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CRICKET.
ASSOCIATION iLLTCHES. j
EAST Pf^TH V. EAST FREMANTLE. ;
It was practically an impossibility for
the &ast Freniantle team to get anj
where near to its opponent's score oil
413, which the latter had put up on the j
j west wicket of the Association Cricket 1
ground on the previous Saturday, and,
as a matter of fact, it reached just within
250 of that totaL The wicket was again
in good order, but the East Perth bowl
ers proved to be too good for the East
Fremantle batsmen, and got- them out
for 170 runs. Even this was Dractic
aiiy the score of one man, for. with the
exception of Meares, not one of the bats
men did anything worthy of mention.
On the last occasion when these clubs
met, Meares was very much in evidence,
but he v/as even more so on the present
occasion, for he played a magnincent in
ninjrs for 110, sund it was one of the
best displays of the gajne that has been
witnessed this season. The batsman
wait in Sr6t, and it looked at one time
as if he were going to see them all
through. The scoring for the first two
hours and a half was very slow indeed,
for Meares was the only one who seemed
to be able to make any runs, and he ?vras
for the most part playing very steadily.
All good balls were met by him with the
full face of the hat, and played with care,
ana au ne aid was to wait tor a loose
one, and then despatch it to the bound
ary. His hitting all round the wicket
was very clean, and his off driving was a
feature of the inningn. Of the first
130 runs that were put up on the board
he had made 100, so the care with which
the other players baited can be realised.
Meares is the most artistic batsman in the
colony, and is the possessor of more
strokes than anyone else, and all the
spectators thoroughly enjoyed watching
his display. He gave only oae chance,
and that was a hot one to extra dip
when he was close upon his century.
He brought the latter figure up by a fine
off drive from Orr to the boundary. His
score included eighteen fours and one
Sve, the latter being a beautiful les bit
Centuries are getting quite common now
on the Association Cricket ground, for
one is made nearly every Saturday. Of
the other batsmen in the team only two
got into double figures, snt? they scored
ten each. The team, which butted one
man ghort, follors-ed on. and lost three
wickets for 15 run*. Caldwell bowled
splendidly for East Perth, taking 5 wick
ets for 27 runs. He kept an excellent
lensrth throughout, and caused the ball
to make a lot of pace off the pitch. Ap
pended are the scores : —
East Perth.
First innings ? 413
fcast tremantle.
' First Innings.
F. Meares, c sub, b Caldwell ? ... 110
W. Marcroft, lbvr. b Eandell ... 5
W. Watts, c and b Orr ? 1
H. Byers, c and b Orr ... ... 0
Dwyer, b Caldwell ? 10
H. Cope, run out ? 0
H. Delohery, b Caldvrell ? 3
P. Collins, b Caldwell ? 10
A. Wright, b Caldwell ? 9
B. Price, not out ... ... ... 3
W. Moore, absent ? ... 0
Sundries ... ... ... ... 19
Total ? 170
Bowling Analysis. — Randeli, 84 balls,
2 maidens, 29 runs, 1 wicket ; Hoskingp,
78 balls, 3 maidens, 35 runs; Orr, 96
balls, 3 maidens, 62 runE, 2 wickets;
Caldwell, 97 balls, i maidens, 27 runs,
5 wickets.
Second Innings. .
EL Cope, not out ? 6
B. Price, b Eandell ? 5
H. Delohery, b Draper ? 0
H. Byers, c Wilkinson, b Draper... 3
Sundry ... ... ... ... j
Total for three wickets ... 15
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