Cricket 1905

M ar . 30, 1905. Q R I € K E T : A W E E K L Y RECORD OF THE GAM E . 43 J o h n M a r s h , the New South Wales aboriginal fast bowler, has been engaged for six months to tour in Australia with a Hippodrome company. He will be exhibited en route as a fast bowler, and will give specimens of his skill to any countryman who is anxious to stand up against him. T h f, total of 70 made by King’s School (Sydney) against a team of the Central Cumberland C.C. was accounted for a^ follow s :— Extras 30, iu u s of the two highest scorers 35, runs of two other players 5, ducks’ eggs 7. S . P. J o n es , who played for Auckland, N.Z., against the Australians on Feb­ ruary 10th, 11th and 13th, is the old Australian player who came to England with the teauisof 1882,1886,1888, and 1890. I n a match in February, at Sydney, between the Australian Club and the Union Club, four well-known old Aus­ tralian players took part, viz., Mr. Harry Moses, Dr. K. J. Pope, Mr. J. R. Wood and Dr. W. C. Wilkinson. Of these Moses is almost the only really great Australian cricketer who has never accompanied one of the teams to Eng­ land. Wood, Dr. Pope and Dr. Wilkinson have all played for New South Wales with success, while the two doctors have each played occasionally for Australian teams in England. In the above match Moses made 49, Dr. Wilkinson 20, while Wood took seven wickets for 70 runs. In connection with the above-named players “ Shortslip ” says in the Sydney Mail :— In the match against Victoria in 1884, in which Moses got his 297 not out, Wood obtained 81, and that was the only occasion the latter played against Victoria. And did they not both give brilliant displays ! Becoming associated at 346, the total reached 616 before a separation was effected—a partnership of 170 ! I have a dimrecollection of J. R. Wood sending one ball over the boundary for five. By the same token, Dr. Pope also played a fine innings the first time he represented New South Wales, registering 47. Dr. Wilkinson is a man of many cricketing parts. BesidesplayiDg for Middle- sex, he appeared for the Australian Eleven in 1880 at Glasgow, Sunderland, and one or two other places, and four years before this he was one of the New South Wales Fifteen who defeated Lillywhite’s team on the old Albert ground by two wickets. In common with many otherB, whenopposing the English­ men he was not a success. He has been playing good cricket for oyer 3Qyears. A CORRESPONDENT o f the American Cricketer, writing about the Cleveland C.C., Ohio, says :— “ What is wanted is a larger list of hono­ rary members, the financial backbone of a club, so that the expenses may be minimized of those who cannot afford to subscribe heavily to keep the club running in the way it should be run. The Cleveland Club wishes to be in a position to encourage ‘ Young America ’ to take up the game, a game that will instil the instincts of a true sportsman (Nature’s gentleman) and kill any tendency to become a *sport-’ ” C le m e n t H il l , the Australian crick­ eter, was married on January 17th at Launceston, Tasmania, to Miss Floriie Hart. Mrs. Hill is accompanying her husband on the tour of the Australian team. P. M. Newland, who is also a member of the Australian team, was to be married on February 20th to Miss Ferguson. I n the pennant matches at Melbourne between St. Eilda and Hawksburn, St. Kilda had to make 177 to win. They lost six wickets for 30, Osborne taking four of them for 9 runs. The seventh wicket accounted for 76, the eighth for 56, but when the ninth fell 8 runs were still n quired. When the 8 iuns had been knocked off it wag found that tbe scorers had got a little mixed up about a ruu, and there was a doubt whether tbe game was a tie. Accordingly it was continued, and one of the players was promptly out lbw. It was then discovered that the match bad been won before the batsman was dismissed. H tjgh T b u m b l e played for Victoria in the interstate Bank match against New South Wales, taking six wickets for 51. T h e programme of the Australian team, after leaving New Zealand, is as follows : — March 20.—Left Auckland for Suva (Fiji) by steamer Navua. March 27—Match played against Fiji. March 28.—Left Suva for Vancouver by steamer Miowera. April 12—Arrive at Vancouver. May play California one day’s match. April 13.—Leave Vancouver for Toronto and Niagara Falls. April 17.—Arrive Niagara Falls. April 18.—Leave Niagara Falls for New York. April 19.—Leave New York for London. April 25.—Arrive London. M r. L. C . H. P a l a ir e t , the famous Somersetshire cricketer, has accepted an appointment as resident agent for Mr. Munday, of Derby Hall, Shipley, in Derbyshire. This appointment will in all probability deprive Somerset of the services of Mr. Palairet, who, writing to a Somerset newspaper, says: “ I am sorry to say that the announcement that I am going to play fairly regularly for the county is far from correct. I much doubt if I shall ever be able to do so again, and in any case my appearances will be very few and far between, as my work will in future demand the whole of my time. It is with very great regret that I have to give up playing, but business has to come first and pleasure second.” A t the opening of a bazaar at Darling­ ton in aid of the funds of the town cricket club, Lady Eden made a short speech, in which she said:— “ 'the crisis of a cricket match and the crisis of a battlefield might be linked to­ gether more closely than they sometimes dreamed. The hero of the one came to be the hero of the other. It was with particular pleasure that she had come that day to wish the bazaar all the success it deserved, for she felt strongly that It was a wise and good thing to encourage among men and boys the love of genuine, manly sports like football and cricket. There could be no doubt that supremacy in games was the useful partner and friend of mental activity and well-being.” T h e Yorkshire County C mmittee have arranged a three-day match against a South Wales eleven, to be played at Cardiff on May 1st, 2nd and 3rd. The Yorkshire county season begins on the following day with the match against Somersetshire at Taunton. O n February 28th, E. F. Waddy, who seemed a short time ago to have an excellent chance of being chosen as a member of the Australian team, scored 309 in a total of 607 for Sydney Univer­ sity against Melbourne University. It may be noted that Waddy is at the head of the inter-state bat'iug averages this season with seven innings (twice not out), 351 runs, average 70 20. His highest score was 129 not out. B e f e r k in g to the Seattle C.C. in Washington Territory, U.S , the Ameri­ can Cricketer sa's : — Among the players in Seattle is J. S. Carrick, an old West of Scotland player, who at one time held the world’s record of 419 not out, made when playing for West of Scotland against Priory Park, Chichester. He can yet give a good account of himself ; last season he put on 62 not out against a strong team from Victoria, B.C. As a bowler he is one of the mainstays of the Seattle team. In addition to Carrick, Seattle has J. C. Saulez and C. R. Wilcox, both Minneapolis players ; F. Sewell, brother of the Essex County player, and C. W. Lawrence, whose father took the aboriginal team from Australia to England in 1868. J. E. R a p h a e l , the Oxford and Surrey cricketer, and Rugby football inter­ national, met with great success at the sports held by St. John’s College, Oxford, on March 13th. He won the quarter-mile in 531 secs., the 100 yards in 11 secs., the long jump at 20ft. 3Jins., and also the hurdles and weight. A n oil painting of Thomas Adams, the old Kent player, has been secured for the pavilion at Canterbury. Adams, who died at Gravesend about ten years ago, was a well-known figure at the Bat and Ball ground there; he was a con­ temporary of Fuller Pilch and Alfred Mynn. F o r the Calcutta C.C. against the King’ s Own Regiment at Calcutta on February 4th, Or. A. Akers-Douglas made 207 not out, being aided by L. P. J3. Pugh (85) to put up 273 for the first wicket— a record for Calcutta. The innings was closed at 318 for one wicket. A t the annual meeting of the Kent County C.C. on March 13th, Mr. Frank Penn, the well-known old Kent cricketer, was elected president for the ensuing year, while Mr. C. H. B. Marsham was asked to undertake the captaincy of the eleven, since there was much uncertainty whether Mr. Burnup would return to England from Mexico this season. 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