Cricket 1907

M ay 2, 1907. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 109 W estern A ustralia . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. R. W. Minnett ... ... 15 4 39 2 ... . ... 15 65 1 Hopkins ... ... 11 7 28 1 ................ 6 37 0 Johnson ... ... 16 5 55 3 ........ . ... 9*127 3 Sullivan ... ... 4 3 30 0 ........ Macartney ... 16 4 7!) 1 ........ . ... 3 4 0 Barnes ... 11 0 64 2 .......... ... 18 91 5 N ew S outh W ales . First innings. O. R. W. S clk ........................ 26 89 2 .. Jones........................ 25 81 3 .. Christian................. 1C ’360 2 .. Evans ................. 6 33 1 .. Chamberlain.......... 1 17 0 . Hogue ................. 8 24 1 .. Second innings. O. R. W. .......... 22-3 85 2 .......... 11 31 0 .......... 21 77 4 .......... 5 26 0 3rd MATCH v. EASTERN DISTRICT XV. Played at Northam on March 20, 21. Drawn. In MacKenzie’s absence, owing to his injury at Perth, E. Lunn, an old Sydney cricketer resident in Western Australia, was included in the visiting side. The match was played on a matting wicket over con­ crete, and the outfield was very poor. The Fifteen commenced well, and the score was up to 136 when the fourth wicket fell, but the whole side were out for 181. Stewart kept the ball down very well, but was some­ what weak on the leg side. The feature of the innings of New South Wales was the opening partnership of Bubb and Bardsley, which realised 173 in an hour and a-half. The former put much power in his strokes, and without making a mistake of any kind, scored his runs out of 233 obtained whilst in. The second innings of the Eastern District was uneventful, and by the time stumps were drawn twelve wickets had fallen for 107. Score and analysis :— E astern D istrict XV. First innings. Second innings. W. Stewart, c Macartney, b Johnson ........................ 65 b Macartney ... 13 C. Fleay, c Johnson, b st Bubb, b John­ Minnett ........................ 1 son ................. 4 J. Williams, c Lough, b Sullivan ........................ 9 b Macartney ... 4 Rev. W. Hay, st Bubb, b 5 c Bardsley, b Barnes............................... Barnes .......... 17 J. Marett, b Macartney 13 b Macartney 0 J.O’Halloran,c Macartney, b Johnson ........................ 18 J. Richardson, st Bardsley, c Sullivan, b b Barnes ........................ 0 Barnes ......... 5 G. Baxter, lbw, b Barnes ... 3 lbw, b Macartney 10 J.Logan.c Bubb, b Minnett 15 b Johnson......... 2 A. Clarke, b Minnett.......... 1 c W a d d y , b Macartney 8 J. McDonald, b Johnson .. 0 b Macartney ... 1 R. Rockett,c&b Macartney 4 H. Davey, not out................ 7 c Minnett,bJohn- son ................. 18 R. Burgess, b Macartney ... 1 not out .......... 9 S. Carter, b Macartney 0 c Macartney, b McIntyre 0 Extras........................ 39 Extras.......... 16 Total .................181 Total (12 wkts) 107 N ew S outh W ales . E. R. Bubb, c and b Marrett .................. 144 W. Bardsley, c Mar­ rett, b Burgess ... 53 Sullivan.b Marrett ... 33 E.L.Waddy,c Stewart, b Marrett.................. 0 J.O. Barnes.c Stewart, b Davey .................. 6 R.B.Minnett,cMarrett, b Davey ....................14 F.Johnson, c Baxter, b Marrett .................23 E. Lunn, c Stewart, b Williams ......... 9 O. G. Macartney, not out .......... ... 14 Hopkins, absent (un­ well)........................ 0 Extras.................27 Total ...323 E astern D istrict . First innings. Second innings. O. R. W. R. W. M innett........................ ... 1 23 3 ........ . 31 6 Johnson........................ ... 14 38 3 ........ . 21 3 Sullivan........................ ... 8 21 1 ... .. Barnes ........................ ... 9 39 3 ........ 6 2 Macartney ................. ... 11 21 4 ........ McIntyre........ .' 2 1 Waddy ........ . 19 0 Bardsley.......... 12 0 N ew S outh W ales . R. W. R. W. Marrett......... ... 60 4 Stewart ... 28 0 Burgess ... 36 1 McDonald ... ... 2,1 0 Williams ... ... 28 1 Fleay .......... ... 26 0 Hay .......... ... 31 1 Baxter......... ... 24 0 Davey .......... ... 38 2 Rockett ... 1 0 THE M.C.C.’s TOUR IN NEW ZEALAND. {Continuedfrom "page 78). 16 th MATCH .—v. N EW ZEALAND . Played at Wellington on March 8, 9, 11. New Zealand won by 56 runs. In this, the final, match of their tour, the M.C.C. were obliged to take the field without Simpson-Hayward, who was suffering from a damaged hand. His absence doubtless handi­ capped the side considerably, for in the second innings especially his bowling would have been very acceptable. On the other hand, New Zealand were at full strength, Upham, Williams, Fisher, and Hemus taking the places of Boxshall, Reese, Callaway, and Siedeberg. The match was played on a fiery wicket and scoring ruled low. Douglas proved very effective with the ball, his seven wickets costing only seven runs each in an innings of 165. By the end of the first day the visitors, owing chiefly to Upham’ s deadly attack, had lost half their wickets for 80 runs. On the following morning the remaining wickets exactly doubled the total, New Zea­ land thus leading by five runs on the first innings. De Trafford was in for only three minutes, but during that time credited him­ self with 18. In their second innings the visitors lost their first three wickets for 33 runs, but the situation was then improvod considerably by Hemus and Haddon, who added 48, and by the latter and Williams, who, in putting on 107 for the fifth wicket, showed the best batting of the match. Haddon hit capitally all round the wicket, and Williams, who carried out his bat for 72, but was missed when 38, made some very good drives. The M.C.C. were left 255 to win, but it cannot be said that it ever appeared likely that they would obtain the runs. Fox was at once run out, and, although Douglas and Pope added 50 for the fifth wicket, 158 runs were still required when the sixth wicket went down. A t the very end of the innings Curwen and May put on 39 in very quick time, but New Zealand won comfortably by 56 runs. The fielding of the home side was of a very high standard throughout, whilst Upham, Fisher, and Douglas, who took a dozen wickets for 124 runs, were seen to much advantage with the ball. Score and analysis:— N ew Z ealand . First innings. J. D. Lawrence, c Branston, b Douglas........................13 E. V. Sale, run out ......... 19 J. J. Mahony, c Branston, b Douglas........................17 A. Haddon, c Branston, b Douglas ........................ 5 L. G. Hemus, b Douglas ... 38 K. Tucker, b Douglas......... 23 A. B. Williams, b Douglas 19 A. H. Fisher, lbw, b Branston ........................10 A. Downes, run out ...... 0 J. H. Bennett, b Douglas... 5 E. F. Upham, not out ... 2 Extras ............. 14 Second innings. b Douglas..........18 b Douglas......... 6 c Burns,bDouglas 1 c Johnston, b M ay.................71 c Page,b Branston 28 b M ay................ 1 notout.................72 c and b Douglas 19 st Fox,bBranston 1 c Douglas, b Branston ... 3 c Douglas, b Branston ... 4 Extras ... 25 Total......... 249 M.C.C. First innings. P. R. Johnston, b Upham 4 R. H. Fox, b Upham..........13 W. B. Burns, lbw, b Upham 24 W. P. Harrison, c Downes, b Upham ........................17 J. W. T. H. Douglas, c Ma­ hony, b Fisher....................18 C. C. Page, c Downes, b Upham ........................27 G. T. Branston, c Williams, b Upham ...........................28 C. E. de Trafford, b Fisher 18 W. J. H. Curwen, b Fisher 0 A. A. Torrens, b Fisher ... 4 P. R. May, not out .......... 0 Extras........................ 7 Second innings. b Fisher ......... 4 run out .......... 0 c Sale, b Upham 14 cMahony,bFisher 5 lbw, b Bennett... 37 e Hemus,b Fisher 2:| b Downes.......... c Tucker,b Fisher not out .......... b Downes.......... c & b Fisher Extras.......... Total ...160 Total N ew Z ealand . First innings. O. M. R. W. Torrens .......... 18 2 40 0 ... Douglas .......... 24 9 49 7 ... M a y ................. 5 1 24 0 ......... 11 Branston.......... 11 2 38 1 ......... 14 Curwen.......... 2 Douglas bowled a no-ball. M.C.C. Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 18 5 47 0 ... 19*4 3 75 5 1 57 3 37 First innings. O. M. R. W. Upham ......... 31 7 84 6 . Downes.......11 4 27 0 . Bennett... ... 1) 3 17 0 . Fisher ......... 13 5 25 4 . Second innings. O. M. R. W. . ... 22 .5 51 1 ... 9 1 27 2 , ... 14 4 36 1 . ... 22-2 6 61 5 RESULTS.—Played 16 ; won 10 ; lost 2 ; drawn 4. BATTING AVERAGES. No. Times Most of not Total. in an inns. out. runs. inns. Aver. W. P. Harrison... .... *20 .. . 1 ... 105 .... 646 ... 34*00 W. B. Burns ... ...22 . 3 ... 64*.. 618 ... 32*52 P. R. Johnson ... . 24 2 99 ... 704 ... 32*00 G. T. Branston... ... 22 ... , 1 ... 120 ... 668 .. . 31*80 J. W. H. T. Douglas 20 .... 4 ... 67 ... 433 ... 27*00 C. C. Page.............. .. 21 .. . 0 ... 78 ... 529 ... 25*19 N. C. Tufnell ... ... 16 ... 5 ... £5 ... 252 ... 2*2*90 G. H. Simpson-Hay­ ward......................... 20 .. . 1 ... 71 ... 417 ... 21*94 R. H. F o x .............. .. 21 .. . 4 ... 54 , 364 ... 21*41 A. A. Torrens ... ... 13 .. . 1 ... 87 ... 206 ... 17*16 C. E. De Trafford .. 23 .. . 1 ... 85 ... 328 ... 14*90 W. J. H. Curwen ... 19 .. . 1 ... 76 ... 263 ... 14*61 P. R. M ay.............. .. 20 ... 5 ... 32*... 19*2 ... 12*80 * Not out. Captain E. G. Wynyard scored 11 not out, 4S not out, and 27 not out. P. F. C. Williams scored 5, 1, 1, 25, 6, 3. BOWLING AVERAGES. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Aver. R. H. Fox .......... 28*3.. 5 ... 75 ... 10 ... 7*50 J. W. H. T. Douglas 369*1... 86 ... 889 ... 84 .. 10*58 G. H. Simpson-Hay­ ward ................. 306*3... 48 ... 796 ... 64 ... 12*43 W. P. Harrison ... 77 ... 13 ... 224 ... 18 ... 12*44 P. R. May ......... 286*4... 59 .. . 825 ... 56 ... 14*73 A. A. Torrens 168*2... 42 ... 368 ... 23 ... 16*00 G. T. Branston 329*2... 97 ... 823 ... 50 ... 16*40 W. J. H. Curwen ... 142 ... 44 ... 320 ... 14 ... 22*85 W. B. Burns.......... 20 .. . 1 .. . 78 2 . 39*00 C. C. Page ......... 3 ... . 0 .. . 14 .. .’ 0 . — CRICKET IN SOUTH AFRICA. WESTERN PROVINCE y. TRAN SVAAL . Played at Newlands on April 5, 6 and 8. Western Province won by seven wickets. The Western Province played a splendid game in this match and, holding the advan­ tage throughout, gained a very meritorious v ic to r y b y seven w ic k e ts . The resu lt, c o n ­ sid e rin g the strength of the Transvaal Bide, was unexpected, but the success was thoroughly deserved. Kotze, who is said to be bowling a trifle slower now than in pre­ vious years, took eleven wickets for 125 runs, and to him and S. J. Snooke the triumph must be regarded as primarily due. In the first innings of Western Province, Faulkner at one time took five wickets in a couple rf