CABLE NEWS. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.-COPYRIGHT.]

Evening Post, Volume LXIX, Issue 118, 20 May 1905, Page 5

CABLE NEW S. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.-COPYRIGHT.]

THE AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS MATCH AGAINST GENTLEMEN OF ENGLAND. SECOND DAY'S PLAY.. COLONIALS AT TUB WICKETS. SOME BIG SCORING. FINE DISPLAY BY ARMSTRONG AND DARLING,, [press association.] (Received .May 20, 9.3 a.m.) LONDON, 19th May. The \vcath«i- was bright and the wicket fast for the second day's play in the cricket match, Gentlemen of England v, the Australian Eleven. Ths attendance in tho morning numbered two thousand, and increased later in tho day. Tho Australians, who had lost ono wicket for 53 runs when stumps wore drawn the previous day, continued their innings, Gregory (25) and How«ll (6), the two not out men resuming their places at tho wickets to the bowling of Brearley and Pritdiard. Tho batting partnership, however, was quickly dissolved, llowell added a single and was then dismissed by an easy catch by Warner at mid-on. Two for 55. Duff was tho third man in. Martyn caught Gregory at tho wickote when ho had made 38. Tho retiring batsman was missed in the same, ovor by Wynyard in tho slips. Thrco for 84. Ono ovor of Prhehards had yielded 16 runs. Trumpcr, who followed Gregory, notched 6, when in trying to 3top ono from Broarley ho hat. the misfortune to 1)0 bowled off his pads. Four for 94. • Armstrong than joined Duff, and tho two batsmon hit freely, runs coming in fast. Duff mado two splendid drives for four, and ono lucky hit over the slip's bend, tho ball being lost. Beldam replaced Pritchard, starting wit.i a ,iew ball, the total then being 124. Duff now showed less vigour than bofore, but his cricket was excellent. Armstrong was also in fine form, and very savoro on M'Donnell, who displaced Brearley. Ho am do t^iree fours oft two of tho new bowler's overs, and it soon became apparent that the batsmen wen) easy mastera of the situation. Duff reached 50 in soventy-fiv© minutes. When ho had registered 67 li« was beaten by Evans, but tho ball missed tho wicket. Armstrong's half century took an hour to compile. Two hundred went up at tho end of 135 miuutes" play, fourteen being knocked off ono over of M'DonnclPs. Duff, when ho had 80 lo his credit, gavo a chanco to tho wicketkecper, who was standing back, off Pritchard, but tho opportunity was lost. Tho runs contiiied to com© at a tremendous pace, 25 appearing in two overs— l 4 from Pritchard and 11 from Evans. When ho had made 94 Duff, in hitting right across the ball, was bowled by Brearley. Ho batter 130 minutas, and gavo n. brilliant display, making fourteen fourers. Tho partnership lasted 105 minutes, and was characterised by fierco hitting during tho last twenty minutes. Tho scoring board showed 250 for a littlo ovor two and a half hours' play. Five for 270. _ ■ Noblo joined Armstrong, and when tJio luncheon adjournment camo Armstrong had compiled 89, while- Noble had not broken his "duck." On resuming there was a- quick dissolution. Noble, after ho had mado 4, was bowled by Brearley with a fine ball, which broko back enough to beat the batsman, displacing tho leg stump. Six for 282. • ' With the appearance of Darling a long and brillmnt partnership commenced. Armstrong, continuing to play splendidly, icachod his century in n little over two hours. Ho made many line strokes, including two fourers in quick succession. Tho board showed 300 at the end of throe and a half hourtt' play, and 150 appeared to Armstrong's. credit after batting three hours. Darling, who had then 26 to his credit, also began scoring very fast, an hour afte-r lunch yielding 80 runs. Tho bowling by this time was pretty well worn out. Following aro tho scores:— M'Lcod, b Brearloy .•.. 21 Howell, c Warner," b Pritchard ... 7 Gregory, o Martyn, b Brcwlty ... 38 Duff, b Breavley 94 Trumper, b Brearley ... „.. 6 Noble, b Brcarloy ... »„■ *„ 4 Armstrong, not out ... ... kt . 232 Darling, not out „. 101 Total for six wiekots *.« ... 523 NOTES ON THE GA.ME. It was thought that tho Gentlemen of England had done well in compiling 300 for their first innings; but tho Australians have demonstrated what can bo dono by coloniala in bright weather on a fast wicket. Thero w-as nothing unusual about the play of the Australians, however, until tho advent of Armstrong and tho partnership with his captain. No wonder the recorder of the game put in the pathetic note that "tho bowling was pretty woJl worn out." Scoring at tho rat© of 80 »uns an hour is likely to take tho sting out of tho bowling, Mid tho heart out of tho bowlers. Ino report shown that 300 runs were seorod in 210 minutes, and that tho Victorian made 150 runs in 180 minutes. A hard hitter is Armstrong. During Lost season, when playing for his club in Melbourne against the University team, ho scored 438 off his own bat. During tho 1899 t-oiir of Darling's team in England Trumpor scored 300 not out against Sussex (Fry's team), the total for tho Australians' batting being 624 for 4 wickota (Worrall 128 and Darling 56 not out), tho innings beiug declared closed. Fry's team mado 414 (Fry 181 and Killick 106) and 143 for 4 wickets, the match being drawn. That, liko the one vow being played on Lord's, was a memorable game for cricketers. In tho 1893 tour the Australians compiled 843 runs against tho combined Universities, A. C. Bannorman scoring 133, W. Bruco 191, H. Trmublo 105, Turner 66, G. Giffen 43, ,Lyons 51, Graham 83. Tho 'Varsity inon mado 191 (Ranjitsinhji 44) ana 82 for ono wickot. M'Laron's team, in its 1902 tour of Australia, did some hinh scoring against tho New South Wales team by knocking up 769 runs (M'Laren 167, Hnywnrd 174, Tyldesloy 142, being tho first three wickets), and tho Sydney players mado 432 (Sid Gregory 147), and 2"09 (Gregory 75), « one-innings defeat. Tho record for tho highest individual score in first-class cricket is held by A. 0. M'Laren, with 424, made for Lancashire against Somerset in 1895.