Cricket 1908

J u ly 2 3 , 1908 . CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 293 CR ICKET IN AUSTRAL IA . (Continued from page 211.) SUMMARY AND STATISTICS OF TH E PAST SEASON. The Australian season of 1907-8 was productive of much interesting cricket, the chief feature being the visit of an English team chosen by the M.CtC. As a review of the tour was published in these columns on April 30th, further reference need not be made to the subject here beyond saying that the trip proved dis­ appointing, as many as four of the Test matches being lost. From the statistics which follow it will be seen that only three batsmen— Hardstaff (1,360), Noble (1,071), and Armstrong (1,033)—made a thousand runs, and that the largest num­ ber of wickets taken by a bowler was 66, with which both J. N. Crawford and Saun­ ders were credited. Nothing at all was seen during the season of Mackay or Garnsey, and Duff, Diamond, and Hop­ kins quite failed to play up to their re­ putation. S. E. Gregory, however, after being left out of the State team, got back to his very best form and worked his way into the Test match side. He, as much as anyone, can look back upon the season with pleasure. New South Wales, after many years of uninterrupted supremacy, experienced a poor season, being beaten by England, South Australia, Victoria, and Queensland in turn. The other States did well, and many young players of pro­ mise came to the front. Australian bowl­ ing does not appear to be particularly strong at the present time, but great bowlers on Australian wickets are few. Rhodes, Blythe, and Tarrant were great bowlers in England in 1907, but in the Colonies were little better than moderate while the weather was fine. Fielder, Barnes, and J. N. Crawford were excel­ lent, yet their wickets on the whole were costly. In the event of a team from the Commonwealth visiting us next year, it will probably be found that there are other first-class bowlers in Australia than those who figured in the recent series of Test matches. I.—T H E SIDES. R esults of M atches . Australian X I. beat Rest of Australia, at Sydney, by an innings and 3 runs. England beat W est Australia, at Perth, b y an innings and 134 runs. England beat South Australia, at Adelaide, by an innings and 183 runs. England drew w ith Victoria, at Melbourne. England beat New South Wales, at Sydney, b y 408 runs. England beat Queensland, at Brisbane, b y an innings and 44 runs. England drew w ith An Australian X I., at Brisbane. England lost to Australia, at Sydney, b y tw o w ickets. England drew w ith A Victorian X I., at South Mel­ bourne. England beat Australia, at M elbourne, b y one w icket. England lost to Australia, at Adelaide, b y 245 runs. England beat Tasmania, at Launceston, by 120 runs. E ngland drew w ith Tasmania, at Hobart. E ngland beat Victoria, at M elbourne, by 330 runs. England lost to Australia, at M elbourne, by 308 runs. England drew w ith N ew South Wales, at Sydney. England lost to Australia, at Sydney, b y 49 runs. England drew w ith South Australia, at Adelaide. England drew w ith W est Australia, at Perth. New South Wales lost to South Australia, at Sydney, b y 20 runs. New South Wales beat Queensland, at Sydney, by seven w ickets. New South Wales beat Victoria, at M elbourne, by eight w ickets. New South Wales lost to Victoria, at Sydney, by 211 runs. New South Wales lost to Queensland, at Brisbane, by 171 runs. South Australia lost to Victoria, at M elbourne, by an innings and 166 runs. Tasmania lost to Victoria, at M elbourne, b y 158 runs. W h ere th e R uns w ere S cored . Ground. Runs. W kts. Aver. Adelaide .. 3,457 92 37.57 Brisbane .. 2,231 92 24.25 Hobart .. 885 28 31.60 Launceston... . 1,020 38 26.84 Melbourne ... . 7,572 254 29.81 M elbourne, South. . 991 18 55.05 Perth . 1,553 52 29.86 Sydney .10,211 299 34.15 Totals . .27,920 873 31.98 Scoring was, on the average, over fifty per cent. heavier than in England last season ; in 1907 only 20.66 runs were m ade over here for every w icket lost, whereas in Australia 31.98 were obtained. M a tch es o f 1,000 o r M o r e R uns. Runs. W kts. Ground. 1716 for 40, N ew South Wales v. South Australia ... ... Sydney. 1615 ,, 40, New South Wales v. Victoria Sydney. 1497 ,, 38, New South Wales v. England Sydney. 1337 ,, 40, Australia v. England ... Adelaide. 1327 ,, 39, Australia v. England ... Melbourne. 1316 ,, 39, Victoria v. E n g la n d ....................Melbourne. 1233 ,, 30, Victoria v. South Australia... Melbourne. 1230 ,, 40, Victoria v. Tasm ania ... Melbourne. 1229 ,, 33, New South Wales v. Queens­ land ........................................... Sydney. 1148 ,, 38, Australia v. England ... Sydney. 1137 ,, 28, South Australia v. England Adelaide. 1135 ,, 30, Australian X I. v. Rest of Australia ............................. Sydney. 1069 ,, 40, Australia v. England .. Sydney. 1027 ,, 40, Queensland v. New South W ales.......................................... Brisbane. 1020 ,, 38, Tasmania v. England ...Launceston. The low est aggregate obtained in a com pleted m atch was 572 for 30 w ickets betw een Queensland and England at Brisbane. Seven of the eight m atches played in Sydney pro­ duced a four-figure aggregate. In n in gs o f 500 R u n s o r M o re . Total. For. Against. Ground. 699 Victoria S. Australia M elbourne 660 for 8 England S. Australia Adelaide 591 N. Sth. Wales Queensland Sydney * N. Sth. Wales S. Australia Sydney 569 Australian X I. R est of Aust. Sydney 519 Sth. Australia N. Sth. Wales Sydney 511t* Victoria N. Sth.W ales Sydney 506 Australia England Adelaide 503 for 9 England Victorian X I. S. Melbourne •Made in fourth innings of m atch. fV ictoria’s totals in this m atch were 402 and 511. C ompleted I nnings of 100 or L ess . Score. For. Against. Gronnd. 77 Victoria England M elbourne 78 Queensland England Brisbane 96 N .Sth Wales England Sydney . n . —T H E B A TSM E N . E nglish A verages . N ot Inns. out. M ost. Total. Aver. Gunn, G............................. 18 3 122* 817 54.46 Hardstaff, J ..................... 28 2 135 1360 52.30 Rhodes, W ....................... 27 8 119 929 48.89 H obbs, J. B ..................... 22 1 115 876 41.71 Jones, A . 0 ...................... 15 1 119 518 37.00 Braund, L . 0 ................... 25 3 160 783 35.59 H utchings, K . L . ...2 8 0 126 953 34.03 Fane, F. L ....................... 24 1 133 774 33.65 Craw ford, J . N . ... 24 1 114 610 26.52 Barnes, S. F .................. 19 4 93 342 22.80 Y oung, R . A ................. 15 0 59 260 17.33 Fielder, A ....................... 16 8 5$* 134 16.75 H ayes, E .G ................... 14 0 98 230 16.42 Blythe, C......................... 14 1 27* 145 11.15 Hum phries, J . ... 13 1 16 92 7.66 N kw S outh W alks A vkragks . N ot Inns. out. M ost. T otal. Aver. Bowden, A . J . ... 3 0 149 258 86.00 W addy, Rev. E . F . .. 6 1 107* 315 63.00 N oble, M . A .................... 19 1 176 1071 59 50 G regory, S. E. ... 10 0 201 539 53.90 Trum per, V . T . ... 19 0 166 797 41.9* Bardsley, W .................... 8 0 108 298 37.25 Carter, H ......................... 20 3 125 605 35.58 M acartney, C. G. ...2 2 3 96 524 27.57 Cotter, A ........................... 8 1 49 185 26.42 W addy, E. L ................ 9 0 86 223 24.77 Newton, P ....................... 3 1 27* 47 23.50 Blaxland. M . H . ... 7 0 78 135 19 Barnes, J. C.................... 10 1 58* 168 18.66 D uff, R. A ....................... 4 0 37 66 16.50 D iam ond, A . .. ... 8 1 41 112 16.00 M innett, L . A . ... 6 1 25 61 12.20 Hopkins, A . J. ...1 1 0 62 129 11.72 K ellew ay, C. ... ... 4 1 31* 33 Johnson, F . B. ... 7 4 19 26 Gorry, C. R .................... 4 1 15 23 W hiddon. H ................ 5 0 11 33 Tiro innings :— Fisher, A . D .................. 2 1 63 66 W ordsw orth, C. ... 2 1 12* 16 Lane, J. B ....................... 2 0 27 31 De<»n, O. H ..................... 2 0 23 23 Taylor, D ....................... 2 0 11 11 Hartigan, T. J. ... 2 1 4 4 H ickson, R . N. ... 2 0 2 2 One innings :— Gregory. C. W . ... 1 0 14 14 W hitty, W .....................1 9 1 1 Q ueensland A verages . N ot Inns. out. M ost. T otal. Hartigan, R . J. ... 121 116 491 Evans, W . T.................. 72 1C3* 206 Hayes, W . B. ... 7 0 98 270 Redgrave, S. J. ... 7 0 66 218 Thom son, J .................... 6 1 70 175 Crouch, E .R .................. 4 0 53 73 Hutcheon, J. S. ... 4 0 29 66 M artin, C. F .................. 6 0 40 82 Brown, G. ................ 4 0 16 44 Dunn, M . M. F. ... 4 0 19 25 M acLaren, J. W . ... 6 1 10* 28 2 'ico innings :— Sim pson, C. E. ... 2 0 24 34 Tim bury, F . J. ... 2 1 5 6 Arm strong, W . ... 2 0 9 10 Burstow, C. B. ... 2 2 0* 0 S outh A ustralian A verages . Not Inns. out. M ost. Total. D olling, C. E. ... 7 0 140 388 H ill, C.............................. 16 0 160 796 Mayne, E. R ................. 9 0 91 373 Claxton, N . H . ... 7 0 75 283 Jennings. C. B. ... 7 0 79 252 H ill, L . R ........................7 1 68 181 Pellew, J . H .................. 7 0 41 188 Gehrs, D . R . A . ... 5 1 34 78 W right, A . W . ... 6 1 53 63 Chamberlain, L . W ... 7 0 36 88 O’Connor, J, A . ... 13 4 20 106 Two innings :— M cBeath, A ................... 2 1 10* 14 Darling, J .......................2 0 11 13 Townsend, R . J. B .... 2 0 1 1 One innings :— Hewer, W . A . ... 1 0 9 9 T asmanian A vkrages . N ot Inns. out. M ost. Total. Harrison, E. W . 4 1 97 214 W indsor, E . A . ... 7 0 78 296 Burn, K . E .................... 4 0 112 150 Eady, C. J ...................... 4 0 66 123 Tabart, T . A .................. 6 0 67 158 Dodds, N ......................... 6 0 81 130 Hawson. R . J .................. 6 0 41 126 Paton, D ..........................4 2 10* 28 Richardson, W . ... 4 0 15 22 M artin, C...............................4 0 10 17 Two innings :— Smith, H . 0 ..................... 2 1 36* 40 Payne, B ................................2 1 15* 22 Chancellor, F .................. 2 0 29 30 W ard, E. K ..................... 2 0 16 24 Forster, W . R . ... 2 1 9* 9 Carroll, T . D ................ 2 0 14 17 Frost, A. E ....................... 2 0 3 3 One innings :— Henri, H .................................1 0 15 15 Hanson, F ..............................1 1 8* 8 V ictobian A vkragks . N ot Inns. out. M ost. Total. Tarrant, F , A . ... 10 0 206 762 Arm strong, W . W . ... 16 2 231 1033 H oran, J .......................... 5 0 165 274 Ransford, Y ................... 19 1 129 821 Laver, F ................................ 6 1 86 196 Vernon, L . P .................. 4 1 62 96 M cK enzie. C.................... 12 0 56 381 M cAlister, P. A . ...2 0 1 73 593 Carroll, E . V ................ 9 0 81 260 W arne, T . S.................. 10 0 82 269 D elves, F .......................... 4 0 62 86 Collins, F . B ................................................... 9226119 Carkeek, W . ... ... 9 2 35 113 Haziitt, G........................ 11 2 34* 1*28 Rush, T ............................ 5 0 29 43 W oodford, J. H . R ... 3 1 13 17 Saunders, J . V . ... 18 6 12* 61 Smith, L .......................... 3 0 6 13 Two innings :— Horan, I., jun. ... 2 0 36 43 K elly, W ......................... 2 0 30 35 Trott, G. H . S. ... 2 0 30 34 Vaughan, F. ; ............... 2 0 16 31 H ealy, G .......................... 2 0 14 25 Speirs, N . L ................... 2 1 10 11 Kyle, J. ................ 2 1 4* 5 Fay, H .............................. 2 0 8 9 11.00 8.66 7.66 6.60 66.00 16 00 15.50 11.50 5.50 4.00 1.00 14.00 1.00 Aver. 44.63 41.20 38.57 31.14 25.00 18.25 16.50 13.66 11.00 6.25 5.60 17.00 6.00 5.00 *0.00 Aver. 55.42 49.75 41.44 40.42 36.00 30.16 26.85 19.50 12.60 12.57 11.77 14.00 6.50 .50 9.00 Aver. 71.33 42.28 37,50 30.75 26.33 21.66 20.83 14.00 6 60 4.25 40.00 22.00 15.00 12.00 9.00 8.50 1.50 15.00 *8.00 A ver. 76.20 73.86 54.80 45.61 39.20 32.00 31.75 31.21 28.88 26.90 21.50 17.00 16.14 14.22 8.60 8.5C 5.08 4.33 21.50 17.50 17.00 15.50 12.50 11.00 5.00 4.50