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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13915, 28 May 1909, Page 5

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TOUR OF AUSTRALIANS. A DRAWN GAME. Prifss A<so'-.i;il inn I'-v Telftgraph-Cupyriglil LOXOOX, May 2<>. Tlio weather was unsettled, the pitch soft, and the attendance poor when play "as resumed to-day. '1 he tni! of the Home team completely collapsed, the remaining four wickets only adding 14 rnns. Lees, who batted an hour and 25 minutes, addeil 11. to his ovt'r-nighl .score. Then Macartney got to work, and secured four wickets lor two runs. The seventh and eighth wicket fell at 129, and the. ninth at 132, the innings occupying two hours and 35 minutes. The match was dn'iwn. The Australians' innings was marred by rain. Play was not resumed after luncheon till 3.45 p.m., and there were showers at intervals afterwards. Hartigau's \yicket fell for nil, the second for 73, and third for 105. Play was uninteresting. Bardsley played Lowe on.- after batting for 50 minutes. The following are the scores: — A TJSTR AIJ A NS.—lst. Inni rigs. Bardsley, b Lowe T1 Hopkins, c Langdon,, li Lowe 5 Noble, c and b Gilbert. 107 Ransford, c and b Gilbert 20 Gregory, c Pawson*, b Gilbert. 51 Armstrong, b Gilbert 23 Triimper, b Gilbert 2 Macartney, b Gilbert Hartigan, b Gilbert. 4 Carkeek, c Lowe, b Gilbert S Whitty, *'ot out 1 Sundries ' Total 247 Bowling analysis.—Gilbert 8 wickets for 71, Lowe 2 for 62,. -Robinson 0 for 25, Cartwright 0 for 39, Langdon 0 for 28, Evans 0 for 15; Second Innings. Hartigan, b Gilbert Bardsley, b Lowe Ransford, e sub, b Hirst ;, 8 Armstrong, not out Gregory, not. out 27 Sundries Total for three wickets ... 167 Bowling analysis.—Gilbert 1 wicket for 51 runs, Lowe 1 for 33, Hirst 1 for 22, Evans 0 for 25, Cartwright 0 for 25. . OXFORD. —Ist Innings. Evans, e. Carkeek, b Armstrong ... 12 Salter, b Whitty 33 Hooman, b Whitty 4 Lees, b Macartney . 29 Hurst, 1.b.w., b Armstrong 20 Lagdeiii b Whitty Pawson, b Macartney 0 Cartwright, b Macartney 3 Robins On. c and b Macartney 0 Sundries \ Total - (Two names have been omitted from the above score.") Bowling analysis. Macartney, o wickets for 24 .runs, Whitty 3 for 32, Armstrong 2 for 3, Hapkins 0 for 28. THE FIRST TEST MATCH. LONDON, May 26. Rhodes has been added to the list of eligible* for the test team. ■ Hay ward, who strained his knee in the Surrey-Australan match, lias sufficiently recovered, and is going to Birmingham in connection with the first test match. Received 1.10 a.m., May 2ith. ; LONDON, May 27. It had been arranged to play to-day from 11.30 to 6.30, and on. Saturday from 11 to 0.30. Heavy rain just before 11 a.m. saturated the wicket, and plav was impossible for a considciable time. The rain then cleared and the sun was' shining. The teams had not been decided on.