CRICKET.

Gisborne Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1460, 22 May 1905, Page 3

CRICKET.

M y ■ . AUSTRALIA v. GENTLEMEN. By Telegraph—Press Assooiatlon—Copyright . . London, May 19. - ~“ B waather is bright and tho wioket J M ,V _ The attendance is 2000. Broarly and Pritohard were the oponiog bowlers. Xho over-night partnership of Gregory and wa® qniokly dissolved. Sowell added a single, and was then dismissed by w ® a easy oatoh by Warner at mtd-00. Two y for 65. Doff was next man. At 38 Martyn caught Gregory at the wiokots. He Was missed tho same over by Wyoyatd in the slips. Three for 84. Duff 16. One Over of Pritchard’s had yieldod 16, TrumPer, when six, in trying to stop one from Broarly, had the misfortuno to be bowled off bis pads. Four for 94. Armstrong

enccoeded, and both batsmen hit freely, • _ runs ooming fast. Duff mado two splondid drives for fonr and ono lucky bit ovor the , A ; slip's head, tho ball being lost. Beldam replaced Pritohard with a new ball at 134. Duff now showed loss vigor than before, . bnl his cricket was exoolient. Armstrong showed fine form, and was very severe on MoDonnell, who displaced Broarly. He made three fonrs off tho two dow bowlers’ overs, the batsmen being easy masters of the situation. Duff reached 50 in, 75 minutes, and when 67 was beaten by Evans, bnt the ball missed tho wioket. Armstrong’s 50 took an hour to compile, and 200 went np at the end of 135 minutes’ play. Ponrteon were knocked off one over of MoDonnell. Duff, when 80, gave a ohanee to tho wicket-keeper standing baok off Pritohard. Buns continued to come at a tremendous paoe—2s in two overs, 14 from Pritohard and 11 from - Evans. When 94, Duff, hitting right across at the ball, was bowled by Brearly. .He batted 130 minutes, and gave a brilliant display, making 14 fonrers. Tho partnership lasted 105 .minutes, and was charac-

terised by fierce hitting daring the last 20 minutes, Two hundred and fifty were now up for a little over 2j- hours' play. Five for 271. Noble mado four, and was then bowled by Brearly with a fine ball, which broke back enough to beat the bat and displaoed the leg stump. Six for 282. Armstrong was 96. With tho appearance of Darling, a long and brilliant partnership oommenoed. Armstrong, continuing to play splendidly, raaohed the century in a little over two boors. Ho made many fine strokes, including ~ two fourera in qnick snccession. Each end of the board showed

800 at the end of 3j- hours’ play, and 150 appeared to Armstrong’s oredit after batting three hours. Darling was then 26. Snoring was very fast for an hour after lunch, yielding 80 runs. The bowling was pretty well worn out. Later.—The Australians declared their innings closed, tho score being 555 for the loss of six wickets.

The following are the soores:—. ' AUSTRALIANS, —Ist Innings. MoLeod, b Brearly ... ... ... 21 Howell, o Warner, b Pritohard ... ; 7 Gregory, o Martyn, b Brearly ... 38 Duff, b Brearly 94 Trnmper, b Brearly ... 6 Noble, b Brearly ... 4 Armstrong, not out ... 248 2>ar!ing, not out ... ... ... 117 Extras ... . ... 20 Total for six wiokets 555

STRONG BATTING OF AUSTRALIANS.

By Telegraph—Presß Association—Copyright Received 7.22 p.m., May 20. . - London, May 19. The Gentlemen have lost two wickeiß for 18.

GENTLEMEN—2nd innings. Warner, b-Gotter ... ... ... 0 MoDonnell, b Noble ... 5 Pritohard, not out ... ... ... 5 Martyn, not out ... * 4 Extras ... ... 4 When the Australians’ total was 389 a double ohange of bowling was tried, Brearly going on again with MoDonnell. .Armstrong immediately drove MoDonnell to the boundary, and Darling hit two fourers in' the same over; 400 appeared at the end of 275 minutes’ play. Darling took 95 minutes in making 50. Arm. strong, at 188, was missed by Maciaren.in. the slips off Beldam. Darling next made three fonrers in one over off Beldam, and Armstrong, with an off drive for four, completed his second century amid much ‘ l.BPPl®' ll3 ®. He had been at the wickets four hours. Fourteen runs, knocked off •Beldam in one over, brought np the 500, ' ; which was made inside 3J hours, the last’ hundred.; in 50 minutes. Darling, .with two fourers off Pritchard, reached 100 in 85 minutes. Brearly kept on bowling most perseveringly, despite the huge score. Ail the regular bowlers having failed, Warner tried at 512.‘ : At 5.50 p.m., with the board showing six wickets for 555 -Armstrong 248 and Darling 117, the innings was declared closed. The Australians were at the wickets about six hours. Tho Armstrong and Darling partnership lasted 160 minntes, and was characterised by great hitting. Armstrong made two fivers and 38 fonrers, and Darling one fiver and 15 fonrers. Bowling analysis—Brearly five for 169, Beldam nil for 82, Pritchard one for 121, McDonnell nil for 62, Evans nil for 74, Wynyard nil for 22, Warner nil for 5. Dnriog the short time remaining for play thß Gentlemen had lost two wickets. Warner, before he had scored, played Cotter on ; one for 4. MoDonnell, at five, .j -was.bowled by Noble; two for 9., ' " The stumps were then drawn, with the - eoore standing at 18 for two wiokets.

EASY WIN FOB AUSTRALIANS. 3ENTLEMEN ONLY MAKE 66. IBy; Electric Telegraph— Per Press Association —Copyright. Received 4.57 p.m., May 21. London, May 20. The Gentlemen’s second innings dosed for 66. The additional soores were : Pritohard, b Noble ... ... ... 5 Martyn, b Laver ... ... ... 0 Fry, c and b Laver ... ... ... 26 Beldam, c and b Laver ... ... 11 Wynyard, c Howell, b Laver 3 Maolaren, c Noble, b Howell... ... 10 Foster, c Newland, b Howell... ... 0 Evans, not oat... ... ... ... 1 Brearly, c Cotter, b Howell ... ... 0 Extras. ... ... ... ... 3

Total ... ... ... ... 66 Bowling analysis—Howell three for 1, Colter one for 23, Noble two for 23, Laver four for 13. The weather was cloudy after the rain in the morning. The attendance was small. When the match was resumed the Gentlemen failed to make a stand, all being disposed of for the small total of 66, leaving the Australians easy winners. . Cotter and Noble opened the attack. The latter displaced Pritchard’s stamps -before there was any alteration to the - overnight score. Three for 18. Martyn, content to keep his wioket up, still remained four while Fry put on 26. Then the latter was caught by Laver off his own, bowling. Ha ehowed good form. He made five fourers, all to leg in the first half hour, three being off Cotter. The first change of bowling was Laver for Cotter! Fry cut him for four, but was out first over. He sent one straight back, Laver taking a sharp oatch. Four for 45. Martyn slowly compiled 9, and then failed to negotiate a good ball from Laver. Five for 53.

The remainder of tho wickets fell in quiok time. McLaren was the only one who showed a disposition to keep hie wicket intact. Laver disposed of Beldam by an easy catch from a high return. Six for 57; McLaren 5. Wynyard fell to a nico right hand oatch by Howell in the slips off Laver. Seven for 65 ; MoLaren 10. Laver was bowling finely, with just enough break and a good variety of pace. McLaren was the next to go, Noble at short leg making an easy catch. Eight for 65. Evbds added a single and then lost Foster, who, without scoring, was caught at the wicket ~by Newland. Nine for 66, Breariey, the last man, suoeumbed to an easy catch by Cotter at third man, Howell eeouring three wickets in the last over of the match. Tho bowling to-day was superb, but tho wicket may have been affected by the rain. ;

V Jaokacin captains the Englishmen in . »®ot matches. - ' ‘: .i ' - •