AUSTRALIA v. YORKSHIRE.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLIII, Issue 174, 21 July 1909, Page 5

AUSTRALIA v. YORKSHIRE.

HOME TEAM MAKE 346

AUSTRALIANS 3SOT DOING S6 WELL.

[press association.] <**** JSM^io. Yorkshire in their first ™™f&* made 346, the scores being as 4olllows:- 1- . YORKSHIRE.— Ist Innings. ..Rhodes, c Gregory b Cotter ... 108 Wilson, c Armstrong ;b Cotter ... o Jeriton, c Ransford b Cotter ... 37 Wilkinson, b fk&tev —■ — — „ Hirst, b Cotter ..'• ••• $ Hardisty, thrown out by Gregory. 72 Bribery,'".a Carter* Macartney 36 {Broadbent, b Macartney ... ■■. • • *■* Jiewstead, c and b Macartney ... o Haigh, b Macartney ••• Xi Q Hunter, not-out —•. ••• ••■••• ' Sundries ••• •" Total ... - ;"f 9 6 Bowling AniOysis.: potter 5 for 92, Macartney 4 ,for 32, Armstrong; 0 for L 67, Layer 0 ior 42 -Noble 0 for^so, Trumper 0 for 12, Hqpkms 0 for 30. The weather was hot, and the vwicket excellent.'. • ~,,■« Yorkshire's ilast wicket contributed nine additional -runs, the .innings altogether occupying 5i hours. Australia have lost six wickets :for .202. Following are the scores:— AUSTRALIA.—Ist Innings. Hopkins, c Huaiter b Newstead ... 12 Bardsley, b Hirst ••-••• \- fj* .RansforA c Hunter b^Newstead 11 .Noble, c Newstead b Rhodes ...-26 . Gregory, c New&tead b Rhodes ... 4 .Armstrong, not ;out ... ••• •;• ■■*»> .Trumper, c Hunter b .Newstead 5 Sundries ... ••■ ••• • a Total for 6 wickets ... ...-202 ißardsley and JBLopkins opened Australia's innings, Jiii<st .and.Newstead ibeing the boates. After missing him at 7, Hunter gathered ;in QHop.kins^at the widsetsV—One ior .29. Ransford, who was mover at _ .his ,-ease. went the same way. when 11.— .Two for 53. The ha!lt-century >was -rjeached in 50 minutes. ; . Bardsley was :«hapjng excellently, and .was doing some igood ileg-hitting: Noble joined him,' ;and ;_a ispell i lively cricket ensued until at was end--1 .ed hy Noble's being .caught in the; ,slips off Rhodes, who displaced; Hirst, the third wicket if filing .atvSp.: Gregory assisted rto tomg up thfe century in 95 minutes, ,an .easy catch; in the slips then disposing .of ihim,r—! JCour.'for 107. ■ ; Armstrong filled the vacancy. _iW«h : batsmen' showed fine iorm. Barddl6y, by clever play, including some fine cuts, reached 50 in 110 minutes, then going,.on to 90. He lost ;his wicket ■in: hifcting out at Hirst.. He batted for 175 minutes. ' He imade some Uucky strokes, but gawe no chance. The'paHnbrship lasted 7(D imiintcbes. — Five for 191. ■ ■ The sixth wicket1 (Trumpfir's) went :iust (before the tea adjournment tor i2Q2.: Armstrong, by jadieions P^W->> ;hafl .now : reached 45. j