Cricket 1902

F eb . 27, 1902. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 29 B endigo E ighteen . Green,cRobson.bJones 7 Keogh, run o u t........... 9 Pritchard, run out ... 11 J. Harry, b Gunn ... 0 Eceles, b J o n e s...........78 W.Murray, st Robson, b Q u a ife .................. 27 Freeman, b Barnes' ... 27 Catford, c Robson, b Jones ................... 2 G.Mackay, b Barnes... 3 M'Neill, b Jessop ... 11 8. 1'ellov, st Robson, b Q u a ife ...................22 E. Bayliss, c and b McGahey ... ... 11 G. Deravin, not o u t... 41 Reid, e Jones, bQuaife 1 8. Upton, c Garnett, b Quaife .................. 2 H. Hall, c Robson, b Jessop .................15 T.Hall,cBarnes,bGunn 7 J. Sarvis, e Tyldesley, b Gunn ................... 2 Extras ...........19 Total . 295 E nglish T eam . First innings : Murray 1 for 80; J. Harry 5 for 63; Devarin, 1 for 26; M.‘Neill 1 for 29; H. Hall 1 for 24 ; and T. Hall 1 for 34. Second innings: Harry 1 for 45; Upton 2 for 43; T. Hall 1 for 17 ; H. Hall 1 for 6; Reid 0 for 22; M‘Neill 0 for 22 ; Murray 0 for 23 ; Mackay 0 ior 10. B endigo E ighteen . Jones 3 for €2 ; Gunn 3 for 72 ; Quaife 4 for 53 » McGahey 1 for 38 ; Barnes 2 for 22 ; and Jessop 2 for 22. THE RETURN MATCH v. NEW SOUTH WALES. ( six t e e n t h of t h e to u r .) Played at Sydney on January 31, February 1, 3, 4 and 5. The English team won by an innings and 128 runs. As the English captain was obliged to leave out Blythe and Barnes from his team on account of injuries, the bowling at his command was almost ludicrously weak for a touring team in Australia. As a result the colonials, who won the toss, had a very pleasant time of it on the first day, making 337 for the loss of five wickets, their rate of scoring being much above the average for Australia. The big innings of the day was played by S. E. Gregory, who, when stumps were drawn, was not out 106 after batting for two hours and a half. As Noble was also not out with 52 to his credit, there was a prospect of high scoring on the next day, but against all expectations the innings was brought to a close soon after luncheon. Gregory was batting altogether for three hours and three- quarters for his very fine innings of 147. When the Englishmen went in there was a brilliant display of batting by the cap­ tain and Hayward, who, in the course of a little over three hours put up 255 with­ out being separated. Mr. Maclaren was not out 136 and Hayward notout 115. It may be noted that Gregory, who was acting as the New South Wales captain, did not change his bowling until the score was 70. Experience had shown that it was by no means certain that if Hay­ ward and his captain made runs, the rest of the team would follow their example; but on the thirdday ofthe match there was some fine cricket by Mr. Jessop, Quaife and Tyldesley, while both Mr. Maclaren and Hayward increased their scores con­ siderably. The first wicket fell at 314, when Mr. Maclaren was out after batting four hours for 167. Hayward followed him at 390; he was at the wicket for about five hours. Both men had played the very best of cricket. As Tyldesley and Quaife showed no signs of getting out, the fielding became somewhat careless and the bowling fell off. Tyldesley played a great innings, making his runs at a good rate, his 142 taking him a little less than three hours to put together. For once, Mr. Jess:p was in great form. In six minutes he scored 20, and was not dismissed until at the end of fifty-seven minutes he had scored 87. When stumps were drawn the total was 650 for the loss of only four wickets, so that there seemed a reasonable prospect that all previous records would be passed for the total of an innings. Quaifa was not out 52; he had not hurried himself particu­ larly. A change came over the scene on the fourth day, for heavy rain upset the wicket completely, and the consequence was that records were not broken. By the time that the Australians went in it was clearly seen that they could not hope to make a big score, and no one was surprised when five wickets fell for 79 before the end of the day. Gregory played another splendid innings and Noble again batted well, but the outlook was quite hopeless and the match was over by three o’clock on the next after­ noon. N ew S outh W ales . First innings. C. Gregory, b Braund ... 45 A. J. Hopkins, c Jones, b 40 V. Trumper, lbw, b Braund 35 L. O. 8. Poidevin, b Gunn 1 S. E. Gregory, run out ...147 R. A . Duff, b Jessop...........50 M.A.Noble,c Lilley,bJessop 56 W . Carter, run out ......... 19 G.R C.Clarke.lbw, b Braund 25 Kermode, not out.................. 5 A. McBeath, run o u t........... 0 E xtras.......................... 9 Second innings, c Maclaren, b Gunn ........... 7 b Braund .......... 0 c Lilley, b Jessop 5 c Lilley,b Braund 9 c Maclaren, b Jones .......... c Maclaren, b Jessop st Garnett, b Braund cHayward,bJones 4 b Braund ...........15 c Gunn, b Braund 2 not out ...........15 Extras . ... 12 75 35 Total ...432 T.tal .. 209 M aclaren ’ s T eam . Braund, c 8. Gregory, b Kermode ...........20 A.O.Jones, c Carter, b K erm ode..................13 C. McGahey, not out.. 32 Gunn, c Trumper, b Clarke .................. 0 Extras..................37 Total ...769 A.C. Maclaren, b Ker­ mode .......................... 167 Hayward, c Clarke, b T ru m per................. 174 Tyldesley, b Hopkins 142 Quaife, c Clarke, b K erm ode................. 62 G.L.Jessop,b McBeith 87 H.G. Garnett, c Poide­ vin, b McBeath ... 8 Lilley, c Trumper, b M cB eath .................. 27 N ew S outh W ales . First innings. Second innings. Wkts. Runs. Jessop .................. 3 78 Braund ... ........... 3 162 Gunn ................... 1 93 M cGahey.................. 0 49 Jones.......................... 0 19 .................... 139 H ayw ard................... 0 17 ..................... Wkts. Runs. 32 90 36 Kermode M*Heath ., Hopkins . M aclaben ’ s T eam . Wkts. Kuos. ... 4 162 ... 3 1«6 ... 1 89 Trumper Clarke .. Noble ... Wkts. Runs .. i 111 ... 1 )34 ... 0 75 THE BATHURST MATCH. se v e n te e n th of t h e t o u r . Played at Bathurst on February 7th. Drawn. Some days before the match Mr. Maclaren objected to the inclusion in the Bathurst team of Marsh, the Aboriginal fast bowler, on the ground that his action was very doubtful, and that he did not wish to run the risk of members of his team being injured just befjre the fourth test match by a bowler with a doubtful action. Marsh was accordingly left out. On the first day the visitors scored 414 for the loss of seven wicke‘ s. Qiiai'e went in first and carried his bat for 131, while Mr. McGahey made 71, Mr. Garnett 89 and Mr. Maclaren 74 not out. The total reached 505 on the next day, Quaife carrying his bat for 159. Hayward, who went in last, made 44. Bathurst scored 177; Braund taking twelve wickets for 48 runs. ____________ THE FOURTH MATCH AGAINST AUSTRALIA. ( e ig h t e e n t h of t h e t o u r .) Played at Sydney on Feb. 14, 15, 17 and 18. Australia won by seven wickets. For the fourth time in succession in these matches Mr. Maclaren won the toss, but this advantage was as nothing by comparison with the loss rf Barnes, who had not recovered sufficiently to be able to play. Once more Mr. Maclaren played a brilliant innings, as he has done nearly always at Sydney. He was finely backed up by Hayward and Tyldesley, the latter having at last completely got into form. With but one wicket down for 179, and Mr. Maclaren and Tyldesley both going very strong, things looked promising enough for the visitors. But at this total Mr. Maclaren was dismissed, and when stumps were drawn six wickets were down for 266, which was anything but a winning total. On the next day Lilley played a good innings, but the rest of the tail did very little. Neverthe­ less, when, at the close of the day, the Australians had lost five wickets for 148, the Englishmen stood in a very fine position indeed, for among the men who had been dismissed were Trumble, Duff, S. E. Gregory, and above all, the redoubtable Clement Hill. Noble was not out 52 (after two hours batting of immense value to his side) and Armstrong not out 11. The mischief had ctiefly been done by Mr. Jessop, who bowled uncommonly fast and well. By the end of the third day there was a different tale to tell, for the fortune of the game had veered round considerably, and the Australians were in such a position that they could hardly help winning. This change was brought about partly by some fine and aggressive batting by the Australian tail, but chiefly by some excellent bowling by Noble and Saun­ ders, who disposed of seven of the visitors in the second innings on an excellent wicket for 77. The result was that at the close of the day Mr. Maclaren’s team was only 95 runs on, with three wickets in hand. On the fourth day the match was very soon over, the Australians winning with the greatest ease. E ngland . First innings. A . C. Maclaren, e Duff, b Saunders ...........................92 Hayward, b Saunders..........41 Tyldesley, e Kelly, b Noble. 79 Quaife, c Kelly, b Saunders 4 G. L. Jessop, c Noble, b Saunders .......................... 0 Braund, lbw, b Trumble ... 17 C. M‘Gahey, b Trumble ... 18 Lilley, c Kelly, b Noble ... 40 A. O. Jones, c Kelly, b Trumble ..........................15 Gunn, not out ................... 0 Blythe, b Noble .................. 4 E xtras.......................... 7 Total ..................317 Second innings. c Kelly, b N oble. 5 b Noble ...........12 c Trumble, b Saunders.......10 lbw, b Noble ... 15 b Saunders........15 b Saunders.......... 0 c Kelly, b Saun­ ders ................13 c Trumble, b Noble .......... 0 c Kelly, b Noble. 6 not ou t................. 13 c Kelly, b Saun­ ders .................. 8 Extras.......... 2 Total .. 99