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MORE ABOUT HISTORY OF AUSTRALIAN CRICKET
The Tests In 1905: England| Retains The. Ashes
(By R. Abbit),
I have already dealt generally with the visit of the 1905 Australian side to England and I now propose to write more particularly of the Test Matches, especially as many of my readers will remember them well and may-some of them--have been present on the various grounds.
Next morning Jackson (62 not out) and Rhodes C30 not out) put on a hundred runa and the Australians had four and a half hours to make 402 runs and Trumper unable to bat.
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Jost England the game.
In
Match at the Oval
after-
On the eve of the first Test Match | four and then the stilstanding five wickets fell for a paltry 21 runs more, the position was that after four con-- under secutive
England defeats
and the innings was over by about
If the English bats had failedple of dropped entches probably Warner had regained the Ashes in
In the next gurie at the Old Traf- Australia in 1003/4. Australia bad for the most part in the first innings
It was soon apparent that they wereford ground at Manchester England come over in 1895 keen set to reenver
not going to do so again and England won conclusively and so the rubber the Ashes, and believing that they
Winning had a side that might very well do put up 310 for 5 wickets in spite of was ended in her favour,
set at the leg theory bowling of Armstrong the toss for the fourth time, Jackson And so the stage was
who bowled 35 consecutive overs for made 113 runs out of a total of 446. Nottingham.
50 runs. it was however ratller Australia had the worst of the luck Australiu came to the match un- beaten. They had drawn against the defentist policy and the Australians as the weather crashed on the night had not been in the habit of starting of the first day and it again rained Gentlemen of England at the Crystal Palace: against Notts, fair draw: to play for a draw on the afternoon on the night of the second day. They and against Surrey when they had at of the second day! It was on this were all out for 107 and 109, but occasion that MacLaren started kick-England were lucky to win as the the close of play 21 runs to get with him for leg byes. The crowd last Australian wicket fell only Ave four wickets in ha
hand, Thereafter they had beaten Oxford University were furious with the leg theory and minutes before lunch, and at lunch by 200 runs, the Gentlemen of Eng-behaved very badly and MacLaren's the rain came down in torrents and lind (without A, O. Jones, Jackson, action was tactless to say the least play would have been impossible. Jessop and Bosanquet) by an innings of it especially as he sat down on his is a curious thing that in this and rest, instead of back- the first Test Match (England's and 188 runs (after the Gentlemen hat and tonk
ing up, when Armstrong was bowling only two wins) on each occasion a And batted first and made 300 runs! );
few more minutes' play would have Yorkshire by 174 runs: and Lanca- to bls partner Hayward Sulle robbed England of victory. On the made a brilliant 146. Laver says in shire by 244 runs, A stout recerdi
his book though we reckoned he wasather hand it is frankly admitted by Frank Laver that England upon her THE TEAMS
out early in his innings."
play was entitled in the rubber. Australo I her big four.
the dfth Test Although the rubber was finished Trumper, Duft, fl and Nable, and then Armstrong, Darling, Colter (in
there was great histerest displayed by the public. Jackson completed very high but he got 451) Gregory
record by winning the toss for the MacLeod, Laver and Kelly. England
fifth time running. England made Jacked George Hirst, who was crocked They never looked like getting them, 430 and Australia 303. On the last owing to a leg injury and C.
and C. B. Fry.
I will quote Frank Luver's account of day four wicketa fell cheaply but then who had damaged his fingers in the Innings. "In this we falled owing Tyldesley and Regule Spooner made practies in the previous week. The to a remarkable bowling achievement 112 and 79 respectively. Laver states Selectors were taking no chance with by Bosanquet who got B wickets that Tyldesley was caught before he Jame ducks! Their balling WILY
the time he had spored and immediately runs. Up to for 107 run headed by
Tyldesecured his first wicket he had not wards Spooner was 1.b.w, but that in Jackson, Maclaren.
bove-c ley. Tom Hayward and A. O. Jones,
well and his
Was his captain
euch case the batsman was given not As Lilley would not have been while Arnold and Rhodes bowled and considering taking him off. However out.
abic te bat wing to a But where the he succeeded at last in getting a
damaged Lilley kept wicket.
he finger he thinks Australia might have team was strung was that the three wicket and from that moment other bowlers, John Gunn, Bosanquet fenceled everything before him.
то
wan, hud these decisions been revers- and Jessop were very useful batsmen.wards the finish of the match the lighted. As it was England declared at 201 All the same, even after they had was so bad that it was really not it for six wickets leaving Australia 320 When time was called won the toss, things were not so good
The absence of sight runs to win, to play in. at first. The wicket was hard and
added to the dificulty in they had made 124 for four wickets. screens
the ball. Five minutes after One cmnot helps feeling that Aus- the luck in 1905 but there is no doubt the better side. that England were There are two more matches to which should like to refer before closing the history of this tour. At Bourne mouth on August 31 and September 1
beat an
English and 2 Australia eleven by one wicket only. W.G. was skippering England and made two und twenty-two, hitting a six in the last THE SECOND TEST
score. Nine days Inter another match' England were in a strong position was begun against the South of Eng- in the match, and captained by W. G, Grace. The after their success When Test Matches are not played to Old Man went in number 9 and made a finish or even when they are con- two. I believe that these two games ined to four days, an outright victory were the last in which W.G, appeared in the first match has tremendous against the Australians. moral support. In 1905 the gaines were three-day ones only. The second gume at Lord's was ruined
by the little doubt weather though there that England, who had the best of
Weather the luck as regards the would have won. On the Arst day with the wicket slow and casy they made only 258 runs for 8 wickets. Frank Laver said that people were
All individual and affiliated mem- disgusted with the overcutiousness bers (except affiliated members of In a nice position when they went of the English batimen. As however Regular Army units) are eligible to
I see that, Armstrong sent down thirty attend, if
they so
desire. in to bat about 4 p.m. on the first day
The overs for 41 runs, I cannot help
will usual private launch the Australians met with a couple of
Queen's Pler at 1.15 p.m.; Thinking that he may have been try-leave disasters. Dull was caught very wing his leg theory bowling. Leg Kowloon, 1.25 and thence direct to down it short leg in the second over spinners wide outside the batsman's Stonecutters, arriving at 1.50 p.m. and just afterwards Trumper, whose legs with eight men on the leg side 13 included three fours
and a a single, strained his back and had to leave is not the way to win a match thoughi
fast and it seemed most probable that sheering annuumeint England's tralla had a great deal the worse of
ม score of 300 would result. My recollection Is that this score was regarded very much as, we regard a seure of four hundred in the cricket of to-day. But it was not to be. Laver bowled splendidly and took 7 wickets for 64, and England were all out for 100, and but for Tyldesley and Bosanquet they would probably not have Hot a hundred, though Rhodes (29) and Lilley (37) fought fine reargard action for the ninth wickel. There may have been htte dew early on and Laver dit keep a perfect length, But listen to the words of Wisden:-"the chief use of the failure could be found in the demoralising effect of Coller's bowling, itching little more than half way at terrific pace he made the ball get up more than shoulder high, and there can be no doubt that m.four-of-being-bit on the head upset the batsmen considerably." The only difference between this and body-line bowling was that he did not have a packed leg field.
AUSTRALIA'S ILL LUCK,
the
victory had subsided, the rain began to fall and continued for the rest of the evening. If we could have stay. ed at the wickets for another five or ten minutes the garne would have resulted in a draw." And with the latter part of this report Wisden fully concurs.
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the field. The first was an ordinary
nary may very possibly be a good way
to draw it. It is noteworthy that to blow of fate, but the injury was pure the best of my belieť na one has ever- bad luck and It is impossible to bowled leg theory as Armstrong: estimate what a difference it made, bowled it since. After England had for Trumper could take no further made 282 Australia hud to bat on a part in the game, or in any cricket sticky wicket and they did splendidly for a fortnight and he was never the
to make 181
ner. Duif. Trumper, runs, same batsman in the later tests as Arn
Armstrong and Darling did best with
The Tenth Extra Race Meeting he had been of old. Always at their the bat. Then England got 131, for best when trouble was looming Clem five wickets but the rain came down will be held (weather permitting) Hill and Noble put on 100 before and there was no play on the third at HAPPY VALLEY on Saturday, Jackson sent down his famous over. day.
7th November, 1936, commencing The first ball had Noble caught at The third Test was played at Leeds at 2.00 .p.m. the wicket, and after a single the and once more there was a draw.
The First Bell will be rung at fourth ball bowled Clem Hill. The England having won the toss again last ball clean bowled Darling for a made 301 and Australia only 105. 1.30 p.m. duck, Just after, stumps were drawn England declared with 295 for 5 with 158 for 4 on the board-for wickets In the second innings and Trumper's wicket was not of course then Australia lost seven wickets for hoisted.
224 when bad light stopped play. In Next morning Cotter and Arm- any case, however, only ten minutes strong, carried the score to 200 for more would have been possible.
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