Cricket 1902

M ar . 27, 1902. CR ICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 45 THE MATCH AGAINST A COUNTRY TEAM (XYI.) ( f if t e e n t h o f th e t o u r .) Played at Melbourne on January 26, 27 & 28. Maclaren’s Team won by ten wickets. M aclaben ’ s T e am . Hayward, c M’ Kenzie, C. McGahey, c Eeles, b W ilso n ...................67 b De Ravin .................... 79 A . 0 . Jones, c Baxter, Braund, not out............16 b Sullivan.................. 47 Extras .................... 18 Tyldesley, b W iison ... 28 — Quaife, c Bailey, b Total (6 wkts) *377 Baxter .................. 91 G. L. Jessop, c Officer, b M urray... ...........46 * Innings declared closed. Secord innings H. G. Garnett, not out, 2 ; C* McGahey, not out, 0.—Total (no ticket) 2. C ou ntry T e am . First innings. A. P. Officer, c Jones, b G u n n .............................. 11 C. Eeles, b Braund ........ 2 W . Perraton, b G unn....... 1 W . Morgan, st Robson, b Braund.............................. 3 J. Harry, c Tyldtsley, b Braund ........................ 7 G. de Ravin, b Braund ... 0 G. L. Wilson, c McGahey, b G unn......................... 4 W . Murray, c Gunn, b Braund................................ 4 B.Baxter,st Robson, b Jones 29 G. H. Freeman, b Jones ... 22 C. Bailey, c Tyidesley, b Jones ... ......................10 C. M’Kenzie, b Jones ... 1 J. Pullivan, c Lilley, b Jones 5 J. Thurgood. b Jones............ 1 J. Bailey, not o u t................... 0 Second innings. absent................... 0 c Jessop, b Mc­ Gahey ...........21 b Hayward ... 47 st Garnett, b Braund ......... .. 44 b Braund ...........64 c Jones, b Braund 4 cJes op,b Braund 11 c Gunn, b Hay- waid .. ... ... 16 run out ........... 1 lbw, b McGahey 6 A. M’ Neel, absent B 9, lb 1, w 1... c Garnett,b Gunn cQuaife,b Hobson lbw, b Braund ... not out.................. c Garnett, b McGahey........... absent.................. B 10, lb 4 ... Total .......................... I ll Total ..........267 M aclaben ’ s T eam . B. M. R. W . B. M .R .W . Wilson ...108 2 49 2 Harry ... 30 1 80 0 DeKavin... 66 1 35 1 Baxter ... 1 i) 0 1 J. Bailey... 178 3 53 0 Sullivan ... 138 8 61 1 M’Kenzie.. 90 4 39 0 Morgan ... 24 0 26 0 Murray ... 72 0 71 1 Wilson bowled one and DeRavin four wides. C ountby S ix t e e n . First innings. Second innings. B. M. R. W . B. M . K . W. Braund ........... 114 7 38 5 ............ 114 2 61 5 G u n n .................. 90 8 27 3 ........... 114 6 47 1 Jones..................... 69 2 23 6 ............ 96 7 39 0 Jessop ........... 36 0 12 0 ........... McGahey ... 108 4 65 3 Hayward ... 66 4 44 2 Robson... ... 15 0 5 1 Jones bowled a wide. THE FIFTH MATCH AGAINST AUSTRALIA. ( t w e n t ie t h of t h e t o u r .) Played at Melbourne on February 28, March 1, 3 and 4. Australians won by 32 runs. Although the Englishmen had lost three matches out of four against Aus­ tralia they still had a chance of beating the record made by Mr. Stoddart’s ill- fated team, of losing four matches out of five. But the outlook was not by any means promising, for Barnes was still unable to play, and with a team so shockingly weak in bowling his loss was bound to be very serious. When the Australians won the toss they batted first on a wicket which had been very con­ siderably affected by rain, and their score of 144 may be considered as fairly good, even with such moderate bowling against them. Hayward and Blythe were by far the most successful of the bowlers. At the close of the day the Englishmen were not in a bad position, for they were only 11runs behind the Australian total with four wickets still in hand. Mr. Jessop and Mr. Maclaren opened the innings, the former showing some of the powers for which he has been so remarkable in England. He made his 35—the highest score of the day—in twenty-one minutes, the total at the fall of the first wicket being 50. Later in the day Braund played a very useful innings and was not out 29 when stumps were drawn ; Lilley was not out 12. These two men did very well indeed on the next morning; but the tail, as usual, failed to distinguish itself. Nevertheless, the Englishmen had a lead of 45 on the first innings. The wicket was now better, and the Austra­ lians made 226 for six wickets before stumps were drawn, and were thus 181 runs on. Once more the redoubtable Clement Hill was chiefly responsible for the position of the Australians, and his innings of 87 was in every respect worthy of his great reputation. S. E. Gregory also distinguished himself. On the Monday there were several interruptions owing to rain, and but little progress was made with the game, only 116 runs being scored. The Australian tail did very little, and the Englishmen were left to make 211 to win, of which they had scored 87 for the loss of three wickets before play ceased for the day. At one time the state of affairs was very much better, for it was only in the last few minutes that the three wickets fell. It was difficult to make runs on the next morning, and, although the Englishmen made a very good fight, the tail, with the exception of Mr. Jones, found Noble altogether too good for them. Mr. Jones, who has been perhaps the most con­ spicuous failure during the tour, for ouce played in such good form that hopes were raised that after all the Englishmen might win the match. A u st r a l ia . First innings. V. Trumper, b Blythe 27 R. A . Duff, b Braund......... 10 G. Hill, c Jones, b Gunn ... 28 S.E.Gregory.cJones, b Gunn 25 M .A.Noble, lbw ,bH ayw ari 7 H. Trumble, c Quaife, b Hayward .......................... 3 W . Armstrong, not out ... 17 A. J. Hopkins, c Lilley, b Hayward .......................... 4 J. J. Kelly, c Gunn, b Hay­ ward .................................. 0 C. J. Eady, b Gunn ........... 5 J.Travers, c Braund,b Gunn 9 Extras......... ................ 9 Total ................144 M aclaben ’ s Team. A . C. Maclaren, c and^b Trumble ..........................25 run G. L. Jessop, c Hopkins, b Trumble ..........................35 Second innings, c McGahey, d Braund ...........18 c and b Braund : 8 c Lilley, b Hay­ ward...................87 b Gunn ...........41 c Maclaren, b Gunn ...........16 b Blythe ...........22 lbw, b Braund ... 20 c Maclaren, b Blythe ........... 0 notout................. 11 cGunn, b Br »und 3 c and b Braund .. 1 Extras .. ... 8 Total ...255 Trumper, b Trumbie . ... 16 Quaife, c Trumble, b Noble 3 lbw, b No'jle ... 4 Tyldesley, c Kelly, b Eady.. 13 cEady,b 1rumble 36 lUyward, c Trumper, b Travtrs ..........................19 c Braund, c Hopkins, b Trumble .......................... Lilley, c Eady, b Trumble... McGahey. b Tnim ble........... Jones, c Kelly, b Eady Gunn, lbw, b Eady ........... Blythe, not out .................. Extras.......................... Total ..................] Travers, Trumble ... b .. 15 32 c Hill, b Noble ... 2 41 c Duff, b Noble .. 9 0 c Hill, b N oble... 7 10 c and b Noble ... 28 8 c Hill, b N oble... 4 0 not out.................. 5 3 Extras........... 3 89 Total ...178 A ustralia . First innings, Second inniogs. W kts. Runs. Wkts. Runs. H ayw ard................... 4 22 ..................... 1 63 G unn........................... 4 88 ..................... 2 53 Blythe ................... 1 29 ..................... 2 36 Braund ................... 1 33 ..................... 5 95 Jessop ................... 0 13 ..................... M aclaben ’ b T eam . First innings. Second inning*. Wkts. Runs. Wkts. Runs. Trumble ................... 5 62 ..................... 3 64 E a d y .......................... 3 30 ..................... 0 13 Travers .................. 1 14 .., .................. N oble.......................... 1 80 ..................... 6 98 THE MATCH AGAINST BROKEN HILL (XVIII). (TWENTY-FIRST OP THE TOUR.) Played at Broken Hill on March 11 and 12. Drawn. The Englishmen won the toss and scored 173 in their first innings (Braund 27, Mr. Garnett 33, and Tyldesley 47 not out. When stumps were drawn the Eighteen had made 119 for fourteen wickets. On the next morning the home team increased their score to 221, Canst carrying his bat for 99. Braund took eleven wickets for 105. In their second innings the Englishmen had made 190 for seven wickets when the match was drawn, Tyldesley was again the highest scorer with 69, while Quaife made 50 and Mr. Robson 23. THE RETURN MATCH AGAINST SOUTH AUSTRALIA. ( t w e n t y - second a n d la st o p th e t o u r .) Played at Adelaide on March 14, 15, 17 and 18. The Englishmen won hy six wickets. At the end of the first day the English­ men had placed themselves in an excellent position, for without the loss of a wicket, they had put on 53 against a small total of 207 made by South Australia. For once Clement Hill was quite ineffective, and the home team lost their first five wickets for 82. A fine stand was made by Claxton and Evans, the former making a most successful debut in a big match. Braund and Gunn divided the wickets equally. Hayward and Mr. Maclaren, who began the innings of the English­ men batted in excellent form, and when stumps were drawn the former was not <ut 20, and the latter not out 33. On the next morning the captain was run out, but Hayward made a most useful stand with Tyldesley, who had at last completely recovered his form, and played a magnificent innings. Other men who did well were Braund, Mr. McGahey and Mr. Jones. The Eaglishmen had a lead of 111, of which 21 were knocked off by South Australia without loss before the end of the day. When the game was resumed, Clement Hill was in great form, and Claxton again played a remarkably good innings; indeed, it was chiefly to these two men that South Australia were able to put the Englishmen in to make 196 to win, not a very difficult task on a wicket which was excellent. Twenty-one runs were made without loss, before stumps were drawn; and on the following day the rest of the runs were soon hit off, Tyldesley and Hayward again playing fine cricket.