CRICKET COLLAPSE.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 53, 26 November 1907, Page 5

CRICKET COLLAPSE.

CORNSTALKS' SECOND DOWNFALL. BEATEN BY 408. KENT EXPRESS TAKES SIX WICKETS ' FOR 27. HIS FATAL " OFF ". THEORY. DT TELEGRAPH—FRESS . ASSOCIATION—OOPTRIQAT. (ltec.' Nov'. '25, 8.10 p.m.) Sydney, November 2s. After tho Englishmen had completed their second innings by again topping 'the - thirl century, scoring just threo runs less than thoir first innings yielded, Now South Watas again collapsed, and this time fell a bit short of tho hundred which thoy had barely 'exceeded in thoir first venture. England won' by 408 runs. WICKET NOT AFFECTED. Tho weather was beautifully fine. The heavy rain on Saturday night had not affected the wicket, which played splendidly. Carter missed Rhodes at 28. Hardstalf had made four'when ho was badly missed Dj. Blaxlaud. Both chances were off Cotter. Hardstalf at. 17 lifted M'Cartney high to tho bowler, but" he dropped an easy ono m a childish manner. Johnson, with a beautiful ball, got Rhodes's off stump just as he got his half-century. HIT IT INTO THE STAND. Crawford, the newcomer, opened his score by sending tho leather clean into tWe shilling stand for six, but his stay was only brief. llardstaff reached 50 for an hour's batting, hitting with the utmost freedom. . With 71 to his credit ho mishit M'Cartney, Waddy effecting a catch. Blythe was missed off M'Cartney's next ball by Johnson. ~ ' The fielding of the homo team was''of an inferior character, with the' exception af Waddy, who fieldod brilliantly. DOUBTS DISPELLED. • For New South Wales Trumper oponed with a fourer, following it with a brace. He then tipped ono of Fioldor's fast ones into Braund's hands, in the slips, thus ending"his career. ■ • <" 'Now South Wales had consoled itself that its deplorablo display in the first innings was ono of those things that occasionally happen to the best of teams, .but tho opening of tho second innings dispelled doubts" on- thai' point. •MEDDLING WITH "OFF" STUFF. Tho English team,- which camo with * batsmen's reputation, has now a .bowlers' reputation. Their two; inniligs on a splendid wicket did not show them, up brilliantly as batsmen, ln\t their bowling talent came'out exceptionally strong. • Fielder's off theory'was rapidly fatal to tho home team. Old veterans like Trumper and Noble could not Jeavo his off stuff alone, and speedily fell, victims..to it. Diamond, Waddy, and Hopkins followed suit!. ~ Fielder's average at this stage stood at four wickets for 10. . - - ' CRAWFORD SETTLED DUFF. Duff had a lifo wlipii; New South Wales' total was 29, Braund.dropping the ball, but when Crawford relieved Barnes his second ball settled Duff, and his third was fatal'to Ulaxland. The crowd became hilarious at tho downfall of their own men.' Sonio enthusiasm was aroused by Cottor, who " went for " the bowling, while M'Cartney kept his wicket up. COTTER LUCKY;AND LIVELY. The fast bowler had a couple of dozen to his credit when he was given two lives. He continued to belt: Braund and Crawford' to the boundary in rapid succession, scoring •■I.I iu thirty-threeminutes.,;. Ho then lifted Blythe' to Fane.,,: : ~ . .... \ Fielder, with successive balls, got Carter and Johnson, and Now South Wales were all out for 96, making 197 lor two innings. The scores aro:—;'. - : ENCLAND. Second Innings. Jones, c. Ulaxland,- b. Cotter 0 Fane, run out;. . ... J ... ... 38 Braund, 1.b.w.,' b, 'Noble-.., - 24 Hutehings, b. Johnson ... - ... - ... 42 Rhodes, b. Johnson ... ... ' 50 Humphries, c. Waddy, b. Cotter .... ... 3 Hardstalf, c. Waddy, b.M'Cartney ... 71 Crawford, c. Waddy,, b., .Cotter ... ... ; 10 Barnes, not out*. ,33 lltytho, c. Trumper, b. Cotter. ... . ... 23 Fielder, hit wkt., b. Johnson ... ... '0 Sundries . ... " ... ..." ... -y Total ' ; ... ..-v... - > ...301 Total, first - innings ... ... 304 Grand, .total ' ... 605 Bowling Analysis. Cottor, 4 wickets for 98. Johnson, 3 wickets f0r.84. • M'Cartney, 1 wicket for 55. Noble, 1 wicket for 415. Hopkins, 0 for 12. i ': i. ; NEW SOUTH WALES. Second Innings. ' ■ ■■■•• Trumper, c. Jones, b. iielder 0 Diamond, c'. Humphries, *b..JSieMori4 Noble, c. Jones, b. Barnes ... ... 2 Waddy, c. Hutehings, b. Fiqlder ... ... 8 Duff, b. Crawford ... ... ... .... 1] Hopkins, c. and b. Fielder ; .. 2 M'Cartney, not out. ' ... .. ... , |3 Blaxland, c. Braund, b. Crawford ... 0 Johnson, c. Humphries, b. Fielder . I ... 0 Cotter, c. Fane, b. Blythe ;.v 49. Carter, c. Fane, b. Fielder 1 ' v.. ' 0 Sundries ... '• ... 1 Total „ &6 Total, first innings ... .. ... 101 v • Grand total 197 Bowling Analysis. Barnes, 1 wicket for.. 12.' Crawford, 2 wickots for 29. Braund, 0 for 23. Blythe, 1 wicket for 4. Fielder, 6 wickots for 27. Saturday was Barnes's day; yesterday was' Fielder's. On Saturday the Staffordshire medium pace bowler got six wickets for 24, while Fielder got ono for 43; yesterday Kent's fast man bagged six wickets for 27, while Barnes got one for 12.• Barnes's six,cost a little less than Fielder's six, but at tho fall of his fourth wicket Fielder had tho same average as Barnes, four runs per wicket. Tho figures are startling, as is the fact mat twice in tho innings two consecutive balls' secured tho quittanco of two New South Wales batsmen, Fiolder being the bowler in one case, Crawford in tho other. Thoro were three dncks in Now South Wales' second innings, and two in the first. Perhaps the ono bright spot is the 49 of fast bowler Cottor, who redeemed to scdro at his first attompW- . , -■