Cricket 1908

6 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J an . 30, 1908. E ngland . First innings. Second innings. O. M.R. W. O. M.R. W Cotter ........... 27.4 6 113 4 ........... 24 1 98 4 Noble ... „ 19 7 35 0 .......... 18 4 45 1 Macartney ... 8 3 8 0 ............ 21 5 55 1 Blaxland ... 1 0 4 1 ............ Duff................... 4 1 21 0 ............ Johnson........... 30 7 02 4 ............ 25.3 3 84 3 H opkins.. .. 15 2 38 1 ............ 1 0 12 0 Cotter bowled 4 no-balls and 3 wides, and Noble and Duff one wide each. N e w S outh W ales . First innings. Second innings- O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Barnes ........... 20.2 7 24 C ............ 8 3 12 i Fioldcr ........... 10 0 43 1 ............ 12.2 2 27 6 Blythe ........... 11 3 24 2 ............ 1 0 4 i Crawford 6 1 29 2 Braund.. 2 0 23 o Blythe and Fielder each bowled awide. 6t h M a t c h .— v. QUEENSLAND. Played at Brisbane on November 30 and December 2. England won by an innings and 44 runs. After their meeting with New South Wales the Englishmen regarded their match with Queensland as a holiday fixture, and, as events proved, they won with the greatest ease. In view of the approaching Test match, Barnes, Fielder and Hardstaff were rested, but the home side were fully represented. Winning the toss, Queensland batted first on a wicket rendered rather soft by previous showers. Against Blythe and Braund they fared badly, although the pitch did not assist the attack, and before lunch had all been disposed of for 78. Their baiting, which was very weak, calls for no comment except that Hartigan’s dismissal with only 3 scored appeared to un-nerve the side. Fane and Hobbs opened the English innings against Timbury and Hayes, and it was not long before the bowlers met w ith success, for Fane was caught at 27, Hobbs lbw. at 40, and Hayes, who was missed when 5, sent back at 03. Hutchings, however, made a stand and, playing a free and attractive game, scored 07 out of 85 in an hour and a-quarter without a mistake ere being caught at cover-point. He hit three 6’s and five 4’s, and punished MacLaren for 16 (two 6’s and a 4) in an over. Young, missed at the wicket when 36, made some big drives and obtained his 40 out of 54 in 35 minutes, hitting five 4’s. Crawford (3) was seventh out, at 163, and following his dismissal Jones and Rhodes added 88 without being separated, the former being 53 and Rhodes 34 when play ceased for the day, the score then being 251 for seven wickets. Jones reached 50 in 40 minutes, but when 34 should have been stumped by Evans, the captain, off Dunn. During the day the takings amounted to £280, nearly 8,000 persons, including the Governor, Lord Chelmsford, being present. On the second morning the two not-outs remained together until their stand for the eighth wicket had realised 133, of which number Jones, who hit seven 4’s, claimed 69, made in 65 minutes. Nine runs later—at 305— Humphries was yorked, and when Blythe was stumped off the first ball he received the innings closed for 308. Rhodes carried out his bat for 70, made out of 183 in 100 minutes ; he gave no chance and hit eight 4’s. MacLaren who took half the wickets for 104 runs, bowled at a great pace throughout and had six men in the slips. Queensland, upon going in the second time with arrears amounting to 230, made a much better start than before, Brown and Hartigan scoring 44 for the first wicket and the latter and Redgrave 47 for the second. Hartigan, who made 59 out 109 in 93 minutes, showed strong defence and made some good square cuts. He was, however, missed by Blythe at point off Rhodes when 53. He hit four 4’s in his free and attractive innings, and was dismissed by a catch in the slips. The rest of the side did little, Hutcheon being caught at long-off at 123, Martin caught at mid-off 5 later, Dunn bowled at 129, Hayes caught at mid-off at 133, Evans bowled at 148, MacLaren caught at long-off at 171, and Timbury held atshort- leg at 186. Blythe took six wickets for 48, and England won by an innings and 40 runs. The general form of the Queenslanders was very dis­ appointing, though Hartigan’s second innings was a very fine effort. The match produced £323. Score and analysis:— Q ueensland . First innings. Second innings. R. Hartigan, b Blythe ... 2 c Hutchings, b Blythe ...........59 G. Brown, c Humphries, b c Hayes, b Craw- Blythe ........................... 9 f o r d ...................16 S. J. Redgrave, b Braund.. 11 lbw, b Rhodes ... 18 W. B. Hayes, b Braund ... 8 cRhodes,bBlythe 15 J. S. Hutcheon, st Hum­ phries, b Blythe .......... 19 C. F. Martin, c and bBlythe 7 M. M. F. Dunn, c Jones, b Braund .......................... 6 b Rhodes W. T. Evans, c Humphries, b B ra u n d ................... J. Thomson, b Blythe J. W. MacLaren, run out F. J. Timbury, not out c Hobbs, bBlythe 10 c Rhodes,bBlythe 2 ... 0 10 Byes, etc. b Rhodes ........12 not out................33 c Hobbs, b Blythe 5 c Hutchings, b Blythe ............ 5 B 8, lb 3 ... 11 T o t a l...................78 Total ...186 Hobbs, lbw, b Mac­ Laren ................21 F. L.Fane, c Timbury, b MacLaren ......... 8 Hayes, c Hutcheon, b T im bu ry ............... 12 K.L. Hutchings,c H ut­ cheon, b Hayes ... 67 Braund, b MacLaren 8 R. A. Young, b Red­ grave ...............40 J. N. Crawford, b Mac- Laren .................. 3 Rhodes, not out...........70 A. O. Jones, lbw, b Hayes .................. 69 Humphries, b Mac­ Laren .......................... 5 Blythe, st Evans, b Hayes .................. 0 B 4, lb 1 ........... 5 Total Q ueensland . Braund ... 0 . M. R. W. O. M. R. W. ... 12 3 35 5 ........... 19.3 4 48 6 ... 12 0 43 4 ........... 9 0 45 0 Crawford ... 12 4 24 1 Rhodes 21 5 58 3 E ngland . O. M.. R. W. O. M. R. W. 15.5 1 59 3 Redgrave 16 1 79 1 29 9 104 5 Dunn .. 4 0 25 0 10 3 27 1 ] Thomson 3 0 9 0 6t h MATCH.—v. AN AUSTRALIAN X I. PJayad at Brisbane on December 6 , 7, and 9. Drawn. A very strong side had been got together to oppose the Englishmen, who took the field without Jones (ill), Barnes, and Hobbs. Fane, who captained the visitors, lost tho toss and put on Fielder and Blythe to open the attack against Macartney and Hartigan. Runs coming steadily at the rate of one a minute, Braund relieved Blythe at 32 and a run later finely held a return from Hartigan. The Somerset man should have taken another wicket soon after, for Macartney, when 16, was missed by Hayes at short-leg. At 39 Tarrant was caught at the wicket, Braund having then taken two wickets for 3 runs. With McAlister in, 32 were put on for the third wicket before Macartney, having scored 42 out of 72 in 65 minutes, returned a ball to Braund ; he hit a 5 and four 4’s in his clever display. Arm ­ strong, who followed-in, hit a 6 off Braund but was stumped in trying to repeat the feat next ball. At this point the score was 78 for four wickets, all taken by Braund for 23 runs. With Gregory in the 100 went up in 85 minutes, but 37 runs later the batsman named was adjudged l.b.w., his share of the 59 added with McAlister for the fifth wicket in 38 minutes being 27. Redgrave helped to .add 26 for the sixth wicket and then McAlister, who had played a flawless innings of 57 out of 124 in 75 minutes was caught at cover-point. He showed strong defence and hit nine 4’s, the majority of them fine cuts. Braund had now taken five wickets for 66, but it was some time before he met with further success, for Redgrave and Hayes made a good stand for the seventh wicket, putting on 72. Redgrave, playing a bright and free game, reached 50 in 34 m inutes: in all, he made 66 out of 98 in 47 minutes without a mistake, and hit a dozen 4’s. Cotter caused some enthusiasm by hitting up 35 in 23 minutes, his chief strokes being two 6’s, a 5, and two 4’s, whilst Hayes played carefully for 68 minutes for 32. During the innings of 299, which lasted 203 minutes, Braund did excellent work with the ball, taking seven wickets for 117 runs. He was very accurate, and the only player whose bowling ever appeared respected. Fane and Young, by sound cricket, made 51 in as many minutes for the first wicket of the Englishmen before the first-named was caught at third man. At the end of the day the score was 61 for one wicket, Young being not out 34. The attendance during the afternoon reached 3,000. On the second morning both Young and Humphries were l.b.w .—both questionable decisions—with 3 runs added, following which Hayes, who was missed when 7 by Macartney at cover-point off Saunders, stayed with Hutchings whilst 36 were added for the fourth wicket. Hardstaff did little, but Braund helped to put On 43 before Hutchings was sixth out, at 172. The Kent batsman gave a very attractive display on his twenty-fifth birthday, his strokes on the on-side being especially good. He reached 50 in 53 minutes and made his 72 out of 108 in 82 minutes, hitting a dozen 4’s, five of which as well as a single he made in one over off Cotter. He was, however, twice missed at the wicket by Evans—off Saunders when (> and off Cotter when 52. Braund left two runs later, at 174, and when Rhodes was bowled at 193 play was stopped for a while by rain. Blythe fell to a fine one-handed catch at slip at 205, and Crawford, who hit five 4’s in making 30 Qut of 51 in 47 minutes, was last out, at 223. The batting of the side was disappointing, but three wickets were lost through very questionable decisions. Possessed of the very useful lead of 76 runs, the home side speedily met with a couple of disasters against Fielder in their second innings, Gregory being caught in the slips at 7 and Tarrant by the wicket­ keeper standing back four runs later. There, how­ ever, the success of the visitors ceased, for McAlister and Hartigan, during the remaining 65 minutes, put on 99 runs without being separated. The 50 went up in 36 minutes, 90 at the end of an hour, and the 100 in 73 minutes. McAlister took 64 minutes to reach his half century and Hartigan two minutes longer. At the end of the day the home side were in a very strong position, being 186 runs on with eight wickets in hand. The fine stand of the two batsmen caused much enthusiasm among the 11,000 persons present. Owing to rain no play was possible on the Monday, and, the game being limited to three days in order to enable the Englishmen to get to Sydney for the Test match, a drawn match was the result. The visitors certainly held the worst position when the game was abandoned. The match realised £520. Score and analysis :— A n A ustralian E leven . First innings. Second innings. R. Hartigan, c and b Braund .......................... 16 not out .............55 C. G. Macartney, c and b Braund .......................... 42 F. A. Tarrant, c Hum- c Humphries, b phries, b Braund ........... 2 Fielder .............. 3 P. A. McAlister, c Fielder, b Braund .........................57 n otou t................ 51 W. W. Armstrong, st Hum­ phries, b Braund ........... 6 S. E. Gregory, lbw, b c Braund, b Blythe..................................27 Fielder ................ 0 S. J. Redgrave, b Fielder... 66 W. B. Hayes, run out ... 32 A. Cotter, c Crawford, b Braund .......................... 35 W. T. Evans, not out.......... 13 J. V. Saunders, c Rhodes, b Braund ........................... 1 B 1, nb 1 .................. 2 Leg-bye ... 1 Total ...299 Total (2 wkts.) 110 E ngland . F. L. Fane, c Tarrant, b Saunders ...........?1 R. A. Young, lbw, b Armstrong ..........34 Humphries, lbw, b Armstrong ........... 1 Hayes, c Hartigan, b Saunders.................. 13 K. L. Hutchings, run out ...........................72 Hardstaff,b Macartney 9 A n A ustralian E leven . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Braund, b Macartney 17 J.N. Crawford,c Saun­ ders, b Armstrong 30 Rhodes, b Macartney 8 Blythe, e McAlister, b M acartney........... 9 Fielder, not out ... 2 B 1, lb 5, n b l ... 7 Total ..223 Fielder Blythe ... Braund ' ... Crawford ... Rhodes 16 , 15 ... 22.5 4 117 ... 6 0 41 Fielder bowled a no-ball. E ngland . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Saunders... 21 6 57 2 IMacartney 16 6 36 4 Cotter ... 12 0 72 0 Redgrave.. Armstrong 23.1 8 43 3 | Armstrong bowled a no-ball. 2 0 8 0 7 th M atch . —v. AUSTRALIA. ( the first test ). Played at Sydney on December 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, and 19. Australia won by two wickets. In this match, which was commenced on a perfect wicket, and in glorious weather, the Englishmen were deprived of the services of A. O. Jones, who was in hospital at Brisbane. In his absence George Gunn, who had been given a retaining fee so that his services could be engaged whenever necessary, came into the side and the captaincy was undertaken by Fane. Hayes, Hobbs, and Humphries stood down,