THE ENGLISH ELEVEN V. MELBOURNE.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume IX, Issue 680, 19 March 1903, Page 9

THE ENGLISH ELEVEN V. MELBOURNE.

The English cricketers, who have beer lately touring the colony, commenced a match against a Melbourne team on Friday. The Englishmen batted first, giving a wonderfully consistent display throughout The Melbourne bowling and fielding was rather poor, otherwise thair opponents’ total of 350 might have easily been reduced. The scoring was as f Hows : —

i ENGLISHMEN—First Innings. Burnup, c Armstrong, b Saunders ... 21 ' Warner, st Monfries, b Saunders ... 30 Fane, c Monfries, b Collins ... ... 19 Taylor, lbw, b Armstrong ... ... 59 Doweon, c MeA.lister, b Laver ... ... 51 B sarquet, c Monfries, b Saunders ... 51 Trott, c Graham, b Saunders ... ... 17 Thompson, st Monfriss b Saunders ... 38 c Monfries, b Saunders ... 11 Johnston (not out) ... ... ... 37 Hargreaves, b llis ... ... ... 5 Extras ... ... ... ... 11 Total ... ... ... ... 350 B IWLING ANALYSIS. Collins took one wicket for 80 runs. jArmetrong one lor 63. Laver one for 37. Saunders six for 118. Ellis one for 40. The match was resumed on Saturday, but the Melbourn' men hardly shaped so well as was expected. Laver, who has been doing big things this season, showed the beat cricket of the day. The scoring was as follows : — MELBOUEJi» —First Innings. Bruce, c Bosanquet, b Hargreaves ... 19 Me blister, c Bosanquet, b Trott ... ... 28 Graham, c Burnup, b Trott ... ... 28

Armstrong, c Johnston, b Dowson ... 29 Stuckey, b Trott ... ... ... 7 Ellis, c Burnup, b Trott ... ... 11 Laver, c Taylor, b Thompson ... .. 44 Mueller, b Dawson ... ... ... 1® Collins, run out ... ... ... 4 Saunderq, c Taylor, b Thompson... ... 18 Monfries (not out) .. ... ... 33 Extras ... ... ... .;. 24 Total ... ~, ~, ~, 261 .' ' I BOWLING ANALYSIS. Hargreaves took one wicket for 47 runs. Trott four for 88. Thompson two for 45. , Dowson two for 19. The match was resumed on Monday, and was remarkable for the exceedingly feeble display of batting] by the Englishmen. On Saturday 83 had been put on for two wickets, and the match seemed a good thing for Captain Warner’s men, who, however, failed utterly, the entire side being out for 134. Burnup Fane and Dowson were the only men who showed any confidence at all. The particulars of the innings were as follows Warner, lbw, b Collins ... ... ... 12 Fane, b Collins ... ... ... 24 Burnup, c Armstrong, b Collins ... ... 40 Stanning, c Armstrong, b Collins ... 11 Taylor, c Laver, b Armstrong ... ... 0 Bosanquet, c Armstrong, b Collins ... 8 Dowson, c McAlister, b Armstrong ... 23 Thompson, b Collins ... ... 0 Trott, c and b Collins ... ... ... o Johnston, not out ... ... ... 8 Hargreaves, b Armstrong ... ... 2 Extras ... ... ... ... g Total / ... ... ... ' BOWLING ANALYSIS. Collins took seven wickets for 61 runs. ( Armstrong, -three for 22. Saunders, nil for 33. Laver, nil for 12. At the commencement of the Melbourne men’s second innings it seemed that the Englishmen might still save the game, for the first two wickets fell fairly cheaply, but on Graham and Armstrong becoming associated they defied every change of bowling, and it was not till the total had reached 204 that the former, who had given a dashing exhibition of hitting, was caught out. The Englishmen were ultimately defeated by seven wickets, the Melbourne score for the second innings being as follows :— Bruce, c Trott, b Dowson ... ... 36 McAlister, c Stanning, b Dowson ... 20 Graham, c Warner, b Burnup ... »,... 92 Armstrong, not out ... ... ... 48 Stuckey, not out ... ... ;.. 6 I Extras ... ... ... ... IS Total for three wickets ... ... 217 BOWLING ANALYSIS. Thompson took no wickets for 41 runs. Dowson, two for 51. 9 rott, nil for 51. Hargreaves, nil for 23. Bosanquet, nil for 20. Burnup, one for 14.