Cricket 1903

Nov. 26, 1903. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 453 two hours and forty minutes, was not out 102. On the fourth and last day which had been set apart for the match, rain fell in the morn­ ing, and the Australians were so hard put to it to save themselves from defeat, that if it had not been arranged to oblige the visitors, who wished to get to Melbourne as soon as possible, abeating would have been almost in­ evitable. As it was, Jennings and Evans played a stubborn game at a most critical time, and when stumps were drawn the South Australians were 32 runs on with three wickets in hand. M.C.C. P.F.Warner,cJennings, bChxton... ... • 65 Hayward, c Hill, b Travers .................157 Tyldesley, c Giffen, b Claxton ................. 1 R. E. Foster, run out 2 Braund, b Giffen ... 58 Hirst, c Evans, b Clax­ ton ........................ 37 B. J. T. Bosanquet, H a y ..................... Lilley, not out ... . Relf, c Travers, Claxton .............. Arnold, not out... . Extras............. Total (8 wkts)* 483 Rhodes did not bat. *Inniogs declared closed. S ou th A u s tra lia , First inniDgs. A. H. Gehrs, run ou t... . F. T. Hack, b Rhodes C.Hill.st Lilley,b Bosanquet 18 G. Giffen, c Lilley, b Arnold 22 J. F. Travers, b Hirst ... 18 N. H. Claxton, b Arnold ... 11 C. B. Jennings, not out ... 26 A. E. H. Evans, lbw, bHirst 0 J. C. Reedman, c Lilley, b Arnold.............................. 1 P. M. Newland, c Rhodes, b Braund ........................10 H. Hay, b Braund .......... 0 Extras........................19 Second innings. b Arnold .......... 7 c Hayward, b Rhodes ..........£4 c Braund, b Relf 1' 6 c Braund, b Relf 18 lbw, b Relf..........14 not ou t............... 77 c Hirst, b Braund 22 cBraund,bRhodes 1 not ou t................13 Extras......... 21 Total ..........172 Total (7 wkts) 343 M.C.C. R. W. R. W. Travers ... ... 95 1 Claxton........ 76 4 Giffen ... ...129 1 Evans ........ 37 .. 0 H ay.......... ... 68 1 Hack ........ 13 .. 0 Reedman ... 41 0 H ill................ 9 .. 0 S outh A ustralia . Firet innings Second innings. R. W. R. w . Hirst 19 2 ................. 32 .. 0 Arnold ... 49 3 ................. 63 .. 1 Braund ... 15 2 ................. 39 ... 1 Rhodes .. 27 1 ..................... 78 ... 2 Bosanquet 38 1 ..................... 62 .. 0 Relf ... .......... 5 0 ..................... 48 .. 3 be heard of in the future. When stumps were drawn the Englishmen had lost Hay­ ward, and the total was 32. Onthe Saturday the wicket had vastly improved, and the Englishmen gave a fine all-round display of batting. Tyldesley was at his very best, and Foster’s lively and vigorous play delighted the critics, who prophesied great things for him on Australian wickets. Knight played his usual sound game, and Hirst and Bosan­ quet at the end of the day made hay of the bowling. When stumps were drawn the total was 376 for five wickets, Hirst not out 61 and Bosanquet not out 36. As it rained heavily on the Sunday no one was surprised when the Australians on the next day were easily beaton in an innings. At first the wicket was not difficult, but as time went on the bowlers began to make themselves felt, and Bosanquet accordingly hit out splendidly. Warner again astonished the Australians by declaring, but they made no objections. He was clearly justified in his action, as far as his own side were concerned, for he had the Australians at his mercy, whereas if the innings had been completed there might have been time for the wicket to recuperate. As it was the wicket rolled out better than was anticipated, and for two hours and five minutes Bruce and McAlister defied the bowling, putting on 88 runs for the first wicket by very good cricket indeed. After this the Englishmen steadily gained the upper hand, although Armstrong, Laver and Trott all played excellent cricket. V ictoria . First innings. P. McAlister, b Hirst ... 0 W.Bruce,c Bosanquet,b Relf 4 G.H. 8. Trott, st Strudwick, b Rhodes ........................20 W.W. Armstrong, b Rhodes 28 THE FIRST MATCH AGAINST VICTORIA. ( secon d OF THE TOUll). Played at Melbourne on Nov. 13, 14 and 16. M.C.C. won by an innings and 71 runs. The Englishmen had all the best of the luck in this match. They lost the toss, it is true, but as things turned out this was a very fortunate thing, since the bowlers during the first innings were able to get a good deal of work on the ball, which travelled very slowly on ground which had been sodden by heavy rain. The chief cause of the breakdown in the Australian batting was the bowling of Rhodes, who when he once gets a wicket to help him is always extremely difficult to play. He took five wickets for 26 runs, and thus early in the tour established his reputa­ tion as a very great bowler when the wicket suits him. The Australians were fighting against oddsall day, and the only manwho rose superior to circumstances was Monfries, a rising p’ayer, who, when things were going extremely badly for his side, kept up his wicket for an hour and a half, showing excel­ lent defence. Horan, a son of the famous Tom Horan, who came over with the first Australian team to England, also played an admirable innings, and showed sufficient skill to warrant an assumption that he will M. Ellis, c Relf, b Hirst ... F. Laver, b Fielder .......... J. Horan, c Strudwick, b . Fielder................. .......... B.Tuckwell, c Bosanquet, b Rhodes ........................ F. Collins, lbw, b Rhodes .. E. Monfries, not o u t ........ J.V.8aunder8, c Bosanquet, b Rhodes ........................ Extras........................ Total . ... 162 Second innings, b Bosanquet ... 45 c Bosanquet, b Rhodes ..........51 c and b Rhodes .. 16 c Hayward, b Rhodes ..........35 run out .......... 8 c Relf, b Fielder 23 c Strudwick, b Fielder .......... 1 b R e lf.................11 not out................. 0 c Relf, b Fieldtr 4 b R e lf................ 2 Extras..........14 Total ...210 M. C. C. P. F. Warner, c Arm­ strong, b Saunders.. 22 Hayward,cArmstrong, b Saunders .......... 6 Tyldesley, c Laver, b Armstrong ......... 90 R. E. Foster, c Collins, b Laver .................71 Knight, c Trott, b Ellis 47 Hirst, c Armstrong, b Saunders.................92 B. J. T. Bosanquet, b Laver .................79 Relf,c Collins, b Laver 8 Khodes, not out.......... 2 Extras ..........26 Total (8 wkts)*443 Fielder and Strudwick did not bat. * Innings declared closed. V ictoria . First innings. Second innings. K. w. R. W. Hirst .. 33 ... ... 2 .......... . 34 .. ... 0 Relf ... 39 ... ... 1 . 26 .. ... 2 Rhodes... 26 ... ... 5 . 58 .. ... 3 Bosanquet 31 ... ... 0 .. 43 .. ... 1 Fielder .. 28 ... ... 2 .. 35 .. ... 3 M. 3. C. R. W. R. W . Saunders 126 .. ... 3 Laver ... 76 .. ... 3 Armstrong 73 . ... 1 Ellis ... 33 .. ... 1 Collins ... 58 ... ... 0 Bruce ... 5 .. ... 0 Trott ... 46 .. ... 0 THE FIRST MATCH AGAINST NEW SOUTH WALES. THIRD OF THE TOUR. Played at Sydney on November 20, 21 and 23. M.C.C/. won by an innings aud 10 runs. After their brilliant doings against Mel­ bourne the Englishmen could look forward with some confidence to the much more im­ portant match against New South Wales, which is universally regarded as by far the most powerful of the States. On the day before the match began it was seen that the wicket would, at anyrate at first, be difficult, and when, after winning the toss, Warner put the other side in no one was greatly surprised, since the weather showed no signs of becoming wet again. The manoeuvre was attended with the greatest success, and by the end of the day the Australians were in a very tight place. When New South Wales went in the wicket was difficult, but Trumper and Duff rose to the occasion and showed an intention of staying for some time. The turning-point of the innings came when the total was 41, just after Duff had been dis­ missed by Lilley. Rhodes, who had pre­ viously been quite unsuccessful, was then tried again, with the result that the rest of the innings was nothing short of a triumph for him. For a brief space Trumper held on, batting in his usual forceful and graceful way, but after he was stumped no one except S. E. Gregory offered any resistance to Rhodes and Arnold, who finished off the innings very quickly. For the Englishmen Warner and Tyldesley met with very great success, and although the former was by no means seen at his best, the latter was in the most brilliant form, seeming to find no diffi­ culties with the bowling on a wicket which was gradually becoming faster. R. E. Foster played a fine game towards the end of the day, after playing himself in with some care. When stumps were drawn three wickets were down for 172, so that the Englishmen had a comfortable lead of 64, with seven wickets in hand. On the next day in perfect weather and on a splendid wicket, the Englishmen again distinguished themselves. Tyldesley, who was not out 76 overnight, only increased his score by 4, but Braund and Hirst kept together for a long time. Hirst, finding the wicket not too fast, brought off his famous pulls with success, while Braund, on whom the mantle of Alec Bannerman seems to have suddenly fallen, sturdily kept up his wicket, at one time taking an hour to score a single run. Hirst made his 66 in an hour and twenty minutes, and then the batting broke down in a curious way after lunch, the last five wickets only producing 54 runs. Two men played on, and one was bowled off his pads, but the only justifiable inference that can ever be drawn from accidents of this kind is that the fatal ball was just a little too good for the batsman. With a clear lead of 202, the Englishmen could look forward to a victory with some approach to confidence, but there was nothing wrong with the wicket now, and with such men as Trumper, Duff, Gregory, and Noble in a team a big score was more than possible. But nothing ceuld stop the triumphal progress of the English­ men, although this time Rhodes was ineffec­ tive. Trumper was brilliantly caught by Braund at square leg, but after this great blessing, Duff and C. Gregory played so well that 80 was up before the next wicket fell, and things looked fairly well for the home team. But then, as in the innings of the Englishmen, there was a surpris­ ing collapse. The fielding of the visitors was excellent in every way, and the bowling was managed with skill, Warner’s frequent changes often meeting with astonish­ ingly good fortune. Wicket after wicket fell, and when stumps were drawn six men were out for 114, so that the Australians were still 97 runs behind. Noble reserved himself and Hopkins for a last desperate effort on the Monday, but nothing came of it, and almost immediately after lunch the innings came to