CRICKET.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2546, 6 July 1909, Page 6

CRICKET.

• THE NEXT TEST MATCH. Unum' J’uicss Association —Copyright R {Received July 5, 10.55 p.m.) ~ LONDON, July 5. A The papers generally demand young- ‘ er .men for the next Test team. . 'TEST MATCH NOTES. J The English team in the recent Test was different from both the. previous '' elevens to represent the Motherland. ~ The following table will show the . changes!made so far in this season’s teams represent England: Maclaren Maclaren Maclaren Hobbs/ Hobbs Hobbs Tyldes'ley, Tyldesley Tyldesley " Hirst' Hirst Hirst £ Lilley Lilley Lilley C Fry King Fry L Jessop Gunn Jessop U Jones Jones Brearley ♦ Thompson Hayward Sharp Blythe Relf . Barnes Rhodes Haigh Rhodes p It is many years since an Australian S match was abandoned entirely. That E was the fate of the second “Test” in E 1890, not a ball being sent down. L Elaborate arrangements were made J for the accommodation of the specta- R tors at the first Test match at Edgbas- J ton. There was seating accommoda- E Hon for 12,000 spectators (thanks to E the Aston Villa directorate, who were iV lending their track seats). Admission E to the match on each day was one sliil- II ling. Placed around the slopes were B 3000 seats, for which one shilling per 1 head was charged. In the large stand G (the double-decker, erected in 1902) E were 1200 numbered seats, to be re- I served at .a cost of 6s per day; tickets I for " which, if purchased before May 27, could have been obtained at a reduced charge of 12s for the whole T match. On the open stand adjoining 1 the scoring board 750 seats were avail- t able at one shilling each; whilst the j open enclosure between the pavilion j •and covered stand were reserved at , two shillings per head. There were to j he no pass-out checks, no half-time c prices, nor reduced prices for juven- t iles. The enclosure was to be roped off, and no one allowed on the play- , ing pitch.—“ Sporting Chronicle.” To make 586 in the first innings and i, then be beaten by the wicket! Such v was the fate of the Australian Eleven who opposed 'Stoddart’s team of 189495.' Towards, the magnificent total S. E. Gregory contributed 201. England’s totals were. 325 and 437. Eng- , tralia’s second venture yielded 166, and - they were beaten by 10 runs. The overnight score was 113 for two wickets, but " rain, followed by a drying \ sun, helped Peel and Briggs to get rid j of the remaining eight wickets for 53 runs. Gregory and Maclaren are the } pnly two who played in that match that were included in this week’s sides. Albert Trott made a sensational first j appearance against this team, for besides. obtaining 38 and 72 without being 1 dismissed in either innings, he obtained eight good English ‘wickets in the second innings for only 43 runs. ■ The hat trick has been performed : V on six occasions in matches between * S England and Australia. For Australia F. R. Spofforth in January, 1879, and by H. Trumbl© in January, 1902, and 1 in, March, 1904—a1l on the Melbourne ground. For England by the late IV. . Bates, at Melbourne, in January, 1883, and by the late John Briggs at Syd- < ney, in February, 1892; and bv J. T. t Hearne, at Leeds, in June, 1899It is worthy of note, that the feat or obtaining 1000 runs and taking 100 wickets in Test games has been per- i formed only by two Australians: Runs. Av. Wkts. Av. . G Giffen ... 1238 23.25 103 27.09 M A Noble 1726 32.56 111 24.61 Olem Hill easilv has the largest aggregate—viz., 2386 runs for 65 m- , nings, while. W. L. Murdoch has gam- , ed -the highest individual, 21. The following is the century list at ; Lords, where the second Test took place: < Tear. Team. Scorer. Runs - ; 1884 England A. G. Steel ... 148 i 1886 England A. Shrewsbury... 164 ; T 893 England A. Shrewsbury... 10b i 1893 Australia H. Graham ... 10/ 1 • 1896 Australia H. Trott ... 145 i ' 1896 Australia S. E. Gregory ... 103 i T 899 Australia C. Hill ••• tdo 189£f Australia V. Trumper ... 130 , 1909 Australia V. Ransford(n.o.) 145 ] The success of left-liander Hansford , against England at Lord’s coincides . With that of another Australian colt ten years ago, when Victor Erumpei, i On the same ground, made 120, and, * with Clem Hill, put up a staggering performance —Clem’s score being 100 c not out. ' n : The highest individual score of all ( Test matches played between England 1 and Australia is at the present time j Feld by R. E. Foster, who compiled i the huge total of 287 on the Sydney ] ♦ground in December of 1903. This .great innings has eclipsed all previous Australian individual efforts, and a i few lines about the record-holder’s dis- < play may be of interest as Test cricket is in the air. Foster went to the wicket before, lunch on Saturday, December 12, and had for his partner E. Arnold, the Worcestershire bowler, , who retired shortly before the adjournment. For the' rest of the afternoon Foster and Braund stayed together. Foster was not by any means in Ins best form, and at 49 should have heeif caught by S. E. Gregory. V hen • stumps were drawn for the day the partnership had added 127 to the score. The Monday was a glorious day for England. Foster played the innings. of his lifetime, and reached his first century two minutes ahead of \ Braund, who was bowled shortly afterwards for 103. When eight wickets were down for 332, A. E. Rolf came in, and batted for nearly an hour before he reached double figures. During this period Foster hit brilliantly, X: and it was not until 115 had been ad- ~ dcd for the wicket that the Sussex man left. Foster had already passed ■ f 200 and, with W. R. Rhodes as his partner, ho hit at everything. In a trifle over an hour the tenth wicket ■.added 130 before Foster was easily fcaught at mid-off by M. A Noble off. -V-—J V Saunders. The Englishman had been at the crease close upon seven hours, and his only chance was the one at 49.

THE TEST AVERAGES

The batting and bowling averages of the players who have taken part m the - three Tests of the present .tour are as s follow: . 1 Australia’s Batting. Name. In. N.O. Runs. Avg Ransford ... 5 1 256 64 Gregory ... 6 1 TLS 23 Armstrong .... 5 0 102 20.4 Noble ... 5 0 93 18.6 Trumper ... 5 1 ,68 17 McAlister 1 ... 4 1 49 16.33 Bardsley ... 6 0 92 15.33 Laver ... 3 1 27 13.5 O’Connor ... 2- 0 21 10.5 Whitty ... 22 9 9 Cotter ... 5 0 38 7.6 Macartney ... 5 0 38 7.6 Carter 5 0 39 7;8 Australia’s Bowling. Wkts. Runs. Avg. Macartney ... 14 151 10.78 Armstrong ... 11 176 16 Noble ... ... 4 78 19.5 Cotter 16 197 19.7 Laver 5 120 24 O’Connor ... 1 40 40 Whitty ... 0 61 England’s Batting. Name. In. N.O. Runs. Avg Tyldesley . , 3 0 135 45 , Sharp . . 2 0 72 36 , Kiim ... 2 0 64 32 Hobbs ... 6 1 132 26.4 Lilley ... 5 2 77 25.66 Jessop ... 1 0 '22 22 Rhodes ... 3 1 43 21.5 Jones ... 8 0 62 20.66 Fry ... 4 1 43 14.33 Hayward ... 2 0 22 11 Maclaren ... 5 0 53 10.6 Hirst .. 5 0 51 10.2 Relf -2 O' 20 .10 Brearley ... 2 1 10 10 Thompson . ... 1 J f ” Gunn ••• 2 0 10 o Haigh ... 2 0 6 5 Blythe ... 1 0 1 1 Barnes ... 2 0 1 England’s Bowling. Wkts. Rims. Avg. Blythe 11 !62 9.2/ Barnes 7 70 j” Rhodes 6 88 14.66 •Rpif 6 94 15.66 Hirst -15 302 20.13 Bre&rleY ••• King y 1 99 99 Sharp 0 -7 J ones u Thompson ••• 0 IJ Haigh ... 0_ 41