Cricket 1908

J u n e i 8 , 1908 . CR ICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. CATALOGUE UPON APPLICATION. The cover o f this ball is constructed upon an improved system which ensures increased durability. The materials and workmanship are of the highest class, and there can bs no doubt whatever that the first grade is the mo«t desirable Match Ball that can be produced. CATALOGUE UPON APPLICATION. The construction o f ihe Dem on Drivers is fully described in The E volution of a Cricket Bat, which may be obtained free up >n applica­ tion to GEO. G. BUSSEY & Co.. L td .. 36 & 38 , Queen V ictoria St., LONDON. Manufactory— Timber Mills— PECKHAM , S.E. ELM SW ELL, SUFFOLK. Agents all over the world. AT TH E SIGN OF TH E WICKET By F. S. A s h l e y -C o o p e r . The letter which Captain W ynyard has addressed to the First-Class Counties and the M inor Counties C ricket Association is likely to cause som ething to be definitely arranged in the very near future concern­ ing next season’s programm e. Captain W ynyard practically asks the Counties to choose between receiving a visit from the South Africans and one from the Austra­ lians, and expresses the hope that they will not ask the form er to postpone their visit in consequence of the latter having decided not to take part in the Tournam ent su g­ gested by Mr. Bailey. But when the pro­ posed scheme fell through, the invitation extended to the South Africans autom atic­ ally lapsed, and therefore there can be no question of the Counties asking them to postpone any trip to England. Mr. Bailey obviously recognises this fact, for as re­ cently as May 30th— after the decision o f the Australians had been announced— he said, in his letter addressed to Mr. Lacey, “ I venture to hope that your Comm ittee will extend an invitation to m y A ssociation to p!ay cricket in E ngland in 1909.” There­ fore, the South Africans are in the position they would have been had nothing ever been heard of the proposed Tournam ent. But for M r. B ailey’s suggestion there would have been no question o f seeing the South A fricans here next year, for it had been understood for som e tim e that the Australians would be invited for 1909. It would be extremely unfair to throw the latter over, for E nglish cricket is much in­ debted to them. They have taught us much, and their presence in this country has frequently benefited stru gglin g coun­ ties ; m oreover, they are old and ever-wel- com e opponents, and no g ood purpose would be served by upsetting tim e-honoured arrangem ents. W e have heard much from South African sources o f a desire to im ­ prove cricket and other friendly relations between the three countries, but Captain W yn yard ’s letter may result in the very reverse being- achieved. M r. B ailey’s scheme having proved unacceptable to Australians, the whole matter should have been allow ed to rest, for a time at any rate. In any case, until the form ation o f an Imperial Cricket Board, the relations between E ngland and Australia should be a m atter for those two countries alone. R hodes has enjoyed a week o f very suc­ cessful cricket, scoring 50 and takin g eight wickets for 37 runs against Leicestershire and playing an innings o f 140 at Hudders­ field against N orthamptonshire. H is suc­ cess with the ball was very w elcom e, com ­ ing at a time when H aigh, ow in g to an injury, was unable to play. On his present form it would be a nice question to decide whether he or Hirst possessed the stronger claim s to be the first chosen for the Players’ eleven at L o rd ’s. This w eek’s match at H orsham will perhaps be chiefly rem embered on account of the start being delayed on the first day for about half-an-hour because it was un­ certain whether one o f the players invited to appear for the hom e side would be able, or w illing, to do so. It w as a m ost re­ m arkable procedure, and one which had nothing to recomm end it. Such an occur­ rence would not have been sanctioned on any leading ground. I have heard of the old All E ngland Eleven refusing to play ow in g to W illiam Clarke, the prom oter of their m atches, of whom they appear to have stood in great awe. being away from the ground. But that happend many years a go, and would have seemed quaintly out- of-date in these twentieth century days. CR ICKET IN AUSTRALIA- (Continuedfrom page 125.) Q U E E N SL A N D Y . N E W SO U TH W A L E S . P la y ed at B risban e o n A p ril 19, 21, 22 a n d 23. Q u een slan d w o n b y 171 runs. Hartigan was seen at his best in the first innings of Queensland, and was w ell seconded by Hayes, w ho added 83 with Hutcheom and 36 with M acLaren. H artigan hit a five and six 4’s, and Hayes eighteen 4’s. Apart from Carter, w ho m ade a six and sevan 4’s in his adm irable 69, the visitors did little against M acLaren, w ho took five wickets for 83 runs in a total o f 195. The feature o f Q ueensland’s second innings was the batting o f Evans, w ho scored 103 o f the last 164 runs in an hour and three-quarters, and offered only one chance—to D ean off Barnes when 35; he hit two 6 ’s and thirteen 4’s, and added 8 1fo r the ninth w icket with M artin and 53 for the last with M acLaren. N ew South W ales never appeared likely to make the runs, but W addy m ade a faultless 86 in 147 minutes, and hit eight 4’s ; with Bardsley he put on 74 for the third wicket. Score and analysis :— Q ueen slan d . F h>t innings. Second innings. R. J. Hartigan, c M in­ nett, b B a r n e s ............58 b M acartney ... 10 G. Brown, b Barnes ... 4 c Blaxland, b M in­ nett ......... 15 S. J. Redgrave, run out... 14 b M acartney ... 44 J. Thom son, c H artigan, b W ordsw orth ... 21 cB ardsley,bM innett 21 C. E. Sim pson, c M innett, b W o rd sw o rth ............10 run out ..........24 W . B. Hayes, run out ... 98 b M im nett...........36 E. R . Crouch, lbw, b c Carter, b W ords- W ordsw orth ..............0 worth ................16 J. S. Hutcheon, c Carter, c Carter, b B lax- b M innett .29 land .............................. 8 G F. M artin, c Blaxland, b M innett .............. 0 c W addy, b Barnts 40 W . T. Evans, hw, b B lax­ land ............................. 4 not out ..................103 J.W .M acLaren, not out... 10 ru n ou t ................ 6 B 6 , 1-b 4.....................10 B 1 3 ,1-b 5 ... 18 T otal ................ 258 T o ta l...................341 N kw S juth W ales . F irst innings. Second innings. H . Carter, c M artin, b c Hartigan, b M acLaren ................69 M acLaren ... 16 E. L . W addy, b M acLaren ...............13 b S im pson ......................... 8 > M. H . Blaxland, b c Brown, b R ed- M acLaren ....... 8 grave ................... 7 C. G M acaitney, c Hayes, b M acLaren ... 4 lbw , b Redgrave .. 24 W . Bardsley, c Brown, b c Evans, b R ed- Hayes .24 grave .........................30 J. C. Barnes, c Brown b R-dgrave ................26 lbw, b Sim pson ... 0 D. Taylor, c H aitigan, b S im p son ..........................11 b S im p so n .................0 O. H . Dean, run out ... 0 b S im p son .................23 C. W ordsworth, not out 12 b S im p so n ................ 4 L. A M innett, c Brown, b c H utcheon, b M acLaren ................ 9 Redgrave ... 25 T. J. H ariigan, lbw , b Simpson . ................ 4 not out .........................0 B 9, 1-b 6 .15 B 10,1-b 7, n-b 1 18 T otal .195 Total .. 233 Q ueknsl ,\ND. O. M. R. w . O. M. R .W . F iist inuiugs. Second innings. M innett. ... 18 2 68 2 ... 26 8 61 3 Karnes ... ... 17. 3 1 99 2 ... 13. 1 0 102 1 Mm artney 7 1 21 0 ... 26 10 67 2 W ordsw orth ... 13 4 24 3 ... 8 1 48 1 iiariigan ... 1 0 I 0 ... 2 1 11 0 t lax land ... 5 0 32 1 ... 11 2 34 1 N kw S outh W a les , First innings. Second innings. O. M. R . W . O. M. R .W . M acLaren ... 18 4 83 5 .. 17 0 70 1 Redgrave ... 12 2 40 1 ... 29.5 0 73 4 Hayes ... ... 5 1 31 1 ... 5 • 1 20 0 Thom son ... 1 0 10 0 ... 1 0 2 0 Simpson ... 5.5 0 16 2 ... 17 3 50 5 On their way back to Sydney the N .S .W . team played a m atch at M usw ellbrook on A pril 25th. M uswellbrook scored 184 for eight wickets and declaimed (M . H . Cleeve, 51), and N .S .W . replied with 258 fo r nine wickets (Carter, 103 retired; Blaxland, 70).