Date-stamped : 04 Sep95 - 10:27 Tour Match: Yorkshire v West Indies Scarborough, 30, 31 August, 1 September 1995 ====> Day 1, 30 Aug 95 Gough left with mixed feelings - Andrew Collomosse First day of three: West Indians (426) v Yorks DARREN GOUGH`s long-awaited return after injury was enjoyed in equal measure by the West Indian batsmen and the festival crowd. Gough himself might be forgiven for having mixed feelings. Watched by the chairman of selectors, Ray Illingworth, the Eng- land fast bowler, who has played only three one-day games since his troublesome foot ruled him out of the Old Trafford Test on July 27, bowled 16 overs without apparent discomfort. In the process he took the wickets of Stuart Williams and Court- ney Browne. However, with the batsmen intent on mayhem, he paid the high price of 95 runs for his victims despite an opening spell of one for 17 from six overs. He was not the only bowler to suffer. The West Indians` inten- tions were clear from the start, Williams hooking the third ball of the day from Gough into the pavillion car park. There was enough life, though, for Gough and Peter Hartley to re- move Sherwin Campbell, Williams and Shivnarine Chanderpaul with only 25 on the board. Responsibility for the salvage operation fell to Keith Arthurton and Junior Murray, dropped by David Byas at second slip off Mark Robinson on 10. It proved a costly lapse as Murray and Arthurton stepped up a gear to add 190 in 43 overs for the fourth wicket. Arthurton, who always enjoys himself at the festival, pulled Ro- binson out of the ground to stake an early claim for the #100 prize for the biggest hit of the festival en route to a splendid 94. Murray, no less belligerent, included 16 fours in his 84 from 141 balls. The most explosive hitting of the day came from Browne, who re- quired only 37 balls for his first fifty and reached three fig- ures, appropriately with a six over midwicket off 72 balls with three sixes and 15 fours as the tourists romped to 426 all out off 79.3 overs. Bad light prevented Yorkshire starting their re- ply. Source :: The Electronic Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk) Contributed by The Management (help@cricinfo.com) ====> Day 2, 31 Aug 95 Metcalfe shows appetite - Andrew Collomosse Second day of three: West Indians (426 & 112-3) lead Yorks (297) by 241 runs ASHLEY METCALFE has had to content himself with a diet consisting mainly of second XI cricket since scoring his last first-class century for Yorkshire in April 1993. However, he proved that his appetite for runs remains undimin- ished with a high-quality innings of 100 that, together with Michael Bevan`s sixth first-class century of the season, rescued Yorkshire from potential embarrassment on another day of rich entertainment for the festival crowd. The Yorkshire beneficiary gave his Australian partner a 10-over start yet still beat him to three figures by two balls with three sixes and 12 fours in his 123-ball century. Bevan, who batted faultlessly for a 171-minute century that in- cluded a six and 17 fours, and Metcalfe added 191 in 39 overs for the fifth wicket to rescue Yorkshire from 73 for four. Vasbert Drakes was their main tormentor. His opening spell of 13 overs earned him the wickets of Martyn Moxon and David Byas and suggested he will cause his fair share of problems as the Sussex overseas player next season. He also contributed to the unfortunate downfall of Craig White, deflecting a thunderous straight drive from Bevan on to the stumps with the England all-rounder stranded out of his crease. The departure of Bevan and Metcalfe in successive overs precipi- tated a collapse in which the last six wickets fell for 33 runs, giving the tourists a lead of 129. With the exuberant Keith Arthurton clubbing his second enormous six of the match, they increased this to 241 by the close. Source :: The Electronic Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk) Contributed by The Management (help@cricinfo.com) ====> Day 3, 1 Sep 95 Hall calms fans after tourists kill game - Andrew Collomosse West Indians (426 & 356-4 dec) drew with Yorkshire (297 & 143-3) WEST INDIES tour manager Wes Hall, confronted by a group of angry supporters, defended his side as the final first-class match of their tour ended on an acrimonious note. The West Indians, 112 for three overnight, batted on for another 2.75 hours, enabling Carl Hooper and Shivnarine Chandrapaul to reach three figures, pass 1,000 runs for the season and, in the process, kill the opening game of the 109th Scarborough Festival stone dead. When, at Hall`s insistence, Courtney Walsh finally declared, Yorkshire were left with 125 minutes plus 20 overs to score 486 runs for victory. Bad light ended proceedings with only two of the final 20 overs bowled. The tourists` failure to declare by lunch at the latest revealed a complete disregard for the paying customers and resulted in their batsmen being jeered and slow-handclapped. Hall was heckled as he made his way back to the pavilion after lunch, where he later told a group of around 20 disgruntled sup- porters: "I have never been booed before in my life, but I have some sympathy with your complaints. "I know all about the ethos of festival cricket, but perhaps the players in the dressing room do not. In my day we would have sat down and arranged things over a pint the night before. That doesn`t seem to happen any more. "On the other hand, you have to look at our players` point of view. You don`t realise what they went through back home after being beaten by the Minor Counties and Sussex following their home defeat by Australia. "They did not want to be beaten by Yorkshire even in a festival game." Source :: The Electronic Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk) Contributed by The Management (help@*ogi.edu)