Cricket 1905

M ar . 30, 1905 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 37 N.S.W. SECOND TEAM v. VICTORIA SECOND TEAM. Played at Sydney on January i , 2 and 3. N ew S outh W ales . R.N. Hickson, b Grant 55 W. Bardsley, c Wood- forde, b Christian... 19 A.E.Johnston.cWood- forde, b Warne ...81 L. W. Pye, b Warne... 94 A. Diamond, not out...204 S.Carter.c Woodforde, b Ellis .................81 S.Redgrave,c Wame,b E llis........................79 V ictoria . First innings. D. Horan, b Penman ... . C. Baker, b Penman ... . Vaughan, c Penman, Young............................. M. Ellis, c Bean, b Young. T.;Wame, b P y e .............. N. Y. Dean, c Goss, b E llis ........................ W. Young, run out ... A. P. Penman, c and b Ellis ........................ A. Single, c Warne, b E llis ........................ Extras................. Total 0 11 I 2 35 28 ..652 Second innings, st Carter, b Pye.. 0 st Carter,bYoung 6 W. Carlton, b Pye ..........21 E.Bean,cBardsley,bPenman 3 B. Grant, b Pye ................. 0 A.Christian,cBardsley,bPye 0 E. Goss, not out ................. 3 b Young .......... cDean, b Young cJohnston,bRed­ grave .......... c Diamond, b Young .......... run out .......... bTPye................. not out................. c Pye, b Single... Pye .......... .............. . 1 b Pye .......... ... 10 Extras ... . 2 Extras... ... 9 Total .116 Total ...176 N ew S outh W ales . R. W. R. W. Goss ............... . 98 0 Grant................. 54 1 Christian ... . . 130 1 Carlton ......... 44 1 Ellis ............... . 116 5 Bean................. 29 0 Warne............... . 148 2 Baker................. 11 0 V ictoria . R. W. R. W. Penman ... 35 3 ................. 40 0 Young............... 60 2 * ......... 67 4 Single............... 60 1 ................. 29 4 Redgrave ... . 2 0 ... ..v .-.v 10 1 Pye ............... 6 5 ................. 21 3] THE AUSTRALIANS. THE N EW Z E A L A N D TOUR . ( Continued, from Page 22.) THE CANTERBURY MATCH. ( th ir d of th b t o u r .) Played at Wellington on February 24, 25 and 27. Australians won by eight wickets, two minutes before time. Canterbury batted first and made 119, and the Australians put up 82 for five wickets before stumps were drawn on the first day (a Friday), Armstrong being not out 30. On the Saturday the Australians completed their innings for 166, Hill making 44 not out. Before stumps were drawn Canterbury scored 176 for seven wickets, and on the Monday when, owing to rain, play was not resumed until half-past four, they increased their total to 183. Laver took seven wickets for 60 and Noble three for 48. This left the Australians to make 137 to win, and they accomplished their object, thanks to resolute hitting by Duff and Trumper, with two minutes to spare. The scores of the Austra­ lians were as follows :— A ustralians . Noble, b Bennett ... 18 Hopkins, b Callaway 12 Armstrong, b Bennett 49 Laver, b Bennett ... 9 Kelly,c011ivier,bCalla- way ........................ 8 Howell, c Lawrence, b Bennett ................. 6 Gregory, b Bennett... 10 Hill, not out ..........44 Trumper, c Boxshall, b Callaway .......... 6 Duff, run out .......... 5 Gehrs, run o u t .......... 0 Extras ............. 5 Total ...166 Second innings-.—Noble, not out, 5; Hill, 2; Trumper, not out, 87; Duff, 42; extras, 1—Total (2 wickets) 137. THE OTAGO MATCH. ( fou rth of th e tou r ). Played at Dunedin on March 3 and 4. Australians won by an innings and 175 runs. The New Zealanders lost the toss, but were put in by Noble, and made 55 on a difficult wicket, Cotter dismissing five men for 20, and Noble five for 30. Before stumps were drawn the Australians made 201 for six wickets, Trumper scoring 87 (including fourteen 4’s) and Duff 74. On the next day (a Saturday) Gehrs, Kelly and Cotter all played well, and the total came to 304. Shacklock took five wickets for 124 runs. Otago had to go in against a balance of 259, and were all out for 76. Cotter took three wickets for 15, Hopkins four for 18, and Armstrong three for 10. The Australian score was as follows :— Trumper ......... Duff ................. Hill ................. Noble................... Gregory .......... Armstrong......... Hopkins .......... Gehrs, not out ... Kelly ................. C otter................. Howell................. Extras Total... ... 87 ... 74 ... 15 ... 2 ... 4 ... 12 ... 3 ... 45 ... 28 ... 28 ... 0 ... 6 ...304 THE FIRST MATCH AGAINST NEW ZEALAND. ( fif t h of th e to u r .) Played at Christchurch on March 10, 11 and 13. Drawn. The Australians batted first and scored 297 for four wickets on the first day, Hill (118), Trumper (84) and Noble (42) all being in great form. Gregory was not out 33 and Armstrong not out 11. On the Saturday Armstrong raised his total to 126 and was not out when the innings came to an end. Gregory, Newland and Cotter also made use­ ful scores. Olliver took five wickets for 113. When the day’s play ended New Zealand had made 102 for five wickets (Graham, 26 ; and Olliver 39). On the Monday there was heavy rain in the morning and no play could take place until half-past two. The New Zealanders brought their total to 138 and followed on with a balance against them of 395. Armstrong took five wickets for 27 and Cotter three for 22. In the follow-on New Zealand made 112 for seven wickets and thus just saved themselves from defeat. Arm­ strong was the most successful bowler for the Australians, with five wickets for 25. The Australian score was comprised as follows:— Duff ........................ Trumper ................. Hill ........................ N ob le........................ Gregory ................. Armstrong, not out... G ehrs.............. . ... Hopkins ................. McLeod ................. Newland ................. Cotter........................ Extras .......... Total ... 0 ... 84 ...118 ... 42 ... 61 ...126 ... 1 ... 25 ... 4 ... 37 ... 26 .. 9 ...533 THE SECOND MATCH AGAINST NEW ZEALAND. ( six th a n d last of t h e to u r .) Played at Wellington onMarch 16, 17 and 18. Australians won by an innings and 358 runs. On the first day (a Thursday) New Zealand made 94 in their first innings on a slow wicket, Howell taking four wickets for 20 (three with successive balls), McLeod three for 18, and Cotter three for 30. The Aus­ tralians had scored 51 for the loss of Newland when stumps were drawn. On the Friday the Australians made hay of the bowling on a soft wicket, and by the end of the day their total was 519 for seven wickets. Every man who went in made a good score, and Trumper and Hill were in brilliant form, both hitting with vigour. In his 172 Trumper hit four 6’s and twenty 4’s, while Hill, who hit five 6’s and ten 4’s, made 26 off a single over. The Australians on the Saturday brought their total to 593 for nine wickets and declared, Armstrong, who was not out 22 overnight, carrying his bat for 67. In their hopeless task N ew Zealand made 141 in their second innings, Armstrong taking six wickets for 51. The following is the score of the Australians:— McLeod ................. Newland ................. C otter........................ Duff ........................ G ehrs........................ Trumper ................. Hill ........................ Armstrong, not out... N o b le ........................ Gregory ................. Howell, not out.......... Extras.......... ............12 ...............34 .............. 44 .............. 51 .............. 32 .............. 172 .............. 129 .............. 67 .............. 35 ....................... 0 .......................10 Total (9 wkts) 593 THE MATCH AGAINST FIJI (XVIII). Played at Suva on March 27. The Fiji team batted first, scoring 91, and the Australians then put together 212. AVERAGES OF THE NEW ZEALAND TOUR. Matches played, 6; won, 4; drawn, 2. BATTING. No. Times Most of not Total in an inns. out. runs. inns. Aver. ..126*...10266 W. W. Armstrong (V.)... _ . V. T. Trumper (N.S.W.) 7 C. Hill (S.A.) .................... 7 . R. A. Duff (N.S.W.) ...7 C. E. McLeod (V .)................4 J. J. Kelly (N.S.W.) ...4 P. M. Newland (S.A.) . . . 2, A. Cotter (N.S.W.).........5 S. E. Gregory (N.S.W.)... 6 M. A. Noble (N.S.W.) ... 7 D. R. A. Gehrs (S.A.) . . . 6 . A. J. Hopkins (N.S.W.) 5 W. P. Howell (N.S.W.) 3 . 1 ...538 ...172 . .413 . .291 . ..120 . ..150 . .. 71 . .158 . ..172 . .131 . ..100 . ... 56 . 10 . 129 . 74 .. . 84 .. . 58 .. . 37 .. . 52 .. . 85 .. . 42 .. . 45*.. . 25 .. 10*.. 89-66 68-83 41-57 40-00 37 50 3550 31-60 28-66 21-83 20-00 11-20 5-00 F. Laver (V.) batted once and scored nine. J. Darling (S.A.) did not take part inthe tour. “ CENTURIES” FOR. W. W. Armstrong, v. New Zealand, March 10 ...*126 C. Hill, v. New Zealand, March 10 ... ...............118 C. Hill, v. New Zealand, Marcn 16........................129 V. T. Trumper, v. New Zealand, March 16..........172 * Signifies not out. BOWLING. M. A. Noble A. Cotter ......... W. W. Armstrong R. A. Duff .......... F. Laver .......... A. J. Hopkins ... C. E. McLeod ... W. P. Howell ... D. R. A. Gehrs ... The following bowled onco only: runs, 1 wicket; C. Hill, 1 run, 1 Gregory, 25 runs, 1 wicket. Inns. Runs. Wkts. Aver 9 .. . 280 ... 28 .. . 10-00 9 .. . 232 ... 23 .... 10-08 10 ... 293 ... 28 .... 10-46 4 ... 58 ... 5 .... 1160 2 ... 84 .... 7 ... 12-00 8 .... 170 ... 14?... 1214 8 ... 171 . .. U * . . 15-51 4 ... 73 ... 4 ... 1825 3 ... 79 .. . 3 ... 26-33 —J. J. Kelly, 0 wicket; S. E. C o r r e g p o n O c n a . Fhi Editor does not hold himself responsible tor the opinions of his correspondents. To the Editor o f C r ic k e t . FROM AM ER ICA . S i r ,— I ask sp a ce in y o u r va lu a b le p a p er fo r a fe w s u g g estion s w ith reg a rd to ch a n g e s in th e ru les, e tc., o f crick et, the p u rp o se b e in g to equalise th e a tta ck a n d d efe n ce , a n d t o secure m ore finish ed an d fe w e r d ra w n gam es.