Cricket 1902

52 CllICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. F eb . 27, 1902. They possessed a couple of good fast bowlers, Fentado and Messias, the former especially doing good work, although his delivery at times was open to question, but financial difficulties overtook them and the Melbourne Cricket Club ulti­ mately obtained possession of their grounds and brought matters round suc­ cessfully. On the question of the grounds, or, rather, the wickets, let me say they are certainly good. Stewart Lohmann was down there a few seasons back, it being the first time a regular groundsman had been engaged, although natives are always kept, and he did a good deal towards improving the crease, and especially the outfield. It cannot be said that the playing area is large, or that the pavilions are elaborate, but they are roomy, comfortable, and kept in good repair, and considering they are used only for cricket and not for social gather­ ings, they answer every requirement. THE ENGLISH TEAM IN THE WEST INDIES. FIRST MATCH AGAINST BARBADOS ( f ir s t o p th e t o u r .) Played on the ground of the Wanderers’ C.C., Bay Estate, Bridgetown, on January 22,23 and 24. Barbados won by an innings and 71 runs. After a couple of day’s practice the team began this, their first match, on a miserably wet day, the ground being under water at the time fixed for play. By the use of bags to mop the water off the pitch, it was possible to begin the game at three o’clock, when Barbados went in and made the most of what turned out to be a very easy wicket. Owing to the absence of Mr. Dow­ son, through a cold, and of Mr. E. K. Wilson, who immediately after his arrival on the island had received a telegram announcing the death of his mother, the English teamwas particularly weak in bowling. The result was that the home eleven made a lot of runs. The best cricket of the first day was Bhown by Mr. Hinds, who made 55 out of the 129 runs made for one wicket. When the game was resumed Mr. Challenor played excellent cricket, and the visitors iiad to face a big total. In their first innings they were quite unable to play the fast and bumping howling of Mr. Horne, who had a very fine analysis. In the second innings Mr. Fane was seen to great advantage, while Mr. Bosanquet aid well, but the result was a foregone conclusion. F. Binds, c Hollins, b Bosanquet .......... 66 G. Cox, c V\hatman, b Bosanquet ... 68 V. thal enor, c Ben­ nett, b Hollins .. 67 H. A . Cole, c Fane, b Bosanquet ...........15 P. A. Goodman, c Hol­ lins, b Dill1n ...........23 H . B. G. Austin, b Bosanquet ...........37 Layne. e and b Dillon 43 Shtpherd.cDashwood, b Bo.-anquet......... 0 H.F. Austin, c Bosan- quet, b Lee 0 W . Hoad, c W hat­ man, b Bosanquet... 2 M . L. Horne, not out 0 Extras ...........17 Total E nglish T eam . First innings. F. L. Fane, c H. G. B. Aus­ tin, b Horne ................... E. W . Dillon, b Layne Second innings. F. Hollins, c H. B.G.Austin, b Horne .......................... B. J. T. Bosanquet, b Horne : 5 b Bhepherd.......... 60 18 c Layne, b Shep­ herd .................. 0 2 b Layne ........ 13 14 c Layne, b Shep­ herd ............... 38 T .H . K . Dashwood,b Hom e 0 c Goodman, b Layne ......... 3 c Shepherd, b 8 Layne ........... 3 82 not out .........14 11 b Shepherd.......... 4 0 b Layne ........... 0 R N. R. Blaker, c Hoad, b Layne .. R. A. Bennett, not out E. C. Lee, b Horne ........... J. A . Davenport,b Home... A . D. Whstman, c H. B. Austin, b Home ........... L. Arbuthnot, b Horne ... Extras 0 st Austin, b Lane 6 c Hinds, b Shep­ herd .................. 1 Extras........... Total ...................97 Total ... ...149 ...317 B arbados . B. M .R .W .I B. M .R .W . Bosanquet ...306 22896 Blaker ...132 5 67 0 Dillon ............. 134 4702 I Whatman.. 54 3 23 0 L e e ...................... 72 4411 | Hollins ... 18 0 20 1 Whatman delivered a wide and Dillon a no-ball. E nglish T eam . First innings. Second innings. B. M. R. W .B.R.M. W . Layne ........... 90 3 45 2 ............ 138 8 54 5 H ome .......... 99 5 39 8 ............ 60 2 33 0 Shepherd............ 12 0 12 0 ............ 126 4 58 6 SUPPLEMENTARY MATCH AGAINST THE UNITED SERVICE TEAM. Played at Bridgetown on January 25. E nglish T eam . F. H. Hollins, c & b Whapham............ ... 26 H. K. Dashwood, c Moody, b Lyon........... 3 R.N .li.Blaker,stCollins, b Lyon ................... 8 E. W . Dillon, c Evans, b Whapham ...........71 F. L. Fane, not out ... 9 E. M. Dowson, b Moody 7 L. Arbuthnot, c Evans, b M oody ................... 4 U nited S ervice A . D. Whatman, lbw b W hapham ...........18 E. C. Lee, c Lyon, b Whapham ........... 8 B. J. T. Bosanquet, c Davenport, b Whapham ........... 2 R. A . Bennett, c & b Whapham ........... 1 Extras................... 5 Total ... . 162 Lyon (R.N.) c Fane b Blaker .................. 40 Leach (R,N .), b Dow­ son ..........................29 Lt. Spooner, run out 0 Lt. Evans (R.N.), b Dowson ..................23 Lt. Cotton (R.N.), c Fane, b Dowson ... 20 Lt. Davenport, st Whatman, b Bosan­ quet ...........................13 Lt. Collins (R.N.) c Whatman, b Bosan­ quet .................. ... 16 Capt. Moody, c Fane, b Bosanquet ........... 0 Whapham (R.N.), b Bosauquet ........... 0 Lt. Sorel (R.N.), not out ........................... 2 Cowan(R.N.),cBlaker, b Dowson ........... 0 Extras.....................10 Total ........... 152 Moody ... Lyon Whapham Dowson... Bosanquet E nglish T eam . B.M .R.W . ... 108 2632 1Leach .. ... 96 3502 Evans... ... 69 127 6 1 U nited S ervice . B.M .R.W . ... 134 4624 I Blaker 1 41 4 B.M .R.W . . 12 0 8 0 18 0 9 0 B.M.R.W. 66 4 39 1 DowBon bowled 4 no-balls and Bosanquet 3 wides. THE SECOND MATCH AGAINST BARBADOS. (SECOND OF THB TOUR.) Played at Bridgetown on January 27 and 28. Englishmen won by eight wickets. For the second time the Barbados captain won the toss. The chief point about the first innings of his side was the display of Benn and Mr. Austin for the last wicket, which produced 66 runs, both men hitting hard and well. On the whole, the batting of the team was not by any means enterprising. There was nothing very remarkable about the remainder of the match. Many of the Englishmen were seen to advantage, but there was only one score above 50. B arbados . First innings. G. B. Cox, c Bennett, b Bosanquet......................... 0 F. Hinds, c Blaker, b Dow- eon ......... ................... 5 V. Challenor, b Dowson ...42 H. A. Cole, b Dillon ...........25 P. Goodman, b Wilson ... 7 H. B. G. Austin, c and b Dowson .......................... 13 Layne,cBlaker,b Bosanquet 24 Shepherd, b D ow son........... 4 H. Austin, not out ........... 36 M. Home, lbw, b Dowson... 0 Benn, st Bennett, b Dillon 31 Extras ... ........... 6 Second innings, c Bennett, b Bo­ sanquet ........... 0 b Dowson ......... 0 cBennett,bWilson 30 run out ........... 7 lbw, b Bosanquet 8 lbw, b Bosanquet 28 b Wilson ...........26 st Bennett, b Dillon ........... 6 c Bosanquet, b Dillon ........... 6 not o u t .................18 run out ........... 9 Extras........... 4 Total... ...193 Total ...141 E nglish T eam . 1st innings. 2nd innings. F. L. Fane.c Austin,b Horne 12 b Shepherd......... E. W . Dillon, t» Shepherd... 29 b Layne ........... F. H. Hollins, b Horne ... 58 not out ........... B J. T. Bosanquet, b Shep­ herd ..................................18 not out..................... E. R. Wilson, c Austin, b H om e ..........................11 E. M. Dowson, c Austin, b L a y n e..................................30 E. A. Bennett, c Austin, b L a y n e.................................. 4 T. H. K. Dashwood, b Layne 32 R. N. R. Blaker, b Shepherd 4 E. C. Lee, c Goodman, b Shepherd .......................... 3 A. D. Whatman, not o u t... 10 Extras ...................25 Extras........... 8 Total ......... 236 Total (2 wkts ) 99 B arbados . First innings. Second innings. B. M. R. W . B. M. R. W . Layne ... 162 7 80 3 .. ... 87 2 33 1 B ome ... 102 1 60 3 .. ... 6 0 10 0 Shepherd... ... 96 5 46 4 .. ... 60 0 35 1 Benn 42 1 25 0 .. ... 18 0 13 0 Layne bowled two no-balls. E nglish T eam . First innings. Second innings. B. M. R. W . B. M. R. W . Dowson ... 168 6 89 5 ... .. 102 6 64 1 Bosanquet ... 114 7 45 2 ... ... 102 7 26 3 Wilson ... ... 78 3 30 1 ... ... 66 4 23 2 Dillon ... ... 28 0 23 2 ... ... 71 2 34 2 Dillon bowled two wides, Dowson ball each. and W ilson a no- THE MATCH AGAINST COMBINED COLONIES. ( t h ir d o p t h e to u r .) Played at Bridgetown on January 29 and 30. Combined team won by an innings and 4 runs. The home team in this match consisted of representatives of Trinidad, British Guiana and Barbados. As heavy rain fell in the e rly morning in the city it was supposed that no play would be possible, but the cricketers, on arriving at the ground, found that practically no rain had fallen upon it. The Englishmen went in first, and until Burton went on to bowl with the total at 33 for no wicket, seemed likely to make a big score ; but against the new bowler they could do very little indeed, with the result that they were all out for 147. When stumps were drawn the West Indians had scored 178 for the loss of five wickets, Messrs. Learmond and Austin having played particularly good cricket. Rain fell on the second morn­ ing and the wicket became so much in favour of the bowlers that the match was soon over, Woods bowling uncommonly well in the second innings of the visitors.