Cricket 1906

472 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. D e c. 20, 1906. fordians on February 2nd. The carnival of the Buenos Aires C.C., it will no doubt interest many Cricket readers to know, is down for February 10th, 11th and 12th. A t Sydney, last week, NewSouthWales defeated Queensland by an innings and 154 runs. The total scores were :—New South Wales, 548 (Macartney 122, Hop­ kins 126 not out); Queensland 219 and 175. T he following are the results of all XI. a-side matches played between New South Wales and Queensland :— Year. Ground. Won by. Margin. 1893 ... Brisbane .. Q- ... 14 runs 1894 ... Sydney .. N.S.W. ... 2 wickets 1895 ... Brisbane ... N.S.W. ... 6 wickets 1895 ... Sydney ... N.S.W. ... 9 wickets 1897 .. . Brisbane ... N.S.W. ... Inns, and 101 1899 ... Sydney .. N.S.W. ... Inns, and 315 1899 ... Brisbane ... N.S.W. ... Inns, and 85 1902 .. . Brisbane . Drawn. 1902 ... Brisbane N.S.W. ... 77 runs 1902 ... Sydney .. N.S.W. ... 2 wickets 1903 .. . Sydney ... N.S.W. ... 2 runs 1904 ... Brisbane ... N.S.W. ... 9 wickets 1905 .. . Sydney ... N.S.W. ... Inns, and 272 1905 .. . Brisbane ... N.S.W. ... Inns, and 12 1905 .. . Brisbane ... N.S.W. ... Inns, and 261 1905 .... Sydney ... N.S.W. ... 4 wickets 1906 .... Brisbane ... N.S.W. ... Inns, and 302 1906 .... Sydney ... N.S.W. ... Inns and 154 Of the eighteen matches, sixteen have been won by New South Wales, and only one—the first of the series—by Queensland. O n Tuesday last New South Wales defeated South Australia, at Adelaide, by an innings and 109 runs. The total scores were New South Wales, 349 (Hopkins, 120 not out; Wright six wickets for 91): South Australia, 61 and 179 (C. Hill, 65). McCartney, for New South Wales, took seven wickets for 35. Th at the infinite variety of the Foster brotherhood is not solely confined to cricket is beyond dispute. Another proof is just to hand. A younger member of the fraternity, B. S. to wit, will be appearing within the next few weeks on another and, one can safely say, a more trying stage than that of cricket. Mr. Frank Curzon has engaged B. S. as one of the company to produce Mr. Paul Rubens’ musical comedy, ‘‘ Mr. Hook of Holland,” which is to see the light of a London theatre very shortly. I n addition to the already long list of fixtures arranged for the Surrey Eleven in 1907, the County Executive are still hopeful of being able to find a date for a match against Ireland. The Annual General Meeting of the club will take place, as usual, on the first Thursday in May. In 1907 this will be May 2nd. John Wisden’ s Cricketers’ Almanack for 1907 is announced to be ready ou January 10th or 11th. A feature of the production will be an article on Kent Cricket by Mr. George Marsham, uncle of Mr. C. H. B. Marsham, and himself an old county cricketer. L. W. N ig h t in g a l e , who captained Surrey’s Second Eleven last summer, has been appointed to a mastership at Dul­ wich College. An old Alleynian himself, he should be thoroughly at home. Few Metropolitan cricketers, I should imagine, could point to a better all-round record for the past season than W. A. Tunks, whose averages for North Ken­ sington are as follows :— BATTING. No. Times Most Total of not in an No. of Inns. out. Inns. runs. Average. 28 ... 4 ... 156 ... 1228 ... 5U6 BOWLING. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Aver. 347.4 ... 61 ... 954 ... 110 ... 8'67 He made four hundreds, and headedboth the batting and the bowling statistics. Clatjde Jennings, the brilliant young South Australian batsman and wicket­ keeper, has settled in business in Mel­ bourne in partnership with his brother. This is very unfortunate for South Australian cricket, as at the present time that side is obviously weaker than New South Wales and Victoria, and so can ill spare so promising a player. It will be remembered by the majority of Cricket readers that, when last the Australians were over here, several of the teamwere in favour of six runs being allowed for a hit over the boundary. The experiment has been tried this sea­ son in Sydney and, judged by the follow­ ing remarks in the Sydney Mail, seems to have answered well:— The increase of five runs to six for a hit over the fence is responsible for the sacrifice of a few wickets already this season. It is a lovely sensation to feel the bat respond to the wishes of the wielder so ably as to send the ball over the heads of the crowd, and to hear the cheers in recognition of a doughty deed. There is also the pleasure of a swinging stroke, which causes the ball to rattle against the fence. To the man who wants to win matches the latter stroke is preferable to the former, though there are two runs less to go down to the batsman’ s credit. But Test matches are not won by lifting the ball out of the ground. In 1882 W. L. Murdoch made 321 against Yictoria. As he was moving in the pavilion to go to the wickets, he remarked to a friend, now gone to his last home, ‘ 1It does not look a big hit over the fence.” The friend replied, “ Keep them along the ground, Billy, and never mind the fivers.” W . L. followed his advice. There are few bowlers who object to being hit out of the ground. They regard the five or six, as it is now, as a bait for a wicket. I n a match played at the Sydney SportsGround, onNovember2nd, between two schools in the State Schools Compa- tition, a bowler hit a swallow with the ball and killed it. Frank L aver, who bowled with such success over here during part of the last Australian tour, was in capital form in the match between East Melbourne and Fitzroy, on November 3rd. In the first innings of the latter he bowled 72 balls for 24 runs and five wickets, and in the second 108 balls for 30 runs and seven wickets. E a r l y in November, in a match in the West Gippsland Competition, between Warragul andLongwarry, at Longwarry, a very exciting finish was witnessed. Warragul made 91, and Longwarry lost three wickets for 83, four for 90, and the last six for nothing, the visitors thus winning by one run. A partnership of over 100 for the last wicket in any class cricket is suf­ ficiently uncommon for attention to be drawnto suchanevent recently chronicled in connection withSydney cricket. Play­ ing for Paddington 3rd XI. v. Radfern 3rd X L , on the Alexandria Oval, on October 27th, Charles E. Shepherd (88) and R. Collins (44) added 129 together without being separated after the fall of the ninth wicket. Rumours are again current concerning the visit of an Indian Team to England. The Bombay Gazette, in a recent issue, stated that— A fall representative Indian Cricket Team under the captaincy, it is hoped, of Prince Ranjitsinhji is going out next summer to try conclusions with several first-class counties. I hear that a strong committee is being formed to raise funds from several well- known sporting Native Princes and other sporting gentry of India. A wealthy local gentleman haspromisedto subscribeRs. 20,000 towards the venture. A few first-class counties also have promised to help the fund. So far as I hear, the following cricketers have been invited :— A. H. Mehta, best bowler of India at the present time, bowls right hand, medium, with both breaks, has great command over the ball, good hitter, and good field. K. M. Mistri (Patiala), best all-round cricketer in.India, bats and bowls left hand. Ahsan-ul-Hak (Aligarh and Middlesex), very good bat, and change bowler. B. Jayaram (Madras), one of the best bats in India, and good change bowler. P. Mherhomji, bat. H. D. Kanga, a very good defensive bat. P. Baloo, considered to be the best left- hand bowler in India. M. Bulsara, a good fast bowler, swerves in the air. K. B. Mistry (Ajmere), a very fast round left hand low delivery bowler, keeps good length. S. Sessachari (Madras), undoubtedly the best wicket-keeper in India. M. Ali Hussain, a good right hand slow medium bowler, breaks both ways.” The return of Ranjitsinhji to the land of his innumerable triumphs at the head of a thoroughly representative team of his countrymen would prove a very welcome feature of next season’s cricket, although the visit might clash somewhat with the tour of the South Africans. The summer of 1908 would, one cannot help thinking, certainly appear to be a more appropriate time for such a tour. A. D. Nourse, who has beenso promi­ nent a figure in recent South African cricket, continues to make good scores. Oa November 17th he played an innings of 75 for Greyville v. Queen’s Park, at Lord’s (Natal).