CRICKET.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue 7379, 4 February 1902, Page 2

CRICKET.

ENGLISHMEN v. NEW SOUTH

WALES.

RECORD SCORING.

Received February 3, 3.58 p.m. Sydney, February 3. There was fine weather and a fair attendance to-day. Maclaren and Hayward had the bowling demoralised from the start. The third century was recorded in three hours fifty-two minutes. Kermode, however, terminated the great partnership. Maclaren tried an off drive from him, but dragged the ball on to the wicket. He had batted three hours fifty- seven minutes, and hit nineteen 4's, giving a most brilliant display of soxmd cricket. One wicket for 314.

Tyldesley filled the vacancy, and commenced with attractive play, while Hayward was scoring right merrily. A hundred runs were added to the overnight score in seventy - three minutes.

Hayward played a magnificent game, with clean, powerful driving, and cutting, and brought his innings to a close by placing one high in the slips, which Clarke secured. Hayward hit thirty 4'a, and was at the wicket four hours fifty-one minutes. Two wickets for 390.

Quaife then came in, and abandoned hiß stonewalling tactics which were unnecessary in the condition tbe bowling was in. The fourth century came on for five hours ten minutes play, and Tyldesley's half century appeared simultaneously. Carter kept the wickets finely, tbe score having reached 443 before a bye was debited to him. Tyldesley scored faster than his predecessors, all round the wickets. At the tea adjournment he bad made his best innings and his best performance so far in Australia. He made bis century in an hour and fifty-one minutes. At last, Hopkins cleaned bowled Tyldesley, who had batted a hundred and seventy-five minutes. His score included twenty-one 4's. Three wickets for 546.

Jessop's appearance was the signal for great cheering, the spectators expecting great things from him, especially as tho bowling was tired. Four strokes brought double figures up, his first 22 being made in six minutes. Quaife scored slowly, Jessop making 32 before the stonewaller added to his total. Jessop lifted one into the ladies' pavilion for 5, his next — a 4—4 — placing him ahead of Quaife, and bringing the sixth ceutuiy on the board. Another 4, and the demon's half,century was recorded in twenty-seven minutes. Still he went on (gelling 14 off one of Noble's overs) until Mcßeath scattered his stumps. Four wickets for 649. Jessop batted fifty-seven minutes, and hit fifteen 4's.

England— First innings. . Hay ward, c Clarke, b Truniper ... 174 Maclaren, b Kermode 167 Tyldesley, b Hopkins 142 Quaife, not out 52 Jessop, b Mcßeath 87 Garnet, not out 0 Extras 28 Total for four wickets ... 650

The annual cricket match between Taranaki and Wanganui will be commenced at Hawera to-inorro\v, and continued on Thursday. In a match between a team from the Janet Waldorf Company and a Napier Club team, A. E. Trott and Jones were not parted until the score-sheet showed 192, Jones being out for a hard-hit 80. With the score at 205 for one wicket, the innings was closed, Trott 118 (not out). The partnership between Trott and Jones was brisk, 150 runs being scored hi an hour.

An extraordinary batting feat, quite without parallel, was performed towards the end of October, at Barberton, by Captain A. C. Richards, of the Hants Regiment. Playing in a match between E and A Companies, Captain Richards scored 101 out of 106 from the bat in the first innings, and 185 out of 205 in the second, thus making in all 286 out of 311. No batsman on his side made double figures in either innings; and there were in all 12 ciphers. In the whole match, four innings completed, 369 of the 488 runs were made by two batsmen, Captain Richards on the one side, and Lieutenant Ashby on the other. Captain Richards also took eight wickets in the first innings of A Company. Mr J. Evans, a Taibape cricketer, broke bis arm during a match, a day or two ago, in a very simple manner, by trying to catch a ball that was being thrown to him.