Cricket 1901

28 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. F eb . 28, 1901. S outh A u str alia . F. T. Hack, lbw, b M cLeod 14 b Trumble ... E. Walkley, c Trumble, b Saunders ........................... 8 C. Bill, lbw, b M cLeod .. 46 G.Giffen.c Worrall, b Laver 1 F. Jarvis, run out ........... J. C Beedman, c Trumble, b M c L e o d .......................... B. T. B. Bailey, c Trumble, b Laver .......................... P.Stuart,c Trumble,b Laver J. Matthews, c Trumble, b M cLeod ........................... A . H . Jarvis, not ou t........... b Saunders... b Saunders... c Graham, Saunders... A . Travers, c Boss, b Laver 4 B 13, lb 2 ... ......... 15 4 c and b Saunders 1 c McAlister, b 6 Laver .............43 4 c and b Trumble 0 0 not o u t...............16 3 c Trum lle, b Saunders............ 4 b Trum ble........... 0 B 4, lb 1 ......... 5 Total ...................107 Total ..........177 V ictoria . O. M. B. W . O. M . B. W . Travers ...........224 9 30 9 ........... 45 10 97 3 Matthews........... 15 6 30 0 ........... 26*5 5 95 5 F. Jarvis........... 7 3 15 1 .......... 23 6 55 0 Beedman ... 10 0 39 0 G iffen........... 24 1 104 1 W alkley ... 14 3 35 1 B ailey........... 2 0 8 0 Hill .............. 4 3 6 0 S outh A ustralia . O. M. R. W . O. M. B. W . Trumble ........... 14 2 33 0 ............. 26'4 7 65 4 Saunders ........... 9 3 24 1 ............ 20 6 38 5 McLeod ........... 16 5 25 4 ............ 10 2 31 0 L a v e r ........... ; .. 11*4 5 10 4 ........... 13 1 38 1 S o fa r t h ir t y -t h r e e m a tc h e s h a v e b e e n p la y e d , w it h t w e n ty w in s t o V ic t o r ia a n d th ir te e n t o S o u th A u s tr a lia . V ic t o r ia in a ll h a s s c o r e d 1 3 ,6 9 4 ru n s f o r 539 w ic k e ts , a v e r a g e 2 5 '4 0 p e r w i c k e t ; a n d S o u th A u s tr a lia 1 2 ,6 8 0 ru n s f o r 537 w ic k e ts , a v e r a g e 2 3 '6 0 p e r w ic k e t. SOUTH AUSTRALIA v. NEW S. WALES. The South Australian eleven were alto­ gether out-played in this match, begun on the Sydney Ground on January 5 and continued on January 7, 8 and 9. The game produced the follow ing new records for first-class cricket:— 918, the highest total in an innings; an inr.ings and 605 runs, the severest defeat; five individual hundreds in an innings; five j artnersliips of over one hundred in an innings; L . O . S. Poidevin’s 140 not out is the highest individual score b y a batsman in his first innings for the Sheffield Shield. In addition, New South Wales were batting nine hours and twenty minutes for their 918. S outh A u str alia . F. T. Hack, c Kelly, b Noble 2 cKelly,bTrumper 12 B. T. Bailey, b Marsh...........57 b Marsh .. 0 C. Bill, c Boward, b Marsh £5 c Noble, b Marsh 20 G. Giffen, b Marsh ... .. 6 hurt, did not bat 0 J.C. Beedman. lbw,bMarsh 1 bM trsh ............ 6 F. Jarvis, b Trum per.......... 7 c Duff, b MarBh 49 E. Walkley, b Tiumper ... 0 bM aish ...........12 A . H . Pelltw, b Marsh ... 7 cK elly,lH ipkins 14 J. Matthews, b H opiins .. 12 notout...................24 A . B . Jarvis, c Gregory, b Bopkins .......................... 3 b Noble ............ 0 J. Travers, not out ........... 0 lbw, b Noble ...11 Extras... ................... 7 Extias ........... 3 Total ..................157 Total... N ew S outh ^ a les . .. 156 F. A. Iredale, c A. Jarvis, b Travers ...118 V. Tiumper, b Jaivis 70 A . J. Hopkins, c A. Jarvis, b Travers ... 27 M. A . Noble, c Giffen, b Matthews ............153 S. E. Gregory, b F. Jarvis ....................1€8 B .A. Duff, st A . Jarvis, b Travers. Noble ... McBeth Marsh ... Boward Trumper Bopkins T. Hew ard, c Bailey, b Matthews.................. 64 L.S.Poidevin,notout l.C J. J BelJy, c Bill, b B a ck .......................... 34 A.McBeth,cMatthews, b Bailey .................. 7 J.Mar*h,ltw,bTravers 1 Extras.................. 17 ..119 S outh A u str alia . O. M. B. W . 4 1 7 1 ... 36 34 5 23 45 Total ...918 O. M. B. W . , 6 16 . 2 8 2 10 0 0 ... 5 ... 0 ... 2 ... 2 ... 62 1 1 1 20 9 8 3 7 0 3 69 1 38 1 39 1 10 Travers Matthews... Giffen F. Jarvis ... Beedman ... N e w S outh W ales . O. M . B . W . 69 15 197 27 2 162 23 0 119 49 7 225 17 1 70 Walkley . H ack... . Hill ... . Bailey O. M. R. W . 6 0 43 0 10 1 44 1 1 0 18 0 6 1 23 1 Up to date, New South Wales has won thirteen and South Australia eight of the twenty-one matches played. SYDNEY UNIVERSITY v. MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY. Played on the Sydney University Oval, on January 9, 1901, and two follow ing days. Sydney won by an innings and 122 runs. The first Inter-Varsity match was played on the Melbourne Cricket Ground in 1870. Since then they have not been quite regularly carried out, as in the course of 30 years only about nineteen matches have been played. Sydney University have won eleven times and lost seven, one match having been left drawn. In the whole series, eight Sydney bats have got the century—J. Coates 102, K. L. Street 105, J. E. Moulton 100, W . A. Shortland 152, H. C. Delohery 116, G. R . C. Clarke 100, W . H . Gregson 137, and P. S. Jones 124. On the M el­ bourne side the centuries are : T. Horan 109, D. Campbell 111, H. J. H . Scott 168*, J. W . Trumble 116, E . A. Barrett 105 and 251, and C. Alsop 161. M elbourne U nivebsity . T. M . Drew, st Delohery, b Blue ................................. 19 stDel< hery,hBlue 51 H.J.Stewart,lbw,b Cameron 35 c and b Clarke .. 13 H. W . Allen, b Clarke ...3 9 stDelohery,bBlue 2 T.Lewers.stDelohery,bBlue 27 b Cameron ... 5 J. T. Anderson, b Blue ... 5 st Delohery, b Clarke .......... 64 G. Madden, st Delohery, b c Manning, b blue ................................... l Claike ............... 31 E. Gardiner, c Cameron, b Clarke................ ; ........... 3c and b Clarke ... 10 B. M. Sutherland, not out... 11 b Clarke .............. 0 A. E. Morris, c Cameron, b Clarke.................................. 0 run out................... 4 G. ^mith,cPoidevin,bClarke 6 n otou t................. 19 Bedderwick, c Poidevin, b c Manning, b Clarke.................................. 3 Clarke .............. 0 B 8, lb 1, w 1 .............10 E x tra s ................10 Total ................. 159 Total , S yd n ey TJ nivbbsity . ...209 L.O. S. Poidevin, lbw, b Drew ........... ... 2 H .M.Stephen,cLewers, b Stew art................. 12 L.Cowlishaw,stLewers, b Drew ..................... 11 W . H. Gregson, b Anderson..................... 137 E. C. Beden, c Bedder­ wick, b Madden .. 78 P. S. Jones, b Madden.124 B.C.M anning, c Mad­ den, b Stewart .. 39 E.C.Delol ery, not out 31 G. B. C. Clarke, b Stewart .................. 10 A . I. Blue, b Drew ... 20 D. A. Cameron, c and b Drew ................... 0 B 21, lb 5 ...........26 Total ... . 490 PAPiSLE CRICKET. The follow ing notes on Parsee Cricket as it is are from the pen of a capable judge who has been playing in India this winter, and has seen a good deal of the piincipal Parsee Ciioketers. The standard of colts among the Parsis was not seen to be abi.ve the Engl^h Public School form . I believe that Parsee cricketers have improved greatly in batting— their weakest point, owing to want of ccaching and fassiducus practice — but all the same their standard in this department is, in my <pinion, not above the English 2nd class foim , notwithstand­ ing that five or six batsmen, viz., Mistry, Gagrat, Bilimoria, Mody, Kanga and Bapasola, can make a name as 1st class batsmen if they get an opportunity of playing with the best players in England and on the English “ billiard -table” wickets. In the “ b ow lin g” department the Parsi team can, at the present day, hold its own against any first-class county, chiefly because it is fortunate to produce a very fast bowler in Bulsara, which was a lon g-felt want. Besides Bulsara, Mehta is a medium pace bowler with straightness, accuracy of pitch, and a slight off break, and can keep up for a long time without getting tired. There are six good bowlers in the present team, Bulsara, Mehta, Mistry (left hand, fast), Bapasola (slow, right hand), D . Kanga (left hand, medium), Gagrat (fast, underhand, with a curl from the leg), and two change bowlers. I have not counted upon Writer as he is out of form ow ing to want of careful practice, and Bhameha, a slow left hand bowler, still one of the best bowlers and one who cannot be beaten by any bowler for the accuracy of pitch, and proves very effective as he has a natural break from both sides. It is a pity that the two latter can neither bat nor field. In fielding, the team, as a whole, is as good as any first-class English county, but the wicket-keeping, though good and fairly useful, is not so perfect. D . Kanga, Bapasola and Gazdar are considered to be the best wicket-keepers, but the last player is a shade superior to others, and has hard luck in not being selected, as Kanga and Bapasola are better batsmen and bowlers besides. Gagrat stands above all as a fieldsman anywhere, chiefly in the country. It is a fact that he is never known to have missed a catch in any match as yet, and to have taken the most difficult catches. Bapasola and Machliwalla can also be depended upon as safe and sure fieldsmen. Mehta (though erratic) and Raja are very smart slips. In fine, I can say that if a Parsi team visits England it can make a decent show against the first-class counties, but it has very little chance of beating either Yorkshire, Lancashire, Surrey, Middlesex or Kent counties unless it can manage to practice with two or three first-class professional bowlers at least a month or six weeks before the matches of the season begin. The Parsis hope to put a very strong team in the field next year to play against the strong Presidency X I . It is fortunate for them that Gagrat, once the Parsi champion, is regaining his lost form, as was evidenced in the matches he played against the Poona and Nagar Gymkhanas. He scored 109 runs in quite his old free style against the former and 76 runs against the latter, a few weeks back. Besides, Dr. Pavri, who last year showed good form both with bat and ball for the Eastbourne Cricket Club, will be able to a68ist the team. It is quite opportune to note here that the Parsi team was always victorious under his captainship except on one occasion only, e.g., in the return match against Lord Hawke’s X I. in 1892, which was lost by a narrow margin of 7 runs. The present Parsi team may be chosen from the follow ing fourteen players, viz., Mistry, Gagrat, Mody, Pavri, D . Kanga, H. Kanga, Bulsara, Mehta, Bapasola, Bilimoria, Machliwalla, D . Darnwalla, and Bharneha or Writer.