Cricket 1904

36 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME, M ar . 31, 1904, A MATCH ON TIME LIMITS. Notts and Yorkshire have agreed to play a match in the Headingley Ground, Leeds, on May 2nd, 3rd and 4th, under the conditions of a time limit. The arrangements for this experimental game, which were made by Lord Hawke, the Hon. F. S. Jackson, and F. C. Toon, on behalf of Yorkshire, A. O. Jones, J. A. Dixon, for Notts, included the follow ing provisions. Each innings is to be restricted to 4J hours, and the time lost or saved in the first innings of each side is to be equally deducted from or added to the second innings, as the case may be. Thus, if one side is dismissed in an hour and the other bats for the full time, the 3J hours saved is to be (qually apportioned to the tw o sides in thtir sec nd innings. The match is to be decided by the number of runs scored, irrespective of wicket 8 lost, except in cases where the delay is too great to be made ap, when the first innings ^ ill decide the issue. The boundaries are not to exceed 60 yards from the nearest wicket, and each night and in case of rain, t-uflicient ground is to be covered to protect the bowleru’ and batsmen’s foothold. In order to give the last few players on the side an opportunity of battiug there is also a special provision to the effect that if either side do not complete their first inniugs in the allotted time they will be compelled to do so before com - menci'ig their second innings. CRICKET IN AUSTRALIA. VICTORIA v. NEW SOUTH WALKS. Played at Sydney on January 25, 26 and 27. New South Wales won by ten wickets. V ic to h ia . Fiist innings. D. McAlibter, c Tiumper, b M Beth ........................ 7 W. Bruce, b Cotter ..........i.6 G. H. S. Trott, b Cotttr .. 25 J. H. fctuckey, b Colter ... 4 \V. W. Arm-trong. b Cotter 11 F. Liver,c Kel y, b Bowden 21 C.MLeod.s Kelly,hlowden 46 J. F.liiPer. c Kelly,bM.‘ tJetn 9 U . fc'iy, not Lut .......... 1 E Moufries, c Truinper, b Bowden ..................... J. V. f“auad rs, fet Kelly, b A'owden .......... Exuas .......... Stcond innings. c Kelly b M'Beth 104 lbw, b Hopkins .. 1 b H jpkius.......... 6 cBowden,b Cotter 64 b H >pki * 8 ........ 11 c 'Jrumper, b Hopkins 5 c and b Bowden... 77 b C» ter ... ’.9 blKt l.y,bBowden 22 3 b Hop’i i c s .......... 3 0 10 Total.......... ...163 n otou t................ 6 Extras ..........16 Total ..........341 N e w S outh W a l e s . J. J. Kelly, c Stuckey, b Arm strong.......... A. J. Bowden not out. A. Cotter, c Stuckey, b Armatror g .......... A. M'Beth, run out ... Extras .......... ... Total ..........Si R. A. Duff, c Bruce, b Oilier.......................67 V. Trumper, c Fry, b Trott ... ..........53 A J. Hopkins, lbw, b Giller....................... 11 M. A . Noble, b Trott e8 8. Gregory,b H»un !ers 81 C. Gregory, b Laver 44 J. R. Mackay, c and b Armstrong ..........56 Second innings V. Trumper, not out, 53; R. A Duff, not out, 62; extras 4.—Total (no wicket) 119. V ic t o b ia . First innings. O. M. R. VV. Hopkins ... 9 2 30 0 .......... ----- " " 40 2 .......... 50 4 33 4 .......... Trumper ... Cotter bowled a wide and a no-ball. M'Beth Cotter^... Bowden 12 13 16‘4 Seconl innings. O. M. R W. . 34 7 96 5 . 30 12 57 1 ... 20 4 75 2 30.5 7 88 2 3 0 12 0 N ew S outh W a l e s . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. R. W. T ro tt................. ..........31 1 131 2 ... ... 4 0 M'Leod ......... ..........11 1 50 0 ... Laver................. ..........16 4 49 1 ... !!! 19 0 Saunders ......... ..........18 4 70 1 ... G iller................. ..........19 2 59 2 ... !!! 37 0 Fry ................. ............ 1 0 15 0 ... ... 28 0 Armstrong.......... .......... 6 3 1 10 3 ... ... 27 0 INTER-STATE MATCHES IN AUSTRALIA. VICTORIA v. NEW SOUTH WALES. Played at Melbourne, December 26, 28, 29, 30 and 31. Victoria won by 161 runs. Victoria, by winning the toss, secured an advantage, but their victory by 161 runs was brought about more by capital all-round cricket than by having first innings. On the 28th rain restricted play to fifteen minutes, the crowd causing a scene in consequence, and demanding their money back, and rush­ ing tne iron fence. One man was arrested for digging his heels into the pitch. Trumble’s innings of 80, which lasted nearly three hours, and included nine 4’s, was the feature of the match. V ic to r ia . First innings. W . Bruce, b M’Beth.......... 0 F. M’Alister, b Njble ... 34 W. Armstrong, c Kelly, b Noble ..............................44 G. H. S. Trott, c Noble, b Hopkins ...........................33 J. Giller, c Gregory, b Hopkins ........................14 H. Trumble, c Duff, b N oble............................... 80 F. Laver, b Farquhar ... 49 H. Stuckey, b Howell ... 14 C. M’Leod, not out ... . 30 E. Monfriss, c Kelly, b N oble............................... 0 J. Blunders, lbw, b Howell 0 B 3, lb 2, w 2, nb 2 ... 9 Second^nnings. b H opkins......... 26 b Howell ..........39 b Howell .......... 1 cNoble,bHopkins 35 c Hopkins, b Howell ..........12 stKelly,bHopkins 9 b Hopkins.......... 0 not out................ 81 st Kelly,b M’Beth 26 c Howell, b Hopkins......... 9 c and b Howell .. 6 U1, lb 4, w 4 ... 9 Total ................312 N e w S outh W a lk s . Total ...253 First innings. B. A. Duff, lbw, b Trumble 41 J. J.Kelly,cBruc *,bTrumble 31 V. Trumper, b L iver.........43 M. A. NoMe, b M’Leod 8 8. Grt-gory, c and b A»’Leo I 2 A . Hopki .a, c Tiumble, b Ax’ijeud ........................ 7 C. Greg >ry, b Ai’ L°od 18 J. Ma.kny, c Trumble, b M’ . eod ........................ 2 B. Faiquhar, c Armstrong, b M’L e o d ....................... 3 W. Howell, c Saunders, b M’ Leod ........................18 A. M’Beth, not out .......... 0 Byes.......................10 Total ..........183 V ic t o r ia . Second innings, c Monfiies, b Trumb’e .. ... 51 cM ’Leod, bTrott 2 bt Monfiies, b Trott ..........68 lbw, b Laver ... 23 cMonf.ies,b'rrjtt 6 not o u t............... 23 b Trott ... 15 c Monfries, b Laver ..........25 cLaver,l)Saunders 3 c Monfries, b Laver ... 0 c and b Trumper 0 Leg-tyes ... 2 Total..........221 First innings. v.’ Beth .... Nob.e Hopkins ... Howell ... Farquhar Trumper .. O. . 36 , 35 . 2 1 , 27 1 . 10 M. R. W . 14 63 1 ... 12 6b 4 ... 6 57 2 ... 5 67 2 ... 1 40 1 0 8 0 ... Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 20 9 37 1 ... 22 9 41 0 .. 30 13 70 5 ... 39*4 12 94 4 ... 1 0 2 0 M’Beth and Farquhar each delivered a wide and Noble two no-balls. N ew S outh W a l e s . Firct innings. Second innings. O. M. B. W. O. M. R. W. Laver .......... 16 5 44 1 ........... 12 3 31 3 Trumble.......... 15 1 67 2 ........... 16 2 63 2 Blunders ... 8 1 28 0 .......... 17 4 54 1 M*Leod.......... 11-5 2 34 7 .......... 9 0 27 0 Aim s'rojg ................3 1 10 0 Trott ................... 101 34 4 M.C.C. TEAM IN AUSTRALIA, THE FOURTH TEST MATCH, [ e ig h t e e n t h of t h e totje .] ENGLAND WINS THE RUBBER. Played at Sydney on February 26, 27, 29, and March 1,2 , and 3. England won by 157 runs. Two of the three previous Test matches having resulted in favour of England, enormous interest was centred in the fourth game, which commenced at Sydney on the 26:h ult. Should the visitors prove successful, the rubber would be decided, whilst should the home side win there would still remain a possibility of the Ashes remaining in Australia. The Sydney ground has always bean a favourite one with Eagiiih teams, and those enthusiasts who argued that a triumph was in store for the M .C.C.’s X I . proved true prophets. Warner decided to leave out Relf, Fielder, and Strudwick, whilst Cotter and McAllister replaced Howell and Armstrong in the Australian side. W inning the toss, the Englishmen decided to bat first, and Warner and Hayward opened the inniD gs. The dismissal of the captain with only four runs on the board caused the subsequent players to bat cautiously. Hayward was dismissed in a somewhat unusual manner, being caught in the slips by McAllister from a ball which rt bounded off Kelly’s shoulder. Runs were always extremely difficult to obtain, Noble and Trumble—the former especially— bow ling particularly well. The 100 was gained in 145 minutes from the commencement. Knight played a most meritoiious innings, obtaining his runs at a ciitical time, and giving a sound if not entertainirg display. A t the close of the first day the total had reached 207 for seven wickets, a number which had been made before 17,0C0 spectators. On the second morning Braund and Lilley made useful scores and, in the end, a total of 249 was realised. Knight, who displayed excessive caution, ctrrying out his bat for 70. He might have been caught and bowled by Trumble when 54, and after obtaining ten more runs was missed at point by McLeod oflf Noble, but apart from these blemishes he made no mistake. After the interval play was delayed owing to rain, an event which the crowd, numbering 30,000, took none too kindly. The disreputable portion of those present, in fact, gave a display of “ barracking” which can seldom have bean matched, even on the Sydney ground. Hostile remarks to players and umpires, and a vigorous bottle-throwing scene, were the chief items of this remarkable performance. In response to the English score of 249, the Australians made none too good a start, losing Trumper at 28 and Duff at 61, and, when stumps were drawn for the