Cricket 1907

12 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J an . 31, 1907. ment ia South Africa as an amateur, accomplished a remarkable performance for the Eastern Provide 3 against Griqua- land West, at J ohannesburg, at the end of December. In the first innings he bowled ten overs for 12 runs and 6 wickets; in the second he took all ten wickets in 12 overs, the details of his analysis being 12 overs, 3 maidens, 26 runs, 10 wickets. He also scored 79 runs in the only inn­ ings required by the Eastern Province, who won by an innings and 301 runs. I n the second innings of the Western Province v. Orange River Colony, ia the Currie Cup, at Johannesburg, S. J. Snooke scored 152 out of a total of 233, the only other scores over ten beiug 21, 13 aud 12. Snooke had also made 114 not out for 'Western Province agaiast Griqualand West, at the end of the first day’s play. U p to January 4th, the results of the Currie Cup were as follows :— Transvaal beat Natal by seven wickets; Transvaal, 108 and 181 (for three wickets); Natal, 193 and 87. Western Province beat Orange River Colony by 122 runs; Western Province, 95 and 233; Orange River Colony, 109 and 97. Eastern Province beat Griqualand West by an innings and301 runs; Eastern Province, 403; Griqua­ land West, 51 and 51. Transvaal beat OrangeRiver Colony by ten wickets; Transvaal^80 and 4 (for no wickets); Orange River Colony, 118 and 64. Western Province beat Eastern Province by an innings and 49 runs; Western Province, 227; Eastern Province, 71 and 107. Natal beat Griqualand West by an innings and 323 runs; Natal, 418; Griqualand West, 64 and 31. A. D. Nourse scored 212 out of 399 In 175 minutes. Natal beat Eastern Province by an innings and 77 runs; Natal, 335; Eastern Province, 112 and 146. Orange River Colony beat Griqualand West by one wicket; Orange River Colony, 118 and 187 (for nine wickets); Griqualand West, 160 and 141. Transvaal beat Western Province by an innings and 39 runs; Transvaal, 366; Western Province, 141 and 186. A ccording to the Cape Times a curious incident occurred on the morn­ ing of January 3rd in the match between Griqualand West and Orange River Colony. Our contemporary says :— After two overs had been sent down, a difficulty arose through the allegation that Verheyen bowled the last over last night and the first this morning. Dore was out shortly afterwards f o r i— (130-6-4)— andmatterswere not improved when Barlow was bowled by Eden for 12. A t 134 a conference was held between the leading officials, the respective captains and the umpires, regarding the difficulty previously mentioned. No sugges­ tion of a deliberate intention was raised, and the matter was left to the umpires, who decided to continue play as it was. G. W. H il l y a r d , who was appointed Secretary of the All England Lawn Ten­ nis and Croquet Club early in the month, has Bhown himself to be a great deal more than a man of one athletic sport. Besides his record of lawn tennis, he has made a reputation at cricket, golf, swim­ ming, billiards and shooting. He played cricket by right of birth for Middlesex, a few times in 1886 and later on, from 1893 to 1896, if I remember rightly, did excellent servica for Leicestershire under a residential qualification. H e repre­ sented the Gentlemen against the Players in the Oval match of 1895 and accom­ panied Lord Hawke to America in two of bis American tours, those of 1891 and 1894. His early training in the Navy gave him a very rare experience of cricket, which he had played in many parts of the world. A correspondent writes: “ I suppose Alfred Shaw was the only great bowler who was able to prove with absolute clearness to a younger generation that their fathers had not overrated his merits. To anyone who had played against him in the olden days it was vastly amusing, when Shaw reappeared in first-class cricket for Sussex after many years’ absence, to see the way in which the younger generation had to feel for the ball just as batsmen had done twenty years previously. Yet Shaw was tben more than fifty years old, and very stiff; he had, moreover, lost his fast ball.” “ D espite this great handicap he bowled maiden overs to men whom nobody else could keep quiet, and he still took wickets at small cost. It always seems to me that the greatest feat which he ever accomplished was in 1895, when he was fifty-three year j old, and unable to move at all quickly. He was then playing for Sussex against Notts, his old County, at Trent Bridge. The wicket was perfect, the Sussex bowl­ ing wanting in variety, and Notts won the toss. They scored 726 runs. Shaw was kept on at one end nearly all through the innings, and under the circumstances he had a truly wonderful analysis, viz , 101 overs and a ball, 31 maidens, 168 runs and 4 wickets. This in an innings when William Gunn, who must have known his every trick, scored 219, and two other men made over a hundred. If there is any feat approaching this in the history of the game I should like to hear of it.” “ I t will be remembered that in the previous season Saaw, who had been left out of the Notts Eleven years bafore because he was not considered good enough for it, bowled in three innings against Notts. At Brighton he took seven wickets for 34, and at Trent Bridge five for 34 and two for 16. Most men would have been delighted at meeting with so much success against a Couaty which had despised them years before, but Alfred never derived any pleasure from playing against Notts. He told me once that he always felt as if he was sailing under false colours when he opposed his old County.” “ W h e n I saw him bowling at the nets at Leyton a few years ago—he had been engaged with Bobby Peel by Mr. C. E. Green—-and could watch him closely from all points of view, it was easy to see where the difference came in between his bowling at that time and what it was many years before. He still had the old and wonderful length, still had a very great command over the ball, and still turned]a little. But t.he fire was not there, and the fast ball (Shaw was never fast except for the reason that the ball seemed to come upon you quite suddenly ho wever carefully you watched for it) was obvi­ ously faster than the slower ones, and that was all. Vet there was not one of the Essex players who could take charge of him, although, naturally enough, some of them tried hard to do so.” H. R. G reg g , playing for Sydney Grammar School v. Melbourne Church of England Grammar School, at Sydney, on December 17th, 21st and 22nd, scored 105 in his first innings and 118 in his second. When Sydney went in to get 251 to win, Gregg and E. Barbour (92 not out) laid the foundation of the six- wicket victory by making 205 together for the opening partnership. O n Dec!mb?r 22nd the two day match at Ballarat between XV I. of Ballarat and New South Wales ended in a draw, each side just managing to complete an in­ nings. In response to a total of 178, the S;ate team made the following score:— R. N. Hickson, c Bray, b Stubbs ... 19 G. L. Garnsey, b Remington ......... ... 2 C. Gregory, b Remington ................. ...112 Rev. E. F. Waddy, b Remington ... ... 0 A. Diamond, b Bray ........................ ... 4 C. G. Macartney, c Hele, b Bailey ... ...101 H. Carter, b Cockburn................. •... ... 15 R. A. Duff, c Remington, b Cockburn ...116 M. A Noble, b Dillon ........................ ... 0 E. L. Waddy, b Bailey........................ ... 69 A. J. Hopkins, not o u t ........................ ... 19 A. Cotter, b Hele ............................... ... 19 Extras................. ................. ... 26 Total ........................ ...502 A t Kimberley, on December 26th, Frank Mitchell, the old Cambridge and Yorkshire cricketer, was married to Miss Theresa Kelly, daughter of Mr. Laughlin Kelly, of Barkly West. As it is twenty-nine years ago since the first Australian team came to Eng­ land, it is only the older generation of cricketers who will remember its personnel or the personalities of its members. Those who do will be interested to hear that G. H. Bailey, one of the very few Tasmauians who have been selectel to visit Eugland, can still wield the bat with striking effect. In a match last month, for New Town v. Eist Hobart, he carried out his bat for 100, and practically won the match for his side. THE CRICKET COMPANION.* The sixth issue of the Companion well maintains the standard of excellence set up by the former numbers, being brightly written, well illustrated, and nicely produced. Mr. Charles Plairre, as usual, furnishes a very interesting account of the past season’ s cricket, whilst the Public School whose history is dealt with is Aldenham, which was founded as far back as 1597. All necessary statistics dealing with the 1906 campaign are to be found in the volume, which also contains the full scores and accounts of the more important matches of the year, e.g., Gentlemen v. Players, Kent v. England, Eton v. Harrow, &c. Altogether, the Companion is a very readable little volume, and well worth the price asked for it. *Ayres 'Cricket Companion for 1907. F. H. Ayres Ltd., Ill, Aldersgate Street, E.O. 6d.