Cricket 1902

S e p t . 18, I90>. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 421 THE AUSTRALIANS. THE SOUTH OF ENGLAND MATCH (BOURNEMOUTH). T H IR T Y -E IG H T H OF TH E TOU R . Played at Bournemouth on Sept. 11, 12 & 13. Australians won by 61 runs. Owing to heavy rain on the Wednesday, no play was possible in this match on Thursday last. On Friday, against an entirely unrepre­ sentative eleven, the Australians had the best of the game, for having the good fortune to win the toss, they batted ona wicket which was bound to become more difficult as time went on. Arnold bowled exceedingly well for the South of England, but he and Tate were kept on all through the innings, which was undoubtedly a mistake under all the circuirstances. For once Trumptr was dis­ missed before he had time to become danger­ ous, and Noble was the only man on the side who played a really sound innings. But if the Australians had done badly, the homo team did worse, and although Fry and Vine made a bold attempt to put a better appearance on the game, six wickets had fallen for 53 when stumps were drawn, as against a total of 123 by the Australians. During the day six men were out l.b.w., three on cach side. On Saturday the innings came to anend soon, Trumble taking the remaining four wickets ; altogether he had nine wickets for 39. In their second innings the Australians did badly against Tate and Arnold, although Noble, for the second time in the match, played excellent cricket. The South had to make 128 to win, and as long as Fry was in, there was a bare chance that they might accomplish the task. But the majority of the team found it impossible to do anything with Trumble and Saunders. A u s t r a l ia n s . First innings. Second innings V. Trumper, c and b Arnold 10 c Woods, b Tate 6 R. A. Duff, lbw, b Arnold.. 7 b T a te ............... 11 J. Darling, b Tate .......... 12 c Fry, b Arnold .. 3 M. A. Noble, c Hayes, b Arnold ....................... 30 lbw, b Arnold ... 20 S. E . Gregory, lbw.bArnold 12 b Tate................. 0 W. W. Armstrong, c Board, b Arnold ........................ 13 b Tate................ 14 A. J. Hopkins, lbw.bArnold 0 b Tate ............... 0 H. Trumble, not o u t ......... 17 b Arnold ......... 8 J. J. Kelly, b Arnold ... ... 6 c and b Tale ... 9 W. P. Howell, c Woods, b Arnold............................... 2 not ou t............... 3 J. V. Saunders, c Hayes, b Tate ............................... 9 c Vine, b Arnold 4 B 4,lb 1 ................. 5 B10, lb 3 ... 13 Total....................... 123 Total ... 91 S ou th o f E n g l a n d . First innings. Second innings. S. M. J. Wotds, b Tramble 6 run out .......... 0 C. B. Fry, lbw, b Saunders )8 b Trumble.......... 26 Hayes, b Trumble ......... 1 b Trumble |.......... 11 E. M. Sprot, lbw, bTrumble 16 cKelly, bTrumble 8 Vine, lbw, b Trumble........ 5 b Trumble.......... 0 0. J. B. Wood, lbw, b Trumble ...........................17 Arnold, b Trumble ........... 0 Brockwell, b Trumble........... 2 Gill, b Trumble ....................14 Board, not out .................. 2 Tate (F. W .), b Trumble ... 0 B 3, lb 3 .................. 6 Total ....................87 A u s t r a l ia n s . First innings. O. M. R. W. Tate................... 27 5 61 2 ... Arnold ........... 26 7 57 8 ... S o u t h o f E n g l a n d . First inniD gs. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Trumble......... 16*4 3 39 9 .......... 113 2 29 6 Saunders ... 4 0 14 1 ......... 11 1 37 3 Noble ........... 12 3 28 0 cNoble,bSaunders 1 stKelly,bTrumble 0 st Kelly, b Saun­ ders ................. 2 b Saunders......... 7 c Armstrong, b Trumble.......... 6 not out .......... 5 Total... Second innings. O. M. R. W. .13 2 48 6 . 13-2 2 30 4 YORKSHIRE v. REST OF ENGLAND. A R E V IE W O F T H E S E A S O Played at Lord’s on September 11, 12 and 13 on behalf of the Cricketer’s Fund Friendly Society. Drawn. It was not possible, owing to rain, to begin this match on Jhursday last, and on Friday it did not seem at all probable that there would be any play, for rain had fallen in the night and also in the morning. As it was, a beginning was made at half-past three, although if it had not been right at the end of the season when it did not much matter what happened to the ground, it is hardly likely that any attempt would have been made to play. The Yorkshiremen went in first before a crowd which did not number more than two or three hundred, so that the spectacle presented by the numerous stands was dispiriting in the extreme. In the hour and three-quarters during which cricket was played, the Yorkshiremen ran up a total of 127. Tunnicliffe made some beautiful straight drives in his fine innings of 51, which lasted for an hour and a half, during which 99 runs were put on. Washington and Hirst both hit hard, each scoring 27, the formir in twenty-five minutes and the latter in twenty. On the next morning, F. S. J.ickson played a splendid innings of 57 with a 1-ttle luck, but the rest of the team did nothing. Braund had a good analysis, but was hit a good deal by Jackson. 'Ihe Rest of England began very badly, losing Abel in the first over and liurnup in the second, and before long, six wickets were down for 63. But Tyldes­ ley, who had gone in with the total at one, play d a great game, while W.G. made some very fine drives and things began to look up a bit. Nevertheless, nine wickets were down for 135, when Thompson wa-* joined by Har­ greave, and the last wicket put on 58 runs in less than three-quarters of an hour, so that in the end Yorkshire only had a lead of 11 runs. It was now half-past four, and when York­ shire went in only forty minutes remained for cricket, so that there was no possibility of finishing the match. Grace nnde a few experiments with his bowlers and Lord Hawke hit finely. Y o r k s h ir e . Tunnicliffe,st Findlay, b Braund............... 61 urown, c Hearne, b Braund ................. 4 Washington,c Thomp­ son, b Trott ......... 27 Denton,c Trott, b Har­ greaves .................13 H o d . F. S. Jackson, st Findlay, b Braund .. 57 Hirst,c Abel, b Braund 27 Second innings :-Tunnicliffe, c Abel, b Warneri 11 ; Denton, not out, 9; Lord Hawke, not out, 36 : byes 3, no-ball 1.—Total (one wicket) 60. R e s to f E n g l a n d . Haigh, c Hearne, b Braund ................. E. Smith, b Braund .. LordHawke.cBumup, b Braund................. Rhodes, b Hargreave Hunter, not out.......... Byes ................. Total ...204 C. J. Burnup, c and b Rhodes ......... 2 Abel, b Haigh ......... 0 Tyldesley, b Brown ... 62 Vv. Findlay, b Haigh.. 8 P.F.Warner,stHunter, b Rhodes................12 Braund, b Haigh ... 2 Trott (A.E.), b Rhodes 1 Y o r k s h ir e . W. G. Grace, c Smith, b Jackson ..........29 Thompson, not out ... 33 Hearne (J.T.),b Jack­ son ........................ 3 Hargreave, b Smith .. ';8 B 12, lb 1 ........ 13 Total First innings. Hargreave Braund Hearne Trott........ Thompson Haigh Rhodes Jackson... 15 O. M. R .W . Second imings. O. M. R. W. ... 299 70 2 ............4 2 6 0 . ... 296 95 7 . ... 30 7 0 . ... 40 17 1 ... 1 0 9 0 Burnup 5 1 18 0 Warner 3 1 121 Grace .......... 4 0 10 0 R e s to f E n g l a n d . O. M. R. W. O . M. R. W. 14 259 3 1 Brown ... 9 0 33 1 22 742 3 Smith ... 2*30 6 1 3 40 2 U nd o u b te d ly th e pa s t season has th e m os t rem a rkab le w ith in th e m e o f any liv in g c ric ke te r. I t has be rem a rkab le fo r th e m is erab le w ea t for th e d ow nfall of th e ch ie f id o ls o f E n g li s h c rick e t fi eld, fo r th e e xtr o rd in a ry success of th e one m an w h made th e A u s tra lian team n e a rl y irr ti ble, fo r th e b rillia n t success of t ve te rans, and not le as t re m a rkab le th e fact th a t ne th e r th e ba tsm an th e bow le r, w ho b y con s is te n tly g fo rm heads th e averages, was g iv p la ce in an E n g la n d team . I t has a season o f surp ris es and d is a p p m en ts to E ng lis hm en , and surp ris es u n lo o ke d -fo r b less in gs to A u s tra lia I f we search fo r th e m an o f th e yea is to be fo und at once, fo r th e g la m o f V ic to r T ru m p e r’ s perfo rm ances made such an im p ress io n on th e m in a ll c ric ke te rs th a t he u n doub te d ly st on a p in na c le by h im se lf. O ve r over a ga in he has w on a m a tc h fo r A u s tr a lia n s , and the re is a ve ry ge op in io n t h a t but fo r h is b rillia n t d is p la bat ti ng, th e A us trali a n team o f 1 w ou ld have passed dow n to hist ory one o f th e m ost o rdina ry o f th e w series. Thanks ch ie fl y to h im , and phenom ena l run of good fo rtu n e , i t r h ig h e r th a n any team sin ce 1884. d o ub te d ly T ru m p e r is th e m an o f yea r. So im p ress iv e have been h is form ances, so ea s ily has he p la ye best o f b ow lin g , w hen th e re s t of team have been sc ra tc h in g fo r ru tha t he has even been la uded th e g rea te s t ba tsm an ever p rodu b y A u stra lia, su rpass in g even W . M u rd o ch . B ut i t w ill be tim e enough to ta lk abou t thi s some y hence, fo r th e re p u ta ti o n o f a care n o t m ade in a s in g le season. The r those w ho th in k th a t he has to o m fa ncy strokes to la s t, and th a t if he lo ses h is con fid ence and has a run o lu c k he w ill s in k to an o rd in a ry le ve l he seems fa r too good a ba tsm an fo A n d w ho is to be p la ced n e xt to T r pe r? A ssu red ly it is n o t C le m en t H ill a fe w years ago was lo oked upon as to be th e leg itim ate successor to Dr . and W . L . M urd oc h; n or Ra n jits in w ho , w ith h is e x tr a o rd in a ry s k ill m a k in g fa n cy s trokes was he ra ld ed ba tsm an of th e age ; n o r C . B . F ry , dange rous o f m ode rn ba tsm en o n a l o f w ic ke ts fo r a coup le o f yea rs—F the six hund reds in succession an thi rt ee n hund reds in a season; H a yw a rd , safest o f ba tsm en , w ho th is yea r was re ga rded as th e m os t m an in th e w o rl d to do h im se lf ju stic a b ig occasion. F o rt u n a tely one season does no t ru in a career, an these four m en m ay in th e future th a n ju s tify th e g re a t hopes w h ic h been fo rm ed of them; p ity th a t in yea r of a ll y ears the y s hou ld have d r beh in d . As a m a tte r o f fact it is ve ry d iffic u poi nt to th e ba tsm an w ho is enti tle th e honou r o f ta k in g th e second p b u t if S h rew sbu ry had been chose