COUNTY INNINGS CLOSED.

Evening Post, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 11, 13 July 1909, Page 7

COUNTY INNINGS CLOSED.

TOTIAL OF 230 RUNS. (Received July 13, 11.25 a.m.) LONDON, 12th July. After tea, .Meyer joined Langdon, who only added four runs when he got legbefore to Armstrong. The othei players, with the exception, of Parker, who was run out when he had made 26, made indifferent contributions to the score, which closed for a total of 230 Scores :—: — GLOUCESTERSHIRE.— First Innings. Salter, c and b Armstrong 30Board, c Macalister, b Hopkins ... 57 Sewell, c Carkeek, b Hopkins ... 4 Rattenburg, b Hopkins ... ... 0 Merrick, b Armstrong .., ... 0 Brown, c and b Noble 31 Langdon, lbw, b Armstrong „. 61 Meyer, c Armstrong, b INoble ... 1 Dennett, b Armstrong ... ... 5 Mills, not out ... 10 Parker, run out 26 Extras ... j 5 Total ... -.. 230 Bowling analysis : — Hopkins, three wickets for 84 runs ; Whitty, none for 35 ; Armstrong, four for 64 ; Noble, two for 30 ; Cotter, none for 12. The Australians began with M'Alister, and Bardsley, and at the drawing of stumps had scored 56 without the loss of a w-icket — Bardsley 18, M'Alister 37. DR. GRACE'S OPINION. AUSTRALIANS WEAK IN BOWLING. (Received July 13, 11.15 a.m.) HOBART, This Day. In a private letter received here, Dr. VV. G. Grace, tho well-known cricketer, comments on the present Australian team. He says : — "They are the weakest bowling side that has ever come, although tney have struck a bad patch. They will make lots of runs if tho weather holds up, but I shall be very much surprised if they beat England without a lot of luck."