SECOND DAY'S PLAY.

Evening Post, Volume LXXVII, Issue 117, 19 May 1909, Page 7

SECOND DAY'S PLAY.

BOWLERS HAVE A FIELD-DAY. { (Received March 19, 9.25 a.m.) LONDON, 18th May. The match was resumed to-day, * the weather being cloudy, and frequent | showers falling. Seven thousand spec- I tators were present. Bardsley and Macalister, the two not out men, resumed batting for the Australians. Bardsley lost his wicket in the third over. He had batted 100 minutes, his play being skilful but uncertain. The same over saw Hartigan, who filled the vacancy, put the first ball tamely into Hay ward's hands at point, the sixth wicket falling for 85. A bumping ball caused Macalister to put up an easy one in the slips. Three wickets fell in six overs, the eighth wicket being down for 97. Half an hour's partnership between Macartney and Cotter ensued, with some smart running between the pair. Macartney made some neat strokes. Then Cotter lost his leg stump in driving Rushby. His score included an ondriye for six. Macartney brought the innings to a close by skying Lees to Spring at mid-on. The innings lasted 155 minutes. The full score was as follows :—: — ' AUSTRALIA.— First Innings. j Trumper, b Lees 2 Bardsley, c Strudwick, b Lees ... 41 Noble, b Rushby 26 Armstrong, c Strudwick, b Rushby 3 Ransford, c Strudwick, b Rushby .5 Macalister, c Marshal, b Rushby ... 5 Hartigan, c Hay ward, b Lees ... 0 Macartney, c Spring, b Lees ... 33 Carter, b Rushby 2 Cotter, b Rushby 14 Whitty, not out 11 Sundries 18 Total ~157 Bowling Analysis. — Lees, four wickets for 68 ; Crawford, none for 33 ; Rushby, six for 38. COUNTY'S SECOND VENTURE. A heavy shower of rain stopped further play for some time. After lunch the weather cleared, but was still unsettled. Surrey, on going in for the second time, made an inauspicious start. The third wicket was down when only 27 runs had been scored. Hayward was watchful, and made some fine hits, cc- j casionally securing five for an on-drive off Noble. Crawford, playing unevenly, when he had made ten played Macartney on without dislodging his bails. The light grew bad, and play ceased for twepty-five minutes. Rain was also falling. An off-break of Armstrong dismissed Crawford, who had batted for an hour, the fourth wicket falling for 75. Hayward surely and steadily swelled the score. Score :—: — x SURREY. First Innings 191 Second Innings. Hayward, not out 58 Hobbs, 1.b.w., b Armstrong ... 4 Hay«s, c Hartigan, b Noble ... 4 Marshal, b Armstrong 4 Crawford, b Armstrong 20 Curwen, 1.b.w., b Armstrong ... 5 Spring, not out \ Extras " 6 Total for five wickets ... 102 EIGHT WICKETS DOWN. HAYWARD KEEPING HIS END UP (Received May 19, 11.33 a.m.) LONDON, 18th May. At the drawing of stumps eight Surrey wickets were down for 161. Additional scores :—: — Hayward, not out 85 Spring, b Witty 5 Lees, c Whitty, H Macartney ... 13 Hitch, c Macartney, b Whitty ... 7 Strudwick, not out T" ... 4 SURREY IN THE LEAD. (By "Half- Volley.) Steady rain, and bad light ! Whafc lovely condition for the summer game! One can imagine the greasy turt, the elusive ball, the whole grey, sad business at Kennington Oval, where Surrey and the Australians are having a tcatch-as-catch-can struggle, with the county having secured the first fall. If the showers continue the wicket will become a mess, and it will be the "de'il taike the last one" on it. T. Rushby, in the county eleven, who was only put in the team at the last moment, proved a big thorn in the side of the Australians. Six for 38 is a performance which will tend to make the retiring Rushby considerably more j popular. Walter Lees accounted for the rest— four for 68 of the total 157 ; leaving a deficiency of 34 on the first innings. Not a big one ; but consider the wicket, the light, and the rain ! Macartaey, to whom little "Tich" (Syd. Gregory) can give an inch or two in stature, batted big-heartedly for 33, Bardsley left* at 41; but of the others, let no harsh word be spoken. StilL there is yet hope for the Island Continent. Handicapped by the conditions, and a big bowler named Armstrong, Surrey has eight of its best men out for 161 — an aggregate lead of 195. And that giant among batsmen, on any kind of wicket, Tom Hayward, has 85 of the total, and is still going strong. Hobbs 4, Haves 4, Marshal 4 — what remarkable consistencs' is here — if it were only somewhat greater ! Crawford, lucky, as in the first inningp, got 20 before Armstrong introduced, for a change, an off-break. The rain, and the cloud, and the general gloom, evidently suited Armstrong, while Whitty has cut a lively swathe amongst the remainder of the county men. Then will come an uphill battle, in which the Australians, at all times, have shone. Their biggest »nd best performances have all oeen made against the watch, and therein lies a reasonable chance of success here. In parting, one would like to know why, when the light was so bad on the first day, M. A. Noble sacrificed two eucli >mgg AS Armstrong ft fl d Ransfofid J i