Cricket 1907

M a y 23, 1907. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 147 Full details of the construction of the Demon=Drivers and other information of interest to GricKeters, w ill be found in the booKlet entitled The Evolution of a Cricket Bat, which m ay be obtained upon application, and from which the following extracts are taKen : — D OUBTLESS buyers frequently wonder why it is that some bats are sold as low as 5a., while others cannot be bought for less than 27s. 6d., both being made of similar material. The reason is very simple. The higher-priced bats, which must relatively be few in number, have to provide for the loss incurred in manufacturing the lower- priced bats, which are necessarily numerous. The figures here given approximately show the proportions of the various grades for 1,000 bats. They are based upon the average results produced in the ordinary course of manufacture. First or Best Division. 1st grade 2nd grade 3rd grade 4th grade 20 50 100 150 Second or Common Division. 5th grade Lower grades 250 430 1,000. It will thus be seen that the manufacturer who intends to meet the ever-increasing demand for rtally good cricket bats must carry an enormous stock of timber. Tne stock held by Geo. G. Bussey & Co., Ltd., represents 100,000 bats. The question is sometimes asked why the “ Demon Drivers” are not more associated with the names of leading cricketers. It may be said, without presumption, that the answer involves a question of ethics which it is not intended to enter into beyond mentioning the fact that Geo. G. Bussey & Co., Ltd. (or their predecessors, Geo. G. Bussey & Co.) have never published a testi­ monial relating to a cricket bat not purchased and paid for in the ordinary way of business. Cricketers all over the world are informed that orders for Bussey’ s goods should be placed with Dealers on the spot. Their manufactures are graded according to a properly devised system, which provides for cricketers purchasing from the dealers in the provinces or colonies receiving the same selection as if sent direct from the Factory, which is the largest and mobt up-to-date for the manufacture of Requisites for Sports and Games. GEO, G. BUSSEY & CO,, LTD., 36 & 38, Queen Victoria St., LONDON. Manufactory: Timber Mills : PEOKHAM, S.E. ELMSWELL, SUFFOLK. THE F IR ST -CLA SS SEASON IN AU STRAL IA . The averages given below are compiled from the following matches:— New South Wales v. South Australia (2). New South Wales v. Victoria (2). South Australia v. Victoria (2). Tasmania v. Victoria (1). New South Wales v. Queensland (2). New South Wales v. Western Australia (2). New South Wales v. Eest of Australia (1). THE SIDES. Runs Runs for. Wkts. Aver. agst.Wkts. Aver. N. S. Wales .. 4775 125 38-20 .. 3777 172 21-95 S. Australia .. 1740 80 21-75 .. 1768 59 29-96 Victoria ........ 1974 99 19-93 .. 2492 83 30-02 Queensland .. 855 40 21-37 .. 1311 20 65-55 Tasmania 406 15 26-93 .. 405 20 20-25 W. Australia . . 985 40 24-62 .. 983 38 25*86 Rest of Austra­ lia(v. N.S.W.) 569 12 47-41 .. 568 19 29-89 11,304 411 27-50 11,304 411 27*53 RESULTS OF MATCHES. New South Wales beat Queensland at Brisbane, innings and 302. New South Wales beat Queensland at Sydney, innings and 154. New South Wales beat South Australia at Adelaide, innings and 109. New South Wales beat South Australia at Sydney, innings and 168. New South Wales beat Victoria at Melbourne, two wickets. New South Wales beat Victoria at Sydney, innings and 266. New South Wales beat Western Australia at Perth, two wickets. New South Wales lost to Western Australia at Fremantle, 5 runs. 4 New South Wales lost to Rest of Australia at Sydney, 8 wickets. Victoria beat South Australia at Adelaide, 70 runs. Victoria lost to South Australia at Melbourne, 319 runs. Victoria lost to Tasmania at Hobart, 5 wickets. BIG TOTALS. New South Wales 763 v. Queensland at Brisbane. New South Wales 573 v. South Australia at Sydney. New South Wales 548 v. Queensland at Sydney. Rest of Australia 544 v. New South Wales at Sydney. New South Wales 491 v. Victoria at Sydney. SMALL TOTALS. Victoria 31 v. New South Wales, at Sydney. South Australia 61 v. New South Wales, at Adelaide. CENTURIES. C. W. Gregory, N.S.W. v.Queensland, atBrisbane 383 A. Diamond, N.S.W. v. Victoria, at Sydney ... *210 A. J. Hopkins, N.S.W. v. Queensland, at Sydney 171 W. W. Armstrong, Victoria v. N.S.W., at Mel­ bourne ............................................................*168 P. A. McAlister, Victoria v. Tasmania, at Hobart 168 A. Diamond, N.S.W. v. S.A., at Sydney .......... 138 V. Ransford, Rest of Aust. v. N.S.W., at Sydney 136 E. L. Waddy, N.S.W. v. Rest of Aust., at Sydney 129 C. G. MacCartney, N.S.W. v. Queensland, at Sydney ............................................................ 122 A. J. Hopkins, N.S.W. v. S.A., at Adelaide ... *120 E. V. Carroll, Victoria v. S.A., at Adelaide ... 112 W. W. Armstrong, Victoria v. N.S.W., at Sydney 111 A. J. Hopkins, Victoria v. S.A., at Sydney ... 108 W. Bardsley, N.S.W. v. W.A.,at Fremantle ... 107 E. L. Waddy, N.S.W. v.Queensland, at Brisbane 100 * Signifies not out. N otes :—Fifteen in the twelve matches. Nine of them for New South Wales, five for Victoria, none for South Australia, Western Australia, or Tasmania. BATTING AVERAGES. Matches High­ played Not est in. Inns. out. Runs.Aver,score. W. W. Armstrong (V.) 3 .. 5 . . 1 .. 343...85-75...*168 A. Diamond (N.) . . 5 .. 7 . . 1 .. 502...83-66...*210 C. W. Gregory (N.) . . 4 .. 6 . . 0 .. 400...66*66... 383 A. J. Hopkins (N.) . . 8 ..12 . . 1 .. 617...56-09... 171 M. H. Blaxland(N.). . 5 .. 6 . . 0 .. 335...55-83... 94 C. Hill (S.).............. . 3 .. 5 . . 0 . 278...55-60... 92 H. Rowe (W.) ... . . 2 .. 4 . . 0 .. 185...46-25... 81 M A. Noble (N.) . . 5 .. 7 . . 1.. 269...44*83... 99 E. F. Parker (W.) .. 2 .. 4 . 0 .. 167...41’75... 69 V. Ransford (V.) .. 3 ... 5 . . 0 .. 207...41-40... 136 R. Hartigan (Q.) . 3 ... 6 . . 1.. 203...40*60... 68 E. V. Carroll (V.) . . 4 .. 8 . . 0 .. 317...39-62... 112 E. L. Waddy (N.) ... 9 ..13 . 0 .. 495...88-07... 129 C. E. Simpson (Q.) ... 2 .. 4 . . 0 .. 152...38-00... 59 Matches High- played Not est in. Inns. out. Runs.Aver.scorc. W. McIntyre (N.) J. C. Barnes (N.) P. A. McAlister (V.).. G. Brown ( Q .)........ H. A. Evers (W.) .. H. Carter (N .)........ T. H. Hogue (W.) .. W. Bardsley (N.) .. C. B. Jennings (S) .. A. Sullivan (N.) R. N. Hickson (N.).. C.G. MacCartney(N.) 9 ...12 E. R. Mayne (S.) ... C. E. Dolling (S.) ... E. R. Bubb(N.) R. A. Duff (N .)......... N. H. Claxton (S.) ... D. McRae (S.) .......... F. Vaughan (V.) A. Cotter (N.) .......... F. B. Johnson (N.) ... R. Selk (W.) .......... E. Jones (W.) ......... W. T. Evans (Q.) ... — Evans (W.)......... T. B. Faunce (Q.) ... D. R. A. Gehrs (S.)... A. J. Bowden (N.) ... E. R. Goss (V.)......... L. R. Hill (S.) ..t ... J. H. Pellew (S.) ... T. Horan (V.) .......... T. Rush (V.) .......... G. L. Garnsey (N.) ... A. H. Christian (W.) J.'A. O’Connor (S.) ... A. McBeath (S.) ... J. Ainslie (V.) .......... G. Hazlitt (V7. ) .......... O. Kelly (W.) .......... F. Laver (V.) .......... Rev. E. F. Waddy(N.) V. T. Trumper (N.) ... W. Carkeek (V.) W. B. Hayes (Q.) ... F. Timbury (Q)......... F. B. Collins (V.) ... A. W. Wright (S) ... J. C. Minnett (N.) ... J. V. Saunders (V.) ... M. Ellis (V.) .......... The following played in one match only :—E. K. Armstrong (Q.), 2 and 3 ; E. A. Bailey (S.), 23* and 0 ; Barstow (Q.) 0* and 0 ; K, E. Burn (T.), 25 and S; J. Chamberlain (W.) ; F. Chancellor (T.), 6 ; J£. R. Crouch (Q.), 3 and 17 ; J. Darling (S.), 77 and 14 ; T. Desmazures (V.), 5 and 18 ; N. Dodds (T.), 19 and 43 ; M. F. Dunn (Q.), 3 and 19 ; C. J. Eady (T.), 61 and 26 ; B. Grant (V.), 15 and 5 ; S. E. Gregory (Rest of (A.), 94 and 4 ; H. Hale (T.), 8 and 8 ; F. Hanson (T.), 0; R. Hawson (T.), 45 and 90*7 T. H. Howard (W.) 17 and 15 ; J. Hudson (T.), 0 and 8*; J. J. Kelly (Rest of A.), 17 ; Lough (N.), 3* and 2 ; A. C. K. Mackenzie (N.), Oand 51* ; G. F. Martin (Q.), 10 and 0; Matthews (V.), 20 and 20 ; M. F. McCaffrey (Q.), 0 and 5 ; J. W. McLaren (Q.), 1,5* ana 5* ; J. Meech (T.), 1; C. Munro (W.), 27"and 0; D. Paton (T.), 28* and 2 ; S. J. Redgrave (N.), 32 ; W. Reeves (V.), 0 and 4; J. Thompson (Q.), 3 and 43; J. F. Travers (S.), 0 and 27 , L. P. Vernon (V.), 0 and 5 ; W. G. Ward (Tt), 3 ; T. S. Wame (V.), 10 and 27 ; C. W., Wellington (W.), 5 and 4^ A. B. S. White (N.), 77. BOWLING AVERAGES. 3 .. 5 ... 2 ... 111 ...37-00.. . 55 3 ..,. 5 .... 0 .. . 182..,.36-40.. . 82 5 .. .10 ... 0 ... 360....36-00.. , 168 2 ... 4 .... 0 .. . 143..,.35-75.. . 70 2 ... 4 .... 1 ... 106..,.35-43.. . *31 6 ... 7 ... 3 ... 141.. .35-25.. . *63 2 ... 4 ... 0 ... 137., .34-25..., 67 3 .. 5 .. 0 ... 161....32"20.. . 107 3 .. . 6 ... 0 ... 186., .31-00..., 45 2 .. . 4 ... 1 ... 93.. .31-00..., 38 4 ... 5 ... 1 ... 120 .. .30-00..., 48 ... 1 ... 329.. .29-90..,, 122 3 ... 6 ... 0 ... 173.. .28-83..., 65 3 ... 6 ... 0 ... 170...28-33..., 93 2 ... 4 ... 1 ... 79...26-33..., *53 4 ... 6 .. . 0 ... 146.. .24-32..., 47 4 ... 8 ... 1 .. 164.. .23-42..., 74 3 ... 6 ... 0 ... 134.. .22-33... 70 5 .. .10 ... 0 ... 213.. .21-30... 65 6 ... 8 ... 0 ... 166.. .20-75..., 47 2 ... 4 ... 1 ... 60.. .20-00.. , 29 2 ... 4 ... 2 ... 39.. .19-50..,, 35 2 ... 4 ... 0 .. 77.. .19*25..,, 48 2 ... 4 ... 0 ... 76.. .19-00.... 43 2 ... 4 ... 1 ... 57..,.19*00.... 27 2 ... 4 ... 0 ... 75.. .18*75.... 37 4 ... 8 ... 0 ... 142.. .17*75..., 75 2 ... 2 ... 0 ... 35.. .17*50.... 34 3 ... 6 ... 3 ... 48.. .16-00.. . *20 3 ... 6 ... 0 ... 95..,.15-83.... 31 4 ... 8 ... 0 ... 124.,,.15-50.. . 32 3 ... 6 ... 0 . . 93.. .15-50.. . 46 5 .. .10 ... 0 ... 154.. .15-40.. . 63 7 .... 9 .... 1 ... 115.. .14-37... 36 2 .... 4 .... 0 ... 52..,.13-00.. . 25 5 .. .10 ... 2 .. . 102 ....12-75.. . *50 4 .... 8 ..,. 2 ... 76.... 12 - 66 ... 36 2 ..,. 4 ..,. 0 ... 46.. .11-50.. . 29 4 ..,. 7 .. 1 .. . 66....11-00.. . 52 2 ... 4 ... 0 ... 40.. . 10 - 00 .. . 23 2 ... 4 ... 0 .. . 39... 9-75... 26 4 ., 5 ... 0 . 46. .. 9-20... 21 2 ... 3 ... 0 .... 23... 7-66.. . 11 .4, 8 ... 2 .... 46... 7-66... 21 2 ... 4 ... 0 ■,. 27... 6"75... 21 2 .. 4 ... 1 .... 20... 6-66.. 9 3 ... 6 ... 2 ,. 20... 6-66.. . *17 5 ... 9 ... 4 .... 32... 6-40.. . *10 2 ... 4 ... 0 ... 18... 4-50... 14 4 ... 7 ... 1 .... 12... 2-00.. . *5 2 ... 4 . .. 0 . .. 5... 1-25... 3 Seven or more Matches wickets. bowled in. M. A. Noble (V.)..........5 ... C. J. Eady(T.) ..........1 ... F. B. Johnson (N,) ... 2_».. W. W. Armstrong (V.) 3 ... C. G. MacCartney (N.) 9 ... A. H. Christian (W.)... 2 ... A. W. Wright (S.) ...5 ... G. L. Garnsey (N.) ... 7 ... E. Jones (W.) ..........2 ... J. C. Barnes (N.) A. Cotter (N.) ... A. J. Hopkins (N.) J. V. Saunders (V.) A. McBeath (S.)... F. B. Collins (V.) E. R. Goss(V.) ... R. Selk (W .)........ J. A. O Connor (S.) G. Hazlitt (V.) ... Under seven wickets:— T. S. Warne (V .).......... 1 .., P. A. McAlister (V.) ... 2 ... —. Mathews (V.)..........1 ... M. Ellis (V .).................2 ... L. R. Hill (S.) ..........3.. J. W. MacLaren (Q.)... 1 .. G. F. Martin (Q.) ... 1 .. J. Meech (T.) ..........1 Overs. 130-1 . 535. 64-4 95. 247*2 96-3 179-1 187-1 76 75"5 186-5 148 170 161-2 100-5 79-5 88-3 216 155 9 6 .. 39-3 .. 26 .. 29 .. 15 .. 3-5 .. Runs. .. 334 .. 185 . ..151 . ..,269.. .‘. 545 . .. 255 . .. 616 . .. 702 . . 1 215 . .. 403 . .. 629 . .. 438 . .. 593 . .. 440 . .. 287 . .. 291 . .. 270 . .. 650 . .. 598 . ... 50 . . 11 . 93 . 88 . 91 . 74 . Wkts ... 25 . 13 .. ... 9 . 14 . .. 30 . 13. .. 29 . .. 32 . .. 9 . .. 16 .. 24 .. \6 .. 20 .. 14 .. 9 .. 9 .. 8 .. 18 .. 16 4 . 4 . 3 . 25 ... 1 . 28 ... 1 . Aver. .. 13-36 .14 23 ... 16-77 .. 17-21 ... lS^-16 ..19-61 .. 21-24 .. 21*93 ,.. 23-88 ... 25-37 ... 26-20 .. 27-37 ,.. 29-65 ... 31-57 ... 31-88 ... 32-33 ... 33-75 ... 36-11 ... 37-37 ... 8-33 ... 6-00 . 18-60 . 22 -DO . 22-75 . 24-66 . 25-00 . 28*00