AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14103, 3 July 1909, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS

THE THIRD TEST. VISITORS MAKE 188 RUNS, ENGLAND, TWO WICKETS FOB 88. By Telegraph.- Press Asiioeiatiim.—Copyright ■ .-.'-. .:.:-. London, July 1. The thud test match between Englant and Australia was commenced at Leeds to-day. The weather was cloudy and chilly in the morning, but when the match opened it was sunny. The wicket was soft. There was an attendance of 15,000. / ' Noble again won the toss from Mac-' ' • laren, and decided .to bat first. , :: ' McAlister and Gregory opened the Australians' innings, ■; while the attack 1 was ' taken up by Hirst and Barnes. The bowling was good and both -batsmen played ' very carefully, and in the first half-dozen overs only six runs were scored. The seventh was fatal to McAlister, who, ; stepping in front of one. from Hirst, was' ■ , - ■ given out lbw. 1—6 — V Ransford joined Gregory, and the "Victorian had a "life" before he had scored, Maclaren missing a low difficult chaiic* in the slips off Hirst. The game continued very slow, and at the end of an -hour the board only showed 29 runs, • Brearley then relieved Hirst, and the change was . appreciated by, the batsmen, who began / ; to score at a faster. rate, some good .hit-1 ~'■;;: ting being witnessed. ,-.: : , ■ .' , ■'_ ■'.'; ;In fielding a ball, Jessop strained the '. muscles of his back and retired, Relf fielding substitute fdr him. It is believed, that. -■ -' he will not be able to take any further - ... part in the match. _ • : Gregory was playing sound and.stylish,..;; . ? cricket, while Ransfo'rd also played . at- . : ::: tractively, but after an excellent .innings, - - lasting 80 minutes, he was foolishly runout, v a smart return by Tyldesley to Lilley bringing about his downfall. 2—86 Noble came next, and Rhodes went on in place of. Barnes. When at 37 Gregory gave Lilley! a wide chance to the off, r from. • Brearley. The wicketkeeper, who was standing back, failed to hold the ball. j Noble's career was brief. -Maclaren. made a double change in the bowling, re-, ■ verting to the opening pair, Barnes and Hirst, the latter getting the Australian t , ' captain, who was bowled off his pads; just -- ■...;<■ -. when the century had been reached. 3—100—3. ; Bardsley joined Gregory, who ' was shortly after clean bowled by Barnes, after . a chanceless innings of 46. 4—lo4 —46. Armstrong came next and, with Bardsley, maintained a steady defence, varied by occasional fine hits when a loose ball came along. The score steadily mounted . to 132, when Brearley was put on instead - of Barnes. The change proved effective, for a few runs later Armstrong touched one from the fast bowler, and Lilley, standing back, held it. The . partnership _ lasted an hour, and increased the score'-' by 36 runs. 514021. - ' -Trumper joined Bardsley, and with the score at 154 Rhodes was given his second y trial, relieving Hirst. He proved very .. . deadly, and from the jump had the batsmen in trouble. Bardslej was his firsi ;, victim, the left-hander, in cutting him, knocking his wicket down. . The ball tra-< . veiled to the boundary from the stroke." * 6—154—30. •"■• ; j.'?*;M; , Trumper, who was joined by Macartney,' was scoring slowly. His partner had only ~■. «nade four when he bit one from Rhodes \w softly into the hands of Fry at point. 7—167—4. - ; Cotter had a short reign, Rhodes dis- . posing of him for a couple. Carter came '-■ next, and had an even. shorter jA ay, . Rhodes getting him leg-before. 9—171—1. , Rhodes had now secured four, wickets for '■ ... • seven runs. '• '■ ;-.."-,/ -."'--_.-','■,,•'-- When Laver joined Trumper, the Sydney crack realised that his ; last chance had come,' and he went for the bowling, hitting :-;: Rhodes four times, in succession "for four! He did not get another opportunity, however, for when Laver faced Brearley he snicked one into the bands * of "Lilley before he had scored, and lbs innings terminated, alter having lasted just under {our hours. . . Hobbs and Fry opened for England, to/, the bowling of Macartney and Cotter. The total was -rained to eight, when Fry stopped one from Cotter with bis leg, and was _< ■: ; out for a single. I—Bl. Tyldesley partnered Hobbs, and when. the Surrey-man was a dozen Macartney clean bowled him. 2—31—12. Sharp followed, and the two. Lancastrians, playing steady cricket, were still V;j together when stumps were drawn for the day, with the total at 88, of which Tyldesley had made 38 and Sharp 30. Following are the scores • - AUSTRALIA.— Innings. ■ • ■_ __ PA. McAlister, lbw, b Hirst ... '■&■ ' S. E. Gregory, b Barnes ... ... w V. Ransford, run out ... ... ••• *»■ M. A. Noble, b Hirst ... ... ... . & W Bardsley, hit wicket, b Rhodes... ou W. Armstrong, 1 c Lilley, b Brearley ... 21 " V. Trumper, not out. —■■■■■ , "**" ■ i C. G. Macartney, c Fry, b Rhodes ...4 A. Cotter, b Rhodes ....... •-•• <i H.'Carter, lbw, b Rhodes . ... ... 1 - F. Laver, c Lilley, b Brearley ... 0 Sundries •■• ••• '** Total ... •- — — 188 Bowling Analysis.—Hirst took two wicket* for 65 Barnes, one for 37; Brearley, two for 42; and Rhodes, four . for 38. ENGLAND—First Innings. J. B. Hobbs, b Macartney ... ... 12 C. B. Fry, lbw, b Cotter ... ... 1 J. T. Tyldesley, not out ... ... 38 J: Sharp, not out ... , ••- ••• 30 Sundries ••• _■• ' Total for two wickets ... ... 88 county; CHAMPIONSHIPS London, July 1. Middlesex, with an undefeated record; is leading for the county championship. . Yorkshire beat Surrey yesterday, Hirst taking six wickets for 20 and two for 51, and.Haigh four for 11 and six for 35. The bargain season has now fairly commenced in Kaxaug&hape < Road, and Grey and Ford, Limited, of the popular-. 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