Cricket 1900

1 1 0 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M a y 3 , 1 9 0 0 . THE OLD FOLLOW-ON RULE. HOW IT WAS EVADKD IN TASMANIA. The Wellington and Break o ’ Day match came to an abrupt and unsatisfac­ tory conclusion. Break o’ Day required about 30 runs to save the follow-on at the commencement of the day’s play, and two wickets to fall. Gill played the proper game for his side, and promptly threw away his wicket, but Abbott and Pocock failed to perceive that this was the right course to adopt, and kept together at the wickets until only four runs were required to save the follow-on. At this j unci ure Burn, the skipper of the Wellington team, to put the matter beyc nd doubt at once, told Macleod to bowl four no-balls, but before this could be carried into effect Eady promptly closed his side’s innings. Then arcse the hubbub. Burn contended that this could not ba done, as the rule was never intended to apply so as to allow the batting side to follow-on. and that r.o such example had ever been shown in cricket. Eady, on the other hand, acted on the rule, which states that on the last day of the match the in-side shall be em­ powered to declare their innings at an end. Burn then took matters into his own hands, and refused to go on with the match, which was, in consequence, claimed by Break o ’Day, and the association must setfie the matter. I presume the object with which the rules of cricket were framed was to attain a decisive conclusion to a match. In closing bis innings and foilowing-on, or attempting to, Eady adopted the only course which gave his club any chance of winning. Three hours biisk batting by Break o’ Day on Saturday might have caused the Wellington to have a total of about 150 or 160 runs to face, and then two afternoons would have been set aside either for the Wellington to make the required number of runs, or get out, or else win on the first innings. Of course, the Wellington were almost sure to win in any event. Possibly the Break o ’ Day might have failed to set them over 150 runs in their second venture; but they were clearly justified in making the attempt, and hazarding that there might be a bad wicket on the days set aside, in which case, of c urse, they would have had an excellent chance of winning the match. Eady’s action caused a lot of comment, some arguing that he was right, and others that he was not. The rule does not say which innings may be closed on the last day, but simply that the innings may be closed, and Eady, to my mind, was acting quite in accordance ^ ith the intention of it. It is regrettable that Burn refused to play any more, whether Eady was right or wrong, instead of playing on under protest, thus depriving the spectators of an afternoon’s play .— Tasmanian Mail. CRICKET IN NEW ZEALAND. T he Melbourne Club, always enter­ prising, sent a team over to New Zealand at the end of February for a tour throughout the colony. They played six matches, winning five and drawing one. They scored 2,369 runs for the loss of 74 wickets, averaging 32 01 per wicket. Their opponents made 1,449 for the loss of 118 wickets, their average being only 12 27. Thes^ figures show how wide was the disparity between tbe Melbourne team and those they met. The following were the results of the six matches :— Auckland : First innings, 85; second in­ nings, 84. Melbourne : First innings, 554. Won by an innings and 385 runs. ast: First innings, 128 ; second innings, 148. West Co x^ji Melbourne: First innings, 182; second innings, eight for 95. Won by two wickets. Wellington: First innings, 65; second innings, 66. Melbourne : First innings, 430. Won by an innings and 299 runs. Canterbury : First innings, 95 ; second in­ nings, 135. Melbourne: First innings, 336. Won by an innings and 106 runs. Otago : First innings, 100 ; second innings, eight for 208. Melbourne: First innings, 183; second innings, six for 222 (closed). Drawn. New Zealand: First innings, 89; second innings, 246. Melbourne: First innings, S67. \^on bv innings and 32 runs. T h e complete 'fiafting tfVerages of the tf»am are given below. Though H. Graham, the most successful batsman of the Australian team of 1896, did excep­ tionally sound work, nine of the party of twelve scored well. The bowling figures are complete except in the matter of maidens and overs Hugh Trumble bora off the honour*, averaging about 2 runs per wicket less than Cave. BATTING AVERAGES. No. of Times Most Runs Inn. not out. in Inn. scared. Aver. H. Graham .. 8 ... 0 .. 169 . . 434 ... 54 25 R. Mailer ... 8 ... 0 .. 105 . . 326 .. 40-75 H. Trumble 8 ... 0 .. 135 . . 304 .. ? 8 - 0 ) P G Jennings 5 ... 3 ... 26 .. 77 .. 38-50 A. C. Russell 6 ... 0 .. 98 . . 2iT 37 83 A A Aitken 8 ... 2 .. 57 . . 2*3 37-16 D M ’llwroith 7 ... 2 ... 61 . . 163 .. 8J60 E . R. Jacobs 8 ... 1 .. 64 . . 228 .. 32 55 C. H. Ross . 8 ... 1 .. 46 . . 195 . . 27-85 H F y ........... 7 ... 0 .. 28 . 57 . 8-14 J. W . Cave... 6 ... 1 .. 17 . 21 . 4-80 H. Irwin 3 ... 0 .. 7* . . 16 . . 5*33 BOW LING AVERAGES. Runs. Wickets. Aver. H. Trumble ........... 479 51 939 H. Graham ........... f 8 6 966 J. W . Cave ........... 456 39 11-68 H. Fry ................... 226 18 1255 D. M’llw ra ith ......... 8 1 8-00 R. M ailer.................. 22 1 22 00 C. H. Ross, none for 3; Russell, none for 15; Irwin, n me for 3 1. STREATHAM v. GRAN VILLE (Lee).—Played at Lee on Saturday, April 28. G r a n v il le . P. P. Lincoln, b Jeph­ son ................. F G. Bull, c sub., b Dawson ................... F. E. Lander, b Lyon C. J. M. Godfrey, b Jephson ... ........... C. L. Hemmerde, b Dawson ................... E Rymer - Jones, b Jephson ................... J. D. Gillespie, c Key, b Jephson ........... L. R. Havers, retired h u r t .......................... 9 J.P. Clarkson, c Kerr, b Schwartz ...........16 W . S. Pate, not out... 7 A . K. Layman, c Key, b Jepbpon ........... 5 B }5, lb 4 ...........19 17 Total , 95 S tr e a th a m . H. S. Barkworth, b Bull ......................... R. O. Schwarz, c Hem­ merde, b Bull . D. L. A. Jephson, b Bull .......................... H . L. Dawson, b Bull K . J. Key, not out ... G. H. Lyon, c Rymer- Jones, b Gillespie G. Burlingham, b Bull V. F. Feeny, b God­ frey .......................... 10 D. O. Kerr, lbw, b Godfrey .................. 0 E. P. Pulbrook, b Godfrey ... 1 A. R. Willitnan, b Godfrey ................... 7 B 15, lb 2, w 5 . 22 Total ...19.} GRANVILLE (Lee) “ A ” TEAM v. CHARTERED COMPANY.—Played at Dulwich on April 28. A. L. Rjder, b Fuller 5 C. E. G. 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