TOWN EDITION.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLIII, Issue 222, 16 September 1909, Page 8

TOWN EDITION.

CRICKET.

AUSTRALIA v. SOUTH OF

ENGLAND

ANOTHER DRAWN GAME,

ARMSTRONG'S GOOD BOWLING

[press association.] LONDON ; Sept. 15. Australia in their first innings made 199., Following are the scores: —

AUSTRALIA,—Ist Innings. Basrdsley ...... 41 McAlister, b Douglas oS Whitty, c Relf,' b Dennett ... 22 Hopkins, 1.b.w.,b Douglas ... .3 Ransford, c Dennett, b Douglas... 12 Gregory, b Douglas 2 Armstrong, b Vincett la Noble, c Braund, b Vinoett ... 5 Macartney, 1.b.w., b Douglas ... 0 Carter, not out ...' 7 O'Connor, b Douglas ... ... .... 8 Sundries ■_• 1° " Total ..'. 199 Bowling analysis: Douglas 7 for 75, Vincett 2 for 27, Dennett 0 for 52, Arnold 0 for 9, Crawford 0 for 8. The weather was sunny and the •wicket easy. Whitty hitting out added 19, while Macalister put on 10 and the second wicket fell for 127, Relf dismissing Whitty with a good catch .at long-off. The third wicket went 9 runs later, when Macalister, who had played a faultless innings of two hours and had "hit 8 fourers, was clean bowled by Douglas.—Four, for 147. Gregory " succumbed to one or Douglas's yorkers after making two.— Five for 151. Ransford was brilliantly caught low down in the second slip, and Noble was snapped up in the slip. The -eighth wicket fell with the score at Armstrong stayed 45 minutes, but lost his wicket through playing back. —Nine for 182. . South of England scored 132 in their second venture.. Following are the scores:—

SOUTH OF ENGLAND,—2nd Innings.

Relf, b Armstrong 17 Vine, 1.b.w.. b-Armstrong ... 26 Turner, b Hopkins? ••• ••■••• ll Llewellyn. ,c Macaijsteiy b Arm*strong ......'.* .......... 13 Douglas, c Gregory, b.Armstrong 20 Braund, st. Carter, b Armstrong 2 Crawford, b Whitty ... 5 Arnold, l.biw., b Armstrong ... 3 Vincett, c Macalister, b Gregory 8 Young, not/out ... ... ... .... 8 Dennett, b Macalister ... 7 Sundries/ ... ....... ... — 13 Total-■'■:... ••— -■■■■•■•• 132 Bowling analysis: Armstrong 6 for 44, Hopkms 1 for 11, Whitty ll*or 19, Gregory 1 for 8, Macalister 1 for 0, O'Connor 0 for 30, Bardsley 0 for 7. Armstrong's bowling was "the feature of England's second innings, the player capturing 6 wickets for 44 runs. The batting opened steady, the first wicket falling for\33. Vine played nice cricket and batted for 65 minutes. When he left four wickets were down for 69, the second having fallen for 48 and the third for 63. Douglas was the ■only other batsman to make a stand, remaining for an hour at the wickets. 'The other wickets fell as follows: Five for 71, 6 for 90, 7 for 97, 8 for IQS, 9 for 117. The attendance was small. The match was drawn.