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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 8923, 8 September 1905, Page 5

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AUSTRALIANS v. ESSES

A DRAWN GAME.

[press association.] (Received September 7, 4.44 p.m.) LONDON, September 7. .The Essex match was drawn; In their second innings the county had lost nine wickets for 164 when time was up. Fane played a fine innings of two hours 25 minutes, in which he hit four fourers. Scores : — Australia, first innings 156 Australia, second innings 319 Essex, first innings 107 ESSEX.— Second Innings. Gillingham, c Armstrong, b Howell... 14 Fane, c and b Armstrong 57 Perrin, 1.b.w., b Armstrong 21 McGahey, c Gehrs, b Layer 17 Reeves, b Layer 22 Douglas, b Layer n E. Freeman, c Howell, b Armstrong . 0 Benham, 1.b.w., b Armstrong 0 J. Freeman, not out 8 Tremlin, c Howell, b Layer 0 Buckenham, not out 3 Sundries -. 12 Total for nine wickets 164 Bowling analysis.— Cotter, none for 9j Howell, 1 for 33; Armstrong, 4 for 62; Layer, 4 for 27; Hopkins, none for 14. AUSTRALIANS v. C. I. THORNTON'S ELEVEN. (Received September 8, 9.6 a.m.)

LONDON, September 7

The match Australia v. C. I. Thornton's Eleven began at Scarborough to-day. The weather was stormy and the wicket difficult. Six thousand spectators were present. Thornton's eleven comprises: Jackson, MacLaren, Spooner, Bosanquet, Tyldesley. Rhodes, Hirst, Denton, Hunter, Haigb and Thompson. Newland, Gregory, Noble and Gehrs are not playing. Jackson won the toss and went in. The first wicket was down at 24, Spooner giving Trumper an easy chance in the slips. MacLaren was dismissed by a soft catch at pomt — 2 for 47. Denton was next to go, skying one which fell into Kelly's hands— 3 for 59. The fourth wicket fell at 81, when Hirst drove one back to Laver— s for 86 Bosanquet followed Hirst's example. Both chances were nicely taken by Layer— 6 for 116. Four runs were added, and then Layer removed Rhodes' middle stump. Scores : — ■ THORNTON'S ELEVEN.— Ist Innings. MacLaren, c Tlowell, b Cotter 22 Spooner, c Trumper, b Cotter 9 Ty Wesley, c Trumper, b Howell 19 Denton. c Kelly, b Cotter 11 Jackson, not out 24 Hirst, c and b Layer 4 Bosanquet, c and b Layer 18 Rhodes, b Layer 4 f3even wickets for 130 COUNTY CRICKET CHAMPIONSHIP. LONDON, September 7. The following is the result of the county cricket championship : Yorkshire, Lancashire, Sussex, Surrey, Leicester, Kent, Warwick.