Cricket 1904

M ae . 31, 1904. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 37 day, had made 114 for five wickets. Duff gave an exhibition of bright and chanceless cricket, obtaining 47 out o f 61 in fifty-six minutes. Monday the 29th of February, was a blank day, on account of the heavy rain ; in fact, so heavy and persistent was the downpour that play could not be resumed until four o ’clotk on the Tuesday after­ noon. The remaining Australian wickets fell like ninepins before Rhodes and Arnold, 51 balls accounting for the five batsmen in 35 minutes for the addition of but 17 runs. Arnold obtained two wickets for six runs and Rhodes three for nine, and although both men bowled admirably, the collapse was doubtlfss partly due to the tactics of the Austra­ lians, who, instead of playing a hitting game, endeivoured to keep up their wickets— a fatal procedure considering the condition of the wicket. The debacle proved a deep disappointment for the 3,000 spectators^who were present. The wicket W8 s drying rapidly when England went in for the second time, and, as the result of some resolute cricket, the visitors scored 50 for the loss of Foster’s wicket by close of play. Rain again inteifered sadly with the game on the Wednesday, only two hours and a half being available for cricket. In that time, however, some capital work was done by Hayward and Braund, the first-named playing a really great innings of 52, which lasted in all 165 minutes. Another example of bar­ racking was given in the course of the afternoon, ow ing to a postponement being imperative on account of rain. On the follow ing morning Rhodes and War­ ner added 55 runs for the last wicket of England, whose overnight total was 155 for nine. Cotter and M cLeod were the most successful of the Australian bowlers, the former managing to make the ball bump considerably, even on the soft ground. The Australians were set 329 to win, and although the wicket had re­ covered wonderfully, it wss generally felt that the task would prove too great. Duff was dismissed at 35 and Trumper at 59, but worse was to follow , for at 74 Bosanquet relieved Arnold and two runs later dismissed both H ill and Gregory. With the score 76 for five wickets the tea interval was taken, and the third ball from Bosanquet after the adjournment disposed of Hopkins. Follow ing these successes Lilley accounted for McLeod and Trumble, both men being dismissed off the bow ling of Bosarquet, who had now taken five wickets for 12 runs. With the score 141 for nine wickets, Cotter came in, and b y methods which delighted the downcast crowd, hit 34 out of 57 subscribed for the last wicket in half-an-hour. Noble played a sound innings and carried out his bat for 53 , a display which received, as it merited, hearty recognition. England's victory was by the substantial margin of 157 run8) a re8uit which was due to excellent all-round cricket. After the conclusion of the match both Noble and Trumble that the English team was one of the best they had ever met, and that its success was well deserved. E ngland . First innings. Sacond inDings. P. F. Warner, b Noble ... 0 not out............... <.1 Hayward, c McAllister, b Trumble ...................... 18 lbw. b Trum\le... 52 Tyldesley, c Gregory, b Noble .......... ..........16 b Cotter ... ... 5 B. E. Foster, c McAllister, b Noble ....................... 19 cNoble.bEopkios 27 Knight, not out .................70 c McAllisttr, b Cotter .......... 9 Braund,c Trumble,bNolle 39 c McLeod,b Hrp- k irs .................19 First, b Noble .................2> cKejly,b McLeod 18 B.J.T.B »panquet,bHopkius 12 c Hill, b McLeod 7 Arnold, lbw. b N oble........ 0 c Kelly, b Nolle 0 Lilley,c Hopkins.b Trumble 24 b McLecd .......... 6 Rhodes, st Kelly, b Noble .. 10 c McAllister, b C-tter ......... ‘.9 Extras........................16 Extras . ... 7 Total ........ 249 Total.. ..2.0 A ustralia . First innings. Second innings V. Trump-»r, b Braund ... 7 lbw, b Arnold ... 12 R. A. Duff, b Arnold......... 47 b Arnold ... 19 C. Bill, c Braund, b Arnold 33 st Lilley,b Bo-an- quet.................26 P. McAllister, c Arnold, b R hodes ....................... 2 b Hirst.................. 1 A. J. Hopkins, b Braund ... 9 stLi ley,b Boean- quet................. 0 C. E. McLrod, b Rhodes ... 18 cLilley, b Bosan­ quet ................. 6 J. J. Kelly, c Foster, b c Foster,b Bosan- Arnold............................... 5 quet................ 10 M. A. Noble, not out ... 6 notout..................53 8. E. Gregory, c Foster, b Rhodes............................ 2 lbw, b B >eanquet 0 H. Trumble, c I ilW»y, b st Lilley,b fcosan- Rhodes.. ................. 0 quet.......... ... 0 A. Cotter, c Tyldesley, b Arnold.............................. 0 b Hirst..................34 B 1, w 1 ................. 2 Byes.etc...........10 Total........................ 131 Total 171 E ngland . First innings. Second innirg O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Cotter ... . .. 14 1 44 0 .. . ... 18*3 3 41 3 Noble ... .,.. 41 1 10 100 7 .. ..........19 8 40 1 Trumble... ... 43 20 58 2 .. . ... 58 10 49 1 Hopkins’... . .. 8 3 22 1 .. . ... 14 5 31 2 McLeod ... . . , 8 5 9 0 .. A ustralia . ..........20 5 42 3 O . M . K. W . O. M. R. w. Hirst............. .. 13 1 33 0 .. . ...' 12-5 2 32 2 Braund ... . „ 11 2 27 2 .. . ... 16 3 24 0 Rhodes ... . .. 11 3 33 4 ... ... 11 7 12 0 Arnold ... . .. 14-3 5 28 4 .. . ... 12 3 42 2 Bosanquet . . . 2 1 5 0 .. . .. 15 1 51 6 Arnold bowled a wide. THE F IFTH TEST MATCH. [ n in e t e e n t h o f th e t o u r .] Played at Melbourne on March 5, 7, & 8 . Trumble performs the hat-trick. Australia won by 218 runs. It was unfortunate that the last meeting between England and Australia should have been arranged to take placa so soon after the Sydney contest, for such great matches produce so severe a strain on the playerj that the members of both teams were bound to play below their true form as a result. Australia won the toss, and, as it proved, the match also as a consequence, for the state of the wicket so favoured the side which had first innings that a defeat would almost have been certain to await the other side even had it been composed of twenty-two men instead of eleven. The result of the rubber having been decided at Sydney two days before, the interest centred iu this match was not so great as it would otherwise have been The English eleven was identical with that w lich took the field at Sydney, whilst on the Australian side, 8 . E. Gregory made way for A . R . Gehrs, of South Australia, one of the most promising batsmen in the States. The innings of the Aus­ tralians was remarkable for a splendid display by Trumper, who made 88 out o f 142, w ith ou t g iv in g a chaL ca, iu 110 m in u tes, ere b e in g d ism issed b y m eans o f a w o n d e rfu l ca tch o n th e p a rt o f B ra u n d . T h e S om erset p la y e r b ow le d in irresistible fo rm , cla im in g e ig h t w ick ets fo r 81 ru ns, th e la st five o f w h ich w ere ob ta in ed a t a co st o f b u t 21 ru n s. T h e w ick e t h ad o b v io u s ly been g e ttin g m ore d ifficu lt as tim e passed, an d , iu respon se to A u stra li* ’s tota l o f 247, E n g la n d h ad m ade b u t fo u r runs fo r the loss o f H a y w a rd an d A rn o ld w hen slu m p s w ere d ra w n fo r the d a y . O n the M o n d a y n o p la y w as p ossib le u n til five m in utes past fo u r, and w h en a resum p tion w as m ade th e p itch w as in a sh o ck in g c o n ­ d ition . T h e visitors w ere d isp osed o f in less than n in ety m in utes fo r a to ta l o f 61, an d , g o in g ia th e secon d tim e, th e A ustralians lost th re e w ick ets fo r 13 runs tre p la y ceased fo r th e d a y. C otter, th e jo u u g fa st b o w le r fro m S y d n e y , o b ta in ed six w ick ets fo r 40 r u n ', his d eliveries a t tim es risin g fro m th e jit c h in a v e r y d isco n ce rtin g m an n er. D u rin g the d a y it b ecam e k n ow n th a t H a y w a rd w as su fferin g fro m to n s iliii” , a n d w o u ld b e u n ab le to p a rticip a te fu rth er iu the gam e, this u n fo rtu n a te c ccu rre n ce ro b b in g the visitors o f th e services o f th eir m ost con sisten t batsm a n . O n th e th ird d a y , a lth o u g h p la y d id n o t com m en ce u n til a q u a rte r-p a st tw elv e, th e m atch w as b ro u g h t to a co n clu sio n , the A ustralians w in n in g h a n d som ely b y 218 ru n s. B ow lers b a d m atters a lm ost all their ow n w a y , a n d in d ivid u a l scores w ere con se­ q u e n tly sm a ll. T h e fea tu re o f th e d a y ’s p la y w as th e superb b o w lin g c f T ru m b le, w h o w o u n d u p his career as an in te r­ n a tion a l p la y e r b y o n e o f his greatest p erform a n ces. D u rin g th e in n in g s he o b ta in ed seven w ick ets fo r 28 runs, an d p erfo rm ed th e h a t-tr ic k , his victim s b e in g B o sa rq u e t, W arn er, and L ille y . A t on e tim e d u rin g th e in n in gs his analysis w as six w ick ets fo r 11 ru us, b u t these figu res w ere som ew h a t sp oilt b y th e p artn ersh ip o f A rn o ld a n d R h od es. A ustralia . First inning*. Second innings. V.Trumper, c and b Braund 68 b Hirst ......... 0 R. A. Duff, b Braund........ 9 cWarner,bRhodes31 C. Hill, c Braund, b Rhodes 16 c Warner, b Hirst 16 M. A. Noble, c Foster, b Arnold............................ 29 st Lilley,b Rhodes 19 P. McAllister, st Lilley, b Braund ...................... 36 c Foster,b Arnold 9 A. R. Gehis,c and b Braund 3 c and b Hint .. 5 A. J. Hopkins, c Knight, b Braund......................... 32 not out ... 25 C. E. McLeod, c Rhodes, b c Bosanquet, b Braund......... ....... 8 Brttund....... 0 H. Trumble, c Foster, b Braund............................. 6 c Arnold,b Hirst 0 J. J. Kelly, notout ....... 6 c and b Arnold .. 24 A. Cotter, b Braund ....... 6 b Hirst ..... 0 Byes, &c....................... 8 Byes, &c. ... 4 Total .................247 Total ...133 E ngland . Hayward, b Noble .......... 0 absent (ill) ......... o Rhodes, c Gehw, b Cotter... 3 not ou t................16 Arnold, c Kelly, b Noble ... 0 c Duff,b Trumblo 19 P. F. Warner, c McAllister, b Cotter ................. 1 c and bT ium 'le 11 Tyldfsley, c Gehra, b Noble 10 cHopkins.bColter 15 R. E. Foster, b Cotter ... 18 c Trumper, b Trumble......... 30 Hirst, c Trumper, b Cotter 0 c McAllister, b Trumble ... 1 Br-und, c Hopkinp.b Noble 5 c McAllister, b Cotter .......... 0 Knight, b Cotter............... 0 c Kelly,bTrumble 0 B.J. T. Bosanquet, c Noble, b Cotter .................... 16 cGehrs,bTrumble 4 Lilley, not out ............... 6 lbw, b Trumble .. 0 Extras...................... 2 Extras........ 5 Total .................61 Total .. 101