Cricket 1909

J u l y 1 5 , 1 9 0 9 . CRICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 269 THE AUSTRAL IANS . 2 0 th M a tc h .— v. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. Played at Bristol on July 12, 13 and 14. Australians won by an innings and 5 runs. Neither side was quite at full strength, but Sewell and Brown made a welcome reappearance for the County. Noble won the toss and occasioned some surprise when he sent the home side in. Whitty and Hopkins shared the attack when Board and Salter opened the innings. Runs were not easy to make owing to the fact that the wicket gave the bowling some assistance ; furthermore, Noble changed the attack with good judgment, and the fielding was always keen, lt was not until 49 had been made in 55 minutes that the first wicket fell, Salter, who had made some good drives, then being caught and bowled. Board, when 18, was missed at mid-off by Cotter who made too sure of the ball. By lunch the score had been taken to 91 for one wicket, and the pair remained together until 114, when Board was caught at third man. He hai scored 57 out of 114 in 145 minutes and had played a somewhat slower game than usual. A collapse followed his departure, for the fifth wicket went down at 129. The association of Brown and Langdon, however, pulled the game round again, the latter, playing freely, making 31 of the 53 runs put on for the sixth wicket in 35 m inutes: he hit five 4’s. Langdon, seventh out (at 186) scored his faultless 61 out of 137 in 160 minutes, playing a steady and valuable innings: he hit well to off and leg and made five 4’s. The ninth wicket went down at 194, but Mills and Parker put on 36 in half-an-hour before the latter was run out through a misunder­ standing. The innings lasted four hours and a-quarter and realised 230. Armstrong, who took four wickets for 16 runs each, bowled very steadily. In the last 40 minutes of the day Bardsley and McAlister made 56 together without being parted by bright cricket. The wicket was faster on Tuesday and the Australians made the most of it. McAlister, having made 43 out of 84 in 65 minutes, was caught at slip : he hit six 4’s and played a sound game. Nine later Hartigan Was brilliantly caught at mid-off, but with Bardsley and Trumper together runs came fast. The pair caused Rattenbury and Brown to take up the bowling, and when the wicket had put on 72 in three-quarters of an hour, the former broke through Trumper’s defence. A feature of Trumper’s innings was his driving. Gregory played a subdued game, but Bardsley, cutting well and making some good hits to leg, reached 100 in 140 minutes and 150 in 180. When the pair had added 100 in 55 minutes Gregory’s score was only 22. In all the fourth wicket put on 120 in 65 minutes. Armstrong then joined Bardsley, who was missed by Langdon at point when 187. The pair remained together for an hour, during which time they put on 62. Bardsley, sixth to leave, made his 211 out of 371 in 280 minutes. He scored well all round the wicket, his cutting being especially good, and gave only the one chance mentioned : he hit twenty- six 4’ g , ten 3’s and seven 2’s. Matters were quieter after his departure, though Cotter hit merrily for 17. Noble made 51 not out in 80 minutes and put on 46 with Carkeck in the last 25 minutes without a separation being effected. When play ceased eight wickets were down for 445. Yesterday the Austral­ ians’ innings was at once closed, leaving Gloucester­ shire 215 to save the innings defeat. The task was started by Salter and Board against Cotter and Hopkins, but only 13 had been made when the Oxonian, who made 12 in Hopkins’ first over, was bowled. With Langdon in, some resistance was made, and Whitty and Armstrong took up the attack. The latter kept the runs down to such an extent that only a single was made off his first six overs, and he took a wicket. The 50 went up in 40 minutes and 8 later Board was lbw. Sewell made a dozen and was then out to a brilliant catch by Bardsley at short-leg. Rattenbury and Merrick again failed, Whitty taking three wickets in five balls for no runs. Meyer just reached double figures before being bowled, and it was whilst he was in that Langdon reached 50 after batting a couple of hours. Langdon found a very useful partner in Parker. Together they added 68 for the eighth wicket, and then Langdon’s splendid innings terminated: he made 90 out of 200 in three hours and hit fourteen 4’s. Parker left two later and the innings closed for 210. Armstrong’s record for the match was nine wickets for 11 runs each. Score and analysis G loucestershire . First innings. Second innings. M. G. Salter, c and b Arm- „ strong................................. 30 b Cotter ..........12 Board, c McAlister, b Hop- _ kins .................................. 57 lbw, b Armstrong 18 Langdon, lbw, b Arm­ strong..................................61 b Noble ..........90 C. O. H. Sewell, c Carkeek, c Bardsley, b b Hopkins.......................... 4 Whitty ..........12 G. L. Rattenbury, b Hop­ kins ................................. 0 H. M errick.b Armstrong... 0 W. S. A. Brown, c and b N ob le...............................31 W. E. Meyer, c Armstrong, b Noble ................. 1 Dennett, b Armstrong ... 5 Mills, not out ...............10 Parker, run o u t ...............26 B 1, lb 2, nb 2 . b Wliitty ........... b Whitty ........... b Armstrong c Noble, b Arm­ strong ........... b Armstrong not out .......... c Hartigan, b Armstroii' B 2, lb 6 , li b 4 12 Total.................230 A ustralian s . Total,. .210 W. Bardsley, c Brown, b Parker .................. 211 P. A. McAlister, c Den­ nett, b Mills ... ... 43 R. J. Hartigan, c Brown, b Dennett 4 V.T.Trumper,bRatten- b u r y ...........................25 S. E.Gregory,st Board, b Dennett.....................31 W. W. Armstrong, tt>w, b Dennett ... 29 M. A. Noble, not out 51 A. J. Hopkins, lbw, b Parker ................. 5 A. Cotter, st Board, b Piirker ...............17 W. Carkeek, notout... 15 B 12, w 2 ......14 Total (S wkts)*445 * Innings declared closed. W. J. Whitty did not bat. G loucestershire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. W h itty ........... 13 1 35 0 ........... 24 1 68 3 Hopkins ... 29 6 84 3 ........... 9 1 42 0 Armstrong .. 33 10 64 4 ......... 23*1 8 35 5 Noble ........... 19 6 30 2 ........... 8 4 14 1 Cotter ........... 4-1 0 12 0 ........... 12 2 39 1 Armstrong bowled two no-balls and Cotter four. A u stralian s . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Dennett ...42 9 124 3 IRattenbury 18 4 54 1 Parker ...34 3 135 3 Brown ... 4 0 20 0 M ills........ 23 3 98 1 | Parker and Rattenbury bowled one wide each. J. F. Ireland, c Vogler, b Robson ............................ 6 c Ross, b Lewis... 5 R. Hammond Chambers, b Ross .................................... 7b Vogler ...15 A. W. Griffin, not out ... 43 b R oss................57 Hon. C. F. Lyttelton, b Ross 19 c Ross, b Robson 0 H. E. C. Baggally, b Vogler 0b Vogler .............42 II. R. Sheppard, b Vogler .. 2 b R oss................. 8 E. Olivier, b Vogler ........... 0 c Stedman,b Rob­ son .................. 22 G. M. Penn, b Ross ................0not out ........................ 2 Byes, &c.......................... 3Byes, &c. ... 9 Total ...................145 W oodbrook , First innings. Baker, b Buchanan ...........17 W a l b y , c Ireland, b Buchanan.......................... 10 J. M. Meldon, c Chambers, b Buchanan ................... 9 Vogler, c and b Lyttelton .. 0 II. B. Austin, b Buchanan 42 T. C. Ross, c Meldon, b Griffin..................................18 Lewis, c M eldon,b Griffin.. 0 G. K. Papillon, c Lyttelton, b Griffin .......................... 0 Robson, c Chambers, b Griffin..................................30 Stedman, not out ...........21 S. H. Cochrane, c Sheppard, b Ireland .......................... 9 Byes, &c.......................16 Total ..211 Second innings, b Lyttelton ... 13 c Griffin, b Lyttel­ ton ................ 10 c Griffin,b Lyttel­ ton ................39 c Sheppard, b Griffin ........16 b Lyttelton ... 27 not out ........44 c Lyttelton, b Griffin ........12 b Lyttelton... not out Byes 11 0 WOODBROOK CLUB AND GROUND v. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY. Played at Bray on July 12 and 13. Woodbrook won by three wickets. Griffin performed the hat-trick in the first innings of Woodbrook. Score and analysis :— C am bridge U n iv e r sity . First innings. Second innings. J. N. Buchanan, b Ross ...58 c P a p illo n , b Lewis .......... 39 H. J. Spratt, st Stedman, b Vogler.................................. 7 c Ross, b Vogler.. 4 G. Meldon, b Robson........... 0 cStedman,bLewis 8 Total ...................172 Total (7 wkts)186 C am bridg e U n iv e r sity . Vogler Robson Ross Olivier ... Lyttelton Buchannan Ireland ... Griffin ... , First innings. O. M. R. W. ........... 16 2 77 4 .......... 12 4 23 2 .......... 10-2 2 42 4 Lewis Walby Lewis bowled one no-ball. WOODBKOOK. First innings. O. M. R. W. Second innings. O. M. It. W. 4 45 3 0 32 2 0 65 2 3 54 3 0 6 0 13 6 4 11 15 1 , 6 13 11 33 10 3 13 0 .. 1 41 1 .. 1 45 4 .. 0 19 1 .. 38 4 .. Second innings. O. M. K. W. ... 16 ... 6 0 3 49 0 29 8 0 .. 17-4 4 86 2 Olivier bowled four widcs and two no-balls. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. Capt. C.T. F isher .—Pressure on space unfortunately prevents. J. C u lver O ldfield .— Apply to “ The C.C. and F. Miniature Fields Syndicate,” 46, Peartrec Street, Goswell Road, E.C. 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