Cricket 1904

A pril 14, 1904. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 59 ment of the bowling on that occasion has been a good deal criticised. My friend, Mr. 0. B. Fry, even went so far as to choose my eleven for me, and to haul me over the coals for not playing a certain member of the team on a wicket which he felt be—12,000 miles away—was in a better position to judge of than I who saw it before I selected my eleven. “ Hard as vulcanite,” you call the Adelaide wicket, Mr. Fry. N o ; you, who always write so nicely, so ably and so truly, and whose criticisms on this tour, founded only on the cablegrams, have been so excellent and full of prophetic instinct, were wrong for once. It was just an easy wicket—not so fast as a Sydney or Melbourne wicket in dry weather. T h e capital performance on the part of Trumper and Duff, in the match at Sydney between New South Wales and Victoria, in scoring over 100 runs together for the first wicket in each innings, and so creating a fresh record for Australian cricket, deserves bold advertisement in Qossip. Trumper’s scores were 53 and 53 not out and Duff’s 67 and 62 not out, the pair obtaining a victory for their side by ten wickets. On only nine occasions in the whole history of the game have two batsmen obtained as many as 100 runs for the first wicket in both innings of a first-class match, as the follow iog list will show :— 123 ) G. TJlyett and L. Hall, Yorkshire v. 108 ( Sussex, at Brighton ....................... 1885 139 JJ. T. Brown and J. Tunnicliffe, York- 147* | shire v. Middlesex, at Lord’s ... 1896 135 j Mr. G. Brann and Mr. C. B. Fry, 148 ) Sussex v. Middlesex, at Lord’s ... 1899 joj j Mr, W. G. Grace and Mr. C. J. B. 142 i Wood, London County v. Surrey, at J the Crystal Palaoe ........................1901 108 |Mr. C. J. Burnup and E. Humphreys, 100 | Kentv. South Africans,at Beckenham 1901 114 i R. Abel and Mr. D. L. A. Jephaon, 109 ) Surrey v. Sussex, at Brighton ... 1901 134 { Mr. A. O. Jones and J. Iremonger, 144* { Notts v. Surrey, at the Oval............ 1901 170 ) Mr. C. B. Fry and J. Vine, Sussex v. 179 | Leicestershire, at B righton........... 1903 113 » V. Trumper and R. A. Duff, New South 119* f Wales v. Victoria, at Sydney............ 1903-4 * Winning the match by ten wickets. H . J. H oare got all ten wickets in an innings for F. W . Brownrigg’s X I . v. La Martiniere College, at Lucknow, in February. For the whole match his record was sixteen for 60 runs. H a r r y T h o tt ’ s curly ones seem to work their wicked ways with all their old effect, at all events when he has one of his best days. Playing for the first- grade eleven of Bendigo and District Association against the second-grade Cfteen at Bendigo, on February 27th, he took eleven wickets at a cost of 54 runs. To comply with its rules, the Surrey County C.C. has to open its gates for members’ practice to-m orrow . Most of the Surrey professionals commenced operations a week or two ago, and the next few days should see the majority of the County men seriously at work. A p r o p o s of the test matches, the Adelaide Observer mentions that the hat trick has only been performed six times in test matches. Hugh Trumble has done it twice, and in four of the six cases the feat was accomplished at Melbourne. The six instances are as follows : — F. R. Spofforth got V. K. Royle, F. A. Macfeianon, and T. Emnutt at Melbourne, January, 1879. W. Bates got P. 8. McDonnell, G. Gillen, and G. J. Bonnor at Melbourne, January, 1833. J. Briggs got W. F. Gillen, J. McO. Blackbam, and 8. T. Callaway at Sydney, February, 189 1. J. T. Hearne got C. Hill, S. E. Gregory, and M. A. Noble at Leeds, June, 1899. H. Trumble got J. Gunn, A. O. Jones, and S. F. Barnes at Melbourne, January, 1902. H. Trumble got B. J. T. Bosanquet, P. F. Warner, and A. A. Lilley at Melbourne, March, 1904. T h e annual general meeting of the Essex C.C. is to be held in the dining room on the county ground at Lsyton, on Thursday next at 5-30. According to the income and expenditure account for the year ending December 31st last, the expenses of home matches amounted to £1,040 8s. lid ., and of out matches to £879 9s. lid ., making a total of £1,919 18s. lO d .; insurance premium cost the club £184 17s. 10d., and club and ground matches £82 18s., and ground bowlers £214 19s. 2d. On the other side the cricket receipts showed £1,339 6s. 6d. for first X L matches; £33 19s. 6d. for second X L ; profit on sale of cards £29 16s. 7 d .; subscriptions realised £1,463 3s. 6d., and entrance fees £55 13s.; insurance claims brought in £277 14s. 6d., and caterers £235. The iuterest on mortgage and loan represented £445 18s. 7d. of the expendi­ ture of £5,063 4s. 81. which exceeded the income by £1,568 3s. 41. W a l t e r G if f e n , who came over here with one of the earlier Australian teams, was married on February 10th to Miss Blinman, a sister of Mr. Harry Blin- man, the well-known South Australian cricketer. A b a t offered b y Mr. F. Watson, of Brisbane, for the New South Wales player who made most runs in the two matches against the M.C.C. team, was won by A. J. Hopkins, who scored 4, 23, 52, and 56. V . Trumper was nextEwith 46, 11, 44, and 5. O ne hears on the best authority that there is little or no chance of the Kent eleven being able to utilise the valuable services of their captain, C. J. Burnup, at all during the com ing season. The hope that he wonld be able to come into the side at some time in 1904 is not likely to be realised. I n a match at Kerang, Victoria, on February 27th, Douglas, of Kerang “ B ” team, took the whole ten wickets for 10 runs against Myall. Myall scored 38, of which W . Wilson made 17. Kerang “ B ” totalled 59. Last season, playing for Macorna in the Cohuna District Association Competition (eight clubs), Douglas took thirty-seven wickets at a cost of 3 runs per wicket. T h e Orient-Pacific ss. Orontes arrived at Suez on Sunday last with the M.C.C. team on board. On Tuesday the team reached Port Said. G eorge G iffen and J. C. Reedman, two of the stalwarts of South Australian cricket, would seem to have both played their last important match. In selecting the eighteen to practise for the last game against the Marylebone team, Clem Hill and N. Claxton—who were co-selectors with Georga Giffea— left out Giffen, Reedman, and H . Hay (who had not fulfilled the high expectations formed of his bow ling based on his fine performance against the M .C.C. team in the early part of last year). George G.ffen’s nomination included the three players named, but as he was in the minority the list agreed upon by Clem H ill and Claxton, of course, prevailed. T he reference to J. C. Reedman recalls an interesting incident recently recorded in the Adelaide Observer, in which J. C. was the central figure. His father, Mr. E. J. Reedman, played the game fifty years ago, and indeed helped to establish it in South Australia. Though no longer able to take an active part in it, he never misses an opportunity to see his son play. On the first day of the match between North Adelaide and Sturt, early last month, the former were one man short, and when the ninth wicket fell the cap­ tain (J. C. B .) was batting. No one knows better than he the value of runs to a side, and he called out “ Send in my dad.” Reedman pere did not hesitate, and the onlookers siw whence the in­ domitable pluck which has characterised the son’s play in top ranks was derived. The veteran stayed for four overs; and though he did not make a run, his “ boy ” hit up 21, giving North Adelaide the victory by 28 runs. A n enquiry as to the longest throw on record suggests that it would be well to give the particulars in this column for the general information. The longest throws on record a re :— 140 yds. 2 ft., by R. Percival, on the Durham Sands Racecourse, on Easter Monday, 1881. 140 yds. 9 ins., by Ross Mackenzie, at Toronto, in 1872. 140 yds., by King Billy, an aborigioal, at Clermont (Queensland), December 19th, 1872. 138 yards, 2 feet, by A. E. Manby, at London and South Western Bank ir-port*, at Herne Hill, August 10th, 1901; and li7 yards, by G. Brown, oa Wolverton Common, in 1819. Percival’s throw (with the wind) was measured by the committee and was noted the follow ing Saturday in the Auckland Times and Herald. Percival gained many priz;a for throwing. He was a profes­ sional cricketer, and at one time was engaged by the New Brighton C.C. W r it in g to an Australian paper, Mr. R . H. Campbell, of 388, Albert Street, East Melbourne, points out that the dismissal of the last five Australian wickets for 30 runs in the recent test match was not a record, or near it. In proof he gave the follow ing instances of worse performances by the tail of the Australian inninos :—Manchester, July, 1902—Darling 37, Gregory 24, Trumper 4, Noble 4, Duff 3, H ill 0—five wickets for 74—then all out for 86, the last five wickets falling for 12 runs. Adelaide,