Lives in Cricket No 11 - CP Lewis

A.Bannerman was caught by his South Wales namesake at third man after having played carefully for 17. Two wickets for 60. The Australian captain, Gregory, was caught at short leg before he had scored any. Three for 60. Garrett succeeded him, and as he and Horan drove the slows to the boundary, J.T.D.Llewelyn resumed bowling at the same end as before. This bowler’s third over being hit for 8 runs, however, brought T.B. Jones as a substitute. Garrett made a fine cut to the boundary off Cobden, and a nice bit of fielding by Riches eliciting applause. A subsequent over of Cobden’s resulted in a cut for 2, a drive for one, and a leg hit for 4, and when the 100 was here put up the Australians were loudly cheered. C.P.Lewis replaced T.B.Jones as a bowler, and was cleverly hit to leg for 4 by Horan. Cobden bowled Horan off his thigh, and he retired amid applause, having made five 4s and five 2s, and contributed 38 to the score of 119. Four wickets for 119 when the lunch bell rang. Play was resumed with Garrett and Murdoch batting. With the second ball of the first over Cobden put Garrett out, who had made a good 25 and showed some hard hitting. Spofforth, the great bowler, then walked to the wickets. He ran some byes, snicked for 4; put up one between the wickets which the fielders failed to secure, and then was bowled by Cobden with a shooter. Six wickets for 138, of which the last made 8. After some quite steady play Bailey made a forward cut for 3, and Murdoch a cut to the boundary, when the latter’s leg stump was taken. Conway then took the bat, and some singles were made from the frequently changing bowlers. Bailey played splendid cricket, with some good cuts and drives. Conway was easily caught off Lewis. Eight for 194. At four o’clock the 200 was put up and cheered. Blackham came in next. Bailey drove Jenkins to the deep long on for 4, and then Blackham was easily caught in the slips. Boyle, the last man, made a fine draw off Lewis for 5, and then Bailey was bowled by a shooter. The innings concluded at 4.15 pm for 219, to which Bailey had contributed 45. The wicket was fast, and the batting of the visitors was rather steady and effective than brilliant. The fielding of the South Wales team was somewhat loose, with the exception of that of Elkington, Riches and Bannerman; and the laurels of the bowling belong to Cobden and Lewis. Schoolmaster at Llandovery College 53