CRICKET.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 8925, 11 September 1905, Page 5

CRICKET.

AUSTRALIANS v. THORNTON'S ELEVEN. [PBESS ASSOCIATION.] (Received September 10, 5.15 p.m.) - LONDON, September 9. The weather was fine and the wicket good. The Australians concluded their innings for an addition of, five to the overnight score, Layer being bowled by Hirst at 43. The total score Was 392. First Innings. JErumper; 1.b.w., b Rhodes 9 Darling, c Denton, b Rhodes 31 Howell, b Hirst \ 7 Armstrong, c Spooher, b Bonsanquet 48 Duff, c Hirst, b Bosanquet -% Hill, c Denton, b Hirst 181 Hopkins, c Denton, b Bosanquet; 13 McLeod, b Hirst .".! 13 Cotter, C Deuton ' b J *'™ ; £ Layer, b Hirst r...-.~.',..rr? 45 Kelly, not out ,^.. J Sundries 7..... 16 Total - 39J - Bowling analysis.— Hirst, '4 for 70; Rhodes, 2 for 86; Bosanquet, 3 for 83; Jackson, 1 for 18; Thompson, none for 68; Haigh, none for 52. The first three English wickets were accounted for by catches by the bowler«. They r fell respectively at 122, 90, and 105. Spooner played- lively cricket. He hit nine fours. ~ The fourth wicket added 39,- and the fifth fell at 161. The game was then abandoned owing to rain. •- Thornton's Eleven, first innings 1 283 -THORNTON'S ELEVEN.— 2nd Inninga. MacLaren, c and b Cotter 6 Spooner, c and b Layer ...". | 59 - Tyldesley, c and b Armstrong ...J 37 '"Dentonj b, Armstrong .......r. i 23 Jackson', not out 31 Hirst, b Armstrong .777.?,.. % Bosanquet, not out .." } 5 Sundries ~..... 9 Total for five wickets 176 Bowling analysis.— Cotter, 1 for 72; Layer, ,1 for 31; Armstrong, 3 for 20; McLeod, none^for 24; Howell, none for 20.