CRICKET.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 556, 10 July 1909, Page 5

CRICKET.

«—: — AUSTRALIANS 312 FOR SIKWICKETS. RANSFORD'S THIRD CENTURY. . WORCESTER HUNTING THE LEATHER.!■ i (By Telegraph.— AsaDclation.—Oopyrtcht.) ...... London, July 8. . A match between tho Australian cricketers : and. a> Worccatorshire eleven began' this i morning at- Worcester. Tho weather was .fine, with bright sunshine, and tho wicket ! was'good. The teams were composed as follow:—: ' Australia.—Carter, MfAlistar, Trumperj Noble,. Gregory, Armstrong, Bardsley, Rans- ; ford,> Cottor, O'Connor, and Hopkins. .. Worcestershire.—H. K. and W. C. Foster, G/H. Simpson-Hayward, 11. G» Bacho, W. ; B. Burns, Arnold, Cuffe, F.: Bowloy, Pearson, Taylor, and Bale. /'.■ ■ At the close of play the Australians had compilod 312 for six wickets. The scores are: — • ! AUSTRALIA. First Innings. M'Alistor, ci Arnold, b, Pearson" ' 29 Bardsley,: c. Bale, -b.. Pearson i.. ... 41 Trumper, b. Cuffe 7 Gregory; b.'Simpson-Hayward "i., / 17 Ransford, st. .Ba.lo, b. Simpson-Hayward 138 Armstrong, st.Balo, b. Simpson-Wayward 38 Noble, not out • ... 14 Hopkins, not out ... .;. ' ... 15 EstraS 13 "Total ior six, wickets 312 .Tho . Australian captain won : the toss, and M'Akstor iSiid Bardsley opened tho visitors' innings. /They, were soon buey; and knocked up 50 in forty-five minutes, ' despite three bowling changes. ■ Tho, first wicket went at 62, 'M'Alister .being taken at slip, by Arnold off Pearson; Ho gave a o'nance at 22, off Pearson, but played excellent cricket for his 29. • - : : for eighty minutes for 41, and Was: takenf at tho wickets olf-Pearson; Two . for 88. Ransford and Trumper wadded 10, . when the latter, who had made scvcii, \vas-bowled in playing back to Cuffe. 1 ■.< ' ; The ; score at/.the luncheon adjournment was 112 for thrco; -wickets. After lunch Hansford and Gregory carried on tho batting, the former scoring' merrily.. r: : Gregory/(17) played i one of- Simpkin-Hay-ward's on off his foot. Ho gave a sharp chanee to Baohe off Cuffe when ho had,made 16. Foilr for 157. * ' > ' ■■■■For:! tho fifth wickot Ransford and;: Armstrong added 108,' and then 'Armstrong was easily stumped by Bulo in going out to Simpson-Hayward. Bis 38 was obtained by; fcound cricket. Ransford/and Noble kept 1 the field moving till the Victorian, hitting, out at Hayward; mot "a fate similar to Armstrong's. Ho batted for 210 minutes for 138, playing an excellent, chahosless, free, ' and finished 1 'innings, during'which heihit .fifteen fours. Ho. madeihisi century-.m 170 minutes;"' Six for 286. ' , i Noblo and Hopkins treated tho bowling with freedom. At tho drawing of stumps thoy'.were:Unbeatoh.'. , OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE DRAW. ' ' r ' 1 ' Londort, July 8' ■ The Oxford v. Cambridge .cricket match Resulted ii)r a.';dpw,.,. t stu-' dents played for Oxford. <■ '< , , i f 'I| 'ID /' ' W0 R CESTE RSHI R E'S ; LEAT ( H E R-H UNT I NG. f ,i:;The/.tfe&m'. playifi'g;for '..the'-saiibq .6duiifcy,-twiil .have, vevery.l'reason present' woolo in' the ulay6 to come. ■ rThe Hoppers. piled up a score of 555 during . three, '■playv'' Ing 'days this iweekj: and; Australians 'haye' passed - the third ; centiiry l 'for: the' loss .of: six ■wickets;:.V.Mlansfoyd's contribution of 1 13S.'.is his : third,, century, -and ihis aggregate- is Bardsley and . Armstrong ore maintaining 'thSir.'bestvbattiiig-:^ornn'bufpV;' 1 Tru'mper.'of late: has not troubled the scorers /to any an-i preciable extent. B. Arnold, "of ■ the'- county bflwlers;: has not been hoard of at;the time.of writing. .'ln .Test cricket the flr>>t ball: from this player sawv Trumper. oaught slips,', and :ih : the. second over■ tho samn bowler,■ got; rid vof, Duffi Simps6n-Haywnrd,r?tho '"lob", bowler, entertained the last season at Lords,' when the unusual sight of this class of/delivery was witnessed in the classio match, Gentlemen v.'Players. drifted from Surrey; ;lle, is a fair chango bowler, 1 and: a 'hard-working-r field. J.-A; CSi^e origiflally: played at-Toowoomba.; He subsequently visited Melbourne,' and' was on tho gTOund etaif of' the Melbourne C.G.;for a short time. Cuffs after--wards settled down in Sydney, where ho played for New Sonth Wales ,Thirteen agamct the 1902 Australian Eleven on their return from England. Tho county/ "keeper -Bale .was crowded out at The Oval, and migrated to Worcester- : shira. Ho lS an improving batamafi. and a i useful wicketkecper... ■'■ ■;. : '/■ ■ "'