CRICKET.

Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 271, 25 November 1901, Page 3

CRICKET.

ENGLAND v. MEW SOUTH WALES. SPLENDID STAND BY ENGLISHMEN. BEGIN BADLY, BUT END WELL. THE CAPTAIN MAKES A BIG SCORE. By Telegraph. Press Association. Copyright Sydney, Nov. 28. The cricket match England v. New South Wales was resumed to-day. As on the first day, players ai. I spectators were favored witii oeautifu! weather. It was a magnificent day, a id there was a tremendous concourse of spectators. Yesterday the number of those present was annul 0 J li. while to day the number exceeded 30.000.

The* wicket was in excellent condition, but the Englishmen did not make* an auspicious beginning. On resuming play they had a score* of '2b for the loss ol no wickets, and the* first two wickets went down for the addition of run on the total of the previous evening, Clarke keeping a fine length in the bowling. Hayward only replaced McGahcy to get despatched through leg-before-wiekofc. Quaife, despite his excellent English average, failed to make much progress against Howell and Clarke. It was not until Junes partnered Maclaren that anything like lively play ensued. The Notts captain played with great dash. The fielding was somewhat loose, and was without that fine finish which characterised the fielding of the Englishmen. Maclaren played fine steady cricket, j It was not of tiic brilliant order, but was ! sound play. After lunch both batsmen started to j score merrily. After Jones hod compiled 44 Clarko succeeded in tempting him to play out at one. the result of which was that the stumps were scattered. Jessop received a great ovation on going 1 out to bat, the crowd being anxious to J personally view the play of that batsman. ! Jessop plays fast from the start, and he 1 did so on this occasion. With the first J stroke he added a couple to the score of j the .Englishmen. This was followed by a j 1 jit for five. Then followed two fours in j succession, but after that the end came, j and the popular batsman was disnus-. ed. j The North Sydney bowler .sent a tempting j ball to Jessop : tin; latter went out at it, | but missed, and was retired with the sixth wicket down for fti'J. [alley joined tic; captain, who made the

lirst century of the tour after bring at the j wickets for three hours. Tile partnership with tin: Warwickshire player priced very serviceable, and the ! score was carried to 283 before there was it separation. Clark was kept bowling almost continuously, tile changes icing worked at the other end. Marla,■ -n played all the bowl- j iug with taped frc-ali m. Gunn followed Lilley. and scored j rapidly, giving the field a lively tune, ; Howell, however, stopped Gunn's career ; with a line hall. Braund then went out to bat, but hud I only joined in the partnership with I Maclaren when the lane, came to grief, j He lifted a hull from Hopkins high to the j outfield, where C. (in-gory secured it, j making a splendid e:i*e!i. Cm being re- I tired Maclaren bad baited four hours and ten minutes, and on returning to the i pavilion lie received a great ovation for j Braund. who carried his bat oui, dis- j played hard hitting powers. The scores were as follows: EnoI.AM' — Isi innings. Maclaren, c Gregory, b Hopkins ... 14b i

Sydney, Nov. 25. j Major Wai'dill informs the Press Asso- : edition that he has not recoived any ollieial ; request for the team to visit New Zealand, j in niiv ease, there would not be the j slightest chance of their doing so. ' INTEH-STATE CRICKET. HEAVY SCORING. jjv Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Melbourne, Nov. 20. lu the match South Australia v. Vietoria, the first innings of South Australia closed for lit); Leak tiS and Jarvis SO. Victoria has .» wickets down for iol , Graham 87 and Me Michael sd.

By Telegraph. —Press Association. Christchurch, Saturday. | The cable re Major Wardill seems 1 strange in view of the fact mat on March , id the secretary of the Now Zealand ; Cricket Council wrote asking i; the Eng* . ;ish team would bo able to come to this • colony, and also asking terms, t orres- ; ooudence passed between Major \\ ardill and the Council, and on September IS j Major Ward ill wrote stating that it was visit New /.cabin i. East Monday a cause message was seal tu Major Watdin ex* pressing the Council s anxiety lor a visit of the English team. So far tto reply to the message has been received. Further particulars are to hand of the first match of Uie tour, unit against South Australia, which, id will he remembered, was won by the home team by 234 runs. The following are cxiraets trout Australian dies to hand : The first day s p:uy of the English team has shown tiiat tnev are not to bo despised. Karnes. the unknown bowler, urn good work against South Australia s best batsmen, and tnougii iie is not as fast as Jones or Richardson. Ue promises to prove verv effective before Hie tour is over. Considering tnc terrible heat ( tlie temperature was over IU'J degrees m the s.ia.ic l . the visitors did well to tiisaiiss the South Australians tor 230. But tor me hue

defensive play of Clem. Hill, who put up i 107. the local team would have suffered a j disastrous collapse. Lilley, the English wicketkeeper, began j well by stumping one batsman and catch ing two others. When the visnois have »*ot accustomed to ike strong glare of the ; Australian summer they will be a formid* ; able side to meet, and the team is com- I posed of voting men in the piime of lne, i who are quite capable of going through j the hard ’ campaign without breaking | down. _ , j The English f elding was rirst-eiass, and j the bowling kept the oatsmen very quiet, j Barnes, •'•“the unknown,” who captured j four for 32, takes a long run, and is fairly ■ fast. Gunn, a medium-paced left-hander j of good length, took two for 30. Braund j mixes them a good deal, but favors a leg- j break : his two wickets cost 69 runs, , Blythe, a left-hander, who kept them well on the ofi'-side, took two for 64. Jones, a slow leg-break bowler, and Jessop were •also tried. Lillev's wicketkeeping was j very tine and greatly admired. Tne j wicket was not one of Adelaide and i showed signs of wearing as the afternoon j advanced. : The weather was good on the second day, and the prospect of seeing the Euglishmen at the wickets drew to the ground 10,000 people, who were provided with some surprising cricket. The English batsmen failed rather badly. The wicket did not look too sound, and its appearance seemed to inspire the batsmen with fear of it. They were all out for 118, after what c an bo described as no other than a pco;

display. In his first over Jones bowled Braund. Travc-rs. the slow left-hander, was the other bowler. Maclaren played on to Jones—two vviciiots for 20. Gunn and Quaife made a stand, but runs came very siowlv, the first hour producing only 37 runs. Giffen, on being tried, met with immediate success, Hill catching Gunn at cover for 21, made in 67 minutes. Hayward went back to one from Gillen, was beaten and bowled for 1, four wickets being down for 43. Travers had so far bowied 13 overs for 15 He and Gillen had the batsmen introuoie. QuaLe did not have Tyldesley long as an asso cititCf tiic latter at once in

-he slip.-; by Travers off Gillen, who had now secured three for 7. The advent of J.-ssop gave a stimulus to the game. In 25 minutes he put on 24 runs, and at the j adjournment the score stood at 10-. for I six wickets. -Jessop 34 and Quaife 27. The I interval was followed by disasters to the j bat-men. Jessop was bowled by Gillen I for 54 runs, made in 45 minutes, anu in ' an orieiuul style. He made some beautiful i strokes, and some that looked very crude, j Jones was bowied by Gillen, and Lilley | caught in the outfield off Giffen, while i Travers bowled Blythe, and Quaife, after an i exhibition of sound defensive cricket for 28. foil a victim to Giffen—all out 118. j The eoliapse ol the batting was a great j surprise, equalled only by the surprise occasioned by George Giffen s success. He captured seven for 46, puzzled all the batsmen, and gave a reply to his critics that will take a good deai of answering. Travers kept a fine length, and got one for 25. Jones captured two for 11. The colonial tieiding was good. The Englishmen made no headway in the second innings, Giflen and Travers having them in a hopeless position. They j were all out for 86, Lilley (23) shaping j best.

Mobilit y. e and b 7 Hayward, l.b.ua, 1) Xoble 0 Tyldeslov. e S. Gregory, l> Clark 10 QuaiiV, l.b.w.. 1) Howell ! L .Jones, b Clark ... -1 i Jessup. b Clark Lillev, b Hopkins Gunn, b iIouvll ■'«> iintund, not out Jinnies, stumped Kelly, b Truiuper Jl Sinldrics ... ■> Total >S2 15owLiNi« An vlysis. Hopkins, two for HO. lV\imper, one for t S { 'lark, four for 9S Howell, two /or 02 Nobic, one for 22 Xkw Sorru Wales—2nd innings. Kelly, not out ... 0 Howell, not out 12

Extrud ... 6 No wickets for ... ... IS