Cricket 1906

42 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME. M ar . 29, 1906. proved successful in Sydney may do much also in Melbourne—viz., the initiation of district cricket. I n a match at Sydney between Broad­ way and Public School Teachers on January 19th Victor Trumper and E. Jansen between them scored 29 off an over from J. B. O’Neill. Each man in turn hit the ball twice out of the ground for 5. Trumper followed with a 4, and Jansen ended the over with a 5, out of the ground. Trumper in his innings scored 90 in half-an-hour. Oa the next day he made 124 not out for Paddington against Middle Harbour in five minutes under the hour. Jones, who made his first appear­ ance for interstate cricket in the match at Sydney between New South Wales and South Australia is a wicket-keeper, who for many years played for the Williamstown C.C. at Melbourne. Last season he began to play for North Mel­ bourne, and during the past season up to the date of the interstate match he had only allowed 17 byes for his club, while he had stumped 11 men and caught 4. On January 20th J. J. Dowd took all ten wickets of the Reserves C.C. for Orange District, Sydney, for 29 runs, each of his victims being bowled. His last four wickets were taken with succes­ sive balls. The innings of the Eeserves was as follows :— F. Webster, b Dowd ................................... 3 O. T. Gardiner, b Dowd ... ......... 4 O. Mogil, b Dowd ............................................15 J. Stevenson, b Dowd .....................................15 D. Gardiner, not out .....................................23 T. Gardiner, b Dowd ................................... 0 A. R. Dunbar, b D ow d................................... 3 F. King, b Dowd .......................................... 4 E. Connolly, b Dowd ................................... 0 J. Roberts, b Dowd.......................................... 0 A. Gardiner, b Dowd .............. . ... 0 Sundries................................................ 7 Total.. 74 J. J. A stor , son of the well-known American, Mr. William Waldorf Astor, has been gazetted as a lieutenant in the 1st Life Guards. He was a very useful member of the Eton X I. in 1904 and 1905, and represented the school last year at rackets, when it won the Public Schools Championship. This year he has played for the 1st Life Guards in the Military Rackets Championship. Naturally his decision to choose a career in the British Army has attracted attention in America, and the Chicago Tribune is facetious at his expense, saying “ A great deal is expected of William Waldorf Astor’s son, who has chosen an army career. He has had all the training that a thorough course in cricket can confer upon a young H ugh T rumble took four wickets for 54 runs for Melbourne against East Melbourne on January 27th. He had a slight wind to help him, and bowled with all his old skill and accuracy, while he was able to turn the ball sufficiently to trouble the batsmen. On the follow­ ing Monday he played for Melbourne X I. v. X V III., and took eight wickets of the Eighteen for 11 runs. A Melbourne C.C. team left Sydney on January 31st for Auckland to play a series of matches in New Zealand. The players were :—W. W. Armstrong, A. A. Aitken (manager), G. Henty, M. Irwin, P. Jennings, C. Laver, C. M’Leod, D. Mailer, V. Ransford, P. Vaughan, Butler, Wilkinson. The programme was as follows :— Feb. 9,10,12.—At. Auckland. Feb. 14,15.—At Wanganui. Feb. 17,19.—Manawatu, at Palmerston North. Feb. 23, 24,26.—At Wellington. Mar. 2, 3, 6.—Canterbury, at Christchurch. Mar. 7, 8.—Southland, at Invercargill. Mar. lfi, 17,19.—Otago, at Dunedin. Mar. 21, 22—South Canterbury,at Timaru. Mar. 23, 24, 26.—New Zealand, at Christchurch. The team may play at Hobart and Launceston on the return voyage. T he first four test matches in Sjuth Africa have resulted as follows :— January 2-4, Johannesburg, South Africa won by a wicket. March 6-8, Johannesburg, South Africa, won by nine wickets. March 10-14, Johannesburg, South Africa won by 243 runs. March 24-27, Cape Town, England won by four wickets. T he balance sheet of the Sussex County C. C. shows an income of £4,641 19s. 9d. and an expenditure of £4,629 16s. 8d. The balance against the club has, therefore, been reduced from £285 5s. to £273 Is. lid . With the idea of inducing spectators to attend the matches during the afternoons it has been decided to abolish the interval for tea. Dwyer and R. Relf will be qualified this year, and it is hoped that Ranjitsinhji will again be in the team. On the other hand K. O. Goldie and H. P. Chapliu have returned to India. A correspondent writes with refer­ ence to drawn games, “ On dit that Leicestershire and Kent at their first meeting this year will endeavour to play Knight and Day in order to arrive at a definite result. More power to their elbows.” C. J. Eady, the Tasmanian cricketer, took all ten wickets of E jst Hobart on January 27th for South Hobart, his analysis being 16 overs, 2 maidens, 42 runs, 10 wickets. Four of his victims were bowled, five caught, and one stumped. The score of the East Hobart innings is as follows : — E. Free, b Eady K. Burn, c A. Butler, b Eady .................11 J. Watt, b Eady ... 21 S. Lord, c & b Eady... 18 J. Hudson, c Johnson, b Eady ... ... ... 3 W. Ward, c A. Butler, b Eady ................. 9 A. Richardson, lbw, b E ady.......... ... .. 0 L.Richardson, b Eady E. Bayes, c Green, Eady..................... R. French, not out . R. Facy, b Eady B 12, lb 4, w 1, nb 2. Total 86 F or Adelaide against West Torrens on February 3rd, E. Bailey scored 237 not out. Adelaide made 432 for four wickets A m a t c h has been arranged to take place at Bombay between the Hindus and the Parsis, but the date has not yet been fixed. A. D. N ourse , the Natal cricketer who has batted so well against the M.C.C. team, scored 91 out of 162 for Greyville against Wanderers at Durban on January 27th. He also made 108 not out in a total of 184 for two wickets for Greyville v. I Zingari at Durban, on February 10th. G. H. S. T rott , the old Australian captain, has resigned his position as selector for the Bendigo District Cricket Association and delegate from the United Service Club. He has intimated his intention to retire from cricket altogether. A sub-committee of the association was appointed to interview Trott and to urge him to re-consider his decision. H. W. Persse, the young Hampshire faBt bowler, sailed on March 17th for Canada, where he intends to reside. Last year he took thirty-five wickets for his county, and showed great promise. F or the Melbourne C.C. team against Southland (New Zealand), W. W. Arm­ strong made 335 on March 8th. This is his third innings of over 300. F rom the Jamaica Times :— On January 12th an interesting game was witnessed at Rock Hill Pen. The young gentlemen of the district played against the young ladies. The former used left hand only whilst the latter used both hands. They ■went in and played a steady game of 54. Gentlemen managed to knock up 42. Seeing this the ladies shouted for “ Victory,” hut it is said, remember the old saying, “ Don’t hallo until you are out of the -woods.” In the next two innings the ladies managed to make only 24 runs. Their wings dropped down. Gentlemen made 91 runs, thus ended in a victory of 55 runs ahead. Many spec­ tators gathered to see such a game played, it being the first of that kind which ever took place here. A QUESTION was asked at the annual meeting o{ the Kent County C.C. on March 19th as to the reason why the match between Notts and Kent had been abandoned. To this Lord Harris replied that “ differences of opinion as regards the conduct of cricket during the matches occurred, and the committee thought the feeling which had in consequence been aroused would best be reconciled by abandoning the matches for a short period.” Lord Henry Nevill was elected president of the club for the ensuing year. It was stated that the number of members is now 2,845, of whom 476 have recently joined. L ord F rancis S cott , who has only been in India about a couple of months, recently played three successive innings of over a hundred, the second innings passing the two hundred. Up to the middle of February he had an average of 194 for six innings (three times not out), and an aggregate of 582. He was in the Eton X I. in 1898, and made 82 against