Cricket 1907

60 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A pr il 11, 1907. CR ICKET IN AU STRAL IA . N EW SOUTH W ALE S v. BEST OF AU STRAL IA . S. E . GREGORY’ S BENEFIT MATCH. Played at Sydney on February 15, 16, 18 and 19. The Kest won by eight wickets. The success of New South Wales in the Sheffield Shield Competition had been so pro­ nounced, that it was generally thought that the State would prove a match for the Rest of Australia in the contest arranged for the benefit of S. E. Gregory. This, however, proved to be too sanguine a view, for the Rest eventually won by eight wickets. The result, it must be added, was in no small measure due to the poor fielding on the second day of New South Wales, who were offered eight chances, all of which they declined. Matters went badly for the State from the first, for Duff was bowled at 13—unlucky omen ! — and Trumper caught at 21. Hopkins made a few good hits, but it was a partnership of 68 for the fourth wicket by Noble and Diamond that helped to pull the match round. The captain played a fine up-hill game, and batted two hours for his 67. Macartney lost no time in running himself out, and, so pronounced was the collapse, that at one period five wickets fell for 17 runs, nine men being out with only 173 scored. Then Garnsey and Carter came together, and, by adding 83, took the total to 256—a modest score, but a far better one than at one time seemed likely or even possible. Carter played a good game, and made only one mistake—a difficult chance in the slips. In a very poor light Cotter bowled U. W . Gregory at 6, and Garnsey Hartigan at 8, and at the-end of the day the Rost’s score was 34 for two wickets, Ransford being not out 22. On the second day the last-named played a splendid innings, and took part in a series of most useful stands. W ith Bowden he put on 94, with Armstrong 70, and w ithS.E . Gregory 88. Altogether, he made 136 out of 254 in 220 minutes, hitting 16 4’s, and giving only one chance—when 111, when he was missed by a substitute. (In justice to New South Wales it should be stated that they were, through an accident, deprived of the services of Macartney, whose bowling would have proved most acceptable.) Ransford was dis­ missed in an unfortunate manner, for, in endeavouring to avoid a bumping ball from Cotter, he hit himself in the face with his bat, which swung on to the wicket. Hill, who was missed at the very start by Trumper, helped S. E. Gregory to put on 94 for the sixth wicket. The latter, who hit ten 4’s and batted two hours and a-quarter for 94, gave no chance whatever, and was at last bowled off his pad. O’ Connor and Hazlitt caused some surprise by adding 100 for the ninth wicket, it being due largely to them that their side established a lead of 288. New South Wales commenced their second innings with Diamond and Hopkins, both of whom were sent back at 60. Duff obtained a dozen, and was then bowled, three wickets being down for 78. Worse, however, was to follow, for both Noble and Trumper were dismissed at 87, the side then being 201 behind with half their wickets down— a position which must have seemed strange to them. E. L. Waddy afterwards played a splendid game, and, re­ ceiving good support from Blaxland and Carter, enabled the innings defeat to be evaded : with the former he added 102 for the seventh wicket, and with the latter 70 for the ninth. He batted 115 minutes for his score of 129, and during that time made only one mistake—a possible chance of stumping when 79. As Macartney was unable to bat, the innings closed upon the fall of the ninth wicket at 312, and the Rest were set only 25 to win, a number they obtained for the loss of a couplc of wickets. Thus ended the greatest match of the Colonial season of 1906-7. Score and analysis : — N ew S outh W First innings. R. A. Duff, b Hazlitt ... 5 V. T. Trumper, c Bowden, b Wright ........................ 9 M. A. Noble, c Hartigan, b O’Connor .................67 A. J. Hopkins, e Bowden, b Wright ........................16 A. Diamond, c Kelly, b Wright- ........................25 E. L. Waddy, c Hartigan, b O’Connor ........................ 6 C. G. Macartney, run out .. 0 H. M. Blaxland, b Arm­ strong ...............................18 A. Cotter, c and b Wright... 3 H. Carter, not out .......... G. L. Garnsey, c and b Bowden ........................ B 10, lb 1 .......... ALES. Second innings, b Armstrong ... 12 c Bowden, b Haz­ litt ................. 3 b Armstrong ... 6 st Kelly, b Arm­ strong ......... 40 run out , 26 b Bowden..........129 absent injured ... 0 b O’Connor......... 43 c C. Gregory, b O’Connor ... 8 not out ......... 32 c Kelly, b Hazlitt 9 B ................. 4 Total Total ...312 R est of A ustralia . C.W. Gregory, b Cotter 4 R.Hartigan, b Garnsey 4 V. Ransford, hit wkt., b Cotter .................136 A. J. Bowden, b Macartney ..........34 W. W. Armstrong, b Noble........................31 S. E. Gregory, b Duff 94 C. Hill, b Duff......... 92 J. J. Kelly, b Ma­ cartney .................17 J.A.O’Connor,notout 50 G. Hazlitt, e Cotter, b Garnsey ......... 52 A. Wright, b Cotter.. 7 B 9, lb 10, nb 4.. 23 Total ..544 Second innings : C. Gregory, b Cotter, 7 ; R. Hartigan, not out, 7; S. E. Gregory, c Waddy, b Cotter, 4; J. A. O’Connor, not out, 7. Total, 25. N ew S outh W ales . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. O’Connor 27 6 82 2 .......... 24 4 85 2 Hazlitt ... . .. 17 3 52 1 .......... 24 5 92 2 Wright ... . .. 24 4 81 4 ........... 15 0 43 0 Bowden .. . .. 43 1 13 1 .......... 10 0 44 1 Armstrong . .. 7 0 17 1 ........... 15 2 44 3 R est of A ustralia . First innings. Second innings O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Cotter .. . .. 37-5 2 129 3 ... ... 3 0 13 2 Garnsey .. 28 4 US 2 ........... 2 0 7 0 Macartney . .. 17 5 48 2 ........... Hopkins .. 33 10 99 0 .......... Noble ... . .. 29 4 98 1 .......... Duff ... . .. 11 5 29 2 .......... Waddy... Blaxland TASM AN IA v. V ICTORIA. Played at Hobart on February 22, 23 and 25. Tasmania won by five wickets. Neither side was at full strength for this match, Victoria being represented by a very weak team and the Tasmanian eleven com­ posed entirely of Southern players. The features of the game were the all-round cricket of Eady and the large score by McAlister. The former bowled magnificently in the first innings of Victoria, obtaining seven wickets for 72 runs on a batsman’ s wicket. McAlister made 168 out of 255 obtained whilst in in two hundred and twenty minutes, the next highest score in the com­ pleted innings being only 26. He hit twenty- two 4’ s, but was twice missed—-when 17 by Bum in the slips, and again when 154. In the final stage of the game, Hawson, hitting a dozen 4’s, made 90 not out by faultless cricket in one hundred and ninety minutes, and, altogether, scored 135 for oncc out. Score and analysis :— ViCTO114A. First innings. F. Vaughan, c Burn, b Paton...............................31 M. Ellis, c Paton, b Eady... 0 P. McAlister, c Dodds, b Paton............................... 15 T. Horan, b Eady ......... 13 T. Rush, c Dodds, b Eady 11 T. Desniazures, run out ... 5 T. Grant, c Paton, b Eady 15 J. Matthews, b Eady..........20 E. Goss, not ou t.................11 F. Collins, b Eady .......... 0 W. Reeves, b Eady .......... 0 B 4, lb 3 ................. 7 Second innings. b Eady.................26 c Eady, b Paton 3 b Eady................ 168 o Dodds, b Eady 2 c Burn, b Meech 9 b Chancellor ... 18 c Burn, b Eady... 5 c Dodds, b Eady 20 c Burns, b Eady 0 not out ..........17 b Paton ......... 4 B 1,1b 4 ... 5 Total ...128 Total ..277 T asmania . First innings. K. E. Burn, c Matthews, b Ellis ...............................25 R. Hawson, b Matthews ... 45 H. Hale, b E llis................. 8 C. J. Eady, b Matthews ... 61 N. Dodds, st Reeves, b Collins .......................19 D. Paton, not out ..........28 ,T. Hudson, b Collins......... 0 F. Hanson, b Matthews ... 0 W. Ward, b Collins ......... 3 F. Chancellor, b Collins ... 6 J. Meech, c and b Matthews 1 Second innings. b Matthews ... 8 notout.................90 st Reeves, b Ellis 8 c Collins, b Ellis 26 c Reeves, b Grant 43 b Collins .......... 2 not out ......... 8 B 3, lb 1 ... Total ........200 V ictoria . B 16, lb 4, w 1... 21 Total (5 wkts.)206 First innings. B. M. R. W. Eady .113 2 72 7 ... Paton .108 3 49 2 ... Meech Hanson Chancellor 60 T asmania . Second innings. B. M. R. W. ..210 5 113 6 ...135 2 66 2 48 0 28 1 36 0 23 0 2 42 1 Matthews . Collins ... . Ellis ... . Goss ... . Desmazures First innings. B. M.R. W. 130 5 50 4 . 138 5 58 4... 60 0 36 2 ... . 96 3 43 0 ... 24 2 9 0 ... Horan Grant Second innings. B. M. R. W. ...107 6 43 1 ...114 5 61 1 ... 78 4 38 2 ... 66 1 21 0 ... 18 0 12 0 .. 24 2 10 1 Collins bowled a wide. TH E CATALOGUE OF CR ICKET L ITE R A TU R E . B y A l f r e d D. T a y l o r . Appended will be found a list of the ad­ ditional items that I have run to ground since my previous articles were published, as well as the names of those which have been issued since. Albert Cricket Club. 1863-4, 1864-5. Sydney. Australian Board of Control for International Cricket Matches. Its Objects, Rules and Bye-Laws. Sydney: R. T. Kelly. 1905. Brisbane Cricketer , The. A monthly journal. Title changed to The Queensland Cricketer , and after wards to The Queensland Cricketer and Footballer. Id. Monthy. Brisbane. 1892-3. Colombo C.C. Times Office, Ceylon. 1893. Cricket. By W . Mulier. Haarlem : De Erven Loosjes. 1897. Cricket Comicalities. By VV. R. W eir and A. Craig. Id. London : Wright & Co. 1907. Cricket Guide and How to Play Cricket. By T. Hayward. 6d. London: British Sports Publishing Co. 1907. Cricket in North Hants. Records and Reminiscences. By Lieut.-Col. John