Cricket 1908

118 CR ICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M ay 7, 1908. 2 4 0 21 5 25 13 2 4 0 15 3.75 8 3 4 0 15 3.75 10 2 3 0 11 3.66 r 3 5 1 10 2 50 6 G. Brown- inir J. W. Trumble G. Mackay E. A. Barrett J. Lawlor The following also played in one match on ly :— C. Alsop, C. Baker (16 and 4), F. Baker (83), A. W. Barnard, A.N. A. Bowman (52 and 0), D. Campbell (55 and 24*),D. Cotter, P. Deeley (6'J and 9), S. H. Donahoo (0 and 0), J. Duffy (39 and 13), C. Foote, H. S. Freeman (8 and 1), T. Horan, jun. (46 and 29), R. Hosie, I). Mailer (49 and 13), H. Maplestone (9 and 0*), H. Marshall, P. S. McDonnell (4), C. McKenzie (51), H. McLt.^n (33 and 12), W. M oPetrie (2), M. A. .Morris (30 and 0), H. Musgrove (8 and 2), D. Noonan (54 and 22), R. M. Osborne (0 and 0), W Over (6 and 0), G. E. Palm er (9), C. H. Pery- man (34 and 5), W . Hickman, J. Rosser (4),G. W. Stokes (58 and 12), D. Sutherland (49 and 1), .\. Tarrant (12), F. A. Tarrant (105), B. Terry (30 and 0), B. J. Tuckwell (27 and 1), T. Turner, W. Vint, G. L. Wilson (25 and 9), It. Wood (11* and 4) and H. T. W right (14). Beginning with the notion of a list of cen­ turies, I was seized by the idea of a more com­ prehensive record of batting success; and the “ 50 ” tables which follow are the result. With a view of economy of space, the number of the match in the table of results is given in each eace in lieu of date and p lace; the 225 entries would otherwise run to excessivelength, and the constant iteration of “ Melbourne,” “ Adelaide,” and hyphenated dates woultl be very wearisome. It is singular how level the figures are as regards the two cities in which the matches were played. The first match was, as already mentioned, on the East Melbourne ground; but it does not seem necessary to dissociate that from the others, played on the Melborne clu b’s enclosure. Taking it with them, we have tli following figures :— For S.A. Scores Score of 100 of 50, and under over. over. Ttl. over. 100. Ttl. At Melbourne- (22 m.) 12374914 4963 At Adelaidel(2Q m.) 11 42 53 14 46 60 Totals (42 m.) 23 79 102 28 95 123 Claxton has shown a marked preference for the Melbourne ground; and while all but one of Clement H ill’s c?nturies have been made away from home, all but one of his scores b?tween 50 and 100 have been made at home—a singular fact that is worth noting. I n d iv id u a l B atting P erform ances : S outh A ustralia v . V ic t o r ia . (.4/i scores of 50 and over included. The first fi'/ure given is that of the score, the second the number of the match in the tabulated r suits.) F o r S outh A u stralia . B lin m an , H enky For Vic. Scores Score of 100 of 50, and under 50 12 B r ideso n , J. 52 5 C laxton ', N orman H . 199" 39 ... 67 39 .. . 58 37 74 41 . 65 42 C la x to y , W. IX 73 5 . 72 5 D a r lin g , J oseph . 87 17 ... 65 22 . 62 27 77 40 ... 63* i6 !! . 50 29 75 23 D ollin g , C . E . 93 41 ... 62 42 D y er. R. H. 102 18 G eh rs, D . R. A lg e r n o n . 170 37 ... 75 41 G iffen G eorge . 271 13 ... 103 16 .. . 85 11 237 12 ... 97* 34 .. 82 7 181 15 ... 94* 18 .. . 81 31 166 9 ... 92 15 ., . 73 6 135 10 ... 89* 17 .. . 63 1 G ik fh *. W alter F ran k . 81 5 ... 65* 13 .. . 63 24 G odfrey , C. G. 80 7 ... 52 9 H ack , F rederick T. 115 28 ... 88 34 . . 60 32 110 32 ... 67 37 ... 54 29 H ald an e, H. L. 70 11 H ill , C lem ent . 117 86 ... 95 23 .,. 70 30 135 25 ... 95 32 ... 67 36 126* 29 ... 86 26 ... 60 20 124 33 ... 71 40 .. 54 28 Ill* 26 H ill , L . It. 58 42 J a r v is , A rth u r H a r w o o d . 91 5 ... 66 * 15 67 30 ... 64 16 J ar v is , F rederick 92 24 ... 68 20 80 32 ... J ennings , C laude B. 52 42 J ones , E rnest . 66 * 20 ... 66 25 L eak . E rnest H. 68 32 L yo n s , J oh n J ams O, 135 19 ... 104 13 134 11 ... 101 17 113 23 ... 72 15 110 22 ... 70 22 M a tth e w s, J. 79 30 M ayne , E. R . 75 42 65 41 M c R ae , D onald . 70 41 N oel , J o h n . 61 3 52 2 PSLLEW, J . H. 87 38 Reedm an, J ohn C. 113 16 ... 60 22 64 39 .... 53 32 S light , W . 70 1 W atlin g , W . 58 6 .. . 54 5 51 66 65 (it 62 53 16 29 24 25 15 12 F or V ic to r ia . A rm str o n g , W a r w ic k W in d r id g e , 231 42 ... 102 31 ... 66 34 165 38 ... 85 37 ... 64 39 118 30 B aker , F . 83 1 B arrett , D r . J ohn E d w a r d . 68* 14 B o w m an , A . N . A . 52 13 B oyle , H enry F r ed erick . 108 2 B ruce , W illia m . 73 26 ... 58 12 .. . 52 27 63 6 ... 56 16 C ampbell , D . 55 1 C a ^ k k r k , W . 52 39 C arro ll , E . V . 112 40 ... 85 41 .. . 64 41 D eeley , P . 69 5 D rysdale , J . 66 11 52 10 E llis , M . 118 33 GlLLErf, J . F . 116 26 ... 81 24 G raham , H a r r y . 120 31 ... 77 29 .. . 51 26 118 2S ... 68 20 .. . 50 20 86* 14 ... 59 34 H a r r y , J o h n . 107 20 ... 60 5 ... 50 15 82 17 ... 57 5 ... 50 17 H astin g s , T . 106* 33 H o r a n . J ames . 50* 39 H o ra n , T hom as, Senior. 113 1 ... 53* 10 H ouston , R . 54 12 J oh n s ; A lfred E d w a r d s . 57 22 L aver , F r a n k . 164 36 ... 104 15 .. . 61 34 137* 27 ... 79* 35 .. . 50 21 105* 32 ... 78 19 ... 50 34 L e w is , P ercy . 85 14 ... 65 6 M c A lister , P eter A . 157 38 ... 68 33 ... 56 39 100* 32 ... 63 29 ... 55 28 74 31 ... 62 30 M c I lw r a it h , J o h n . 88 9 ... 72 8 ... 50 7 M c K en zie , C o l in . 51 42 M c L eod , C harles E d w a r d . 65 35 ... 52 30 M c L eod , R obert W il lia m . 101 15 ... 91 28 ... 70 17 M cM ich a e l, S. 97 25 ... 63 29 ... 53 32 76 31 M cS h a v e , P. G. 58 2 M ii - t . v in te b , W illiam E v a n s . 52* 8 M o r r is , S am . 64* 5 ... N o o n a v , D. 54 33 O ’IT a llo ra n , J o h s . 128* 22 H ansford , V ehnon . 10!) 42 ... Ross, C. H. 67* R u sh , T. 62 40 S lig h t , J ames . 53 5 S tok es, G. W . 58 3 S tuckey , J. H a r r y . 50 30 134 26 ... 94 28 .. . 56 15 130 32 ... 63 34 .. . 52“ 25 T arrant , F rancis A . 105 42 T r in n ic k , J. 109 5 ... 89 5 T rott G eorge H enry S tevens . 151 19 ... 63 22 . 56 20 81 12 ... 61 23 !!. 54* 7 72 11 ... 59 35 .. . 52 15 68 25 T rumble , H ugn . 95 29 ... 70 27 .. . 50 28 82 22 V aughan , F . 65 40 W alters , F ran cis H en ry . 95 16 ... 50 W arne , T homas S. 82 42 ... 63 W' orrall , J oh n . 104 26 ... 79 25 58 16 “ Eclipse A more striking and exemplification of first and the rest nowhere” it would be hard to find that George Giffen’s bowliny figures for S.A. Two hundred and twenty-five wickets at nineteen and two-thirds each ! Take the four who came m xt to him in point of wickets taken—Jones Keedman, Travers, Fred Jarvis—and it will In found that among them they have only lowered 15 more wickets at a cost more than fifty per cant, higher.... Here are the figures :— Giffen, 225 for 4,425, average 19.63. The next four, 240 for 7,039., average 29 32. In all 699 wickets were taken by the S.A. bowlers in the 42 matches, Giffen playing in only just over two-thirds of the matches took nearly a third of them ! The Victorian figures are far more level. Hugh Trumble is in his proper place in the first section; and Saunders and Charles M cLeod have done excellent work. There are 22 bowlers with 10 wickets or more against 14 on the othr side; but then Victoria lias always had more men to choose from, and until 1892-3 seldom put her strongest side in the field in these matches. “ Good Bowling Performances,” as I use the phrase here, does not mean extraordinary per­ formances. I have taken it that a man who secures half the wickets for his side in a match, or five in any single innings, or three or four a a cost of less than ten runs each, has accom­ plished a feat at least equal to most batsmen’s fifties, and the list is drawn up on these lines. I may have included some performances that do not look good on figures. In these cases the context should be studied. John O’Connor’s six for 246 was in an innings of 699, Norman Clax- ton’s five for 130 was in an innings of 437, and so with some of the rest. I' think that at least I have not amitted anything really notable; and to be comprehensive, rather than to be nice in discrimination, was my aim. S outh A ustralian B o w lin g A verages in the M atches v . V icto ria . Matches bowled in. Balls. Runs. Wkts. Aver. 100 wickets or m ore: G. Giffen 29 9,838 4,425 225 19.66 E. Jones 19 6,369 2,744 102 26 90 20 wickets, but under 100: A. W. W right 4 1,138 570 22 25.!»' J. C. Reedman 26 3,166 1,448 53 27.32 J. F. Travers 13 3,748 1,393 49 28.42 J. J. Lyons 19 1,615 738 24 30.75 F. Jarvis 19 3,578 1,454 36 40 38 10 wickets , but under 20: J. Quilty 2 273 130 11 11.81 R. B Rees 1 417 141 10 14.10 A. McBeth 2 641 266 12 22.16 J. Noel 8 1,065 359 13 27.61 J. A. O’Connor 3 1.008 476 16 20.75 A. H. Evans 6 706 414 12 84.50 N. H. Claxton 10 1,290 556 12 46.33 Under 10 w ickets: A. E. Waldron 1 93 18 3 6.00 A. J. Carracher 1 203 51 7 7.28 J. McKenzie 1 30 8 1 8.00 J. U. Rundell 2 444 120 8 15.00