Cricket 1908

J u ly 2 3 , 1908 . CRICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME. Gehrs, D . R . A . 12 6 26 0 — M cBeath, A . ... ‘27 4 98 0 — Pellew, J. H . ... 33 1 151 0 — T asmanian A verages . Overs. M dns. Runs. W kts. Av. M artin. C. ... 18.3 2 94 4 23.50 Richardson, W . 39.4 3 20*2 8 25.25 Eady, C. J. ... 89.3 20 257 9 28.55 W indsor. E. A . 174.5 24 714 19 35.57 Tabart. T . A . ... 23 1 124 3 41.00 Chancellor, F . ... 17 2 93 2 46.50 H aw son, R . J . ... 37 4 136 2 68.00 Paton, D . ... 39 5 160 2 75,00 Thefollowingfailed to take a wicket Carroll, T . D . ... 7 2 21 0 — Hanson, F . ... 6 0 25 0 — Frost, A . E . ... 9 0 59 0 — V ictorian A verages . Overs. M dns. Runs. W kts. A v, K yle, J . ... 34.2 13 134 8 16.75 Carroll, E . V . ... 29 2 114 5 22.80 Saunders, J. V . .. 555.4 113 1587 66 24.04 Laver, F ................ 92.1 23 2b6 11 26.00 A rm strong,W .W . 367 109 734 26 28.23 Trott, G. H . S. ... 33 1 155 5 31.00 Vernon, L . P. ... 65.4 9 223 7 31.85 H azlitt, G . ... 174 41 563 15 37.53 Collins, F. B. ... 156 24 5.'4 13 40.30 Tarrant, F. A . ... 141 28 425 9 47.22 W am e, T . S. ... 89 9 392 7 56 00 K elly, W . ... 21 6 68 1 68.00 Smith, L .................. 10 2 36 0 71.00 M cK enzie, C. ... 15 4 72 1 72.00 Thefollowingfailed to take a wicket :— M cAlister, P. A . 4 1 9 0 — Ransford, V . ... 2 0 12 0 — Fry, H ..................... 9 1 45 0 — Speirs, N . L . ... 18 5 72 0 — W est A ustralian A verages . Overs. M dns. Runs. W kts. Av. H ogue, T . H . ... 14 1 48 2 24.00 Christian, A . ... 78.3 15 262 8 32 75 Coyne, T .................. 22 6 68 2 34.00 Selk. R .................... 27.4 5 108 3 36.00 Thefollowingfailed to take a xcicket :— H ow ard, C. ... 3 0 23 0 — Evans, R , M . ... 18 3 47 0 — Jones, E .................. 23 3 64 0 — H ogue, W . ... 38 8 121 0 — The follow ing w ore the best bow ling perform ances of the season from a figure point of view. (a ).—6 oi- more wickets in an innings :— 6 for 24, Barnes, S. F., England v. N ew South Wales, at Sydney. 7 ,, 60, Barnes, S. F., England v. Australia, at Sydney. 6 ,, 4S, Blythe, C., England v. Queensland, at Brisbane. 7 ,, 117, Braund, L. C., England v. An Australian X I., at Brisbane. 6 ,, 149, Braund, L. C., England v. South Australia, at Adelaide. 6 ,, 101, Cotter, A ., Australia v. England, at Sydney. 6 „ 27, Fielder, A., England v. New South W ales, at Sydney. 6 „ 82, Fielder A ., England v. Australia, at Sydney. 6 ,, 51, K yle, J., Victoria v. Tasmania, at M el­ bourne. 7 ,, 131, M innett, L. A ., New South Wales v. E ng­ land, at Sydney. 6 ,, 249, O ’Conner, J. A .,South Australia v. Victoria, at Melbourne. 6 ,, 61, Saunders, J. V., Victoria v. New South Wales, at Sydney. 6 „ 173, W indsor, E. A., Tasmania v. Victoria, at Melbourne. ( b ).—10 or more wickets in a match :— 10 for 67, Barnes, S. F., England v. Victoria, at M elbourne. 11 „ 83, Blythe, C., England v. Queensland, at Brisbane. 10 ,, 169, Fielder, A ., England v. Victoria, at Melbourne. (c ).—5 or more wickets for 5 runs or less each 6 for 24, Barnes, S. F. I England v. N ew South 6 „ 27, Fielder, A. } W ales, at Sydney. IV .-M E M O R A B IL IA . W est Australia v. England, at Perth.—-The Grst m atch ever played by an English team against West Australia. J. N. Crawford m ade 22 (five 4’s and a 2) off an over from W. Hogue. T. H. Hogue carried his bat through tho first innings (152) o f the hom e side for 60. South Australia v. England, at Adelaide.—An agreem ent was com e to by the tw o captains that the outfield should be m ow ed every m orning of the m atch at eleven o ’clock. In the innings of England, Braund (160), w hen he had m ade 29, played a ball from A. W. W right on to his w icket w ithout rem ov­ ing a bail. J. N. Crawford h it fivo 4’s off W right in an over, reaching 50 in 24 m inutes, and, in all, scor­ ing 114 out of 171 in 58 m inutes ; he hit three 6’s and eighteen 4’s and, w ith Braund, added 109 for the sixth w ick et in 34 m inutes. There were four hun­ dreds in the Englishm en’s total of 660 for eight w ickets, innings declared closed, Braund m aking 160, Hardstaff 135, A. O. Jones 119, and J. N. Craw­ ford 114. On the second day the tem perature was 151 in the sun and i)7 in the shade. Victoria v. England, at M elbourne.—D uring the stand of Barnes and Hardstaff in the second innings of the visitors the latter, ow ing to the critical position of the game, tried to keep the bow ling to him self as m uch as possible, at tim es not running out his hits to their full value. In an attem pt to defeat this m ove T. Rush deliberately threw the ball to the boundary, thinking to m ake the batsm en return to their original ends by giving four in place of a single. B y a curious m istake the um pire allowed only one for the stroke instead o f 5, one for the hit and four for the overthrow . The last tw o m en, Hardstaff and Fielder, were together for the last ten m inutes of the m atch and secured a draw, England, w hen stum ps w ere drawn, being 76 runs behind. New South Wales v. England, at Sydney.— A ll the players m ade double figures in the first innings (304) of the latter, the low est score being 10 by Hum phries. Victoria v. South Australia, at M elbourne.— W. W. Arm strong scored 231, V. Ransford 109, and F. A. Tarrant 105 in Victoria’s large innings of 699, during w hich J. A. O ’Connor delivered as m any as 504 balls. W right’s one w’ieket cost 222 runs. W. Carkeek allowed no extras in the second innings (177) of South Australia and m ade tw o catches. Queensland v. England, at Brisbane.— K. L. H ut­ chings scored 67 out o f 85 in 75 m inutes for England. J. W. MacLaren, the Queensland fast bowler, had six m en in the slips. A n Australian XI. v. England, at Brisbane.— In the first innings of the hom e side S. J. Redgrave m ade 66 out of 98 in 47 m inutes. In the English innings K. L. Hutchings scored 72 out of 108 in 82 m inutes, punishing A. Cotter for 21 (five fours and a single) in one over. New South Wales v. South Australia, at Sydney.— For the first tim e for seven years the latter succeeded in beating New South Wales ; the hom e side, set 593 to w in, scored 572. M aking his first appearance in a Sheffield Shield m atch, C. E. D olling scored 2 and 113. When stum ps were draw n on the fifth evening New South Wales, w ith one w icket in hand, required 21 to w in. The third ball bow led on the follow ing m orning brought the gam e to a conclusion, no run being m ade during the last day’s play. Australia v. England, at Sydney.—O w ing to the absence, through illness, of A. O. Jones, George Gunn cam e in to the visiting side and, in his first Test m atch, scored 119 and 74. (H e had been given a retaining fee so that his services could be engaged whenever necessary.) In the first innings of England Barnes, in being bow led by A. Cotter, had his off- stum p smashed. U pon the fall of the eighth w icket in the second innings of the hom e side 56 runs were still w anted, and that num ber Hazlitt (34) and Cotter (33) trium phantly obtained. It was practically a last w icket stand, for only Saunders, quite a nonentity as a batsm an, was left to go in. A Victorian X I. v. England, at South Melbourne. —A t one tim e on the first day the tem perature was 99.5 in the shade and 156 in the sun. Rhodes (105 not out) and Fielder (50 n ot out) put on 95 for the last w icket of the visitors in 30 m inutes. Tarrant, playing for the Victorian X I., gave a very wearying display, m aking 159 out of 413 in 340 m in u tes; at one tim e w hilst he was scoring 15 W. W. Arm strong m ade 60. New South Wales played tw o intcr-State m atches sim ultaneously, m eeting Queensland at Sydney and Victoria at Melbourne. They w on the form er m atch b y seven w ickets and the latter b y eight. New South Wales v. Queensland, at Sydney.—All eleven of the lattev bow led w hilst the hom e side scored 591. Victoria v. New South W ales, £,t M elbourne.— W. W. Arm strong declined to play in this m atch ow ing to tho fact that his claim for expenses in con­ nection w ith the South Australian m atch had not been allowed on the ground that they exceeded tho sum allowed for am ateurs b y the regulations of the V.C.A. Of the first 91 runs m ade in the m atch, Warne, w ho had been in all the tim e, claim ed only 15. In the first innings of New South Wales M. A. Noble (101) m ade all his last 26 runs w hilst no other runs were obtained. In the final stage o f the game V. Trum por scored 119 ou t of 150 in 101 m inutes, m aking 62 out of 81, and 100 out of 124 In an hour and a-half ; he hit five 4’s off an over from G. Hazlitt. , , Australia v. England, at M elbourne.—England lost the toss for the first tim e in ten Test matches. D uring the last hour of play on the second day K. L. Hutchings (126) and Braund (49) added 91, in ­ cluding an extra, of w hich num ber the former claim ed 71. W ith eight w ickets dow n in their second innings England required 73 to win. Hum phries (16) and Barnes (38 not out) put on 34 for the ninth w icket, and the latter and Fielder (18 not out) 39 w ithout being separated, England w inning an exciting gam e by one w icket. The receipts for the six days am ounted to £4,072 14s. Od. Australia v. England, at Adelaide.— In the first nnings of the hom e side P. A. M cAlister (28); when 9, played a ball from Rhodes on to his w icket w ith­ out rem oving a bail. A t one period of the third day the tem perature was 102‘2 in the shade and 150 in the sun, and on the fourth 106‘7 and 151*7 respec­ tively, and, later on the same day, 111*4 and 156-9. In England’s first innings J. N. Crawford scored 62 out of 86 in 100 m inutes. R. J. Hartigan here m ade his first appearance in a Test m atch ; he scored 4S and 116 and, w ith C. H ill (160), added 243 for the eighth w ickct in the second innings. H ill, who was unable to field at all during the m atch ow ing to indisposi­ tion and had a substitute to field for him and the services o f a runner, m ade 5 and 160. On the sixth m orning the tem perature was 107‘6 in the shade and 15 T9 in the sun. / Tasmania v. England, at Launceston.— In the first innings of the latter K. L. Hutchings m;ide 37 out of 47 in tw elve m inutes, hitting eight 4’s. The 100 w ent up in 45 m inutes, 150 in 69, and 200 in 95. D uring the second day Gunn (G .) sustained a slight sunstroke w hilst fielding and was rem oved to the General Hospital. H obbs (104 and 65) and Hardstafi’ (66 and 85) added over a hundred together for the fourth w icket in each innings, putting on 137 in the first and 115 in the second. In the second innings of Tasmania A. O. Jones fielded substitute for Gunn, this being his first appearance on a cricket field for seven weeks. E- A. W indsor scored 75 out o f 111 in 90 m inutes. New South Wales v. Victoria, at Sydney.— In the second innings o f the latter Tarrant took seven hours and a-quarter to score 206 ; ho batted six hours for 150. There w ere six individual hundreds scored in this m atch, Tarrant m aking 206, V. Rans­ ford 129, and W. W. Arm strong 110 for Victoria, and M. A. Noble 176 and 123 and S. E. G regory 201,for New South Wales. N oble and Gregory (201 and 63) put on over 100 together for the fourth w icket in each innings, adding 315 in the first and 136 in the second. Tasmania v. England, at H obart.—K . L. H utchings scored 51 out of 69 in 28 m inutes, hitting a 5 and nine 4’s. Victoria v. England, at M elbourne.— In the latter’s first innings J. N. Crawford scored 69 out of 103 in 50 m inutes, hitting a dozen 4’s and a 6 ,'a n d in the' second K.. L. H utchings m ade 51 out o f 71 in 29 m inutes. Australia v. England, at M elbourne.— In the first innings of the latter the last seven w ickets w ent dow n (on a pitch ruined by rain) for 17 runs. Tho receipts during the four days am ounted to £1,997 19s. 6d. New South Wales v. England, at Sydney.—New South Wales, set 387 to w in, scored. 375 for nine w ickets. C. R. Gorry w ent in, last m an, and joined L. A. M innett w hen 28 were still required. They m ade 16 and then play ceased on an appeal again tho light. Rain prevented the gam e being finished on the n ext day. W hilst A , O. Jones was scoring 57 not out in the first innings of England only 13 other runs were made. In the first innings of the hom o side A. J. Bowden (87), w hen he had m ade 19, had his w icket hit by a ball from Barnes w hich did not disturb a bail. Two m em bers of the New South Wales team—Rev. E. F. W addy (107 not out and 57) and W . Bardsley (3 and 108 )— played a three-figure innings on the occasion of their first appearance against an English team. Victoria v. Tasmania, at M elbourne.— In the first innings of the form er J. Horan m ade 165 out of 258 in 185 m inutes ; he m ade 63 out of 92, 88 out of 132, and 100 out of 151. South Australia v. England, at Adelaide.—C. E. Dolling, on his first appearance against an English team, played an innings of 140. The Australian X I. v. Rest of Australia, at ^ y d n o y —M. A N oble’s Testim onial Match. C. H ill, play ing for the form er, scored 52 out of 76 in 44 m inutes. During the long innings of 569 played by the Eleven, C. R. Gorry allowed only three byes. Queensland v. New South W ales, at Brisbane.— Queensland won by 171 runs. N ew South W ales had not been beaten b y Queensland since A pril, 1893, when they suffered a reverse by 14 runs. G EO RG E L E W IN & Co., (Established 1869.) Club Colour Specialists and Athletic Clothing Manufacturers. OUTFITTERS BY APPOINTMENT T o the Australians, 18%, 1899 and 1902 ; Mr. Stoddart’s X I., 1894-1895, 1397-1898; Mr. M acLaren’s X I., 190i-1902 ; West Indian X I., 1900 and 1906 ; South A fricans X I., 1901 and 1907; and M C.C., Lancashire* Kent, Surrey and London Counties, W anderers, Stoics. Bromley, Sutton, and all Public Schools’ Old Boys’ Clubs.—W rite for E stim ates F r e e . Telearaphic Address: “ Leotdde, London.*' Telephone: P.O. City 607* Crooked Lane, Monument, London Bridge, C.C.