CRICKET.

Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 330, 3 February 1902, Page 3

CRICKET.

ENGLAND V. NEW SOUTH WALES. SOME BIG SCORING. ENGLISHMEN MAKE 255 WITHOUT LOSING A WICKET. By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright Sydney, Feb. 1. To-day there was splendid weather and an excellent wicket. There was a large attendance. The partnership between Gregory and Noble was dissolved after 8 had been added to thp overnight score, Noble mishitting one from Jessop into Lilley’s hands. Six wickets for 345. Carter wont in next. He oponed with great confidence, several fine, clean strokes playing him into double figures. He was anxious to win his spurs in international cricket, as he knew his cbanco as second wicket-keeper with the noxt Australian Eleven depended upon it. Both batsmen punished Jessop heavily, and the latter gave way to McGahey. Carter then timed a run off a light tap, but Quaife got a fast return to the bowler, who threw down the wicket. Soven wickets for 391.

Clark partnered Gregory, and commenced a lively innings. The fourth century appoared for five hours and forty minutes’ play. Clark batted vigorously, boon he had 25 on the board, but Gregory closed a line display in an .unsatisfactory way. Clark hit one to McGahey, who cheeked but did not hold it. Gregory ran half-way up the wicket. Quaifo followed up, and got the ball back to the bowler, and Gregory retired, after a faultless innings. He hit fifteen fours. He batted for three hours and forty-eight minutes. Eight wickets for 417.

Kermodo followed. After lunch, Clarke, within a few minutes of the resumption of play, got out leg in front. Nine wickets for 432. Mcßeth filled the vacancy, but, trying a risky run, lost his wicket without any addition to the total. New South Wales —Ist innings. C. Gregory, b Braund 45 Hopkins, c Jones, b Jesssop 40 Trumper, lbw, b Braund 35 Poidevin, b Gunn 1 S. Gregory, run out 147 Duff, b Jessop 60 Noble, c Lilley, b Jessop 56 Carter, run out ... ... ... 19 Clarke, lbw, bßraund... ... ... 25 Kermode, not out ... 5 Mcßeth, run out 0 Extras 9 Total 432 Braund took took three wickets for 163, Gunn one for 77, McGahey nil for 49, Jessop three for 78, Jones nil for 19, Hayward nil for 17.

THE ENGLISMEN'S INNINGS. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Sydney, Feb. 1. Hayward and Maclaren commenced their innings for the Englishmen. With the task set them they oponed slowly, but after 20 minutes’ play they warmed up to the work, and rattled fifty on the board in as many minutes. Clarke and Mcßeath were bowling. Hayward opened his shoulders, and a ball from the former bowler was lifted into the smokers’ reserve for five. The fielding was patchy, and at times absolutely bad. At seventy Kermode deposed Clarke. Both batsmen bitting the fast bcwler for frequent fours the century came up in 88 minutes. Hopkins relieved Mcßeath, Noble taking Kermode’s end, Maclaren having knocked a dozen off the latter’s final over. Maclaren scored off Hopkins, leg-glancing him repeatedly.' He gave a magnificent display of free cricket. The bowling was tied up and lacked devil, Noble getting practically no work in. At 154 Mcßeath was tried again in place of Hopkins. When Maclaren brought his century in view he was given a great ovation. He brought up his century in two hours and ten minutes. Hayward continued to bat splendidly, though he scored less rapidly than the skipper. At 165 Kermode relieved Noble. Maclaren gave a chance when his score was at 106, but Trumper misjudged the direction of the ball, and failed to run up to it. Trumper, the sixth howler, was tried. He replaced Mcßeath at 190. The second century was reached in two hours and thirty-nine minutes. Hayward was cheered, having recorded a chanceless century in three hours. Both then proceeded to slash the bowling about tremendously, and piled on the next fifty very rapidly. When the stumps were drawn for the day England had lost no wickets for 255, the scores being : Hayward, not out 115 Maclaren. not out 136

Sundries 4 Total for no wickets ... • ... 255 A RECORD FOR AUSTRALIA. AN ABORIGINAL OBJECTED TO. By Telegraph. Press Association. Copyright Sydney, Feb. 2. Hayward and Maclaren’s performance for the first wicket constitutes a record for Australia. , Maolaren objects to the inclusion of Marsh, an aboriginal bowler, in the Western Districts team, on tho ground of his delivery. NEW ZEALAND MATCHES. By Telegraph—Press Association. Christchurch, last night. ' In senior cricket yesterday, United v. Midland, United made 287 for eight wickets—Sims not out 124, Wigley 42, Olliver 35. In the match Lancaster Park v. Sydenham, the latter made 95, while the Park have lost six wickets for 187—Orchard 59, A. Wilding 51.

» JACK ASHORE.”

H.M.S. PENGUIN v. GISBORNE.

(By “ Biffer.”)

Gisborne had a test match in a small : •wav all to itself on Saturday afternoon ( last. Very seldom do local players get a , chance of pitting themselves against outsiders, owing chiefly to the glorious isolation of the place, and greatly to the fact j that Napier—our only neighbour, which Gisborne teams have visited three times— i has not been sportsmanlike enough thus far to return the visits. Hence Gisborne players have had to content themselves with playing each other, with an occasional angel’s visit to Wairoa or Tolago by way of variety. It will be readily understood then what a god-send it was to local cricket enthusiasts when providence, the First Lord of the Admiralty, Dick Seddon—or whoever it was—ordered H.M.S. Penguin to Poverty Bay to play the benighted men there at cricket. The warship was preceded by a great reputation for excellence at the grand old game, and the local eleven who were selected to meet them felt very much as if they had been offered up for sacrifio when they took the field on Saturday. How is it, 1 wonder, that sailors are always such popular fellows. The local men were quite astounded when they saw the large and fashionable crowd (for Gisborne) which assembled at Victoria Domain shortly after two o’clock, and were (foolish fellows) for the nonce deluded into thinking that cricket had at last caught on with the public of Gisborne. Lieutenant Glennie captained the team from the warship, and won the toss from \V. Gibson, who was elected captain of the Gisborne eleven. The afternoon was perfect when the local men took the held. A cool sea-breeze nicely tempered the heat of the sun, the wicket looked all rivht, and the local men gave a resigned sign, and prepared themselves for an afternoon’s leather-hnnting when Lieutenant Brewiss and Sub.-Lieutenant Handcock came out to take first strike or e bluejackets. Porter and McConnell opened the attack, and both batsmen right away showed that they could handle t eir bats with grace and vigor. The bowling was a trifle short in the opening overs, and Hancock hooked McConnell round to leg prettily once or twice, while Brewiss played Porter’s fast ones with confidence. Jbeif stay at the wickets was all too briefi

however. Porter found his way to Brewis wicket with an extra fast one, which kept low, and McConnell, who had found his length, beat Hancock with a ball at which the popular young Sub., who had ex. hibited a most attractive style, played back and was a trifle late for. Lieutenant Glennie, the captain, took no risks, and batted quietly and soundly. Mowatt was bowled right away by McConnell without scoring, and Armitage sent one of Porter’s fast ones to Cole, at long-slip, wbo made a nice catch. Captain Coombe, the popular skipper of the Penguin, on making his appearance at the wickets, at oneo showed that he could handle his bat as effectively as he can the quadrant. His advent saw the captain of the Gisborne team take the ball from Porter and place the field for the leg theory, sending down slow legbreaks. The gallant Captain of the Penguin, in attempting to land one of theso on to the bridge of his own ship, was clean bowled. Buchanan and Tomlinson made a brief stand. The former watched the leg stuff carefully, anti hit out at it fearlessly, but might have been taken at deep mid-on by Porter a couple of times. That usually sure catch failed to get under the first one, and dropped the second, which he attempted to take with one hand. The Gisborne captain rang on the changes after this, and worked no less than seven bowlers, all of whom came out with good figures. Porter took two wickets for 5 runs, McConnell two for 7, W. Gibson one for 15, Macdonald one for 3, Cole two for 6, J. Gibson two for 9, and Hodge one for 3. The Penguin team, who batted twelve men, to the surprise of the local men, were all out under the hour for a total of 48. The Gisborne fielding was not good. The men appeared lifeless in the field. Mo- I Credie was safe behind the wickets, and | only allowed four extras.

After :i bric-f breath ng -pacr, during which afternoon-tea and refreshments were partaken of, the Penguin men took the field. Gibson brothers came out to take strike, Arinitage, from ttic town end, and Handccck, from the harbor end, opening the attack. Considering the rare opportunities sailors have for indulging in practieo, the bowling was marvellously aeeuiatc. Amiitago, who is good enough to bowl in any ordinary eleven, is a fast bowler, with a good oil-break. Arinitage lived only a few chains from famous Lord's Ground in London, and is it any wonder he knows how to bowl after watching Tom Richardson, .Mold, Young, Attewell, Trott, Hirst, and all the great English bn wlcrs sending them down there day after day. Handcock, who bowls a medium pace ball, was most aggravatingly consistent with both length and direction, for the first dozen overs, neither bowler sent down a loose ball, and the batsmen

had to content themselves with occasionally notching a single. The fielding of the bluejackets was first-class, and frefjuantly called forth applause from the spectators. Bundle, at mid-on, was particularly brilliant, and gained round after round of applause fur his clever ground fielding. jßy tbo-way, Kundle used to play in the same eleven as Sailorman Young, of Essex, who was so de structive against the last Australian Eleven that visited England, and Kundle has often bowled at one end, while Young

sustained the attack at the other. 1 Glennie, at point, also saved a lot of runs, fn fact, every man of the twelve was smart and clever in the field. Their ground work was safe and clean, and their returns to the wicket were smart and accurate, while they harked up a la Jessop. They had a cool und safe man behind the sticks in Mowatt, whose style and work came in for a good deal of favorable comment. In fact, it must honestly lie admitted that they were the best fielding side seen here for many a long day, and could give the local men points in this important department. When the total had slowly mounted to 24, W. Gibson was caught off a bumpy one from Handcoek in the slips, and Dodd filled the vacancy. The howling was still as accurate as at the start, and the fine fielding made runs most difficult to get. J. Gibson left with the score at 88, nicely taken behind the wicket by Mowatt off Handcoek, who was making them come up from the pitch nastily. Hodge filled the vacancy, and at once attempted to take liberties with the bowling. After being nearly bowled soveral times in lashing out in a vain effort to bring off a big hit, he steadied down a bit. Dodd was stubbornly stonewalling at the other end. Hodge recommenced forcing tactics, but the excellence of the bowling made this style of play extremely risky. Ho put the ball up dangerously in all directions, but bis luck was in, and it generally dropped clear. One particularly weak stroke spooned the ball up in the air to leg, but a misunder-

standing as to" who should take it between the wicket-keeper and short-leg saw it fall to the ground between them. Hodge continued to hit, and made a variety of good and bad strokes ; but the majority of his runs came from mis-hits. He was not seen at his best, and got in none of those crisp, clean cuts of which he is such a master. He hit up 42 quickly, and thon put his leg in front of a straight one from Handcoek. Macdonald was next, but Arinitage knocked his wickets all over the place with a fust one when he had scored a couple. Porter joined Dodd, who was immediately bowled by Handcoek, after batting patiently for over half-an-hour for 8 runs. With five wickets down for 95, Barlow partnered Porter, and the scoring was faster. The bowlers were tired by this time, and the pair of batsmen laid the wood on with vigor. Porter gave about the best display of batting on the side, and hit up 22 quickly. He left with the score at 120, caught behind the wickets by Mowatt off Arinitage. Cole came in, and the runs still came. Barlow dragged the straight ones round to square-leg fearlessly, and Colo set to work right away. When the score had reached 184, Cole was bowled by Buchanan, who had been sending down some good balls, though his length wa3 a trifle erratic. Tomlinson also sent down seven overs for 15 runs, and did not bowl many loose ones. McConnell joined Barlow,, and the pair banged away merrily till time was called at 6 o'clock, when the scoro stood at 146 or seven wickets, Barlow being not out with 10, and McConnell not out 7 Pairlie and McCredie did not get a strike. Gisborne thus won by three wickets and 98 runs. Too much praise cannot be given Arinitage and Handcoek for the plucky way in which they stuck to their work all the afternoon. The former sent down seventeen overs, for 30, and took two wickets —an excellent performance. Handcoek captured four for 70, off 24 overs, Buchanan one for 16 off six overs. The fielding was good throughout, though the men began to tiro perceptibly towards the close of play. Major Winter made a most efficient umpire, and Mr Baylis, one of the ship’s company, acted for the warship. He possessed a complete knowledge of the laws of the game,. and his decisions were prompt and correct. Mr M. G. Nasmith, jun., scored for the local men, and a capable scribe in Mr Ledson was also present to fulfil a similar duty for the Penguin men. Although so easily defeated in this match, it must not be imagined that the Penguin eloven cannot play cricket. We have seen many weaker club teams take the field. Given a few days’ practice, we would not be at all surprised to see the result reversed were the same elevens to meet again. Wo hope to see the l J enguin men perform again ere long, and shall be disappointed if they do not do a great deal bettor in their next essay. The team were “ triers ” to a man, and the match was a most enjoyable one. The following are the scores :

H.ivT.S. Penguin. Lieut. Brewiss, b Porter 3 Sub-Lieut. Handcock, b McConnell .. 7 Lieut. Glennie, b Macdonald ... .. 3 Mowatt, b McConnell .. 0 Armitage, c Cole, b Porter .. 0 Captain Coombe, b W. Gibson .. 1 Buchanan, b Cole .. 16 Tomlinson, c Hodge, b Cole ... .. 4 Wolfe, b Hodge .. 4 Rundle, b J. Gibson .. 3 Naylor, not out .. 3 Lieut. Nares, b J. Gibson ... .. 0 Extras .. 4 Total .. 48 Gisbobnk. J. Gibson, c Mowatt, b Iiandcock .. 16 W. Gibson, c Armitage, b Handcock. .. 12 Dodd, b Handcock .. 8 Hodge, lbw, b Handcock . 42 Macdonald, b Armitago . 2 Porter, c Mowatt, b Armitage... 22 Barlow, not out ’. 10 Cole, b Buchanan . 12 McConnell, not out . 7 Fairlie Go bat) . — McCredie (to bat) ... . — Extras . 15 Total for 7 wickets 146 Bowling Analysis. Overs. Buns. Wkts. Armitage ... 17 30 2 Handcock ... 24 70 4 Tomlinson ... 7 15 Buchanan ... 6 16 1