Cricket 1907

26 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. F eb. 28, 1907. around Madras. 1 have seen cricket bats and tennis racquets, and I learn that you have produced an eleven to play cricket; and that some of you have done well in lawn tennis. You know the English people are all fond of sports, and some of the best sportsmen that you find in India are the Mahomedans them­ selves. I hope you will not neglect this particular branch of amusement and outdoor recreation and that you will he ahle to show as good a front as the other colleges do in games and sports which do so much to develop the body and train the muscles, in the same way that you train your intelligence and your brains inside the walls of this building. Lord Wenlock, as readers of Cricket are well aware, has long been a staunch sup­ porter of the game. I can myself recall an occasion upon which he and Lord Harris, then Governor of Bombay, went in first together for Gareshkind. It was against Bombay Gymkhana, in Septem­ ber, 1894, and Lord Harris scored 92. It was stated to be probably the first time on record that two Governors of our Indian dominions had gone to the wickets together. I n the first week of February a match was played at Madras between the Immanuel Club and the M.U.C. The score, which is well worthy a place in “ Gossip,” owing to the interesting names of the players, is appended :— M.U.O. Buchi Babu, b Venugopal Naidu ......... 7 B. Subramaniam, run o u t ..................... 63 Ganapathy, st Vehugopaul Hoodaly ... 16 S. V. Ohetty, c and b Meganathan.............11 Ethirajulu, b Thiruvengadam................ 5 Bangara Babu, lbw..................................... 2 Kulasekaram, not out ............................10 R. Ohary, b Thiruvengadam ..............19 Muthoo, b Thiruvengadam...................... 1 Sundara Babu, run out....................... ... 2 Ekambaram, b Thiruvengadam ... ... 0 Byes............................................. 8 Total ...........................144 I mmanuel O lue . Bhaktavatealu, c S. V. Ohetty, b II. Chari 0 Duraisami, b Ganapathy ................... 22 Meganathan, b Subramaniam .............. 6 Kuppusami, c Buchi Babu, b Subrama­ niam........................................................ 15 Venugopal, not out ............................19 Byes ........................ .............14 Total (4wickets) ............ 75 Balaksishnan, Thiruvengadam, Thiruvengadasami, Kotliandapani, Murugasen, and Venugopalan did not bat. T h e name of W. W. Armstrong, who made 168 not out against New South Wales, at Melbourne, at the end of December, is linked with quite a number of records His 303 not out against Somerset is the highest innings ever played for an Australian Eleven in England. The 168 not out is the highest for Victoria against New South Wales, and his 165 is likewise the highest for Victoria against South Australia. His 438 for the Melbourne C.C. against the Melbourne University is the highest innings ever played in Australia, apart, that is, from Tasmania, where C. J. Eady’s 566 reigns, and is likely to be uneclipsed for many years. His 335 for the Melbourne C.C. against Southland is the largest innings ever played in New Zealand, and his 200 the highest ever made for Victoria against Queensland, and the second highest ever played for Victoria in any match, the one surpassing effort being P. A. McAlister’s 224 against New Zealand. No other Victorian has made so many centuries against New South Wales and South Australia, the number to his credit being six :—118, 103, and 165 against S.A., and 137, 118, and 168 not out against N.S.W. O n January 5th he scored 251 for Melbourne v. Essendon, hitting five 6’s and thirty 4’s, and on the 19th made 203 not out for Melbourne v. the University. It was then stated that during the season he had obtained 702 runs for his club in six completed innings. The Melbourne score against Essendon was as follows: M elbourne. W. W. Armstrong, e Proud, b Forsyth ...251 F. Vaughan, b Sampford ......................13 H. Bowden, b Sampford ........................ 0 V. Ransford, run out ............................ 66 B. J. Tuckwell, c Wright, b Proud.......24 R. G. Johnstone, c Griffith, b Forsyth ... 60 A. H. Johnston, c Wright, b Forsyth ... 0 B. A. Onions, not o u t .............................44 H. Monfries, b Sampford ....................... 0 G. IJazlitt, st Wright, by Forsyth ......... 1 A. Shew, not out .............................. ... 34 Extras...........................................14 Total (9 wickets).........*507 ♦Innings declared closed. Melbourne won by 440 runs on the first innings. T h e following interesting remarks con­ cerning New South Wales cricket were contributed by “ Not Out ” to the Sydney Referee :— The continued supremacy of New South Wales on the cricket field is not likely to be beneficial or stimulating to Australian cricket generally, however pleasing it is to supporters of the game in the Mother State. That the supremacy exists, however, will be admitted when one observes that this State has beaten Victoria in ten of the last eleven matches, South Australia in the last twelve consecutive matches, and Queensland in sixteen consecu­ tive matches that have been decided. Of these thirty-nine no fewer than sixteen have been won with an innings to spare. And in them New South Wales has made some pro­ digious totals, viz., 918, 805, 763, 691, 681, 624, 556, 548, and 545. It would be good to see Victoria or South Australia shortly dethrone New South Wales, though so far there is no sign that this continued success is the forerunner of cricketing deterioration here. Still, the stimulus of an occasional defeat might tend to make the eleven of this State still more powerful and better qualified for the task that sooner or later will confront it— the meeting with England. It is peculiar that the form of New South Wales against the last two English teams was comparatively moderate, most of the leading players show­ ing ordinary cricket in these matches, though immensely successful in the Tests. V ictor T r u m p e r , playing for A. H. Maearthur’s Sydney team v. E. G. B ix - ter’ sWestern team, at Sydney, on Boxing Day, made 22 runs—a four and three 6’s —off four successive balls delivered by B. Kenna. On the previous day Petersham had made 241 for three wickets in 75 minutes against the Western District, E. Newton scoring 123 and G. Harvey 100. P l a y in g in a twelve a-side match for the Emu Red Bills against Prospect, at Prospect (N.S.W.), on Boxing Day, C. Clark secured all eleven wickets for 14 runs, the total being 25. In their second innings they scored 50. The Red Bills compiled 281, and won by an innings and 206 runs. H a r r y T rott , under whose able leadership several notable Australian victories have been gained, recently showed such good form in a match in Melbourne that “ Felix,” writing in the Australasian, observed:—“ Now that Victorian cricket seems to be on the down grade, I think it would ba well to try the veteran in the return match against New South Wales. His pluck, skill, and generalship might have a good effect.” In an innings of 82 for Bendigo United v. South Melbourne Trott hit a six and fifteen 4’s. P la y in g for North Sydney v. Central Cumberland at North Sydney on January 12ch, F. Humphries, a left-handed bats­ man, scored 60 out of 89 in 20 minutes whilst in with W. W. Chapman. He hit five 6’s. L overs of crickei will learn with pleasure (says “ Felix” in The Austra­ lasian) that the punishing bitsman, J. Worrall, is about to enter the field again. He has applied to be permitted to play for Collingwood, with which club he is engaged as coach, and he states that his s jle reason for doing so is to help along young players, in whom he had always taken great interest. The application was granted. I hear that the old warrior is iu “ good nick.” P articu lars of a genuine curiosity reach me from Tasmania. Early in January Social Circle lodged a protest against Eik for committing a breach of the rules by closing their innings before the conclusion of the first day’s play, Tue Northern Association, after going thoroughly into the matter, upheld the protest. The portion of the Circle’s inn- lugs which had been played on the first day was cancelled, and they were allowed to make a fresh start, with the privilege of batting an extra hour, should they desire to do so. This, as it happened, proved rather unfortunate for Social Circle, who lost their first five wickets for 21 runs, and were eventually beaten by 161 on the first innings. E. L. W r ig h t (Winchester and New College) will ba captain of Oxford Uni­ versity this year, and G. N. Foster (Malvern and Worcester) honorary secre­ tary. The corresponding positions at Cambridge will be held by M. W . Payne (Wellington and Trinity) and R. A. Young (Repton and King’s). E. W. E ll io t , who captained the Durham County Eleven during the past five seasons, has resigned owing to pressure of business. Last year his county average was just over 40 runs an innings, his highest effort being 217 not