Cricket 1907

146 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M a y 23 , 1907. leather-hunting during the long innings. A player named Cowley made a long score on that occasion ; he was a batsman who would probably have made a name for himself had he been associated with Sydney or Melbourne cricket. I suppose I must have shown rather promising form whilst still a boy, for at the age of 14 I found myself taking part in Grade cricket. For several years I played for South Brisbane, and in my last season in Queensland made over 800 runs and took fifty wickets for the club in Electorate matches. My highest score in Queens­ land was 221 on a very wet afternoon against Nundah. An amusing incident once occurred when I was playing on a concrete wicket against Nundgee. I was struck on the back of the head by a fast full-pitch and, so I was told afterwards, ran round and round my wicket calling out “ I’m unconscious! I ’m unconscious!” “ You played for Queensland a few times, I believe ? ” “ On a few occasions only—three if I remember rightly. I was included in the team against New South Wales, at Bris­ bane, owing to a score of 61 in a trial match between the First Eleven and the Next Sixteen. I made 22 and 0 in that match, and in the following year scored 1 and 21 not out in Melbourne and 0 and 5 in Sydney. For some time I lived in Sydney, and was fortunale enough to get into Grade cricket there right away. Mackay I saw when he first came down from Uralla. He scon became accus­ tomed to play on turf wickets instead of on matting, and quickly proved himself one of the best Club batsmen out there. But he must have come on a lot since I left Australia. He can hit most bril­ liantly, and is not lacking in defence. Macartney, who has come to the front so rapidly of late, I never saw. It struck me that the Sydney wickets, although very good, were not superior to the best of those in Brisbane. The one on the Brisbane Ground approximates very closely to that at the Crystal Palace.” •1How came you to qualify for Surrey ?’ ’ “ I left Australia on my own responsi­ bility entirely, believing my prospects in England would be brighter than they were out there. Dr. MacDonald, the Leices­ tershire cricketer, kindly gave me a letter of introduction to Dr. Grace, which I presented upon my arrival. The conse­ quence was that I shortly afterwards became engaged on the eround-stsff at the Crystal Palace. ‘ W.G.,’ thinking there was cricket in me, asked me where I was living, and when I told him, advised me to see Mr. Alcock at the Oval with a view to qualifying for Surrey. Until then I was quite uuaware which county I was living in—it might have been Dumfriesshire for all I knew— and I ’m sure the Surrey authorities did not know even of my existence until I acted upon ‘ W. G.’s ’ advice. Surrey never approached me in the matter ii> any way. The county found that they chanced to have qualifying for them a young cricketer whom they were kind enough to think might prove useful iu the future, so it was only natural that they should wish to give me a trial when opportunity occurred. Any other county would have done the same, I imagine. My family lived in England for genera­ tions and generations, and it seems curious to me that one or two people appear to wish, because my father lived for a comparatively few years in Aus­ tralia and I chanced to be born there, that I should be debarred from playing over here the game which is almost life and breath to me.” M r . J. D. C oleridge ’ s XI. CR ICKET IN TASMANIA. NORTH v. SOUTH. Played at Launceston on March 30, April 1 and 2. The South won by eight wickets. Harrison, who hit sixteen 4’s, made his 98 out of 172 in one hundred and fifty minutes without a mistake. Score and analysis :— N orth . First innings. J. H. Savigny, c Dodds, b Carroll ........................58 N. R. Westbrook, b Eady... 18 A. A. Emmerson, c Tabart, bEady ........................40 E. W. Harrison, b Eady ... 98 E. A. Windsor, c Hawson, b Eady ........................16 C. Martin, b Eady ..........34 L. R. Tumilty, b Paton ... 1 D. R. Smith, b Eady......... 8 A. E. Frost, b Paton......... 0 A. W. North, not out......... 6 A. T. Marshall, b Eady ... 6 Extras........................28 Second innings. b Eady................. b Paton ........ b Paton b Paton Total .................313 S outh . T. A. Tabart, cWindsor b Smith .................36 R. Hawson, b Marshall 4 K. Burn, b Windsor... 39 C. J. Eady, b Windsor 29 D.Paton,c Emmerson, b Windsor ......... 36 H. Hale, c Westbrook, b Marshall ......... 25 lbw, b Paton ... 29 c Hanson, b Eady $5 c Hanson,bPaton 8 b Eady............... 0 b Eady................. 9 not out .......... 0 b Paton ......... 0 Extras..........18 Total......... 119 J. Hudson, run out... 13 N. Dodds, not out ... 90 F. Chancellor, c Mar­ tin, b Frost ......... 4 F. Hanson, b Smith... 11 T.Carroll,lbw,b Smith 20 Extras .......... 10 Total ..317 Second innings : R. Hawson, run out, 1 ; T.Tabart, nor out, 59 ; K. E. Burn, b Harrison, 40 ; C. J. Eady, not out, 16. Total (for 2 wkts.), 116. N orth . First innings. Second innings O. M. R. W. O. M. R. w. Eady ... 52 21 8 7 7 ......... 24 7 60 4 Paton ... 29 8 51 2 ......... 24 6 37 6 Hanson . ... 10 2 36 0 ......... 1 0 _2 0 Hawson... ... 3 0 12 0 Chancellor ... 16 7 30 0 1 0 2 0 Carroll ... ... 7 1 25 1 Tabart ... ... 92 2 34 0 Eady bowled two no-balls, and Paton one. S outh . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Windsor... ... 37 3 130 3 .......... 8 1 31 0 Marshall ... 20 2 57 2 ......... 6 0 23 0 Smith ... ... 23*4 2 97 3 ......... 4 0 21 0 Frost ... 5 0 23 1 ......... 4-2 0 20 0 Martin ... 3 0 10 0 Harrison .. 4 1 11 1 CKICKET IN ASSAM. Mr. J. D. Coleridge, retired ..................100 Mr. Perry, b de Dom- bal ......................... 5 Mr. Chatterji, b Dela- nougerede .......... 0 Mr. Molesworth, b de Dombal ....................20 Capt. Melliuish, c Das Gupta, b Delanou­ gerede ....................13 Mr. Mitra, lbw, b Pad­ gett ........................ Mr.Brodrick,st Faulk­ ner, b Padgett Bahadur Singh, c Ban- nerji, b Padgett ... Mahomed Hussain, not out ................. B 9, lb 3 ... ... Total.................: MR. FAULKNER’S XI. v. CAPTAIN MELHUISH'S XI.—Played at Shillong on April 6, and won by Mr. Faulkner’s XI. by 32 runs. M r . P. L. F aulkner ’ s XI. Mr. D. de Dombal, b Melhuish.................32 Mr. Padgett, c and b Melhuish................. 1 Mr. Perry, c Bayly, b Delanougerede ... 4 Mr.P.L.Faulkner,lbw, b Delanougerede ... 22 Mr. More, c Bayly, b Melhuish BabuU.N.Sen,notout 46 Babu A. N. DasGupta, b Delanougerede ... 18 Babu J. K. Roy, b Chatterji................. 0 Mr. Webb, notout ... 4 Byes ................. 9 Total (7 wkts)*139 Innings declared closed. Delanougerede took 3 wickets for 41, Melhuish 3 for 42, and Chatterji 1 for 16. C aptain M elhuish ’ s XI. Mr. Delanougerede, c and b Faulkner ... 1 Mr. Hill, b Faulkner 0 Mr. Chatterji, c and b Das Gupta ..........32 Capt. Melhuish, c & b de Dombal ..........36 Mr. Bayly, b de Dom­ bal ........................13 Mr. Parish, runout ... 0 De Dombal took 2 wickets for 35, Faulkner 2 for 25, Gas Gupta 1 for 12. and Padgett 3 for 7 runs. Mr.Bridgncll, c Perry, b Padgett .......... Mr. Lett, c&b Padgett Babu M. C. Bannerji, st Faulkner, b Pad­ gett ........................ Mahomed Hussain, not out ................. B 1 ,lb 5 .......... SOUTHGATE (2) v. HORNSEY (2).—Played at Southgate on May 18. H ornsey (2). E. Clemons, b Dar­ lington .................20 J. Hutchinson,cWhite, b Darlington.......... 7 C. Maudling, b Dar­ lington ................. 7 R. Biggs, b Darlington 4 E. F. Stokes, b White­ head ........................12 J. Line, b Garrett ... 13 W. H. Dones, b Dar­ lington ................. 4 W. Rowlett, c sub., b Whitehead .......... 0 H.S.Dix,b Darlington 0 J. Wallett, notout ... 5 F. E. Jones, b Darling­ ton 0 MR. P. L. FAULKNER’S XI. v. MR. J. D. COLE­ RIDGE’S XI.—This match, played at Shillong on March 31, was won by Mr. Coleridge’s Eleven by 27 runs. M r . P. L. F aulkner ’ s XI. Mr. D. de Dombal, b Molesworth .......... Mr. Delanougerede, b Molesworth .......... B>i.bu M. C. Bannerji, run out ................ Mr. P. L. Faulkner, c Coleridge, b Chat­ terji ........................; Mr. More, b Moles­ worth ................ Mr. N. Padgett, c Cole­ ridge. b Molesworth 32 Mr. Hill, b Melhuish 24 Mr. Bridgnell, not out 4 Babu A. N. Das Gupta, run out ................. 5 B 16, lb 1 ..........17 Total (8 wkts)*142 * Innings declared closed, B 4, lb 6, wb 1, nb 1 12 Total................ 84 S outhgate (2). A. Cheny, c Line, b Clemons ................. 1 T. D a rlin gton , b Clemons .................48 J. Whitehead, c Line, b Maudling .......... 5 W.H.Myers,bClemons 1 J. Green, b Briggs ... 12 T.W. Garrett, b Maud­ ling ........................ 8 W. J. Duval, c and b Maudling................. 4 C. S. Goule, b Stokes 14 E. White, not out ... 5 C. Thicknesse, absent 0 A. N. Other, absent... 0 Extras .......... 0 Total 98 STREATHAM v. TOOTING.—Played at Streatham on May 20. T ooting . M. R. Seymour, c Wel- lings, b PhillippH ... 84 D. H. butcher, c Phil- lipps, b Field..........86 F. Hosken, c Kerr, b E. J. Dobson..........22 R. R. Sandilands, b E. J. Dobson......... 32 R. M. Harvey, not out 24 A. H. Parez, c Miller, b Phillipps ......... 0 C.C. F. Hosken, c E. J. Dobson, b Phillipps.. 0 J. Smith, c Wellings, b Phillipps ......... 0 G. H. Lyon, not out.. 15 B 16, lb 4, nb 1... 21 Total (7 wkts.)285 G. R. Crawford and N. Colleyers did not bat. ♦Innings declared closed. S treatham . 52 N. Miller, not out ... B. P. Dobson, c F. Hosken, b Parez ... E. Field, b Parez C. J. Parton, lbw, b H. H.Scott, c Butcher, b Parez ................. u E. J. Dobson, c Lyon, b Parez .................24 H. Wellings 9 G. V. Campbell, c and b Harvey................. 0 D. O. Kerr, lbw, b Parez........................11 J. D. Phillipps, b Parez........................ 3 V. F. Feeny, not out.. 25 B 13, lb l,n b 1... 15 Total (8 wkts.)142 did not bat.