Cricket 1906

Nov. 29, 1906. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME, 459 flick of the wrist, and keeps the hall well along the ground. Whether the incidence of events wil^ enable him to form one of the South African team to visit England, as the Adelaide Observer suggests, has to be seen. The Australian Board of Control hap, according to the Adelaide Observer, ex­ tended an invitation, through the New Zealand Cricket Council, to the M.C.C. amateur team, which is visiting New Zealand this winter. If they go over to the Commonwealth the matches against the States will be played about March next. A FINEbattingperformance was accom­ plished by H. B. Willsmore for Prince Alfred College, Adelaide, against Erin- dale on October 13th. The schoolboys had decidedlythebetter of theafternoon’s play, as their innings closed with five wickets down for 245. Willsmore scored 171 not out. G. P. Goode made 48. Victor Trumper, who seems to have got going in promising form already this season, made 54 out of the first 62 for Paddington in 26 minutes, and was then caught in the slips, two wickets being down for 77 when stumps were drawn, with M. A. Noble 12 not out. In looking up the batting performances of Victor Trumper in First Grade cricket for the Paddington Club tince 1897-8, “ Not Out,” in the Sydney Referee, finds that he scored 4,513 runs in 59 innings, seven not out, giving an average per innings of 86'7. F or the following the Tasmanian Mail i8 responsible:— A small boy walked into a city cricketing emporiumonedaylastweekforabatwhichhe had left to be mended. It was a very decent sort of bat, and the following dialogue took place:—“ Where did you get this bat?” small Cricketer: “ Won it playing for the school.” “ What was your average?” Small Cricketer: “ 105.” “ VVhat waayour highest score? ” Small Cricketer: “ 14.” The Adelaide Observer gives some interesting figures showing the record of F. T. Hack, the inter-State player, who has just retired from active cricket after distinguished servicetothegame inSouth Australia extending over several years. Business now requires so much of his time that he hasbeen compelled to give full attention toit to the great loss of Australian cricket:— J?. T. HACK IN FIRST-OLASS CRIOKET. BATTING. Against Inn. N.O. R. H.S. Aver. Victoria .................... 25 — 813 115 32.52 N.S.W.............................. 27 1 746 158* 28.69 England.................... 8 — 224 90 28.00 Australian Eleven ... 2 — 9 6 4.50 Totals .................. 62 1 1,792 158* 29.37 BOWLING. Against Balls. Runs.Wkts. Aver. Victoria........................ 121 55 1 55 N.S.W.......................... 271 168 4 42 England ................. 45 23 — — Totals ... ... 437 246 5 49.20 F. T. HACK IN CLUB CRIOKET. BATTING. Years. Inn. N.O. R. HS. Aver. 1894 to 1906 ......... 86 20 2,965 131 44.92 Ten Centuries—131, 119 not out, 117 not out, 115 not out, 115, 112, 111 not out, 102,100 not out, 100. BOWLING. Years. Balls. Runs. Wkts. Aver. 1894 to 1906................. 3,262 1,425 61 22.26 Two special deliveries in Hack’s career deserve mention. His only wicket against Victoria was obtained with the one ball he bowled in the second innings on the Adelaide Oval in November, 1899. One hall he bowled against New South Wales at Sydney in January, 1903, went for four wides, and enabled the home team to defeat South Australia by ten wickets. Hack started his cricket career in 1894-95, and subsequently in turn re­ presentedSouthAdelaide, West Adelaide, and Sturt. He appeared first as an inter­ state player for South Australia in Melbourne, in the 1899 New Year match. After Victoria had run up a big score a thunderstorm ruined the chance of the Adelaideans. The colt, as he then was, made anunenviable “ blob ” on his first appearance, but at the second time of asking he batted like a veteran against H. Trumble and others for 22. In the followingyear his magnificent 158 not out had a big share in South Australia’s victory by six wickets over New South Wales. He was chosen as one of the Rest of Australia against the Australian Team of 1899, but was not successful. The meeting between the second elevens of North Sydney and Burwood, on the North Sydney Oval, on October 6th, produced some heavy scoring. The former, who won the toss, lost a couple of wickets before the total had reached 30, but R. V. Minnett then joined F. Punch and, so well did the pair bat, that, when stumps were drawn for the day, 424 were on the board with the two still together. Punch’s score was 202, and Minnett’s 160. They added their last 200 runs in an hour. On the follow­ ing Saturday the innings was declared closed first thing, and, in response, Bur- wood 2nd made 218 for seven wickets. Altogether, therefore, thematchproduced 642 runs for nine wickets. As the accounts of the Worcestershire County C.C. for 1906 reveal a loss of over £400, it has been decided to curtail expenses in future by dropping the matches with Oxford University, North­ amptonshire and Leicestershire and re­ viving that with Sussex. The Second Eleven will take part in the Second Division of the Championship, and all attendant expenses will be generously borne byMr. P. H. Foley, theHon. Sec., who has also made himself responsible for the £3,900 owing by the Club to the bankers. During 1906 the expenditure of the Somerset County C.C. exceeded the receipts by £926. The expenses of the professionals were £1,232, of the ama­ teurs £325, and of the ground £390. The gate receipts show a reduction of £300, aDd the members’ subscriptions of £265. A t the Annual General Meeting of the Hampshire County C.C., at Southampton yesterday, it was announced that there was a loss of £146 5s. 5d. on the year’s working. The receiptsof thematch with Kent were £358 6s. 2d.—the most remunerative gate ever obtained in Hampshire—-whilst the Yorkshire match produced only £43 10s. lid., although play lasted well into the third day. M. W. P a y n e , the old Wellingtonian and Middlesex cricketer, is to be Captain of the Cambridge University Eleven next year, with R. A. Young, of Repton and Sussex, Hon. Sec., and J. N. Buchanan, the old Carthusian, assistant Treasurer. As was only to be expected with such keen cricketers as Captain Greig, R. H. Spooner and one of the Essex brother­ hood of Turners on board, Captain Gor­ don, of the s.s. Moldavia, took the first opportunity of giving his passengers a cricket match. The Moldavian XI. met the Port Said XI. at Port Said on October 28th, and naturally with success. Captain Greig and Lieutenant Turner showed fine all-round cricket. Spooner delighted the crowd by hitting two sixes out of the ground, in addition to a four in the course of an over. A notable bowling performance was recorded in a match between Lion’s River and Hilton College (Natal) at the end of last month. O. Holmes, for the Lion’s River D.C.C., took Hilton’s first, second, and third wickets with successive balls, and, later, W. G. Shaw took the eighth, ninth and tenth with consecutive deliveries. Thus, inoneinnings, thehat- trick was performed upon two occasions, and by different bowlers.” C. T. B. Turner is still a power to be reckoned with as an all-round player in Club cricket in New South Wales. Playing with the Ramblers C.C. on Eight-Hour Day, at Wentworth Park, “ The Terror ” made 36 (top score), and secured six wickets at very small cost, against the Glenwood Club. The wicket was softened by rain, and C. T. B. just relished it. A n oth er of the many fine cricketers New South Wales has turned out was in great run-getting form at Newcastle at the same time. Thiswas E. L. Waddy, who scored 203 out of a total of 306 for Waratah against Hamilton in the first match of the Newcastle competition. Among the many suggestions which were considered at the General Meeting of the Sussex County C.C. last Tuesday was theproposal thatCol. E. A. Bruce, the old Gloucestershire cricketer, who until recently commanded the 19th Regi­ mental District,_be appointed Honorary Secretary, with Mr. W. Newham Assistant-Secretary at a salary of £250 per annum. Since the formation of the Sussex Club in 1839 the County has ex­ perienced few changes in the secretarial department. The first to hold office was