Cricket 1907

74 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A p r i l 18, 1907. wicket of Petersham A. against Parra­ matta South A., in the final round of the Public Schools Competition. Altogether, Prttersham A. made 450 for five wickets in 200 minutes. A propos of curiosities of cricket (writes “ Not Out” in the Sydney Referee ) one of the Ramblers sends me an item that is probably unique. In the match Stan- more Clifton v. Ramblers, on Saturday last, March 2nd, C. T. B. Turner (the celebrated C. T. B.) hit a ball into the air. A stout fieldsman, weighing about 14 stone, jumped to take the catch, knocked the ball up into the air, and in doing so his trousers dropped, so that he caught the ball at the second attempt with his trousers on his boots ! This, I think, takes the palm. J. R. D. S cott , for the Commercial Bank against I. Zingari Veterans, at Rushcutters Bay, on March 2nd, hit 28 off an over. When his score was 72 a new bowler, D. Arguimbau, was put on, and, hittiog four 4’s and two 6’s, Scott ran into three figures with the last ball of the over. T h e New South Wales team, which left Sydney last month for a short tour in West Australia, consisted of A. J. Hop­ kins, A. C. K . Mackenzie, C. G. Macart­ ney, W. Bardsley, E. R. Bubb, E. L. Waddy, J. C. Barnes, F. B. Johnson, A. Sullivan, W. McIntyre, and R. B. Minnett. T. H. Howard, who travelled with them on a holiday trip, had been in good form with the ball, and, if necessary, was to play. C latjde J e n n in g s , the promising young South Australian batsman, has returned to Adelaide after three months’ residence in Melbourne, where he at­ tended to his brother’s business during the latter’s illness. A r e m a r k a b l e accident, records the j Adelaide Observer, happened on March 9th in the course of the match between Parkside and Woodville Park, two teams of the Adelaide and Suburban Association. While running between the wickets, F. Bevan, one of the Parkside batsmen, tripped over his bat, and in his fall fractured a thigh badly. He was taken to the Adelaide Hospital, where the injury was attended to. T h e appended list, published by the Sydney Referee, gives particulars of the compilers of 1,000 runs or more in the New South Wales v. Victoria matches. Ten New South Welshmen and seven Victorians have performed this distin­ guished feat. The present-day masters of the bat are at the head of the averages. M. A. Noble, who alone has made 2,000 runs, V. Trumper, and R. A. Duff are well ahead of the champions of earlier days, W. L. Murdoch and H. Moses. And so it is with W. W. Armstrong in relation to H. Graham, G. H, S. Trott, and T . Horan, past giants of Victoria’s b atsm en:— NEW SOUTH WALES. No. Times ‘Most of not in an Total inns. out. inns. runs. Aver. M. A. Noble ......... 38 ... 5 ... 281 ... 20061 ... 60*78 V. Trumper .......... 27 ... 1 ... 230 ... 1243 ... 47 80 R A. Duff................ 25 ... 1 ... 132 ... 1147 ... 47-79 W. L. Murdoch ... 24 ... 1 ... 321 ... 1012»... 44-00 H. Moses ................ 37 ... 2 ... 295*... 1365 ... 39-00 F. A. Iredale ......... 44 ... 2 ... 101 ... 1278 ... 30'42 S.E. Gregory.......... 48 ... 2 ... 101 ... 1393 ... 30'28 A. C. Bannerman ... 47 ... 3 ... 117 ... 1289 ... 29'29 H. Donnan .......... 48 ... 4 ... 160 ... 1054 ... 23-95 T. W. Garrett.......... 61 ... 7 ... 163 ... 1163 ... 21-53 VICTORIA. W. W. Armstrong ... 2fi ... 1 ... 168*... 1049 ... 41-64 H. Graham .......... 38 ... 0 ... 124 ... 1122 ... 2952 T. Horan ................. 50 ... 2 ... 129 ... 1295 ... 26*97 G. H. S. Trott......... 45 ... 3 ... 104 ... 1130 ... 26 90 W. Bruce................ 55 ... 0 ... 128 ... 1S72 ... 29-94 J. WorraU................ 59 ... 3 ... 109 ... 1344 .. 24U0 J. M’O. Blackham ... 53 ... 7 ... 109 ... 1027 ... 22 32 * Signifies not out. T h e feature of cricket in Sydney on March 9 th was some sensational hitting by Cotter for Glebe against W averley. W hen play commenced for the day he was 32 not out, and before he was dis­ missed had added 120 to his score. H e hit sixteen balls out of the ground for 6 each, but was missed four times. The match was played on the Waverley ground. On the same day Diamond made 150 for Burwood against Gordon, he and Gregory adding 237 together for the third wicket. T h e Secretary of the Natal Cricket Union has received from the Secretary of the South African Cricket Union a cheque for £ 1 2 3s. 4d., being the Natal U nion’s share in the gate receipts, less £20 advanced previously, and a sum of £ 1 4 paid by the Transvaal Union for the Pretoria expenses of the team. The expenses of the N atal team amounted to £ 1 9 5 0s. 3d., so that there is a loss of nearly £1 5 0 to be faced. This loss, so it is stated, will have to come out of the pockets of the players who had the honour of representing the Colony. I t seems rather astonishing (says the Times of Natal ) that in such a sporting centre as Johannesburg there should be so serious a loss on the Currie Cup Tour­ nament. The net receipts from the Tour­ nament amounted to only £235. There were ten days’ play, and three grounds were used, so that there were thirty gates. The average net amount received from each gate would be less than £ 8 . A . D . N ourse ’ s run of big scores received a rude check in the match between Natal and the C .S .A .R ., in the final match in the Railway Tournament for the Neumann Cup, at Johannesburg, on M arch 13th and 14th. In his first innings he was caught and bowled by G . A. Faulkner without a run, and in his second bowled by F . Leroux for a single. It has been arranged that upon his return from England Nourse is to receive a post in the employ of Messrs. Thurston and C o ., the w ell-known firm of billiard- table manufacturers. I n the match between the Australasians and Greyville, at the Park, Durban, on March 16th, the former were defeated by an innings and 75 runs. Several of their men, however, did not put in an appear­ ance, and in their first innings the ride were dismissed for six runs in 27 balls. The score of the innings ii quite a curiosity: — A ustralasians . C. V. Vennermark, c King, b Smitliwick 0 J. Billings, b Tuckett ........................0 F. Jury, c Harvey, b Smithw ic k ............. 0 F. Salmon, c Harvey, b T u ck ett............. 4 H. Cornelius, st Deano, b Smitliwick ... 0 L. O. Kelly, not o u t ...................................2 Total ........................6 A b s e n t A . Keene, A. Mill, T. Cornelius, D. Drake, and J. Davidson. B owling . O. M. R. W. Smithwick ........................ 2*3 2 1 3 Tuckett .................................. 2 0 5 2 . In their second innings the Australasians made 60. T h e meeting of the Advisory Com ­ mittee at Lord’s last Monday resulted in two surprises. First, the proposal that any county obtaining six hom e-and-hom e matches with first-class counties should rank as a first-class county being defeated by the attitude adopted by the M inor Counties, for whose supposed benefit it was introduced: second, the ready manner in which M r. Jessop’s resolution with regard to the proportioning of points in the Championship was acaepted. Adopting the suggestion of counting five pDints for a win and deducting two for a lots, and ignoring drawn games, the positions of the sixteen counties last season would not have been in any way affected. So there would appear to be as much difference between the merits of the existing and the proposed methods of reckoning as between Tweedledum and Tweedledee. The matter will come before the M .C .C . Comm ittee, and it w ill be interesting to see whether they will reject the proposal on the ground that it would effect no improvement, or sanction it in view of the unanimous vote at the Advisory Comm ittee Meeting. T h e following table shows the positions of the six leading counties of 1906 under the existing and suggested methods of deciding the Championship:— PRESENT SYSTEM. Per Plvd. Won Lost Drn. Pts. centge Kent ............... 22 ... 16 ... 2 ... 4 ... 14 ... 77'77 Yorkshire........ 28 ... 17 ... 3 ... 8 ... 14 ... 70'00 Surrey ........ 28 ... 18 ... 4 ... 6 ... 14 ... 63*63 Lancashire ... 26 ... 15 ... 6 ... 5 ... 9 ... 42*85 Notts............... 20 ... .9 ... 4 ... 7 ... 5 ... 38*46 Warwickshire... 20 ... 7 ... 4 ... 9 ... 3 ... 27*27 PROPOSED NEW SYSTEM. Kent ............... 22 ... 16 ... 2 ... 4 ... 76 ... 84*44 Yorkshire ........ 28 ... 17 ... 3 ... 8 ... 79 ... 79*00 Surrey ...... 28 ... 18 ... 4 ... G ... 82 ... 74*51 Lancashire ... 26 ... 15 ... 6 ... 5 ... 63 ... 60*00 Notts............... 20 ... 9 ... 4 ... 7 ... 37 ... 56*92 Warwickshire... 20 ... 7 ... 4 ... 9 ... 27 ... 49*09 T h e April number of the American Cricketer contains a very interesting illustrated article on the recent Phila­ delphian tour in Bermuda. The author is M r. E . K . Leech, who was responsible for the trip.