Cricket 1909

204 CR ICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J une 17, 1909. THE AUSTRAL IANS . 1*2th M a tc h . — v. ENGLAND. ( t h e second t e s t .) Played at Lord’s on June 14, 15 and 16. Australia won by nine wickets. Jayes and Rhodes were the two players omitted from the England side, which, in the absence of Jessop and Brearley (for whose non-appearance no explanation was given) as well a* of Blythe, was not at full strength. Owing to his attendance being required in connection with a law case concerning one of his relatives, Fry could not play. The Australians were deprived of the services of Whitty, who was suffering from a bad cold, and, with O’Connor also standing down, Laver and McAlister, who have been doing very well of late, came into the side. How much interest was taken in the match is apparent from the fact that 19,9(54 persons paid for admission on Monday. Australia won the toss, and, as the sun was shining and there had been much rain, Noble sent the Englishmen in first. A start was made at 11.35, Laver and Macartney bowling to Hayward and Hobbs. The last-named scored readily, and by making 19 of the first 21 runs brought on Cotter for Macartney. The fast bowler now has a very low delivery, and, moreover, is at times very erratic. At 23 Hobbs was caught at the wicket for an attractively-played 19, which con­ tained some fine off-strokes. With Tyldesley in, Hayward’s play brightened, and off two successive balls from Cotter he made boundary strokes to leg. With the total 34 Noble went on for an over so that Laver could change ends, and it was not long before the move met with success, Hayward being smartly stumped for 16 made out of 41 in 50 minutes. George Gunn was lbw 3 la te r-a t 44, and at that point the visitors must have been on very good terms with themselves. But the association of King and Tyldesley brought about a great change in the for­ tunes of the game. The left-hander was comfortable from the moment he went in, and soon after his arrival 50 went up as the result of 70 minutes’ play. At 64 Noble went on for Laver, who had taken two wickets for 22, and 3 later Macartney displaced Cotter. Runs were not easy to obtain as is apparent from the fact that Tyldesley, generally a brisk scorer, batted an hour and a-quarter for 20. At 72 Armstrong and Laver took up the attack, but by lunch time no separation had been effected, the total then being 83 for two wickets. After the adjourn­ ment Cotter and Laver shared the bowling, and, King scoring readily, three-figures went up 125 minutes from the start. Three runs later Noble took the ball from Cotter, but the score was taken to 123 before another wicket fell. Tyldesley, who had made 46 out of 100 in 115 minutes, was then lbw for a most useful innings. lie made only three 4’s and was slower in his methods than usual, but his display was a most valuable one, seeing that it helped to pulled the game round af'er a poor start and also wore down the bowling. The attack, how­ ever, without being deadly, was very true, and with MacLaren in only one run was made in 15 minutes off seven overs, the captain, who never appeared really comfortable, being in for half-an-hour ere making a ru n ; altogether, he batted 40 minutes and of the 26 runs made during that time was responsible for only 7, made by a 4 and a 3. King and Hirst looked like settling down to a long stand, but when they had added 26 the left-hander’s fault­ less innings was closed by a smart catch at point by Macartney, who took a very fast travelling ball above his head in ideal fashion. King, never in difficulties, made 60 out of 131 in 155 minutes ; he hit six 4’s and made some delightful off-drives and leg-hits. With Jones in, some brisk run-getting took place, .and many changes in the bowling were made. At 199, however, Jones was bowled and six runs later Hirst met a similar fate. The latter made his 31 out of 56 in 70 minutes and was bowled in trying to pull. Lilley, who then came in, hit freely whilst Relf played quietly: the former, in fact, made 21 off Cotter in two overs and then a double change was made in the bowling. When the ninth wicket had put on 53 in 45 minutes Relf was caught at slip and, with the last partnership yielding 11, the innings realised 269, made in five hours and 10 minutes. Lilley was last out, caught at long-on, for 47 made out of 64 in an hour: he hit five 4’s and, in hitting the tired bowling, played the best game possible. Noble bowled very well indeed, but Macartney was disappointing. At the end of the day McAlister and Laver made 17 without being parted in a quarter of an hour. Hirst and King opened the bowling, but the last over of the day was sent down by Relf, who displaced the Leicester­ shire player. Laver made two 4’s off successive balls from Hirst and scored 13 of the 17 runs made. On the second morning, when Haigh and Hirst shared the attack, Laver was bowled with only a single added. He was succeeded by Bardsley, who settled down at once and form ed a marked contrast to McAlister, whose batting was very steady. The pair sent the 50 up without further loss in 50 minutes from the start, and 4 runs later Relf relieved Haigh. Bardsley continued to play bright cricket, so at 79 Hirst went off in favour of King, whose sixth ball got McAlister lbw. The Victorian’s display was of distinct value to the side, though he was much over­ shadowed by his partner : he made his 22 out of 84 in 85 minutes. Bardsley made the next 6 runs and was then bowled by Relit w’hilst trying to bring out a big hit. By bright and free methods he obtained 46 out of 72 in SOminutes, hitting six 4’s and again showing himself strong on the off. It was at this point—three wickets down for 90—that Ransford went in. He took some time to settle down, and, as Armstrong also was not very busy, the cricket was for some time uneventful. Three-figures went up in 105 minutes, but 19 later Armstrong was caught at the wicket for 12. Almost directly after Trumper’s arrival the Englishmen were guilty of a couple of blunders which had disastrous conse­ quences : in the course of an over from King Rans­ ford, with his total 13, was missed by MacLaren at slip and Trumper, before he had scored, was let off by Hayward at point. Ransford then hit freely and, by means of four 4’s and a 2, punished King for 18 runs in two overs, 30 being added in a quarter of an hour. The consequence was that at 154 Hirst took the ball from the Leicestershire player, where­ by the rate of run-getting slackened considerably. Just before lunch, when four wickets were down for 170, Ransford completed his 50 out of 80 in an hour. After the interval King and Relf bowled. Trumper played confidently at once, but Ransford took pains to play himself in again. When he had made 56 the latter was missed at the wicket off King, and five later had a life given him by Jones at slip off Relf. When the total had reached 98 Trumper was wrell caught at slip. Of the 79 runs put on" in 65 minutes for the fifth wicket he was responsible for 28. Another good stand was made with Noble in. It was just after his arrival that 200 went up as the result of 190 minutes’ play, and Hirst called for a new ball. Ransford by this time had got a good sight of the ball and was playing a very bright game. At 229 ITaigh went on for Relf, whilst at 245 Hirst was taken off in favour of Jones, who, being treated rather roughly by Noble, gave way to Relf at 264. Five later Noble was caught at the wicket for 32 made out of the 71 put on for the sixth wicket in 70 minutes. After batting two hours and three- quarters Ransford completed 100 by means of a fine cut for 4 off Relf. A t 280 King went on to bowl and Relf crossed over, but 300 went up without further loss as the result of four hours and three-quarters’ cricket. With six wickets down for 309 the tea interval was taken, but only 8 runs were added subsequently before Gregory, who had played very steadily, was caught at the wicket. With the total unchanged Cotter ran himself out in foolish fashion: he played a ball direct to Hayward at point and ran down the wicket with the natural result. With Macartney in Rans­ ford scored readily, so that at 3-12 Hirst went on. From the first ball he sent down Macartney played- on, and eight later Carter was bowled, the innings closing for 350, made in five hours and three-quarters. Ransford carried out his bat for 143 made out of 260 in 245 m inutes: he hit twenty-one 4’s in his very attractive display, and although his innings was not free from fault it was very good to watch and of great value to his side. Relf was by far the best bowler, but King performed very much better than his analysis would suggest. England, 81 in arrears, had 20 minutes’ batting at the end of the day. Hayward and Hobbs opened the innings, Cotter and Armstrong sharing the attack. After an unsuccessful appeal against the light Hobbs was well caught and bowled by Armstrong, who took the ball low down with the right hand. Stumps were then drawn for the day with one wicket down for 16. Yesterday when the game was resumed the wicket was plumb and the weather fine, and a full day’s cricket appeared in prospect. With only 6 added, however, Tyldesley, who had joined Hay­ ward, was smartly stumped and Gunn bowled off his pads by the second ball he had from Armstrong. Following a no-ball from Cotter, Hayward was out in attempting a run to Bardsley at mid-on. Con­ sidering the state of the game, it was foolish to take such a risk, for a valuable wicket was of far greater importance to the side than a run. With Jones in 11 were added, and then King was bowled by a big-breaking ball from Armstrong, whose analysis was then four wickets for 6 runs. Immediately afterwards Jones, when 6, was missed at slip by Laver off Cotter, but at 41 Hirst was caught in two minds by Armstrong and bowled, six wickets then being dow*n. With MacLaren and Jones together 50 went up in 85 minutes and 6 later Laver went on for Cotter. The cricket just at this time was excep­ tionally keen, both sides being at their best. Noble took the ball at 71 and 11 later had the satisfaction of bowling MacLaren, who made 24 of the 41 put on in 50 minutes for the seventh wicket. The stand exactly doubled the score. With 8 added Jones was lbw for a plucky innings of 26 made out of 67 in 80 minutes. When Rclf went in Armstrong bowled instead of Noble and at 101 had the satisfaction of bowling the Sussex man. At lunch nine w'ickcts were down for 111, and only 9 more were made before the innings came to an end owing to Haigh being run out through attempting a run when the ball went to Cotter at mid-on. Armstrong bowled admirably, but the collapse was due almost entirely to bad batting. Set 41 to win, Australia lost Bardsley without a run after McAlister had made a cut for 4 off Relf. With Gregory in play for a time was very sedate, the score at the end of lialf-an-hour being only 16. Gradually, however, the pair settled down, and won the match for their side without being separated. The runs were made in 50 minutes. The Australians were heartily cheered at the end of the game, there being a scexie of much enthusiasm in front of the pavilion. Score and analysis :— E n g l a n d . First innings. Second innings. Hayward, st Carter, b L a ver..................................16 run out ............. 6 Hobbs, c Carter, b Laver... 19 candb Armstrong 9 Tyldcsley, lbw, b Laver ... 46 st Carter, b Arm­ strong ........... 3 Gunn (G.), lbw, b Cotter ... 1 b Armstrong ... 0 King,c Macartney,bCotter 60 b Armstrong ... 4 A. C. MacLaren, c Arm ­ strong, b Noble ........... 7 b Noble ...........24 Hirst, b Cotter ...................31 b Armstrong ... 1 A. O. Jones, b Cotter ... 8 lbw, b Laver ... 26 Relf (A, E .), c Armstrong, b Noble ... ...................17 b Armstrong ... 3 Lilley, c Bardsley, b Noble 47 not out...................25 Haigh, not out ................. 1 run out ........... 5 B8, lb 3, w 3, nb 2 ...1 6 B 2, lb 3, nblO 15 Total ...........269 A ustralia . Total ...121 S.E.Gregory,cLillcy, b Relf A. Cotter, run out C. G. Macartney, Hirst ........... II. Carter, b Hirst ... 14 .. 0 b 5 7 B 16, lb 8, w 1, nb 2... 27 Total ..350 P. A. McAlister, lbw, b King ..................22 F. Laver, b Hirst ... 14 W. Bardsley, b Relf ... 46 W. W . Armstrong c Lilley, b R e lf.......... 12 V. S. Ransford, not outl43 V. T. Trumper, c Mac­ Laren, b R e lf...........28 M. A. Noble, c Lilley, b Relf ..................32 Second innings: McAlister, not out, 19; Bardsley, c Lilley, b Relf, 0 ; Gregory, not out, 18 ; byes, 4 Total (1 wkt), 41. E ngland . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Laver ......... 32 9 75 3 ............ 14 5 24 1 Macartney ... 8 2 10 0 ............ Cotter ........ 23 1 80 4 ............ 18 3 35 0 Noble ........ 24 2 9 423 ............ 5 1 12 1 Armstrong ... 20 6 46 0 ............. 24 5 10 35 6 Cotter bowled three wides and nine no-balls, and Noble one no-ball and Armstrong two. A ustralia . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. Hirst ... 26*5 2 83 3 ... ... 8 1 King ... 27 5 99 1 ... Relf........... ... 45 14 85 5 ... ... 7-4 4 Haigh ... ... 19 5 41 0 ... Jones 2 0 15 0 ... King bowled one wide and one no-ball, and Hirst one no-ball YORKSHIRE v. SUSSEX. Played at Sheffield on June 14, 15 and 16. Drawn. Owing to the Test match the home side were deprived of the services of Hirst, Haigh and Rhodes and the visitors of the help of A. E. Relf. York­ shire were at the wicket all the first day, scoring 466 for six wickets. There were three long partner­ ships, Wilson and Rothery making 128 for the first wicket in 100 minutes, Wilson and Wilkinson 134 for the third in 65, and the last-named and Bates 90 for the fourth in similar time. Wilson, who made some excellent drives and hit twenty-one 4’s, scored 116 out of 278 in just under three hours: when 79 he offered a h:\rd chance, but made no other mistake. Wilkinson hit sixteen 4’s during the two hours and three-quarters he was in and gave three chances, the first when 58 and the others one run later. On the following morning the four outstanding wickets went down in half-an-hour for 23 runs, the stand for the seventh wicket lasting 50 minutes and realising 57. Sussex made a poor start, three wickets going down for 37, but Vine and Hcygate added 43 together and Leach made his 39 out of 47 in 45 minutes. The tail played