CRICKET.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 11871, 8 June 1909, Page 5

CRICKET.

AUSTRALIANS v. HAMPSHIRE.

(Press Assn. — By Telegraph — Copyright) LONDON, June 7. \The fodlowing team will renrescnt Hampshire m their match with the Australians: .Sprot, Fry, Hill, Evans, J. Bowell, Mead, Llewellyn, Ston«, Brqwn, Newniiin. (One name lias -been omitted.) J. B. Hobbs > (Surrey) has compiled 1009 runs this season/ an average of 67 p:r innings. j (Received June 8, 8.55 a.m.) ! LONDON, Juno 7. Ths Australians commenoed a match ••.gainst Hiimpshire to-day. HAMPSHIRE (Ist tailings). Brwfll, c Gregory, b Layer... ... 0 .Mead; c and. b Whitty ..n ... 39 White, c and b Layer ... ... 21 Llewellyn, c and b Layer ... ... 9 Erans, b La,ver... ... .... ... 7 Hill, on played. W. bitty/ '. 7 Lee, c Bardsley, b Whitty-... ... 0 Stone, b Layer... ... „..'. ... 10 Brown, c Hartijan, b Lavdr... ... 7 Remnant, not out .../„. ... ll Newman, hit Mickct, b Slacartney.... 11 Sundries ..'. ... ... ... S ■-, Total ... ... ... "'"•■■.. M3l| Bowling analysis: Layer, six for 53; Whittv, three for 26 ;_ Macartney, one for .17; Noble, nil for 20 ;, Armstrong, nil for 6. (Received June 8, 9.25 a.m.) LONDON, June 7. Ransford Hopkins, O'Connor, Cotter, and Carkeck were omitted from the Australian team. "', ' ;. .■,!•'■ A- downpour of ruin yesterday caused the wicket to be^dden, ai{d the ftart was delayed till 2.16 p.m. Tlie;> weather ■at the opening was dull and tlie wicket soft. ; VThe attendance was, lOCO.

Hie ; count j ■made an unpropitibus Qtdrt. Bow-ell succumbed to the second ball of. the' first , over, Gregory, at coverpoint, taking an easy catch off Layer. One for. 1. VMead^ and W^ite .■'steadied things; j White iknocked tliree four's off one over of La.v-er'p. The second wicket went for 26. Mead, starting, cautiously,, soon developed strong- driyin^: ;Llewellyn gave o-'poor displaV. -He took, 40 minutes to make 9; The, third .-wicket went down for 62, the fourth for 80, the fif^h for 85. Evans .lost his wicket whilst playing, back to Lavfir. Jtee followed, aud played .., the first ball he- received into Bdrdglev's hand at midK)ri. Tliiis* left the total .< unaltered. .. Mead ended a fine, steady injiin,gs, lasting two hours, sending a skyer back to Whitty. Seven : for 96. .A well-judged catch :,by Hartigarii: at Ioni?-on, off I/aver, disposed^ of Bro-wn at. 309. and , at tlie'sams ..total' liaVerl captured -'the ...ninth wicket. ".>The, innings lasted' 170 minutes; ,' (Received June 8, 10,30. a.m.), .LONDON,- June 7vThe A'Oistralians, w'heri ' stumps wero drawn, lifixl lost two wickets for 34" runs. AUSTRALIAN^ (first; iniyings). : ■• Trumper, played on, b Newman .... 9 Bardsley, not out ... ... ... Ssl Noble run out ■■-,■*». ... ... 0" Whitty, not'out ... ... ... 0 Total for two wickteis 34 GHUISfi;CHU|tCH, last night. At the la«t; meeting of tlie Canterbury Cricket iiisociatiou it wax decided JLo. otfer the position of wauh to A. J. Hoi)kiii!jj of ; * the ' Australian team, K. Humphries, last, season's -conch, -being .itnabliv to retiira' to the . (Dominion.