GLOUCESTER DEFEATED.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 561, 16 July 1909, Page 5

GLOUCESTER DEFEATED.

, ARMSTRONG, FIVE FOR 35. (By Telegraph —l'rcss Association —Copyright I Lendcn, July 14. When play was reaumed at Bristol" this morning in tho match Australians v. Gloucesterslnro, the weather «as dull, and there was a small attendance. Tho wiekot woa fast The won by an innings and 5 runs. l The Australians, who had scored 445 in their first innuigs for the lobs of eight wickets, declared their innings closed, r and the county players, who had scored 230 in tho first innings, went in for the second timo The first wicUot fell for 13, and the second tor 58, Langdon being responsible for most of the inns,, Sewell was cleverly taken at short-leg by Bardslcj, off Whitty. Tho third wicket f,ell for' 77, and tho next two wickets fell without any addition to the score. Tho century" was i reached in 105 min,utos. Six wickets were down when 108 was on tho board. < Langdon was two hours in compiling 00, Parker, who vyaa caught by Hartigan off Armstrong for 32, batted solidly for an hour. Langdon,i,whofshowed allround play with line driving, eventually played Nqblo onj having compiled ten short of the century.-(/ v - i , i r , i Tho seventh wicket fell for 132", but Parker and Langdon fetched the second century on.the board beforo,their partneislnp wail; dissolved.' 'Thq- innings' terminated snortly a'fterwards for 210, being fivo runs too few to save tho innings defeat Tho scores are: | ' ■ AUSTRALIANS. First innings . . Eight wickets for 445. Bowling Analysis, y __ Donnott, three wickets for 142; Parker, three for 135; Mills, one for 98; Rattenburg, one foi 54; Brotrn, none for 20. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. Second Innings Board, 1.b.w., b. Armstrong JH Salter, b. Cotter 12 Langdon, b, Noblo ... . ... ... 90 Sewell, c, Bardsloy, b. Whitty 12 Rattonburg, b. Whitty 0 Merrick-, b. Whitty 0 Brown, b. Armstrong 16 Meyer, o. Noblo, b, Armstrong 10 Parkor, o. Hartigan, "b. Armstrong ... 32 Mills, not out 3 Dennett, b. Armstrong > ... 0 " Extras 12 • Total ■ 210 First innings .'.. 230 s ' Aggregate .'.. 440 > ' Bowling Analisis. j Cotter, one wicltet for 39 iuus; Hopkins, none for 42: Whltty ; throe for 68; Armstrong, five for 05; Noble, one foi 14. [The County is the third Englirh combination l to be defeated bj an innings by tho present j Australian team. W- W. Armstrong coin- ] menced 'early on the third day, and w'as not . persevered with until half the wickets were , clown, when tho lon.amder Were hopelessl) "fogged" by leg theory—s for 35. T. Langdon's score is the largest hit against Australia since r D. Denton scored his century for Yorkhiro. Tho r Westerner has made several scores of 90 for his - county, and his latest notch sustains tho be- - lief that he usually can be lehed on' for a re--1 spectablo tally when his colleagues are. fnding i from the Raze of the spectators A lcturn match at'the Oval with Surrey (who in tho j fust match beat tho Australians by five runs) c will engage the attention of tho Austiahans for tho remainder of the present week.]