Cricket 1908

A p r il 16, 1908. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 7 i The future'hides these details; And the future none may know. (If you win, we’ll say, “ I knew it !" If you lose, ” 1 told you s o !” ) Either some Fate, too cruel, W ill rob you of success, Thus leading Mr. Sewell To rag you in the P ress; Or you will fight and conquer, But which I can’t quite tell. So M.C.C. (or England), I' simply say "Farew ell.” 1 8t h M a tc h .— v. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. Played at Adelaide on March 2nd, 3rd, and. 4th. Drawn. Owing to the duration of the Test match at Sydney* the play at Adelaide against South Australia was limited to three days. Barnes, Fielder, Hayes, and Humphries stood out of the English side, whilst the home team took the field without Darling, who was away from home, and W right, who was not chosen. About one hundred people were present when Fane and Hobbs opened the English innings against the bowling of O’Connor and L. R. Hill. With only 9 scored Hobbs was bowled, but with Gunn in a fine stand was made. At 32 Hewer (leg-breaks) displaoed H ill, and eighteen later Claxton went on for O’Connor. After lunch, when the score was 78 for one wicket, L. R. Hill and O’Connor resumed the attack, and, after the innings had lasted an hour and three- quarters. the hundred was chronicled without further loss. Fane was the first to reach 50, and Gunn, after batting 102 minutes, followed suit. W ith the total at 128 Fane offered an easy catch to mid-off which was accepted, and retired for a sound and faultless innings which contained five 4’s ; of the 111) runs added for the second wicket in 125 minutes he was responsible for 57. Hutchings, when he had made nine of the next 14 runs, was caught at cover off a niis-hit, but with Hardstaff in another good stand was effected. The player mentioned was still handicapped by his strained leg, and in consequence played a slower game than usual. He and Gunn sent 200 up three hours and a quarter from the start, but at 217, when the partnership had realised 75, the latter was caught at point for a flawless but lifeless inn­ ings of 102, made out of 208 in 194 m inutes; he hit five 4’s. Hardstaff, who hit five 4’s also, was bowled by Hewer 14 runs later for 43 made out of 89 whilst in in an hour and a quarter. Braund, having made 8, was caught at mid-off at 248, and upon Young being dismissed at 261, stumps were drawn for the day owing to bad light, seven wickets then being down and Rhodes carrying out his bat for 18. On an easy wicket, and against moderate bowling, tho Englishmen’s score was not so large as one would have expected. During the afternoon the attendance increased to a thousand. On the following morning some bright cricket was seen when Crawford went in, the new-comer driving magnificently. 300 went up in 280 minutes, and the amateur completed his 50 in 37 min­ utes, and Rhodes his in 86. Altogether, the eighth wicket put on 95 runs in 55 minutes before Crawford, who made 54 of the number, and hit a 6 (off Hewer) and six 4’s, was yorked. Jones, after scoring 18 out of 24, was caught at mid-off, and, with Blythe helping to add a couple of dozen for the last wicket, the inn­ ings, after lasting 350 minutes, closed for 404. Rhodes hit six 4’s in scoring his 78 out of 173 in 130 minutes. Crawford and Blythe were en tru sted with the attack when the home side went in, and only 30 runs had been made when Jennings was caught at the wicket off the latter. Gehrs then joined Mayne, and, with runs com ing easily, Braund, at 46, relieved Crawford. It was not, however, until 91, when the partnership for the second wicket had realised 61, that a separation was effected, Gehrs then being out to a very fine catch at long-on by Hobbs off Braund. With Pellew in, the 100 went up in an hQur and a q u a rter, and Mayne reached 50 after batting 90 minutes. At 137 Crawford and Rhodes took up the attack, and 17 runs later the move met with success, Mayne, who had scored 74 out of 154 in 115 jninutes, being stumped off the slow bow ler; he made his strokes all round the wicket, hit six 4’s, and offered no chance. Dolling then went in, and 14 runs later Crawford went off in favour of Hobbs, who tried lobs. When the fourth wicket had put on 42 Pellew was caught at long-on, for a careful innings, which con­ tained three 4’s ; he made some very good strokes to the off and scored his 41 out of 105 in 78 minutes. Claxton and Dolling then played out time, adding 48, the total at the end of the day being 244 (made in 170 minutes) lc five wickets, with Dolling requiring only two t complete his half-century. The English bowlin' was weak and the fielding not of a very high standard, the home side, in consequence, ex­ periencing little difficulty in making runs. The attendance during the afternoon was about s thousand. On the third, and last, day of the match everything was dwarfed by a very fine innings by Dolling, who scored 140 in a trifle over three hours. Crawford and Blythe re­ sumed the attack, and Dolling, after batting 58 minutes, reached 50. The 300 was chronicle^ in 220 minutes and shortly afterwards Claxton, when 42, was missed at square-leg by Gunn off Braund. At 304 Hutchings relieved Blythe, and two runs later Claxton was caught’ arid bowled by Braund, having scored 45 of the 100 runs added for the sixth wicket in .80 m inutes; he hit five 4’s. With L . R, H ill in Dolling com­ pleted three figures as the result of 130 minutes’ batting, but at 338, when the wicket had added 32, he lost the company of his partner, who was bowled for 7 by Braund. Clement Hill played a reckless, game and made merry at the expense of Crawford and Braund. When 9 he offered a hard catch to Blythe at mid-on off Craw ford; the fieldsman made a plucky attempt to hold the ball and, splitting his finger in the attempt, was obliged to retire, Hayes fielding as substitute. He was afterwards twice let off—when 15 by Hutchings at mid-on off Braund and when 15 by Rhodes at cover-point off Craw­ ford—but, having hit up 33 out of 62, he was stumped, being seventh out, at 400. The In three wickets added 10, 15, and 20 respectively, and the innings closed for 445, made in 330 minutes. Dolling was ninth out, at 425, Young catching him at the wicket at the second attempt. He made his 140 out of 271 in 190 minutes by bright and attractive cricket, hit­ ting fifteen 4’s, and making some capital strokes to leg. He was, however, twice let off, Jones missing him at mid-off when 12 and Young at the wicket off Blythe when 50. Braund took six wickets for 149 runs in the long innings, and, but for missed catches, would have done even better. When England went in the second time O’Connor and L. R. Hill bowled to Hard­ staff and Hutchings. The last-named made th first 13 runs, all off H ill’s opening over, and was then caught at long-on. W ith Rhodes in several bowling changes were made, but the pair sent the 100 up in 83 minutes without being separated. At 113, however, when the second wicket had realised 100, Rhodes was caught at point for 39. Hardstaff, having hit eight 4’ was third out, at 121, o f which number he had made 63 during the 103 minutes he was in ; he offered no chance. Upon Hobbs being caught at square-leg 13 runs later play ceased, the match accordingly ending in a draw. Score and analysis :— E n gland . First innings. Second innings. Hobbs, b O’Connor ... 7 0 O’Connor, b C. H ill ... 12 F. L. Fane, 0 Claxton, b Hewer .............. 59 Gunn (G.), c Chamber- lain, b L. R. Hill ... 102 not oujfc ............... 5 K. L. Hutchings, c Gehrs, b Hewer ... 9 c Dolling, b O’Connor ... 13 Hardstaff, b Hewer ... 43 c Jennings, b Mayne ... 63 Braund, o Gehrs, b Hewer .......................... 8 Rhodes, not out :.. 78 c C. H ill, b R. A. Young, o & b Claxton ... 39 Hewer .......................... 4 J. N. Crawford, b O’Connor .............. 54 A. O. Jones, c O’Connor, b Chamberlain ... 18 Blythe, b O’Connor ... 9 B 6, w 2, nb 5 ... 13 Byes,2 Total . 404 Ttoal (4 wkts).134 S outh A u str a lia . E. R. Mayne, st Young, b Rhodes 74 0. B. Jennings, c Young, b Blythe 13 D. R. A. Gehrs, c Hobbs, b Braund 34 J. H. Pellew, o Gunn, b Hobbs ... 41 C. E. Dolling, c Young, b Braund 140 N. Claxton, 0 & b Braund ..............45 L. R. Hill, b Braund 7 C. Hill, st Young, b Braund ...........33 L. W. Chamberlain, st Young, b Braund ............. 8 W. A. Hewer, b Crawford ............. 9 J. A. O’Connor, not out ............12 B 22, lb 4, w 2, nb 1 29 Total ...445 E n gland . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W O’Connor ...39.3 14 95 3 ........ 8 2 20 1 L. R.H ill ... 28 8 62 1 ........ 3 0 22 0 Hewer .............. 34 1 149 5 ........... 7 1 18 0 Claxton .............. 17 0 56 0 ........... 6 1 21 1 Chamberlain ... 7 2 15 1 ........... 6 2 14 0 Gehrs .............. 7 4 14 0 ........... 5 2 12 0 Mavne ... 5 3 12 1 Dolling ... 2 1 3 0 C. Hill ... 2 0 10 1 O’Connor bowled two wides and L. R. Hill five no-balls. S outh A u st r a l ia . O.M. R. W Crawford 32 6 101 1 Blythe ... 32 7 81 1 Braund ... 37 3 149 6 O. M. R. W. Rhodes ... 10 2 33 1 Hobbs ... 5 0 36 1 Hutchings 6 1 16 0 Hobbs bowled two wides and Blythe 1 no-ball. CR ICKET IN TRINIDAD. A ll T en W ick ets in an I n n in g s . In the match played at Queen’s Park, Savannah, on February 22nd and 29th, between Shamrock and Victoria, Roland Belgrave took all ten wickets of the latter and performed the hat-trick. Score and analysis:— S ham rock . R. Belgrave, c Cuth- bert, b Taylor ... 30 C. H. Reece, b Alexis ............... 6 N. Hart, c Vespry, b Joseph ... 30 G. Richard, b Alexis 8 N. Betancourt, b Constantine ... 17 O. Latour, run out 30 K. Macfarlane, c Alexis, b Joseph 28 T. Galt, b Joseph... 13 G. Urich, o Weekes, b Alexis ... 15 A. Maingot, b Joseph ............... 0 W. Giay, not out ... 1 Byes, &c. ... 11 Total ...189 V ic to r ia . R. Alexis, 0 Urich, b Belgrave ... 63 J. Joseph, b Bel­ grave .............. 21 V. Pascall, c Sorzano, b Belgrave ... 33 L. Constantine, c & b Belgrave ... 0 A. T. Weekes, st Richard, b Bel- gr ive ...............18 H. Cuthbert, b Belgrave .............. 10 F. Pinder, c Betan­ court, b Bclgrave C. Assue, 0 Sorzano, b Belgrave F. Hunte, lbw, b Belgrave T. Smith, not out... A. H Taj lor, 0 & b Belgrave ............... S ham rock . O. M. R. W. Constantine 13 3 45 1 Taylor ... 10 0 40 1 Alexis ... 11 2 34 3 Joseph Weekes Bye ............... 1 Total ...163 O. M. R. W. .. 9.5 1 38 4 .. 5 0 21 0 V icto ria . Latour Gray O. M. R. W. .11 1 29 0 2 1 4 0 Belgrave ... 15 1 54 10 O. M. 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