Cricket 1907

D ec . 19, 1907. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 469 McAlistor was seen to advantage in each innings, and Hartigan, who did well in the Queensland match, and Redgrave made good scores. Hutchings celebrated his twenty-fifth birthday by playing a sound and vigorous innings, in the course of which he punished Cotter for 20 in an over. Braund bowled with much effect in the first innings of the home side. Score:— A n A u s tr a lia n XI. R. Hartigan, 16 and not out 55 ; C. G. Macartney, 42; F. A. Tarrant, 2 and 3 ; P. McAlister, 57 and not out 51; W. W. Armstrong, 6 ; S. E. Gregory, 27 and 0 ; S. J. Redgrave, 66; W. B. Hayes, 32; A. Cotter, 35; W. T. Evans, not out, 13; J. V. Saunders, 1 ; byes, &c., 2 and 1. Totals, 299 and (for 2 wkts.) 110. E n g la n d : F. L. Fane, 21; R. A. Young, 34; Hum phries, 1 ; Hayes, 13 ; K. L. Hutchings, 72 ; Hard staff, 9 ; Braund, 17 ; J. N. Crawford, 30; Rhodes, 8; Blythe, 9; Fielder, not out, 2; byes, &c., 7. Total, 223. Braund took seven Australian wickets for 117runs whilst Macartney, by obtaining four for 36, did best with the ball for the home side. 7 th M a t c h . —v. AUSTRALIA. ( the first test ). Played at Sydney on December 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, and 19. Australia won by two wickets. In the absence of A. O. Jones, who was unfortu nately in hospital at Brisbane suffering from congestion of the right lung, Geo. Gunn was included in the England side and with the happiest result. His scores of 119 and 74, despite the fine up-hill play by the homo side in their second innings, were clearly the feature of the match. The lack of Jones’ leadership must certainly have handi capped the side, whilst it is very doubtful whether the preference given to Young over Humphries was justified. Rain interfered greatly with the match on the fourth day and prevented any play taking place yesterday. On the last day, although the wicket had been .affected by rain, the Australians managed to pull off the match, playing a splendid up-hill game. Score :— E n g la n d .— F. L. Fane, 2 and 33; R. A. Young, 13 and 3; Gunn (G.), 119 and 74; K. L. Hutchings, 42 and 17 ; Braund, 30 and not out 32; Hardstaff, 12 and 63; Rhodes, 1 and 29; J. N. Crawford, 31 and 5; Barnes, 1 and 11; Blythe, 5 and 15; Fielder, not out 1 and 6; byes, etc., 16 and 12. Totals, 273 and 300, A u s tr a lia .— V. Trumper, 43 and 3; P. McAlister’ 3and 41; C. Hill, 87 and 1; M. A. Noble, 37 and 27 ; W. W. Armstrong, 7 and 44; V. Ransford, 24 and 13; O. G. Macartney, 35 and 9 ; H. Carter, 25 and 61; G. Hazlitt, not out 18 and not out 34; A. Cotter, 2 and not out 33 ; J. V. Saunders, 9 ; byes, etc. 10 and 9. Totals, 300 and (eight wickets) 275. Cotter took six wickets for 101 runs in the first innings of England and Saunders four for 68 in the second. In the first innings of Australia Fielder’s analysis was six for 82. O B ITU ARY . M a jo r W. B l a c k e r , J.P. Major William Blacker, who was born in Dublin on September 29th, 1853, died in November in his fifty-fifth year. He was in the Harrow Eleven in 1871 and 1872, in the latter year playing a fine first innings of 45— the highest in the match—against Eton, jit Lord’s. Scoresand Biographies (xii., 167) said of him :—“ Is a fine hitter, fields generally at long-stop or long-field, and has distinguished himself in various matches in which he has participated.” He was for four years, 1873-76, a member of the Cambridge Eleven, playing each year against Oxford at Lord’s. His scores in the ’ Varsity match were very disappointing, being only 24 and 26, 0 and 0, 19and 1, 0 and not out 0 : Cambridge won by nine wickets in 1876, but each of the other three matches resulted in favour of Oxford. His best performance in a match of note was to score 86 for Gentlemen of the South against Players of the South at the val in 1876. CRICKET IN JAPAN. ENGLISH PUBLIC SCHOOLS v. THE REST. Played at Yokohama on September 7. The Public Schools won by 39 runs. The feature of this twelve-a-side match was the batting of Mollison, who scored his 72 runs out of 91 obtained whilst in. The Rest, who batted one short, were beaten by 39 runs. Score and analysis;— E nglish P ublic S chools . O. Strome (Hurstpier point), run out ... 3 B. C. Foster (Mill Hill), c E. W. Kilby, b Edwards ......... 10 P. E. Bousfleld (St. Paul’s), b H. W. Kilby........................34 F.E.Colchester(Black- heath), b Edwards... 0 J. M. Mollison (Ross all), c Drummond, b Von Fallot ......... 72 E. C. Jeffery (Marl borough) b Von Fal lot ........................ 0 N. Buckle (Clifton), c Davur.b H.W.Kilby 0 T h e W. Ross, run out ... 0 R. E. Davur, b Bous- field ........................ 0 C. Thwaites, c Foster, b Mollison ......... 0 H. W. Kilby, c Buckle, b Bousfield ......... 38 W. D. S. Edwards, c Squire, b Bousfield 17 C. von Fallot, c Haw kins, b Foster ... 20 G. W. Hawkins (Dul wich), b Von Fallot L. C. Sliarman (Bed ford Grammar), c Bharucha, b H. W. Kilby........................ E. Eddison (Charter house), c Edwards, b H. W. Kilby........ . T. Kilby (Reading), not out ................. E. L. Squire (Christ’s Hospital), run out... Byes, &c............. Total ..........1! R est . E. W. Kilby, c Bous field, b Foster.......... W. E. Gooch, b Foster V. A. Hearne, b Bous field ................. ... K. M. Bharucha, c Hawkins, b Foster... J. E. Drummond, not not ........................ Byes, &c.............. Total 95 E n glish P ublic S chools . O. M. R.W. O. M. R. W. Ross .......... 8 1 440 I Edwards ... 8 2 22 2 H. W. Kilby 8*2 0 454 | Von Fallot... 6 1 18 3 T h e R est . O. M. R. W. Mollison ... 10 1 30 II Foster Bousfield... 12-5 3 41 4 O. M. R. W. 3 0 19 4 Y O K O H A M A v. T O K Y O . Played at Yokoham a on October 5. Tokyo won by four wickets. The previous match between these two sides, played on June 29th, resulted in favour of Yokohama by 53 runs (182 to 129), but on the present occasion Tokyo proved successful by four wickets. The fall of the last Tokyo m icket was thus described by the Japan Advertiser : “ Foster went on to bowl again, and Smith hit a hot liner straight at him. Foster stopped it, dropped it, recovered it before it fell to the ground only to lose it again, fell down, but at the same time finally and triumphantly clutched the sphere between his palms.” Score and analysis :— Y okohama . K. W. Kilby, b Hardman .................25 O. Strome, b Lindley ........................27 E. W. Kilby, c Steele, b Edwards ... 34 P. E. Bousfield, c Simpson, b Edwards 0 J. M. Mollison, c Champain, b Edwards 16 A. G. Hearne, b Edwards ................. 0 B. C. Foster, c Lindley, b Paske Smith 37 W. Ross, b Edwards ........................ 8 C. von Fallot, c Steele, b Edwards ... 4 A. Kingdon, b Edwards .................14 E. L. Squire, not out ........................ 8 Byes, &c....................................10 Total ........................183 T okyo . Hon. F. O. Lindley, run out ..........16 Major Cheyne, b Foster .................21 H. T. Rice, run out............................... 0 W. D. S Edwards, c Squire, b Foster 5 K. Hardman, not out ........................89 Major Champain, b E. Kilby ..........33 H. Paske Smith, c and b Foster ... 10 Capt. D. Kepenstal, not out .......... 0 Byes, etc................................10 Total (6 wickets) 184 Capt. R. Steele, H. Clive, and Capt. Simpson did not bat. Y okohama . B. RM. W. B. R.M. W. Paske Smith 50 301 II Edwards . 102 46 2 7 Simpson ... 21 181 0 I.indley ... 66 44 1 1 Ilardman... 72 351 1 | nardman delivered a no-ball and I.indley bowled a vide. T okyo . B. R. M. W. Mollison- ... 36 20 1 0 Foster Squire 72 19 3 3 36 20 0 0 Von Fallot 24 23 0 0 Foster, Von Fallot and E. Kilby each bowled a wide. B. R. M. W. H. Kilby... 12 13 0 0 Bousfield 24 21 0 0 E W.Kilby 33 35 0 1 Kingdon .. 30 23 0 0 M .C .C . AND GROUND. (F irst -C lass M atches .) Matches played, 11 ; won, 5 ; tie, 1 ; drawn, 2 ; lost, 3. BATTING AVERAGES. No. Times Most of not Total in an inns. out. runs. inns. Aver. G. T. Branston......... 3 ... 0 ... 119 ... 56 ... 39.66 Tarrant ................ 12 ... 2 ... 333 ... 117 ... 33 30 A. E. Lawton .......... 5 ... 0 ... 161 ... 89 ... 32 20 P. F. Warner .......... 8 ... 1 ... 215 ... 58 ... 30-71 Braund ................ 8 ... 0 ... 240 ... 137 ... 30-00 Capt. E. G. Wynyard 3 ... 0 ... 82 ... 38 ... 27’33 Hubble ................ 4 ... 1 ... 71 ... 43 ... 23*66 L. P. Collins .......... 11 ... 1 ... 234 ... 82 .. 23-40 B. S. Foster .......... 4 ... 0 ... 92 ... 86 ... 23*00 King (J. H.) ........ 5 ... 0 ... 86 ... 46 ... 17'20 Capt.H.F.Montgomery 3 ... 0 ... 44 ... 31 ... 14-66 A. A. Torrens ........ 3 ... 0 ... 39 ... 28 ... 13-00 Thompson (G. J.) ... 6 ... 0 ... 72 ... 37 ... 12-00 Buckenham ......... 3 ... 0 ... 35 ... 30 ... 1T66 C. V. Baker .......... 4 ... 0 ... 46 ... 22 ... 11-50 A. P. Day ................. 5 ... 1 .. 42 ... 24 ... 10 50 F. L. Fane................. 4 ... 0 ... 32 ... 23 ... 8*00 Mead (W .)................. 3 ... 0 ... 22 ... 22 ... 7-33 S. J. Snooke ........ 3 ... 0 ... 21 ... 18 ... 7‘00 Trott (A. E.) .......... 11 ... 1 ... 66 ... 28 ... 6-60 K. O. Goldie .......... 4 ... 0 ... 24 ... 13 ... 6-00 Hearne (J. T .) ........ 4 ... 1 ... 17 ... 10 ... 5-66 The following also batted :—Fielder, 10, 1*, and 0 ; Humphries (J.), 6, 0*, and 1* ; P. W. Sherwell, 1, 9*, and 0 ; W. S. Bird, 11 and 39 ; It. V. Buxton, 16 and 14 ; Sir A. Conan Doyle, 19 and 8* ; Cox (G.), 3 and 0; J. W. H. T. Douglas, 8 and 15 ; East, 4* and 2* ; H. K. Foster, 3 and 16; Hardstaff, 0 and 21 ; J. C. Hartley, 0 and 0; A. J. L. Hill, 3 and 2; K. L. Hutchings, 33 and 56; H. D. G. Leveson-Gowcr, 3 and 29 ; R. P. Lewis, 0* and 3 ; Llewellyn, 0 and 3 ; H. H. Marriott, 10 and 0 ; P. R. May, 16 and 7 ; Rev. W. P. G. McCormick, 17 and 0 ; G. G. Napier, 15 and 5* ; Hon. D. O’Brien, 13 and 0* ; Overton, 19 and 0 ; Reeves, 39 and 17 ; Capt. C. Disney Roebuck, 7 and 5; G. H. Simpson-Hayward, 0 and 15; R. II. Spooner, 3 and 2 ; H. D. Stratton, 5 and 6 ; L. J. Tancred, 5 and 31 ; G. J. V. Weigall, 19 and 5 ; Wrathall, 16 and 15 ; Major H. M. Barnes, 3* ; Capt. E. L. Challenor, 37 ; J. Douglas, 20 ; G. H. Drum mond, 2 ; Huish, 0 ; N. A. Knox, 1* ; E. C. Lee, 42 ; F. H. Liebenrood, 3: Mignon, 5* ; Lieut.-Col. H. C. Moorhouse, 4 : Newman, 2 ; M. W. Payne, 17 ; Relf (A. E.), 6 ; and N. C. Tufnell, 22. *Signifies not out. “ CENTURIES ” FOR. Braund, v. Leicestershire, May 30........................137 Tarrant, v. Oxford University, June 27 ..........117 BOWLING AVERAGES. Overs. Mdne. Runs.Wkts. Aver* Fielder ....................50‘2... 7 ... 133 ... 13 ... 10 23 Trott (A. E.) ...........211-5... 67 ... 538 ... 45 ... 11-95 Tarrant .................. 296.4... 75 ... 733 ... 52 ... 14-09 Heame (J .T .)........... 75.2... 25 ... 150 ... 9 ... 16-60 Braund .....................70*1... 13 ... 211 ... 11 ... 19-18 King (J. H.) .......... 26 .. 2 ... 96... 4 ... 24 00 Buckenham ..........3S ... 6 ... 145 ... 6 ... 24*16 Mead (W .)................. 66-1... 14 ... 204 ... 6 ... 34 00 Thompson (G. J.) ... 42 ... 5 ... 170 ... 5 ... 34'00 Fielder delivered 7 no-balls, Thompson 3, Mignon, Napier, and Overton 2 each, and Knox and Mead one apiece. The following bowled in two innings : G. T. Bran ston (10.2-2-40-2), Cox (G.) (32-11-71-7), N. A. Knox (9-2-26-2), Llewellyn (16-1-36-2), P. R. May (27.4-6- 117-5), Mignon (27.4-3-104-2), Ovorton (13-3-33-4), Beeves (27.4-5-88-6), and S. J. Snooke (31-7-72-5). The following bowled once ; J. W. H. T. Douglas (3.2-2-12-1), East (9-2-25-1), J. C. Hartley (2-0-20-0), A. E. Lawton (6-1-24-0), Rev. W. P. G. McCormick (1-0-5-0), G. G. Napier (7-1-19-1), Relf (A.E.) (4-1-5-0), G. H. Simpson-Hayward (3-0-23-0), and A. A. Torrens (3-0-9-0).