Cricket 1905

38 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M ar . 30, 190S. First, as to increase the power of the bowler. Alter Rule 11 so that the bowler may lift his foot behind the bowler’s crease in the act of bowling. This will increase the strength of the bowling immensely, and prevent many a strained side or back and many a sprained knee. Second, to improve the fielding, a most important thing. Make it a rule that all fieldsmen shall wear small padded gloves, and the bowler should wear a wicket­ keeper’s glove on the hand not used in bowling to take sharp returns both from the bat and the fieldsmen. Base ball has taught us the incalculable value of small gloves for fielding. Last year in first-class baseball the percentage of dropped catches was less than2 percent., while in county cricket it was above 40 per cent., an object lesson to be pondered well. I think it would be well to try the experiment of dividing the playing each day into halves, the side going in first bats, say, three hours, the other side doing the same. If the game cannot be played out, let the score made at six hours decide. Three hours on a hard ground on a hot day is long enough for any fieldsman, and the change might make the game more attractive to spec­ tators.—Yours, etc., A d a m E . F o r d . Denver, January 18 th, 1905. CR ICK E T IN A U S T R A L IA . VICTORIA v. TASMANIA. Played at Melbourne on January 28, 30, 31, and February 1. There was no play on Monday, January 30, owing to rain. "Victoria won by an innings and 137 runs. V ictoria . J. Horan, c Hawson, b Frost ... ...............37 C. Baker, b Paton ..J B. Grant, b Smith ...79 W. McPetrie, c Smith, b Frost ................123 F. Vaughan, c S. Haw­ son, b Frost ..........12 A. Christian, c Pater, b Frost ... •. •• 4 L. Rainey, not out ... 60 T asm an ia . H. Fry, lbw, b Paton 10 J. Garland, c R. Haw­ son, b Frost .......... 9 E. Goss, c Hawson, b Chancellor ..........21 H. Woodford, lbw, b Smith ................. 3 Extras.................14 Total ...430 First innings. L. A. Cuff, c M'Petrie, b Goss ............................... N. Dodds, run out .......... O. Douglass, c Woodford, b Garland ........................ R. Hawson, c Horan, b Christian ........................ D. Paton, b Garland ... ... S. Hawson, c M/Petrie, b Goss ............................... E. Harrison, c Christian, b Fry ... ...................... 1). Smith, c M'Petrie, b Christian ........................ F Chancellor, lbw, b Chris­ tian ........................ A.Frost,c Woodford, b Goss J. Watt, not o u t .............. . Extras ................. Total.................93 V ictoria . Second innings, c M‘Petrie, b 0 Rainey ....... 1 0 b Rainey ..... 1 21 c Grant, b Rainey 5 4 c Baker, b Rainey 9 19 c Horan, b Fry... 15 c MTetrie, b 24 Christian ... 16 3 c Grant, b Rainey 7 c Woodford, b 13 Rainey ....... 9 c Grant, b Gar- 1 land... ... ... 92 0 not out .......... 1 1 c Garland, b Christian.......36 7 Extras.......... 8 Total...... 200 O. M. R. W. Chancellor 134 1 68 1 Paton ... 28 4121 2 Smith ... 25 4 84 2 Frost ... 19 3 69 5 Cuff ... W att.. Harrison Hawson O. M. R. W. ... 3 0 29 0 . . 3 0 24 0 . . 1 0 9 0 .. 2 0 12 0 T asm ania . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Goss .......... ...17-4 8 21 3 .......... 25 0 Christian ... ... 11 8 18 3 .......... 31 2 Garland ... :.. 13 4 21 2 .......... 38 1 Fry .......... .. 10 2 26 1 ......... 33 1 Rainey 46 6 Grant 19 0 Goss bowled a no-ball and Cliristian a wide. GEHRS AND NEWLAND. From the Adelaide Observer. Newland and Gehrs are the two new cricketers from South Australia in the Australian Eleven, and a summary of their performances in first class and club cricket is appended. The figures speak for themselves, and I need only call attention to the remark­ able rise made by Gehrs. Four years ago he was introduced to electorate cricket, and made his debut in the East Adelaide ranks under H. Blinman, who told his friends tbat he had discovered a champion batsman. A good judge is Blinman. Gehrs has played almost as many iDnings in first class games as in senior matches. D. R. A. GEHRS IN FIRST-CLASS CRICKET. Agst. Inn. N.O. Runs. H.S. Avg. England................ 8 — 245 100 3062 Victoria ................ . 9 — 318 170 38-66 N.S.W..................... . 12 — 365 159 30-41 Totals ........ . 29 — 958 170 3303 D. R. A. GEHRS IN CLUB CRICKET. BATTING. Year. Inn. N.O. Runs. H.S. Avg. 1900-1 ............... 7 2 210 113 42.00 1901-2 ................ . 8 — 212 56 26.50 1902-3 ............... 8 1 410 196 62*85 1903-4....................... . 5 — 182 95 36-40 1904-5 ............... . 5 — 77 27 15-40 Totals ........ . 33 3 1121 196 34-03 BOW7LING. Year. O. M. R. W. Avg. 1900-1 ............... . 14 7 36 3 1200 1901-2 ............... . 35 7 117 3 39.00 1902-3 ................ . 12 4 22 2 11-00 1903-4 ................ . 31 4 100 4 25-00 1904-5 ............... . 28-2 4 69 6 11-50 Totals .... 120-2 26 344 18 19-11 P. M. NEWLAND IN FIRST-CLASS CRICKET. Agst. Inn. N.O. Runs. H.S. Avg. England................ 6 2 163 50 27-16 Victoria ......... 11 2 103 37 11-14 New South Wales 10 1 183 77 20-23 Totals .......... 27 5 449 77 20-40 W1CKETKEEPING. Caught .. 19 Stumped .. 12 Total ... . .. 31 P. M. NEWLAND IN CLUB CRICKET. BATTING. Year. 1896-7 1897-8 1898-9 1899-0 1900-1 1901-2 1902-3 1903-4 1904-5 Totals Inns. N.O. Runs. H.S. Avg. 1 — 0 0 6 2 140 49 35-00 7 1 71 49* 11-83 . 10 — 236 98 23-60 9 — 203 54 22-55 . 8 — 321 104 40-12 8 2 224 120 37*33 . 7 — 198 96 28-28 3 — 68 37 22-66 . 59 5 1461 120 27-05 WICKET-KEEPING. Caught ... Stumped ... Total ......... ‘ Signifies not out- R ICdARD D a .FT’S **Nottingham-lure Max].” - ParticultirB apply, Radcliffe on-Trent, Notts. [A dvt .1 IN TER -STATE MATCHES IN AU S TR A L IA . THE COMPLETE New South Wales ... Victoria......... L.. ... South Australia... ... AVERAGES. Won. Lost. ... 4 ... 0 ... 1 ... 3 ... i 3 The accompanying averages are for the matches between New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia in the Sheffield Shield Competition. BATTING. N ew S outh W ales . E.F. Waddy ... M. A. Noble ... W. P. Howell ... V. Trumper ... R. A. Duff... J. J. Kelly :.. S. E. Gregory ... A. C otter.......... A. J. Hopkins ... H. Carter......... J. R. Mackay ... G. L. Gamsey... F. B. Johnson... C. Gregory J. F. Giller J. H. Stuckey ... V. S. Ransford W. W. Armstrong F. Laver ... ... G. H. S. Trott... C. E. M’Leod ... W. Carkeek ... P. M’Alister ... W. Scott .......... T. S. Warne ... H. Wright W. Carlton J. V. Saunders R. Osborae ....... H. Fry ......... F. B. Collins ... C. Hill ... ... D. R. A. Gehrs' J. F. Travers ... J. H. Pellew ... N. Claxton J. Darling.... J. C. Reedman F. T. Hack ... P. M. Newland R. F. Cowan ... C. B. Jennings P. H. Coombe ... H. W. Short ... LIST OF HUNDREDS. 170 D. R. A. Gehrs, S.A. v. Victoria, at Melbourne. 164 F. Laver, Victoria v. S.A., at Adelaide. 129* E. F. Waddy, N.S.W. v. S.A., at Adelaide. 128 W. P. Howell. N.S.W. v. S.A., at Adelaide. 125 J. F. Giller, Victoria v. N.S.W., at Sydney. 112 M. A. Noble, N.S.W. v. Victoria, at Sydney. Ill* C. Hill, S.A. v. Victoria, at Adelaide. * Signifies not out. BOWLING. N ew S outh W ales . 16-20 16*41 23-66 24*26 25-06 32-80 26*00 26-64 29*22 32-50 33*81 35-60 48-00 3*00 20-57 29-00 30-15 38*22 47-00 48*60 57-00 83-50 Times Most No. of not Total in an inns. out. runs. inns. Aver. ... 7 ... 2 ... 351 ... 129*.. . 70-20 ... 6 ... o :.. 373 ... 112 .... 62-16 ... 7 ... 1 :.. 333 .:. 128 . 55*50 ... 4 ... 0 ..: 198 .. . 81 .... 49-50 ... 7 ... 0 .. 253 .. . 80 ..., 36-14 ... 5 ... 0 .. . 176 ... 56 ..., 35-20 ... 6 ... 0 .. . 179 ... 49 .. 29*83 ... 6 2 . 97 ... 56*.. . 24-25 ... 7 o !!. 168 ... 37 ..,. 24-00 ... 1 :.. o ... 22 ... 22 .. . 22*00 ... 3 ... o ... 29 .. . 15 .. . 9-66 :.. 5 ... i .. . 29 .. . 16 ..., 7-25 ... 6 ... 2 .. . 27 ... 12 ..., 6*75 ... 1 ... o .. 2 ... 2 .. . 2*00 V ictoria . ... 2 ... o ... 126 .. . 125 ... 63-00 ... 3 ... 0 ... 148 ... 75 ... 49-33 ... 7 ... 1 ... 275 ... 80*:. . 45-83 ... 7 ... 0 ... 256 ... 85 .. . 36-55 ... 7 ... 0 .. . 232 ... 164 ... 33-14 ... 1 o . 30 ... 30 .. . 30-00 ... 7 ... o .. 172 ... 65 .. . 24-57 ... 6 ... o ... 121 . 46 ... 20-16 ... 8 ... i ... 139 .. . 59 .. . 19-85 ... 8 ... i ... 134 .. . 45 .. . 1914 ... 2 ... i ...'. 19 ... 11 .. . 19-00 ... 1 ... 0 .. 14 .. . 14 :. . 14-00 ... 2 ... 1 ... 14 ... 12 .:. 14*00 ... 5 ... 3 .. . 20 ... 10 .. . 10*00 ... 4 •• 4 ,.. 10,- . !)*.. . 5*33 ... 2 ... 0 .. . 9 .. . 9 .. . 4*50 ... 8 ... 0 .. . 32 .. . 20 :. . 4*00 > outh A ustralia . ... 7 ... 1 .. . 289 .. 111*.. . 48*16 ... 7 ... o . 304 .. . 170 .. . 43-42 :.. 7 ... 3 .. . 122 ... 58 .. . 30-50 ... 5 ... o .... 136 ... 68 .. . 27-20 7 ... o ... 188 .. . 58 .. . 26-85 ... 7 ... 0 .. . 159 .. . -67 ... 22-71 ... 5 o r.: 111 .. . 39 .:. 22-20 .:. 7 ... 0 ... 144 ... 67 .. . 20-57 ... 7 :.. i .. . 85 ... 37 *. 14*16 ... 4 i .... 27 ... 19 .. . 9*00 ... 7 .7. o ... 53 ... 22 ... 7-57 ... 5 ... 0 .. .. 10 V. 6 ... 2*00 ... 2 ... 1 .. . 1 .. 1*.. . 1*00 M. A. Noble ........ . 66 .. . 16 .. . 162 ... 10 . A. J. Hopkins........ . 114 ... 34 .... 279 ... 17 . A. C otter................ . 140 .. . 22 .... 427 ... 18 . G. L. Gamsey........ . 41 .. . 5 .... 170:. 7 . F. B. Johnson........ . 134.: . 23 .... 401 .. . 16 . WT. P. Howell ... 7.. 109 .. . 27 .... 328::. 10 . V . Trumper ........ 1 .. . 0 ... 6 ... 0 V ictoria . W. W. Armstrong... 142 .. . 34 .. . 312 .. . 12 . F. Laver ................ . 88 .. . 16 .. . 292 ... 11 . F. B. Collins ... .. . 141;. . 22 .... 526 ... 18 . T. S. Warne . 14 :. . 1 . 65 ... 2 . J. V . Saunders . 129 .. . 32 .... 372 ... 11 . C. E. M cLeod........ . 98:. . 13 .. . 356 ... 10 J. F. Giller ........ 25 ... 5 .... % .. 2 G. H. S. T rott........ . 8 ... 0 .. . 27 ..'. o ! V . Ransford ........ . ii .:. 3 .. . 35 .. . 0 R. Osborne ........ . 20 .: . 0 .. . 64 . . 0 S outh A ustralia . C. Hill....................... 2 . 1 .. . 3 .. . 1 J. C. Reedman........ . 119 ... 24 .. . 391 .. . 19 . R. F. Cowan ... ... 34 .. . 1 .. . 145 ... 5 . J. F. Travers ........ . 145 .. . 30 .. . 392 .. . 13 . N. Claxton ........ . 133 .. . 35 .. . 344 .. . 9 F. T. Hack ........ . 15 .. . 5 .'.. 47 .. . 1 .1.11. Pellew ... ... 23 ... 2 .. . 97 .... 2 H. WT. Short 7.. .. . 14 . 0 .. . 57 . . 1 P. H. Coombe........ . 62 .. . 20 .. . 167 ... 2 D. R. A. Gehrs... ... 4 .. . 0 .. . 25 ... 0