With both Wyatt and ' Hammond making centuries, the M.C.C. to-day consolidated their position " against Western Australia, who were dismissed yesterday for 142, by carrying their overnight score of 01 for one to the huge total of 409 for four.
'The cool and cloudy weather brought out a crowd of §,000 spectators, who saw some sparkling erleket, The' 100 was reached after nine minutes' play to-day, the 200 atter 185 minutes, the 300 after 257 minutes trid the 400 after 348 minutes.
Wyatt contributed 100 In a dour innings which lasted four hours and 42 minutes, "He made five fours, Hammond's contribution was 141—the result of a scintillating knock of three hours, He hit two sixes and fourteen boundaries, and gave two Fishlock, the Surrey left-hander, was the only other Englishman to b dismissed to-day, after ho had made
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