CRICKET.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 6513, 16 June 1899, Page 3

CRICKET.

AUSTRALIA v. ENGLAND. ■' THE SECOND TEST MATCH. United Press Association-'Sj' Eleetrio Telegraph — Copyright. LONDON, June 15. The spectators, while hoping that the Englishmen will win, are not very sanguine .with' regard to the Home team, which is considered rather weak in bowling. Iredale (who is ill with measles at Bradford);,. Johns and M'Leod are standing out of tfe A^s-: tralian team. ['; The -weather wa.s lovely, and the wicket, /which is practically in the centre of the ■ ground, excellent. The attendance at ten o'clock numbered eight thousand, at luncheon, time fifteen -thousand, and in the afternoon- thirty thousand. McLaren; and Try were the first batsmen, the bowlers- being Jones and Howell. Jones . took the first over and M'Laren cut him for four. Howell bowled a maiden to Fry, and then M'Laren was bowled by Jones, who took the middle stump. The first wicket fell for four. Ranjitsinhji, on emerging from the pavilion, was cheered. . Fry opened his ' account wiht . a beautiful glance off Howell for five. H6 scored eight, and was then caught by Jones off his own bowling. Two for fourteen. Fry, who was very uncomfortable, was repeatedly beaten by Jones. Townsend, the next man, did not remain long, being t smartly stumped by Kelly. Three for 20. Fry played with extreme caution, and the scoring was slow. After making" 13, he just touched one 'from. Jones, and was caught in the slips by Trumble ; four for 44. It took fifty minutes 1 to compile this score. Jackson, whose score stood at 13, was joined by Hayward.. The fielding of the Australians was superb. After a few 1 more overs Noble relieved Howell and the change proved effective, as he clean bowled Hayward ; five for 45. Tyldesley joined Jackson. The newcomer had much difficulty in coping -vyith the deliveries of Jones, who : was almost unplayable. Jackson now commenced to display more confidence. Tyldesley was finely caught by Darling low down in ' the slips ; • six for 66. Jessop followed Tyldesley. •He started poorly, but soon showed freedom, and stood up to the bowling with more pluck than the . previous batsmen. At 90 Howell went on in place of Jones, and at the luncheon adjournment the slate of the game was six for 147, Jackson 55, Jessop 42, both unbeaten. Jackson should have been run out when he had scored 21. Trumble had relieved Noble at 134, arid three runs later Jones again went on in place of Howell. After resuming, Jessop commenced to liit all round the wickets, the spectators cheering almost every hit. Jackson showed fine, steady cricket, and occasionally launched out, and off one of Noble's overs hit a couple of fives. Jessop was soon afterwards caught by Trumper in long field. He was in, for over an hour, and scored nine fours. Jackson played Jones on to his wicket ; eight for 184. Jackson batted for two hours and a half; he hit ten fours. Mead followed, and was bowled by Jones ; nine for 190..Rhodes, the last man, Avas quickly disposed of by Jones. Hill missed Jackson in the slips when the latter had scored 58, and also missed Lilley when he had scored fifteen. "* In the second test match at Lord's, England, in the first innings, scored 206. Worrall and Darling were the first batsmen, Mead and Jessop bowling. Before he had scored Darling gave Hayward a cliance in the slips, which was declined. Rhodes displaced Mead at 27, and the change was successful. Worrall, who showed good style, was nicely taken by Hayward in the slips.. The first wicket fell for 27 and the second for 28. The Australians lost two wickets for 28 runs. Three of the Australian wickets have fallen for 59 runs. ENGLAND. First Innings. M'Laren, b Jones . . . . 4 . Ranjitsinhji, c and b Jones . .8 Townsend, st Kelly b Howell . 5 Fry, c Trumble b Jones . . 13 Jackson, b Jones . . . .73 Hayward, b Noble .... 1 Tyldesley, o Darling b" Jones . 14 Jessop, c Trumpar b Trumble . 51 Mead, b Jones .... 7 Lilley, not out . . . . 19 , Rhodes, b Jones . . . .2 Extras 9 Total . . . . .206 Bowling Analysis. — Jones, seven for 88; Howell, on© for 43 ; Noble, one for 39 ; Trumble, one for 27. AUSTRALIA. First Innings. Darling, c Ranjitsinhji b Rhodes . . 9 • Worrall, c Hay ward b Rhodes. 18 Hill, not out . -. . . .17 . Gregory, c Lilley b Jessop . .15