Cricket 1905

A ug . 17, 1905. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 349 drawn being 381. On the next morning Rhodes was soon out, bat Arnold, Lilley, and Brearley made useful scores, and the innings ended for 430—by no means an extraordinary total for so good a wicket. Of the Australian bowlers Cotter met with by far the most success, and at times he bowled quite up to his Australian form. Australia met with a sad disaster early in their innings, Trumper playing a ball hard on to his wicket when five runs had been scored. Duff was joined by Hill, and 39 runs were put on for the second wicket. By the time that Hill was out Duff had become thoroughly at home with the bowling, and he played brilliant cricket. The score was taken to 123 before lunch, with no further loss. Just before lunch Duff skied a ball in the slips, but owing to a misunderstanding by Maclaren and Hirst, the chance was thrown away. After lunch, Arnold missed both Duff and Noble in the slips, but with the total at 159, Noble was out after batting for an hour and forty minutes for 25. Just previously Duff had made his hundred out of a total of 153. Armstrong stayed with Duff while 55 runs were put on, but at 237 Duff was caught andbowled by Hirst for a brilliant but lucky innings of 146, which had taken him three hours and twenty minutes to com­ pile, and included twenty 4’s. It was the first hundred made by Duff during the tour, and the result of the most plucky cricket imaginable. With 237 for five wickets, the Australians seemed to have a chance of beat­ ing the English total, but although Darling played fine cricket for 57 and Kelly hit vigorously, the innings ended for 363, England thus having a lead of 67. Brearley bowled well, but Arnold and Rhodes were quite ineffective. Several catches were missed during the day by the England team. In the course of the innings Lilley injured his hand, and with the permission of Darling, A. 0. Jones put on the gloves. Shortly after he had taken his place in the field he made a brilliant catch—almost a short-slip catch—which dis­ posed of Armstrong. Before stumps were drawn, England had to bat for a fe >vminutes and lost Arnold without making a run. There were nearly a couple of thousand more spectators during the day than on Monday, and yesterday there was again a large crowd, For nearly an hour things went badly with England. Maclaren was finely caught at the wicket with the total at 8, and Hayward was lbw at 13, so that, as Lilley was unable to bat, there were practically four wickets down. When Fry was caught at mid-off by Armstrong at 48, the situation was almost serious, for England had a lead of only 115. But Jackson joined Tyldesley, and the tide was turned. Both men showed pluck and determination, and when Jackson was out for 31 the score had been increased by 55. Meanwhile Tyldesley was in magnificent form, and when he was joined by Spooner the bowling was collared. Spooner played with the coolness of a veteran, and yet showed all the vigour of a young player in the prime of life, and so finely did the two men bat, that the only question which was necessary to discuss was that of declaring the innings. For the second time in this year’s Test matches Tyldesley made a hundred, and he was not out 112 when the innings was closed at 261 on the dismissal of Spooner. During this fine partnership 158 runs were put on in an hour and twenty minutes. Spooner’s 79 included no fewer than fifteen 4’s, while Tyldesley made the same number. The Australians h«d to make 329 runs, but as they only had two hours and a half before them, they naturally played for a draw, although the first 24 runs were made in tenminutes. Duff was unable to leave his bed owing to an attack of influenza, and his place in the field was taken by G-ehrs. E ngland . First innings. Second innings. A.O. Maclaren (Lancashire), c Kelly, b Arni- c Laver, b Cotter .......... 6 strong .......... 6 Hayward (Surrey), ht wkt, b Hopkins........................59 lbw.b Armstrong 2 Tyldesley (Lancashire), b Cotter...............................16 notout...................112 C. B. Fry (Sussex), b Cotter 144 c Armstrong, b Hon. F. S. Jackson (York- Noble ...............16 shire),cArmstrong,bLaver 76 b Cotter ..........31 R.H.Spooner (Lancashire),b Cotter........................ ... 0 c sub., b Noble... 79 Hirst (Yorkshire), c Noble, b L aver............................... 5 Arnold (Worcestershire), c Trumper, b Cotter..........40 b Cotter ............ 0 Rhodes(Yorkshire),b Cotter 36 Lilley (Warwickshire), b Cotter...............................17 W. Brearley (Lancashire), not out...............................11 B 11, lb 1, w 1, nb 7... 20 B 4,lb5,n b5,w l 15 Total .................430 Total (6 wkts)* 261 * Innings declared closed. A ustralia . First innings. Second innings. V. T. Trumper (N.S.W.), b cSpooner.bBrear- Brearley ........................ 4 ley .................28 R. A. Duff (N.S.W.), c & b Hirst ...............................146 C. Hill (S.A.), c Rhodes, b Brearley ........................18 b Arnold .........34 M. A. Noble (N.S.W.), c McLaren, b Jackson ...25 b Hirst................ 3 W.W.Armstrong(V.),c sub., b Hirst...............................18 not out................32 J. Darling (S.A.), b H irst... 57 notout................12 A. J. Hopkins (N.S.W.), b Brearley ........................ 1 run out .........10 C.E.McLeod (V.),b Brearley 0 J. J. Kelly (N.S.W.), run out 42 A. Cotter (N.S.W.), c Fry, b Brearley ........................ 6 F. Laver (V.), not out..........15 B 17, lb 9, w 1, nb 4... 31 B 4, lb 1 ... 5 T o ta l.................363 Total (4 wkts) 124 E ngland . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Cotter ... ... 40 4 148 7 ... ... 21 2 73 2 Noble ... ,... 18 6 51 0 ... ... 14.3 3 56 2 Armstrong .... 27 7 76 0 ... ... 30 13 61 2 McLeod ... ... 13 2 47 0 ... ... 11 2 27 0 Laver ... ,... 17 3 41 2 ... ... 3 0 18 0 Hopkins... ... 11 2 32 1 . ... 1 0 11 0 Duff................. 4 1 15 0 ... Cotter delivered ten no-balls, Armstrong two, and Hopkins two wides. A ustralia . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Hirst ... ... 23 6 86 3 ... ... 9 2 32 1 Brearley... ... 31*1 8 110 5 ... ... 11 2 41 1 Arnold ... ... 9 0 50 0 ... ... 9 2 17 1 Rhodes ... ... 21 2 59 0 ... ... 8 0 29 0 Jackson ... ... 9 1 27 1 ... Brearley delivered three no-balls and Arnold one, and Hirst bowled a wide. HAMPSHIRE v. KENT. Played at Portsmouth on August 14, 15 and 16. Kent won by three wickets. The Hampshire men did not show to advantage on Monday, when this match began. Johnston and Bowell put up 62 for the first wicket in fifty minutes, but afterwards there was a want of life about the batting, and the last seven wickets fell for 50 runs. After lunch, Blythe boWied 14overs and 5 balls for 17 runs and 6 wickets. For Kent, Dillon played an excellent innings of 76 not out, and Seymour also batted well. When stumps were drawn the total was 153for 2 wickets. On Tuesday, S. H. Day played a beautiful game, and hit with much vigour. He was only at the wickets for an hour and a half for his brilliant innings of 94, which included a 6 and fifteen 4’s. Llewellyn bowled well, taking five wickets for 51 during the innings, four of them in the morning for 37. The innings came to an end for 311, and Hampshire made 22 before lunch without losing a wicket. Fine cricket by Bowell, Llewellyn, Stone and Bignell in the afternoon placed Hamp­ shire in a much better position, and when stumps were drawn theywere 171 runs on with three wickets in hand, so that there was a possibility of a good finish yesterday. Hampshire made a most plucky fight. Ede and Bignell put on 82 in fifty minutes, Bignell’s entire innings or 109 lasting for two hours and twenty minutes. Thanks to the fine effort by the Hamphire tail, Kent had to make 272 to win, and when seven wickets were down for 172, they seemed certain to be defeated. But unfortunately for Hampshire Blaker was not disposed of, and his brilliant batting, and sturdy play by Huish, pulled the match out of the fire. H ampshire . First innings. Second innings. A. O. Johnston, b Blythe... 53 c Huish, b Blythe 1 Bowell, b Humphreys.........32 c Humphreys, b Blythe ..........48 E. M. Sprot, b Blythe..........14 c Blaker, b Mason 20 Llewellyn, c Seymour, b Blythe'...............................19 c Fielder,bBlythe Stone, c Huish, b Blythe ... 15 c Seymour, b Humphreys ... 57 G. N. Bignell, c Dillon, b Fielder.............................. 7 b Mason .......... 109 Langford, b Blythe .......... 0 lbw,bHumphreys 0 Norbury, c Dillon, b Blythe 14 c Mason, b Hum­ phreys ........... 0 D. A. Steele, b Blythe.......... 1 c Seymour, b Blythe .............34 E. M. C. Ede, c Seymour, b Mason.............................. 7 notout............... 20 Baldwin, not out................ 0c A. Day,b Mason 2 B 16, lb 3, nb 2 ... 21 Extras ... 24 Total.............183 Total ..............401 K ent . Filst innings. Second innings. E. W. Dillon, c sub., b Ede 76 c Langford, b Llewellyn ... 34 J. R. Mason, b Norbury ... 9 b Baldwin.. .. 10 Seymour, c Johnston, b Llew ellyn.....................40 c and b Ede ... 12 S. H. Day, c Steele, b c Bowell, b Llew Llewellyn........................94 ellyn................37 A. P. Day, c Llewellyn, b Ede .............................. 4 b Steele ............32 Humphreys, lbw, b Llew-......st Stone, b Llew­ ellyn ..................................25 ellyn................21 C. H. B. Marsham, b Llew­ ellyn .............................14 b Llewellyn ... 12 R. N. R. Blaker, c and b Langford ........................22 notout................71 Huish, not out .................14 not out................33 Blythe, c Langford, b Llew­ ellyn ............................... 2 Fielder, b Langford .......... 0 B 4, lb 5, w 2, nb 2 ... 13 Extras................11 Total............................313 Total .............273 H ampshire . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Fielder ........ 26 4 65 1 ........... 22 3 122 0 Blythe .......... 26.5 11 59 7 .......... 39 11 98 4 Mason ........ 12 6 19 1 ............ 265 4 95 3 Humphreys ... 7 2 19 1 ............ 19 6 62 3 Fielder delivered two no-balls. K ent . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W, Norbury ... ... 12 2 71 1 ... ... 8 2 26 0 E d e .......... ... 18 1 86 2 ... ... 9 1 12 1 Langford ... 17.3 2 48 2 ... ... 9 4 13 0 Baldwin ... ... 19 8 39 0 ... ... 19 1 66 1 Llewellyn ... 14 2 51 5 ... ... 29 5 82 4 Steele ... 3 2 5 0 ... ... 9 0 29 1 Sprot ... .2 0 4 0 Ede bowled two wides and two no-balls. MIDDLESEX v. SUSSEX. Played at Brighton on August 14, 15 & 16. Sussex won by six wickets. Neither Fry nor Warner was playing in this match. Middlesex won the toss, but iared so badly on an excellent wicket that they lost five men for 68. Macgregor, who has so often come to the rescue of his side when it has been in difficulties, then joined E. A. Beldam, and things began to look very much better. The two men wore down the bowling, and in the course of an hour and three-quarters increased the score by 130 runs. Beldam was then out for a patient and valuable 86, which had taken him two hours and three-quarters to compile. At times Mac­ gregor hit with great power, and his fine innings of 109, which included fourteen 4’s, was put together in two hours and-a-lialf. On account of illness, G. W. Beldam had to stand down, and Middlesex batted a man short in the first innings. Cox bowled exceedingly well, and although he was hit about by Macgregor, took 5 wickets for 79runs. When stumps were drawn Sussex had made 88 for three wickets, P. H. Latham, who was acting as captain, being not