CRICKET IN ENGLAND.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18457, 21 July 1923, Page 9

CRICKET IN ENGLAND.

GENTLEMEN , MEET PLAYERS.

. THEIR 200 th MATCH. (Received 5.8 p.m.).. Renter. LONDON, July 19. The' Gentlemen scored 451 for nine wickets against the Players, and then declared their innings closed, in the twohundredth match between the two sides. The match drew a large attendance to' Lords, arid was played on a perfect wicket.- ■'"■'. < ••" '

J. Bryan" arid Stevens opined cautiously for the amateurs again 3t the accurate bowling of Parkin, ■ Howell, Tate, and R. Kilner, only 56 runs being scored in 80 minutes, when Kilner boiled Bryan for 26. ! ';.' ,; ' ~'•■ ■ . . . Lyon soon commenced hitting, and the second wicket added 233 runs' before Smith, the wicketkeeper,' caught Lyon off Tate • for- 120, characterised by fine cutting. Kilner soon after bowled ; Stevens for 122. , ■ . >:..•;'■ ■■"■- ' v'j-fi'j 'si ■ ■•■ The Players .have scored • 119 runs for the loss :of four- wickets. : Showern necessitated several stoppages in play. ~ The scores are :— GENTLEMEN.-r-Firsfc Innings. '-': J. Bryan, b Kilner :'.':.' . . 26 '--■ Stevens, b Kilner ..v . . 122 ' Lyon, c Smith, b Tate '-...- 120 , i Chapman, c Smith, b Kilner 8 Lowry, Ibw, b Woolley .' ... . " 2 Carr, •b . Woolley . ' .. . . 25 Mann,' c and b Hearne ••;.'. 35 Fender; c Heridren, b Woolley 41 Arthur GiHigan, c Kilner, b Tate 25 White, ■ not out - '.:,.. ■■'•'.' 13 Louden, not out . . . . 5 .Extras . . . . . . 29. ."' Total for nine wickets . . 451 ' : PLAYERS:—First. Innings. ' Sutcliffe, b '.Gilligan ..' . . 3 'Hobbs, Ibw, b Louden . .. 6 Mead, c Lyon, b Stevens . . 35 Hendren, b; Fender ; ... .. 8 Hearne, not out ' . .■* ._ .. 33 'Woolley, not out ; .. r .. ,25 Extras • .. .' . '.:.:< ~. «;-.-■ 9 Total for four wickets .••«■ 119 NO EVIDENCE OF DECAY. LORD HARRIS OPTIMISTIC. A. and N,Z. ; ' LONDON, July 19. Lord , Harris, " presiding over the Cricketers' Fund meeting at Lord's, said that cricket to a great extent had /recovered front the war depression. . Enthusiasm for the game was never ''greater. -He i. did not at all' agree with Judge Moule, who said- in Australia that he feared that English j cricket was decaying. Lord Harris personally could see no evidence of decay in England, though it vyas only by a shave that we won the rubber in South' Africa. ' The amateur eleven did well against very strong sides in Australia. Good bowlers were ' coming on. and he thought in the future we would be as strong as ever. ■ .