AUSTRALIA'S INNINGS CLOSED.

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

AUSTRALIA'S INNINGS CLOSED.

A DEFICIENCY OF .79

(Received July 21, 11.35 :a.m.>) . LONDON, July 20.. ; ■•- When stumps were drawn Australia '■had finished their first innings, which: .realised 267. The additional soores; ; are as follows: — ; Armstnong, not out ..._... ... 70 Macartney, c Hunter b Hirst _ ... 10 Carter, c Hirst b Newstead ... o (Cotter, € arid b Newstead ... ... 5 hawev, c Hirst b Rhodes ...... 15 Sundries ... - --- 1^ Total' ....... — 267 ■Bowling Analysis: Newstead 5 for <93, Hirst 2 for 69, Rhodes, 3 for 46, Broadbent © .for 24, Haigh 0 for 21. Yorkshire in their second innings haie lost no wickets for 19—Rhodes (not ibut) '8, Wilson (not out) 11. . Excepting Layer, the balance of the Australian batsmen showed little disposition' to stay with Armstrong. The seventh -wicket went at 220. Newstead disposed of Carter and Cotter in the same over, the eighth wicket falling at 230, and the ninth at 236. « Layer hit well to square leg. Armstrong* played an admirable and steady innings. He batted for 135 minutes. -C' . The attendance numbered 15,000.