Cricket 1907

J an . 31, 1907. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 13 CR ICKET IN AU STRAL IA . N EW SOUTH W ALE S v. QUEENSLAND. Played at Sydney on December 7, 8, 10. N .S .W . won by an innings and 154 runs. W inning the toss, New South Wales com­ menced by no means well in this match, losing Charles Gregory, the record-breaker, at 8, E. F. Waddy at 19, and Hickson at 48. White and Blaxland then became associated and together quite pulled the game round for their side. Their partnership for the fourth wicket realised 122. Blaxland hit well for his 93, for which he was in 105 minutes, but he gave a chance when 77. E. L. Waddy gave no trouble, but when Hopkins joined Macartney the bowling was collared, and ten followed ten in rapid succession. The latter, who had the personal satisfaction of making his first hundred in important cricket, batted 130 minutes for his 122, and hit thirteen 4’s. W ith Hopkins he added 208, which is an Australian record for the seventh wicket, although the number has been exceeded by Colonial batsmen whilst in this country. Neither Garnsev nor Bowden made any stay, but McIntyre proved so useful a partner to Hopkins that the last wicket realised 120 before the latter was caught and bowled. Hopkins made some fine hits, his driving being especially powerful, and during the 150 minutes he was at the wicket he made 25 4’s. The total of 548 took only five and a- half hours to compile. Queensland, as usual, proved no match for their opponents, but their cricket was not without its redeeming features. In the first innings Brown and Hartigan made 113 together for the first wicket in 97 minutes, whilst Simpson was seen to advantage in thefollow-on. Garnsey bowled with admirable judgment, and in the whole match took a dozen wickets for 106 runs. Score and analysis : — N ew S outh W ales . C.W. Gregory, c Harti­ gan. b Timbury ... 3 A.B.S.White, c Evans, b Arm strong......... 77 Rev. E. F. Waddy, c Evans, b Hayes ... 9 R.N.Hickson, c Harti­ gan, b Timbury ... 11 H.M.Blaxland, c Harti­ gan. b Simpson ... 93 E. L. Waddy, run out 5 C. G. Macartney, b MacLaren ... 122 A.J Hopkins, c and b Martin .................171 G. L. Garnsey, b Mac­ Laren ................. 0 A. J. Bowden, cHarti­ gan, b Macuiren... 1 W. McIntyre, not out 36 B 16, w 3, lb 1 ... 20 Total......... 548 Q ueensland . First innings. Second innings. R. Hartigan, b Bowden ...68 G. Brown, c E. F. Waddy, b Macartney .................70 O. E. Simpson, b Bowden, b Garnsey ........................27 W. B. Hayes, c Hickson, b Garnsey ........................ 0 E.R.Crouch,1bw, b Garnsey 3 T. B. Faunce, b Garnsey ... 10 G. F Martin, b Garnsey ... 10 W. T. Evans, b Macartney 1 E. K. Armstrong, run out 2 J. W. MacLaren, not out ... 15 F. Timbury, b Garnsey ... 9 W 1, nb 3 ................. 4 c E. L. Waddy, b Macartney ... 13 b Macartney ... 11 c and b Gainsey 58 c and b Garnsey 2 c McIntyre, b Hopkins..........17 b Garnsey..........37 b Hopkins.......... 0 c Blaxland, b Garnsey......... 13 c Bowden, b Garnsey.......... 3 not out .......... 5 c and b Garnsey 4 B 2, lb 8, w 2 12 Timbury Martin Total .................219 N ew S outh W ales . O. M. R. W. 35 1 139 2 . 19 0 120 1 Total ...175 3-5 0 25 1 Armstrong 18 0 85 1 MacLaren 15 Simpson 9 Hartigan 9 Crouch ... 2 O. M. R. W. 0 74 3 Hopkins Macartney Garnsey Hickson... Bowden. Q ueensland . First innings. _ Second innings. 1 25 0 29 12 55 2 20-4 2 71 6 . 6 1 21 0 13 1) 43 7 ... 22 1 41 2 8 37 2 1 35 6 16 2 50 0 Garnsey bowled one wide, Hopkins two no-balls and Hickson one no-ball. SOUTH AUSTRALIA v. NEW SOUTH W ALES. Played at Adelaide on December 15, 17 & 18. New South Wales won by an innings and 109 runs. So far as the meeting of these two States was concerned, winning the toss practically meant winning the match, for, after the visitors had enjoyed the use of a good wicket on the opening day, rain came down so heavily that the wicket was ruined and the result placed beyond doubt. The attendance on the first day was very poor, the numerous defeats sustained of late years by the home side at the hands of the Mother State having evidently disheartened local followers of the game. Still, the Governor of South Australia set a good example by being present, and he had the satisfaction of seeing his State do well in disposing of their powerful opponents for a total of 349. The first four wickets went down for 79, and half the side were out for 123, but a partnership of 119, lasting 65 minutes, for the sixth wicket, by Hopkins and E. L. Waddy quite changed the character of the match. The latter, who hit nine 4’s, played a very attractive game for 63. Garn­ sey, going in last, quickly hit up 36, which included half-a-dozen 4’ s, and enabled the last wicket to put on 60. Hopkins, who had done s') well a week earlier against Queens­ land, was left to carry out his bat for 120—a very good, but not quite faultless, innings, which contained a 6 aud sixteen 4’ s. W right did well to take six wickets for 91 runs in an innings of 349. and O’ Connor bowled better than his analytes would suggest. No play was possible on the Monday until the after­ noon, but so much progress was then m ide with the game that South Australia were disposed of in 65 minuses for 61 by Macartney and Noble and had three wickets down in their second innings for 6 runs before stumps were drawn. On the Tuesday the wicket, though much better, was still against run- getting. Hill played a good innings and Mayne did well on his debut , but the result was never in doubt. Score and analysis :— N ew S outh W ales . R. A. Duff, b O’Connor 26 A. Diamond, c Mc­ Beath, b Wright ... 26 M. A. Noble, b Wright 20 Rev. E. F. Waddy, lbw, b O’Connor ... 21 C. W. Gregory, st Gehrs, b Wright ... 3 A. J. Hopkins, not out 120 E. L. Waddy, b Wright .................63 C. G. Macartney, lbw, b Wright................. 0 A. Cotter, c McBeath, b Wright.................32 H. Carter, c Gehrs, b O’Connor .......... 0 G. L. Garnsey, c O’Connor, b McBeath 36 Leg-byes .......... 2 Total ...319 S outh A ustralia . First innings. D. R. A. Gehrs, c Garnsey, b Macartney........................ 4 J. H. Pellew, c Hopkins, b Macartney........................21 C. Hill,c Gregory, b Macart­ ney ...............................10 N. H. Claxton, c Diamond, b Macartney ... ................ 8 D. McRae, c E. F. Waddy, b Hopkins........................ 2 C. E. Dolling, b Noble . . 0 J. A. O’Connor, c and b Noble .............................. 3 E. R. Mayne, c Gregory, b Macartney........................ 1 J. F. Travers, run out ... 0 A. McBeath, b N oble........ 5 A. W. Wright, notout ... 2 B 4, nb 1................. 5 Second innings. run out ..........22 b Garnsey.......... 4 cDuff,bMacartney 65 not out.................16 b Cotter .......... csub, b Garnsey c Cotter, b Hop­ kins ................. c Macartney, b Cotter .......... b Cotter .......... b Macartney b Hopkins.......... B 5, lb 5, nb3 .. S outh A ustralia . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Macartney......... 16 8 18 5 ........... 7 2 17 2 Hopkins ......... 12 1 28 1 ........... 6 2 17 2 Noble.................... 5.1 1 10 3 ........ 15 7 24 0 Cotter ... 19 2 57 3 Garnsey... 14 4 51 2 Cotterbowled two no-balls and Hopkins and Garnsey one each. At Melbourne, at the end of December, New South Wales beat Victoria by two wickets. The total scores were:— Victoria, 159 and 339 (Armstrong not out 168); New South Wales, 313 and 187 for eight wickets. For New South Wales Noble took six wickets for 101, whilst for Victoria Warne obtained six for 50. A t Melbourne, in the first week of January, South Australia beat Victoria by 319 runs. The aggregate scores were:— South Australia, 290 and 398; Victoria, 199 and 170. For the winners W right took five wickets for 42. A t Sydney, in the first week of January, New South Wales beat South Australia by an innings and 158 runs. The totals w ere:— South Australia, 157 and 258 ; New South Wales, 573 (Diamond 138, Hopkins 108, and Noble 99). Noble took seven wickets for 48. On Monday last New South Wales (491) defeated Victoria (191 and 31) at Sydney by an innings and 266 runs. Diamond made 210 not out for the home side, and Armstrong 111 in the first innings ot‘ Victoria. Noble took seven wicke:s for 53 runs, and Macartney six for 49. At the time the la-<t issue of Cricket went t >press we were able to give only a summary of the bowling figures of the mitch between New South Wales and Queensland, at Bris­ bane. The fu ll analysis is :— Q ueensland . First innings. Second innings. <> M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Cotter ....... 14 I 53 2 ........... 11 3 40 0 Garnsey ... 17 3 61 4 ........... 21 0 94 4 Macartney ... 5 2 11 3 ........... 10 0 31 0 Redgrave ... 2 1 2 0 ........... 125 0 105 5 Barnes ... 8 2 32 0 N ew S outh W ales . O. M R. W. O. M R. W Hayes ... 28*3 (i 120 4 TIartigan.. 17 3 65 0 Timbnry... 29 6 123 1 Brown ... 2 0 10 0 McCaffrey 28 2 132 1 Simpson... 11 1 59 0 Barstow... 27 2 115 2 Thompson 10 3 37 0 Dunn ... 10 0 59 0 Evans ... 3 0 28 0 W ISD EN .* Total.................61 Total ............179 N ew S outh W ales . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. O’Connor... 31 8 1193 Wright ... 25 4 91 6 McBeath ... 25.3 8 691 : Claxton ... 5 0 16 0 Travers ... 12 2 50 0 1 Pellew ... 1 0 2 0 To say that Wisden in January is as welcome as flowers in May is to understate the case. The Almanack , now in its forty-fourth year, has long been acknowledged as indispensable to every player and follower of the game, and the latest issue will prove as valuable and as great a joy as any of its predeces&ois. The success last season of Kent was so popular among cricketers generally that it is not surprising to find considerable space in the present volume devoted to the County’s cricket. Mr. K. L. Hutchings and Arthur Fielder are included in the “ Five Cricketers of the Year,” whilst Mr. George Marsham reviews the last thirty years or so of Kent cricket, and Capt. McCanlis writes on “ The Tonbridge Nursery.” That the volume is as ♦John Wisden’s Cricketers’ Almanack for 1907. John Wisden and Co., 21, Cranbourn Street, W.C. Is.