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

Evening Post, Volume LXIX, Issue 119, 22 May 1905, Page 5

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

+ THE AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS ♦ MATCH AGAINST GENTLEMEN OF ENGLAND. DECISIVE VICTOHV FOR THE COLONMALS. HOME TEAM ALL OUT FOR 66 RUNS. [riIESS ASSOCIATION.] LONDON, 20th May. Tho mnU-h Australians v. Gentlemen of England, was resumed to-day. Tho weal her was cloudy after tho rain, and thoro was a largo attendance of tho public. Tha Gentlemen of England failed to make a stand in their second innings, and .vero all disposed of for 'tho small total of 66, Heaving tho Australians winners by an innings and 189 runs. Cotter and Noble opened the attack, and tho latter displaced Pritchard's stumps before any alteration waa inndc in the overnight score. Threo for 18. Martyn, who was content to keep his wicket, up, remained at 4 while Fry put on 26. Fry showed good form, and made five fourers — all to log. During tho first half hour only 3 runs wow scored tiff Cotter. The first change in tho bowling was then made, Layer going on in place of Cotter. Fry cut him for four, but was out in tho first over — he sent ono straight back to Lavcr, tho bowlor taking a sharp catch. Four for 45. Martyn slowly compiled 9, and then failed to negotiate a good boll irom Lavcr. Fivo for 53. Tho remainder of tho wickets fell in quick time, M'Laren being the only ono who showed a disposition, to keep his wicket intact. Layer disposed of Beldam by an easy catch from a high return. Six for 57— M'Laron 5. Wyuyard fell to a nice .ight-hand catch by Howell in the slips off Layer. Seven for 65 — .M'Laron 10. Layer waa bowling finely, with just enough break and a good variety of pace. M'Laren was next to go, Noblo, at short-leg, making an ea-sy catch. Eight for 65. Evans added a single, and then lost Foster, who, without scoring, was caught by Newland. Nine for 66. B^earley, the last man, succumbed to an easy catch by Cotter nfc third man, Howell oecuring threo wickotfl in tho last over o! tho match. Tho bowling to-day was superb, but tho wicket aiay have been affected by tho rain. Following are tho scores : — GENTLEMEN OF ENGLAND. First inninga 300 Second Innings. Warner, b Cotter .. .. i., 0 M'Donnell, b Noblo ... .. „. 5 Pritohnrd, b Noble .. .... ... 5 Martyn, b Layer .. .. ». 9 Fry, c and b Layer .. .. ... 26 Beldam, c and b Lavcr „ „. 1 Wynyard, c Howoll, b Layer ... 3 M'Laren, c Noble, b Howell ... 10 Foster, c Newland, b Howell „. 0 Evans, not out . . . . ... 1 Brearley, c Cotter, b Howell „. 0 Extras .. „ 6 Total Tf> Bowling Analysis. — Howell, 3 wickets for 1 run; Cotter, 1 for 23; Noble, 2 for 23; Layer, 4 for 13. AUSTRALIA. First tunings (6 wickets) .. ... 655 NOTES ON THE GAME. Tho Gentlemen of England all out for 66! Thero will naturally be much rejoicing over this groat victory in cricketing circles in the Commonwealth, and tho critics who declared that the batsmen of England would knock tho cover oil the Australian bull must now admit that they wero too previous and too pessimistic in their forecasts. The match concluded at Lord's co sonsntionally on Saturday really j was a contest between the representatives of the amateur players of England and of Australia, for Darling, Noble, Hill and Co. are as purely amateurs as Warner, Fry, MncLaren tuid Co. It has been a great achievement, ranking as ono of tho best in cricket history, for Darling's team to get rid of such a strong batting combination for 66 runs, of which Fry and MacLareu, two of the finest batsmen in tho world, modo more than half. Lavcr comes out of the contest with flying colours, capturing six wickets for ten runs a piece — which whs slightly better than his average for the thirteen wickcta ho took in the Oxford match— and tho captives of his ball included Warner and Fry. Tho manager of the visiting team has certainly established himself as the bowler of tho team, and still threatens to get a place in the team which plays tho first test match next week. llowcll, whose only other game dining tho present tour was against Notts, in which ho did nothing with either bat or ball, has come out of tho battle sensationally, although his one wickot in tho first innings (Henry Foster's) cost him 30 runs. But to capture MacLaren, Foster, and Brcarloy in one over for ono run is a great feat. It has already been mentioned in these notes that "the popular Sydney player made his introduction in English crioket by a sensational bowling feat. The incident is worth rehearing. It was in the match against Surrey on the Oval in the 1899 tour, in which game Howell captured tho whole ten wickets for 28 runs, and got five more in the second innings for 34 runs. It is interesting at this stage to reprint an extract from a critical article by L. '0. S. Poidevin, an ex-Sydney! player, who settled in England somo time ago and who nows playa for Lancashire. Poidevin, it will bo remembered, nlso played for the Gentlemen of England against tho Australians in tho first match of the presont lour. Ho wrote as follows in the Athletic News: — "Darling is the only one whose Australian form evidences j a falling off. lie has been chosen purely on his reputation. And yet as an Australian I am right-down g'.ad that he is in tho team, lie is a man who lives a regular steady life, and is as sound as a bell, in fine condition, and one of tho most conscientious of cricketers. With tho bat he is a stubborn never-to-be-hustled stonewaller or a resolute and poworful hitter. The sort of man to bido over tho crisis or to knock a bowler off his length — just whatever the occasion demands. And he is a left-hander. I do not think he is a bit too old to be again successful. Neither are any of his comrades. Tho bowling is altogether lacking in variety. There's Noble, Hopkins, llowcll, and M'Lcodj four mediumpaced right-hand trundlers, nil with a tendency to break from the off, and for nil practical purposes much the same sort of bowlers. Cotter supplies about tho only spice of variety to a monotonously similar nttnek. At present he is exceptionally fust, with erratic tendencies, lie has not the length or steadiness of Ernie Jones, but theso should come to him with tho regular practice that would appear to bo in front of him." These opinions were expressed In-fore the team reached i^nglnnd, and in the light of recent events they aro given added interest. In considering the result of the (second match against the Gentlemen, & baa to be.

remembered that whilst the Englishmen played two full innings with tho bat. making an aggregate for the twenty-two wickets of 366, (heir opponents scored 555 runs for tho loss of t>ix wickets, having declared their first innings closed with Armstrong going strong and unbeateu wiiu 248 to his credit, and Darling alw Ntonng rapidly, and having scored 117 not out. Armstrong (56) and his captain (20) also played a not-out gainu against Notts on the 10th inst., when the inninge was declared .it 234 for four wicketa. '1 lit? .scoiing of these two batsmen was tremendously lapid. The following batLing htorew of Armstrong during tho present tour indie.tl.o the form the Victoiiun ih in :~37, 14, 112, 56 not out, 83, 59, 0, 25, and 248 not out — which gives him the remarkable average of just over" 90 runs. THE AVERAGES. The batting and bowling averages of the Australians nro appended (the figures include the second game against " The Gentlemen ") : — BAITING. Inn. N.O. Una. Ay. W. W. Armstrong / ... 9 2 67j46 7 j4 00.57 M. A. Noble ... 9 0 465 51.66 C. Hill 5 0 250 50. .7. Darling 9 2 291 41.57 R. A. Duff 9 0 311 34.55 A. Cotter 5 1 124 31 V. Trumper 9 0 254 28.22 P. Newland 3 3 25 25 C. M'Leod 8 2 122 20.33 D. 11. A. Gehrs ... 2 0 37 18.5 A. J. C. Hopkins ... 7 1 105 17.6 S. Gregory 5 0 60 12 F. Layer ... „. 3 0 28" 9.33 J. J. Kelly 3 0 17 5.66 W. Howell 2 0 10 5 BOWLING. Wkts. Rns. Ay. F. Layer .. ..26 289 11.11 W. W. Armstrong 11 213 19.36 C. M'Leod . . . . 14 316 22.57 W. Howdl ..4 102 25. 5 A. Cotter .. 13 352 27.07 M. A. Noble ..8 264 33 A. J. U. Hopkins . . 4 217 54.25 R. A. Duff (1 for 9) has also bowled. SUMMARY OF MATCHES. The rcsulta of the tour from an Australian view are as follows : — Gentlemen of England (first match), drawn. Notts, drawn. Surrey, drawn. Oxford University, won by 200 runs. Gentlemen of England (second match), won by an innings and 189 runs. LIST 01 CENTURIES. AUSTRALIA. M. A. Noble, 162, Gentlemen of England (first match). W. W. Armstrong, 112, Notts. W. W. Armstrong, 248 not out, Gentlemen of England (second match). J. Darling, 117 not out, Gentlomen of England (second match). ENGLAND. A. O. Jones, 103, Notts. T. Hay ward, 129 not out, Surrey. At the conclusion of fho second match with tho Gentlemen, tho Australians had scored 2871 juiis, and their opponents 1925. THE TEST MATCHES. LONDON, 20th May. Jackson is to captain tho Englishmen in tho test matches against tho Australians. [The intimation that Mr. F. S.. Jackson has been selected as the captain of All England's team for the te3t match which begins on the Trent Bridgo ground, Nottingham, comes as a surprise. It was expected that tho honour would have fallen upon Warner, whoso team won "those ashes" on tho Australian wickets last season. Warper has also done fairly well against the colonials this season, scoring 85 in the first innings of the game which corfchided on Saturday. Then there aro other famous captains, such as MucLnren, who won the county championship with his team of Lancastrians last season ; C. B. Fry, who has charge of the Sussex team ; and A. 0. Jones, of Notts. Jackson is not even a county captain, for tho veteran Lord Hawke had charge of the Yorkshire team last season. By tho way, it is the Yorkshire team that the Australians meet to-day. Jackson, however, has had n, great deal of experience in test matches, having taken part in fifteen such international contests against Australians, and being second highest in test match averages with 41.86 for 24 innings. Ranjitainhji is the highest with 44.95 for 26 innings. Jackson's average with the bat for last season in all first-class matches was 45 08 for 25 innings, being twelfth on ''he list of averages, and he scored 206 against Gloucestershire and 159 not out for the South of England against the South African team.]