CRICKET.

West Coast Times, Issue 13080, 6 January 1904, Page 3

CRICKET.

THE ENGLISH CRICKETERS IN

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SECOND TEST MATCH.

Melbourne, Jan 5

Tbeie was wreched weather and showers all night aud morning until noon, so soddened the wicket that it was a quagmire. Fortunately at noon the sun broke through the dense clouds and dried the pitch sufficiently to sfcirt at 3.10. Warner superintended the rolling of the wicket or ralher mud, which caked on the roller. A considerable quantity of sawdust was provided for the bowlers and batsmen. Tbe altendauoe numbered clo«e on ten thousand during the afternoon.

Trnmble bowling with tbe wind took Knight with the second bal 1 , le? before.

After Tylesdely failed to score off Howell, Trumble stuck up Lilley who was stumped by Kelly.

Tbe first run of the day was a leg bye. Tyldesley then opened out but the out* field was very dead. The Lancashireman scored repeatedly off both bowlers, bat eventually he fell by a very easy catch by Trumble with the score at ninety. He phyed a great innings, and hit two fives and six fours in seventy-eight minutes The others were quicklj disposed of. The Australian fielding was superb. Requiring 297 runs to win Australia smarted the second innings smartly.

Duff was easily caught in the slip*

Hill scored rapidly off Rhodes, making 10 in one over, but was missed when he had scored eight. Afterwards be profited by the lelf off as be hit two fours and one two off successive balls from Rhodes. With the score at 40 Braund badly missed Trumper off Hirst. Then Relf took one over to allow Hirst and Rhodes to change ends, which proved effec'ive, as Hill hit Rhodes to long on and the bill was eisily held by Eelf.

Noble was tho only other batsmen to trouble the Englishmen. He scored 31 though he was badly missed by Tyldesley at long on when he had scored five.

Rhodes' bowling was terribly destructive aud if the Englishmen bad taken all the chances offered there would have been a marvellous analysis. England won the match by 186 runs ) the victory being attributable to tbe batting and bowling of Tyldesley and Rhodes. England's 2nd innings. Warner, c Trumper b Sounders ... 3 Hayward, c Truinpnr b Trumble ... 0 Braund, b Saunders 3 Uirst, c Gregory b Howell 4 Rhodes, Ibw, b 'Crumble ... ... 9 Tyldesley, c Trumble b Howell ... 62 Knight, I b w, b Trumble 0 Lilley, st Kelly b Trumble 0 Fielder, c Hill b Trumble 4 | Relf (not out) 10 Extras ... "• 8 J Total 103 Trumble took 5 wickets for 34, Paunders 2 for 33, Howell 2 for 25, Hopkins 0 for 34. Australia's 2nd Innings. Trumper, c Relf b Rho'es 35 Duff, c Braund b Rhodes 8 Hill, c Relf b Rhodes 20 Gregory, c Rhodes b Hirst 0 Hopkins, c and b Rhodes .., ... 7 Trumble, c Braund b Rhodes ... 0 Armstrong, c Hayward b Rhodes ... 0 Kelly, c Lilley b Rhodes 7 Howell, c Hirst b Rhodes 3 Saunders, c Fielder b Hirst 0 Noble (uot out) 31 Total 11l Bbodes took 8 wicktts for 08, Hirst 2 for 38, Relf 0 for 5.