Cricket 1907

A p r il 18, 1907. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME'. 69 A CHAPTER OF CR ICKET H ISTORY . M r. Arthur Haygarth, in a note ap­ pended to the score of the match played at Launceston in February, 1866, between Sixteen of Tasmania and Eleven of Victoria, states (Scores and Biographies, ix., 306) that “ This is the first match between Victoria and Tasmania of which the full score could be obtained, and, in fact, in the Victoria printed summary no earlier match is even mentioned, but in a pamphlet on the Southern Tasmanian Cricket Association, published at Hobart Town in 1870, the list of the following matches was given, and it m ay be stated that the 1851 match was the first ever played between these Colonies :— At Launceston, February 11th, 1851. Tasmania won by three wickets. At Melbourne, March 29th, 1852. Victoria won by 61 runs. In 1853. No match. At Launceston, March 4th, 1854. Tas­ mania won by eight wickets. In 1855-’5 6 -’57. No matches. A t Launceston, February 26th, 1858. Victoria won by an innings and 20 runs. At Hobart Town, March 5th, 1858. Vic­ toria won by 69 runs. In 1859, 1860, 1861, 1862, 1863, 1864, and 1865. No matches.” In order to make the record of A u s­ tralian cricket more complete than it has hitherto been, accounts and scores of the matches which M r. Haygarth announced his inability to secure are appended. 1 st M ATCH . A t Launceston, February 11 and 12, 1851. V ictoria . First innings. Second innings. Cooper, b M’Dowall ......... 4 b Honty .......... 0 W. Phillpott, c Maddox, b M’Dowall ........................17 run out ............ 3 T. Hamilton, b M’Dowall... 10 lbw, b M'Dowall 35 C. Lister, run out ..........10 cMaddox, bField 3 A. T. Thomson, b M’Dowall 1 b Henty .......... 0 R. Phillpot, b Henty..........12 c Westbrook, b Henty .......... 1 Antill, st Marshall, bHenty 0 notout .......... 0 J. O. Brodie, c Henty, b M'Dowall ........................17 cTabart, bHenty 5 F. W. Marsden, b Henty ... 2 bM’Dowall.......... 2 M. Hall, not out ... ... ... 6 lbw, b M’Dowall 6 M. Hervey, b Henty ... ... 0 c M’Dowall, b Henty .......... 1 B 1, lb 2 ................ 3 Bye ........... 1 Total .................82 Total..........57 T asmania . First innings. Second innings. G. Du Crox, b Antill........ . 27 b Antill ... ... 0 J.Marshall,eLister, bAntill 13 c and b Antill ... 0 W. Field, b Antill .......... 0 c Thomson, b Brodie .......... 1 Dr. G. Maddox, b Antill ... 1 G. Gibson, b Hamilton ... 8 b Antill ......... 1 H. W. Westbrook, b Antill 10 c Cooper, bAntill 4 C. Arthur, b Antill ......... 1 eHervey,b Antill 0 J. Tabart, b Hamilton ... 2 notout ..........15 G. Gibson, not out .......... 7 b Antill .......... 1 W. Henty, b Antill ........ 0 R. M'Dowall, e Antill, b Hamilton ........................ 11 not out ............ 4 B 11 , lb 5, nb 8 ...24 B 3, lb 2 ... 5 Total .................104 Total (7 wkts.) 37 V ictoria . First innings. Second innings. , O. R. W. O. R. W. Henty .......... 13 ... 54 ... 4 ........... g ... 27... 5 MDowall ... 13 ... 28... 5 ........... 5 ... 21... S F ield .......... 3 ... 0 ... 1 T asmania . First innings. Second innings. O. R. W. O. R. W. Lister .......... 12 ...32 ... 0 ........... Hamilton ... 8 ...30 ... 3 ........... Antill .......... 12 ...42 ... 7 ........... 0 ... 21 ... 6 Brodie......... 7 ... 16 ... 1 Antill bowled 2 no-balls and Lister 6. Tasmania won by three wickets. This was the first match ever played between Victoria and Tasmania. The match arose from a challenge sent by Victoria in February, 1850, to the (then) newly-formed Club at Launceston. Tasmania accepted the challenge and the match should have been played in March, 1850, and was only then prevented by the gentleman deputed to forward the accept­ ance forgetting to post his letter in time for the steamer. The Victoria challenge was repeated in the spring of 1851, and the match here chronicled was the result. The Tasmanian X I. consisted of five players of Launceston, three from Hobart Town, and one each from the Perth, Longford, and Westbury Clubs. The match commenced at half-past ten. Tasmania won the toss and put Vic­ toria in. In their second innings Tasmania lost six wickets for 15 runs, but the light was very bad. “ We were especially delighted that the spectators refrained from clapping or shouting on the fall of a rival wicket, or a rare stroke from our own.” “ We think the history of cricket can furnish no parallel to the spirit displayed by the Victorians in leaving their homes and professions, and undertaking a sea voyage of some hundreds of miles (no light matter), for the purpose of playing a friendly game, and also, as we believe, promoting an increased love for cricket in this island.” The bowling analyses are slighly in­ correct, the extras having been added to the runs obtained from the various bowlers. A collection was made by the Victorian Eleven, prior to their departure, for the benefit of the public institutions of Launceston. The money received was divided thus :—Benevolent Society, ±‘10 ; St. John’s Hospital, ±10 ; Mechanics’ Institute, £5 ; Building Fund for the New Grammar School, £5. Total, ±30. TASMANIAN CRICKETERS’ DINNER. —A dinner will be given at the Cornwall Hotel, by the gentlemen cricketers of Tas­ mania and their friends, to the gentlemen cricketers of Victoria, on the evening of the forthcoming match, which is expected to take place on or about the 11th instant. GEO. MADDOX. A . DOUGLAS. CHAS. THOMPSON. C. J. WEEDON . Tickets, one guinea and a half each, to be obtained from the stewards, or W . A . ROLES, Hon. Sec. Launceston Cricket Club. *** Gentlemen desirous of attending the dinner will be pleased to apply for tickets as early as possible. 2 n d MATCH. A t Melbourne, March 29 and 30, 1852. V icto ria . First innings. Second innings. T. Hamilton, b Henty 42 run out ..........42 H. B. Foote, runout.......... 20 run out .......... 2 J. W. Stevens, b Lette ... 0 b Lette................. 5 C. Lister, b Henty .......... 0 b Henty ..........13 E. a’Beckett, b Lette... ... 2 b Lette................. 0 C. Sladen, b Lette .......... 0 b Henty .......... 3 F. A. Powlett, lbw, b Henty 1 b Lette.................33 J. C. Brodie, b Henty 0 b Lette................. 8 F. W. Marsden, b Henty... 8 not out ..........10 M. a’Beckett, b Lette 3 b Henty .......... 7 M. Hervey, not out .......... 0 c Lette, b Henty 2 B 3, w 1................. 4 Byes .......... 2 Total................. 80 Total ...127 T asm an ia . First innings. Second innings. J. Marshall, b Hamilton ... 1 b Hamilton ... 13 J. Watson, run out .......... A. J. Maryatt, b Powlett... 0 b Lister .......... 0 2 c & b Hamilton 7 H. Alison, run out .......... 1 lbw, b Hamilton 2 A. Douglas, b Powlott 0 c Hamilton, b E. a’Beckett ... 6 J. Tabart, b E. a’Beckett... Dr. G. Maddox, lbw, b 20 b Sladen ..........18 H am ilton........................ 14 b Lister .......... 3 J. Cox, b Hamilton .......... 15 b Powlett ... ... 5 H. Lette, b Pow lett.......... 2 b Hamilton ... 0 W. Henty, c and b Powlett 0 b Hamilton ... 1 — MeEwan, not o u t .......... Byes ................. 0 not out ..........10 10 B 13, w 3... 10 Total .................,65 Total.......... 81 V ic to r ia . First innings. Second innings. O. R. W. O R. W. Henty .......... 15 ... — , 5 ......... 19 ... — ... 4 Maddox.......... 2 ... — .. . 0 ....................— ... — ... — Lette .......... 12 ... — .. . 4 ......... 17 ... — ... 4 Marshall... ... 3 ... — ... 0 Tabart ... ... 2 ... — ... 0 Douglas ... ... 1 ... — ... 0 T a sm a n ia . First innings. Second innings. O. R. W. O. R. W. Hamilton .. 15 ... — ... 3 ... ... 14 ... — ... 5 Brodie ... ... 1 ... — ... 0 ... ... — ... — ... — Powlett... . 7 .. — ... 4 ... ... 4 ..’ — !" 1 E. a’Beckett. 0 ... — ... 1 ... ... 5 ... — ... 1 Lister... ... 7 ... — ... 2 Sladen ... 4 ... — ... 1 Victoria won by 61 runs. Umpires: Mr. George Living (V.) and Mr. W . A. Holes (T.). “ It was agreed that the wickets should be pitched at half-past eight, that the game might commence punctually at nine. At one o’clock the bugle will sound for lunch, when an adjournment from the field to the tents of half-an-hour will take place.” On the first day play commenced at 10, and on the second at 9.30. Tasmania won the toss, and sent Victoria in. Tasmania arrived at Melbourne on March 27th by s.s. Screw from Launceston. Two thousand people were present on the first day. In their first innings Tasmania lost their first five wickets for 9 runs. The Tasmanians returned to Launceston by s.s. Screw leaving Melbourne on March 31st. A SUBSCRIPTION BALL, I N honour of the Gentlemen Cricketers froin Van Diemen’s Land, will be held at the Royal Hotel, on the evening of Tuesday, the 30th instant. Tickets—Two guineas each, to be had on ap­ plication at the Royal Hotel, of the Stewards, any day (Sundays excepted),between the hours of twelve and one o’clock.*