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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLIII, Issue 7, 18 August 1909, Page 9

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THE AUSTRALIAN XI. 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.

The Final Test. ENDS IN A DRAW. The final Test match between England and Australia was played in beautiful weather on Kennington Oval. The match ended in a draw. Following are the scores:— AUSTRALIA.-—First Innings. S. E. Gregory, b Carr 1 W. Bardsley, b Sharp 136 M. A. Noble, lbw, b Carr 2 W. W. Armstrong, lbw, b Carr .... 15 V. S. Ransford, b Barnes 3 V. Trumper, c Rhcdes, b Barnes .. 73 C. G. Macartney, e Rhodes, b Sharp 50 A. J. Hopkins, c Rhodes, b Sharp .. 21 A. Cotter, b Carr 7 H. Carter, lbw, b Carr 4 F. Laver, not out 8 Sundries 5 Total 325

Bowling Analysis: Carr took five wickets for 145. Barnes two for 58, Sharp three for 67, Woolley none for 16, Hayes none for 10, and Rhodes none for 34. ENGLAND. —First Innings. A. F. Spooner, b Cotter 13 A. C. MacLaren, lbw. b Cotter .... 15 W. Rhodes, c Carter, b Cotter 66 C. B. Fry, run out 62 J. Sharp, e Gregory, b Hopkins .... 105 F. E. Woolley, b Cotter 8 E. G. Hayes, lbw, b Armstrong .... 4 T. L. Hutchings, e Macartney, b Cotter 59 A. A. Lilley, not out 2 S. F. Barnes, e Cotter, b Hopkins .. 0 A. Carr, b Cotter, 0 Sundries 18 Total 352 AUSTRALIA. —Second Innings. W. Bardsley, lbw, b Barnes 130 S. E. Gregory, run out 74 M. A. Noble, e MacLaren, b Barnes.. 55 W. Armstrong, c Woolley, b Carr .. 10 V. S. Ransford, not out 36 V. Trumper, st. Lilley, b Carr 20 C. G. Macartney, not out 4 Sundries 10 Total for five wickets (innings closed) 339 Bowling analysis: Barnes took two wickets for 61; Carr, two for 136; Rhodes, none for 35; Sharp, none for 34; Woolley, none for 31 ; Hayes, none for 14; Hutchings, none for 18. ENGLAND. —Second Innings. W. Rhodes, st. Carter, b Armstrong 54 A. F. Spooner, c and b Macartney . . 3 E. G. Hayes, e sub., b Armstrong .. 9 C. B. Fry, not out 35 J. Sharp, not out 0 Sundries 3 Total for three wickets 104 Bowling analysis: Cotter, none for 21; Macartney, one for 11; Armstrong, two for 8; Hopkins, none for 40; Gregory, none for 21. The averages of the Australians in the Test Matches are: —

Match Against an English Eleven. The Australians’ programme has undergone a slight variation, and instead ol meeting the West of England at Exeter they on August 12 played an England eleven at Blackpool, a drawn game being the result. The England eleven consisted of Ji. W. H. T. Douglas (Essex). J. N. Crawford (Surrey), — Shields, C. P. Buekenham (Essex), J. H. King (Leicestershire), I. Jayes (Leicestershire). A. E. Knight (Leicestershire), W. Reeves (Essex), 8. Coe (Leicestershire), V. F. S. Crawford ( Surrey), and C. P. MeGahey. Laver, Armstrong, Bardsley, Macartney, and Cotter stood out of the Australian side. Following are the scores:— ENGLAND ELEVEN.— First Inning*. A. E. Knight, c Mac Alister, b O’Connor 153 J. W. Douglas, e Gregory, b O’Connor 102 O. P. MeGahey, b Noble .. . 24 J. H. King, c Carter, b Hopkins . . 50 J. N. Crawford, c Ransford, b Hopkins .. 60 V. F. S. Crawford, b O’Connor .... 35 S. Coe, c Noble, b Hopkins g W. Reeves e and b O’Connor 37 T. Jayes, b O’Connor 36 C. P. Buekenham, b O’Connor ...... 3 Shields, not out 14 Sundries 29 Total 567 Bowling Analysis: Noble one for 43, Hopkins three for 10G, Whitty none for 62, O’Connor six for 210, Trumper none for 6(1, Gregory none for 35, Ransford none for 10. AUSTRALIA.—First Innings. R. Hartigan, st Shields, b MeGahey 88 H. Carter, lbw, b King 38 P. A. McAlister, c Shields, b Jayes 50 V. Ransford. e Shields, b Buekeuham 4 S. E. Gregory, b Buekenham 9 V. Trumper, c Vivian, b Jayes .... 49 M. A. Noble, c Shields, b Buekenham 43 A. J. Hopkins, c Vivian, b Jayes .... 14 J. A. O’Connor, e Reeves, b Buekenham is W. J. Whitty, c Buekenham, b Jayes 4 W. Carkeek, not out fl Sundries 15 Total 326 Bowling analysis: Buekenham, four far 103; Crawford, none for 32; Jayes, four for 81; King, one for 47; MeGahey; one for 36; Reeves, none for 12. Second Innings. H. Carter, c Jayes, b Buekenham.. 27 R. Hartigan, b Buekenham 14 P. A. McAlister, b Douglas 85 V. Ransford, c Jayes. b Buekenham 30 Gregory, c Shields, b MeGahey ...» 12 V. Trumper, b Reeves 150 M. A. Noble, c and b Reeves ...... 36 Hopkins, not out 31 Sundries 15 Total for seven wickets ...... 390 Bowling analysis: Buekenham, three for 68; Jayes, none for 57 ; Douglas, one for 68; J. Crawford, none for 25; MeGahey, one for 60; King, none for 14; Coe, none for 37; Reeves, two for s<j Vivian (1), none for 2.

RATTING. Inn. N.O. R. A v W. W. Armstrong 33 9 1238 51.68 W. Bardsloy .... 37 2 1741 40.74 V. Ransford .... 31 4 1130 41.85 V. Trumper . .... 34 2 038 29.31 M. A. Noble . .... 34 4 860 28.60

C. G. Macartney 29 7 531 P. A. McAlister . 21 3 382 tUt 8. E. Gregory ... 31 5 531 2U42 Ii. Harttgaa .... 11) 1 303 Bk83 J. A. O’Connor .. 14 5 146 A. J. Hopkins ... 15 0 206 13.75 A. Cotter ’*2 0 271 1231 H. Carter ....... 24 4 228 U.40 F. Izi ver 10 3 141 10.84 H. Carkopk 0 o 54 T.n W. J. W-hitty ... 13 6 53 ■LSI BOWLING. F. Laver W. R. Av. 66 R63 1X07 W. J. W hitty 52 853 Id 40 C. G. Macartney .. 57 042 16.52 W. VV . Armstrong . 84 1445 17.2b J. A. O’Connor ... 45 771) 17.31 A. J. Hopkins .... 35 636 18.17 A. Cotter aj 1190 22JS8 M. A. Noble 16 653 40JB1 V. Ransford 0 2 — R. Hartfgan 0 4 8. E. Gregory 0 V. Truniper ...... 0 61 —