CRICKET.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 596, 26 August 1909, Page 5

CRICKET.

. - AUSTR/ALIAiNS'nV'. vJII'DDDESEX. : (By Telegrap.ta.-rms Afßoclatlon.-OuDrMehl I London, August 24. The, Australia-Middlesex cricketmatch was resumod to-day •at Lord's, in dull weather. The wicket was much faster.

..Warner, and Tarrant,.' the • not-out ! men; continued; tho county's innings. ■ After eleven run 3 had boon added to the overnight scoro, -tho ex-Victorian lost his wicket,-Whitty takings ;good ; right-handed cat«h at mid-on off Hopkins. TJireo for 188.

..-Armstrong . was maintaining a fine length; but. the hatting.' was steady. Two hundred was compiled in 190 'minutes. Warner showed:-fine defence, v Robertson, after' a capital, innings lasting seventy-five minutes, fell to,a catch by Cotter of Hopkins. Four for 256.

i Hebden. was:; taken easily at mid-on by Whitty off Armstrong, after contributing 22 .to the score.. Five for 302. Warner gave'n chance at, the wickets off Armstrong when his total stood at 126. , , At o o'clock rain sat in steadily, and stumps were drawn for tho'day. The scores are MIDDLESEX. - Douglas, o. Cotter, b. Hopkins. ... 41 Hendrqn, c. Cotter, b. Ransford ...' 29 Warner, not out. ... ... ..... ... 127 Tarrantj c. Wliitty, b. Hopkins ... ■ ... 31 Robertson, c. Cotter, b. Hopkins ... 37 Hebden, c. Whitty, b. Armstrong i.. 22 Murrell, not out ... 4 Extras ... ... 16 . Total for, five wiokota ... ... 307 [The Middlosex, captain is No. 9.0n the list of Lnglish. batsmen during the present alleged Bttmmer to obtain a three-figuro- score against thefAustralians.,;,'Warner added aMf century to Ills previous Hot-out score,: and, 1 thanks to Urkeek, will have another shot at the bowlers, provided he has not ere this dosed the county's innings. „.W. < Robertson; is a product of camo into tho Middlesex team last month in tho Lancashire matoh at Lord^B.] INDUCEMENTS TO COLONIAL PLAYERS. SUGGESTED BOYCOTT. : : ' (Rec. August 25, 11 p.m.) London, August 25. C. E. Green, .an old-tinje cricketer and ex-president of the Marylebono Club, in a lottor to the newspapers strongly protests against any ..County, approaching a colonial cricketer; with.a view to retaining his servioes. 1 The writer suggests that the Counties should refuse to play any County that induces a colonial cricketer to qualify.[A, report—whioh was subsequently donled by recently circulated totlio effect that Northamptonshire had offored Bardslev in dueorrients to qualify. -Victorian Tarrant! the Queenslander Marshal; and other Austra counties ] 6 ®l uallliQd professionally for English A COAOH FOR HAWKE'S BAY. : (By Telegraph—Press Association.) ■ ~ .. ,A 1 Naplor, August 25. At.a. meeting of the Hawko's Bay Cricket Association; to-night, it-was decided to cable to Mr. E. H. Williams,. at present in England, instructing him to,close with tho offer of tho . :services ; of.. J. H. ' Board,- , the Gloucestershire professional, aB coach for thoassociation. ■ , ; .