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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXIII, Issue X, 2 September 1899, Page 393

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THE AUSTRALIAN TOUR. MATCH AGAINST MIDDLESEX. This match was played at Lords on the Monday and Tuesday of last week, and ended in a brilliant win for the Colonials by an innings and 230 runs. Middlesex is this season considered to be very strong, and when the last mail left England, stood second on the list for the County Championship, which renders the decisive victory of the Colonials all the more gratifying. The Australians batted first and made a splendid stand, their total at the end of the first day’s play being 320 for the loss of 5 wickets. McLeod was run out, and it is noticeable that Trott the ex-Australian, captured the other four wickets. On the second day the Colonials reached the total of 445 before they were all disposed of, the not outs of the first day. Darling and Iredale, both obtaining a century, and curiously enough they got the same score, viz., 111. Middlesex only managed to knock up 105 runs in their first attempt, and following on did very little better, being all disposed of for 110 runs. Jones and McLeod did all the bowling, and divided the wickets between them, the former capturing 10 for 94, and the latter 10 for 125, both splendid performances. McLeod appears to be striking his true form, both with bat and ball, and it is a pity he did not manage to do so earlier in the tour. AUSTRALIA. —First Innings.”” Trumble, c McGregor, b Trott... 10 McLeod, run out 48 Noble, c R. Douglas, b Trott.... 14 Gregory, c McGregor, b Trott.... 10 Trumper, c McGregor, b Trott.. 62 Darling, 1.b.w., b Wells 11l Iredale, c Rawlin, b Hearne 11l Kelly, c Ford, b Hearne 10 Laver, not out 29 Jones, b Wells 8 Howell, c Wells, b Hearne 10 Sundries 22 Total 445

BOWLING ANALYSIS. Trott, 4 for 107. Hearne, 3 fors7. Wells. 2 for 82. Roaehe, o for 66. Rawlins. O fur I Ford, 0 for 30. MIDDLESEX.— First Innings. Jas. Douglas, b Jones.. „ Moon, e Howell, b McLeod 17 Warner, c Darling, b McLeod.... 39 Rawlin. c Trumble, b McLeod.... 11 Ford, b McLeod 0 Trott, c Howell, b McLeod 8 It. Douglas, c Darling, b McLeod 12 Wells, b McLeod 7 McGregor, c Laver, b Jones 1 Roche, not out 5 Hearne, c Howell, b Jones 1 Extras 4 Total 105 BOWLING ANALYSIS. McLeod took seven wiekets for 57. Jones, three for 54. MIDDLESEX.—Second Innings. Warner, b Jones 5 Jas. Douglas, c Kelly, b MeLeod.. 7 Moon, c Kelly, b Jones 0 R. Douglas, b Jones 13 Rawlin, b Jones 4 Ford, c Kelly, b Jones.. 0 Trott, c Noble, b MeLeod 43 Wells, c Kelly, b McLeod 30 McGregor, b Jones 4 Roche, c Kelly, b Jones 2 Hearne, not out 0 Extras 2 Total 110 BOWLING ANALYSIS. Jones took seven wickets for 4<». MeLeod, three for 68. ® © ©

MATCH WITH SOMERSET’. This match ended in another draw very much in favour of the Colonials, as with nine wiekets down in their second innings the County had obtained a lead of only 76 runs. Somerset batted first and made an excellent stand, their total reaching 376 runs. The greater portion of their score was made by four batsmen, namely Bernard (9 1), Bran nd (82). Robson (76), and Woods (68). The Australians in their only innings went in for some heavy scoring, their total being 532 runs. Laver with 143 runs was top scorer, and this was the first occasion during the tour on which he was attained the coveted century. It will be noticed that all the Colonials with the exception of Howell reached double figures. In their second innings Somerset lost nine wiekets for 232 runs, Bernard again being the highest scorer with 58 to his credit. Darling was evidently trying an experiment in Ulis innings, as he gave every one of his team a try with the ball, with exception of Kelly, the wicketkeeper. SOMERSET.—First Innings. Braund, c Iredale, b Jones S« Bernard, c Kelly, b MeLeod 94 Phillips, c MeLeod, b Jones < Woods, c Howell, b Trumble 68 Robson, run out 7? Hill, e Jones, b Trumble 1? Daniell, e Kelly, b Jones It Hedley, b Laver 2 Newton, run out T ( Gill, not out f.' Tyler, c Trumble, b Jones ? Extras J Total 37«, BOWLING ANALYSIS. Jones, 4 for 95. Trumble, 2 for 80. MeLeod, 1 for 82. Laver, 1 for 42. Noble, 0 for 65. Howell, 0 for 9. AUSTRALIANS.—First Innings. McLeod, st Newton, b Tyler It Trumble, b Braund 42: Laver, c Bernard, b Hill 14J Noble, b Woods 1:1 Trumper, c Tyler, b Hedley 51 Darling, b Tyler 9i? Iredale, st Newton, b Tyler 53 Gregory, b Tyler Kelly, c and b Woods 4<< Jones, not out.• 34 Howell, c Braund, b Woods• C, Extras . 3C Total s?' BOWLING ANALYSIS. Tyler took 4 wickets for 150 runs. Woods. 3 for 73. Braund, 1 for 81. Hedley, 1 for 74* Hill, 1 for 28.

SOMERSET -Second Inning*. Sr.ir.id. b Jones 1 Bernard, e and b Jone* 58 lohwn. b Jones 2< •hillipx. e Trumper. u Noble 25 R < J me" b Howell 2 Xktnielk, not out 37 a. Iky. c Howell, b Laver 17 Newton, b Trumper 1 Bi 1. b Ire dale Tiler. not out 7 ' Extras 10 Total for nine wickets 232 BOWLING ANALYSIS. Jones took 3 wickets for 50 - ins. iloweil, 1" for 28. Laver. 1 for 9. Trumper. 1 for 10. I redale. 1 for 11. McLeod. 0 for 50. Gregory. 0 for 34. Trumble. 0 for 14. Darling. 0 for 10. ® ® ® THE AVERAGES. The Australians’ batting averages to date are appended. Ail the averages are now under 40, though several by a mere fraction only. Had Noble made three more runs in the match just concluded his average would now be 40 exactly, instead of 39.9. Similarly. if Darling had made 10 more runs he too would have touched 40. Darlinar’s aggregate of 1670 runs is the second highest ever made by an Australian during an English tour, being only 41 runs behind Murdoch’s record aggregate, -with three more matches still to be played: —

A RECORD AGGREGATE. Ranjitsinhji has scored 2837 runs in first-class cricket, which is a record. Ranjitsinhji. in 1896, scored 2780 runs in first-class matches, beating IV. G. Grace’s 2739 in 1871. which was the record for 25 years. "Ranji” has now beaten his own record, and as the season is not yet over he may be expected to go considerably beyond his 1896 figures. Other aggregates of 2000 runs in a season have been obtained by W. G. Grace in 1871 (2739), in 1876 (2622), in 1895 (2346), in 1873 (2139), in (2135), and in 1887 (2062): by Gunn in 1893 (2057); by A. E. Stoddart in 1893 (2072); and Abel in 1895 ( 2057). in 1896 ( 2218), in 1897 (2090), and in 1898 (2053). ® ® ® Johns is returning by the Oroya, owing to his father’s illness.

Noble I. NO. ns. ■ 156 rise. 1517 39.9 UiH 1 160 X • 1 39.9 Parlinir 50 8 134* 1070 39.7 Worrall 3»* 128 1155 ZT7.2 Trumpet .... 43 3 »¥»• 1487 37.1 Jtedale 115 960 32.0 Laver Q 113 739 :>\7 124 1159 ■ >S *’ Trumble 8 100 1002 27.0 Ke’.lv •> -4 4 103 744 24.8 Jones 31 521 19.2 .McLeml .... 33 6 469 17.3 Howell 30 9 49 314 12 5 Jvhns 3 2< • 50 12.2