayne, 1.b.w., ,b. Barnes ... 22 C. Hill, c. Humphries, b. Rhodes , 104 ■ Pellew; ..b.j.Braund; ... ; i., .i ... 35 L. Hill, b. I Barnes ... .... : ... 2 Jennings, c. Crawford, b. Blythe- ... 79 Claxton, std. Humphries,-b. Blythe ... 57 Chamberlain, b. Barnes ... ... 4 O'Connor, b. Braund ... ... 15 Wright, hit wicket ... >.. 1 M'Beathj.'not-, but ~.. ... ... 10 Sundries ... ... ... 3 • 'Total ' ... ... ■- ... v . 343 -! : \ BOWLING. ; '. Banies, 4 wickets for 107. - Blythe, 2 wickets for 75. Crawford, 1 wicket for 64. : Rhodes, 1-wicket for-44. '•'Braund, 2 wickets for 34. Hayes, 0 wickets for 16. ENGLAND. ■' . ; . I l insT Innings, 1 Jones, d. O'Connor, bi Wright ... ... 119 Fane, c. Claxton, b. Wright .:. ... 32 Hayes, o.: Chamberlain, b. L. Hill .;. 8 Hiltchings, o. Poliew, b. Wright ... ... 26 Braund, not put ... ! ... ... ~.14 Hardstaff, not' out ... ..., 16 Sundries ... ' ... >.. ... .... 8 ■ ■ Total for 4 wickets ... ... 223