Cricket 1905

148 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M a t 25, 1905. L ondon S cottish . J. S. Chown, b Hollis 18 G. J. Neal, c Briant, b W a it........................ 0 W. G. Henderson, c Bywaters, b W ait... 15 P. Child, c Bywaters, b Wait .................19 F. Codd, c Briant, b W a it........................ 8 F. R. Connell, c By­ waters, b Taylor ... 16 J. H. Adamson, c Thrackrak, b Wait O. Koe Child, c Mor­ gan, b Taylor..........11 C. R. Bland,not out... A. P. Davis, b Taylor 0 N. E. P. Harris, not out ........................ 0 B 15,1b 2, w 1 ... 18 Total (9 wkts) 115 NATIONAL PROVINCIAL BANK v. LONDON JOINT STOCK BANK.—Plaped at Lower Syden­ ham on May 20. N. P. Bank. E. W. Armstrong, c Brown, b Randall... 21 A. Harrison, lbw, b A llen.....................11 A. King, c Brown, b Randall ............. 38 II. E. Moore, c Lloyd, b Brown ..............11 J.W.Richards, not out_45 J. Price, b Morris ... 13 G.A.Cosser,cWilliams, b B row n................. A. C. Purnell, b Wil­ liams ........................ C. Hughes, c Allen, b W illiams................. E. C. Troughton, not out ........................ Extras................. Total (8 wkts)*178 E. H. Stocks did not bat. * Innings declared closed. L. J. S. Bank. T.R.Williams, run out R. B. Bird, b King ... T. Randall, run out... C. J. Allen, st Hughes, b C osser................. P. G. Reading, b King C. Browne, b King ... H. Lloyd, b King ... A. M. Hughes, b King A. Morris, b Cosser ... G. Eliott Lockhart, not out ................. H. Weger, c Hughes, b K in g........................ Total 17 NATIONAL PROVINCIAL BANK v. LONDON & WESTMINSTER BANK.—Played at Norbury on May 8, 9 and 10. L. & W. Bank. W. Bradbery, b Moore 34 C.Simpson, c Stephen­ son, b Cosser..........62 S. Bowman, b Moore 0 H. C. Boys, b Cosser 0 C. J. Bowman, not out 42 F.W.Newcomb,notout 5 Extras.................21 Total *164 H. O. Manfield, A. G. Gough, H. S. Baker, R. S. Hartree and E. A. Willson did not bat. * Innings declared closed. N. P. Bank. A. Harrison, run out... 10 E. W. Armstrong, b B oy s........................ 13 H.E.Moore, b Bowman 20 A. Gardiner, b Willson 0 A. Read, b Boys.......... 1 J. W. Richards, b S. B owm an.................18 H. L. Stephenson, not out ........................ 28 E. C. Troughton, b Sim pson.................11 G. A. Cosser, b Simp­ son ........................ 0 K. Wright, not o u t... 0 Extras.................18 Total ...119 E. J. Provis did not bat. NATIONAL PROVINCIAL BANK v. COUTT’S BANK.—Played at Catford on May 16 and 17. N. P. Bank. A. King, c Jarrett, Dowten ................. s A. Harrison, c Stevens, b Sercombe ..........54 E. W. Armstrong, lbw, b Tyler .................24 H. E. Moore, not out J. W. Richards, c & b Plumer ................. Extras ... .......... 40 Total (4 wkts)*...156 A. O. Purnell, C. Hughes, A. Gardiner, H. L. Stephenson, L. J. Griffith, and J. Price did not bat. * Innings declared closed. C outt ’ s B ank . W. V. Stevens, b King 0 O. Jarrett, b King ... 14 H.C.Plumer,cHarrison, b King ................. 0 H. W . Sercombe, b Moore .................63 E. Tyler, b King ... 0 W.lnnes,c&b Harrison 6 R. R. Wood, b King... W.J. Dowten, run out F.O.H.Stokoe,b Moore H.C.S.Sturton, b King E. H. C. Hitching, not out ....................... Extras................. Total SOUTHGATE v. HON. ARTILLERY Played at Finsbury on May 20. Hon. A rtille ry Co. ...106 CO.— F. D. H. Watts, b Paige......................... 5 R. W. Neumegen, c L., b F. S. Lewis ... 2 H. J. Sharpe, bFord,, 77 J. C. Adair Thompson, b Paige .................. 3 H. J. Bonser, c Rick­ etts, b F. S.Lewis... 11 E. Lincoln Reed, b Ricketts .............. 13 A. J. Adams, b F. S. Lewis ................. 8 R. C. Cole, b Jacob ... 21 H. W. Bell, c Jacob, b Paige .................14 L. M. Leggatt, not out ........................11 R.W. Wise,b Jacob... 0 Extras................. 7 Total ...176 S outhgate . L. R. Lewis, b Bonser 6 F. S. Lewis, not out... 83 H. V. Bevington, b H. R. Ford, not ou t... 41 Bonser ................. 2 Extras.................. 3 A. E. Bradshaw, c — Adams, b Bonser ... 28 Total (4 wkts) 181 C. Browning, c Bell, b B onser.................18 R. E. Paige, A. H. Jacob, E. T. Vint, C. R. P. Cooper, and W. T. Ricketts did not bat. T H E AUSTRAL IANS . THE GENTLEMEN OF ENGLAND MATCH. (FIFTH o r THE TOUR.) Played at Lord’s on May 18, 19 and 20. Australians won by an innings and 189 runs. It cannot be said that the Gentlemen dis­ tinguished themselves in thismatch. Theteam was not quite representative as far as the bat­ ting was concerned, but every man who was played for his batting had a great reputation. The bowling was about as strong as could be produced from the ranks of the Gentlemen, which is, perhaps, not saying much. It was punished most severely, but this was not so much the fault of the bowlers themselves as of their field—it may be doubted whether such poor and careless fielding ever was seen when a Gentlemen of England team was in the field. Despite the high temperature every man on the side except Foster and Martyn wore a sweater, and it may have been because of this impediment to freedom of movement that some of the team found it difficult to stoop or to start for a ball until it had gone for some distance on its course. Be this as it may the bowlers were very severely handi­ capped by the incompetence of some of the fieldsmen; but, despite this, Brearley did splendid work. On the first day of the match the Gentlemen gave amost disappoint­ ing and dispiriting exhibition of batting, and although they made a score of over three hundred runs there was for the most part a sad lack of enterprise about their methods. Fry played a masterly game, and made the bowling look so easy that everybody was surprised when most of those who followed him made it look extremely difficult. Unfor- fortunately for his side he hit the ball on to his foot when trying to make a drive, and was bowled with his total at 25. Warner seemed to experience no difficulty at all with Cotter, but often looked uncomfortable when dealing with the other bowlers. At times he played beautiful cricket; at other times he looked like getting out every other ball. The only other man on the side who made a large score was CaptainWynyard, who played a very cautious but most useful innings. He was at the wickets for an hour for his first twenty, and altogether his innings lasted for two hours and twenty minutes. Another very useful innings was that of G. W. Beldam, who was playing the bowling easily when he was run out through no fault of his own; he and Warner put on 77 for the second wicket in about an hour and three- quarters. The Australians had half-an-hour’s batting, and Gregory and McLeod made runs so rapidly that when stumps were drawn the total was 53 for one wicket. The batting of the Australians was in marked contrast to that of the Englishmen. As the wicket had shown signs of wearing, the task of the Aus­ tralians seemed very difficult; but there was a little rain in the night, juBt enough to take all the fire out of the wicket and to make it very easy indeed. For sometime the Austra­ lians met with no success, and when four men, including Trumper, were out for 94 things looked badly for them. But, with the exception of Trumper, all the great batsmen of the team had yet to go in, and when Duff was joined by Armstrong the fortunes of the game were completely changed. The two men played resolute cricket, never missing an opportunity, and seldom allowing a ball to pass them. At times they both hit with great power, and long before the partnership ended the fieldsmen had become demoralised by the readiness of the batsmen to take advantage of the least hesitation or clumsi­ ness on their part. It was not Beldam’s day with the ball, McDonell was quite useless, Hesketh-Prichard not in his usual form, and Evans inaccurate. But Brearley showed himself to be the great bowler that he is, and although, owing to the weakness of the other bowling, it was not possible to give himmuch rest, he was never really mastered. Duff and Armstrong put on 176 for the fifth wicket, the former making his 94 in two hours and ten minutes. In the two hours and a-half before lunch 214 runs were scored. After lunch the Australians met with a temporary check by the dismissal of Noble for 4, but Dar­ ling then joined Armstrong, and for the rest of the afternoon until Darling declared in order to give the Gentlemen twenty-five minutes batting, the interest in the cricket was entirely confined to what the two Australians would accomplish. Armstrong made a large number of really magnificent drives, most of them along the ground, but occasionally lifted comfortably over the heads of the nearest fieldsmen to drop fifty yards behind them. His pulls were effective, and towards the end of the day when the wicket began to give Brearley a chance to make the ball rise abruptly, he made fours to square-leg off balls which rose nearly to the level of his head. With his score at 188 he tried to drive Beldam, but edged the ball, and a quite ordinary slip catch was attempted with one hand instead of two by Maclaren, who, fine fieldsman as he is, seemed to be taken una­ wares. This mistake meant much to the Gentlemen, for at about this time Brearley was making the ball rise over the level of the top of the stumps, and it was odds that the men who had yot to come in would have made a very short stay at the wickets. Meanwhile Darling was seen at his very best —theDarling who canhit withimmense power all round the wicket, and not the Darling who “ plays for keeps.” He played a great innings, and when he declared he and Arm­ strong were making rims at a great pace. The unfinished partnership lasted for about two hours and three-quarters and produced 273 runs. Darling’s 117 included two §’s and fifteen 4’s ; while Armstrong hit two 5’s and thirty-eight 4’s in his 248, an innings which lasted for four hours andforty minutes. In the twenty-five minutes which remained for play the Gentlemen lost McDonell and Warner, who played on off a bumping ball from Cotter. The total was 18, and thus on Saturday 237 runs had to be made before the arrears were wiped off. As there was a prospect of heavy rain this task seemed likely to be very difficult. As was anticipated there was heavy rain early on Saturday morning, and the Gentlemen suffered accordingly, for the wicket was so considerably affected that the bowlers were in clover. Fry againplayed fine cricket, but when his score was 26 he was finely caught and bowled by Laver, and after his dismissal no one except Maclaren could make any prolonged resistance to the bowling. But it may be doubted whether the Australians would have done much better against Brearley and Hesketh-Prichard if it had been their fortune to bat instead of to field.