Cricket 1909

340 CR ICK E T : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A u g u s t 19, 1909. TH E AU STRAL IAN S . 2 9 t h M a t c h . — v. AN E N G L A N D XI. Played at Blackpool on August 12, 13 and 14. 2 8 4 FOR THE FIRST WICKET. Drawn. The Australians, travelling by night after the great match at the Oval, put a weak side into the field and had 379 runs made against them for three wickets. The feature of the play was the first wicket stand—the largest ever made in this country against Australian bowling—by Knight and Douglas. They made 50 in 35 minutes, 100 in 65, 150 in 120, 200 in 155, and, in all, 284 in 220. Knight reached 50 in 80 minutes and 100 (out of 185) in two hours and a-half. He was the first to leave, caught at long-on when he had made 163 by excellent cricket. He hit a 6 and twenty-three 4’s, scoring well all round the wicket, but hitting to leg and cutting particularly well. Only one chance could be urged against him, Ransford missing him at slip off O’Connor when he had made 33 and the total was 66. Douglas was second out, after making 102 in 230 minutes, a catch at mid-off sending him back. He hit fourteen 4’s, offered two chances—when 77 and 97—and was quite overshadowed by Knight. McGahey and King put on 48 for the third wicket in 25 minutes, and when play ceased the latter carried out his bat for 55, made at the rate of a run a minute. The heavy scoring was continued during Friday, when 500 runs were made for fourteen wickets in 280 minutes. The last seven wickets of the home side added 1S8 in an hour and a-half and the Australians scored 312 for seven wickets in 255 minutes. King added only a single, but the Craw­ ford brothers put on 59 together in 25 minutes, V. F. S. making 35 of the number by means of a 6, seven 4’s and a single. J. N. Crawford batted only 75 minutes for 60, and hit four 6’s, all big drives over the ring, and four 4’s in his delightful display : he was seventh out, at 491. Reeves hit six 4’s during the 20 minutes he was in, and Jayes, in scoring 36 in half-an-hour, made two 6’s, a 5 (in­ cluding 4 for an overthrow), and three 4’s. The innings, after lasting six hours and 5 minutes, closed for 567—the second largest total ever made against Australian bowling in this country: Eng­ land ran up 576 at the Oval ten years ago. O’Connor took six of the wickets for 210 runs, and was punished for six of the eight 6’s hit. The rapid run-getting was continued when the Australians went in, Hartigan and Carter, in 55 minutes, run­ ning up 130 for the first wicket. Both left at that total. Hartigan, missed by Douglas at slip off Buckenham when 1, drove magnificently and was especially severe on Buckenham : he hit seventeen 4’s and two 3’s. The bowler mentioned, upon going on the second time, got rid of Ransford and Gregory cheaply, the fourth wicket going down at 166. Trumper, missed at the wicket when 2 off Bucken­ ham, survived to make 49 of the 83 runs added with McAlister for the fifth wicket in 40 minutes : lie hit six 4 s, all drives. McAlister, slower in his methods, batted an hour and a-quarter for 50 : cutting excel­ lently, he also made six 4’s. With his departure six men were out for 252. In the next half-hour Noble .and Hopkins, kept mainly on the defensive by Buckenham and Jayes, added 30, after which O’Connor and Noble put on a further 30 without being separated in the last 15 minutes of the day. Hopkins, it should be said, was dismissed by a splendid left-handed catch at slip by Vivian Craw­ ford, "but Noble, when 18, was missed by Douglas off the long-suffering Buckenham. On Saturday Noble was caught at the wicket with two singles added, having batted 65 minutes for 43. O’Connor and Whitty added a dozen and were both out at 326, at which total the innings closed, after lasting 220 minutes. The Englishmen led by 241 and, for the first time during their tour, the visitors were called upon to follow-on. ,By risky cricket Carter and Hartigan made 49 for the first wicket in half-an- hour, the former, who was missed when 5 by Reeves, then being out. Hartigan left at 53, after which Ransford made 30 of the 50 added with McAlister for the third wicket in half-an-hour ere being caught at mid-off. Gregory scored 12 of the next 35 runs, and upon his dismissal four wickets were down for 138. The Australians were then still in danger of defeat, but Trumper proved in his best form and he and McAlister, by putting on 114 for the fifth wicket in 75 minutes, made matters safe. McAlister, steady at first, was aggressive later : he made his faultless 85 out of 203 in 135 minutes and hit a 6 and seven 4’s. After he had left, the game, with a draw assured, was not regarded very seriously and runs came very rapidly: in fact 45 minutes’ play yielded 138 runs, Noble and Trumper adding 93 for the sixth wicket in 35 minutes and the latter and Hopkins 45 for the seventh in 10. Douglas was punished for 18 in an over, Hopkins hitting two 6’s and a 4 off him from successive balls. Trumper, bowled by the last ball of the day iu try­ ing a big drive, hit a 6, a 5 and twenty 4’s in making 150 out of 252 in 115 minutes without a mistake. He reached 50 in 50 minutes and 100 (out of 166) in an hour and a-half. As many as 1,283 runs were made in the match for 27 wickets, the Australians, when play ceased, being 149 runs on with three wickets in hand. Score and analysis:— A n E n g l a n d X I . J. W. H. T. Douglas, c Gregory, b O’Con­ nor ..........................102 Knight, c McAlister, b O’C onnor...................163 King, c Carter, b H o p k in s................. 56 C. P. McGahey, b Noble.............................24 J. N. Crawford, c Rans­ ford, b Hopkins ... 60 V. F. S. Crawford, b O’Connor..................... 35 Coe, c Noble, b Hop­ kins .......................... 8 Reeves,c and b O’Con­ nor .......................... 37 Jayes, b O’Connor ... 36 Buckenham, c and b O’Connor .......... 2 J. Shields, not out ... 14 B 20, lbS,w 1, n b l 30 Total ...567 9 10 284 291 339 382 441 474 491 522 532 567 A u s t r a l ia n s . First innings. Second innings. R. J. Hartigan, st Shields, b McGahey.......................88 b Buckenham ... 14 H. Carter, lbw, bKing ... 38 c Jayes, b Buck­ enham 37 P. A. McAlister, c Shields, b Jayes .......................50 b Douglas ...85 V. S. Ransford, c Shields, b c Jayes, b Buck- Buckenham .................... 4 enliam ..................30 S. E. Gregory, b Bucken- c S h ie ld s , b ham ................................. 9 McGahey ... 12 V. T. Trumper, c V. Craw­ ford, b Jayes ......................49b Reeves ..............150 M. A. Noble, c Shields, b c V. Crawford, b Buckenham ...................... 43 Reeves ..................36 A. J. Hopkins, c V. Craw­ ford, b Jayes ....................1 4 not out ................21 J. A. O’Connor, c Reeves, b Buckenham .......................12 W. J. Whitty, c Bucken­ ham, b Jayes .................... 4 W. Carkeek, not out............ 0 B 8, lb 4, nb 3 ...1 5 B 2, lb 2, w 1... 5 Total .................. 326 Total (7 wkts) 390 A n E n g l a n d . E l e v e n . O.M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Noble ... 8 0 48 1 ITrumper ... 13 0 66 0 H opkins... 23 2106 3 Gregory ... 6 0 35 0 Whitty ... 31 10 62 0 Ransford... 1 0 10 0 O’Connor.. 46*4 9 210 6 | Hopkins bowled one wide and Trumper one no-ball. A u s t r a l ia n s . First innings. Second innings. O. M R. W. O. M. R. W. Buckenham... 25 •1 103 4 .. ... 12 0 68 3 J. N. Craw ford 6 0 32 0 ... ... 6 0 25 0 Jayes ... ... 21-2 1 81 4 .. ... 12 1 57 0 King ... ... 10 0 47 1 ... .. 3 0 14 0 McGahey ... 7 1 36 1 ... ... 9 0 60 1 Reeves .. ... 2 0 12 0 ... ... 5*5 0 54 2 Douglas ... 10 0 68 1 Coe ... 7 1 37 0 V. F. S. Crawford ... ... 6 0 2 0 Buckenham bowled three no-balls and McGahey one wide. L A N C A S H IR E v. M ID D LE S E X . Played at Manchester on August 1 2 ,1 3 and 14. Lancashiie won by 243 runs. Lancashire lacked the services of Spooner, and Middlesex of Wells. MacLaren also was an absentee. On the first day the home side scored 355 in four hours and three-quarters, and Middlesex replied with 7 without loss. Hartley and Hornby made 56 for the opening partnership in 50 minutes, but this was quite surpassed by Tyldesley and Sharp, who put on 162 for the third wicket in 95 minutes. Of that number Sharp, who was quite at his best, claimed 8S, made without a chance ; he hit a 5 and eleven 4’s. Tyldesley, though giving no actual chance, was not seen at his best in making 131 out of 294 in three hours. His chief hits were sixteen 4’s. The innings closed somewhat suddenly, the last four wickets going down in four overs for five runs. There was a little rain during the night and Breerley, finding he could make the ball break back a little, bowled splendidly. The six first wickets fell for 69 and he obtained them all for 29 runs. After the third man had been sent back Worsley, in stopping one of his deliveries, split his thumb and Hornby kept wicket in his stead, llendren, badly missed when 8 by Hartley, hit well and put on 97 with Robertson in 55 minutes. Brearley secured 8 wickets for 68, and Lancashire, though leading by 151, elected to go in again rather than enforce the follow-on. After Hornby had been bowled at 29 Hartley and Tyldesley put on 95 in an hour and a-quarter for the second wicket. The latter, show­ ing quite his old form, seemed likely to make a hundred in the match for the second time, but when he had scored 53 out of 99 in 80 minutes he w7as out to a splendidly-judged catch at long-on. At the end of the day Lancashire, with six wickets in hand, were 316 runs on. On Saturday Hearne took five wickets in nine overs for 30 runs, the innings closing after 58 had been added in 45 minutes. There had been some rain in the early morning and the bowlers derived a little help from the ground. Middlesex were left with 375 to win and never appeared likely to make the runs. When the home side went out to field Hartley was absent; it trans­ pired that in making an attempt to catch a ball on the previous day he had broken a finger. So badly did the visitors fare that in 50 minutes they had five men out for 42. Tarrant played a free game and found a useful partner in Murrell, who was missed when 5, whilst Trott made 50 out of 5S in 38 minutes. The innings, however, realised only 131 and Lanca­ shire won very easily. Brearley took five wickets for 58. Score and analysis:— L a n c a sh ir e . First innings. A. H. Hornby, c Trott, b Mignon ..........................37 A. Hartley, c and b Trott 41 Tyldesley (J. T.), b Trott...131 Sharp (J.), st Murrell, b Tarrant ..........................88 Makepeace, c Hebden, b Tarrant ..........................14 K. G. Macleod, b Tarrant.. 11 Heap, c Tarrant, b Mignon 17 Huddleston, c Robertson, b Trott .......................... 1 Dean, st Murrell, b Trott... 1 W. Brearley, c Robertson, b M ig n on .......................... 3 Worsley, not ou t................... 0 Lb 10, w 1 ...................11 Second innings. b Trott.................. 14 c M u r r e ll, b Hearne ...........56 c Hendren, b Tar­ rant .................. 53 c Susskind, b Hearne ...........26 b b Mignon ... b Hearne ... c Susskind Hearne ........... c and b Hearne... notout................... c M u rre ll, b Hearne ........... absent hurt B 1, lb 4 ... Total ...355 First innings. G. L. Hebden, b Brearley... 5 Hearne (J. T.), b Brearley.. 21 J. Douglas, b Brearley ... 17 P. F. Warner, c Worsley, b Brearley .......................... 2 Tarrant, b Brearley .......... 16 W. P. Robertson, b Heap... 48 M. J. Susskind, b Brearley 0 Hendren, c Macleod, b Brearley ...................47 Murrell, c Makepeace, b Dean ..................................11 Trott, not out ................... 7 Mignon, b Brearley ........... 5 B IS, lb 5, nb 2 ... 25 Total ...................204 L a n c a sh ir e . First innings. O. M. R. W. M ignon.......... 23-2 0 98 3 ... Tarrant.......... 23 2 93 3 ... Trott ........... 22 2 68 4 ... H earn e.......... 26 4 85 0 ... Total.......... 223 Second innings, c Sharp, b Dean 5 c W o r s le y , b Brearley........... 0 b Brearley........... 0 b D ean................. 1 b D ean.................39 c Huddleston, b Brearley.......... 4 run out ........... 5 c Macleod, b Dean 1 b Brearley...........17 c H e a p , b Brearley...........50 notout................... 2 B 4, lb 2, nb 1 7 Total.. .. 131 Second innings. O. M. R. W. 2 38 1 2 77 1 2 49 1 3 54 6 , 10 , 26 17 . 19 Hearne bowled one wide. M id d l e s e x . Second innings. O. M. R. w . O. M. R. W. Brearley .. 24 3 3 68 8 ... ... 16-5 4 58 5 Dean .. .. 16 4 55 1 ... ... 16 2 66 4 Macleod... .. 3 0 26 0 ... Heap ... ... 8 3 14 1 ... Makepeace ... 3 0 16 0 ... Brearley bowled three no-balls. T E S T M A T CH SOUVEN IR . Copies of the Official Score, printed on satin, of the match played at the Oval between England and Australia, P rice !/■, including Postage. “ Cricket” Ofice: 168,UpperThamesSt., E.C.