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Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXII, Issue 12690, 29 May 1905, Page 3

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THE AUSTRALIANS V.;: LANCASHIRE-. THE COLONIALS WIN EASILY. United Press Association—Per Electric . " Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, May 26. The weather was bright and warmer, and the wicket fairly hard when the match Australians v. Lancashire was resumed today. The attendance numbered 2000. The over-night partnership between Hill and Hopkins was quickly ended. Hopkins added'four, and then a ball;from Brearley glanced off his glove,- Poidevin at second slip taking a nice catch.—Sis for 316 (Hill 149). In the saine over, Hill, in trying to pull a rising ball, .skied it, Tyldesley, at short leg, running in, secured the. catch. Hill batted, 170 minutes, and gave a grand display of driving and cutting, doing scarcely any .'scoring on the leg'side. His score included'a six .and eighteen fours.; —Seven for 317.' Laver made i 6, and! .was then dismissed by a catch at sharp-mid-on, off Hallows^ —Eight for 346 (Mc--Leod 14). , Kelly next 'fell to a shooter; from Brearley when., he had made eight.—: Nine for 371, / Howell, the last man, man-; aged to score, a single, '.and then playedBrearley- on to "his wicket, the innings., which lasted 275. minutes, closing for 373, McLeod being not. out-. with 30. - The following are.ith'e scores:— AUSTRALIANS:—Ist Innings. Dnff, b Kermfide.'. - .: . 48 Trumper, c Findlay, b,-&ennode ......... - 36 Noble, c anil b Breajiey ..a 28 Gregory, b Brearley :...: 12 Gehrs, c Hornby, b Brearley 16 Hill, c Tyldeslevj'b Brearley 149 Hopkins, c Poidevin; 'b- Brearley 11 Laver, o Sharp, b Hallows 16 McLeod, ■ not out'' 30 Kelly, b 8 Howell, b Brearley 1 Extras ~.....,'...7..;............: 18 , Total Bowling analysis—ißrearley 7. wickets for US mode, 2 for 83; 'Sharp;, 0 for 28. . THE CHAMPION.: COtINTY AT THE WICKETS.

The county opened their first innings with Maclaren and' Spooner to the bowling of Laver and Howell. Thirty appearea after fifteen minutes' play, of which Mac Laren had made 24, including four fours. With the score at 28, made in . twenty minutes, MacLaren. in playing forward to McLeod in the' latter's first over, was bowled.—One for 36. At the/luncheon adjournment, the 'board showed one for 41 {Spooner 9, Tyldesley 0). , After lunch Spooner, who had. made 13, was cleverly caught Jby Kelly at the wickets off had made 19, Ms consiating oL-foiir fonre and s three, compiled in ten minutes. Garnett' came to his assistance, and both batemeu . were active. Buns came fast, a humored appearing in 65 minutes. With-hiVscore at 45, Tyldesley's "career- came to an ' end through a brilliant catch by Noble at second slip. The retiring batsman -Had made nine fours.—--Three for 106 (Garnett 16). Without an addition to the total Garnett in the next | over had his middle stump' removed by Laver. Poidevin, |before £e lad opened his account, was sent to the right-about through a catch by Laver low down at second slip.—Five for 110. The sixth, wicket fell at 123, Kelly snapping up Hallows at the wicket' when . the. latter had made eight. Hornby made a similar score, and. was caught ;by Duff at mid-off, - off Laver.—Seven for 140. Findiay failed to score, "and then placed a ball, from Mc-. Leod in Gehrs'bands it _mid-on.—Eight for 140. Sharp lost Kermbde when the latter bad made 21; 'he Vas 'caught by McLeod off Hopkins. - Hi^Tscofe included a drive for six.—Nine for '185: . The last wicket" provided a. spirited • partnership, lasting forty minutes, \Twenfy minutes later, and with 21 added to the total, Brearley was dismissed by a catch'by Gregory at cover point. Sharp, who catried out his bat, was 95 : minutes at the wickets, and made his runs through judicious hitting on the off-side. ' , :v.,'. The following 'are- the .ficores:— LANCASHIBE.rr-lst Innings. MacLaren, b McLeod 28 Spooner, c Kelly, b Howell .. 13 Tyldesley, c Noble, b McLeod 45 Garnett, b Laver 16 Poidevin, c Kelly, b McLeod .......7.... 0 Hallows, c Kelly, b. McLeod 8 Hornby, "c Duff, b Laver 8 Findlay, c Gehrs, b McLeod 0 Sharp, sot out 52 Kermode, c McLeod, b Hopkins 21 Bjearley. t Gregoryj " Extras 13 Total 221 - Bowling analysis—Laver, three wickets for 62 runs; Howell, 1 for 54; McLeod, '5 for 49; Hopkins. 1 for 26; Noble, 0 for 17 SECOND INNINGS OF THE LIANSThe Australians,".-in! their second innings, .had lost .three wickets for 83 when play closed for the' day. Tmmper was bowled by Brearley 'with, a shooter when he had scored 14.—-One f0r,17. The same bowler accounted' for Hill, whose off stump was removed- by a ball which kept low.— Two for 31 (Duff 11). Sixty appeared at the end of forty minutes'. p!ay^„ Nine minutes later Duff-played one. from Kermode on to his wicket, retiring for 37. His inning was marked'by powerful pulling. Noble and .Howell played out time, the score standing at three wickets for 83 runs. Received 4.50 p.m., "May -28 th. LONDON, May 27. The match was resumed in fine, but cooler weather. The wicket was hard, and the' attendance of spectators numbered 2000. Kermode and Brearley. were the first bowlers. The batsmen commenced steadily. With tea added to'his over-night score, Howell gave a catch off Kermode to Hornby at third man. The bat flew out of his hand in 'making, the stroke.—Four for 98 (Noble 25). Gregory then joined Noble, andXthe wicket playing well, the ball was kept moving. Both batsmen were active and were soon well"round the corner of the century." Noble's severe punishment'of Brearley caused a change of bowling, "Sharp going on. Noble in playing back, at a shooter in the new bowler's second over had his stumps displaced. He played sound , and faultless cricket and took ninety minutes in compiling his 52. Five for 150. Gregory brought his score to 33 before he lost Gehrs wlio, when 13, , in. playing a late ball from Sharp had his middle stump removed. He showed poor form. Six for 178. Hopkins, when at five played one froni Sharp on to his wic ket.—Seven for 184 (Gregory 34). In the next over, with the total unaltered, Gre-1 gory retired caught by Garnett at third | slip, off Kermode. * He batted for eighty minutes. Sharp made short'work of Laver, sending his middle stump spinning when he : had made four runs.:—Nine for 196 (McLeod 8). With the first ball of the next over, Kermo'de removed McLeod's middle stump. "Kelly, the last- man, was given no chance to- score.- The Australians had been at the wickets for 165 minutes. The following are,the scores:— AUSTRALIANS.—2nd Innings. Trumper, b Brearjpy 'l4 Duffj b Kermode 37 Hill, b Brearley -2 Howell, c Hornby,\b Kermode 11 Ncble, b Sharp :....... 52 Gehrs, b Sharp 13 Gregory, c Garnetty-b.Kermode 34 Hopkins, b Sharp 5 Laver, b Sharp ....... 4 McLeod, b Kermode ° Kelly, not out « - Extras •••••• »' Total ..;•••.» 196 . Bowling analysis—-Brearley 2 wickets tor 74, Hallows 0 for 15, Kermode 4 for 64, Sharp 4 for 27. TpE CHAMPION COUNTY BEATEN. Received 12.18 a.m.. May 29th. LONDON, May 27. Lancashire commenced their second innings after the luncheon adjournment. The attendance increased during the afternoon to 12.000. MacLaren and Spooner were the first batsmen. The former monopolised the run-getting and made three successive fourers off Howell, added four more, then I Spooner faced Laver, who with a swerver! removed his bails before he had opened his 'account.—One for 16. MacLaren carriedthe score to 23, when he was caught off Laver. He was batting for only fifteen minutes and made four fourers.—Two for 23. Duff was wicket-keeping, Kelly having slightly damaged'his finger. Tyldesley and Garnett then got together, and played steadily until Garnett had his middle stump removed by a good ball sent down by Laver.—Three for i 65 (Tyldesley 14). Two wickets fell without any alteration to the score, Tyldesley being dismissed by an easy catch by Laver at second slip, and Sharp was bowled by McLeod with the first ball he received. Hallows,at three succumbed to a catch bv Laver low down off McLeod. —Six for 69. Hornby was bagged by McLeod first ball —Seven for 69. Poidevin who had partnered Tyldesley saw four wickets fall while he put on five run ft, and was then caught by Howell at the wicket.—Eight for 81. : Kermode made things lively while he lasted, knocking np fourteen in five hitsj then Laver found rns

sticks.—Nine for 97 (Findlay 10). Bfearley contributed seven, Laver bringing about the end with a catch at second slip, Findlay remaining not out for 10. From start to finish the innings took.eightly minutes, the splendid bowling on a worn wicket 'being the chief , factor in the quick dismissal, but the batting was of a most reckless description. This was the first; defeatLancashire had suffered since that by Yorkshire in 1903. The following are the scores: — LANCASHIRE—2nd Innings. Spooner, b Laver .. ... 0 MacL'aren," c sub, b Laver 23 Tyldesley, c Layer, b McLeod 14 Garnett, b Laver ................ 19 Poidevin, c Howell, b Laver . 5 Sharp,-b McLeod 0 Hallows, c Laver, b McLeod ..........i. 3 Hornby, b McLeod : 0 Findlay, not out .y Kermode, b Laver ;\.14 Brearley, c Laver, b McLeod 7 Extras ' 9 Total- . .104 Bowling analysis.—Howell 0 for ;35; Laver (who bowled twelve overs) 5 wickets for 44, McLeod (six overs and three ba-.ls) 5 for 16. - ! The .Australians won by 244' runs. [Lancashire was champion county last year, and 1 though Cuttell, one of the best bowlers, was not; in the team, it was veiy "strong, and a much better fight- was looked for. Tyldesley, Hallows, Sharp and Ker l, made are the only professionals, and thus a feature was the large proportion- of _ama-; • teurs' that were playing for Lancashire. Poidevin and Kermode are two ex-Sydney cricketers: So far this is best win the Australians have registered, and it is. a worthy one.] FRY A DOUBTFUL PLAYER. - LONDON, May 26. Fry telegraphed to Lord Hawke to-day—-"Am much better, but fear am doubtful for Monday." SCREENS AND LONG HITS. LONDON, May 26, The Board of Control for the test matches met- at Lords ground this afternoon to consider a letter from the ihg that screens be erected behind both' wickets in the test- matches, and asking that hits to the ropes should count four, 5 and over the ropes six. " Letters were read from the Notts committee objecting to screens unless the Board ordered them, and from the Marylebone Club stating that a screen at the pavilion endat Lord's was .impracticable. The Board decided not to; interfere "with the discretion' of the*- local -management in - the matter.