Cricket 1906

46 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M ar . 29, 1906. sball be reckoned champion county of the Second Division. 5. Points in the competition shall be reckoned as f o l l o w s F i v e points shall be scored for a win in a completed match. Should the match not be com­ pleted, the side leading on the first innings shall score two points. In the event of a tie the points shall be divided. Matches in which no result on the first innings shall have been attained shall not be included in the table of results. 6. Each semi-final match shall be played on the ground of one of the counties engaged, and the draw for such matches and for the choice of ground shall be decided by the Emergency Committee. The final match shall be played on a neutral ground, which shall be selected by the Emergency Committee. 7. The expenses and the profits of each semi-final match shall be divided equally between the counties engaged. The regulations governing the final match shall be determined by the Association or by any committee appointed for the purpose. 8. This scheme shall come into force for the season of 1907. INTER-STATE CRICKET. VICTORIA v. NEW SOUTH WALES. ( t h e j u b il e e m a t c h .) Played at Sydney on Jan. 26, 27, 29 and 30. New South Wales won by 145 runs. This match was the fiftieth between the two States. Its most noticeable point was the first innings of Victor Trumper, who, on a wicket which, helped Saunders considerably, made 101 runs in an hour, his hits including a six and eighteen 4’s. N ew S outh W ales . First innings. Second innings. J . R. M. Mackay, c Collins, b Saunders .................18 c Collins, b Christian ... 50 A. Diamond, c Warne, b Saunders ........................27 lbw, b Collins ... 23 M. A. Noble, c Laver, b Saunders ........................ 0 st J o n e s , b Saunders ...123 V. Trumper, b Saunders 101 b Christian ... 23 R. A. Duff, b Saunders ...27 b Saunders ... 0 Rev. E. F. Waddy, c Collitis, b Saunders ... 15 b Collins ..........82 H.Carter,cJones, b Collins 13 c L a v e r , b Saunders ... 14 C.G.Macartney,b Saunders 1 c L a v e r , b Saunders ... 8 A. Cotter, b Collins ..........35 cEllis.bSaunders 30 G. L. Garnsey, c Christian, b Collins ........................13 b Collins ....... 25 J. A. O’Connor, not out ... G notout................ 5 B 2, lb 4, nb 1 .......... 7 b r», lb 5 .......11 Total ...263 V ictoria . First innings. T. S. Warne, c Carter, b Cotter............................... 7 M. Ellis, b Cotter ... 40 P. M’Alister, c Carter, b Cotter...............................53 F. B. Cjllins, c Waddy, b Cotter............................... 19 V. Ransford, b O’Connor... 14 J. Boran, lbw, b Noble ... 5 A. Christian, b Cotter ... 38 E. V. Carroll, c Carter, b O’C onnor........................ 7 F. Laver,b O’Connor ... 7 C. Jones, not out................. 6 J. V. Saunders, b Garnsey 9 B 5, lb 1, nb 1 ... ...10 Total ...394 Second innings. c Garnsey, b Macartney ... 53 st Carter, b O’Connor ... 46 b Garnsey..........128 not out ... . c & b Garnsey . b Garnsey ... . b Cotter ... . c Carter, b Cotter 13 c Garnsey, b Cotter ..........24 c Duff, b Garnsey 6 b Cotter .......... 0 B 6, lb 3, nb 4 13 Total ...215 Total ... ..297 BOWLING ANALYSIS. N ew S outh W ales . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Saunders ... 25 5 122 7 ........... 32 2 140 5 Collins........114 1 65 3 ........... 27 3 131 3 Laver ........ 1 0 26 0 ........... 11 2 25 0 Christian ... 10 1 37 0 ........... 18 3 59 2 W arne........ 1 0 6 0 ........... 4 0 28 0 V ictoria . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Cotter .......... 27 6 83 5 ............282 9 64 4 Garnsey ... 10*3 4 10 1 ........... 26 1 101 4 O’Connor ... 25 9 57 3 ........... 22 5 64 1 Macartnev ... 8 1 14 0 ...........13 1 41 1 Noble ........ 5 2 11 1 ........... 12 6 14 0 THE COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP. MEETING OF THE ADVISORY COM­ MITTEE, MARCH 8 t h . At the request of Essex, Gloucestershire, Leicestershire, Kent, Northamptonshire, Warwickshire, and Derbyshire, the Com­ mittee of the M.C.C. held a meeting of the Advisory County Cricket Committee at Lord’s on March 26th. JNlr. C. E. Green, the President of the M.C.C., was in the chair. The following questions were dis­ cussed :— 1. County Championship.—Warwickshire moved “ that one point shall be reckoned for each win, and the county which during the season shall have obtained the greatest number of points, in propor­ tion to matches played, shall be considered champion county.” Essex moved “ that with a view of doing away with so many drawn matches the system of scoring points in county championship matches be the same as adopted by the minor counties, viz., one point for a win on the first innings and three if the match is played out.” 2. Rules of County Cricket--(a) To consider the advisability of altering Rule VII. so as to impose a penalty should it be infringed either in fact or spirit; (b) Consideration of revision of Rules III. and VI. 3. Winter pay of professionals. 4. Tea interval. 5. Correspondence re calling for a new ball while a match is in progress. 6. Correspondence and other business. The proposals of Warwickshire and Essex were not accepted. The question of the advisability of altering Rules VIII., III. and IV. was referred to the M.C.C. committee. The question of winter pay is to be brought before the committees of the counties. As to the tea interval it was resolved that when this was necessary it should not exceed ten minutes. A CRICKET DIARY .* To those cricketers who wantadiary which will go into the waistcoat pocket, without causing it to swell to inconvenient proportions, the above neatly bound little book may be strongly recommended. The diary is now in its fifteenth year, having first appeared in 1892. In addition to the spaces reserved for the diary, the book contains the fixtures for 1906, the laws of the game, and many useful stastistics of the kind to which reference is frequently made during the progress of a match. Space is reserved for personal records, so that a player may chronicle his hundred, his duck’s egg, or the number of wickets which he has taken in any particular match. It may be added that the book is 2£inches by 2 inches in size, and a quarter of an inch thick. *Cricketer’s Diary, 1906. Geo. G. Bussey & Co. 6d YORKSHIRE .* The fourteenth annual issue of this always interesting hook has j ust appeared, with Mr. F. C. Toone, the Yorkshire secretary, as editor. As usual the hook is neatly bound, while the printing is all that could be desired. Almost everything that a Yorkshireman is likely to want to know about his county seems to be included in the book, which consists of 260 pages, and no advertisements. The Rev. R. S. Holmes has supplied a comprehensive list of “ Yorkshire County Records,” while a list of “ Records in Yorkshire Cricket ” is contributed by Mr. Denham. The book also contains the Laws of the Game, together with the Decisions and Interpretations authorised by the M.C.C., by permission of the M.C.C. The editor has done his work well. THE WAY IN WHICH RECORDS MAY BE MADE. Cricketers in England will be in­ terested by the following comments from the Sydney Mail on Mackay’s feat of scoring two separate hundreds in the match between New South Wales and South Australia at Sydney in January :— When Noble began to bat in the second inn­ ings he started scoring briskly, and it was quickly recognised that Mackay’s chance of a record was slipping away. When Noble had got to 37 he “ took a pull,” andwould not run for anything except what went down to his companion’s credit. Byes were refused, and also runs off the bat. This calledfor a protest from Darling, who said it was not cricket. However, the damage was then done. In the following over Mackay got the three figures and the record. The matter was dis­ cussed for hours afterwards in the pavilion, and by the public the following day, and there were many who were proud of Noble for his sportmanship and also of Mackay for his achievement. Still, old and young cricketers looked at one another and shook their heads. They were sorry it had occurred, because records should not be manufactured that way; they should be above reproach, One stroke from Noble stopped short of the track by a couple of yards. It would be interesting to know what would have hap­ pened had the ball gone to the boundary. Would Noble have called to the scorers, “ I won’t take that four?” There is no doubt that the incident was disheartening to the visiting team, who played the game right up to the hilt. CRICKETERS’ GOLFING SOCIETY. THIRD ROUND—(concluded). BUCKS v. SOMERSETSHIRE.—At Maidenhead on March 6. B ucks . S omerset . Pts. Pts. G. R. Greaves (2) ... 1 W. Herbert Fowler (2) 0 W. H. Lunnon (2) ... 1 W. Trask (scratch) ... 0 P. J. de Paravicini (12) 1 'W. N. Roe (5) ......... 0 Total .......... 3 Total FOURTH ROUND. 0 SUSSEX v. BEDFORDSHIRE.-At Woking on March 15. B bdfordshirb . PtH T*fa .. 0* E. E. Apthorp (2) ...1* .. 1 W . F. Brown (4)........... 0 .. 1 C. R. Thring (6) ... 0 .. 2 Total .......... 1 S ussbx . Brann (1) .......... W. H. Dudney (4) C. A. Smith (12)... Total ... YORKSHIRE v. BUCKS.—At Sunningdale on March 15. Y orkshire . B ucks . Pts. Pts E. Smith (1)................. i G. R. Greaves (2) ... 0 T. L Taylor (5 )......... 0 W. H. Lunnon (2) ... 1 Hon. F. S. Jackson (4) 1 C. M. Woodbridge (4) 0 Total Total ♦Yorkshire County Cricket Club. 1906. Chorley and Pickersgill, Ltd., Leeds and_London. The final was played yesterday when Yorkshire beat Sussex at Walton Heath. "C R IC KE T " is the only paper in the world solely devoted to the game. Weekly, April to September. Monthly, October to March. T erm s op S u b sc r ip tio n :— 6 /- per annum. 7/- post free abroad. Payailt m advance. All communications to be sent direct to the Offices of Crieket, 168, Upper Thames Street, London, E.O.