In their first finished match the Austra-lions have scored a decisive victory over Surrey, though how far the measure of their success was due to the weather is a matter for consideration. Having carried their first innings into the second day, scoring 295 for the loss of only five wickets, they "declared," and then succeeded in dismissing their opponents twice for 218, Itisacrishing defeat for what to be England's strongest county, and is a most pramism: start for the Colonials. The victory was mainly due to the bowling of Saunders and Howell, though Trumper contributed largely to it by his innings of
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