CRICKET

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13901, 12 May 1909, Page 5

CRICKET

TOUR OF AUSTRALIANS

AGAINST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE

Prt-ss Assodation-By. Telegraph-Copyrigbl

LONDON,' May 10

The match against Northamptonshire began to-day. '• Laver, Whitty, Oarkeek, Hopkins, and McAlister were emitted, from the Australian team.

Tlii' woathet- was <1 n 11 0 the wicket good, and the attendance moderate. Northampton wou the toss and elected to bat, bat made a poor start. The first two wickets were down tor 18 and l'onr for 56. Vialls played good legside cricket, but gave a. chance to Bardsley in the. slips, off Cotter, when he had made seven. At luncheon the score stood at- 5 lor 75. Wells was 60 minutes at the wickets and gave a good display of vigorous driving and pulling. Finally he returned a hot one to Armstrong which the bo.wler held. ' A smart return to Hansford was responsible for East's dismissal. Thompson played a sound steady game arid batted' two hours and twenty minutes. He gave a chance off O'Connor's bowling, to 'Carte)-, n't the -wickets when he had made four. The seventh wicket foil at 112, the eighth at 16 and the ninth at ISI. The following are. the scores: — NORTH.-UIPTONSWRE —Ist Innings. Kingston, b Macartney 15 Pool, 1.b.w., h Cotter 1 Haywood, b Cotter 9 Via lis, b Macartney 24 Smith, c Truniper, b O'Connor ... 13 Wells, c and b Armstrong 45 Thompson, not out 46 Snell, 1.h..w., b Ai-mstrong 0 East, run out 8 Manning, b Macartney 9 Ruswell, b -Macartney 12 Sundries 21 . Total : 203 Bowling analysis:—Cotter, 2 wickets for 46 runs; O'Connor, 1 for 41; Annstrong, 2 for 4i ; Macartney, 4 for 40: Noble, 0 for 8.

Hartigan lost his wicket in attempting to play back to a hall Irom Smith. Mis score included three fours made oft the second over received. The first wicket fell at 67 and the second at I'll. Noble's innings lasted for 70 minutes, and lvis runs were mostly the result of late cuts. Smith disposed of O'Connor .and,. Carter with successive balls, the latter succumbing to K the first delivery. The fourth wicket fell at 122. Bardslev played free and huiltlcss cricket, and was especially stroiuj; oil the leg side. AUSTRALIA —Ist Innings. Hartigan, b Smith Bardsley, not out —: "• ' ° Noble; 1.b.w., b Thompson 32 O'Connor, t> Smith Carter, b Smith Cotter, not out 3 Total for four wickets 133