Cricket 1903

M ar . 26, 1903. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 39 the team were greatly at sea. The Australian had now only 214 to get, and thanks to fine cricket by Bruce, Graham and Armstrong, the task was very easily accomplished. V ictoria . First innings. Second inniDgs. McAlister c Bosanquet, b c Stanning, b Trott ..............................J8 Dowson........... 20 Bruce, c Bosanquet, b Har­ greave ...............19 c Trott,b Dowson 36 Graham, c Burnup, b Trott £8 c Warner, b Bur- Armstrong, c Jobnson, Dowson ................. Stuckey, b T rott.......... Laver, c Taylor, b Thom son ........................ Ellis, c Burnup, b Trott Mailer, b Dowson Monfries, not out Collins, run out .......... Saunders, c Taylor, Thompson................. Extras .......... Total .................271 L obd H a w k s ’ s First innings. P. F. Warner, st Monfries, b Saunders ........................30 C. J. Burnup, c Armstrong, b Saunders ................21 F. L. Fane, c Monfries, b Collins...............................19 J. Stanning, c Monifres, b Saunders ........................11 T. L. Taylor, lbw, b Arm- strong..................................59 E. M. Dowson, c McAllister, b Laver ........................61 B.J.T.Bosacquet.c Monifres b Saunders....................... 51 Thompson, st Monifres, b Saunders ........................38 Trott,cGraham, b Saunders 17 P. R. Johnson, not out ... 87 Hargreave, b Ellis .......... 5 Extras...........................11 nup 92 .. 29 notout............... . 48 .. 7 not out................ , 6 .. 44 .. 11 .. 16 .. 83 .. 4 b .. 18 ... 24 Extras ......... , 15 Total (3 wkts) 217 Total...................... 350 V ictoria . First innings. T eam . Second innings. 1b w, b Collins... 12 c Armstrong, b Collins ..........40 b Col'ins ..........24 c Armstrong, b Collins ..........11 c Laver, b Arm­ strong .......... 0 c McAlister, b Armstrong ... 23 c Armstrong, b Colli qs ............. 8 b Collins .......... 0 c and b Collins ... 0 not out .......... 8 b Armstrong ... 2 Extras .......... 6 Total ..........134 Second innings. R. W . R. W. Burnup ................., ... 30 0 ................. 15 1 Hargreave................., ... 47 1 ................. 23 0 Bosanquet................,. ... 18 0 ................. 20 0 Trott ......................... ... 88 4 ................. 51 0 Thompson................., 45 2 ................. 42 0 Dowson ................ ... 19 2 ................. 51 2 L ord H aw ke ’ s T eam . First innings. Second innings. R. W. R. W. Saunders................ 118 6 ........................ 33 0 Collins ................. 80 1 ........................ 61 7 Laver ................. 88 1 ........................ 12 0 Armatrorg .......... 63 1 ........................ 22 3 E llis ........................ 40 1 FIRST MATCH AGAINST NEW ZEALAND. Played at Christchurch on Feb. 27, 28, and March 2. Lord Hawke’s Team won by seven wickets. When play was stopped on the first day, owing to rain, New Zealand had just com­ pleted their first innings ; their batting on a difficult wicket was good on the whole, although Reese and Tucker were the only two men who showed up prominently. On the next day F. L. Fane played splendid cricket, and Taylor and Bumup were also in great form, so that the New Zealand score was largely exceeded. In the second innings New Zealand had lost a wicket for 41 when stumps were drawn for the day. Tucker, who was not out 8 overnight, was again in fine form, and his innings of 67 was a great display of batting. Other men, notably Reese, also did well, but there was too much of a leeway to make up, and the visitors won easily. THE SECOND MATCH AGAINST NEW ZEALAND. Finished at Wellington on March 6. Lord Hawke’s Team won by and innings and 22 runs. The Englishmen batted first, and made 380 —Warner 125, Johnson 88, Thompson 25, Stanning 22, Bumup 22. New Zealand did well in the first innings to score 274 (I'eese 148), but on a crumbling wicket they fared badly in the follow on, their total only reach­ ing 84. In their first innings Thompson took eight wickets for 124, while in the second innings Thompson took three for 29, and Bumup five for 8. THE MATCH AGAINST NEW SOUTH WALES. Played at Sydney on March 20, 21, 23 and 24. Abandoned. It is a very great pity that rain on the fourth day caused this match to be given up, for the game was in a most interesting position. The Englishmen with 326 to win in the fourth innings had made 32 without loss, and might reasonably have looked for­ ward to finding a good wicket on the morrow. The match was perhaps chiefly remarkable for the great success of Albert Trott with the ball in the first innings of New South Wales. However successful he may have been against Englishmen, he has almost invariably failed to do anything against Australian batsmen, who have learned to consider him as a very ordinary bowler. But at Sydney he accounted for Trumper, Duff, Gregory, and Hopkins, besides dismissing two other men. Although the wicket was soft it must have been an unpleasant surprise to the home team when Duff, Trumper and Noble only scored 29 between them. By the end of the first day the Englishmen had scored 66 for the loss of three wickets against the 144 of New South Wales, so that their position was very strong. They improved it considerably on the second day, thanks chiefly to a splendid innings of 86 by Dowson, and very fine cricket by Fane, Bosanquet and Thompson. The Australians were 136 runs behind, and although Trumper and Duff rapidly began to put up the runs, three wickets were down when stumps were drawn, and 16 runs were still required to make the scores level. But Duff was still unconquered, with 60 to his credit, and on the next day he distinguished himself immensely, by bringing his total to within six of the second hundred. At one time New South Wales seemed almost certain to be badly beaten, for seven wickets werejdownfor 175—only 39 runs on. But the great reputa­ tion possessed by Australians for playing up under difficulties was finely sustained by Duff and Hopkine, who added 236 for the eighth wicket, the Englishmen tiring very much towards the end of the day on account of the intense heat. Burnup and Warner made 32 of the 326 required to win, and on the next day the match was abandoned. • L ord H a w k i ' s X I. C. J. Burnup, b Mc- Beath....................... 8 P. F. Warner, 1b w, b N oble...................... 23 F. L. Fane, c Pye, b Noble........................41 T. L. Taylor, st Kelly, b McBeath .......... 0 E. M. Dowton, c R. Duff, b Noble..........86 B. J. T. Bosanquet, c Hickson, b Noble ... 52 Second inniD gsBurnup, b McBeath, 8; Warrer. lbw, b Noble, 23 ; Fane, notout, 28; Taylor, st Kelly, b McBeath, 0; Dowson, not out, 7 ; Total (3 wkts),C6. P.R.Johnson, c N jlle, b MeBealh ........... 7 Thompson, not out ... 30 Trott, c Pye, b Noble 5 J. Stannirg, c Trum­ per, b Hopkins ... £0 Hargreave, c Kelly, b Hopkins .......... 3 E xtras.................. 7 Total ...........282 N ew S outh First innings. Duff (R.), c Bosacquet, b Trott ............................... Trumper,c Dowson, b Trott Noble, c Trott, b Hargreave Duff (W.),cJohnson,b Trott Gregory, lbw, b Trott.......... Hickson, b Trott................. Hopkins, c Johnson, b Trott Pye, not < u t ........................ Kelly, b Thompson .......... Howell, c Dowson McBeath, < Thomspon ... Extras Bosanquet, b Johnson, b W ales . Second intir 9 b Bosanquet 16 b Bosanquet 4 c T a y lo r, Thompson 1 b Bosanquet 21 c T a y lo r , Thompson 0 b Thompson 53 lbw, b Burnup 29 not out.......... Hargreave, Bosanquet 12 20 b Bosanquet c Hargreave, 4 Bosatquet 5 Extras ...194 ... 37 b ... 9 ... 9 b ... 1 ... 14 .. 133 ... 13 b ... 10 ... 24 b ... 1 .. 18 Total.................144 Total ..463 N ew S outh W ales . First inni' gs. Second incicgs. R. W. R. W . Dowson .. ... 3 1 ............49 0 Burnup ... ............39 1 T rott.......... ... 88 6 ..........76 0 Hargreave ... 32 1 ............23 0 Thompson ... 16 2 ..........105 3 Bosanquet ..........153 6 L ord H a w k e’s XI. R. W. Noble ................ 78 5 McBeath ... ................ 73 3 Hopkins ............. b7 2 Howell ................. 54 0 P y e .............. ................ 23 0 INDIAN CRICKETERS FOR ENGLAND. The visit of a native Indian team to England next year has recently come into the scope of practical politics. The first definite step was taken at a meeting held in the Parsee Gym­ khana in Bombay under the presidency of Mr. J. Framjee Patel, to consider the possi­ bilities of such a tour. The outcome of a very enthusiastic gathering was the following resolutions :— (1) That a Provisional Committee be formed of the following gentlemen, with po« er to add to their number, to devise ways and means of sending an Indian team to England in the year 1904. The lion. Mr. Justice Russell, Mr. Framjee^ Patel, Major Carnegy, Messrs. Milne, Galtrey, Tyebjee, Velinker, Rumboll, R. S. Shepherd, Divecha, Telang, and Dr. Pavri. (2) That the Secretaries be requested to communicate with the following eleven gentlemen with a view of asking them to become members of the proposed team. Dr. Pavri, Meherjnmji, K. M. Mistry, Mehta, Secharachi, Ali Hassan, Ahsan-ul-Hak, Baloo, Jayaram, D. Kanga and Telang, and that the following be asked provisionally to become members of the team :—Daru- walla, .Colabwalla, R. Mody, Mistry, jun., Bulsara, Narayano Rao, fchafkat, Billimoria, Gagrat, II. D. Kanga, Shanda, Syed Mohammed Khan, Machtliwalla, D. Mody, Subrayalu, Shivlal and Shivshunker. "C R IC K E T " is the only paper in the world solely devoted to the game. T erm s of S u bscription :—6/- per annum. 7/- post free abroad. Payable in advance. All communications to be sent direct to the Offices oi Crioket, 168, Upper Thames Street, London, E.O.