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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLIII, Issue 6, 11 August 1909, Page 9

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THE AUSTRALIAN XL IN ENGLAND. Programme of Matches. AUGUST. 13-v. West of England (Devon, Cornwall, etc.), at Exeter. 16—v. Gloucestershire, at Cheltenham 19 —v. Kent, at Canterbury. 23—v. Middlesex, at Lord’s. 26—v. Sussex, at Brighton. 30—v. M.C.C., at Lord’s. SEPTEMBER. 2—v. Essex, at Leyton. 6 —v. An England Eleven (Mr. Bamford’s), at Uttoxeter. 9 —Scarborough Festival, at Scarborough 13—v. South of England, at Hastings A Win for Australia. The weather was sunny and the wicket fast at Cardiff for the match between Australia and South Wales. The attendance was small. The Australians won with eight wickets to spare. Lancashire Defeated, Following are the scores :— AUSTRALIA.—First Innings. S. E. Grigory, b Brearley 6 W. Bardsley, c Tyldesfey, b Heap .. 13 V. Ransford, b Heap 0 W. W. Armstrong, not out . 43 M. A. Noble, b Brearley 4 V. Trumper, b Dean 8 C. G. Macartney, c Maclaren, b Dean 1 A. J. Hopkins, c Maclaren, b Dean .. 8 A. Cotter, b Dean 2 H. Carter, b Heap 0 F. Laver, b Dean 0 Sundries 2 Total 87 Bowling analysis: Brearley took two wickets for 32; Heap, three for 38; and Dean, five for 15. LANCASHIRE. —First Innings. A. C. Maclaren, st. Carter, b Laver 1(5 A. Hartley, b Macartney 3 J. T. Tyldesley, lbw, b Laver .... 10 J. Sharp, c Noble, b Laver 0 IL Makepeace, lbw, b Armstrong .. 27 J. MacLeod, c , b Macartney .. 11 J. S. Heap, b Macartney 1 A. H. Hornby, st. Carter, b Armstrong 31 H. Dean, b Armstrong . 3 W. Brearley, b Armstrong 0 W- Worsley, not out 0 Sundries 2 Total 104 Bowling analysis: Laver, three for 25; Macartney, three for 44; Armstrong, four for 14; Noble, none for 16. AUSTRALIA- —Second Innings. M. A. Noble, c MaeLaren, b Dean .. 0 H. Carter, lbw, b Brearley 0 F. Laver, c MaeLaren, b Dean .... 8 S. E. Gregory, run out 0 Cotter, b Dean 37 W. Bardsley, b Dean 4 W. W. Armstrong, st Worsley, b Tyldesley 72 V. Trumper, b Dean 54 V. Ransford, b Sharp 6 C. J. Macartney, not out 11 Hopkins, c MaeLaren, b Tyldesley .« 0 Sundries < 22 Total . 214 Bowling Analysis: Brearley took one wicket for 40 runs, Dean five for 64, Heap none for 39, MacLeod none for 16, Sharp one for 31, Makepeace none for 2, Tyldesley two for 0. LANCASHIRE—Second Innings. MaeLaren, c Ransford, b Cotter .... 32 Hartley, b Cotter 21 Tyldesley, c Armstrong, b Hopkins.. 12 Sharp, c Noble, b Hopkins 38 Hornby, b Armstrong 1 Makepeace, b Hopkins ............ 6 MacLeod, b Hopkins ............ 4 Heap, lbw, b Armstrong .......... 0 Dean, e Armstrong, b Hopkins .-..., 1 Worsley, not out ...............« 2 Brearley, b Hopkins ........ ...... 7 Sundries 26 Total 150

Bowling analysis; Armstrong took tw wickets for 43 runs; Cotter, two for 23; Hopkins, six for 15; Laver, none for 25) Macartney, none for 13: Noble, none far 7. Rhodes’ Consistency. Wilfred Rhodes, the Yorkshire international, has scored 1000 runs and taken 100 wickets for the seventh consecutive season, thus establishing a record. A Fifth Wicket Record. In the match Worcestershire v. Warwick, Arnold made 200 not out; Burn.% 196; the fifth wicket putting on 393 ant establishing a record.