Cricket 1905

42 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M ae . 30, 1905. T he receipts and expenses (out and season were as follow i Match Receipts. Expenses. £ s. d. f£ s. d. v. Yorkshire ... 75 9 0 ... ,... 131 17 11 v. Leicestershire ... 67 17 5 ... ... 133 2 7 v. Warwickshire ... 100 0 0 ... ... 152 0 9 v. Notts................. ... 216 11 9 ... ... 185 3 5 v. Surrey .......... ... 85 3 0 ... ... 138 16 9 v. Essex................. ... 173 9 9 ... ... 189 9 4 y. Lancashire ... ... 57 6 9 ... ,... 136 12 5 v. Sussex .......... ... 107 13 9 ... ... 189 7 1 v. Hampshire ... v. London County ... 182 8 6 ... , ... 139 9 6 ... 82 6 3 ... ,... 170 11 2 y. South Africans ... 42 9 0 ... , ... 93 6 9 Total ... 1190 15 2 1659 17 8 A t a meeting of the Associated Cricket Clubs of Philadelphia on January 31st, the proposed visit of the Hamilton Cricket Club, of Hamilton, Bermuda, was discussed, and it is probable that the Club will visit Philadelphia during the forthcoming season. In reply to a letter from Mr. R. D. Brown, regarding a visit from an English team this season, Lord Harris stated that he would take the matter up with Mr. F. E. Lacey, secretary of the M.C.C. It is stated that Mr. E. W. Mann, this year’s Cambridge captain, will take a team to the States late in the season under the management of the M.C C. What the Americans liavi always longed for is a visit by an English team in July. R. F. VlliART, the Old Harrovian, scored 65 for Buenos Aires against Lanus on February 12th. During his innings he twice hit three fours off con­ secutive bills. F r o m the “ Office Window ” of the Daily Chronicle :— When the conversation lags you should bowl a lob ; and you should always have the lob ready. It is perfectly easy. Suddenly there comes a silence. It matters nothing what you say, so long as it can be hit to the boundary. Turn to your neighbour at the stricken dinner table, and say (but you must have it quite ready), “ I think yon have an aunt.” She must smack it back. “ Yes,” she replies. “ So have I ,” you answer enthusiastically. “ Now talking ofaunts-------’’ here comes your story about your aunt, and the situation is saved. It is all the same it' she has no aunt. “ There I have the advant­ age of you,” you reply. Story as before. Anyone can mug up a story about an aunt. But you must have it ready to plug the gap. I n a match at Melbourne between the second elevens of the Melbourne Univer­ sity and Richmond clubs, the latter scored 867. Francis made 239, Fulton 162, Plaister 117, Murdoch 106, Cox 74, and Curphey 64. Melbourne University II. scored 182 and 76, and Richmond won by an innings and 609 runs. AT Adelaide on January 28th cricketers had a remarkable experience of the vagaries of South Australian weather. When the match began at 2.30 the ther­ mometer stood at 100 in the shade; an hour later it had dropped several degrees, by 5 o’clock the rain was falling in torrents. ------- J. H oran , the son of T. Horan, the old Australian cricketer (“ Felix ” of the A u stra la sia n ), m ad e 172 o u t o f 269 o n F eb ru a ry 4 th fo r S ou th M elb ou rn e a ga in st N o rth M elb ou rn e. H e h it tw o fix e «, tw o fives, and tw e n ty -o n e fours. F o b th e N orth ern T asm anian C rick et A ssocia tion a ga in st th e M id la n d C rick et A sso cia tio n , E. A . W in d sor, th e w e ll- k n ow n T asm anian p la y e r, to o k five w ick ets in six successive balls. F r o m the S ydn ey M a il :—■ Players o f cribbage w ill find something in ­ teresting in the follow ing runs in figures : N ew South W ales scored 465 against South Australia, whose tw o innings totalled 345. V ictoria, in the successive innings against N ew South Wales, scored 345, the second innings at Melbourne and the first at Sydney, and in the first and the last innings of the same matches V ictoria obtained 213 and 132. N ew South W ales and V ictoria tied first inn­ ings at M elbourne with 213. Scores obtained in successive innings b y South Australia and N ew South W ales against V ictoria are 420 and 421. The Victorian scores in the tw o matches again-t New South Wales were the same figures, though in one case, not in the same order, 213, 345, and 345, 132. The V ictorian’s scores against South Australia at M elbourne are the same figures, though not in same order, 129 and 219. A c c o r d in g to th e D aily C hronicle, H u rstp ie rp lint (S u ssex) is overru n with m oles, a n d at the annual crick et clu b m e e tin g it was m en tion ed that they had so en croa ch ed on th e crick et g ro u n d that th ere w a s a p rosp e ct o f there b e in g no crick et th is season. I t w as d ecid ed to hire a m an to ca tch th e m oles. B elo w w ill be fo u n d the first-class averages o f the A u stra lia n team fo r the p a st season. T h e ta b le d oes n o t in clu d e the N e w Z laland averages, w h ic i are giv en separately. BATTING. No. Times Most of not in an Total inns. out. inns. runs. Aver. M. A. N oble................. 6 ... 0 ...112 ... 373 ... 62'IG W. P. Howell ......... 7 ... 1 ...128 ... 333 ... 55-50 V. Trumper................. 4 ... 0 ... 81 ... 198 ... 49-50 C. Hill ........................ 7 ... 1 ...111*... 289 ... 48-16 D. R. A. Gehrs ......... 7 ... 0 ...170 ... 304 ... 43'42 W. W. Armstrong ... 7 ... 0 ... 85 ... 256 ... 36'57 R. A. Duff ................. 7 ... 0 ... 80 ... 253 ... 36 14 J. J. Kelly ................. 5 ... 0 ... 56 ... 176 ... 35’20 F. Laver........................ 7 ... 0 ...164 ... 232 ... 33'14 S. E. Gregory ......... 6 ... 0 ... 49 ... 179 ... 29-83 C. E. McLeod .......... 7 ... 0 ... 65 ... 172 ... 24‘57 A. Cotter ................. 6 ... 2 ... 56*... 97 ... 24-25 A. J. Hopkins .......... 7 ... 0 ... 37 ... 168 ... 24-00 J. Darling ................. 7 ... 0 ... 67 ... 159 ... 22-71 P.M. Newland ......... 7 ... 1 ... 37 ... 85 ... 14-16 BOWLING. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Aver. 10 ... 16-20 17 ... 16-41 18 ... 23-72 12 ... 26-00 11 ... 26-51 10 ... 32-80 10 ... 35-70 T h e E sse x C ou n ty C .C . D a ficiin cy F u n d n o w am ou nts to £ 1,8 01 16*. 6 1 ., a n d th e com m ittee h op e th a t the m em ­ bers w ill en d ea vou r to increase th e tota l to a t least £ 2,0 00 . D on ation s should b e sen t to M r. O. R. B orra d a ile, th e secreta ry, the C o u n ty C ricket G rou n d , L e y to n . I t m a y be n o te d th at th e p roceed s o f the fo o tb a ll m atch b etw een th e C orin th ian s an d T otten h am H o tsp u r, M. A. Noble ......... , 66 .. 16 ... 162 . A. J. Hopkins.......... 113 ... 34 ... 279 , A. C otter................ . 140 .,.. 22 .. . 427 W. W. Armstrong.. . 142 .. 34 ., . 312 F. Laver ............... . 88 ... 16 . . 292 W. P. H ow ell........ . 109 ... 27 .... 328 C. E. M cLeod........ . 98 ... 13 ... 357 played at Leyton on behalf of the fund, realised £85 11s. A t the annual meeting of the Derby­ shire County C.C. on March 24th, Mr. S. H. Evershed, who captained the county team for some years, was elected president. The chairman, Mr. Arthur Wilson, who acted as honorary secretary of the club during its most trying period, said that he was afraid the county would not be able to depend regularly this season on the services of Dr. Maynard Ashcroft. He also said that the com­ mittee were trying to arrange that the home match against Northamptonshire shall be played at Derby in Easter week. D u r in g practice at Wellington (N. Z ) the ball was hit over the fence and fell n the top of a passing tramcar without hitting any of the passengers. I n a match at Adelaide between the Gladstone and Jamestown clubs the scores were 86 by each side. Each team had eight men bowled, one caught and bowled, and one out leg-before. One b iwler on each side obtained six wickets and another four. F ro m the Sydney Referee : A remarkable finish occurred on February 4th in the electorate match between West Torrens and Port Adelaide. Torrens declared with 218 for eight wickets and left the Ports two and a half hours to bat. They stone­ walled, but lost wickets rapidly. The eighth wicket fell at three and a half minutes to time. The tenth man went in, survived three balls, and was out off the fourth. The umpires waited till 6.30, by which time the statutory two minutes had not expired, and then drew stumps. The Ports had an exceedingly narrow squeak, for their eleventh man was not on the ground. A c ir c u l a r issued by the Melbourne C.C. with the object of replying to attacks which had been made on its position in connection with the manage­ ment of the tours of English teams states that since the season of 1881-2, the Vic­ torian Cricket Association has had the free use of the Melbourne Cricket Ground for interstate matches, and has received from the Melbourne C.C. up to 1903-4 the sum of £29,451 Is. 9d. Besides these interstate matches, a number of c mtitry and district matches have been arranged by the V .C .A , for which the ground was given free. ------- T h e above circular also states th a t: “ The club lost £153 on the tour of Lord Harris’s team; cleared £1496 profit from the Hon. Ivo Bligh’s team; and lost £3582 on Lord Hawke’s team. The aggregate profits are given as £10,434, and the losses £3736, leaving a credit balance of £6098, out of which the club gave to the V.C.A. and clubs £644 from the 1897-8 tour, £900 from the 1901-2 tour, £400 from the last team, and to the league £150—£2094, reducing the club’s credit balance to £4604 Is. 9d., show­ ing that the V.C.A. got 4 1 per cent, of the net amount received by the club. In addi­ tion^ to the sums mentioned, the association received percentages for its patronage for the Victorian mutches against the English teams of at least £331 5s. 2d.”