Cricket 1909

M ay 27, 1909. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. CRICKET IN AUSTRALIA. WESTEBN AUSTBALIA v. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. Played at Perth on April 10, 12 and 13. Drawn. The wicket had been covered with tarpaulins for 48 hours as a protection against the rain, but the water soaked through at one end and delayed play on the first day until 2.45. The home side won the toss and sent South Australia in. The best cricket of the match was shown by Claxton, who hit freely for 56 in the visitors’ second innings after seven wickets had fallen for 91. Set 244, West Australia had made 173 for five wickets by the time the game was drawn. Score and analysis :— S outh A u str a lia . First innings. D. R. A. Gehrs, c Anderson, b Christian .................. 27 F. T. Hack, bChristian ... 16 L. W. Chamberlain, run out 12 W. P. Stuart, c Anderson, b Coyne .......................... 6 N. H. Claxton, c Parker, b Christian .......................... 40 K. H. Quist, c Rowe, b Hogue .......................... 17 G. P. Bloomfield, c Rowe, Second innings. b Christian........... 1 b Christian............... b Christian........... 2 st E v e r s , b Christian...........3: b Hogue .......................... 19 J. C. Reedman, st Evers, b C h ristian.......................... 15 W. Stirling, not o u t ........... 5 J.R.H.Woodford,c Howard, b Christian .................. L. E. Howard, candb Hogue Byes, &c....................... Total ..172 c Evans, b Harper 56 c H ow a rd , b Christian.......... 0 c Anderson, b Christian........... 4 c and b Selk ... 19 c Christian, b Coyne ........... 2 c Rowe, b Harper 3 not out.................. 2 Byes, &c. ... 8 T ota l......... 157 ... 11 14 W estern A u stralia . First innings. Second innings. E. F. Parker, c Chamber- c Hack, b Reed- lain, b Stirling.................. 17 m an .......... C. Howard, st Woodford, b R eedm an.......................... 1 not out........ S. H. D. Rowe, cReedman, c Bloomfield, b H ow ard.......................... 9 H ow a rd .............. 5 T. Hogue, c Reedman, b Howard ...........................19 b H ow a rd ............46 T. Coyne, run out ...........14 b Reedman............25 R. M. Evans, b Reedman... 12 not out ............ 34 A. Christian, c Howard, b R eed m an .......................... 0b Reedman ... 28 H. A. Evers, c Bloomfield, b Reedman .................. 6 Dr. Anderson, c Howard, b Reedman .......................... 0 R. Selk, c Chamberlain, b R eed m an ........................... 2 C. W. Harper, not out ... 1 Byes, &c....................... 5 Byes, &c. ... 7 Total ...........86 Total (5 wkts)170 S outh A u stralia . First innings. O. M. R. W. Second innings. O. M. R. W. Christian .. 31 11 67 5 .......... 18 3 56 6 Selk ... .,,. 13 3 28 0 •......... 14 2 40 1 Hogue ... .. 15 1 40 3 ... -. 3 1 10 0 Coyne .........,. 11 2 26 1 .......... 4 0 19 1 Anderson ,. 3 2 1 0 . ......... 3 0 8 0 H arper........... 1 0 2 0 . ......... 6 0 16 2 Christian bowled a wide. W estern A u stralia . First innings. Second innings O. M. R. W. O. M. a W. Claxton... .. 3 0 17 0 . Reedman .. 12*5 5 26 6 . !! ” ! 26 5 62 3 Stirling.........,. 8 2 16 1 . ............ 6 2 1-1 0 How ard........... 12 6 17 2 .. ... 17 2 47 2 Hack ........... 5 4 5 0 . .......... 7 3 7 © Q uist................ ......... 7 2 25 0 Chamberlain ... . 3 1 8 • WESTERN AUSTRALIA v. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. Played at Fremantle on April 16,17 and 19. Drawn. Quist and Chamberlain gave the visitors a fine start by making 80 for the first wicket, but the feature of the innings was the batting of Gehrs, who hit thirteen 4’s in making 113 out of 235 in 156 minutes. He was missed at slip when 7, and put on S8 for the third wicket with Hack and 122 for the fourth with Bloomfield. Parker played an attractive game for 86 and added 97 for the third wicket with Howard, but he gave three chances. Score and analysis:— S outh A u stralia . Second innings. c Hogue, b Selk 0 s t E v e r s , b Christian ... 61 c and b Christian 23 c Rowe, b Chris­ tian .................. 22 c Rowe, b Chris­ tian .................. 6 not out................... 2 Byes, &c............ 2 First innings. K. H. Quist, c Parker, b C hristian.......................... 41 L. W. Chamberlain, b C hristian...........................41 F. T. Hack, b Christian ... 52 D. R. A. Gehrs, c Rowe, b A nderson..........................113 G. P. Blomfield, b Anderson 65 W. P. Stuart, c Rowe, b C hristian.......................... 25 J. C. Reedman, b Selk ... 20 W. Stirling, b Christian ... 0 J. R. H. Woodford, lbw, b Christian .......................... 10 A. W. Wright, c Hogue, b C h ristian..........................10 L. E. Howard, not out ... 5 Byes, &c...................... 6 Total.................. 388 Total (5 wkts) 116 W estern A ustralia . First innings. E. F. Parker, c Woodford, b R eedm an.......................... T. Hogue, c Hack, b Reed­ man ................................21 lbw, b Reedman 33 S. H. D. Rowe, c and b Howard ........................... 4 C. H. Howard, b Reedman 30 notout.., R. M. Evans, st Woodford, b Quist .........................28 run out A. Christian, lbw, b Reed­ man .................................73 c Gehrs,b Howard 57 H. A. Evers, c and b Stir­ ling ................................... 1 E. Hantke, b Reedman ... 2 b Wright ............ 0 Dr. Anderson, b Howard... 8 notout ............ 3 R. Selk, b Howard ........... 5 C. W. Harper, not out ... 4 Byes, &c....................... 7 Byes, &c. ... 0 Second innings, b Howard ...........16 c Quist, b Wright 21 ... 5 16 Total ...............269 Total (6 wkts)161 S outh A u str a lia . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Christian . 37 7 144 7 .. ... 182 3 56 4 Selk................ . 32 7 95 1 .. ... 21 5 41 1 Harper ... . . 13 4 34 0 .. Hogue ... . . 7 1 24 0 .. 2 0 8 0 Anderson . 9 1 42 2 .. ... 1 0 5 0 Hantke ... . . 4 0 16 0 .. ... 1 0 4 0 Evans ... . . 4 0 19 0 .. Parker ... . . 2 0 8 0 ........... W estern A u stralia . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Howard... . . 22 6 78 3 ... 9 3 32 2 Reedman . 21-5 1 76 5 . ... 17 2 56 1 Wright ... . . 11 3 30 0 .. ... 11 3 29 2 Stirling... . . 8 4 34 1 .. ... 4 0 19 0 Quist ... . 12 4 30 1 .. ... 5 2 10 0 Back ... . . 3 0 14 0 .. ... 3 1 5 0 Howard bowled a wide. GOLDFIELDS v. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. Played at Kalgoorlie on April 21 and 22. Drawn. The feature of the game was the batting of Clax­ ton, the captain, who made 101. Ho added 144 for the sixth wicket with Stuart and 80 for the ninth with Howard. Jones, the fast bowler of inter­ national fame, took one wicket for 97 runs. Score and analysis:— S outh A u stralia . First innings. F. T. Hack, b Fleming ... 8 G. P. Bloomfield, c sub, b Hall .................................. 4 L. W. Chamberlain, b Flem­ ing ..................................20 D. R. A. Gehrs, run out ... 28 W. P. Stuart, run out ... 79 K. H. Quist, b Fleming ... 0 N. H. Claxton, c Debnam, b Jones ..........................101 J. C. Reedman, b Wheaton 0 lbw, b Scroop J. R. H. Woodford, c & b Wheaton .......................... 0 not out L. E. Howard, not out ... 45 b Scroop A. W. Wright, run out ... 5 run out Byes, &c...................... 19 Byes, &c. Total Second innings. c Alexander, b Moore .......... 0 c andb Alexander 29 b Flem ing...........38 ...311 Total (6 wkts)108 Robinson, run out ... 25 Scroop, c Gehrs, b Reedman................ 6 J. Moore, b Reedman 7 C.Wellington, b Gehrs 23 Debnam, c Hack, b Gehrs ................ 2 Sands, c Bloomfield, b W righ t................ 5 Wheaton, c Bloom­ field, b Wright ... 6 G o ld field s . E. Jones, c How'ard, b W right.................. Alexander, c Claxton, b Reedman .......... Hall, c Chamberlain, b Reedman ........... Fleming, not out Byes, &c. ........... Total ........... S outh A u str a lia . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Jones ... — — 75 1 ... _ _ 22 0 H a ll......... ... — — 52 1 ... _ 19 0 Fleming... ... — — 55 3 ... ... — — 6 1 Wheaton ... — — 81 2 ... ... _ _ 8 0 Moore ... Mi __ — 16 0 ... ■=— 5 1 Debnam... ... __ — 12 0 ... _ 13 0 Scroop ... — — 12 2 Sands ... — — 9 0 Robinson ... it, _ — 4 0 Alexander ... — — 8 1 G oldfields . O. M. R. W. O. M. 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