Cricket.

Free Lance, Volume II, Issue 73, 23 November 1901, Page 14

Cricket.

Tlip Englishmen had a very handsome win in their match against Victoria- -hv 318 runs MoGahe\ (15 and 57). Hayward (12 and 38), Quaife (36 not out and ID Birnes (19) Tvldesley (10), Jones C 18) Garnet t (17) Jessop (20) and Lillev (19) all assisted in the grand total of 304 The best Victorian scorers were — Giaham (2(5 in both innings), McLeod (29) McMichael (14), McAlister (22) Stuckei (17), and Layer (10). Barnes (7 for 38 and 5 for hi) Ha^ward (2 for 15), BlvtJie (1 for 25 and 3 for 37) and Braund (2 for 26) were the destroying agents for the English team, McLeod (o for 57 and o for 7o) Collins (5 for 58), Saundeis (3 for 61) and Armstrong: (2 for 8) doing the bowling for the Victorians. The result of this match points to the conclusion that, McLarens combination will be a hard one to beat bv the time the test matches come round The bowling, which was considered their

weak teat 11 u j is meeting with a lot ot success Barnes being the mainstay . » ♦ « Local cncketeis, after a foitnight's •spell stiuck the elements in a bad humour last Saturda\ Jupiter Plumus sheading his blessings vi no uncertain measure on the Basin Resen c Hoping against hope the Championship Committee met shorth after two. and decided to wait till a quarter to thiee befoie postponing At that time howe\ei things looked as bad as the\ could be and reluctanth it was decided not to pla\ that afternoon Wellington aie diawn to meet Midland and the Old Bens the Phoenix tcajii and in each match I anticipate the lattei named teams to win Midland ha\ c made a slight alteiaiion in their team. Wmdlev (the Ponrua representative) has been sent down to the second and Jack Hutchmgs, a member of the defunct Kilbirme Club, lias been brought up from the second fifteen Foi m\ part I think Harry Da\is should lia^ c been gii en a place in the team as weLl Hutchings puts a lot of vim into his batting and it would not surprise me at all to him turn out a success ■* * * ( harles Gregor\ is the sensation in New South Wales cricket so fai this season His aggregate for four __ innings in championship cricket is 524, and being once not out he has an average of 174 bh Trumper's 1897-1898 aveiage was 204 20 for eight innings, his total being 1021 runs made up as follows -82 123 125 85 120 (not out) 191 (not out) 133 and Ib 2 (not out). GresroiA is said to be well on the wav to rnallm' those scores but he has a steep contiact on hand. The Referee' describes Gregory a.s a \er\ graceful bat. whose purely defensive strokes are plea«mg to watch and fca\s it will be surprised if Gregoiv fails to win the highest honours on the cricket fiedl at no distant date [Hp has alreach secured his place in the Xcv, South Wales- team ] * * * Worrall says the three crack all-iound men in Victoria are Tiumble McLeod. and Layer The English team in. Amenea weie beaten in then opening match b\ Eighteen Colts of Philadelphia h\ 18b lun.s How ell on Ins first appeal ance in cricket on Sydney .side this season, bowled 132 balls for 143 runs, and capnued one wicket

Saunders, who conies from Auckland with a reputation as a wicketkeeper, has been raised from the second to the first ele\en of the Phoenix team, "Tricky Stevens getting the Irishman's rise. P G. McShane, one-time cricketer, toot/baller, and athlete, and, later, caretaker of St. Kilda Cricket Ground, Melbourne, has broken down mentally and physically, and is now confined to an ays lum. F. R SpofForth in September, at the Hampstead Cricket Club's sports, rani third in the hundred yards race. He w as leading a few a ards from the tape — not a bad performance for a man in his ■59th \ear. Fisher, the Otago cricketer, is pla\mg up to his best foim this season. His two miujigs have produced 37 and 71 (not out) — an average of 108 He has taken ele\en wickets for 39 runs with the ball. The "Adelaide C'ntic" says — "Great talk in certain quarters of Jones, and the w onderful training he is doing If Jones gets into the big matches he will be lucky " The same writer has it that Hill would be South Australia's chief asset in the match with the Englishmen. Not a bad prophesy for a cricket scribe. To-day (Friday) the Englishmen commence their match with New South Wales at Sydney, and Victoria and South Australia play each other on the same day in Melbourne. The following Fndav New South Wales and South Australia The first test match will commence on the 13th December. Jessop's hitting performa<nces are often referred to in Home papers. The following — his latest before leaving for the Australian trip — is said to be his best — On Saturday, September 21, S. M. J. Woods (64 not out) and G. L. Jessop (78) at Bristol, going in for *he .second innings of a match, with 22 minutes left for play, made 50 runs m oiojht minutes, and 142 in, the 22 minutes. The first ball Jessop sent for 4 and the third he lifted clean out of the ground , the next ball pitched in the vicinity of the scorer. Then he hit a ball over the pavilion and out of the ground. Thus 22 were obtained in the first over Saramv Woods hit boundaries frequently, and in eight minutes the total was 50. It was increased to 60 in lptt, than two minutes and to 100 in 16 minutes. Practically every ball was hit for 4, and, whilst Jessop hit two out of the ground. Woods hit one out. This i ate of scoring — over 6 runs a minute — cannot be very far short of the record foi all matches. [Continued on Page 19.~\