Cricket 1903

12 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J an . 29, 1903. youngest player on the side, being only nineteen years of age. He was the crack batsman of the Great Public Schools last year, as a member of the Church of England Grammar School team. The Sydney Referee describes him as a beauti­ ful fieldsman, with a very safe pair of hands and a sp'endid return, a batsman with the style and power, and, above all, quality of a future International player, he is distinctly one whose name is likely to become better known in big cricket. T h e occasion of a welcome by the New South Wales Cricket Association to the Australian team was utilised to present Victor Trumper with an address, accom­ panied by a chique for one hundred guineas, in recognition of his brilliant achievements. The following was the tf xt of the address :— We, as representing the State of New South Wales, desire to extend to you upon the occasion of your return to your native land a very cordial welcome. From the scenes of your recent signal triumphs you lave come hack crowned with the laurels of the cricket held. With honest and deepest pride and gratification we have closely followed step by step the long series of your remarkable achievements, whereby you hive rendered memorable the tour of the Eleventh Australian Eleven. Such magnificent performances have not only established and emphasised your own brilliance, but have served mater­ ially to enhance the prestige of your associates, and to shed upon the entire community in whose midst you have been born and bred much additional lustre. Whilst thus offering to you our heartfelt admiration of the con­ summate skill and rare capacity you have evinced in the areni of contest, we take this opportunity to express our appreciation of your manful bearing, genial personality and all those many qualities of heart and mind which have ever endeared you to all with whom you have been brought into contact. We ask your acceptance of this addrees and gift as a slight token of our high esteem, and as some recognition of the gallant stand made by you as our representative. It is our earnest desire and constant hope that the distinguished status you have gained will be maintained for many years to come. W ith every good wish for your future welfare, we are, on behalf of the subscribers, G. H. Reid, L. G. Abrams, Park W. Pope, Felix Handle, George C. Chalmers, C. F. W . Lloyd, Harry lloses, R. Shute, P. Sheridan, and Percy K. Bowden (Hon. Sec.) The presentation was made by the Right Hon. G. H. Reid, the President of the Association. A SOMEWHAT remarkable match has taktn place in Tasmania, the island of b ig scores. As far as I can gather from a local newspaper report, Derwent declared at 399 for two wickets, and Wellington then made 271 without loss. Whether the match ended here or not is doubtful. The scores as they stand are as follows :— D erw en t . First innings. R. Hawson, not out .............................. 2?0 W . Arnold, c Eurgess, b W . R ead.......... 16 8 . Hawson, lbw, b L. Macleod................ 15 J. L. Hudeon, not ou t.................................. 123 6undiies ...............................................15 Total for two tickets ... 399 W KLLINGTON. First ionings. N. Dodds, not out............................... K. Burn, not o u t ............................... Sundries ............................... Total for no wickets 121 127 23 J ust before the match between Victoria and New South Wales, the Victorian members of the Australian team notified the secretary of the Victorian Cricket Association that they and the rest of the members of the Australian team declined to take part in any match in which J. Worrall was playing. They stated as their reason for taking this action that Worrall had written a letter to Phillips, the umpire, suggesting that if he wished to make a name for himself he would do well to no-ball Saunders and Noble. At a meeting of the Victorian Cricket Association Worrall gave an explanation, and then offered to resign his place in the Victoria team. Bis offer was accepted. CR ICKET IN AN T IGU A—WEST IND IES . ANTIGUA v. ST. JOHN’S.—Flayed on the A.C.C. ground on November 10, 1902. The season of the Antigua C.C. for 1902-3 opened, as usual, on the King’s birthday by a match against the St. John’s C.C., and resulted in an easy win for the senior club, who very nearly effte'ed an inning’s victory over their younger rivals, ihe last two wickets just playing out time. Ia this dtfeat, Mr. “ Extras” had an unduly large share, otherwise the youngsters made a very creditable disp’ay ag inst the stronger club. Theiewasa large attendance of spectators, amongst whom were the new Governor of the Leeward Islands—Sir Gerald Strickla&d, K.C.M.G. —who mide his first appearance on the ground as president of the Antigua C.C., and Lady Edeline Strickland. S t . J oiin ’ s . D. Donoghue, c Davey, b Watt ...................... ... 10 c Udal. b Weiss 4 J. Jcstph, c Wei-P, b Watt 18 lbw, b Sands ... 2 B. Wilirck, c Watt, b "Udal 14 st Davey, b Jones 0 J. Heath, lbw, b ^ eiss ... 3 c Pigott, b Weiss 14 A. Lindsay, b Weiss .......... 0 lbw, b Jones 0 R.l’igott, c Goodwin,bWeis3 0 c Shepherd, b Weiss .......... 0 J. Edwards, c Shepherd, b W e iss............................... 4 st Davey, b Udal 11 R. Nanton, e Schwarz?, b W eiss............................... 0 not out................. 8 C.Pigott,et and b Udal ... 0 runout................. 1 A. Murphy, not out .......... 2 b Sands .......... 4 J. Bailey, c Abbott, b Weiss 1 not out................. 3 Extras........................ 1 Extras.......... To4.al W.G.Davey,c Pigolt, b Lindsay ................. 9 W . N. Sacds, b Pigott 18 J. S. Watt, b Lindsay 24 Rev.J .Weiss,cW illock, b Pigott ... ......... 10 J. S. Udal, b Heath ... 18 E. R. Jones, b Heath 0 53 A ntigua . Total , 56 W.J. Abbott,bLindsay Rev. F. Shepherd, not out ........................ F. Goodwin, b Heath 0 R. Pigott, run out ... 3 Rev. J. Schwaize, c Nanton, b Heath ... 0 Extras................25 Total Ant:gua. The smallness of the scores on both sides may fairly be attributable to the sodden state of the wicket owing to the recent heavy rains. There was a large gathering of spectators, includ­ ing many of ihe principal officials of the island, and Bis Excellency, as President of the Antigua C.C., in a neat spiech at the luncheon in the pavilion, warmly welcomed the visitors to Antigua St. L ucia . C. Brice, b Buckley .......... 0 c Samuel,b Weiss 0 Lt. Larman, c Jcseph, b Sands............................... 2 c Sands, b Jarvis 4 C. R. Kennaway, c Joseph, c Buckley, b Jar- b Buckley ................. 8 Jarvis .............. 6 C. Brown, c and b Buckley 2 c Sands, b Jarvis 1 G. M. Peter, lbw, b Buckley 9 not o u t............... 4 C. de Charleroy, b Buckley 7 c Samuel,b Jarvis 0 W. Floissac, run o u t .......... 3 Lt. Price, b Buckley .......... 3 not out................ 2 L. Belmar, b Sbmuel.......... 0 Lt. Taylor, not out .......... 1b Jarvis ............. 2 D. Rogers, c Davey, b Samuel ........................ 0 Extras ........................ 4 Extras .............. 5 Total W. E. Davey, c and b P rice...................... 23 W. N. Sands, c and b Kennaway .......... 0 E. B. Jarvis, c Kenna­ way, b Peter .......... 0 J. Joseph, c Belmar, b Kennaway'................ 0 J. S. Ud 1, c Ke na- way, b Peter .......... 6 E. Pereira, c Brown, b Kennaway . ... 5 . 39 A ntigua . Total (6 wkts) 24 J. Martin, c Charle­ roy, b Peter .......... 0 Rev. J. Weiss, c Tay­ lor, b Charleroy ... 26 J. S. Watt, st Brown, b Charleroy .......... 2 E Samuel, run out ... 0 T. Buckley, not out... t) Extras ................. 8 Total 69 ANTIGUA v. ST. LUCIA.—The return matc'i took place on Monday, 1st December, which being a public holiday (Queen’s birthday) enabled a still larger gathering of spectators to witness the game. The continuance of heavy rain hid sgain spoilt the wicket, but this time the Antiguans (who had been sent first to the wicket) thanks to the fine free hit­ ting of J. Joseph and the steadier play of Pereira and Davey, reached the respectable score—on such a wicket—of 123. Kennaway and Peter again ren­ dered yeoman service with the Vall. On St. Lucia going in on a wicket—perhaps made more treacher­ ous by the hot sun—they made but a poor resistance to the bowling of Jarvis and Buckley, tfce wicket again suiting the former admirably, and, followirg on, did not fare much better against the lob bowling of the Autigna captain, J. S. Udal, who took six wickets for 4’J runs, only escaping an inning’s defeat by the plucky resistance made by ihe last wicket in a very bad light. Antigua won by 9 j runs. A ntigua . ...Ill ANTIGUA v. 6T. LUCIA .-For some little time a match between the island teams of these two Presidencies had been in contemplation, and at the end of November the St. Lucia team, which included several officers from the gairiaon there, arrived in Antigua. Owing, however, to the late arrival of the steamer, it was decided to play two oce-day matches (on the Saturday and Monday) instead of the one two-day match already arranged for. The fir.-t of these took place on Saturday, November 29th, and resulted—as it eventually proved—in an easy win for Antigua, though at one time, when, after having disposed of St. Lucia for 39 in tbe first innings (Buckley having bowled splendidly), the 1ome team had six wickets down lor 24, it was “ anybody’s match.” However, amidst great <xcitement, Davey and Weiss, who, by steaoy play, made the only double figures of the match, gradually put the issue beyond doubt. Kennaway (late of the Barrow eleven) and Peter bore the brunt of the bowling well. The remainder of the day’s play was considerably in favour of W.G. Davey, b Kenna­ way ........................15 W. N. Sands, c Kenna­ way, b Peter .......... 2 E. B. Jarvis, c Luke,b Peter.......................... 3 J. Joseph, c Luke, b P eter............................59 Rev.J.Wei88,b Kenna­ way ............................... 0 J. S. Udal, c Brown, b Kennaway ............ 2 S t . L ucia . Lieut. Lai mour, b Buckley 2 Luke, c Udal, b Jarvis .. 0 C. R. Kennawav, b Buckley 3 C.Vrown, c Sands, b Buckley 0 G.M. Peter, c Udal, b Jarvis 8 C. Brice, c and b Jarvis ... 3 Dr. Charleroy, c Pereira, b Jarvis............................... 5 Lieut. Price, b Jarvis.......... 2 L. Belmar, run out .......... 0 Lieut. Taylor, run out ... 1 D. Rogers, not out .......... 0 Total E. Pereirj, not out ... 21 J. Martin, c Brown, b Kennaway .......... 0 J. S. Watt, b Peter ... 3 E. Samuel, c Brown, b Kennaway .......... 9 T. Buckley, lbw, b Kennaway .......... 0 Extras................. 9 Total ...123 not out................. c Watt, b Weiss... lbw, b Udal b Udal................. c Samuel, b Weiss bU dal................. not out................. c Pereira, b Weiss b Udal................. lbw, b Udal st Joseph, b Udal Extras.......... . ... 24 Total On a comparison of the two days’ play the palm for fielding may fairly be conceded to St. Lucia, though ihe fieldirg of the home team was also very good, as is shown by only one “ extra ” being given by them in the second match. But the Antiguans were decidedly stronger, both in batting and bowlicg— particularly the latter. It is only fair to state, how­ ever, that St. Lucia—as is generally the case with visitirg teams—were disappointed in some of their best players at the last moment, whilst Antigua pliyed their full strength. On a return visit to St. Lucia, which is already in contemplation, it is not unlikely that the conditions may be reversed. Mutual visits of cricketing teams and the mutual interests and pleasure deiived from such visits can only conduce to the welfare of cricket in the West Indies, and a healthier feeling of rivalry amongst our various colonies there.