Cricket.

Opunake Times, Volume V, Issue 199, 31 July 1896, Page 2

Cricket.

AUSTRALIANS IN ENGLAND.

THE SURREY MATCH.

London, July 27. The Australians began a match with Surrey to-day. The Surrey team is composed of Richardson, jpockwood, Abel, Brockwell, Hayw'ard, Baldwin, Wood, Read, Leveson-Gowet, Smith, and Holland.

The atteudancaiSis very large, and the weather fine, but the wicket is heavy. Graham, Eady, and Johns stand out of the Australian team. Surrey won the toss and went in. Brookwell 28 Holland 17 Hayward 6 Abel ... 116 Leveson-Gower ... 69 Eead ... ... ... 1 Smith 0 Baldwin . 23 Lookwood 19 Wood 7 Richardson, not out ... 0 Extras 10 Total 283 Trumble took 1 wiok6t for 84, McKibbin 7 for 80, Giffea 1 for 53, Trott 1 for 28The Australians had made 3 without the loss of a wicket when stumps were drawn. Gower and Abel played brilliantly, the former being at the wickets for an hour and a half. He hit five fours, but the innings was somewhat marred by two chances. Abel never gave the semblance of a chance, and, though he was at the wickets for 4£ hours, he only knocked up nine fours. McKibbin created, a sensation by taking two wickets with consecutive balls. London, July 28. The attendance at the Oval to-day was large and the weather fine. The Australians made a bad start losing four wickets for a small number of runs, and it was not till Gregory joined Darling that a stand was made. The score at present is : Iredale 2 Donnan 18 Giffen 11 Trott 8 Darling 51 Gregory, 60 Hill, not out 118 Trumble 25 Kelly 44 Jones ... ... ... 23 McKibbin 5 Extras 8 Total 367 Hayward took 5 wickets for 112, Richardson 8 for 124, Abel 1 for 29. When stumps were drawn for the day, Surrey had lost two wickets for 12. Brockwell 5 Baldwin 1 Abel, not out 8 London, July 29. The attendance was again very large to-day, and the weather perfeot. The wicket plaved excellently, but nevertheless the champion county's batting underweut a comparative collapse, and were all out for 147, of which Hayward made 51 and Abel 63. The Australians, with only 64 to get, have so far lost one wioket for 4.