Cricket 1907

46 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M arch 28, 1907. time with still one run behind. H. Car- norry made 33, Hickey 28, Fogarty 15. W ith three wickets in hand, two runs to get, and three minutes to play, excite­ ment was at fever heat. J. Vincent rose to the occasion lor Muttama, securing the three wickets with consecutive balls, thus performing the hat trick and winning the match. In (his innings Fogarty was run out singularly. The striker, driving the hall hard hack, it hit the howler’s leg, and knocked Fogarty’s wicket down, he being out of his ground through following up the delivery. Cricket, 8 s I believe I have said before, is a curious game. P l a y in g for Greyville v. Queen’s Park, io Durban, on February 23rd, A. D. Nourse scored 171 out of 283 in 175 minutes -without a mistake of any kind. His chief hits were four 6’s, fifteen 4’s, ar.d three 3’s. JAM R AN JITS1NH J I’S SOLILOQUY. [As stated in last month’ s Cricket, Ranjit- sinhji is now Jam of Navanagar.] I am monarch (or “ Jam,” as they say), M y right there is none to dispute; My subjects are happy and gay, And dance to the sound oi the lute. Yet In d ia! what are thy charms Compared with those of the land Where yokels in outlying farms Can dance to a German band ? I am out of the average list Though I sit on a golden throne ; Of what is the use of my wrist ?— I cannot play cricket alone. The people who own me as Jam M y form with indifference see ; Which makes me inclined to sa y -------, A word that is shocking to me. My county, whose ground is at Hove, Near Brighton, the town by the sea, Oh, had I the wings of a dove, How soon would I fly back to thee ! M y scores would, as usual, be ta ll; The Sportsman my praises would sing ; The cover I ’ d knock off the ball, And he cheered by the sixpenny ring. 0 cricket! what pleasure intense Resides in that heavenly word ! Even more than in harems immense, Or the sport that my realm can afford. But the sound of the ball on the bat These subj ects of mine never heard ; Never sighed at the yell of “ H ow ’s that ? ” Or smiled when the hundred appeared. But the Prince has come to his own, And Sussex by Fry will be led ; 1 shall dream of his growing renown When I ’m in my palace in bed. There’ s virtne in matting, I ’m told : On matting my subjects shall play. If Grace isn’t feeling too old I ’ll ask him to coach them— some day. W .A .B . The Native Cluano Company, Ltd., of 29, New Bridge Street,1E G., have issued an interesting pam­ phlet, stating the results obtained in the farm and garden by the application of Native Guano. Testi­ monials, with names and addresses, can be had on application at the liea'd office or of any of the Oom- |jaay.'s.aulhorised agents. THE M.C.C. TEAM IN NEW ZEALAND . (Continued from page 32.) G th MATCH .—v. XVTII. OF W EST COAST. Plaved at Grevmouth on January 11, 12 and 14. M.C.C. won by six wickets. Owing in a large measure to the fine batting of W . Barlow in each innings, West Coast gave the M .C.C. a good game, but the visitors found no difficulty in winning by five wickets. A feature of the match was the wicket-keeping of Neilson. Harrison played two very good innings, and De Trafford pleased the locals by some big hits, including four 6’s and nine 4’ s. The former, it will be seen, also took ten wickets, and shared the bowling honours with Simpson-Hayward. Score and analysis W est C oast . First innings. W. Barlow, b Simpson- H ayward....................30 Smith, b Douglas ........ 0 Dillon, c Tufnell, b Douglas ...................... 0 Knapp, c and b Douglas ... 2 Turner, b Simpson - Hay­ ward ............................10 Boyes, st Tufnell, b Harri­ son ............................. 0 Neilson, b Harrison........ 6 A. Barlow, b Simpson- Hayward .................... 20 Todd, st Tufnell, b Harri­ son ............................. 0 Clark, st Tufnell, b Harri­ son ............................. 0 McIntosh, b May, b Harri­ son ............................. 5 Starkey, b Simpson-Hay­ ward ............................. 0 Currie, bTorrens .. ... ... 3 Lather, c and b Branston .. 8 Wickes, b Harrison ........ 1 Owens, c Johnson, b Bran­ ston ............................. 5 Minelian, c de Trafford, b Harrison ................ .. 2 Houston, notout.............. 0 Extras ....................28 Second innings, lbw, b Simpson- Hayward ... 48 b Simpson-Hay­ ward ......... 7 b Simpson-Hay­ ward ................. 8 b Branston......... 12 b Harrison......... 19 c Curwen, b Branston......... 1 c Williams, b Branston........ 0 run out ......... 0 b Simpson-Hay­ ward ......... 0 c Branston, b M ay................. 0 c Branston, b M ay................ 6 lbw, b Simpson- Haywai-d......... 0 c Branston,b May 2 not out ......... 28 lbw, b Simpson- Hayward........ 0 b Simpson- Hay­ ward................. 7 b Harrison ... b Harrison... Extras... Total ........132 M.C.C. Total......... 200 First innings. P R. Johnson, b Knapp ... 11 J. W.H.T.Douglas, c Currie, b Lather ........................ 1 W. P. Harrison, c Neilson, b Dillon ........................72 G. H. Simpson-Hayward, c Knapp, b Lather ......... 12 P. F. C. Williams, b Lather 5 C. E. de Trafford, e Neilson, b Knapp ........................85 G. T. Branston, e Houston, b Currie ........................25 W.J.H. Curwen, c Currie, b A. Barlow........................23 A. A. Torrens, c Smith, b McIntosh........................ 5 P. R. May, c Currie, b A. Barlow ........................ 3 R. H. Fox, c Wickes, b McIntosh ........................ 0 N. C. Tufnell, not out ... 1 Extras ................. 9 b Second innings, st Neilson, b Lather ... c Houston, Knapp not out.......... c Neilson, Knapp ... b Knapp not out... b Lather . Extras 1 Total ......... 252 W est C oast . First innings. Total(5 wkts) 81 Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Curwen ... ,... 10 3 18 0 ... ... 8 2 14 0 Douglas ... ,... 9 3 19 3 ... 7 2 15 0 Harrison ... ... 21 6 34 7 ... !’.! 13 2 86 3 S-Hayward ... 17 3 31 4 ... ... 16-2 6 47 7 Torrens ... ... 1 0 1 1 ... Branston ... 2'2 1 1 2 !!! 25 14 38 3 May ... 9 3 23 3 M.C.C. First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. Knapp ... 10 1 42 2 . . . . 8 0 28 Lather ... 14 0 51 3 . ... 4 0 28 Houston ... ... 7 1 16 0 . . ... 4 0 16 Starkey .. 2 0 10 0 . Owens .. 3 0 16 0 . Dillon ... 5 0 25 1 . Minelian ... ... 2 0 39 0 . Currie ... 5 0 33 1 . A. Barlow 2 0 i> 2 . ! ... 1-2 0 8 McIntosh... 2 1 2 2 . . ... 1 1 0 Harrison bowled two no-balls and May one. 7 th MATCH .—v. X V . OF NELSON AND MARLBOKOUGH. Played at Nelson, on January 18 and 19. Drawn. On the opening day rain stopped play for three hours, and, in consequence, the match could not be finished. Branston and Fox added 58 together for the ninth wicket in the first innings at a time when runs were much needed. Knapp, a fast right-hand bowler, took seven M .C.C. wickets for 48 runs. Score and analysis :— N elson and M ari . First innings. Blincoe, run out................. 0 Duncan, b Harrison.......... 9 Newth, b Curwen ..........15 Orford, c Tufnell, b Torrens 7 Sandil, c Tufnell, b Douglas 18 Gash,c Branston, 1)Curwen 0 Fisk,c Hayward, b Curwen 7 Kinzett, b Douglas ......... 0 Knapp, b Douglas .......... 0 Stiles, run out ................. 8 Louisson, c Branston, b Curwen ........................ 5 Martin, b Curwen .......... 0 b Griffiths, b Douglas Fairey, not out ... Neale, run out Total BOROUGH. Second innings. b M ay................. b Branston......... c Fox, b May c Johnson, S.-Hayward ... c and b Branston c Harrison, b Douglas......... b Branston c Branston, b Douglas.......... not out .......... c Harrison, b S.-Hayward ... lbw, b Douglas... c Torrens, b Douglas......... b Douglas......... b M ay................ c De Trafford, b Douglas.......... Extras......... 98 M.C.C. Total......... 12l 3 1 W.J.H.Curwen,cGash, b Knapp................ t‘> N. C. Tufnell, b Dun­ can ......................... 4 P. R. May, b Martin 3 R. H. Fox, b Kinzett 20 A. A. Torrens, not out ........................ 8 Extras .......... 5 P.R.Johnson,bKnapp 0 J. W. H. T. Douglas, c Newth, b Knapp ... 13 W. P. Harrison, c and b Martin.................30 G. H. Simpson-Hay­ ward, b Knapp P. F. C. Williams, c Neale, b Knapp C. E. de Trafford, b Fisk ........................ 1 Total ...................149 G. T. Branston, Fairey, b Kinzett ... 55 Second Innings : P. R. Johnson, not out, 21 ; P. F. C. Williams, c Gash, b Knapp, 1 ; C. E. de Trafford, b Knapp, 2 ; W. J. Curwen, run out, 5.— Total (3 wkts) 29. N elson and M arlborough . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Curwen ... 23 6 45 5 ... ... 3 0 11 0 Harrison ... 7 3 15 1 ... . Torrens ... 2 1 4 1 . . . . Douglas ... 14 2 22 4 .. ... 12 1 36 6 May .............. .. 11 4 18 3 Branston ... ... 16 4 35 3 S.-Hayward . 8 3 9 2 May bowled four no-balls and Douglas one. M.C.C. First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. \Y. Knapp......... IS 5 46 .. 2 0 2 2 Griffiths 2 1 5 0 .. Fisk ........ . 6 1 20 1 .. Duncan........, 6 0 20 1 .. Martin......... 5’5 2 14 2 . ... 1 0 6 0 Fairey......... 3 0 7 0 Kinzett 8 4 16 2 .. 2 0 21 0 Louisson 2 0 16 0 .. 8 th MATCH.—v. X III. OF M ANAW ATU . Played at Palmerston on January 22 and 23. M.C.C. won by an innings and 35 runs. The visitors experienced no difficulty what­ ever in winning this match. The feature of