Cricket 1903

D ec . 31, 1903. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 469 won. On the fourth day Gregory did very well indeed, and when Duff and Hill came together (Trumper being reserved until later) the Englishmen had an anxious time. The score had been raised to 191 when Duff was out for a brilliant 84, the partnership having produced 83 runs. Then Trumper came in and commenced a magnificent innings. Mean­ while Hill had made his fifty, and was goiog as strong as ever in his life. Things began to look awkward. At this stage of the game, when the spectators were at a white heat of enthusiasm, Hill was run out. The decision seems to have been perfectly fair, but the crowd howled and became almost unmanageable, so that for a time it looked as if the game would be interrupted. But the outbreak partly subsided, although loud ex­ pressions of discontent never completely died away, and Trumper (joined by Noble) went on with his innings. Trumper was seen at his best, and the bowlers could do nothing with him at a ll; he seemed to place the ball where he liked. He was still unconquered when stumps were drawn with the total at 367 for five wickets, his own score being 119 not out. The Australians were now 75 runs on, with half their wickets in hand, including that of their greatest batsman. The game was thus by no means over yet. On the fifth day Trumper surpassed himself. He ought to have been run out, but the fieldsman in his excitement fumbled the ball, but he gave no chances, and took the bowling in charge from the first. What might have happened if he had received much assistance may easily be imagined. As it is, he carried his bat for a magnificent innings of 185. England had now to make 192 to win. They began so badly that the crowd became wildly excited, and an easy victory for the home team was prophesied by enthusiasts. Warner, who has yet to prove, good batsman as he is, that he is class enough for a test match, again failed. Tyldesley who, being lame, had Rhodes to run for him, was out for 9, Foster for 19, and Braund for 0, the four wickets falling for 81. Bat Hirst then made a much needed stand withHayward, who had been playing an admirable gime, and when stumps were drawn the total had been taken to 122 without further loss, and England now only required 72 runs to win with six wickets iu hand. Hayward was not out 60, and Hirst not out 21. On the sixth and last day of this memorable match, the issue was not left long in doubt, for the two not outs had practically won the match before they were separated. Hayward just missed the distinction of scoring a hundred runs • his 91 was in every way worthy of a famous cricketer. Hirst carried out his bat for a characteristically good inningB of 60, and so the match was won by five wickets. A u stralia . First innings. Second innings. R. A. Duff (N.S.W.) c Lilley b Arnold ........................ 3 c Relf, b Rhodes 84 V. Trumper (N.S.W.), c Foster, b Arnold ......... 1 not out.................185 C. Hill (S.A.), c Lilley, b H irst............................... 5 runout.................51 M. A. Noble (N.S.W.), c st Lilley b Bosan- Foster, b Arnold .183 quet...........................22 W. W . Armstrong (V.), b c Bosanquet, b Bosanquet..........48 Rhodes ........................ 27 A. J. Hopkins (N.S.W.), b Hirst ... ................39 cAmold,bRhodes 20 W. P. Howell (N.S.W.), c Relf, b Arnold .......... 5 c Lilley b Arnold 4 S. E. Gregory (N.S.W.), b Bosanquet........................23 c Lilley, b Rhodes 43 F. Layer (V.), lbw, b Rhodes 4 c Relf, b Rhodes. 6 J. J. Kelly (N.S.W.), c Braund, b Rhodes........10 b Arnold ..........13 J. V. Saunders (Y), not out 11 runout................. 2 Extras ................. 3 Extras..........28 T o ta l..................285 E n gland. First innings. P. F. Warner (Middlesex) c Kelly, b Laver.................. 0 Hayward (Surrey),b Howell 15 Tyldesley (Lancashire), b N o b le..................................53 Arnold (Worcestershire), c Laver, b Armstrong.............27 R. E. Foster (Worcester­ shire)^ Noble,b Saunders287 Braund(8omerset),bHowell 102 Hirst (Yorkshire), bHowell B. J. T. Bosanquet (Middle­ sex), c Howell, b Noble... 2 not out Lilley (Warwickshire), c Hill b Noble ................. 4 Relf (Sussex),c Armstrong, b Saunders .................31 Rhodes (Yorkshire) not out 39 Extras........................17 Total......... 485 Second innings. b Howell .......... 8 st Kelly b Saun­ ders .................91 c Noble, b Saun­ ders ................. 9 st Kelly b Arm­ strong .. ..1 9 c Noble b Howell 0 notout.................60 T ota l.................577 A u stb a lia . First innings. Extras.......... 6 Total..........194 Second inniogs. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Hirst ... 24 8 47 2 ... ... 29 1 79 0 Arnold ... ... 32 7 76 4 ... ... 28 3 93 2 Braund... ... 26 9 39 0 ... ... 12 2 56 0 Bosanquet ... 13 0 52 2 ... ... 24 1 100 1 Rhodes ... ... 17 2 3 41 2 ... ... 40-2 10 94 5 Relf ... ... 6 1 27 0 ... ... 13 5 35 0 Hirst bowled two no-balls and one wide. Bosanquet bowled one wide. AArnold and Relf each bowled one no-ball. E ngland . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Saunders ... 36 2 8 126 2 ... ... 185 3 51 2 Laver ... 37 12 116 1 .. .. 16 4 37 0 Howell ... ... 31 7 113 3 .. ... 31 18 35 2 Noble ... ... 34 8 98 3 ... ... 12 2 37 0 Armstrong ... 23 3 47 1 ... ... 18 6 28 1 Hopkins ... 11 1 40 0 ... Trumper ... 7 1 12 0 .. Gregory... ... 2 0 8 0 .. Noble bowled one wide and two no-balls. THE MATCH AGAINST MELBOURNE JUNIORS (XVIII.) ( e ig h t h o f t h e t o u r .) Played at Melbourne on December 19, 21, and 22. M.C.C. won by an innings and 99 runs. It was arranged that fifteen only of the local team should field. The increased number, however, made very little difference to the Englishmen, who found the bowling so much to their liking that when stumps were drawn they had scored 349 runs for seven wickets, nearly every man on the side making a good total. On the Monday the Juniors showed themselves to be a weak lot of batsmen, and by the end of the day their case was absolutely hopeless. On the third day they did a little better, but an innings defeat was inevitable. M. C. C. M elbou bn e XVIII. P. F.Warner,b Sharpe 76 Hayward, c Delves, b Smith... ..........37 Knight, b O’Loughlin 50 Relf, c Smith, b Lewis 30 Braund, c Lanigan, b Dwyer ................... 33 Hirst, b O’Loughlin ... 87 B. J. T. Bosanquet, c Cogle, b Dwyer ...10 Lilley, b Dwyer..........10 Rhodes, not ou t........ 42 Fielder, b O’Loughlin 9 Strudwick, b Lanigan 16 Extras............... 16 T otal..........41b First innings. Delves, c Relf, b Fielder .. 3 Moon, c and b Re f .......... 2 Howe, run out ... .......... 11 Kiernan, st Strudwick, b Rhodes............................... 14 Cogle, b Braund................. 1 Grace, c Bosanquet, b Fielder............................... 10 Hexter, run out ................. 1 Lanigan, st Strudwick, b Braund ................ ... 0 Catannach, c belf, b Fielder 6 Lewis,cBosanquet, b Fitlder 8 McSpeerin, st Strudwick, b Bosanquet........................ 24 Horgan, b Bosanquet........ 3 Dwyer, run out ................. 18 rmith, c and b Bosanquet... 1 O’Loughlin, c and b Bosan­ quet ............................... 4 Williams, not out .......... 8 Sharpe, c Fielder, b Bosan­ quet .......... ................. 1 Manallack, b Bosanquet ... 0 Extras........................ 9 Second innings. run out............... 52 c Hirst, b Braund 13 b R e lf................. 0 cBraund,bBosan- quet.................16 c sub., b Braund 8 st Strudwick, b Braund ..........£4 b Rhodes .......... 0 b Braund .......... 2 b R e lf................. 3 c Hirst, b Braund 1 c and bBosanquet 9 c Bosanquet, b Braund ......... 12 b R e lf................. 9 c 6ub., b Braund 0 not ou t................ 6 b Rhodes .......... 1 cStrudwick,bRelf 0 lbw, b Braund ... 0 Extras.......... 7 Total ..........124 M e lb o u rn e XVH I. Total ...193 R. W. R. w. Fielder... ........ 37 ... 4 ........ ... 26 ... 0 Relf ... ........ 17 ... 1 ............ ... 40 ... 4 Rhodes... ........ 8 ... 1 ............ ... 14 ... 2 Braund ........ 26 ... 2 .......... ... 48 ... 8 Bosanquet ......... 27 6 .......... ... 53 ... 2 Hirst ... 5 ... 0 M. C. C. R. W. R. W. O’Loughlin ........ 85 3 Howe ... 16 0 Sharpe ... .......... 59 1 Lewis ... ... ... 8 1 Smith ... .......... 49 1 Williams 19 0 Horgan... .......... 16 0 McSpeerin 23 0 Lanigan .......... 30 1 Cogle ... 8 0 Dwyer ... .......... 77 3 THE BENDIGO MATCH (XVIII.) NINTH OF THE 10UR. Played at Bendigo on December 26 and 28. Abandoned. On a bumpy wicket the home team, who batted first, could do very little against the bowling of Fielder, who took eleven wickets for 32 runs. Hayward and Knight gave a very fine display for the Englishmen, who, when stumps were drawn, had scored 217 for three wickets, Knight being not out 65. On the following Monday Rhodes played well and Warner declared after two more wickets had fallen. M.C.C.’ s Team. P. F.Warner, c Moore, b T. H all............... 19 Hayward, c Garlick, b H. Hall .............. 115 Knight, c Kenn' dy, b De Ravin...............78 R.E.Foster,bDe Ravin 0 * Innings declared closed. XV III. o f B endigo. First innings. Second innings. Keogh, c Braund, b Fielder 13 cFoster,bBraund 12 F reem dn, b H iist......... ' ” Green, b Rhodes.......... Deravin, b Rhodes T. Hall, b Fielder Murray, b Fielder Seelenmeyer, c Braund, Fielder........................ Woolley, b Fielder Rhodes, not out..........42 Wnitfleld (sub.), c H. Hall, b Gibson .. 12 Extras................. 7 Total (5 wkts) *273 1 c Relf, b Rhodes,. 3 .. 1 c and b Rhodes... 25 .. 10 cKnight,bRhodee 1 .. O b Braund .......... 5 c Strudwick, b Rhodes .. . . 5 not out . 16 14 0 not out .. Harry,c Strudwick,bFielder 14 b Braund KeDnedy, b R e lf................. H. Hall, b Fielder .......... Garlick, c Rhodes, b Fielder Boydell, not o u t ................. Moore, b Relf ................. Sarvaas, run o u t................. Mannalack, b Fielder... ... Jinks,c Strudwick,b Fielder Gibson, b Fielder................. Extras........................ Extras. Total 94 Total (7 wkts) 64 R. W Rhodes... ... 29 .. 2 Fielder... ... 32 .. 11 Relf ... ... 17 .. 2 Hirst ... ... 7 .. 1 XVIII. o f B endigo. Braund R. W. . 4