Cricket 1907

106 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M ay 2, 1907. Postleth waite put on 291 together for the third wicket. In a recent issue of the Sydney Referee “ Not Out ” enumerated several in v e s t­ ing events relating 10 bj-gone cricket, including tbe following :— In 1896 G. J. Bonner and Roberts, at Orange, scored 57 off four overs, as follow s: 144251, 522000, 002555, 514400. In 1896 R. Doran, a schoolmaster at Alberton (Q.), playing against the Pimpana Club, took nine wickets for no runs. A unique occurrence: During a match at Waverley Oval in December, 1900, a ball returned from the outfield knocked the bails off at one end. One of the bails flew on to the bails at the other end, dislodging them, the four bails thus being knocked off by the one throw. In 1890 Sam Morris, the aboriginal cricketer, playing for Victoria against New South Wales, was thrown out by P. C. Charl­ ton in the first innings, the "bail being knocked 41 yards. In the second innings he was bowled by C. T. B. Turner, the ball being struck a distance of 50 yards. In 1897 M. A. Noble, playing for N.S. Wales X I. against the Next X V ., had the following peculiar average : Three overs, three balls, three maidens, three runs, three wickets —a sequence of three’ s. J. Mather, a promising batsman, who played for N.S. Wales against Victoria in 1885-6, unfortunately had his cricketing career cut short through losing the sight of an eye, tha bursting of a soda-water bottle causing the injury. Ten years later—in X 896 —he played a match for £5 against A. i'oster on the Singleton Cricket Ground. He easily defeated Foster, scoring 152 against 12 and 0. In 1889 George Giffen achieved one of the most remarkable batting performances on record. Playing for Norwood against Adelaide, on the Adelaide Oval, he scored 129 not out out of a total of 219 for two wickets. W hen this match was finished he played against South Adelaide, and had scored 140 out of 223 for three wickets when play ceased for the day. He thus scored centuries against separate teams on the same day without being dismissed. T b e New Sou(h Wales team in Western Australia played their third match at Northam on March 20th and 21st against X V . of the Eastern District. In response to the 185 made by the home side, the visitors scored 323, Bubb claiming 144 of the number. The f urth match was the return with Western Australia at Fi e- mantle. At the end of the third day the situation was as follows Western Aus­ tralia, 256 and 172 for five wickets (Parker out 67); New South Wales, 251) (Bardsley, 107). An endeavour was being made, when the last mail left Australia, to arrange another match, probably at Kalgoorlie. department of the game. It is no use going to the net to fool about. The batsman must bat as he would in a match ; the bowler must bowl as he would in a match, while both should put in a certain time at fielding practice. The practice wickets should receive much more preparation, and more men should be employed on the Domain Cricket Ground. A strip of ground some ten yards wide should be prepared, and the various clubs have their nets next to one another as they do in England. The nets should be much higher and longer. You have plenty of promising players, and with a better practice system your cricket should improve rapidly. The climate appears to be favourable. The younger generation should be encouraged and tried in higher grades, not for one match, but for several.” A ll matters in connection with S. E. Gregory’s benefit match liave now beeu settled, and it is announced that the exact amount of tbe proceeds is £634 2s. 9d. F rom the Sydaey Referee : Mr. H . Moses, who was recently appointed to the trust of the Sydney Cricket Ground, was in his time one of Australia’s greatest batsmen. He first started playing in 1883, and retired while still in his prime in 1895. During that time he scored 3,016 runs in 78 completed innings, an average of 38-66 per innings. His highest score was 297 not out, made against Victoria in 1888. Curiously enough, he was missed first ball by the late P. G. McShane, who dropped a rather easy catch at point. Mr. Moses scored five cen­ turies in first-class cricket, and was a remark­ ably consistent run-getter. Batting left hand his defence was particularly sound ; at the same time he could punish anything loose. O w in g to the weather, the wickets during the past few days have been altogether against run-gdtting, and con­ sequently scoring in the various County trial matches has ruled low. O f tbe many good bowling performances which have been recorded, one of the best was that credited to Killick on Saturday last at Crowborough. Playing for W. New­ ham’s X I. against F. H. Gresson’s, he took eleven wickets at a cost of only 13 runs. ------ S. G. S m it h , who is qualifying for Northamptonshire, arrived at Southamp­ ton on the “ Orinoco” on Monday last. In all matches played by the West Indians last season he headed both the batting and bowling averages, scoring 1,107 runs (average 33‘54) and taking 116 wickets (average I9-31). T h e members of the South African team arrived at Plymouth on Tuesday morning last, but proceeded in the same vessel as far as Southampton, where they landed the same evening. blastirg opera'ions in India. A charge prematurely exp'oded, and the Captain sm'ained severe injuries to his 'a a . and very nearly lost his eyesisfht. May his recovery be rapid and complete ! O w in g to rain no play wis possible in tbe match nt. Lord’s yesterday between Notts and M.C.C. and Ground. T h e following are some of the latest hundreds :— APRIL. 20. K..T. Crawford, Goytre Hall v. Garndiffaitli 14t* 21. A. T. A. Dobson, Emmanuel v. Sydney (Cambridge)..............................................100 24. E. W. Burdett, B. F. Moore’s XI. v. A. A. Hughes’ XI. (R. M. College) .................102* 27 Seymour (Jas.), Pembury v. Tunbridge Wells Constitutional................................... 101 29. B. Meakin, Crusaders v. Jesus College ...121 29. A. T. A. Dobson, Emmanuel v. Selwyn (Cambridge)................................................. 103 * Signifies not out. THE M.C.C. In the report submitted to the Annual General Meetin?of the M.C.O. last even­ ing it was stated that in 1906 tbe Club consisted of 5,077 members, and that of tbe 179 matches played 117 were won, 39 lost, aod 23 drawn. Invitations to send teams have been received from Paris, Philadelphia and Australia. During 1906 the gate receipts were just over £4,000, as against £3,800 in 1905. At tbe Dinner, the Rfc. Hon. W. H. Long, the retiring President, nominated Lord Loreburn as his successor. Lord Loreburn, the Lord Chancellor, is better known to cricketers as Robert Thresbie Reii. He was born at Corfu, in the Ionian Isles on Aoril 3rd, 1843, and was educated at Cheltenham, where he was in the Eleven, and at Oxford. In 1866 and the two f llowing years he played against Cambridge, at Lord’s, his wicket-keeping ability securing him his Blue. Early in the present year he was elected President of the Kent County C.C. THE COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP, HENRY’S IDEA. (C ommunicated to “ P unch .” ) “ You’ve seen the great and glorious news ? ” askel H e n r y eagerly. “ I ’ve been away,” I said. “ Tell me.” “ Why, it’s the finest thing that has ever happened. The Advisory Committee of the M.C.C. has discovered a new way of working out the Championship. It’s J essop ’ s idea. You count five for a win and minus two for a loss, and then, as before, you divide the points by the number of finished matches.” “ Oh, I did hear about that. It’s meant to encourage enterprise and fast scoring, and so on, isn’ t it P” “ Well, I don’ t know that it will do that, exactly,” said H e n r y . “ But it A . E. R e l f , who has been wintering in New Zealand, las been interviewed by the Weekly News of Auckland. Asked “ What should we do to improve our cricket ? ” he replied :— “ Several things. Get better practice wickets, better nets, better material, and, above all, practice carefully.- It is necessary also to practice more thoroughly in overy It is stated on apparently reliable authority that a strike of cricket-ball makers of Kent for a minimum wage may possibly be a feature of the present season. A l l readers of Cricket will regret to hear that Capt. Greig has met with a serious accident whilst superintending