CRICKET

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1745, 16 August 1905, Page 46

CRICKET

AUSTRALIA V. MIDDLESEX.

A WIN FOR THE COLONIALS. LONDON, August 10. At Lord’s to-day the Australians began a match against Middlesex. The weather was fine at the opening, and the wicket fast. There was a fairly large attendance of the public. Following are the teams :■ — Australia.—Hill, Darling, Trumper, Armstrong, Laver,Cotter, McLeod, Hopkins, Noble, Duff, and Kelly. Middlesex. McGregor, Bosanquet, Warner, Wills, J. Douglas, Stodgon, E. Beldam, G. Beldam, Hearne, Trott, and Tarrant.

Darling won the toss and elected to bat. The opening was none too reassuring, as Trumper was caught in the slips from the figst ball by Trott, and the same fieldsman disposed of Hopkins off his fourth ball. Hill, after scoring 4, was clean bowled by Beldam, the second and third wicket falling at 8. Noble and Armstrong were then associated, and stemmed the tide. Fifty appeared in forty-five minutes, and the total was taken to 119 before a separation was effected. Armstrong gave a fine display of hard driving, knocking up his score in fifty minutes. His score included six fourers. He gave a chance when he had made 5. Noble and Darling carried the total to 135, when heavy rain set in, and play was abandoned for the day. LONDON, August 12. A fresh wind was blowing when the match Australia v. Middlesex was resumed to-day. The wicket was a drying one. There was a fair attendance of the public. The Australians, whose first innings the previous day was interrupted by rain when they had made 135 runs for the loss of four wickets, continued batting. Noble (56) and Darling (10) added 5 to the previous day’s total, when Darling was dismissed by a catch by Bosanquet. Tarrant then went on to bowl, and Noble was stumped, off his first hall. He compiled his 68 in two hours in faultless style, hitting eleven fourers. Six wickets for 167. McLeod contributed 18, and Laver failed to score, the seventh and eighth wickets going at 197. Duff batted an hour before being stumped. Nine for 215. The last pair—Kelly and Cotter — livened up the game considerably, adding runs in quick time, until Kelly got out leg before to Trott, the innings closing f or 261. Scores: — AUSTRALIA. —First Innings. Trumper, c Trott, b G. Beldam ... 0 Hopkins, c Trott, b Bosanquet ... 0 Hill, b G. Beldam 4 Armstrong, c Wells, b Hearne ... 55 Noble, st McGregor, b Tarrant ... 68 Darling, c Bosanquet, b Trott ... 14 Duff, st McGregor,' b Trott... ... 37 McLeod, b Tarrant 18 -Laver, st McGregor, b Tarrant ... 0 Kelly,, lbw, b Trott 34 Cotter, not out ... • •• ••• 20 Sundries ... ••• H Total ... ••• ••• 261 Bowling analysis—G. Beldam, two for 23; Bosanquet, one for 39; Tarrant, three for 66; Hearne, one for 33; Trott, three for 69; Wells, nil for 20. . . Middlesex opened their innings with Warner and Douglas. The first wicket fell at 10, and the second at 23. Tarrant, after being 30 minutes -at the wickets without scoring, while Warner was putting on runs, warmed up, and put together 20 before being dismissed. Three wickets for 84. With the exception of Warner, none of the others made any stand, and five wickets were down for 90, and seven for 108. Then Warner’s time came., In trying to hit Armstrong he got leg before. His innings occupied two hours fortyfive minutes, and was marked by good all round play. He gay© a chance when he had made 52. Eight for 142. The ninth wicket fell with the score unaltered, and the last wicket put on only three runs. Scores: — MIDDLESEX.—First Innings. Warner, lbw, b Armstrong ... 82 J. Douglas, c Hill, b Cotter ... 2 G. Beldam, b Cotter ... 8 Tarrant, c Kelly, b Laver 20 Bosanquet, b Armstrong ... ... 0 Wells, o Kelly, b Laver ... ... 0 E. Beldam, b Cotter 4 Stogdon, b Cotter 6 Trott, c Kelly, b Armstrong ... 0 Hearne, c Laver, b Noble 3 McGregor, not out y Sundries Total ... .«• ••• Bowling analysis—Cotter, four for 43; McLeod, nil for 23; Armstrong,

three for 20; Laver, two for 20; Noble, one for 19. • The Australians in their second innings had lost one wicket for 19 when stumps were drawn. LONDON. August 13. The cricket match Australia v. Middlesex wa§ concluded yesterday, and was won by the colonials by 132 runs. The Australians declared their second innings closed with nine wickets down for 195 runs. Duff played a dashing innings all round the wicket, and hit ten fourers. Scores:— AUSTRALIA. —Second Innings. Hopkins, st McGregor, b Trott ... 13 Kelly, b Trott ... ... ... 8 Trumper, c and b Trott ... ... 32 Duff, fc Hearne ... ... ... 66 Ai’mstrong, not out ... ... 41 Darling, b Hearne ... ... ... 7 Hill, b Hearne ... ... ... 2 Noble, lbw, bG. /Beldam ... ... 0 Cotter, cG. Beldam, b Hearne ... 4 McLeod, b Hearne ... ... ... 3 Laver, not out ... ... ... 4 Extras ... ... ... ... 15 Total for nine wickets ... ... 195 First innings ... ... ... 261 Aggregate ... ... ... 456 Bowling Analysis.—G. Beldam, one for 25; Bosanquet, nil for 29; Trott, three for 61; Hearne, five for 34; Tarrant, nil for 24; Wells, nil for 7. In the second innings of the Middlesex team Armstrong was unplayable, and secured a fine average. Wells waa missed twice. Scores:— MIDDLESEX.—Second Innings. Warner, o and b McLeod ... 14 Douglas, b Armstrong ... ... 42 Bosanquet, b Armstrong ... ... 9 G. Beldam, c Trumper, b Laver ... 7 Tarrant, b Armstrong ... ... 8 Wells, b Armstrong ... ... 31 Stogdon, st Kelly, b Armstrong 15 Beldam,/not out ... ... ... 26 McGregor, lbw, b Armstrong ... 0 Trott, o McLeod, b Armstrong ... 6 Hearne, lbw, b Armstrong * ... 2 Sundries ... ... ... 19 Total 179 First innings ... ... ... 145 Aggregate ... ... ... 324 Bowling Analysis.—Cotter, nil for 42 ; McLeod, one for 22: Armstrong, eight for 50; Laver, one for 46.