CRICKET.

Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 2589, 6 October 1905, Page 5

CRICKET.

CRICKETERS v. BOWLERS. The cricket season was auspiciously opened last Wednesday when teams representing above faced each other on the pitch on the recreation ground. The match was looked forward to with much interest from the time it was arranged and it was thought, in view of it being the first game of the season, that there would be very little difference in the merits of both teams. This assumption proved to be sadly out as will be seen by the scores. The cricketers went to the wickets first and much to the joy of the bowlers, were disposed of for 40 runs.] |This was considered a small score and the bowlers went to the wickets with fond hopes of wiping it oft. Yet, in spite of themselves the inevitable "procession" came, and with the exception of the first two batsmen, was repeated in the second innings—the total score then only comiug within 8 of the 40. In their apparent anxiety to score it will be noticed that the bowlers lost five wickets by run-outs. Want of practice was very noticeable on both sides, and no small amusement was caused by the antics of some of the players. Notwithstanding all this the match fulfilled its object in a manner which must have been highly satisfactory to the cricket club. The amount of enthusiasm which showed itself throughout may be taken, it is hoped, as a criterion of a successful season. Gardiner captained the cricketers and Gavin the bowlers. .\Cbeers were exchanged between each side at the conclusion of the game. Following are the

Bowling— McLeely, 2 for 6 ; Geisow, 0 for 4 ; Davis, 3 for 3; Browo, 2 for 1. THE AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS' ENGLISH TOUR. The batting and bowling averages of the Australian Eleven are appended. The figures do not include the two games in Scotland, Dublin University and South Wales. W. W. Armstrong has the honour of obtaining the best batting average of any Australian who played during a tour in England, beating Victor Trumper's figures of 48.49 of the 1902 visit. The manager of the team, F. Laver heads the bowling :—

scores:— Cricketers. W. Rogers, hit wicket, b Boyne j .. 2 J. W. Gardiner, b Reid .. 3 B. McLeely, b Reid .. 12 C. Davis, b Boyne ... .. 0 R. W. Geisow, b Boyne 8 M. Stanton, b Boyne 1 J. McLeely, c Boyne.b Reid ... 0 J. Olaen, not out 4 J. Lockie, b Boyne 0 A. Brown, b Boyne .. 5 R. Morris, run oat ... .. 0 Extras .. 5 ToUl .. 40 Bowling analysis—Boyne, 6 wickets for 26 runs; Geo. Reid, 3 for 11 ; M. J. Gavin, 0 for a Bowlers—First Innings. M. J. Gavin, c Stanton, b Geisow . 1 Geo. Reid, b Davis ... 1 W. D. Warren, b Davis 0 A. J. Pope, ran ont .. 0 J. S. Evans, ran oat 0 A. C. King.jb Davis 0 L. J. Lynch, c Staunton, b Geisow 0 A. Boyne, b Geisow... 4 Jai. Ward, b Geisow 1 J. C. McBride, b McLeely ... 0 C. D. Dagg, not ont 2 Extras 5 Total .. 14 Bowling—Davis, 3Jor 4; Geisow, 4 for 3; | McLeely, 1 for 2. Second Innings. Geo. Reid, b Davis ... . 4 M. J. Gavin, c Stanton, b McLeely . . 7 A. Boyne, ran oat ... . 0 A. J. Pope, b McLeely .. 0 W. D. Warren, b Davis 2 J. S. Evans, ran oat 0 J. Ward, ran ont ... 1 A. C. King, b Brown .. 0 A. Bonner, sub., b Brown ... 0 J. C. McBride, b Davis 2 C. D. Dagg. not oat .. 0 Extras 2 Total .. 18

BATTING. InNot AverName nings. Oat. Rons age. W. W. Armstrong 45 7 1893 49.81 M. A. Noble ... 46 2 2063 46.65 J. Darling 49 7 1644 39.14 C. Hill 46 3 1660 38.60 V. Trumptr 45 1 1597 36.29 R. A. Duff 42 0 1272 30.28 A. J. C. Hopkins 39 5 996 29.29 S. Gregory 27 3 620 25.83 A. Cotter 38 3 636 18.17 D. R. A. Gears ... 28 3 455 18 20 J. J. Kelly 30 11 340 1789 F. Laver 33 6 418 15.4S C. McLeod 38 5 491 14.87 P. New land 11 6 66 13.2 W. Howell 25 7 161 8.94 BOWLING. Name Wickets. Runs. Average. F. Laver 113 2052 18.15 W. W. Armstrong 121 2221 18 35 W. Howell 56 1112 19.85 A. Cotter 116 2409 20.76 C. Mcleod 70 1757 25.1 M. A. Noble ... 56 1464 26.14 R. A. Duff 9 247 27 44 A. J. C. Hopkins 24 782 32.58 V. Trumper, 0 for 4; J. Darling, 0 for 10; D. R. A. Genre, 0 for 12; i and C. Hill, 0 for 20, also bowled daring the tour.