Cricket 1901

J u ly l l , 1901. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 267 AN INTERESTING SUPPLE­ MENT. The Melbourne Weekly Times has issued a most interesting special cricket supplement, giving all the scores of fifty and upwards made in Australia in the great matches, viz., those between the three colonies, New South Wales, Vic­ toria, and South Australia, and against English teams. In the introduction to the above supple­ ment ‘ *an old cricketer’1 writes (of course referring to Australian cricket):— T h e prowess of a cricketer is proclaim ed w herever the newspaper finds its w a y. In this fact lies one of the unequalled charm s of the Im perial gam e, as R a n jitsin h ji recently styled it. T h e scribe w ho sees the figh t derives scarcely m ore pleasure than he who reads the account. T h is fact, b y the w ay, aggravates one of the ailm ents from which cricket has recen tly suffered, lim e s are busy, and men get more and more into the h abit of ta k in g th eir cricket b y newspapers. T h e y are content to see a gam e through the eyes of “ M id -on ,” “ F e lix ,” “ O ld B o y ,” or “ B atsm an .” W h ile the view thus obtained is accurate, interesting and realistic, the benches round the ground rem ain em pty, and club finances languish. The following lists in the above-men­ tioned supplement are of particular interest. They give the names of the men who, in Australia, have played the greatest number of innings of 50 and over V ic to r ia n s . Blackham ........................... Bruce ................................... G raham ................................... Horan ................................... C. M ’Leod ........................... H. G. 8. Trott ................... W o rra ll..................................., S outh A u stralian s . Darling ................................... H il l ........................................... Lyons ................................... Heedman................................. G. Giffen........................ ... Scores of over 60. 13 20 15 13 10 20 11 21 25 2D 11 31 N e w S ohth W elshm en . A. C. Bannerman... ........... Donnan ................................... Garrett ................................... G regory.................................. Iredale ................................... Mackenzie ........... Noble ................... E nglishm en . McLaren.................. Stoddart................... Shrewsbury ........... Ulyett ................... 15 19 12 23 28 19 11 12 10 13 10 11 Centuries included. 1 1 5 6 2 2 3 6 11 7 1 11 2 4 2 5 5 4 1 7 7 2 3 1 Clement Hill’s record is astonishing, the more so as it only dates from 1895. He has played more by an innings in Australia than anyone except George Giffen who dates back to ten years before him. Quoting from the supplement we give Hill’s scores of over 50 in Australia. Of course several men in England have far exceeded this number in the same time, but it muBt be remembered that an Australian’s opportunities are very few in number compared with an English­ man’s :— 8. Aus. v. N.S.W ., Adelaide, Dec.. 1900 ... 365* S.A. v. N .S.W ., Sydney, March, 1896........... 2 6* S.A. v. Eng., Adelaide, Oct., 1897 ........... 200 Aust. v. Eng., Melbourne, Jan., 1898........... 188 ti.A. v. N .S.W ., Adelaide, March, 189b ... 170 S.A. v. N.S.W ., Sydney, Jan., 1899 ... S.A. v. EDg., Adelaide, March, 1895 ... SA . v. Vic., Melbourne, Feb., 1898 ... S.A. v. Vic., Melbourne, Jan., 1900 ... S.A. v. EDg., Adelaide, March, 1898 ... S.A. v. N.S. W., Adelaide, Dec., Ifc98 ... Ausl. v. Eng., Sydney, Dec., 1897........... S.A. v Vic , Adelaide, Feb., 1897 S.A. v. Vic., Adelaide. Nov., 18£8 Aust. v. Erg., Adelaide, Jan , 1898 ... S.A. v. N .8.W ., Adelaide, Dec , 1818 .. S.A. v. Vic., Ade’aide,Nov., 1900 S.A. v. N .S.W ., Sydney, Jan., 1900 ... S.A. v. Vic., Adelaide, Nov., 1895 Aust. v. Eng., Meloourne, Jan., 1C9S... S.A. v. Eog., Adelaide, March, 1895 ... S.A. v. N.B. W., Sydney, Jan., 1901 ... S.A. v. Vic., Ade’aide, Nov., 1899........... S.A. v. N.S W ., Adelaide, Dec., 1899 ... S.A. v. N.S.W ., Adelaide, Dec., 1896... 159 150* 185 126* 124* 109 96 95 86 81 73 70 67 60 58 56 55 54 63 51 AVERAGES OF THE MELBOURNE C.C. IN PENNANT MATCHE8 FO R 1900-J9 1. B atting A verages . m be a ‘3 5 3 O +3 £ •2.S 3 o Most in a Match. Total Runs. Average. H. Trumtle 4 — 210 210 325 81*25 W . Bruce ........... 7 — 158 158 330 4714 E. R Jacobs ... 4 i 108 108 136 45 33 W . Arm strong... 10 i 109 109 887 43 H. Graham 6 — 78 78 225 37*£0 Fry (Prof.)........... 5 i 50 66 141 35-25 D. Mailer ........... 10 i 71 71 316 3-11 D. Sutherland ... 8 2 81* 81 196 3266 A . J. C. Russell. 8 3 116* 116 156 3120 Over (Prof.) ... 6 2 34* 40 114 28*50 C. M ’L e o d ........... 4 1 37* 49 78 26 C. H. Ross........... 4 1 25 i6 63 17-P6 D. Reese ........... 5 1 27 27 58 14-50 A. A. Aitken ... 6 1 14 16 41 8-20 Cave (Prof.) 6 3 11 11 16 533 * Signifies not out. B o w lin g A v e r a g e s . 00 au <v §3 . bo .a 00a a 9 1° 15 M o £ 2 ^ <UC O 1 « o « 3 « no S s Over (Prof.) 5 200 109 4 9 12*11 W. Bruce .......... 8 310 117 18 9 13 H. Trumb’ e 5 815 249 44 18 :3-83 Cave (Prof.) , 11 1057 409 51 24 17-04 W . Armstrong ... 9 720 300 32 17 17-64 C. M ’Leod 4 748 280 40 10 28 W ides and no-balls are included as runs. HAMPSTEAD v. HIGHGATE SCHOOL.-Played at Higbgate on July 6. H am p . t e a d . J. C. Toller, c and b Quigley ................. 9 H. D. Moffatt, not out 15 B 5, lb 1, w 5.......... 11 Total (5 wkts) *247 B.A.Everitt, c Robert­ son, b Qujghy .. 87 H . Greig, b Walker ... 0 F. R. D . Monro, st Robertson,bEldridge 55 F. J. Potter, not out .. 65 M. H. Abell, c fcmith, b K nollys................... 5 A. S. Domton, J. M. Figgis, T. W . Mackintosh, and J. Greig did not bat. *lnnings declared closed. Second innings : H. D. Moffatt, not out, 14 ; A. S| Dornton, not out, 26 : J. M. Figgis, b Knollys, 16 ’ T. W . Mackintosh, c tm ith, b Knoliys, 4; J. Greig, b Quigley, 7 ; Byes 3.— Total (3 wkte) 70. H ig h g a t * S ch ool . Robinson, c Dornton, b Monro ................... 7 Maclure, c Potter, b J. G reig..........................10 Roberts an, b M onro... 7 Eisdell, c and b Monro 29 Walker, b Monro ... 6 Quigley, b Monro ... 21 Smith, run out ........... 4 Eldridge, b Monro ... 3 Knolly8, c Figgi*, b Moffat ................... 2 Blandford, b Moffat.. 6 Maxwell, not out ... 1 B 11, lb 1 ...........12 Total ...108 P ORTRAIT MEDALLION8 OF POPULAR CRICKETERS.— W. G. Grace, K . S. Ranjit­ sinhji, C. B. Fry, C. J. Kortright, A . C. MacLaren, A. E. Stoddart, J. R. Mason, G. L. Jessop, Abel, Richardson, Hayward, Lockwood, Heame (Alec.).— Price 2d. each, post free 3d., or the set of 13, post free, 28 . 2 d.— M e r r it t a n d H a tc h b r , L t d ., 168, Upper Thames Street, London. THE SOUTH AFRICAN TEAM # T H E S U R R E Y M A T C H . P layed at the O val on J u ly 8, 9, and 10. S u rrey won b y 59 runs. Since their last visit to London the South Africans have been visiting in far away parts of England and Ireland, and thus 10 a great extent they have dropped •ut of public notice. But on the whole they Lave done well, and if they could only get several of their men going well at the same time they would be a very formidable leam. As things ha^e turned out they have shewn that they can nearly all make I ig scores, and that most of their bowlers can come with a rush on occasion. As Abel, Hayward, Lockwood, and Mr. Jeph on were all playing for th^ Gentlemen at Lord’s, ihe Surrey team was bv no me^ns at its full strength, not but that it was a very stroDg combina­ tion. A sa result of the first day’s cricket the South Africans found themselv s somewhat behind when stumps were drawn, for 8urrey were leading by 77 with nine wicket* still in hand in ilieir second innings. There was nothing very remarkable in the Surrey batting, except that Brockwell and Mr. Crawford played very attractive innings. On the other hind Mr. Sinclair’s towlii g was distinctly good. When the turn of tbe visitors came to bat. liiciiard- son beat them continually, and the only man who distinguished himself was Mr. Sinclair, who at last showed what a really fine batsman he is. He made the best use of his height and strength and played Richardson easily and w ell; he was at the wickets an hour and a quarter for his exceedingly good 62, and pleased everybody by his fine play. When stumps were drawn Surrey had made 22 for the loss of one wicket. On Tuesday morning Hayes was not quite comfortable with the bowling and was out befoie he had got settles, but Mr. Bu>h, who began very care­ fully indeed at first, afterwards in partnership with Mr. Walker gave the bowlers a tryiog time. Previous to tbe partnership betv een the two amateurs Surrey heemed likely to be all out for quite a tmall total, but when a separation was brought about the score had been increased by 138 in an hour and a half. Mr. Bush played an exceedingly attractive game, a d Mr. Walker had a great command over the bowling. After the partnership was broken no one could make any stand against Mr. Sinclair, who was as effective as Richardson had teen. The South Africans had to make 306, and their chante, judged by their play in the first innings, looked exceedingly small. But so well did Mr. Shalders and Mr. Tancred open the inn­ ings that they made the bowling look simple, and before they were parted the score was 116 , which had been put together in an hour and a quarter. At this stage of tte game the bowling seemed to have been fairly collared, and the task was rendered com­ paratively easy. But very sooa there were two wickets down, and although Mr. Sinclair, Mr. Hathom, and Mr. M . Bisset all played very good cricket, Surrey gradually began to gain the upper hand, and when stumps were drawn the South Africans, with four wickets in hand, had still to make 97. Yesterday tbe match was soon over, the tail not being able to do anything with Richardson, who had a fine analysis in both innings. S u rrey . H. S. Bu?h, st Halliwell, b at Halliwell, b K o t z e .................................. 13 Shalders.............92 Holland,cTancred,bSinclair 31 c Graham, b Sin­ clair ................... 3 Hayes, c Shalders, b Sinclair 18 b Kotze ...........14 Brockwell, c Tancred, b Grahim ...........................51 b Sinclair ............. 8 L. Walker, c Tancred, b c Tancred, b Sin- Graham ...........................13 clair.....................64 K. E. M. Barker, b Graham 6 c A . Bisset, bSin- V.F.S.Crawford,c Halliwell, cla ir...................45 b Sinclair ...........................35 Gooder, c Rowe, b Sinclair 6 Stedman, not ou t................... 3 Smith,c Halliwell, b Sinclair 0 Richardson, c and b Sinclair 4 Lb 2, w 1, nb 1 ........... 4 lbw, b Shalders... lbw, b Sinclair ... c Graham, b Sin­ clair ................... c Rowe, b Sinclair not out... B 2, lb 4, w 8 14 Total...................184 Total ...........251 S ou th A frican s . L. J. Tancred, b Richardson 12 c Stedman, b W . Shalders, c Stedman, b 8mith ...........66 B rock w ell........................... 0 b Richardson ... 63 A.V.C. Bisset, b Richardson 10 cHayes,b Holland 14 M. Hathorn, b Richards n 16 cHayes,bHolland 27 J. H. Sinclair, b Richardson M. Bisset, b Richardson ... E.A.Halliwell,b Richardson J.D.Logan,jun.,c Brockwell b bmith ........................... R. Graham, b S m ith ........... J. J. Kotze, not out ........... G. A . Rowe, run o u t ........... Byes ........................... c Stedman, b Gooder ...........25 c Bush,bRichard- son ...................27 c Crawford, b Gooder ........... 4 c Stedman, b b Richardson... 4 b Richardson ... 4 c Crawford, b Richardson ... 9 not out........... Extras... 1 13 Total ...................... 129 Total .........247