THE A.I.F. ELEVEN

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17729, 13 September 1919, Page 9

THE A.I.F. ELEVEN

BEATEN BY ELEVEN OF ENGLAND. A NARROW MARGIN. Press Association—By Telegraph— Copyright. LONDON, September 10. Ixlo .AiistrcUi&Qs, in fch© nj&fccli at Scar* borough, made 276 in their second innings (Taylor 71). C. I. Thornton's Eleven 191 f OT eight wickets (Hobbs 93). Thornton's team won bv two rockets. THE TOUR REVIEWED. RESULTS EXCEEDED EXPECTATIONS. BATIING AND BOWLING AVERAGES. . . LONDON, September 10. Reviewing the tour. Sydney Pardon, the well-known cricket writer, says: The ellroand form.cf the Australians exceeded. : all anticipations. At first it was thought ■ the tour would be nothing more thai? a , pleasant holiday; but from the opening match it iw clear the combination would have to be taken serionslv. Gregory showec exceptional pace, and was invalu,.e a £ art from l» s . bowling. The team's strength was collective rather than individual. ], Ver y m runS) an( J the work in the out-field was of hi"h class, and good enough for any eleven, blearier picking up or finer throwing in nas rarely been seen, rpi , ... BATTING. Ifle batting averages m the firstrdass ma.tches were : Willis (Victoria), 41.30; Coilms (Victoria), 38.45; Pellew (South Australia), 38.18; Oldfield (N.S.W.), <N{{YJ 700 3L2S ' Gre s«y T er y (N-S.W.), 28.26; Lampard (Victoria), 25.65; Mur--5n y /in 24 - 03 ; Docker (N.S.W) P l3l , 1 (N-S-Wl., 18.80; Stirling (bouth Australia), 16.81; Herring (Victoria), 13 38; Long (N.S.W.), 11.00. Kelleway (N.S.W.), who played only a few mmngs before bemg indisposed, avenged Aggregates exceeding 1000 rans:— 1615: p *™• BOWLING. „ C ° Ul^ s . iS-SS; Gregory, 17J.9; Docker, £s'»fS: 20 ' 96; **"■ Wickets exceeding 100:— m . Collins, 106.—A. and N.Z. 1