CRICKET.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XIV, Issue 806, 17 August 1905, Page 13

CRICKET.

The match between the Australians Middlesex resulted in a fairly easy for the visitors. The latter woi toss and batted first, the first 1 wickets falling for eig’ht runs. . strong and Noble, however, made a stand, but play was interrupted by The innings realised 261, towards v Noble contributed 68, Armstrong Duff 47, Kelly 34, and Cotter 20 out). On the drying wicket the co players could do but little, alth< Warner played a splendid innings o Tarrant (20) was the only othei reach double figures, and the total reached 145. Going in a second timt Australians put together 195 for wickets when the closure was app Duff made 66, Armstrong 41 (not < and Trumper 32, but none of the oi did much. Middlesex could only get in their second venture, so were deft by 122 runs. Douglas 42, Wells 31, Beldam 26 (not out) were the hig scorers, Armstrong taking eight for * * * # To be mastered by one of the cou on the eve, so to speak, of the third match, cannot be encouraging, but pily the public will judge the Au lians not by the result of any one p cular match, but by their general during the tour (says "Athletic Nev IVe are, however, being gradually fc to the conclusion that the twelfth nial combination is not so power! body as that which travelled to land in 1902, 1899, and 1896. So h we have had opportunities for for an opinion, the “new chums” have justified their inclusion, and we ha’’ shrewd suspicion that before our men leave the Motherland they will gret that the party has been su closed corporation, and that the cl of several young pla.vers in the col have been ignored in favour of friends. It is suggested in Australia Alfred Noble struggled desperateh bring home some of the new light the colonies, but as Joseph Darling R- W. M'Leod, the other selectors, different views, he was out-voted, colonials must now make the best o situation. • > • ♦ • During the innings of Worcestershi: Lancashire, at W. B. I was bowled by Walter Brearley by £ ball, which sent one of his bails ning 48yds. This distance, although usual, is nevertheless some way rem from the record of 63yds 6in set u] Arthur Mold at Lohmann’s expensi the match between Surrey and Lt shire, at the Oval, nine years ago. I Rotherham, plaving for the Upping Rovers v. Gentlemen of Derbyshire Derby, on August 5, 3 881, sent a 62yds. An old Australian cricket p

tion describes how a bowler named >ake,. playing on the Richmond Tradessn’s Ground, at Melbourne, struck a il off the stumps, out of the ground, d into the Yarra River, and adds that was not recovered until it had floated my miles. This must be a record disnce with a vengeance for a bail! Lt the recent England v. Australia test rich a number of men were arrested • picking pockets. The scoring during 3 Englishmen’s . innings had been very >w, and when the pickpockets were ought before London’s humorous police igistrate, Mr Plowden, that gentlein, in a tone of surprise, said: “I was ren to understand that everybody was leep at the cricket match.” “I wasn’t,” ? prosecuting cohstable assured the nch. Mr C. B. Fry, explaining the isons for the slow scoring by the Enghmen, stated that the bowling was ry accurate, and the fielding of the stralians magnificent. * « » • )r. E. M. Grace has already this seai, in minor cricket, captured 151 wic;s. “W. G.’s” elder brother is quite a ;eran, he having played his initial firstiss match (at Bristol, against All Engid) just fifty years ago.

)f two heavy scoring matches played it before the last mail left home, and which the young Sydney player Poidei distinguished himself, the London respondent of the “ Australasian ” fs: —Lancashire’s bowling, so irresistible the early stages of the season, seems be losing its sting, and though her tsrnen continue to pile up huge totals, ?y are confronted by opponents equally jable of getting runs, and thus inevitle drawn games come about. Thus, ainst Worcestershire, after a pretty m first innings, the Lancastrians put 468 runs, only to find their opponents nly playing out time and hitting up 3 for the loss of only four wickets, is actually having none the worst of ) game if it could have been played t. H. K. Foster played a masterly ond innings of 135 for Worcestershire, t the hero of the match was L. 0. S. idevin, who suddenly developed a tal- ; for bowling slows, somewhat after • fashion of Bosanquet’s “googlies,” j captured eight Worcester wickets in sir first innings for only 66 runs, rtainly his trundling did not pay in s second innings, but inasmuch as he i up scores of 76 and 168 (not out), > ex-Australian may be said to have tie exceedingly well; and these two fine lings following on. the heels of 122 iinst Somersetshire, his average has proved wonderfully.

Lancashire next proceeded to pile up r runs as an opening against Notts, Idesley making an absolutely faultless the highest score of his career, and Tying him past 1000 runs for the seap while R, Spooner contributed a adv. but very attractively-got, 164, i three or four other batsmen ran up or 50 each. Against this Notts startweakly, their first innings closing for !y 192. but on following on A. 0. nes and Tremonger. batted steadily 1 well for 96 and 124 respectively, and. ng ably backed up, . the side remained all day, totalling 365 runs for the s of eight wickets ere time was up. idevin took seven wickets in this ,tch, but they cost 32 runs apiece, ile two captured by Kermode, another stralian, cost 38 runs each.