Cricket 1907

444 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. O ct. 31, 1007. Mackay should have settled down to his new duties in Melbourne. He arrived at Port Adelaide from South Afiica in the Oswestry Orange on August 13ih, nr.d afterwards proceeded to Uralla (N.S.W.) in order to visit his relations and friends. It is pleating to learn that there is every prospect of his eye-sight becoming as sound again as it has ever been. A sh o rt time ago it appeared probable that a Fijian team would visit Australia this winter in order to play matches and to witness the Test or other games of the English team, but the latest advices received from Australia report that the project has been postponed uniil a more opportune time The team was to have been led by Batu Kadavu, the reigning chief of Fiji, whose photograph in cricketing costume I am proud to possess. It may be as well to recall that in 1895 a Fiji team, under the command of the Hon. J. 8. Udal, Attorney- Gereral of Fiji and an old contributor to Cricket, toured New Z«aland and won 4 matches, lost 2, and drew 2. T h e eighth Tournament for the West Indian inter-Colonial Cricket Trophy was decided last month on the beautiful Bourda grounds of British Guiana in favour of Trinidad, who defeated the holders, Barbados, after qualifying for the final by beating British Guiana by nine wickets. The eight Tournaments have resulted as follows :— 1893-4 .......... ... Won by Barbados 1895-6 .......... ,, British Guiana. 1897-8 .......... ,, Barbados 1899-00 ,, Barbados 1901-2.......... ,, Trinidad 1903-4 .......... ,, Trinidad 1905-6 .......... ,, Barbados 1907-8 .......... ,, Trinidad Matches between Barbados and British Guiana date back to 1865, when the former won on their own ground in February by 138 runs and the latter in the return, in September, by two wickets. In the first maich of the series the brothers A. and F. B. Smith dismissed all their opponents in each innings, the totals being only 22 and 38. Barbados and Trinidad did not meet until 1891. I t so seldom occurs, at least in Eng­ land, that the Post Office authorities deserve anything but the gratitude of cricket lovers for their promptitude in dealing with the transmission of the scores and accounts of matches that the following letter may be regarded almost in the light of a curiosity To the Editor of The People and the Berbice Gazette. If the Postmaster-General cannot make better arrangements for telegraphing the details of the Cricket Tournament, I would suggest the closing of the Post Office in pre­ ference to the tampering with the sporting spirit of the community.—I am, fc-ir, etc., A C r ic k e t e r . New Amsterdam. 13 th September, 1907. Iu another isBue of the same paper a Port Mourant correspondent described a cricket match iu a manner which recalls son e cf tbe accounts published iu tl o early days of Bell's L ife :— Pin. Albion was on Monday last a scene of festive joy, as a cricket match which had been long impending between the representa­ tives of the Port Mourant “ Champion C.C.” and those of the Albion “ New Zealand C.C.” took place amidst a large concourse of spectators. A tent, in honour of the occa­ sion, was erected; without was decorated with several fligs, including a Union Jack, which instilled into one’s mind the deference and loyalty that are due to the King. Within were refreshments, and in attendance was a band of music, which uniformly kept time with both bowlers and batters as each tested their powers of superiority, with occa­ sional cheers, “ oh’s ! ” and “ a h ! ” inter­ spersed between. As is usually the ease in this fundamental element of sport, arbitrary display of prophetic harangues was rife; some attributed success to the Albionites, and oihers (o the visitors, who were in noway disposed to participate in such obnoxious revelries. The home team, after many exerting influences, scored 41 and 34 runs respectively for their first and second innings; and the visitors, after a fall of four wickets for their first in D in g s , had 141 runs recorded, with an excess of 100 to their credit, and who, realising that it was no good to invest continuation of batting after having scored so many runs, declared ; thus being victorious by an innings, with a third of their men, compared agaii st two innings to that of the home team, by 66 runs. That he who boasts on his own merits when the battle rages without, shall have cause some day or the other to Bee those very merits eclipsed when it does rage within, is an old adage which accurately fits the situation here described. The collection will now be made. T h e London PlayiDg Field Society held a meeting at the Sports Club on the 22nd inst., the Hon. Sir Chandos Leigh in the chair. Lord Dalmeny was elected a member. The Goldsmiths’ Playing Field at Mottingham was reported to be in full working order, and the Fairlcp Playing Field to be ready for use. lt was, however, resolved to keep the latter closed for another year. The Secretai y, Mr. G. J. Mordaunt, of 45, Gloucester Street, S.W., stated that Mr. Thorne had represented the Society at a meeting at the Town Hall, Manchester, held for the purpose of forming a similar Society in that city. I n a match played in Bombay on the 5th inst. between Government Telegraphs and B.I.M . Dockyard, Wadia, playing for the latter, took five wickets in an over, four of them bowled down with consecutive balls. T h e Sydney Referee states that the Victorian Cricket Association has lost £992 on the matches with Tasmania in the last nine years, the expenses being £1,200 and the receipts £208, and that since 1893 the New South Wales Asso­ ciation has lost about £1,500 on the meetings with Queensland. P la y in g in Sydney on Saturday last for Paddington v. Waverley, Trumper (89) scored 50 in five minutes. In this connection it may be recalled that at Fratnlingham iu July, 1905, B. D. Inskip, hitting three 6’s and sixteen 4’s, made 100 in twelve minutes in a time­ limit ma'ch for Past v. Present of Framliugham College. A t a m e e tin g o f th e C am b rid g e U n iv ­ e rsity C .C . o n M o n d a y last, M r. B . A . Y o u n g , w h o is o n to u r w ith th e E n g lish team in A u stralia, w a s elected ca p tain , M r. J. N. B u ch an an h on . secreta ry, and M r. C . C . G . W rig h t assistant treasurer. T h e fo llo w in g are som e o f th 9 latest h u n d re d s ;— AUGUST. 19. W. Whitaker,Mimico Asylum v. Grimsby... 153 20. C R. Fausset, Woodbrook O. and G. v. Dublin University Long Vacation ... 101 22. D. F. Woods, Toronto v. Grimsby .......... 112 22. H. Gibson, Grimsby v. Toronto .................*104 24. W. Marsden, Aura Lee v. St. Augustine ... *131 24. W. L. Rind, Seychelles Gymkhana v. H.M.S. Hermione ...............................*103 29. W. Balster, Chicago Wanderers v. Toronto *110 31. W. H Garratt, St. Albans v Niagara .......... 106 31. J. Crouch,Grace Plains v. Wildnorse Plains (S. Australia) ...................................... 110 31. A. Osborne, Grace Plains v. Wildhorse Plains (8. Australia).......... ................. 104 SEPTEMBER. 9. Capt. Greig, Poona Gymkhana v. Bombay Gymkhana ............................................. *105 9. Capt. Hinde, Poona Gymkhana v. Bombay Gymkhana .............................................. 101 12. Mulla, Parsees v. Bombay Presidency........ 151 14. W. Barbour, Botany District v.Ashfield ... 135 14. O. Warton, Sargent’s v. Camperdown Juniors.................................................... 102 14. T. Hume, Kogarah Presbyterian v. Kogarah 118 14. S. M. Gregory, Dulwich v. Brixton Wan­ derers .................................................... 108 14. S. E. Huntley, Dulwich v. Brixton Wan­ derers ..................................................... 124 14. McMillan, Alberts v. St. Mary’s (Centennial Park) .................................................... *102 14. B. Fitzpatrick, Roselle v. Balmain Juniors... 111 14. F. Storey, Roselle v Balmain Juniors.......... 131 17. Capt. E. G. Wynyard, M.O.O. v. New York... 145 17. L. P. Collins, M.O.O. v. New York................. 102 18. G. R. Roberts, XIII. Young Amateurs of Surrey v. W. Findlay’s X III... .......... 135 18. V. F. S. OrawCord, London County v. Wal- ham Green .............................................. 131 18. O. A. Ollivierre, Wye Valley Wanderers v. Wicksworth............................................. 116 19. S. Sampson, Camberwell v. Stanley ... *106 19. A. Spring, F. Stedman’s Surrey XI. v. XVIII. of Oobham ............................... 107 20. V. F. S. Crawford, Dr. J. J. Cameron’s XI. v. Victoria Park Association................. 110 21. D. McRae, Sellick’s Hill v. Aldinga .......... 102 21. W. Snook, Owen v Balaklava (.S. Australia) 102 21. R. Tiller, Owen v. Boundary (S. Australia) 113 21. —. Morris, Vandelindes v. Dalgetys ..... 101 21. P. O’Brien, Paddington v. Belsize ..*102 21. T. Hayward, T. Hayward’s XII. v. F. Hay­ ward’s X ll. (at Cambridge) ................. 116 21. W. Hanwell, Brondesbury v. Harrow Weald *126 21. B. Goodwin, Marlborough v Nunhead ... *102 21. F. Densham, Orient-Royal Mail Line v. A Lloyd’s Team ...................................... 105 21. E. A. Bennett, E A. Bennett’s XL v R. A. Bennett’s XI (Brondesbury).................*119 25. O. A. Ollivierre, Wye Valley Wanderers v. Rowsley.............. ...................................... 109 25. K. O. Goldie, M.C O. v. XV11I. Colts of Philadelphia............................................. 145 25. V. F S. Crawford, Rev. J. O. Crawford’s XI. v. Merstham.............. ....................... *178 27. Capt Frederick, Secunderabad Gymkhana v. Union C.C............................................ 151 28. Ward, North London v. Northampton Institute ............................................. 132 28. A. Millward, W . Warsop’s XI. v. A. S. Warsop’s XI. (at Lord’s )........................ 125 OCTOBER. 1. M. C. Bird, Harrow School v. Michaelmas Geese .................................................... 120 3. Date, B. B. and O. I. Railway v. Poona Gymkhana ............................................. *149 26. F. L. F ane , E ngland v . W estern A us ­ tralia (at Perth)...................................... 133