Cricket 1896

442 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. O ct . 29, 1896. motion, it was one of the most successful clubs in New South Wales, until recently, when, owing to the greater attractions offered by electorate cricket, it has given up playing matches, but still keeps going. When I first joined, it had a remarkably good team, and some time afterwards included Ferris, Burton, the wicket­ keeper, Charlton, 0. and W. Richardson, and Iredale. Iredale came into public notice by his play for the Belvidere ; he originally came from some other club, but I don’t think he had much of a repu­ tation then, although he was a fairly good bat.” “ What are electorate matches ? ” “ They answer to your county matches, and though they are not, I should say, quite up to their standard, they are quite as good as Pennant matches at Mel­ bourne. In my opinion it has done good to colonial cricket by starting these matches. Among other things, they have been the cause of great improve­ ment in cricket grounds; where we had one or two, we have now five or six. All the best players take part in them, and are distributed pretty well. I did not play at all last year, and as I was not able to give much attention to the matches, I don’t very well know how things worked last year, but it seems to me that the regulations might, with advantage, be a little more stiict, and the time required for qualification might be extended to about six months. I believe that it is something like one month now, so that a man may locate himself in rooms almost immediately before a match, but can only play for one Electorate in the season.” “ Wbat was your first big match ? ” “ It was 8gainst the Australian team, but I could not say whether the team had just come back or was just about to start, or for the matter of that which team it was. I remember. however, as is perhaps natural, that I made 147. After that, I played pretty regularly in intercolonial and other big matches, although at first I was not much of a success. In my first match against the Englishmen, I was out first ball, caught at the wicket by Pilling, I believe; in another match against, them, I was agaiu out first ball, but I fat cy that I was stumped that lime. But since then I am glad to say that I have gem rally betn pretty successful.” “ Do you bnwl much ? ” “ I don’ t pretend to bowl at all. Whm I was in the second eltven of the A lbot, I use I to bowl a little, but since then my performances have b en confined to an over or two in a match here and theie. Once, playing against Yictoiia, I gut Blackham cut after he had made a hundred, and Gillen was once caught off me—I was jdajing against the Australian eleven then. The oniy other great batsman that I letuemher to have bowled was Alec Bannerman; he had played right through the innings in a club match, and was very anxious to carry his bat. He was the last man out, and, of course, he wasn’ t very pleased when 1 got him. It was ceitainly hard lines to be bowled by me on such an occa­ sion, and in a club match too. Talking of club matches, reminds me that once when I was batting the bowler appealed for a cateh at the wicket. The umpire said, he couldn’ t see. Thereupon the bowler promptly appealed to the other umpire at short leg, who as promptly gave me out. It was of no use to explain that it was not his business to give decisions on catches at the wicket. Some time after­ wards, in another match, I played a ball hard. There was such a strong wind blowing that the bails were continually dropping off; they dropped off just as I made the stroke. The bowler appealed fit his end, and the umpire gave me ou t; but remembering the case which I men­ tioned just now, I said ‘ You are not the umpire to give a decision.’ He said ‘ Well, if I’m not, appeal to the other umpire,’ which I did; he gave me not out, lightly enough, of course. It seems that the umpire at the bowler’s end was under the impression that I had hit my wicket.” Mr. Moses is a Vice-President of the New South Wales Kennel Club, and, as may be imagined, he has seen a good many famous dogs—he ischieflyinterested in fox terriers—since he has been over here. “ Xwouldn’t mind taking a good one back,” he said. “ I ’ve seen several I should like to have very much. I did not bring any with me on account of the bother and the expense. For what with the freight, tips, veterinary fees, quaran­ tine, and all sorts of things, it isn’t worth doi^g. But despite all that, I should like to take one home with me.” W. A. E i i t e s w o m h . BOWLING AVERAGE?. Overs. Mdns. Runs. "Wkts. Aver. F. Stone .......... .. 122 . . 28 .. 2^7 . . 40 .. 7-4-2 J. H. Herschel... .. 99 . . 18 .. 264 . . 26 .. 10-15 A. H . W . Brown .. 73 .. 13 .. 186 . . 17 .. 10*94 J. M. Allcock ... .. 197 . . 31 .. 475 . . 39 .. 12-17 A. J. Richardson .. 106 .. 8 .. 283 .. 21 .. 13-38 THIRD XI. BATTING AVERAGES. Matches played, 19; won, 6; l03t, 8 drawn,5. No. Time3 Most of not Total in an inns, out runs. inns. Aver. H. E. Thomson ... ... 6 ... 3 .. 104 . . 34 .. 84*06 J. D. Paul .......... ... 5 ... 1 .. 68 . . 26*... 22-00 A. J. D. Welch ... ... 9 ... 0 .. 157 . . 67 .. 1744 M. G. Dunlop ... 7 ... 0 .. 117 . . 43 .. 16 71 A. E. Bassindale... ... 17 ... 4 .. 195 . . 39*.. 1500 A. W . Maclean ... ... 16 ... 2 .. 189 . . 47*.. 1350 B. A. E. Newman ... 14 ... 3 .. 108 . . 37 .. 9-63 E. G. Keeping .. ... 10 ... 0 .. 91 ... 35 .. 9-10 T. P. Shipp ........ ... 6 ... 1 .. 35 . . 14 .. 7-00 A. H. Bassindale ... 12 ... 1 .. 62 .. 25*.. 5-63 A. W. Harris ... 5 ... 0 .. 27 .. 20 .. 5-40 W. E. Hunter ... ... 6 ... 0 .. 24 . . 16 .. 4.00 H. E. Wetherell .. ... 5 ... 1 ... 13 .. 5 .. 3 25 H. C. L. Bremner ... 12 ... 1 .. 34 .. 6 .. 3"u9 A. W . Ranee ... 7 ... 0 ... 9 .. 6 .. 1-33 • Signifies not out. BOWLING AVERAGES. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Aver. A. E. Bassindale ...193 .. 44 ... 460 .. 53 .. 8-67 T. W. Haines ... ... 67 .. 12 ... 211 .. 19 .. 11.10 P. J. D. Welch... ... 48 9 ... 149 .. 11 . 13 54 A. W. Harris ... ... 37 .. 3 ... 127 .. 9 .. 14-11 H. E. Thomson ... ... 51 .. 8 ... 184 .. 10 .. 18*40 NORWOOD. LONDON AND WESTMINSTER BANK. Matches played, 26 ; won, 16; ost, 4 ; drawn 6. Avenge for, £0 90. Average against, 1150 FIRST X I BATTING AVERAGES. No. Times Most of not Total in an inns out. runs. inns. Aver. W. Bradbery ... 21 ... 5 .. 628 .115*... 39'25 C. 8. «T. Douglas ... ... 12 ... 2 .. 331 .. 81 ... 33-10 C. J. Bowman ... 20 .. 5 .. 420 .. 67 ... 5-800 C. A. Snell .......... ... 25 .. 3 .. 4^8 .. 83 ... 22-63 H. O. Maufield .. .. 22 ... 3 .. 419 .. 83 ... 22-05 A. G. Gough........ ... 22 ... 7 .. 284 .. 74 ... 18-93 J. Biadbery......... ... i-2 ... 1 .. 155 .. 49 ... 14-09 L. 1’itt-lSrook ... 18 .. 1 .. 198 .. 83 ... 11-64 F. F. Musson ... 11 .. 1 .. 112 .. 2’ *... 11-20 A. Podmore.......... ... 12 ... 5 .. 66 .. 25 ... 9*42 C. C. Simpson ... 14 .. 4 .. 44 . . 19*... 4-44 The following also batted : J. M. Al'cock, 27, 12, 1 1. 0. and 41 ; G. Kaby, 14, 37,12, and 4; II. B. Squire. 2 3*, and 22; T. 11. l'ii chard, 3. 0, and 9; H .E. Thomson, 0, 0, I, and 9 ; C. G. Lawless, £4, 2, and 23 ; and C. J. ».ros hy, 0*, 0, and 18 BOWLING AVERAGES Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Aver. A. Podmore......... 403-4 .. 115 ... 827 ... 87 ... 9 50 C. A. Suell .......... 263*2 ... 31 ... 942 ... 90 ... 10 46 C. T. Lawless ... 65* i ... 17 ... 177 ... 16 ... ll (6 C. C. Simpson ... 144‘3 ... 41 ... 3S0 .. 26 ... 14'61 J. l'r/idb. ry . ... 88‘3 ... 15 ... 216 ... 10 ... 21C0 The following nl-o bowled: IT. E. Thomsen (2-1- 5-2), uiid T. \V. Mackintosh (7-22-2). SECOND X L BATTING AVERAGES. No. Times Most of not Total in an inns out runs. inns. Aver. G. R abv.............. ... 6 .. 1 .. 15)5 .. 62*.. 39-00 J. M. AUc'ck ... 16 .. 2 . . 370 . . 83*.. 2H-42 C J. Crossley ... 11 . . 1 . . 216 . . 76 ... 21- 50 H. E Thomson . ... 8 .. 4 . . 86 . . 32*.. 21'50 F. W. ^-tune........ ... 14 .. 4 .. 15» .. 37*.. 15-50 T. II. Pritchard .. ... li .. 1 . . 183 . . 34 .. 13 28 T. H. Bronan ... 15 .. 0 . . 155 .. 23 .. 10-33 J. H. Hercliell .. ... 8 .. 1 . . 71 .. 32 .. 10.14 A. J. Richardson ... 6 .. 1 .. 46 .. 20 .. 9 2J B. A. E. Newman ... 7 ... 2 .. 44 .. 13 .. 6-80 A. H. W Brown ... 9 .. 1 .. 58 .. 23 723 H. G. Biiggs ... 7 .. 1 .. 37 .. 14 .. 6*16 Also batted: A W. Maclean, 27*, 22 1*, 0*, 7*. Matchcs played. 30; won, 11; lost, 4 ; drawn, 12. Buns scored for, 4 235 for 234 wiikets; against, 3,61S for 2o7 wickets. BATTING AVERAGES. W . Austin .......... A. P. Hoe .......... A. Goodwin.......... S. Hollands.......... R. S. Rogers......... C. A. V. Checkland C. F. Blain .......... J. D. Gillespie ... W. J. Goodwin ... W. C. Elborough A. French ......... L. F. Elliott......... II. A. C. Sherriff... C. G. Austin.......... II. Baker .......... H. Blackford S. E llis................ P. Farwig .......... F. S. Hallam ... M. Hallam .......... II. Linuell .......... P. S. May ......... TI. A. Payne......... F. A. Roe .......... The followin'batted tw.ee :—F. Broad, 3*. L. Fell, 5, 0 ; H. Matthew, 1, 7 ; W. Goodwin, li, 1*. The following batted once :—H. Broad, 6* ; W. W. Duffitt, 15; E. C. Forman, 0; S. Farwig, 2; E. Halsey, 1; W. B. Walker, 16. •Signifies not out. BOWLING AVERAGES. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Aver. . 89 , 11*26 12*4 . 12 5 . 136 . 15-5 . 15-11 . 16-12 . 311 No. Time3 M« st Total of not in an runs. inns,, out. inns. Aver. . 291 .... 10 ... 3 ..., 68*.., 41-4 , 410 .. 16 ... 3 ....102*..,. 31-7 . 386 .... 15 ... 2 .. 108*..,. 29 9 . 380 .... 16 ... 2 .. . 75*.... 27 2 . 299 ... 16 ... 4 ... 70*.. . 2411 . 491 ... 21 ... 1 .. . 74 .. . 2411 . 149 ... 11 ... 2 ... 31*.. . 16-5 . 153 ... 13 ... 3 ... 35 .... 15"3 . 149 ... 12 ... 1 .. . 50 ... 136 . 108 ... 12 ... 3 .. . 30 ... 12 . 199 ... 18 ... 1 ... 53 .. 11-12 . 116 ... 14 ... 4 ... 21*.. . 11-6 . 73 ... 12 ... 2 ... 27 ... 73 . 31 ... 6 ... 0 ... — .. . — . 2l ... 3 ... 1 ... — .. . — . 23 ... 5 ... 0 ... — .. . — . 23 ... 3 ... 1 ... — ... — . 19 ... 3 ... 1 ... — .. . — . 61 ... 8 ... 2 .. . — ... — . 22 ... 8 ... 0 ... — ... — . 6 ... 6 ... 0 .. . — .. . — . 84 ... 8 ... 1 ... — .. . — 19 ... 3 ... 0 .. . — .. . — 4 ... 3 ... 1 .. . — . — W. Austin .......... 1161 ... S3 ... 233 ... 28 C. F. Blain ......... 164 4 ... 41 ... 465 ... 39 A. P. Roe .......... 128 ... 43 ... 256 ... 21 W. C. Elborough... 137 ... 28 ... 365 ... 30 R. S. Rogers.......... 210*1 ... 53 ..,. 461 .. . 35 J. D. Gillespie 114 ... 27 ..„ 320 ... 21 11. A. C. Mierriff .. 88 3 ... 12 ... 311 . . 20 A. Goodwin......... 71 ... 18 ... 220 ... 13 A. French .......... 35-3 ... 7 ..,. 129 ... 4 The following also bowled :— C. G. Austin......... 8 ... 1 .... 41 .,.. 2 H. Blackford 5 ... 1 .,,. 11 ..,. 1 C. A. V. Checkland 3 ... 0 ., .. 16 . .. 1 W. W. Duihtt ... 5 ... 0 . .. 24 . 2 S. Ellis ................. 1 ... 0 ... 10 ... 1 F. S. Hallam.......... 14 ... 4 ... 33 .. 0 M. Hallam .......... 49 ... 12 .,.. 164 ... 7 S. Hollands......... 2 ... 1 . .. 4 . .. 0 n . Mather .......... 6 ... 2 ... 14 . .. 1 P. S. May .......... 3 .. 0 . .. 6 . .. 0 N E X T ISSUE, THURSDAY , NOVEMBER 26.