CRICKET.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 502, 8 May 1909, Page 5

CRICKET.

rHE AUSTRALIANS' OPENING MATCH. CENTURY BY JONES. :nr TBUGnirn—l'ussa associ/tion—cortßtailT.i . London, May 6. The Australian cricketers' opening match, lgainst Notts, at Trent Bridgo, was at. sended by about 6000 people. The weather ivas fine and the wickot was fast. Notts won' tho toss, batted,' and scorcd 239, of which A. 0! Jones contributed 12c not out. At drawing of stumpß thc .'Australiaus had lost ono wicket for 98, Noble being caught off Wass for 4, while th< wicket-keeper Carter, and the colt Bardsley made .51 and 43 respectively, and wore unbeaten at the close of play. Hartigan and Macartney stood out of thi Australian team. Tho scores are:• ■ ' V NOTTS..' First Inninos. Jones, not out, ' ...; ... . ... 12; 8., Gunn, b. Armstrong ... ,> .1 Hardstaff, b. Armstrong ... 'i J. Gunn, b. Cotter... ... ... ... 31 I'ayton, b. Cotter ... ... ... 15 [remongor, c. Carter, b. Whitty ; ... 1 James, c. Trumper, b, Whitty ... ... C Allerton, b. O'Connor ... ...' ... 1 Oates, c. Carter, b. Armstrong .... I Hallam, .b. Armstrong ... ... ... C Wass, b. Armstrong . ... ... ... 31 Sundries ' ; ... ... ... ... £ - ' Total . ... ... . ... 23£ • UOWLINQ ANAXiTSIB.. Armstrong, s.wickets for 55 runs; Whitty, 2 for 42; Cotter,' 2. for - 73 [ O'Connor, 1 foi 38 j Laver, 0 for 21Noble,'0 for 5. AUSTRALIA. •. .First-Inninos. . • Noble,! c. Jonos, b. Wass ... ... ... -.4 Bardsley, not out ... 4c Carter, not out ...-. ... ... ... .61 Jones Saves His Side. The Notts batting was quiet at tho outset. 'Jones narrowly escaped being:run out when 20 had been scored, Cotter failing tc handle tho ball. J: Gunn-gave a chancc when he had scored a single off O'Connor's first , over, ,to Gregory, at cover-point. '. ; Jones knockod up 50 inside 90 /minutes, the century coming-up for 95 minutes', play, J. Gunn, at 30, had a second life off Armstrong, Laver misjudging tho catch near the boundary., Cotter's first over proved disastrous to Gunn, whose innings was characterised by clean hitting. ' Bowler Wass to tho Rescue, Jono3 completed his century with a' fin( cut for 4in just over three hours. The other batsraon made a poor , bliow, till tht bowler. Wass came in to . tho ; last' wicket when a good stand was :> mads,'the latecomer hitting ; vigorously and fearlessly gooc off drives. - ■ (Rec, May 7, 5.15 p.m.) t London, May 6. Jones's innings was masterly, though more restrained than usual. Ho mado no rea mistake," but was'occasionally. t troubled .bj vrmstrong. He hit, eleven fours and si! throes. • ■ ■ . / ■ Noble Falls to a Kicking Ball from Wass. Noble was taken in the slips off a bump ing ball by' Wass, , in: saving ' his face, Bardsley and Carter gave an. excellent bat ting display. Tho latter-obtained his fiftj in. an equal number of, minutes, -with beautiful outting,. and showod dolightful cricket ' [The Notts tally of 239 ie' a fair score agains an Australian Eleven. The batting was de cidedly spotty until Wass—tho last hope of.hii side—greeted his' skipper with a smart rount of hitting. Jones's century. was an excollen' display ,of batting. The .Notts skipper maj have a ohance.this season to retrieve his dimin ished laurels, and assist to regain thos< "Ashes" for England J. Hardstaff, G. Gunn and J. Iremonger are worth more to a sid< than their scores_ indicate. In Wednesday'; issue it was surmised that Noble would not play -the best team at his disposal, and th< absence of Macartney allowed'Whitty to inaki his debut on English soil. His 2 for 42 is i fair performance on a- plumb wicket. -The bowling honours for the first day were olairaet by Armstjong, thojpaok-horse ot the 1905 com bination. The Victorian accounted for G Gunn and J. Hardstaff, and iB reported t< have worried A. O. Jones. Noble was.unfortu nate to have been caught off a' ball with a de cided kick, but appearances point to his col leagues carrying on a lengthy war in th< enemy's camp. Warren Bardsley (43) ;ani Hanson Carter (51) have not taken long to re produce their Australian form of last summer The' cable report does not state the actua team representing' Australia. From the meagix details to hand, Noble, Cotter, Carter, Bards ley, Armstrong, Laver, Whitty, and O'Connoi are accounted for. Macartney, Hartigan, anc Carkeek are standing down. Three places hav< been filled from Trumper, Gregory, Hopkins Ransford, and M'Alister. The definite resull of tho match will not bo available until neil Monday morning.] .