SOMETHING TO BEAT.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 586, 14 August 1909, Page 5

SOMETHING TO BEAT.

TALL SCORING. .'•■{»■.' V.o :'• •j, '• .AUSTRALIANS v.: ENCLISH ELEVEN. TWO CENTURIES. (By '• -Telegraph.—l'reM.. AUBoclatlon.-OopyrlEtat.t London, August 12 The Australian. prickeiers to-day began a match at Blackpool '. against all English eleven. There waa an attendance of• about eight thousand spectators.. _ ■'./ . •. Hio weathor'• Was'fino .and .-windy, 1 and the wicket was 'iii good condition. . The teams were composed as follow:— ( England. —W. Douglas, J Crawford, V. Crawford, Shields, Buckouhani/ Ivingj > Kmglit, Rocvcsj and M'&aney- , ;Australia.— l Carter, M Alistor,_ . HMtigan,. Trampor,- Noble, Gregory, ..-Ransford, U Oo nor, Whitty, Carkeek, and Hopkins. •/iTho' English captain, M'Gahey, won the toss, and elected to -bat. At close of play tlio ;Engliishmoh f had; 1 scored 379.f0r three ,wickCtSi . 1 xTho details -of. the scoring..are:— .. ENGLAND Fmsi'/4nnisos. Knight, o. M'Alistcr, b. O'Connor ... 163 Douglas, c. Gregory, b. O'Connor ... MU King, not..out 2? M'Galloy, J).. Noble ... ■ ; ■■■".- •••-. . '"' in J. Crawford, not out Extras l'otal for three wioket-a' ... '.••• 379 ■ - Douglas ■ and. Knight opened .the Englishmen's innings, and at the\tea adjournment : were still unConquerod/ having at - stage 249 runs to their credit. Douglas gavo a "good all-round display of hitting and Knight showed: some ■ g<sod.' cutting ana leg-hitting. . iVKhight-'gayo 'a ; chance.;to Ransford in the. ;siipE off? O'Connor'-whto'.h e^ a ° V. Douglas gavo .to Trumper. in ' tno slips off O'Connor at 77. . Play; :*as continued r merrily: alter tea, .but : .eventually. KnigK-t;. ; after,scoring - -163, .was caught at long-on by M Alister off 0 Connor. He '.made a: sixor ; .and tweaty-threo fourers. One for 284 , . Soon afterwards Douglas, who had scored 102, fiavo an easy catch to Gregory oli O'Connor. Two for 291. Tho third wicket fell at 330, Noblo bowl'ing M'Gahey.' King knocked up hi-s score ot 155-(Hot 1 out) "invfifty-live minutes. - f NO FAST BOWLER. USE AND ABUSE OF "THE VETERAN." London, August 12. RCHcliet experts/arid-tho; newspapers, heartily congratulate.; the- Australianson t-heir bfilH^nt•performance• iii' the, I'es1 1 matcliefe, and eulogise Noble's'splendid captaincy. y, ? - ; Genefflly/'the;bad :'iii'aiiagefaent 'in :the; .6C-_ : leotion: of the English, .teaih is 'condemhed; : pecially tbe-failuro.to'play a fast bowlor on Express, 1 ' commenting on tho Test cricket matches, ;says t— 1 " VV <S, becomo too dependent oil.,veterans. m .the . field; ;. The 'paper : adds: that' English cricket wants new blooQ"To-day miist bo. leavened with ! tormorrow as well as :with yesterday. ;..... .■■■; KLNT LE iDS COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP. (R<?c. August 13, 10.45 p m) , , ' London, August 13. Kent is leadin? m tho county cricket championship.' AYoi'Ceatersliira-beat -iorkshiro ana Lancashire. bad-Lavor.l.ot- thoi 'Australiah iTest .tenni. iare ndtvplSyinglafr l -the . favounta yLaneasturei.soa-. r6ntlezv:ous ! .' -:,Tlia-03nglisli cally acotebihatioriJ ; aiid;: .playr'for-the ;. f 9W r : , Bss&tiife sr. Crawfordas .tho ihdepelident ibeSpeetauuil Bui' ■rev;'amatsui;.'^'gam?--for. the :;! remainder,o£ 'th'is" altered.sineo- tierflstuiw; were first published. lAustralia's •second string bowlersi'have ibee'n -jeyerelyr, hai)dlpd_..by.r-tne Home side, who .usually, '.-more - frjeW,. ur •'theV'Angttst'mohth'-pf. J._H. ; oKing' is the. only-mender : of the English cloven, \vho lia.9 in' tn)6- toui'.j t ,i. ;

THE AVERAGES^ • The-" batting , and bowlins - averages of' the' 'Anstral}aM.. ; fofc'the--present: i tour; iLt. the . con-. elusion -;of-. the.fif th - Test ■ match -ai'c/ as .'.-under. ■The'.figures! ofj'-the i.twogames m' bcoUand. are •inolu'ded; ,but -'not. tho. South Wales match, details, of which • have not reached /eaBATTING. ''Name.', . ' ■ J Inn.'N.O. Runs. Aver. 1 WW, Armstrong .... 33 0 1233 51 58 \V Bardsley 39 . 2 ... 1743. . 47.10 V Ransfo/d . ! 31 i 1130 U ffi M A. Noble 34 i 85S 28 00 V, Trumper .... 36 2 949 2< 91 .p.:.'A : . ; :M'Alister:.-.v..'.....,.;22r:- f '■ > on'lo 3>;E. : .Gregory,';.31,. -5 - 531 ;. 20.42 J A O'Connor 15 5 15d 15 o0 1? :-21 • 1. •-.;t»OG ...... 10.00 A Hopkins 16 0 196 12 25 A Cotter '23 -' '0 , 2b0v ! \12.17. ?cS - 1 -;'4 - -11.40 F Laver • " 3 111 10 84 W Carkeek 10' 2 £7 <12 W J Whitty U 6 5a 687 BOWLING ' Namo. ; i- Wickets. Runs. Average, r laver . . '67 916 13 67 W J Whitty 56 963 17.19 Wi W. Armstrong ......... 84- - 14« >-.■ 17.20 • G.:Ci: ; Macartney 57- ; !- ; ' 986, 17-.29. J. A.iO'Connor r...».in... -49. -. 880. > 17,1b jaopMris r ,...»"'.....-i ■■^ 3 6; : --" 1 677 * : 'l|-§? A-- Cotter 54 ..••....-.23.61 M, A. Noble ......18 705 39.16 R. Hartigan'.o , '. B. flartiga'n. .................. 0 ; ■'4 . .. S; I!. Gregory n . 25 V. Trumper 0 . 61 —.