Cricket 1899

478 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. D e c . 21, 1899, NEW SOUTH WALES AND SOUTH AUSTRALIA. There seemed at one time to be a fair chance that no matches would be played by South Australia this season against New South Wales owing to a dispute about the pooling of the receipts. At a special meeting of the New South Wales Cricket Association the following letter from the South Australian Cricket Asso­ ciation was read. “ Your letter of the 21st ultimo is to hand, and has received consideration by my committee. I am instructed to inform you that this association has no desire to ask from our association any terms which would place your colony in a worse position than Victoria in reference to takings at intercolonial matches played in your respective colonies. This being so my association is prepared to vary the terms suggested to your association, and ask only a third of the gross takings at intercolonial matches played between New South Wales and South Australia at Sydney, after first deducting the amount paid by your assocation for the use of the ground. We trust your association will be able to agree to the proposal we now i ake, so tbat the dates fi r intercolonial matches between our respective colonies may be forthwith arranged. I think it only fair to inform you that unless your association can accept the terms we now propose it will be useless to reseive dates for a match between New South Wales and South Australia at Sydney this season. I make this statement in justice to your associa­ tion, so that in the event of your associa­ tion not agreeing to our terms you may be in a position to make any arrange­ ment you may desire to fill up the vacant dates, about which matter, if left much later in the season, difficulty might arise. (Signed) J o h n C r e s s w e l l , Secretary S.A.C.A.” Mr. A. W. Green moved: “ That the demand of the South Australian Associa­ tion be not acceded to.” 'Jhe association must put a bold front upon the matter. He considered that the proposal to pool the proceeds was ridiculous, though the association was quite prepared to assist South Australia to bring the team over, as had been done before. Tie associa­ tion was prepared to foster cricket in Queensland and Tasmania, as it had done in South Australia. Everybody regretted that the matches might fall through; but although the association could not agree with South Australia’s terms, it was hoped that better counsels would prevail and the matches go on as here­ tofore. Mr. Abrams seconded the motion. Everyone would deplore the loss of these matches. It would be a financial loss, but there was a principle involved. We had offered South Australia assistance, whereas that association was in reality in a better position than either the New South Wales or Victorian associations. They owned the ground over there, and held bicycle races and sports in addition to cricket. Unfortunately there was no help for the position taken up by New South Wales. Mr. Davis said that the tone in which the letter was couched was to bs regret­ ted. He hoped that in any reply that might be forwarded a conciliatory tone would be adopted. Mr. Shute traversed the history of matches between New South Wales and South Australia to show that this colony had treated South Australia very well indeed. In November, 1889, a letter was received preparing to play New South Wales under the same conditions that had, as a matter of fact, existed during the past three years—i.e., each colony pay its own expenses and take its own gate. New South Wales had made grants to South Australia to the extent of £75, £75, and £100. The correspon­ dence showed that on all occasions a hearty vote of thanks was accorded to the New SouthWales association for such assistance, while in 1894 the following letter was received :—“ I am instructed by the committee of the South Australian Cricket Association to acknowledge re­ ceipt of your letter and to convey the heartiest thanks of this association to the New South Wales Cricket Association for their generous vote of £100 towards the expense of the South Australian team visiting Sydney. The committee of my association feel thatthe New South Wales Cricket Association have treated us most liberally, and are desirous that an expression of their gratitude should be conveyed to your association. (Signed) J o h n C k e s w e l l .” This was signed per G. M. E. (G. Mostyn Evan). South Australia wanted the holidays, and New South Wales gave them the January 1st. Then they did not wantthem and suggested other dates, andNewSouth Wales fell in with whatever was required. Upto 1896 SouthAustralia dependedupon New South Wales for a good match, Victoria generally sending over a second eleven. New South Wales had bolstered up South Australia for a number of years, and had it not been for New SouthWales cricket inSouthAustralia,thelattercolony would have been in a very bad way for some years. Referring to the letter just to hand, Mr. Shute said that the last clause was not a very nice thing to putin a letter; it was evidently an attempt at satire; csrtaiuly the expressions were not conciliatory. Anyone going through tbe correspondence could come to only one conclusion, and that was that South Australia hung on to the skirts of New South Wales for a long time, and now when it was thought that other friends had been found they placed a demand before the New South Wales Cricket Association which could hardly help but be refused. During the past seven years South Australia had averaged a profit on matches of £216. The New South Wales matches in Adelaide averaged £107. Some amendments were negatived and the motion was carried by 18 votes to three. Mr. Shute moved that it be left to the executive committee to offer, if necessary, the S.A. Association an amount not exceeding £100 as a gift towards the expenses of sending a team to Sydney. This was moved out of order. PHILADELPHIA C.C. Matches played, 10; ■won, 4 ; lost, 6. FIRST ELEVEN —HALIFAX CUP MATCHES. BATTING. No. Times Most of not in an Total inn1?, out. inns. runs. Aver. W . E. Goodman, J r... 8 .. 1 . .116*.. 263 .. 37 50 J. H. Mason...................10 .. 2 . . 59*.. 234 .. 29-20 H. L. Clark................... 9 .. 0 . . 89 .. 219 .. 24-30 H. W. Helmbold . ... 8 .. 1 . . 70 .. 166 .. 23-70 P. N. LeRoy................. 8 .. 0 . . 90 .. 184 .. 2300 T. 8. Donohugh........... 6 2 . . 17*.. 55 .. 13 70 S. Goodman, Jr............. 9 .. 0 . . 39 .. 81 .. 9C0 (Samuel Welsh ........... 7 .. 1 . . 19 .. 52 .. 8-60 George Lippiocott ... 3 .. 0 . . 9 .. 15 .. 5-00 G. T. Rowland ........... 7 .. 2 . . 8 .. 24 .. 4-80 8. G. Climenson........... 8 .. 2 . . 9 .. 28 .. 4-60 Sydney Young ........... 3 .. 0 . . 1 .. 1 .. 0 33 Under three innings :— T. H. Dixon.................. 2 .. 0 . . 54 .. 57 .. 28*50 W . W . Roper ........... 1 .. 0 . . 10 .. 1 > .. 10 00 H. S. Bell ................... 1 .. 0 . . 10 .. 10 .. io-oo E. H. Rodgers ........... 1 .. 0 . 6 .. 6 .. 600 J. S. Clark ................... 2 .. 0 . . 7 .. 11 .. 5-50 W . L. Barclay ........... 1 .. 0 . . 4 .. 4 .. 4 00 C. M. Harris ........... 2 .. 0 . . 1 .. 1 .. 060 W . H. Hughes ........... 1 .. 0 . . 0 .. 0 .. — * Signifies not out. BOWLING. Balls. Runs. Wkts. Aver. W . L. Barclay ................... 81 . . 41 . . 5 ... 8-10 S. G. Climenson................... 961 . . 436 .. 40 .. 1090 Samuel Welsh ................... 168 . . 94 .. 6 .. 15-fi6 G. T. Rowland ................... 418 . . 202 .. 12 .. 16-80 P. N. LeRoy ................... 432 . . 283 . 14 .. 20 20 S. Goodman, Jr.................... 354 . . 221 .. 9 .. 24-50 C M. Harris ................... 24 . . 17 .. 1 .. 17*00 W . E. Goodman, Jr............ 18 . . 20 . . 1 .. 20-00 CRICKET IN BERMUDA. H.M.8. CRESCENT v. REST OF FLEET.—Played at Moresby’s PJain on November 25 and 27. H M.S. C r e s c e n t . First innings. H. Royse, b Rowe Lyon, b Rowe Oibbs, c Gillfctt, b Hicks ... 2 Lieut. Late, c Collins, b H ick s................................... Second innings. 3 b Hicks ...........41 2 b Hicks ...........30 Sub-Lieut. Martin, b Hicks V\hapham, c Rulleston, b Rowe ........... . ........... Lapage, c and b Hicks Bland, not out ................... Leach, b Bi<ks ................... Lieut. Ro>ds. run out........... Cowan, b Rolleston ........... Byes, etc........................ 8 c Collins, b Eey- cock........... 1 lbw, b Gillett 28 5 10 2 34 b Heycock .. 1 8 5 9 Byes, etc . , 14 Total... Total .......... 122 R est of F le e t . 5 Hicks, b Lyon ........... Capt. Curteis (R.M. L I.), b Lapage ... 2 Lieut. Heycock (R.M. L.I.) lbw, b Lyon ... 47 Lieut.Gillett, c Leach, b Lyon ..................65 Capt. Rolleston, Lieut. Tottenham did not bat. • Lieut. Collins, c Leach, b Lake ... 72 Lieut. Rowe, c Leach, b Whapham ...........53 Wyllys, not out...........11 Byes, etc...................10 Total (6 wkts)*265 Bigg-Wither, Bevan, and Innings declared closed.