Cricket 1909

148 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORB OF THE GAME. M ay 27, 1909. T H E A U S T R A L I A N S . 5 t h M a t c h .— v. M.C C. AND GROUND. Played at Lord’s on May 20, 21 and 22. M.C.C. and Ground won by three wickets. After their great fight with Surrey at the Oval the Australians proceeded to Lord’s, where they were opposed by a very strong team of M.C.C. and Ground. Fry captained the home side in the absence of MacLaren, who was slightly indisposed, and whose absence enabled Thompson to play. Carkeek made his first appearance for the Austra­ lians, for whom O’Connor played instead of Cotter. As the wicket was, the latter’s bowling would have been very useful, but as he was not quite fit it was best not to play him. The wicket was very fast, and only Noble and Ransford batted on it with much confidence. A poor start was made against Fielder and Buckenham, for off the former’s fifth ball Hartigan was caught at mid-on off a rising ball. Noble then went in and, after seeing Bardsley missed at the wicket off Buckenham when 4, made three fine 4’s at the expense of Fielder. When it seemed that he had quite settled down he played a ball on to his wicket, having made 17 out of *27 whilst in. With Ransford and Bardsley together a useful' stand was made, the former making some delightful off strokes and giving evidence of settling down to a long innings. Relf’s bowling was very true, but at 57 Thompson went on for Buckenham. Twenty later five consecutive maidens were bowled and at the same total (77) Ransford was beaten by Relf : the Victorian made 29 out of 48 put on for the third wicket in 40 minutes and hit four 4’s in his attractive display. W ith Armstrong in a further 31 were added, and then Bardsley fell to a fine catch by Fane running in from mid-on : he scored 42 out of 108 and hit five 4’s during the hour and three-quarters he was in, but was not at his best. Without any addition Trumper was yorked on his leg-stump and Macartney joined Armstrong, who had been missed early in his innings by Relf off Fielder. Runs came at a steady pace, the newcomer playing confidently and well and causing more than one change in the attack. Tarrant, being hit for three 4’s in his first over, was soon taken off in favour of Thompson, who bowled Macartney with the third ball he sent down. Macartney made his 34 by means of eight 4’s and two singles. A run later— at 176 — Armstrong, who had hit only three 4’s during the 105 minutes he was in, played-on for a useful, but not very attractive, innings of 42. McAlister was at the wickets 33 minutes before making a run, but afterwards made a few good hits and with O’Connor put on 24 for the ninth wicket. When the latter was out some of the players moved towards the pavilion to indulge in a tea-interval, but the spectators, taking the state of the game into con­ sideration, objected so strongly that the idea was abandoned—and rightly so. Whitty, the last man, was bowled first ball, the innings closing for 210, ard McAlister carried out his bat for 15. Thompson bowled admirably and, after going on for the last time, at 174, bowled fifty-tw o balls for 10 runs and five wickets. The duration of the innings was three hours and a-half. Noble and Whitty shared the bowling when M.C.C. went in, and only 25 had been made when Fry was finely caught at slip whilst trying to drive. Warner and Fane made a stand, bringing on Armstrong and O’Connor, and (at 73) Macartney for the Isst-named. The last move proved successful, Warner being caught and bowled off a full-pitch sent down by the Sydney player: he made his 39 out of 73 in 75 minutes and hit six 4’s. Fane and Foster added 13 with­ out being parted and then stumps were drawn for the day with two wickets down for 86. When play was resumed on Friday each batsman obtained a single off O’Connor’s first over, and then Foster was caught at slip off Whitty’s first ball. Noble, in fielding a ball from Fane, split his little finger and retired to the pavilion in order to have it bandaged, Hopkins coming out as substitute. At 98 Fane, after batting 85 minutes for a defensive innings of 22, was caught and bowled by O’Connor, whilst Tarrant, after helping to add 15 for the fifth wicket, offered an easy catch to mid-off. Gilling­ ham played confidently and made some good hits, bringing on Armstrong at 121 and Macartney at 127. At 134, when the sixth partnership had realised 21, Gillingham was finely caught and bowled by Arm­ strong off a hard return. A run later Relf was bowled, the position, seven wickets down for 135, being serious. Since play had commenced in the morning five good wickets had been taken for 49. The association of Thompson and Buckenham effected an improvement. The latter made some good hits, including two 4’s off Macartney, and Thompson also played more freely than usual. When the eighth wicket had added 43 the latter was out to a very fine left-hand catch at slip for a useful 20. Five later (at 183) Buckenham was bowled whilst trying to hit to leg—he had scored a valuable 25—and then, when it appeared likely that the Australians would obtain a lead on the innings, Huish hit whilst Fielder kept up his wicket. The wicket-keeper got four 4’s off an over from O’Connor, and it was due chiefly to him that the total reached 221. The last wicket put on 38 in 15 minutes amid much enthusiasm. A feature of the innings was the splendid fielding of Macartney at cover. When the Australians commenced their second innings McAlister was Bardsley’s partner. The bowling was shared by Fielder and Buckenham, but runs coming readily, Thompson relieved the former at 22. The batsmen’s intention evidently was to make runs quickly be­ fore the effect of the roller wore off, and in this they were fairly successful, making 41 together before the left-hander, who never appeared to be very com­ fortable, was caught at the wicket. With Macartney in the total was taken to 73 before the second wicket fell, McAlister, who had played a sound game and hit well to the off and leg, then being caught at slip. At the same total Ransford was bowled and Macartney taken at slip, four wickets thus being down for 73 when Armstrong and Trumper came together. The position was a critical one, but the pair proved equal to the occasion by indulging in the largest partnership to that time. In 35 minutes they added 59, Trumper then being yorked on the leg-stump for an attractive innings of 34 which con­ tained five 4*8. Noble never settled down, but remained in for half-an-hour whilst 22 were put on for the sixth wicket and then had his leg-stump bowled out of the ground. The last four wickets yielded only 28 runs, Armstrong being last out for a sound innings of 51 which lasted an hour and three-quarters. He played a very valuable game, but was slower than usual. The inpings of 175 lasted three hours, and the home side were set 165 to win. In the last ten minutes of the day Tarrant and Huish made 7 without loss : the former was catight at cover-point off a no-ball but no importance attaches to the incident. On Saturday the bowling was shared by Armstrong and Macartney when play was resumed, but many changes were made in the attack before a wicket fell, Noble and O’Conner being tried in addition. When 52 had been made in 65 minutes Huish, who had made some fine strokes, was caught at the wicket off O’Connor, off whose previous ball he had been missed by Noble at point. Fry made a couple of singles and then met a similar fate, but with Warner in a fine stand was made. Armstrong, Whitty, O’Connor and Macartney all bowled in turn, but runs came surely, if slowly. The hundred went up in two hours with only two wickets down, and an easy victory for the home side seemed in prospect. Tarrant, when 45, was badly missed at mid-off off Armstrong by Whitty, who was responsible a little later for another blunder — the missing of Warner at mid-on off O’Connor when that batsman had scored only 22. Both were bad mistakes and probably cost his side the match, for the pair remained together until their partnership had realised 58. The third wicket fell at 115, of which number Tarrant, who then played-on, batted two hours and 35 minutes for 50. He hit five 4’s, but played a very unenterprising game, though, as as time was no object, he could not be blamed. His innings was a very valuable one, and was marked by many appeals for lbw. Fane made only 2, and, with Foster caught at slip without a run, five wickets were down for 129, at which point the Club still required 36 to win. With 9 added Gillingham was caught at mid-off for a single, but with Thomp­ son in 15 were put on. Warner reached 50 in two hours and five minutes and then the game was finished by a hit to square-leg by him for 4 off Arm­ strong and a couple of 4’s by Relf at the expense of O’Connor. Warner hit five 4’s and six 2’s in his admirable 54 and gave only the one chance men­ tioned. Score and analysis M.C.C. an d G rou n d . First innings. Second innings. , k ... 39 b 14 and P. F. Warner. Macartney.................. C. B. Fry, c Hartigan Whitty .................. F. L. Fane, cand b O’Connor 22 H. K. Foster, c Hartigan, b Whitty .......................... 6 Tarrant, c Armstrong, b O’C on n or........................... 5 F. H. Gillingham, c and b Armstrong ...................20 Relf (A. E.) b Armstrong... 13 Thompson c Hartigan, b Armstrong ...................20 Buckenham, b Armstrong 25 notout.................. I c Carkeek, b Arm­ strong ........... lbw ,b Armstrong Hartigan, b Noble ........... A u stralian s . First innings. R. J. Hartigan, c Gillling- ham, b Fielder................... 2 W. Bardsley, c Fane, b Buckenham ...................42 M. A. Noble, b Fielder ... 17 V. S. Ransford, b Relf ... 29 W. W. Armstrong, b Thomp­ son .................................. V. T. Trumper, b Bucken­ ham .................................. 0 C. G. Macartney, b Thomp­ son ..................................34 P. A. McAlister, not out ... 15 W. Carkeek, c Huish, b Thompson.......................... 5 J. A. O’Connor, lbw, b Thompson ................... 9 W. J. Whitty, b Thompson 0 B 10, lb 4, nb 1 ... 15 Second innings. b Thompson c H u i s h , Thompson b Thompson b R e lf........... Huish, b Macartney.. Fielder, not out ... B 16. lb 4, nb 1 27 9 21 b O’Connor... c Bardsley, Armstrong not out b O’Connor... C a r k e e k , O’Connor b Buckenham ... c Relf, b Thomp­ son .......... c Foster, b Relf s t H u i s h , b Thompson lbw, b Relf.......... not out ........... B 4, lb 2 ... Total ................221 A u stralian s . First innings. O. M. R. W. Fielder ... . . 16 2 65 2 Buckenham . . 18 7 50 2 Thompson . . 15*4 6 26 5 Relf................ . 14 6 26 1 Tarrant... . . 3 0 28 0 B 14, lb 1, nb 1 16 Total (7 wkts)165 Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 7 2 19 0 ... 11 1 52 I ... 15 0 61 5 ... 18-3 6 37 4 Fielder bowled one no-ball. M.C.C. and G round . Noble Whitty ... O’Connor Armstrong Macartney First innings. O. M. R, .......... 9 2 2-1 ........... 21 4 44 26 9 6C 22 6 4£ 8*3 Second innings. M. R. W. Armstrong bowled one no-ball. SURREY 2 nd XI. v. LANCASHIRE 2 nd XL Played at the Oval on May 20 and 21 and left drawn. Score and analysis L an cash ire 2 nd XI. First innings. F. B. Scholfield, c Spring, b Platt ......................... 50 Robinson,c Jackson, b Platt 7 J. S. Cragg, b Platt ...........11 Tyldesley (W.), c Vigar, b Spring.................................56 Tyldesley (E.), lbw, b Platt 1 V. Hope, run out ........... Tyldesley (J.), c Harrison, b Edwards.......................... Sladen, c Harrison, b Jackson .......................... T. Ainscough, c Vigar, b Harrison .......................... Rowlands, run out ........... Crabtree, not out ........... B 9, lb 2 ................... Second innings. c Vigar, b Platt... 13 lbw, b Spring ... 37 c Vigar, b Harri­ son ................. 5 b Blacklidge ... 46 b A b el...............11 8 c Jewell, b Myers 17 45 notout... 33 b Myers b Platt... not out B 23,lb 3 , 50 , 26 Total .................. 253 Total (8 wkts)*246 ♦Innings declared closed. S u r r e y 2 nd XI. First innings. J. E. Jewell, b Sladen 16 Abel, b W. Tyldesley...........20 Harrison,cW.,b J.Tyldesley 43 Myers, b Sladen.................. 0 Spring, hit wkt, b Sladen... 64 Blacklidge, c Crabtree, b Row lands..........................30 Platt, b J. Tyldesley...........10 Vigar, b Hope .................17 A. W. F. Rutty, b J. T yldesley.......................... 62 Edwards, not out Jackson, c Robinson* Hope .......................... B 18, lb 5, nb 3... Second innings, c Crabtree, b J. Tyldesley ... b Rowlands not out ........... b Sladen ........... lbw, b Rowlands b Rowlands 13 not out b Rowlands B 5, lb 1 , 18 6 42 c Foster, b Relf .. 51 34 Total ...210 Total... ..175 Total ... ...........301 Total (6 wkts) 117 L ancashire 2 nd XL First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Spring .......... 13 1 55 1 ... ... 5 0 19 1 Edwards ... 6‘4 0 32 1 ... ... 3 1 9 0 Platt .......... 20 4 55 4 ... ... 15-4 2 50 2 Myers .......... 9 3 22 0 ... ... 10 1 36 2 Harrison ... 9 0 34 1 ... ... 14 4 53 1 Jackson.......... 7 1 29 1 ... ... 1 0 15 0 Blacklidge ... 3 0 15 0 ... ... 10 0 29 1 Abel ... ... 6 3 9 1 S urrey 2 nd XI. First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Sladen .......... 23 4 73 3 ... ... 8 0 39 1 Tyldesley (W.) 17 2 67 1 ... 1 53 4 Rowlands ... 13 2 53 1 ... ... 13 Hope ........... 6*4 2 29 2 ... 0 19 1 Tyldesley (J).. 14 0 53 3 ... 5