CABLE NEWS. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.— COPYRIGHT.]

Evening Post, Volume LXX, Issue 39, 15 August 1905, Page 5

CABLE NEWS. [BY ELE CTRIC TELEGRAPH. — COPYRIGHT.]

THE FIFTH TEST MATCH. « ALL ENGLAND v. AUSTRALIA. FIRST DAY'S PLAY. HOME TEAM AT THE WICKETS. FRY AND JACKSON MAKE A GOOD DISPLAY. SEVEN, WICKETS FOR 381. [rjIESS ASSOCIATION.] (Received August 16, 10.30 a.m.) LONDON, 14th August. At the Oval to-day the Australians began tho final test match of- the present tour. The weather was delightful, the wicket was good, and there was a large attendance of the public. Following are the teams: — England. —F. S. Jackson, captain (Yorkshire), A. C. MacLaren (Lancashire), 0. B. Fry (Sussex), R. H. Spooner (Lancashire), W. Brearley (Lancashire), J. T. Tyldehley (Lancashire), T. Hay ward (Surrey), G. H. Hirst (Yorkshire), W. R. Rhodes (Yorkshire), A. A. Lilley (Warwickshire), E. Arnold (Worcestershire). Australia.— J. Darling, captain (South Australia), C. Hill (South Australia), R. Duff (New South Wales), "A. Cotter (New South Wales), J. Kelly (New South Wales), M. Noble (Nes South Wales), F. Layer (Victoria), W. Armstrong (Victoria), V. Trumper (New South Wales), C. M'Leod (Victoria), and J. Hopkins (New South Wales). England won the toss and elected to bat. Colter and Noble opened the attack, and shortly after beginning MacLaren was easily taken in the slips off a short-pitched ball. One for 12. Tyldesley hit 11 off Cotter, but the bowler had his revenge in the same over by bowling him. Two for 32. Fry joined Hayward, and the gome livened up, half a century being hoisted as the result of fifty-five minutes' play, and a century went up forty minutes later. Both batsmen were playing steady cricket, marked 'by soitnd hitting. Several changes in the howling' were made, but without the desired effect. Hayward was nearly caught when he, was 35. He placed one dangerously near Layer in the slips off M'Leod. Fry's half-century took him an hour and a-quarter, and. was compiled in his bust style. Barring two bad strokes, the display was without a blemish. At the luncheon . adjournment the score stood at two for 125. On resuming Hopkins and Cotter were bowling. Hayward escaped being caught and bowled by the former. A little later on in pulling a ball /from Hopkins he trod on the wicket. The retiring batsman had played a splendid innings of two hours ten minutes, ' during which he hit one fiver and eight fourers. Three for 142. Jackson, who filled the gap, appeared uncomfortable at the first, and when he had hoisted eleven he was beaten by a shooter from Hopkins, but the ball missed the wicket. At 27 he gave Kelly a> chance of stumping him off Armstrong, but the opportunity was not taken. Duff wos then tried, and Fry hit three fours off his first over, and 200 went up for three hours' play. Fry was hitting out freely, and got 12 oil' one of Noble's overs. When a 'brief adjournment was made for tea the score., was .three for 269. On. resuming Cotter dismissed Fry. He had played a fine innings. Four for 283. Spooner joined his captain, but after tho latter had added 8* the newcomer was dismissed without scoring. Five for 291. Hirst's was only a brief stay, and the board showed 306 as he retired. Arnold came in, but soon lost Jackson, the score standing at seven wickots for 322. When stumps were drawn for the dny England had lost seven wickets for 381. Hirst wos taken easily in the slips. Fry's wicket fell in the fourth over after the interval. He was batting for three and a half hours, and hit 23 fourers. Jackson put up "a skier" deep behind the bowler, where Armstrong secured a good catch. He played a good innings of two and throe-quarter hours. The weather was fine throughout the day, and the wicketkept good. Eighteen thousand five hundred people paid for admission. . Following are the scores : — ENGLAND.— First 'Innings. MacLaren, c Layer, b Cotter 6 Hayward, hit wicket, b Hopkins ... 59 Tyldesley, b Colter 16 Fry, b Cotter 144 Jackson, c Armstrong, b Lever ... 76 Spooner, b Colter 0 Hirst, c Noble, b Lavor ... ... 5 Arnold, nob out ... ... ... ... 25 Rhodes, nob out j 32 Sundries 18 Total for seven wickets 381 Further checking of the cabled Australian figures diselosa the following slight .am«ndmenl<s : — F. Layer, four wickete for 81, instead of four for 61, Esoex, second innings ; .A. J. C. Hopkins, iio wickets for 2 runs, second inninga, .Warwicksliira (not cabled). Third teot match : A. J. C. Hopkins, no wickets for 21, instead of none for 19; R. A. Duff, one foT 13, instead of one for 15. Councillor Carmichael last night drew the Mayor's attention to a special article which appeared in the Post recently setting forth that by an error the city hud had to pay a great deal more for its lighting than it should be doing. Wliose fault was it? Tho Councillor wanted an investigation and a report on the subject. Replying, tho Mayor said that a clerical error had been mude, and thut if tho Council had lost anything through that en or it was largely the Council's ovn fault. The error had occurred in a document, sent to the Electrical Syndicate, and the document had been submitted to three solicitors regarding its legal aspect. Tho Council, when that document came before it, had chosen to be nervous over it, with ( the result that a notification that the Council intended to become its own supplier of lighting power was treated by the syndicate as a notice of intention to purchase. Tho whole thing was out of the past — it had been fixed up months ago, before the present- Council came into office. Hi: .iHsumud the notice was valid. The old Council chose to Inko the syndicate's view of the document rather than have litligal.ion. If the Council dosired to go into tho inatler now it would have to obtain expert knowledge. Councillor Carmichael said ho whs glad to hear that the present Council was not responsible, and the subject then dropped. The Secretary ol tho Athletic' Club, Mr. F. C. 'Atkinson, lms received advice that the Club's junior learn played Knottier gnmn at Blenheim yesterday morning against tho local junior representatives, and Micceeded in winning by 8 points to 3. For the winneis M'Keoßiin and Maekle scored tries, one of which was converted by Wilson