London, Aug. 13.
The fifth and final test match of the present Australian tour opened to-day at Kennington Oval, but play was restricted [by rain to two hours and 36 minut crowd of 35,000 spectators. Tennyson won the toss, and En; land started their innings at 1 p.m. The batsmen adopted—caus tious tactics, and runs came slowly. There was a delay of two and a half hours after lunch, and the crowd showed great impatience. When stumps were drawn the total stood at 129 for four wickets. Ernest Tyldesley was the top scorer with 39, of which 16 came from boundary hits.
London, Aug. 15.
The weather was again dull to-ly, when the last test match was resumed at the Oval, but the wicket had recovered. and was in excellent condition. The spectators number-20,000.
Mead (19) and Sandham (1) resumed the English first innings,
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