Cricket 1906

Nov. 29, 1906. CRICKET r A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 457 His name again appears on the merit board of the Melbourne Club as the out­ come of last season’s cricket, with the fine average of 11‘24 runs per wicket. F oe the M.C.O., in batting, W. Arm­ strong had the great average of 76 36 for thirteen innings, twice not out. His highest score was 335 against Southland, N.Z. In bowling, Armstrong was also well placed with 14-53 runs per wicket. J. D a rlin g, the Australian skipper, has thoroughly recovered from the injury to his leg received from a kick of a horse, chronicled in last month’s “ Gossip.” At the first meeting of the new executive of the South Australian Association, following on the annual general meeting of September 24th, Darling, Clem Hill and H. Blinman, the chairman of the S.A.O.A., were elected the Selection Committee for the current season. The following inter-State fixtures will be played by the South Australian team during the current season :— . November 10. Adelaide, South Australia v. Vic­ toria. December 15. Adelaide, South Australia v. New South Wales. December 31. Melbourne, South Australia v. Victoria. January 5. Sydney, South Australia V. New South Wales. The following reference to the recent M.C.C. tour in South Africa was made at the annual general meeting of the Griqualand West Oricket Association last month :— Mr. Powell mentioned that in connection with the saving of £300 on the H.C.O. tour, the unionhad done all in their power to get their prorata share, hut the South African Cricket Association had voted the money away to the M.C.C. “ pros.” and to the SouthAfrican teamgoing home. T. W arne, the old Victorian inter­ state player, as a letter of his I gave in the last instalment of “ Gossip ” seemed to foreshadow, is settlingin Philadelphia at least for some time. His first season’s engagement with the Belmont C.C. was so successful in every way that he has signed on to remain in Philadelphia for the next five years, and is, or was recently, in Melbourne with a view to takinghiswifeand familyback toAmerica with him. The post he occupied before he left for America, the curatorship of the Carlton C.C., has been given to J. V. Saunders, the slow bowler of the Aus­ tralian team of 1902. W arw ick Armstrong, the giant of Australian cricket in more ways than one is, according to the Australasian, likely to move to New Zealand, where he has a good chance of getting a permanent post. To Victorian cricket liia loss would be irreparable. I HAVE to thank Mr. A. L. Blackshaw, the hon. sec., for the annual report of the St. George’s Cricket Association (Sydney) just issued. In an interesting letter accompanying the report, Mr. Blackshawmentions a peculiar incident that occurred in the opening match of their competition this season. Rochdale A, after making 160 against Kogarah Federals, had 161 scored against them with only five wickets down. The remaining batsmen, however, could not make a notch between them, so Rochdale lost by only one run. In the lower grade, in the same round, Rochdale B underwent the same experience at the hands of Kogarah Congregational. The latter, going in against a total of 99, scored 100 and won by a single. Sub­ sequently, on a protest, the match was awarded to Rochdale, owing to their opponents playing an unregistered man. M. A. Noble, the versatile Australian cricketer, opened the current season iu New South Wales inauspiciously on September 22nd. He was playing for the Ramblers against Randwick, and was bowled without scoring. Another colonial all-round player of distinction, in a far away part of the empire, had a very different experience. I amreferring to A. D. Nourse, the Natal player, who scored so well against the M.C.C. team in South Africa last winter. Nourse, who it may be of interest to some to recall is Surrey by birth, had a good knock to the tune of 127 runs in his first game this season. I n the match at Brisbane in themiddle of this month between Queensland and New South Wales, the former, who scored 145 and 316, were beaten by an innings and 302 runs. NewSouth Wales scored 763, Charles Gregory making 383, which ranks as the highest individual innings ever played in a first-class match in Australia. A t Adelaide, Victoria defeated South Australia by 70 runs. The total scores were:—Victoria, 125 and 352; South Australia, 221 and 186. Carroll made 112 in the second innings of the visitors. S ir A r th u r G rey H a zlerigg , 13th Bart., the new Captain of Leicestershire, played last year for the Billesdon Club. His batting average was 12'3, whilst his dczen wickets cost 9'9 runs each. He was bom on November 17th., 1878. P la ying for Hawthorn v. Ramblers, at Adelaide, on October 6th, C. Forrester took five wickets with consecutive balls. Four of his victims were clean bowled and the other l.b.w. A t the Annual Meeting of the Corn­ wall Oounty O.C., at Truro, onNovember 6th, it was announced that the expendi­ ture for the season was £269 6j. 9d. and the receipts £294 17s. 2d. It was owing largely to the £63 3s. 2d. received from the M.C.C. as their share of the Test Matches that the Committee were able to show a credit balance of £25 10s. 5d. O n September 29th and October 1st Austin Diamond’s Sydney team played at Maitland against the Hunter River District. The game was drawn, the visitors, eight of whom had played at various times in the State XL, scoring 287 and 272 for eight wickets, and the home side 161. Mackay scored 76 and 35, Noble 39 and 37, Hopkins 77, Chap- min 62, and Diamond 59, whilst Cotter took five wickets for 62 andGarnsey four for 41. For the Hunter River District E. L. Waddy made 66. At the Village Hall, Cowfold, near Horsham, on the 7th inst., a lecture on “ Cricket and Cricketers” was given in aid of the Cowfold C.C. by Mr. A. J, Gaston, whose name will be familiar to Oricket readers. The lime-light views were much appreciated, and the evening was a success in every way. The Kent Eleven were entertained at dinner in the King’s Hall, at theHolborn Restaurant, on the 6th inst., by the Association of the Men of Kent and Kentish Men. The chair was taken by Mr. J. Heuniker Heaton, M.P., and among the speakers were by Dr. W. G. Grace, P. F. Warner and C. H. B. Marsham. The M.C.O. team to New Zealand, on their arrival at Oape Town on the 10th of the month, journeyed to Newlands, where they played a one-day twelve a-side match against a local side. The Colonials, going in first, scored 129 for six wickets and then declared. The M.C.C., when the third wicket went down at 75, appeared to have the game well in hand, but by the time the total had been advanced to 85 ten men were out. The last wicket, however, added 48, the visitors thus winning a most exciting game by a very small margin. Harrison scored 42, May 33, and Burns 30, whilst for the home side Kotze took five wickets for 52 runs. The accounts of the Yorkshire County C.O. during 1906 show an excess of receipts over expenditure to the amount of £2,174 12s. lid. The balance in favourof the Club is now £13,689 8s. 4d. A cu riosity was recorded iu connec­ tion with the match between Callan Park Asylum and BurwoodDistrict at the com­ mencement of this season. On the first Saturday, September 29th, a bats­ man was clean bowled by Eric Bar­ bour, and given not out. On the second day a similar event happened, as the same bowler hit V. Smith’s wicket, and neither umpire would give a decision. Buc Dr. Moflitt, the captain of Callan Park, went on to the field and asked the batsman to retire, which he did. Another batsman in the same innings had the bottom of his wicket hit hard, but the bails re­ mained in their place, and, of course, he continued his innings. The following seventeen have been chosen by the Selection Committee—Dar­ ling, Hill and Blinman—to form the nucleus for the South Australian State