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Pahiatua Herald, Volume XII, Issue 2058, 20 May 1905, Page 5

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AUSTRALIANS V. GENTLEMEN OF ENGLAND. SPLENDID SCORING BY AUSTRALIANS. Per Press Association. [Received this day at 8.39 a.m.] London, May 19. Official correction: Armstrong, no wickets for 23. The Australians have lost five wickets for 270. Howell, c Warner, b Prichard 7 Gregory, c Martin, b Brearley 38 Duff, b Brearley ... ... 94 Trumper, b Brearley ... ... 6 The weather is bright, the wicket fast, and the attendance numbers two thousand. Brearley and Prechard opened the bowling, and the overnight partnership of Gregory and Howell was quickly dissolved. Howell added a single, and was dismissed with an easy catch by Wlrner at mid-ou. Two wickets for 55. Duff was next at 38. Martin caught Gregory at the wickets, who was missed the same overby Wynyard in the slips. Three wickets for 84. Duff 16. One over of Prichard’s had yielded 16. Trumper, when six, and in trying to stop one from Brearley, had the misfortune to be bowled off his pads. Four wickets for 94. Armstrong succeeded. Both batsmen hit freely and runs came fast. Duff made two splendid drives for four and one lucky hit over slip’s head, the ball being lost. Beldam replaced Prichard with a new ball at 124. Duff now showed less vigor than before, but his cricket was excellent. Ai mstrong was in fine form. He was very severe on McDonnell, who displaced Brearley. He made three fours off two of the new bowlers’ overs, the batsmen being easy masters of the situation. Duff reached 50 in 75 minutes. When 67 he was beaten by Evans, but the ball miss°d the wicket. Armstrong’s 50 took an hour to compile. Two hundred runs went up at the end of 135 minutes Fourteen runs were knocked off one over from McDonnell. Duff, when 80, gave a chance to the wicket-keeper, standing back, off Prichard. Runs continued to come at a tremendous pace. Twentyfive xvere scored in two overs, 14 being off Prichard and 11 off Evans. When 94 Duff, by hitting right across the ball, was bowled by Brearley. He batted 130 minutes, and gave a brilliant display. He made 14 fonrers. The partnership lasted 105 minutes, with fierce hitting the last twenty minutes. Two hundred and fifty runs went up for a little over two and a-half hours’ play. Five wickets for 271. Armstrong, not out ... ... 89 Noble, not out . ... ... 0 The lunch adjournment then took place. AUSTRALIANS STILL SCORING RAPIDLY. London, May 19. Noble made four and was bowled by Brearley with a fine hall. It broke back enough to beat the bat, and displaced the leg stump. Six wickets for 282 Armstrong 96. With the appearance of Darling a long and brilliant partnership commenced. Armstrong, ccntinuing to play splendidly, reached the century iu a little over two hours. He made man}' fine strokes, including two fourers in quick succession at tench end. The board showed 300 at the end of 3] Ilolll9' play, and 150 appeared to Armstrong's credit after he had been batting three hours. Darling was then 26 and scoring very fast, the hour after lunch yielding 80 runs. The bowling wns pretty well worn out. PHENOMENAL SCORING. Received this day at 10.3 a.m. London, May 19. Australians have lost six wicket. for 523. Noble, b Brearley 4 Armstrong, not out ... ... 232 Darling, not out ... ... 10] Received this day at 1.52 p.m. Australians declared their innings closed at 555 runs, for the less of six \\i •kets.