Cricket 1911

M a r c h 30, 191 r. CR ICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 45 THE M.C.C. TEAM IN THE W E ST INDIES. [F kom O ur O wn C obkespondents .] B arbados , February 19th. 1 st M atch .— v. BABBADOS. Played at Kensington Oval on Feb. 8 and 9. Barbados won by an innings and 103 runs. In this game which was to have been com ­ menced on February 6th, no play was possible until two days later owing to an unusually heavy rainfall; and even when the game opened at noon on the 8th, the ground, which had been further affected by a shower overnight, never played perfectly. Winning the toss, the local team took the field, Brown and Whittington opening the batting for the visitors to the bowling of Worme, medium- fast, from the north end, and C. B. Browne, slow-medium, from the southern. Buns came slowly and after 50 minutes’ play three wickets had fallen for 31, of which Brown had contributed 14. Smith then joined Holloway, who had been playing a very patient game, and the left-hander began at once to score, causing a double-change in the bowling. W ith the total at 82 F. Austin, medium-left, who had replaced Browne, had the satisfaction of getting this batsman taken at point from a mishit, and after two hours’ play the innings closed for an addition of only 11 runs, Challenor and Austin meeting with pronounced success. At 3.40 the home team opened their innings with the brothers Challenor while the bowling was entrusted to Hearne (southern end) and Brown (north). Buns came freely at first, but with the score at 28 YouDg, who had replaced Brown, sent back G. Challenor, and at the same total Hearne got the other brother taken in the slips. Here the captain joined Tarilton and the stand of the match was seen—114 being added before a separation was effected. Tarilton, the first to leave, played a very slow game, taking two hours to score 28 whilst Austin was making 75. At 5.50 play ceased for the day, Austin and Good­ man retiring with 78 and 4 respectively. On the resumption next morning at 11 the two batsmen soon went and the brothers Browne added 25 for the sixth wicket, the elder being lafct man out for 66 scored in about 90 minutes. A. C. Somerset, who went on as a last change, was very success­ ful. In their second innings the visitors, who batted one man short, owing to an injury whilst fielding, fell for 2 short of their first, and of this Smith contributed 55 in good style without being dismissed. Worme and C. B. Browne bowled unchanged. It is, of course, too early to judge of the merits of the tourists, but so far they have not made a very favoui able impression, but doubtless as they get more accustomed to local conditions they will be seen to better advantage. Their strongest department appears to be their bowling. Young always seems to be trouble­ some, whilst Brown, when he can get his pace, will take a lot of playing. Score and analysis:— The M.C.C.’ s Team. First innings. Second innings. Brown, e Mason, b Worme 14 b C R. Browne... 16 T. A. L. Whittington, c c Yearwood, b Mason, b C. R. Browne... 4 Worme .......... 1 B. H. Holloway, bF. Austin 19 absent, hurt ... - B. C. F. Burton, lbw, b st Yearwood, b C. R. B row n e.................. 3 C. R. Browne... 0 S. G. Smith, e R. Challenor, b F. Austin ..................21 not out............. 55 Hearne (J. W .),b F. Austin 1 b Worme ........... 1 H. L. Gaussen, b G. Chal­ lenor .................................. 0 b C. R. Browne... 0 A. F. Somerset (capt.), b c C. R. Browne, G. Challenor .................. 5 b Worme........... 4 Young, c sub (Archer), b F, A u stin .......................... 2 b Worme ........... 0 A. C. Somerset, b G. Clial- c C. A. Browne, lenor .................................. 0 b Worme........... 1 D. S. G. Burton, not o u t... 0 b C. R. Browne... 5 Byes, &c......................24 Byes, &c. ... 8 Total ...........93 B arbados . Total...........91 R. Challenor, c W hit­ tington, b Hearne... 13 G. Challenor, b Young 11 P. H. Tarilton, b A. C. Som erset..................28 H. B. G. Austin (capt.), b A. C. Somerset ... S5 P. A. Goodman, c Whit­ tington, b Brown .. 28 C. A. Browne,c Brown, b Smith ...................66 C. R. Browne, b A. C. Somerset...................14 F. E. W. G. Austin, b A. C. Somerset ... 0 S. Worme, b A. C. Somerset.................. 3 L. T. Yearwood, cD. S. G. Burton, b Young 12 K. Mason, not out ... 1 Byes, &c..............26 Total T he M.C.C.’s T eam . ...287 First innings. O. M. R. W. Worme ........... 12 3 33 1 .. C. R. Browne. 14 6 16 2 .. Mason ........... 2 0 5 0 .. G. Challenor..i 7 1 9 3 .. F. Austin ... 6*5 3 6 4 .. B arbados . O. M. R. W. Hearne ... 21 7 87 I I A.C.Somer- Brown ... 12 1 48 1 set ... 19 1 62 5 Young ... 16 4 33 2 |Smith ... 12*1 4 31 1 Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 12*2 2 40 5 ... 12 0 43 4 O. M. R. W. 2 nd M atch .— v. BARBADOS. Played at Kensington on February 10 & 11. Barbados won by an innings and 22 runs. In this match Archer and Gibbs were substituted for Yearwood and Mason in the local team, whilst Simpson, of Demerara, assisted the visitors in place of Holloway, who had sustained an injury in the first game. Winning the toss, the visitors started on a much improved wicket and promised at one stage of the game to give a much better display, but after having reached the century with only four wickets down the remaining batsmen, with the exception of Simpson, failed. The local team opened well and had topped their opponents’ score with six wickets in hand before play ceased for the day. On the resumption on the second day Tarilton was run out with an addition of only 5 to the overnight score, but C. A. Browne, Gibbs and Archer by free cricket and assisted by some mistakes in the field enabled a very respectable total to be obtained. The visitors were again unfortunate in losing the services of D. C. F. Burton in the field, and consequently batted a man short in their second innings. The local side made their runs in about four hours and three-quarters. In the M C.C.’s second attempt Brown again showed good form and Gaussen made a use­ ful contribution, but the best stand was seen when the skipper partnered Hearne— the pair putting on 93 for the sixth wicket, but again the tail failed and the last three men added only as many, or as few runs. Hearne was last out for a well-played 50. Score and analysis:— T he M.C.C.’ s T eam . First innings. Second innings. H. L. Gaussen, c Archer, b c Gibbs, b C. R. C. R. B row n e ................... 6 Browne ............32 T. A. L. Whittington, c R. c F. Austin, b Challenor, b Worme ... 16 C. R. Browne 7 Brown, c F. Austin, b G. C h allenor..........................35 b F. Austin ... 31 S. G. Smith, c and b C. R. c R. Challenor, b Browne ........................... 8 G. Challenor ... 22 Hearne (J. W.), c C. R. Browne, b W orm e...........20 b Worme ............50 D. C. F. Burton, cTarilton, b C. R. Browne ...........18 absent.................... 0 A. F. Somerset (capt.), b C. R. Browne .................. 4 b C. R. Browne... 45 C. Simpson, c Gibbs, b G. c F. Austin, b G. Challenor.................. ... 27 Challenor ... 0 Young, c H. B. G. Austin, b C. R. Browne ........... 2 n otou t................... 0 D. S. G. Burton, b C. R. Browne ......................... 0 b C. R. Browne... 3 A. C. Somerset, not out ... 2 c Gibbs, b Wormo 0 Bye .......................... 1 Bye .......... 1 Total Total ...........191 R.Challenor,c Hearne, b A. C. Somerset ... 29 G. Challenor, lbw, b Hearne ...................16 P.H. Tarilton, runout 31 H.B. G. Austin (capt.), c and b A. C. Som­ erset ...........................22 P. A. Goodman, lbw,b Young ...................29 C. A.Browne, cYoung, b Smith ...................57 W. O. Gibbs, b Hearne 56 C. R. Browne, c A. F. Somerset, b Young 1 L. Archer, c D. S. G. Burton, b Smith ... 63 S. Worme, not out ... 26 F. E. W. G. Austin, c Simpson, b Smith 1 Byes, &c.................21 Total ...352 The M.C.C.’ s Team. First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. W orm e........... 17 1 69 2 ........... 22’2 2 68 2 C. R. Browne 21 3 60 6 ............ 21 2 59 4 G. Challenor.. 5-1 1 9 2 ............ 8 1 25 2 F.Austin ... 1 1 0 0 ........... 9 3 38 1 B arbados . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Hearne ... 27 3 102 2 IA. C. Som- Brown ..1 1 0 56 0 erset 18 3 63 2 Young ... 21 6 43 2 |Smith ... 22 4 67 3 3 rd M a t c h .— v. WEST INDIES. Played at Kensington on February 15, 16 and 17. The M.C.C.’s Team won by five wickets. The first Test match was a disappointment. Owing to quarantine restrictions, which were being imposed against Trinidad at the time, no representatives could be sent from that island, and added to this Layne, one of the Demerara men, who had gone thither, was unable to get across until the second day of the match, so that the West Indian eleven was practically a Barbados team with Simp­ son, of Demerara, substituted for P. A. Goodman. Again, a local man (Heath) had to be substituted for D. C. F. Burton, who was still liors de combat. Owing to these circumstances the local men took the game none too seriously. Winning the toss the “ representative” team took first use of a good wicket and had 197 on the board for the loss of three wickets. The next three added only 6 runs, however, and the innings closed after four hours’ play for 271, of which G. Challenor, after receiving a life early, contributed 75, put together in dashing style. He and his brother made 101 together for the opening partnership. Simpson also, at the end, played well for his runs, which came at a useful time. Young was mainly responsible for the downfall of the West Indians, who threw away their wickets in their anxiety to score. The M.C.C. team started well and at cessation of play for the day had lost one wicket for 72 runs. On the following day Whittington, who had given a very hard chance in the slips when he had scored 30, Smith and Holloway played well, and Young at the end contributed a useful 49. The two last- named added 88 together. The local team lost the services of Worme soou after the resumption, he having got a finger broken from a hard return fiom Smith, and thus the rather scant stock of bowlers was further reduced. In a minority of 17 the “ repre­ sentative” team opened very disastrously, as only 6 had been registered when two wickets had fallen, and when play ceased for the day they were only 70 runs on with four wickets down. On resuming the following morning Tarilton, who had opened the innings and had played an over-cautious innings, was soon out— at 108. Although C. A. Browne, Gibbs and Simpson each made a good con­ tribution the visitors were set only 148 to get, which, with Worme disabled, there was every expectation of their doing easily. W ith Gaussen out for 0 and Brown sent back at 44, the chances of the home team seemed more hopeful, and when Whittington went 2 runs later there was still a chance of