Cricket 1907

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As wag generally anticipated, the M.C.C. team experienced no difficulty in defeating Queensland by a substantial margin, but it was, perhaps, as well for them that rain prevented any play on the last day of their match with An Austra­ lian Eleven. In the latter game their position was certainly somewhat critical on the second evening, but it is probable they would have succeeded in effecting a draw bad a full day’s play been possible on the Monday. T h e result of the first Test Match will have caused not a little disappointment to Englishmen, for up to the very last a victory for their side appeared probable. One can sympathize with the players in being deprived of the leadership of Mr. Jones without being accused of making his absence an excuse for the loss of the game. George Gunn, who played as his substitute, was a distinct success, as his scores of 119 and 74 plainly show, but Mr. Fane, although a skilful captain, does not inspire a eide to anything like the extent that Mr. Jones is able to do. The latter is one of those players the value of whose seivice to a side is seldom found adequately expressed on the score-sheet. It is to be hoped that he will effect a speedy and complete recovery, and soon be able to resume his plaoe in the field. G r e a t praise is due to the Australians for the able game they played in the final stage of the match, especially as the wicket had been affected by the previous heavy rain. So far as one can judge, chief credit belongs to Hanson Carter, who scored an invaluable 61 at a critical time, but the unfinished partnership of Cotter and Hazlitt—the latter, by-the- way, has not yet reached his majority— must not be overlooked. In many quarters over here the batting ability of Carter has been much under-rated, it evidently being forgotten that he has made more than one three-figure score in inter-State cricket. The result of the match will cause the coming meetings of the sides to be anticipated with very keen interest, but in order to secure the rubber England will have to win three of the four matches—a difficult task for a not over-strong side on their opponents’ ground. The Lancet states that Prince Ranjit- sinbjihas given Rs. 1000 to the Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy Hospital, Bombay. During his recent illness, His Highness was attended by nurses from that institution, and in recognition of the skill and care bestowed upon him he asked the senior medical officer to accept the donation and to dispose of the amount as he thought proper. The senior medical officer con­ sequently allotted Rs. 600 to the Hospital and Rs. 400 to the Nurses’ Home. On Monday list His Highness was received in audience by the King at Buckingham Palace. T h e Annual Report of the Buenos Aires C.C. for 1906-7 shows that during the season the First and Second Eleven* played 55 matches, of which 26 were won, 21 lost, and 8 drawn. The most successful First Eleven batsman was G. Brown, who scored 567 runs in seventeen completed innings with an average of 33.35, whilst J. J. Dowson, with a record of 48 wickets at a cost of 8 94 runs each, headed the bowling figures. The two most important fixtures for 1907-8 are Camp v. Town on February 22od and 23rd, and North v. South on the first three days of March. In the October issue of Cricket I stated, on the authority of a brief cabled message, that Yictor Trumper, ia a match played in Sydney on October 26th between Paddington and Waverley, had scored 50 runs in the extraordinarily short space of five minutes. A recent mail brings full particulars of the feat. The match was played on the Hampden Oval, and it was in the second innings of Paddington that the fast scoring was recorded. Trumper and N. Winning went in first, and, after 14 runs had been made from the opening four overs, Trumper scjred 32 (4, 4, 6, 6, 6, 6) off an over from T. Rose. Of the following over from Rose Trumper received four balls, the first being played to point and each of the others hit for 6. Fifty-one runs were thus hit from the two overs — 50 by Trumper and one by Winning. The pair were together 35 minutes, during which time 120 runs were made—89 of them by Trumper, who was then stumped. Y. T.’s hits were as follows :—4, 4, 2, 1, 4, 4, 6, 6, 6, 6, 4, 6, 6, 6, 4, 4, 4, 1, 2, 1, 2, 4,1 ,1 , whilst Rose’s first four overs were pun­ ished for 67 runs—4 . . 4 2 . . . 1 4 . 1 4 4 6 6 6 6 . 1 . 6 6 6. Winning scored 45 before returning a ball to the bowler. P u b l ic School batsmen in Sydney give promise of scoring as heavily as any of their predecessors, if the cricket shown in the match between Sydney Grammar School and The King’s School at Parra­ matta on October 26th counts for an; - thing. During the day 740 runs were scored for eight wickets, but, as two batsmen retired, only six actually fell. The Grammar School scored 590 for five wickets and then declared, E. M. Fisher (184 retired) and E. P . Barbour (171 retired) adding 325 together in 150 minutes for the second wicket. The King’s School replied with 150 for three wickets and on the following Tuesday completed their innings for 258, one of the Walford brothers scoring 112. During the first month of the teason Fisher made 607 in four innings for the Grammar School, and Barbour 443 iu three.