ANGLO AUSTRALIAN CRICKET.

New Zealand Times, Volume LXX, Issue 3785, 6 July 1899, Page 6

ANGLO AUSTRALIAN CRICKET.

NOTTINGHAM MATCH. LONDON, Tuesday. Play was resumed this morning in the match between the Australians and Nottinghamshire. The weather was dull, the wicket very soft, and the .attendance of spectators small. Shrewsbury and W. Gunn, who were batting yesterday when the game was interrupted by rain, resumed their places at the' wickets. When four runs had been added by his partner -to yesterday’s total of 51, Gunn was caught by Darling off Trumble. ' As the game progressed the wicket' became increasingly difficult. At the luncheon adjournment four wickets were down for 157 runs, and the fifth wicket fell at 167. Shrewsbury, who scored 51 before he skied a ball from McLeod, which Trumble secured, played a masterly innings. The details of the innings are as follow : rOTTINGHAMSHIKE—First Innings. A. 0. Jones, c E. Jones, b Trumble 19 Shrewsbury, c Trumble, b McLeod 51 W. Gunn, c Darling, b Trumble ... 13 Dixon, b Howell 46 Goodacre, b Howell 12 Mason, b Howell 14 Attewell, c and b Trumble 11 J. Gunn, b Trumble 0 Oates, c and b Howell 3 Harclstaff, c Noble, b Trumble 3 Wa;&, not out Q Extras 16 Total 188 Bowling Analysis.—Trumble, five wickets for 82; Howell, four for 21; McLeod, one for 28. The .Australians then went in, and had made 106 for the loss of three wickets when play ceased for the day. Following are the scores : AUSTRALIANS.—First Innings. McLeod, c Shrewsbury, b Hardstaff 0 Kelly, c Dixon, b Wass '2l Noble, not out 46 Gregory, c Oates, b Wass 3 Trumper, not out 31 Extras 5 Total for three wickets 100 SOUTH AFRICAN TOUR. MELBOURNE, Wednesday. Major Wardill, manager of the Australian cricket team, is negotiating with ■the South African Cricket Association

with a view to the team’s playing a scries of matches on its way home, provided a guarantee of £2OOO is subscribed, and the railway expenses of the team are paid. The team would reach the Cape early in October. [Writing in May, a London correspondent. said :—I hear that there is just a possibility that the Australian cricketing team may visit South Africa on their way back. Sir Donald Currie, the well-known head of the Castle line of mail steamers, is warmly interesting himself in the matter, partly no doubt on account of the growing mutual interest which the Australasian and South African colonies are showing in all that affedts each cither's mutual (development. I mentioned last week the presence of Major Wardill at the South African dinner. He was there as the guest of Sir Donald, who in return for an invitation to visit the match at Eastbourne and take lunch with the players, asked the leading members of the team to the South African banquet. They are so hard-worked just now, however, that onlj#Major Wardill was able to accept the invitation. One obstacle in the way of the proposed visit to South Africa appears to be the difficulty which the team would find in visiting India afterwards, and yet getting back to Australia, as arranged, before Christmas. There appears to be some hope among those who are interesting themselves in Sir Donald Currie’s suggestion that if necessary the Indian visit may be abandoned in favour of the visit to South Africa.]

MACLAREN’S VIEWS. According to A. C. BlacLarcn (ulia is contributing a series of articles 'to the “Yorkshire Weekly Post” on the Australian team of 1899), “the Australians have a pull over the Englishmen in all dining together and staying at the same hotels throughout their tours, for nothing but cricket is discussed at these dinners, and many a wicket lias been captured for them owing to an argument at the dinner table; whereas an English eleven is never together quite in the same way. The Australians have found out, the best way of going about their business when match?d against. England, and now that they ■have arrived at this stage they arc not likely to look back. I do not mean that they have better players than of old, but I feel convinced they are a far more level lot, not three or fopf stars and the remainder moderate in the extreme, but all worthy of the term fine cricketer, and bang up-to-date in regard to cricket science of to-day They know they can tempt us to hit when they cannot tempt an Australian, that we will hit a certain ball for four that an Australian will content himself with playing, etc.; so much so that .different ’ tactics are now employed in regard to getting out an English side from what is the case when playing intercolonial matches hi Australia. They aro all clover cricketers, men with heads onl their shoulders, and nobody will bo more surprised than myself if they do not make us play our very best to win, always provided that we do not have a wet summer; when our forcing batsmen must bo in front of theirs.” _____