Cricket 1908

A p r il 2 3 , 19 0 8 . CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 85 TH E M.C.C. TEAM AUSTRALIA. (Continued from page 71.) IN i 9 th M a tch .— v. WEST AUSTRALIA. Played at Perth on March 13, 14 and 16. Drawn. In the last match of their tour the English­ men took the field without Young, who had a sprained ankle, Blythe, handicapped by a split finger, Fielder, whose bowling arm was strained, and Humphries, not sufficiently recovered from his operation to assist the side. The wicket- keeping duties were undertaken by Jones, Hard­ staff and Hayes in turn. The game opened in beautiful weather, but the Friday not being t public holiday the attendance was not large, although about 2,000 were present on the ground during the afternoon, the takings for the day amounting to £ 88. W inning the toss, the home side went in first, T. Hogue and Rowe opening the innings against Braund and Craw ford: Jones kept wicket. When the pair had made 38 Rhodes went on for Braund, and, without run added, the first wicket fell, Rowe being bowled by Crawford. Moysey, having made 8 of the next 12, met a similar fate,.and with the score 62 for two wickets lunch was taken. After the adjournment Hardstaff took the gloves from Jones. W ith the total 73 T. Hogue, who had made 33 of the number, was bowled by Craw­ ford, who thus obtained all three wickets lowered. W ith Howard and Kelly together the hundred wTent up in 110 minutes, and shortly afterwards the latter, when 17, should have been caught by Barnes at cover-point off Rhodes. As it happened, the mistake did not prove ex­ pensive, as at 116, when the fourth wicket had put on 43, that batsman was caught in the long- field. At 119 Gouly was bowled, after which Christian and Howard made so good a stand that at 137 Braund went on for Crawford, and thirteen later Gunn displaced Rhodes. At 156 Christian, having made 19 of the 37 put on for the sixth wicket, was caught at cover-point off Braund, whose first wicket it was. At lb Crawford relieved Gunn and Hayes took Hart', staff’s place at the wicket. At 170 Coyne was caught at mid-off, close in, and Evans, after making a useful 13, was stumped 25 later. The second hundred was completed 218 minutes from the start, and 11 runs later Howard’s fine inn­ ings was closed by a very good one-handed catch at point by Jones. Howard hit three 4’ s and showed strong defence in making 69 out of 161 in 170 m inutes: he gave no chance. W. Hogue and Evers, whose position in the batting list caused some surprise, added a useful 45 for the last wicket ere a catch at mid-off brought the innings to a close for 256, made in 250 minutes. It was a quiet, unenterprising innings, during which Barnes, owing to his knee still being troublesome, did not bowl. When the tenth wicket fell play closed for the day. On the following morning Hobbs and Fane opened the English innings against the attack of Evans and Christian (left-hand medium). In three-quarters of an hour the total was taken to 58 and then Fane was bowled for 22, an inn­ ings which contained three 4’s and was marked by some good off drives. At the same total Coyne (fast-medium) went on for Evans, and with only 11 added the change proved successful, Hardstaff being lbw. for 4. W ith Hutchings in the scoring increased in pace, the Kent man punishing an over from Coyne for 14. The 100 went up 81 minutes from the start, and a little later Hutchings, with his score 34, was missed in the long-field off Christian. When the partnership had realised 54 in 40 minutes Hobbs was bowled for a faultless innings of 40 made out of 123 i> 97 minutes : he hit six 4’s. At the same total Hutchings was caught at long-on for a lively innings which contained a 6 and six 4’s : he made his 46 out of 54 in 41 minutes. Rhodes quiokly succumbed, and with his departure half the wickets were down for 128. At this point Barnes joined Gunn and a long partnership was com­ menced. At 163 T. and W. Hogue went on for Christian and Coyne, and Gunn, when 42, was twice missed in the course of an over from T. Hogue—by Evers at the wicket and by the bowler himself, who failed to hold a return. At 204 Christian and Evans went on and, although many other changes were made, all the bowling came alike to the two batsmen, who were now well set. The third hundred was completed 215 minutes from the start, and Gunn reached three figures after batting eight minutes ov two hours. It was not until the sixth wicket had added 203 in 125 minutes that a separator was effected. Barnes, who hit two 6’s and eight 4’s, was then caught at long-on for an admirable display when only seven short of his hundred: it was by far his highest innings of the tour, and was marked by skilful play on the leg- side. Crawford made 9 of the next 23 runs and was then caught at mid-on, the seventh wicket falling at 354. Eight runs later play ceased for the day, the Englishmen, who had made 362 runs in 265 minutes, being then 106 runs < with three wickets in hand. The attendance during the day amounted to 5,000, and the tak­ ings to £280. A draw being a foregone con­ clusion, only a few persons were present on the third morning, and the play was not taken quite seriously. The English innings was at once declared closed, Gunn carrying out his bat for 122—an innings which contained two 6’s and fifteen 4’s. As the visitors were due to sail for home in the evening, play commenced half-an-hour earlier than had been originally arranged. Howard and Rowe opened the in­ nings1, Barnes and Crawford bowled, and Braund kept wicket. The pair played a fine game, and at the end of an hour were still together with 69 on the board. The bowling was frequently changed, and, in order that Braund might bowl, Hardstaff took his place at the wicket. The hundred went up in 79 minutes and at lunch the total was 137 for no wicket, Rowe being 69 not out and Howard 41. In the afternoon the pair took the score to 175 before the first wicket fell, their partnership—ihe largest made against the Englishmen during their tour for the first wicket—lasted less thr two hours and a half, and caused much en­ thusiasm. Christian helped to add only 4 and W. Hogue but 7 and ten later, at 196, Harold Rowe, who is a native of West Australia, was caught for a fine innings of 105, which con­ tained a 5 and eleven 4’s : he made his runs out of 196 obtained whilst in and batted 175 minutes. The second hundred went up 182 minutes from the start, but six later Moysey was out to a one-handed catch at slip. * At 226 Evers was caught and bowled and at 250 T. Hogue was sent back. Kelly and Gouly havin' added 15 without being parted, stumps were drawn with the score 265 for seven. Score and analysis : W est A u s t r a l ia . First innings. H. Rowe, b Crawford 14 Second innings, c Jones, b Rhodes 105 T. H Hogue, b Crawford 33 b Hayes 10 G. Moysey, b Crawford ... 8 e Jones, b Rhodes 5 C. Howard, c Jones, b Crawford .............. 69 run out ... 49 O. Kelly, c Hutchings, b Rhodes 22 not out ............... 13 L. Gouly, V» Rhodes 2 not out ............... 30 A. Christian, c Gunn, b Braund .......................... 19 b Crawford 3 T. Coyne, c Hardstaff, b Brarnd .......................... 4 R. M. Evans, st Hayes, b Braund .......................... W. Hogue, not out 13 24 c Jones, b Barnes 4 H. A. Evers, c Jones, b Braund 19 c and h Hayes ... 13 Byes 26, lb 2, w 1 29 Byes, &c. 33 Total .............. 256 Total (7 wkts.)265 E n g lan d . J. N. Crawford, c Chriftian, b T. H ogue ................ Braund, not out B 9, lb 4, w 4 Hobbs, b Christian 40 F. L. Fane, b Christian 2*2 Hardstaff, lbw. b Coyne 4 K. L. Hntchings, c Evans, b Coyne ... 46 Gunn (G.), not out ...122 Rhodes, b Christian... 4 Barnes, c Evans, b T. Hogue ...............93 Hayes and A. O. Jones did not bat. *Innings declared closed. Total (7 wkts) *362 "WK8T A u str a l ia . First innings. Braund Crawford . Rhodes Gunn ... Evans .., Christian Coyne ... O. 251 40 23 3 M. R. W . 3 84 4 .. 11 85 4 . 8 56 2 .. 1 2 0 .. Hayes ......... Barnes ......... Hutchings E n g lan d . Second innings. O. M. R. W . 6 0 27 19 5 52 15 5 7 1 39 1 25 1 35 18 6 31 1 O. M.R. W . O. M.R. W . 12 2 35 0 IJ. Hogue... 14 1 48 2 32 4 130 3W . Hogue 14 1 41 0 22 6 68 2 |Howard ... 3 0 23 0 Evans bowled four wides. THE PHILADELPHIAN TEAM IN BERMUDA. (Continued from page 66.) A review and complete averages of the tour will appear in the next issue of Cricket. Owing to rain the opening match of the tour—against Hamilton—was, as reported in last week’s Cricket, abandoned without a ball being bowled. The Bermuda Colonist, unable, in the circumstances, to supply its readers with details of a thrill­ ing struggle, rose to the occasion by pub­ lishing the appended verses on the weather and the cricketers :— In throngs the Americans and ’Mudians gathered at the hour Appointed for the opening of the Philadelphian tour— But o h ! the clouds were overcast with leaden clouds and dour 1 The noble team of Philadelphians made a goodly show ; Their hair was brushed, their faces washed, the'r flannels white as snow, As from the dressing room they came, eleven in a row. Nor less imposing came the local heroes of the game W ith countenances grim ly set their honour t-s sustain, And lounged about the Clubhouse steps in n, ber just the same. With raptured gaze the waiting throng admired their mien and size As man by man each singled out a maiden for his prize To dally with in converse till the spinning coin should rise. But for the signal of the toss they waited on in vain, As side by side their captains stood, the famous warriors twain, And wept like anything to see such quantities of rain. “ If we should wait till after lunch has filled our hearts with cheer Do you suppose,” the one enquired, “ the heavens will kindly clear?” “ I doubt it,” murmured t’other one, and shed a bitter tear. But each called up his warriors and told them one by one The game would be adjourned until the luncheon hour was done— And this was odd because the game had really not begun. However, in the dining-room they fed with might and main, And talk ran high on cricket “ shop,” but chiefly on the rain. The silent member murmured, “ Kindly fill v. glass again.’* “ The time is come,” the captains cried, “ to talk no more of p la y ; It’s off with flannels, sweaters, ‘ spikes,’ and eke with blazers gay,” And ne’er a man but felt there was no further word to say. But when they sallied forth their faces waxed uncommon glum As each sought vainly for the maid whose side he’ s parted from : The which was hardly odd because they’d wisely made for home. GEORGE LEW IN & Co., (Established 1869.) Club Colour Specialists and Athletic Clothing Manufacturers. OUTFITTERS BY APPOINTMENT To the Australians, 1896,1899 and 1902 ; Mr. Stoddart’s XI.. 1894 - 1895, 1397 - 1898; Mr. MacLaren’s XI., 190i-1902 ; West Indian XI., 1900 and 1906 ; South Africans XI., 1901 and 1907; and M C.C., Lancashire, Kent, Surrey and London Counties, Wanderers, Stoics. Bromley, Sutton, and all Public Schools’ Old Boys’ Clubs.—Write for E stimates F ree . Teleqraphic Address : “ Leotade, London.*' Telephone: P.O. City 607. 8, Crooked Lane, Monument, London Bridge, E.C.