Cricket 1901

14 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J an . 31, 1901. an over-prepared and most accurately machine cut garden lawn to perform their part on. The poor bowlers, on the other hand, have had during the past fifty years no improvement made for them, overworked as they are, as regards the “ pitches,” though they may at the present date (commencing in 1864) certainly deliver the ball with their arm elevated any height, at which they can rejoice greatly. But equality between batsmen and bowlers in these days is totally destroyed, to the great detriment of cricket gener­ ally, and all true lovers of our national game will testify to and agree with the above stated facts, i f examined with a proper spirit of fairness and justice. The vast quantity of matches, too, great and small, now played is much more laborious for a bowler than for a batsman, and if the former happens to be also a good batsman, he will be expected to do double duty, and obtain at least 50 runs besides taking many wickets. Another proposition which has lately appeared in the papers, that the size of the bat should be reduced in width in order to decrease somewhat the iuordinate number of runs now compiled in nearly every match is too absurd altogether in the eyes of all true cricketers to call forth any comments or remarks from anyone. Let the laws of cricket as they now exist, or ought to exist, especially as regards throwing bow ling and leg- before-wicket be strictly enforced, and let all cricket grounds be not so over- prepared, as of late years been permitted and even demanded and promoted, and then all will go on well, as far as equality between batsmen and bowlers at cricket is concerned. Also let there be no more matches played with nets round the ground, as was the case in the M.C.C. v. Notting­ hamshire affair, which came off at Lord’s on May 2nd and 3rd, 1900. That contest was a farce indeed, and never ought to have been exhibited at “ headquarters.” It can only be compared to, and placed with, the three v. four stump match played at the same place in 1837, between the Gentlemen and the Players. Both of these matches were silly, and therefore objectionable. An old poet now sings:— Change not the stumps, abstain, forbear, Lest we should rue it, many a day. Harm not the bat. I loud declare, Nor cricket spoil, I beg and pray. the other a world’s record for the ninth wicket. In the latter, E. Walkley assisted Hill to put on 234, or 41 more than the previous best, which was b y W. G. Grace and S. A. P. K itcat for Gloucestershire v. Sussex, at Bristol in August, 1896. H ill was batting eight hours and thirty-five minutes and his 365 was made up of one 8, one 5, thirty-five 4’s, t wentv 3’s, forty- six 2’s, and sixty singles. The finance committee of the South Australian Cricket Association decided to give Walkley a gold medal for his share in the stand for the ninth wicket and a trophy of the value of not less than £25 to H ill. Full score and analysis :— 53 N e w S outh W a l es . First innings. Second innings. V. Trumper, b F. Jarvis ... 32 lbw, b Travers H. Donnan, c Matthews, b G iffe n ..................................19 b Travers ..........13 M A. Noble, b Travers 28 b Travers ..........46 F. A. Iredale, c Leak, b F. J arvis.................. ... 37 b Matthews ... 9 A . J. Hopkins, st A . Jarvis, b Travers ..........................65 not out..................17 S. E. Gregory, st A. Jarvis, b Reedman . ..................51 lbw, b Matthews 81 R. A . Duff, c Stuart, b Reedman .......................... 5 G. Gregory, b Travers ... 16 J. J. Kelly, c & b Reedman 11 W . P. Howell, b Reedman 6 J. J. Marsh, not o u t .......... 3 B 5, lb 2 b Matthews . 16 c Hill, b Travers 4 b Travers ........... 0 cLeak,bM tthews 19 c Reedman, b Travers ... ... 1 Leg-byes ... 2 Total .................279 Total .. 261 S outh A u stralia . E .H . Leak, b Marsh... F T. Hack, b Marsh G. Giffen, c and b Howell ................... F. Jarvis, c Howell, b Hopkins .................. J. C. Reedman, c Howell, b Hopkins P. Stuart, b Hopkins J. Matthews, b Marsh 12 A. H. Jarvis, b Marsh 0 f\ Hill, not o u t......... 365 E. Walkley, b Marsh 53 J. Travers, b Howell .. 0 B 23, lb 10, w 9... 42 Total . 575 N e w S outh W ales . Travers ... Matthews... F. Jarvis ... Giffen . Walkley Reedman ... First innings. B. M. R. W. 210 51 108 72 42 75 85 3 ... 0 ... Sefcond innings. B. M. R. W. ... 187 10 74 6 ... 168 7 71 4 ... 6*i 1 29 0 ... 108 1 67 0 ... 30 0 18 0 C R IC K E T IN A U S T R A L I A . SOUTH AUSTRALIA v. NEW SOUTH WALES, cLr: m h il l ’ s A u stralian records . The inter-colonial match between New South Wales and South Australia began on the Adelaide Oval on December 15th and was brought to a conclusion on December 19tti with, in the result, an easy victory for South Australia by an innings and 35 runs. The game was remarkable for two first-class records. One was a best individual innings for Australia in Clem H ill’s , 365 not out, S outh A ustralia . B. M. R. W. B. M. R. W . Noble ...156 7 57 0 IHopkins .. 204 8 116 3 M ar'h ... 318 10 181 5 Trumper 90 1 67 0 Howell ... 1C7 2 100 2 |S. Gregory 12 0 12 0 Noble bowled five wides, Marsh two wides, and Hopkins two wides. Of the twenty matches which have now been played between the tw o colonies, New South Wales has won twelve and South Australia eight. The follow ing interesting statistics relative to H ill’s scores and the best record in first-class matches are repro­ duced from the Adelaide Observer: — H IL L ’S HUNDREDS. March, 1895-S . A. v. Stoddarl’s team .......... February, 1896—S.A. v. NJ3.W. . July, 1896—Australian XI. v. Derbyshire .. July, 1896— A stralian X I. v. su rrey.......... November. 1897—S.A. v. Stoddart’s team ... January, 1898—Australia v. E n glan d.......... February, 1>>98—S.A v. V ictoria.................. February, 1898—S. v. N S.W ........................ December. 1898—S A. v. N .S.W . .......... January, 1899—S.A. v. N S.W ......................... Mar. h, 1899—Australian X I. v Rest of Austra June, 18 *9—Australian XI. v. M.C.C............ June, 1899—AustralianXI. v. Cambridge ... June, 1899—Australia v. England............... January. 1900—S.A. a . Victoria .......... . Dec mber, 1900—S.A. v. N .S.W ..................... W . G. Grace, M.C.C. v. Kent, 1876 ............. .. 344 W . W . Read, Surrey v Oxford, 1888 ...................... 338 VS. L. Murdoch, N.S.W . v. Victoria, 1882............. 321 W . G. Grace, Gloucester v. Yorkshire. 1876 ... 318* T. Hayward, Surrey v. Lancashire, 1898 ............. 315* J. T. Brown, Yorkshire v. Sussex, 1897 ........ 311 Major Poore, Hampshire v. Somerset, '899 ... 304 W . G. Grace, Gloucester v. Yorkshire. 1876 ... 301 V. Trumper, Australia v. Su.-sex, 1898 ............. 300* J. T. Brown, Yorkshire v. Derbyshire, 1898 ... 300 AU STRALIAN SCORES OVER 200 IN FIR ST- CLASS MATCHES. C. Hill. S.A. v. N.S.W ., 1900 .................................. 365* C. Hill, S.A. v. N .S.W .. 1896 .................................. 206* C. Hill, S.A. v. England, 1897 ................................200 W . L. Murdoch, N.S.W . v. England, 1882 ........... 321 W . L. Murdoch. Australia v. Sussex, 1882............. 286* W . L. Murdoch, Australia v. Combined Aus­ tralia, 1884 ....................................... ................................ 279* W. L. Murdoch, Australia v. England, 1884 V. Trumper, Australia v. Sussex, 1899 H. Moses, N.S.W . v. Victoria, 1888 ........... G. Giffen, S.A. v. Victoria, 1891 ................... G. Giffen, S.A. v. Victoria, 1891 .................. G. Giffen, S.A. v N .S.W ., 1893 ................... G. Giffen, S.A. v. England, 1887 ................... P. S. McDonnell, N.S.W . v. Victoria, 1886 H. Graham, Australia v. Derbyshire, 1893... H. H. Massie, Australia v. Oxford, 1882 ... S. E. Gregory, Australia v. England, 1894... M. A. Noble. N.S.W . v. S.A., 1899 ........... 211 ... 300* ... 297* ... 271 ... 237 .. 205 ... 203 ... 239 ... 219 ... 206 .. 201 ... 200 ... 150* ... 206* . 130 ... 118* ... 200 ... 188 ... 135 ... 170 ... 1 9 ... 159 ia 101* ... 132 ... 160 ... 135 ... 126* ... 355* BE8T SCORES OF OVER 300 IN FIRST-CLASS MATCHES. A. C. MacLaren, Lancashire v. Somerset, 1895... 424 C. H ill, S.A. v. N .S.W ., 1900 .................................. 365* R. Abel, Surrey v. Somerset, 1899.......................... 357* VICTORIA v . NEW SOUTH WALES. The intercolonial match between V ic­ toria and and New South Wales, begun at Melbourne on December 24, only lasted just over the second day. It was an extraordinary game in respect of low scoring on a batsman’s wicket. In all, thirty-five wickets fell for 577 runs, and the highest of the three completed innings was 154. Hugh Trumble’s bowling for Victoria was the best of the match. Saunders was only slightly less successful. On the other side, Marsh, McBeth, Hopkins and Noble had good figures. N ew S outh W alks . Second innings. ! Trumble, b Saunders......... 2 ; Stuckey, Trum ble... , E5 First innings. H. Donnan b Trumble ... V. Trumper, c Graham, b Saunders .......................... ‘ M. A. Noble, c Trumble, b Saunders .......................... F. A . Iredale, c Graham, b Saunders ................. 10 lbw, b Trumble 5 A. J. Hopkins, b Saunders 20 b Trum ble............ 1 S. E. Gregory, not out ... 66 c Laver,b....Saun­ ders 9 R. A. Duff, c McLeod, b Trumble ..........................14 b Trum ble........... 10 J. J Kelly, c Armstrong, b Saunders ......................... 0 b Trum ble........... 7 W. P. Howell, c Worrall, b Saunders ... ................... 0c Laver, b Trum­ ble ..................13 A. McBeth, lbw, b Laver ... 12 not out................... 5 J. J. Marsh, c Laver, b McLeod .......................... 0 b Trum ble............ 0 Extras.......................... 4 Extras .............. 2 Total... ...153 Total ...135 V ictoria . First innings. J. Worrall, c Gregory, b M arsh.................................. 0 Second innings. b c Gregory, Marsh b Noble H. Graham, lbw, b McBeth 0 H. Truiuble, c K lly, b McBeth .......................... 0 notout... P. McAlister, c Kelly, b McBeth ........................... 8 W . Armstrong, b Hopkins 50 F. I.aver, b Marsh ... ... 0 8. McMichael, c Howell, b Hopkins .......................... 7 C. McLeod, c McBeth, b c Hopkins, Marsh b Marsh ... 14 ... 45 b ... 2 ... 8 Hopkins H. Stuckey, notout ... C. H. Ross, b Hopkins J. Saunders, b Marsh... E xtras.................. Total................. ... 46 ... 26 ... 0 ... 2 ... 15 ...154 c Howell, b Noble 8 not o u t .................32 B 7, lb 2, w 4, nb 4 17 Total (5 wkts) 135