Post Line-ups Cricket at the 1948 Olympics | Match 12 - What on earth happened back there?!

[Aislabie]

Excellent to claim the medal after some impressive public support, but we really did make it difficult for ourselves. Full credit to the Canadians, though - for 80% of the game, they were probably the better side. Shouldn't be long before they are medal contenders.

We've got an ageing team, too, so that might well be our last shot at a medal for quite some time.

 

[VC the slogger]

Cricket at the Olympics
Paris 1900​

Spoiler: Introduction

After being a success in the 1896 Olympic Games with an all new 1-day single innings format, cricket was unanimously retained as a sporting event for the 1900 Olympic Games set to take place in the beautiful city of Paris.

Participation has doubled, with the team count going up from 4 to 8 as Argentina (

), the host nation France (

), Netherlands* (

) and New Zealand (

) look to make their mark in a game they have never taken seriously until now.


*Netherlands were replaced by the Mixed Team due to their last minute withdrawal from the event.

Spoiler: Squads

Spoiler: Argentina

Argentina ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Manager: Matt121

Squad Henry Bury - Right-arm offbreak/medium John Garrod Arthur Anderson James Anderson Evelyn Toulmin - Right-arm legbreak Frank Leach James Gifford Ernest Rumboll - Right-arm offbreak Percival Bury Archibald Spens Barrington Syer Herbert Dorning Patricio Rath Bernard Bedford HC Foster --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Spoiler: Australia

Australia ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Manager: themusketeer

Squad Joe Darling Victor Trumper - Right-arm medium Clem Hill Frank Iredale Syd Gregory Harry Graham Reggie Duff - Right-arm medium Monty Noble Bert Hopkins James Kelly Ernie Jones Charles Eady Bill Howell Hugh Trumble Jack Saunders --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Spoiler: Canada

Canada ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Manager: stinson99 & Yonga

Squad Mossie Boyd Dyce Saunders Walter Cooper Francis Terry Jack Laing Gordon Guggisberg George Lyon - Right-arm offbreak/medium Jack Counsell Hugh Cyril Hill Crosbie Baber William Jones - Right-arm offbreak Michael Bristowe Hal McGiverin Charles Godwin Alexander Gillespie --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Spoiler: France

France ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Manager: Na Maloom Afraad

Squad Arthur Schneidau Timothee Jordan Lionel Palairet - Right-arm medium Richard Palairet Robert Horne Henry Terry Bernard Bosanquet Philip Tomalin HF Roques J Braid Flooi du Toit William Andersen William Attrill Douglas Robinson Arthur MacEvoy --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Spoiler: Great Britain

Great Britain ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Manager: Sami Kumar

Squad Tom Hayward - Right-arm medium Archie MacLaren Bobby Abel - Right-arm offbreak KS Ranjitsinhji Johnny Tyldesley CB Fry - Right-arm fast-medium Stanley Jackson Gilbert Jessop - Right-arm fast George Hirst Bill Storer - Right-arm legbreak Tom Richardson Bill Lockwood Jack Hearne Johnny Briggs Wilfred Rhodes --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Spoiler: Mixed Team

Mixed Team ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Manager: RedKing

Squad Charles Ollivierre - Right-arm medium/offbreak Lucius Gwynn Johan Schröder Percy de Paravicini - Right-arm medium Charles Miller Lebrun Constantine - Right-arm medium-fast Tim O'Brien Paul Clauss John Raphael - Right-arm medium Karl Quist - Right-arm legbreak Reggie Schwarz Carst Posthuma Krom Hendricks Albert Henry Mehallasha Pavri Palwankar Baloo --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Spoiler: Netherlands (withdrew from event)

Netherlands (withdrew from event) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Manager: None

Squad Johan Schröder Broese van Groenou Joseph Hisgen - Right-arm offbreak/medium Kees Feith Willem Beukema John Weiss Top Rincker Henri van Booven Carst Posthuma Anton Diemer Kool Krom Hendricks PR Tromp de Haas Antonie Nijland Coen Nolet Willem Coops --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Spoiler: New Zealand

New Zealand ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Manager: joejoe018

Squad Dan Reese - Left-arm medium/slow Len Cuff Hugh Lusk - Right-arm medium Thomas Cobcroft - Right-arm offbreak Herbert de Maus - Slow left-arm orthodox Arnold Williams Arthur Sims Tom Groube Charles Boxshall Walter Pearce Ernest Upham Stanley Frankish Frederick Wilding Alec Downes William Robertson --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Spoiler: United States of America

United States of America ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Manager: The Author

Squad George Patterson Francis Bohlen Nelson Graves John Lester - Right-arm offbreak Henry Thayer Arthur Wood - Right-arm offbreak Bart King Reynolds Brown - Right-arm fast Arthur Brockie Edward Cregar Henry Scattergood Percy Clark Alfred Morris Henry Brown Henry Baily --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Spoiler: Fixtures & Results

Fixtures & Results


Round 1

Argentina v USA at Paris - USA won by 5 wickets (with 123 balls remaining)
France v Great Britain at Paris - Great Britain won by 278 runs
Australia v New Zealand at Paris - Australia won by 3 wickets (with 23 balls remaining)
Canada v Mixed Team at Paris - Canada won by 4 wickets (with 89 balls remaining)

Round 2

Canada v France at Paris - Canada won by 5 runs
USA v New Zealand at Paris - USA won by 5 wickets (with 46 balls remaining)
Argentina v Australia at Paris - Australia won by 2 wickets (with 168 balls remaining)
Mixed Team v Great Britain at Paris - Great Britain won by 56 runs

Round 3

France v Mixed Team at Paris - France won by 9 runs
Australia v USA at Paris - Australia won by 33 runs
New Zealand v Argentina at Paris - Argentina won by 3 wickets (with 65 balls remaining)
Great Britain v Canada at Paris - Great Britain won by 92 runs


1st Semi-final

Great Britain v USA at Paris - Great Britain won by 6 wickets (with 105 balls remaining)

2nd Semi-final

Australia v Canada at Paris - Australia won by 11 runs

Bronze playoff

Canada v USA at Paris - USA won by 11 runs


Final

Great Britain v Australia at Paris - Australia won by 5 runs​

Spoiler: Statistics

Statistics​

ARGENTINA

BATTING & FIELDING

Player            Mat  Inns  NO  Runs  HS    Avg    BF    S/R   100s 50s  4s  6s  0s  Ct  St
H Bury             3     3    0   30   27   10.00   69   43.48    0   0    1   0   0   4   -
E Toulmin          3     3    0   57   37   19.00   93   61.29    0   0    3   0   0   2   -
A Anderson         1     1    0    0    0    0.00    4    0.00    0   0    0   0   1   0   -
J Anderson         3     3    1   53   31*  26.50  129   41.09    0   0    4   0   0   2   -
J Gifford          2     2    0    7    4    3.50   25   28.00    0   0    0   0   0   0   -
B Syer             3     3    0   24   15    8.00   78   30.77    0   0    0   0   0   5   1
P Bury             3     3    0   40   19   13.33   80   50.00    0   0    1   0   0   1   -
E Rumboll          3     3    0   16    9    5.33   31   51.61    0   0    0   0   0   0   -
H Dorning          3     3    1   25   15*  12.50   56   44.64    0   0    0   0   0   1   -
P Rath             3     3    1    9    8*   4.00   29   31.04    0   0    0   0   1   0   -
B Bedford          3     2    0    7    7    3.50    9   77.78    0   0    0   0   1   1   -
H Foster           3     2    1    4    3    4.00   17   23.53    0   0    0   0   0   0   -

BOWLING

Player         Mat  Inns  Overs  Mdns  Runs  Wkts    BBI   Avg   Econ   S/R  4w  5w
H Dorning       3     3   18.3    3     62     6    2/5   10.33  3.35  22.2   0   0
P Rath          3     3   15.3    1     62     7    5/22   8.86  4.00  13.3   0   1
B Bedford       3     3    18     0     60     2    1/18  30.00  3.33  54.0   0   0
H Foster        3     3    18     2     57     2    2/8   28.50  3.17  54.0   0   0
E Toulmin       3     3    10     0     29     2    1/9   14.50  2.90  30.0   0   0
P Bury          3     3    10     1     32     4    3/10   8.00  3.20  15.0   0   0
E Rumboll       3     1     1     0      4     0    0/4    N/A   4.00   0.0   0   0

AUSTRALIA

BATTING & FIELDING

Player            Mat  Inns  NO  Runs  HS    Avg    BF    S/R   100s 50s  4s  6s  0s  Ct  St
J Darling          5     5    0  151   46   30.20  233   64.81    0   0   11   1   0   2   -
V Trumper          5     5    0  161   67   32.20  259   62.16    0   2   10   2   0   4   -
S Gregory          3     3    0   74   35   24.67  132   56.06    0   0    4   1   0   3   -
C Hill             4     4    0   94   57   23.50  122   77.05    0   1    5   4   0   4   -
F Iredale          2     2    0   37   28   18.50   39   94.87    0   0    3   2   0   0   -
M Noble            5     5    1   87   35   21.75  212   41.04    0   0    2   0   0   0   -
H Graham           3     3    0   53   42   17.67   79   67.09    0   0    3   1   0   0   -
B Hopkins          3     3    0   20   14    6.67   38   52.63    0   0    1   0   0   0   -
H Trumble          5     5    1   39   18    9.75   64   60.94    0   0    3   0   1   1   -
J Kelly            5     5    2   43   18*  14.33   94   45.74    0   0    3   0   0   8   0
E Jones            5     4    4   31   10*   N/A    49   63.26    0   0    1   0   0   0   -
C Eady             5     2    2    6    5*   N/A     4  149.93    0   0    1   0   0   1   -
B Howell           5     0    -    -    -     -      -     -      -   -    -   -   -   3   -

BOWLING

Player         Mat  Inns  Overs  Mdns  Runs  Wkts    BBI   Avg   Econ   S/R  4w  5w
E Jones         5     5   46.2    3    180    11    5/30  16.36  3.88  25.3   0   1
B Howell        5     5    39     0    157     8    2/12  19.63  4.03  29.3   0   0
C Eady          5     5    41     0    167     9    3/40  18.56  4.07  27.3   0   0
M Noble         5     5   43.1    1    154     9    4/20  17.11  3.57  28.8   1   0
H Trumble       5     5   42.4    5    110     8    2/9   13.75  2.58  32.0   0   0
V Trumper       5     1     2     0      5     1    1/5    5.00  2.50  12.0   0   0
B Hopkins       3     1     3     0      5     0    0/5    N/A   1.67   0.0   0   0

CANADA

BATTING & FIELDING

Player            Mat  Inns  NO  Runs  HS    Avg    BF    S/R   100s 50s  4s  6s  0s  Ct  St
M Boyd             4     4    0   56   38   14.00   91   61.54    0   0    3   1   0   2   -
D Saunders         4     4    0  115   49   28.75  149   77.18    0   0    8   3   1   2   1
W Cooper           4     4    0   45   17   11.25   94   47.87    0   0    2   0   1   6   -
J Laing            4     4    0   92   46   23.00  173   53.18    0   0    4   1   0   0   -
G Guggisberg       4     4    2   89   53*  44.50  164   54.27    0   1    2   0   0   1   -
G Lyon             4     4    0   67   32   16.75  124   54.03    0   0    1   1   0   1   -
F Terry            1     1    0    1    1    1.00    6   16.67    0   0    0   0   0   0   -
C Baber            3     3    0   17    9    5.67   44   38.64    0   0    0   0   0   1   -
M Bristowe         4     4    1   64   43   21.33  114   56.14    0   0    1   0   1   2   -
H McGiverin        4     3    0   17   16    5.67   35   48.57    0   0    0   0   1   0   -
C Godwin           4     3    0   33   15   11.00   69   47.83    0   0    2   0   0   1   -
A Gillespie        4     3    2   11    4*  11.00   13   84.60    0   0    1   0   0   1   -

BOWLING

Player         Mat  Inns  Overs  Mdns  Runs  Wkts    BBI   Avg   Econ   S/R  4w  5w
H McGiverin     4     4    37     1    166     7    3/23  23.71  4.49  31.7   0   0
W Cooper        4     4    31     1    125     6    2/19  20.83  4.03  31.0   0   0
J Laing         4     4    32     2    128    10    3/20  12.80  4.00  19.2   0   0
M Bristowe      4     3    19     0     82     3    2/39  27.33  4.32  38.0   0   0
C Godwin        4     4    20     0     88     2    1/32  44.00  4.40  60.0   0   0
A Gillespie     4     4    21     2     73     5    2/26  14.60  3.48  25.2   0   0
G Lyon          4     4    22.5   0     81     2    1/14  40.50  3.55  68.5   0   0

FRANCE

BATTING & FIELDING

Player            Mat  Inns  NO  Runs  HS    Avg    BF    S/R   100s 50s  4s  6s  0s  Ct  St
T Jordan           1     1    0   19   19   19.00   28   67.85    0   0    0   0   0   0   -
A Schneidau        2     2    0    4    4    2.00   15   26.67    0   0    0   0   1   0   -
L Palairet         3     3    0   75   61   25.00   83   90.36    0   1    4   4   0   2   -
R Palairet         3     3    0   16    9    5.33   34   47.06    0   0    1   0   0   1   -
R Horne            3     3    0   16   10    5.33   31   51.61    0   0    0   0   0   0   -
H Terry            1     1    0    0    0    0.00    2    0.00    0   0    0   0   1   1   -
B Bosanquet        3     3    0   66   51   22.00  116   56.90    0   1    2   1   1   0   -
P Tomalin          2     2    0   25   24   12.50   37   67.56    0   0    0   0   0   2   -
F Roques           3     3    0   46   22   15.33   69   66.67    0   0    1   1   0   0   -
J Braid            3     3    0   18   10    6.00   45   40.00    0   0    0   0   0   4   1
F du Toit          3     3    0   19   11    6.33   50   38.00    0   0    0   0   0   0   -
W Attrill          1     1    1    9    9*   N/A    25   36.00    0   0    0   0   0   0   -
W Andersen         2     2    0    3    2    1.50   15   20.00    0   0    0   0   0   1   -
D Robinson         2     2    1   12    8   12.00   40   30.00    0   0    0   0   0   0   -
A MacEvoy          1     1    1    0    0*   N/A     0    0.00    0   0    0   0   0   0   -

BOWLING

Player         Mat  Inns  Overs  Mdns  Runs  Wkts    BBI   Avg   Econ   S/R  4w  5w
B Bosanquet     3     3    30     1    119     4    2/28  29.75  3.97  45.0   0   0
F du Toit       3     3    30     4     97     3    2/35  32.33  3.23  60.0   0   0
L Palairet      3     3    25     0    119     4    2/26  29.75  4.76  37.5   0   0
F Roques        3     3   20.5    3     92     4    2/16  23.00  4.42  31.3   0   0
W Andersen      2     2    15     0     88     2    2/25  44.00  5.87  45.0   0   0
W Attrill       1     1     8     0     32     2    2/32  16.00  4.00  24.0   0   0
D Robinson      2     2     8     0     23     2    1/11  11.50  2.88  24.0   0   0
A MacEvoy       1     1     7     0     74     0    0/74   N/A  10.57   0.0   0   0
R Palairet      3     1     1     0      7     0    0/7    N/A   7.00   0.0   0   0

GREAT BRITAIN

BATTING & FIELDING

Player            Mat  Inns  NO  Runs  HS    Avg    BF    S/R   100s 50s  4s  6s  0s  Ct  St
A MacLaren         5     5    0  210  108   42.00  286   73.43    1   0   19   2   0   1   -
T Hayward          1     1    0   27   27   27.00   73   36.99    0   0    1   0   0   0   -
J Tyldesley        5     5    1  273   96   68.25  394   69.29    0   3   15   4   0   3   -
KS Ranjitsinhji    5     5    0  172   88   34.40  247   69.64    0   2   18   2   0   3   -
S Jackson          5     5    2  146   66*  48.67  175   83.43    0   1   15   2   0   2   -
G Hirst            1     1    1   28   28*   N/A    10  280.00    0   0    6   0   0   0   -
G Jessop           4     4    1  123  107   41.00  119  103.36    1   0   10   7   0   1   -
B Storer           5     3    1   14    8    7.00   25   56.00    0   0    2   0   1   7   0
B Lockwood         5     2    1   48   41*  48.00   35  137.15    0   0    4   3   0   2   -
W Rhodes           5     4    0   29   16    7.25   39   74.36    0   0    5   0   0   1   -
J Briggs           5     2    2   12   10*   N/A    17   70.60    0   0    2   0   0   0   -
T Richardson       5     0    -    -    -     -      -     -      -   -    -   -   -   2   -
J Hearne           4     0    -    -    -     -      -     -      -   -    -   -   -   1   -

BOWLING

Player         Mat  Inns  Overs  Mdns  Runs  Wkts    BBI   Avg   Econ   S/R  4w  5w
T Richardson    5     5   43.1    4    136    13    7/11  10.46  3.15  19.9   0   1
B Lockwood      5     5    43     1    130    14    5/26   9.29  3.02  18.4   0   2
J Hearne        4     4   28.1    0    109     6    2/23  18.17  3.87  28.2   0   0
W Rhodes        5     5    31     1    118     4    2/4   29.50  3.81  46.5   0   0
J Briggs        5     4    35     0    128     7    5/22  18.29  3.66  30.0   0   1
G Jessop        4     3    16     0     78     1    1/47  78.00  4.88  96.0   0   0
T Hayward       1     1     1     0      2     0    0/2    N/A   2.00   0.0   0   0

MIXED TEAM

BATTING & FIELDING

Player            Mat  Inns  NO  Runs  HS    Avg    BF    S/R   100s 50s  4s  6s  0s  Ct  St
C Ollivierre       3     3    0   35   18   11.67   65   53.85    0   0    1   0   0   5   -
L Gwynn            2     2    0    3    2    1.50    9   33.33    0   0    0   0   0   0   -
C Miller           1     1    0    0    0    0.00    1    0.00    0   0    0   0   1   2   -
T O'Brien          3     3    0   52   43   17.33   88   59.09    0   0    1   1   0   3   -
P de Paravicini    1     1    0    9    9    9.00   17   52.95    0   0    1   0   0   0   -
L Constantine      2     2    0   16    8    8.00   23   69.57    0   0    2   0   0   0   -
P Clauss           3     3    1  100   58*  50.00  181   55.25    0   1    2   1   1   0   -
J Schroder         3     3    0   87   34   29.00  192   45.31    0   0    4   1   0   1   0
K Quist            1     1    0    9    9    9.00    8  112.50    0   0    0   0   0   0   -
R Schwarz          2     2    0    4    3    2.00    9   44.44    0   0    0   0   0   1   -
P Baloo            3     3    0   26   20    8.67   31   83.87    0   0    2   1   0   2   -
M Pavri            2     2    0   35   19   17.50   90   38.89    0   0    0   0   0   1   -
C Posthuma         3     3    2   32   25*  32.00   46   69.56    0   0    1   1   0   0   -
K Hendricks        3     3    1   26   18   13.00   27   96.30    0   0    1   1   0   0   -
A Henry            1     1    0   10   10   10.00   26   38.46    0   0    1   0   0   1   -

BOWLING

Player         Mat  Inns  Overs  Mdns  Runs  Wkts    BBI   Avg   Econ   S/R  4w  5w
K Hendricks     3     3    26     0    127     6    3/27  21.17  4.88  26.0   0   0
C Posthuma      3     3    24     3     72     4    2/19  18.00  3.00  36.0   0   0
A Henry         1     1    4.2    0     27     3    3/27   9.00  6.23   8.7   0   0
M Pavri         2     2   14.1    1     73     1    1/56  73.00  5.15  85.0   0   0
R Schwarz       2     2    20     3     76     1    1/47  76.00  3.80 120.0   0   0
P Baloo         3     3    20     2     82     4    2/24  20.50  4.10  30.0   0   0
P de Paravicini 1     1     7     0     32     2    2/32  16.00  4.57  21.0   0   0
L Gwynn         2     1     3     0      4     0    0/4    N/A   1.33   0.0   0   0
K Quist         1     1     3     0     21     0    0/21   N/A   7.00   0.0   0   0

NEW ZEALAND

BATTING & FIELDING

Player            Mat  Inns  NO  Runs  HS    Avg    BF    S/R   100s 50s  4s  6s  0s  Ct  St
D Reese            3     3    0   50   41   16.67  109   45.87    0   0    4   0   0   1   -
L Cuff             3     3    0   98   64   32.67  158   62.03    0   1    7   1   1   1   -
H de Maus          3     3    0    7    5    2.33   20   35.00    0   0    0   0   1   1   -
H Lusk             3     3    0   10   10    3.33   26   38.46    0   0    0   0   2   0   -
A Sims             3     3    1   57   46*  28.50   78   73.08    0   0    4   1   1   0   -
T Groube           3     3    0   29   27    9.67   64   45.31    0   0    1   1   1   0   -
C Boxshall         3     3    0   18   13    6.00   58   31.03    0   0    1   0   0   1   0
W Pearce           3     3    0   87   66   29.00  120   72.50    0   1    5   4   0   4   -
F Wilding          3     3    0   29   12    9.67   68   42.65    0   0    0   0   0   0   -
E Upham            3     3    0   16   10    5.33   57   28.07    0   0    1   0   0   0   -
S Frankish         3     3    2   26   13*  26.00   25  103.99    0   0    0   1   0   0   -

BOWLING

Player         Mat  Inns  Overs  Mdns  Runs  Wkts    BBI   Avg   Econ   S/R  4w  5w
E Upham         3     3   26.1    0     92     5    3/32  18.40  3.52  31.4   0   0
W Pearce        3     3    28     0    102     4    2/38  25.50  3.64  42.0   0   0
S Frankish      3     3   17.3    2     71     2    1/21  35.50  4.06  52.5   0   0
F Wilding       3     3    22     0     88     5    3/19  17.60  4.00  26.4   0   0
D Reese         3     1     7     0     18     1    1/18  18.00  2.57  42.0   0   0
H Lusk          3     3    27     2     81     1    1/34  81.00  3.00 162.0   0   0

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

BATTING & FIELDING

Player            Mat  Inns  NO  Runs  HS    Avg    BF    S/R   100s 50s  4s  6s  0s  Ct  St
G Patterson        4     4    1  115   49*  38.33  198   58.08    0   0    5   2   0   1   -
F Bohlen           4     4    0   87   53   21.75  134   64.93    0   1    4   2   1   0   -
J Lester           4     4    0   50   39   12.50  102   49.02    0   0    4   0   0   1   -
A Wood             1     1    0    0    0    0.00    1    0.00    0   0    0   0   1   0   -
N Graves           4     4    0   51   29   12.75  103   49.51    0   0    2   1   0   2   -
A Brockie          4     4    0   47   26   11.75   98   47.96    0   0    1   0   1   1   -
JB King            4     4    1   39   30   13.00   74   52.70    0   0    0   0   0   1   -
R Brown            4     4    2   17    9*   8.50   20   85.00    0   0    2   0   0   0   -
E Cregar           4     2    1   41   36*  41.00   84   48.81    0   0    1   1   0   3   -
P Clark            4     2    1   45   24*  45.00   72   62.50    0   0    5   0   0   0   -
H Brown            1     0    -    -    -     -      -     -      -   -    -   -   -   0   -
H Scattergood      4     2    0   21   12   10.50   43   48.83    0   0    0   0   0   4   1
H Baily            2     1    0    4    4    4.00   11   36.37    0   0    0   0   0   1   -

BOWLING

Player         Mat  Inns  Overs  Mdns  Runs  Wkts    BBI   Avg   Econ   S/R  4w  5w
JB King         4     4    33     1    122     3    2/36  40.67  3.70  66.0   0   0
G Patterson     4     4    30     0     93     8    4/27  11.63  3.10  22.5   1   0
P Clark         4     4   25.2    3    105     4    2/31  26.25  4.14  38.0   0   0
H Baily         2     2    15     1     59     1    1/41  59.00  3.93  90.0   0   0
H Brown         1     1     9     1     36     0    0/36   N/A   4.00   0.0   0   0
E Cregar        4     4    32     1     91     8    4/24  11.38  2.84  24.0   1   0
J Lester        4     3   15.3    0     80     4    2/50  20.00  5.16  23.3   0   0

Spoiler: Standings

Standings

| Team | Pld | Won | Lost | N/R | Points

| Great Britain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6

| Canada | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3

| France | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0

| Mixed Team | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -3

| Team | Pld | Won | Lost | N/R | Points

| Australia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6

| United States | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3

| Argentina | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1

| New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -3

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Points system

Result | Points
Win | 2
Loss | -1
Tie/No result | 1

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Spoiler: Medal table

| Team | Result

| Australia|

Gold

| Great Britain |

Silver

| United States |

Bronze
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| Canada | 4th place

| Argentina | 5th place

| France | 6th place

| Mixed Team | 7th place

| New Zealand | 8th place

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Summary​

The participation in cricket doubled for the 1900 Games after a well organized tournament in the first ever modern Olympics in 1896. Argentina, the host nation France, Mixed Team and New Zealand joined Australia, Canada, Great Britain and United States for an 8-team tournament spread across three rounds followed by knockouts. The Mixed team featuring players from twelve different non-participating nations came in as a replacement for the Netherlands who unsportingly withdrew from the event after their bid to co-host the Games with France fell through.

Australia and Great Britain, the only two participating nations with Test status stood head and shoulders above the rest by winning all of their group matches. The former were put to the test by rookies New Zealand and Argentina, but the latter ruthlessly dominated all in their path. Still, it was the Australians who a Gold medal instead of Great Britain who choked for the second successive time in an Olympic final to wind up with Silver.

The United States who had won Gold in 1896 settled for Bronze this time after winning a closely fought playoff against North American rivals Canada. Both teams were knocked out in the semi-finals by Great Britain and Australia respectively. Canada finished on 4th place which was actually a very good effort in contrast to their similar result albeit in completely different circumstances four years previously.

While none of the four newcomers could make it past the group stages, a couple of them certainly impressed. Argentina did no disgrace to themselves by fighting hard in all of their matches. They almost beat Australia while defending a paltry 87 and finally beat New Zealand in their last match of the tournament. Hosts France were completely and utterly humiliated on their cricketing debut, but improved a great deal in their last couple of matches - even registering a victory over the Mixed Team.

The Mixed Team and New Zealand both finished winless despite having some fairly talented players in their ranks. The Mixed Team had players good enough to win a Silver/Bronze medal but lack of unity in their side led to their downfall. New Zealand on the other hand stuck to the same faltering lineup and inexplicably snubbed their best player. No team could be more deserving of the wooden spoon.

Best players​

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Those who thought WG Grace's records from the 1896 Games would stand for quite a while were proven wrong by Johnny Tyldesley in the very next edition. The right-hander from Lancashire put up scores of 96, 48, 19, 57* and 53 from his five outings at the No 3 position. He had already overtaken Grace's record of 182 by 38 runs after his fourth outing and his batting average of 68.25 was country miles ahead of the former's 45.50.

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Four years after 1896, Bill Lockwood reprised his role as the leading wicket-taker in an Olympic cricket tournament. His 14 wickets from 5 matches at an astonishing average of 9.29 bettered his previous haul of 9 at 12.78. This time he also did well in the final, but the result was the same as before.

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George Patterson was brought back from the wilderness by the Americans who desperately needed some solidity at the top of the order. He lived up to his reputation by scoring the most number of runs (115 at 38.33) for them. His 8 wickets at 11.63 was the icing on the cake. However, his performances weren't backed up by the rest of his team-mates and thus America couldn't reach the same highs in cricket as before.

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Having to fill the boots of the unmatchable Jack Blackham, Australia's incumbent wicket-keeper James Kelly did quite a credible job behind the stumps with 8 dismissals to his name. He held on to the ones that mattered most in a tense finale which went Australia's way.

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Stats leaders​

Most runs (top 10)

Player|Team|Mat|Inns|NO|Runs|H.S|Average|Balls|S/R|100s|50s|0s|4s|6s
Johnny Tyldesley |

Great Britain | 5 | 5 | 1 | 273 | 96 | 68.25 | 394 | 69.29 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 4
Archie MacLaren |

Great Britain | 5 | 5 | 0 | 210 | 108 | 42.00 | 286 | 73.43 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2
KS Ranjitsinhji |

Great Britain | 5 | 5 | 0 | 172 | 88 | 34.40 | 247 | 69.64 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 2
Victor Trumper |

Australia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 161 | 67 | 32.20 | 259 | 62.16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2
Joe Darling |

Australia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 151 | 46 | 30.20 | 233 | 64.81 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1
Stanley Jackson |

Great Britain | 5 | 5 | 2 | 146 | 66* | 48.67 | 175 | 83.43 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2
Gilbert Jessop |

Great Britain | 4 | 4 | 1 | 123 | 107 | 41.00 | 119 | 103.36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7
George Patterson |

United States | 4 | 4 | 1 | 115 | 49* | 38.33 | 198 | 58.08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2
Dyce Saunders |

Canada | 4 | 4 | 0 | 115 | 49 | 28.75 | 149 | 77.18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3
Paul Clauss |

Mixed Team | 3 | 3 | 1 | 100 | 58* | 50.00 | 181 | 55.25 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1

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Most wickets (top 10)

Player|Team|Mat|Inns|Overs|Mdns|Runs|Wkts|BBI|Average|Econ|S/R|4w|5w
Bill Lockwood |

Great Britain | 5 | 5 | 43.0 | 1 | 130 | 14 | 5/26 | 9.29 | 3.02 | 18.4 | 0 | 2
Tom Richardson |

Great Britain | 5 | 5 | 43.1 | 4 | 136 | 13 | 7/11 | 10.46 | 3.15 | 19.9 | 0 | 1
Ernie Jones |

Australia | 5 | 5 | 46.2 | 3 | 180 | 11 | 5/30 | 16.36 | 3.88 | 25.3 | 0 | 1
Jack Laing |

Canada | 4 | 4 | 32.0 | 2 | 128 | 10 | 3/20 | 12.80 | 4.00 | 19.2 | 0 | 0
Monty Noble |

Australia | 5 | 5 | 43.1 | 1 | 154 | 9 | 4/20 | 17.11 | 3.57 | 28.8 | 1 | 0
Charles Eady |

Australia | 5 | 5 | 41.0 | 0 | 167 | 9 | 3/40 | 18.56 | 4.07 | 27.3 | 0 | 0
Edward Cregar |

United States | 4 | 4 | 32.0 | 1 | 91 | 8 | 4/24 | 11.38 | 2.84 | 24.0 | 1 | 0
George Patterson |

United States | 4 | 4 | 30.0 | 0 | 93 | 8 | 4/27 | 11.63 | 3.10 | 22.5 | 1 | 0
Hugh Trumble |

Australia | 5 | 5 | 42.4 | 5 | 110 | 8 | 2/9 | 13.75 | 2.58 | 32.0 | 0 | 0
Bill Howell |

Australia | 5 | 5 | 39.0 | 0 | 157 | 8 | 2/12 | 19.63 | 4.03 | 29.3 | 0 | 0

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Most dismissals (top 5)

Player|Team|Mat|Inns|Dis|Ct|St|Max Dis Inns|Dis/Inns
James Kelly |

Australia | 5 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 (3ct 0st) | 1.600
Bill Storer |

Great Britain | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 (3ct 0st) | 1.400
Barrington Syer |

Argentina | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 (3ct 0st) | 2.000
John Braid |

France | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 (3ct 0st) | 1.667
Henry Scattergood |

United States | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 (2ct 0st) | 1.250

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Lineup of the tournament​

1 Archie MacLaren (

Great Britain) - 210 runs at 42.00
2 Victor Trumper (

Australia) - 161 runs at 32.20
3 Johnny Tyldesley (

Great Britain) - 273 runs at 68.25
4 KS Ranjitsinhji (

Great Britain) - 172 runs at 34.40
5 George Patterson (

United States) - 115 runs at 38.33, 8 wickets at 11.63
6 Gilbert Jessop (

Great Britain) - 123 runs at 41.00, 1 wicket at 78.00
7 Monty Noble (

Australia) - 87 runs at 21.75, 9 wickets at 17.11
8 Bill Lockwood (

Great Britain) - 14 wickets at 9.29, 48 runs at 48.00
9 James Kelly (

Australia) - 8 dismissals in 5 innings, 43 runs at 14.33
10 Hugh Trumble (

Australia) - 8 wickets at 13.75
11 Tom Richardson (

Great Britain) - 13 wickets at 10.46​

 

[Asham]

No way we lost it

 

[VC the slogger]

Teams confirmed for St. Louis 1904​

The team count for cricket shall remain at 8 for the 1904 Olympic Games set to be held in St. Louis, Missouri, in the United States. However, four teams from the 1900 Games - namely Argentina, Canada, France and New Zealand shall not be participating this time around. Ireland, Netherlands, South Africa and the West Indies will come in as replacements.

It is understood that Argentina and New Zealand failed to send over any of their athletes for the 1904 Games. Meanwhile, the NOCs of Canada and France fell out with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) leading to their exclusion in favor of Ireland and the Netherlands.

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Netherlands | South Africa | West Indies | United States (host)

This will be the first time either of Ireland, South Africa and the West Indies will be participating in the Olympic Games. The Netherlands will also be participating in cricket for the first time in the Olympics after near misses in 1896 and due to their last minute withdrawal in 1900.​

 

[Asham]

So this time I will go with the West Indies

 

[Na Maloom Afraad]

Australia, if available. If not, then give me South Africa.

 

[VC the slogger]

So this time I will go with the West Indies

I'll give them to you if @Samuels backs out. I recall he declared interest in managing the West Indies team as far back as when I was running the 1896 season.

 

[Asham]

I'll give them to you if @Samuels backs out. I recall he declared interest in managing the West Indies team as far back as when I was running the 1896 season.

If not I would like to Manage South Africa or Ireland

 

[Pinch hitter]

i am interested in managing again a mixed team... last games, we lost all our matches... we play for a medal this time...

 

[themusketeer]

Surely I will continue with the Aussies .

 

[HawkAussie]

I would like to manage the Netherlands

 

[HawkAussie]

Performance Timeline

Team	1896	1900	1904	1908	1912	1920	1924	1928	1932	1936
Argentina	N/A	5	N/A	5	11		7	7	4	9
Australia				4*	*
Belgium	N/A	N/A	N/A	6	9	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Bermuda	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	13	17	N/A	15
Brazil	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	13	11	19	10	N/A
Burma	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	5	N/A	N/A	18	N/A	N/A
Canada	4	4	N/A	8	12	4	10	12		10
Ceylon	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	9	12	11	N/A	N/A
Chile	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	12	16	20	16	13
China	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	14	11	12
Costa Rica	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	16
Egypt	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	6	N/A	N/A	13	14	8
France	N/A	6	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Germany	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	13	6
GBR										4
India	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	8	11	15	5	6	7
Ireland	N/A	N/A	7	N/A	N/A	N/A	5		12	N/A
Mixed Team	N/A	7	8	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
NED	N/A	N/A	6	7	7	6	14	8	15	11
NZL	N/A	8	N/A	4*	*	8	6	9	9	5
Rhodesia	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	9	15	N/A	N/A
RSA	N/A	N/A	5		4	7	4	6	5
USA						10	8	10	8	14
Uruguay	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	16	N/A	N/A
WIN	N/A	N/A	4	N/A	10	5		4	7
Team	4	8	8	8	12	12	16	20	16	16

* Australia was Australasia in 1908 and 1912

 

[Sami Kumar]

Well.. there's nothing left to say. It was an easy chase but the batting made a mess of it, Just want to congratulate Australia(@themusketeer ) well done mate . That's the second time that I've lost the most crucial game of the tournament.


Would love to continue with Great Britain hoping for the gold medal this time around.

 

[Samuels]

I'll give them to you if @Samuels backs out. I recall he declared interest in managing the West Indies team as far back as when I was running the 1896 season.

I will play the sidekick. I would appreciate if you pen down and send a list of probables to us. I will step in if @Yonga dishes out a horrible squad.

 

[stinson99]

US would be great.