ABANDONED.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 604, 6 September 1909, Page 7

ABANDONED.

r— AUSTRAUANS VERSUS s ] IDj Telecrnpb — I'rcas Asjoelatlon —CeojrlchM London, September 4 ' Tho criclfet matdi A"stra!iaPfl v Rsscs wa3 lnteifeied with by lam to-day, and -na3 The scorei? are — AUSTRALIANS. Whitty, b Young 2 Carter, o Gibson, b Buekenham ... 32 Bardslcy, c Douglas, b Buekonliam .... [ CO TnuTipor. c Carpenter, b Young .., 71 ttansronf, 1 b.w , b ltocue .... 40 Gregon, c Oibson, b. Buckenham ... 0 Msoartno), b Young ... < 2 Hopkins, c Gibson, b Dquglas ... U Jl'Alistcr, not out .. ... 27 Cotter, b Ponglas ... 1 O'Connoi, plajed on, b Douglas ... 1 E\tra. 3 - U

Total •'. 278 BOWMNQ ANAM'BIS. fSuckcnharn, thrco wickets for 07 mns) Young, three for 83) Mead, nano for 46; DougUs, three for 29, Reeves, one, for 40. ESSEX. ' . v innings. •. 263 Sirosu Inninci Fane, b. ,o'CQnnor , i>, > P Douglas, not out , 16 Turner, not out 32 Extras 10 Total for ono wicket G7 O'Connor tooA ono wicket for IGsruns. < Friday's Play. ' ' ' Yesterday tho weather was sunnQ, and tlw wiokot good Ihrce thousand spectator woro present, 'Ibe Austulianu continued then second innings, having, lost on Thuisday ono wicket (Wmtty's) lor eigbx runs , J3. v rdsl«y accompanied Carter w> the wickets. Carter carried his over-night score to 32, chiefly by |ale cutting, , then Gibson, standing batli from tho wicket, taught him olf Bu,cb.cnham.. Two fgr 40. Trumpor followed. Both lutisnicu wcic steady. Iho CO was hoiUed m 40 minutes, and tho century in 75 nunutos, Trumper doing most Qt tho scoring At tho limoh«ou adjournment tijo ifiUA was 17d—fiaixi&ley 55, Trumper 71. On resuming, Trumper immediately gave an easy cbaneo o(f Young to Carpentor in tho slips, which was taUon advantage of Iho rcunng batsman, who shoviod superb dnvip" and leg-glancing, wiw 05 mwites ot tho wicket*,, and hit eight fowora. Three for Burdslcy staved till 205, and was then caught low doan at second slip b) Dou&laa off Buckcnhani He pjajed a patient innings for his 66, and ewapcu an , e.asy chanco of being run out at 4b Gregory succumbed to tho first ball ho received, Gibson making a hno catch off Uuclyonham, standing well back from tho wickets. With tho store unaltered, Macart> noy was bowled, playing forward to Young Raxsford was unsteady at tho start, hut hvonod up afterwards. He hit up 40 m good style boforo betting 1b w. to Reaves. Hopkins, 22, and M'Alister (who earned out his bat) also scored well The seventh wicket fell for 228, and tho eighth (or 262. The- innings lasted for 240 minutes, and closed for 278 tons Tho second, innings of the Jj/ssos team opened badlj, Fane being bowled b> O'Connor without scoring Cotter bowled four no-balls in tho first two overs. Stumps weio drawn before 6 o'clock, owing to darkness. Essex had lost ono wicket for 26. Rain Stops Play; (Rec. September 5, 5.5 p m.) Owing to ram play did not start till 8.45 p.m. to-day The wicket was soft. Douglas had scored 15 and Turner 32 when rain again set in, and tho match was abandoned, Essex having one wicket down for 57.