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Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVII, Issue 10243, 4 September 1909, Page 4

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AUSTRALIA v. ESSEX. [Br Electric Telegraph—Copyright.] Received September 4, at 9.20 a.m. London, September 3. Essex —Ist Innings ... •■- -•• 263 AUSTRALIA—Ist Innings. Whitty, b Young ... > 2 Carter, c Gibson, b Buckenliam ... 32 Bardsley. c Douglas, b Buckenliam 66 Trumper, c Carpenter, b Young ... 71 Ransford, Ibw, b Reeves 40 Gregory, c Gibson, b Buckenliam ... 0 Macartney, b Young - 2 Hopkins, c Gibson, b Douglas ... 22

Total for 8 wickets ... 262 The weather is sunny and the wicket good. Bardsley accompanied Carter to the wicket, and Carter carried his overnight score to 32, chiefly by late cutting, before Gibson caught him, standing back from the wicket —2 for 46. Trumper followed, and both batsmen by steady play brought up 50 in 40 minutes, and the century in 75 minutes. At the luncheon adjournment the total was 173—Bardsley 55, Trumper On resuming Trumper immediately gave an easy chance to Carpenter at slip. He sliowed superb driving and leg glancing. He was 95 minutes at the wickets, and hit 8 fourers —3 for 175.

Bardsley stayed till 205 and then was caught low down at second slip. He 'played a patient innings of 66 minutes and' escaped from an easy chance of being run out at. 46. Gregory succumbed first ball, Gibson making a fine catch standing well back from the wicket. The score was unaltered when Macartnev lost his wicket in playing forward—6 for 218. Ransford was unsteady at the start, but livened up afterwards. The seventh wicket fell at 228 and the eighth at 262. Received September 4, at 0. p.m. London, September 3. M'Alister, not out 27 Cotter, b Douglas ... 1 O'Connor, on-played, b Douglas... 1 Sundries W Total 278 Analvsis. —Buckenliam, 3 for 67; Young," 3 for 53.: Mead, 0 for 45; Douglas, 3 for 29: Reeves, 1 for 40. ESSEX.—2nd Innings. Fane, b O'Connor ... ... ... 0 Total for 1 wicket ' ... 26 The Australians' last wicket added 16 runs, the innings lasting 240 minutes. Cotter bowled four no-balls in the first two overs. Stumps were drawn before six o'clock owing to duskiness. Three thousand people were present.