CRICKET.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXVIII, Issue XXII, 31 May 1902, Page 1076

CRICKET.

VISIT OF AN ENGLISH CRICKET TEAM. The sum of £2OOO required for the expenses of the English cricket team, which it is proposed shall tour New Zealand, has now been fully guaranteed to the association. The guarantees are as under:—Auckland, £250; Wellington, £250; Otago, £250; Canterbury, £250; Hawke’s Bay, £150; Wanganui, £150; Manawatu, £100; Blenheim, £100; Nelson, £100; Taranaki, £100; Southland, £100; making a total of £lBOO. The remaining £2OO will be derived from the New Zealand match. The secretary of the Cricket Council expects to receive a definite, reply from Lord Hawke by the San Francisco mail, due on June 14. •

THE AUSTRALIANS IN ENGLAND. MATCH AGAINST LEICESTER. AUSTRALIANS WIN BY SEVEN WICKETS. LEICESTER—First Innings. * Whitehead, b Noble 3 Wood, b Jones 13 King, b Jones 8 Knight, c Noble, b Jones 6 Crawford, e and b Jones 8 De Trafford, e Saunders, b Jones.. 0 C-ox, b Noble 0 O’Dell, c Carter, b Noble 0 Gleeson, b Jones 6 Woodcock, c Armstrong, b Noble.. 4 Whiteside, not out 0 Sundries 4 Total 51 BOWLING ANALYSIS. Jones, six for 26. Noble, four for 21. AUSTRALIANS—First innings. Duff, c Whiteside, b Woodcock. 9 Trumper, b King 20 Hill, b Woodcock 0 Gregory, b Woodcock 3 Darling, c Whitehead, b King 25 Noble, c Crawford, b Woodcock 13 Armstrong, c Odell, b King 7 Hopkin b King 9 Carter, c Coe, b Woodcock 1 Jones, c Odell, b King 40 Saunders, not out 9 Extras 0 Total 126 Bowling analysis: Woodcock, 5 for 54; King, 5 for 72. LEICESTER.—Second Innings. Whitehead, lbw, b Noble 24 Wood, b Jones 33 King, c Saunders, b Noble 12 Crawford, b Noble 17 De Trafford, e and b Jones I Coe, c Gregory, b Noble 11 Knight, b Noble 24 Geeson, lbw, b Noble 1 O’Dell, b Noble G Woodcock, e and b Noble 5 Whiteside (not out) 0 Extras 9 Total 143 BOWLING ANALYSIS. Saunders, 0 for 24. Noble, 8 for 48. Trumper, 0 for 33. Jones, 2 for 29. AUSTRALIA. —Second Innings. Trumper, b C’Ded 14 Duff, c Wood, b O’Dell 3 Hopkins, lbw, b Woodcock 1 Gregory (not out) 18 Darling (not out) 22 Sundries II Total for 3 wickets 69 BOWLING ANALYSIS. Woodcock, 1 for 16. O’Dell, 2 for 23. Geeson, 0 for 12. Crawford, 0 for 7. MATCH AGAINST OXFORD. OXFORD. —Fust Innings. Marsham, c Hopkins, b Noble 21 Dillon, c Darling, b Jones 21 Wyld, e Saunders, b Noble 1 Voss, b Armstrong 10 Evans, e Trumper, b Noble 7 Williams, e Trumper, b Armstrong 0 Bonham-Carter, c Jones, b,Noble.. 7 Whateley, b Armstrong.. 0 Kelly, c and b Armstrong 0 Findlay (not out) 5 Ernsthousen, b Noble 4 Sundries 1 Total 77 BOWLING ANALYSIS. Noble took 5 wickets for 38. Jones, 1 for 29. Armstrong, 4 for 9. AUSTRALIAN TEAM.—First Innings. Duff, c Findlay, b Ernsthousen.. 41 Trumper, c Wyld, b Evans 121 Hill, st Findlay, b Whateley.... 64 Gregory, b Whateley 6 Armstrong, c Bonham, b Kelly. . 17 Hopkins, c Bonham, b Ernsthousen 39 Noble, not out 4 Darling, not out 5 Sundries i 6 Total for six wickets 314

BOWLING ANALYSIS. Ernsthousen took two wickets for 80 runs. Whateley, two for 76. Kelly, one for 21. Evans, one for 22. Williams, none for 63. OXFORD. —Second Innings. Marsham, b Noble 5 Dillon, c Duff, b J0ne5......... 3 Wyld, b Jones 19 Voss, b Saunders - 28 Evans, b Saunders 13 Bonham-Carter, lbw, b Saunders 9 Williams, c Noble, b Saunders.... 26 Findlay, b Saunders 21 Whateley, c Jones, b Saunders.. 8 Kelly, lbw, b Saunders 31 Ernsthousen, not out 3 Sundries 17 Total 183 BOWLING ANALYSIS. Jones took two wickets for 38 runs. Noble, one for 25. Armstrong, none for 19. Saunders, seven for 67. Trumper, none ft>r 17. The team to represent England in the first test match will be selected from McLaren, Jackson, Fry, Mason, lianjitsinhji, Jessop, Lilley, Braund, Hirst, Rhodes; Hayward, Tyldesley, and one other. It is officially announced that Maclaren has been invited to captain England in the first test match and that he has accepted.