Cricket 1909

408 CR ICK ET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. S e p t . 1 6 , 190 9 . H. GRADIDGE And SONS, Manufacturers of all Requisites for Cricket, Lawn Tennis, Racquets, Hockey, Football, and all British Sports. P A T E N T E E S A N D SO LE M A K E R S IF TH E U s e d b y all the Leading Players. Mfbde in Men's, 6urnII Men s, «r College, 6, 5, 4, <kS sizes. P rice L ists F r e e on ▲ppllcAtlom. Of all First-Class Outfitters and Dealers. Bebladlng a Speciality. Factory; A r t iller y P l a c e , WOOLWICH. NOTICE TO OUR R E A D E R S . W ith next week’s issue of C ricket we complete the weekly series for the season. Six numbers w ill be published during the W inter as follows :— No. 827.— O C T O B E R 28th, 1909. No. 828.— N O V E M B E R 25th, 1909. No. 829 . - D e c e m b e r 30 th, 1909 . No. 830.— JA N U A R Y 27th, 1910. No. 831.— F E B R U A R Y 24th, 1910. No. 832.— M A R C H 31st, 1910. The above series sent post free to any part of tbe world for 9d. 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The abstract and brief chronicle of the time. — Hamlet. T he record o f the Australians is now as follow s :— Matches played, 3 8 ; won, 13 ; lost, 4 ; drawn, 21. T h ey have won the toss 18 times and lost it 20 times. T h e ir form against L o rd Londes- borough’s E le v e n at Scarborough last week was very disappointing, and their defeat by 133 runs ju stly represents the difference in m erit between the tw o sides. T h ey won the toss and sent the home side in, but were outplayed from start to finish, first on a bow ler’s w icket and afterwards w hen conditions favoured run- getting. It was the batting o f H u tch in gs and Tyldesley in their second innings w h ich paved the w ay for the E n g la n d X I . ’s success, though the bow ling of C arr and Rhodes in the first stage o f the game must not be overlooked. It was the first defeat experienced by the Australians since they lost to E n g lan d at Edgbaston by ten w ickets at the end o f M ay. A ll that can be said in explanation of their latest reverse is that th eir cricket was inferior to that of their opponents. T w o of their Test-match players, G regory and Trum per, were not available, the form er on account of lameness and the latter owing to h is departure to M arseilles in order to catch a boat home. One can sympathize w ith the side in losing the services of so useful a batsman as Gregory ow ing to an accident, but the early de­ parture of T rum per for A ustralia is quite another matter. A s the side felt they w ould prove equal to undertaking the last few matches o f th eir tour w ithout the assistance o f one of their best players, they have no one but themselves to blame as their surm ise has proved incorrect. B u t the absence o f the two men nam ed can­ not be held responsible for the reverse sustained by the side. Th e plain truth is that the E n g la n d team showed by far the better cricket, and thoroughly de­ served to w in. T h e ab ility to play a good up -h ill game w hich has for so long been one o f the chief characteristics of Australian sides was conspicuous by its absence last week. E v e n when the ex­ cellence o f the E n g lis h bow ling is taken into account, it m ust be adm itted that the batting o f the Australians was u n ­ w orthy of the side. In their first innings seven of their wickets w ent down for 21, and in their second, when the w icket was in better condition for run-getting than at any previous tim e in the match, they were all dism issed for 159. W h e n E n g la n d w ent in the second tim e Hobbs required 18 runs to bring his total for the season to 2000. H e suc­ ceeded in m aking the number, scoring 39 before being stumped off Arm strong. T h e follow ing first-class matches have been played by the Australians at Scar­ borough :— 1878.—v. Gentlemen of England. Drawn. 1882.—v. 1 Zingari. Drawn. 1884.—v. I Zingari. Australians won by eight wickets. 1886.—v. An England XI. Drawn. 1885.—v. An England XI. The England side won by 153 runs. 1890.—v. An England XI. The Australians won by 8 runs. 1893.—v. An England XI. Drawn.