Cricket 1908

28 CRICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. FisB. 27, 1908. of time in trying to get the grit out of my eyes, and took good care to keep my mouth tightly shut so as to prevent semi-choking by inroads of dust to the throat passage. “ Bemember, man, thou art but dust,” says the Scripture. I am sure that everyone felt himself or herself full of dust on this awful Boxing Day. What with dust, heat, and wind, we had a terrible time b y the tree. Straw hats, felt hats, every kind of hat went flying at intervals, and then bash, crash, the sight-board reeled to the fierceness of the gale, and struck tho iron fence with such force that the supporting wings of the board became detached. Victor Trumper and others came to the rescue, and Victor put his shoulder (o tho wheel (I mean the sight-board) in great style. Finally the right-boarl was kept upright by the friendly aid of ono of its own wings. The umpires, Messrs. Crockett and Young, had an unique experience in putting on bails. Over after over the fierce wind blew them off, and batsmen, wicket-keeper, bowlers, and umpires found themselves engaged in adjust­ ing the bails with a frequency never before witnessed within my recollection. “ Felix,” as readers of “ Gossip ” are well aware, is our old friend T. Horan of the early Australian teams. A t Laidley, Queensland, on New Year’s Day, a bowler named James H iggins, of the M ilton C.C., bow led a bail 51 yards off the wicket. The distance was measured b y four of the players. F ro m the S y d n e y R eferee: — “ L. McMahon, a colt who represented North Sydney two or three years ago, has already made 1071 runs at an average of 119 per inning 3 in Northern Suburbs Junior Competition, Wednesday Competition, and representative Junior matches this season. If he maintain this form he should exceed 2,000 for the season. For his club on concrete wickets McMahon has made 18, 21, 35 not out 71, and 109 not out; for the Northern Suburbs Association in the inter-Assoe'ation matches, 6 , 90, and 140 rot ou t; for N.S. Wednesday (on turf) 32, 95, 151, and 203 not o u t; and for Combined Juniors v. Petersham District C.C. 100. A right-hander, he has very sound defence.” I n the course of a sermon recently preached in Sydney, a Presbyterian minister snid :— “ It is a great and good thing to be chosen to play in a Test match. We recognise the truth of the saying from the old Book : ‘ Many are called, but few are chosen.’ A batsman may have a grand and mighty scoro, then a Cotter may send down a ball like a streak of light, and send the bails flying. So it is with life.” A t St. M ary-at-H ill, the Monument, on the 16th inst., Prebendary Wilson Carlile took “ The Lost Ashes” as his text. O n Hindmarsh Oval on January 4th J. Darling performed a noteworthy piece of batting for Sturt against West Torrens. After the latter had been dismissed for 144, Sturt made 93 for two wickets, as follows :— H. Bankin, c F. Jarvis, b O’Connor... 9 J. Darling, not o u t ...................................77 P. W . Zschorn, c Arthur, b O’Connor 0 H. W oolcock, not out ... ................... 5 B 1, lb 1 ............................... 2 The match was resumed a fortnight later, when Darling was dismissed after adding six to his score. A B u r m a n cricketer, rejoicing in the name of M g Bu— this is not a printer’s error—performed the hat-trick on Christ­ mas Day for Town v.Gymkhana at Akyab, Aracan. A PERFORMANCE o f unusual merit was accomplished by the Natal team in the second of their matches last month with Western Province. Set 398 to win in five hours, they Bcored 301 in that time for five wickets, and when stumps were drawn had Nourse going strong with 200 against his name. For the batsman named the match was nothing le?s than a triumph, seeing that in his first innings he made 98, and that on each occasion he made his runs at a time when his confreres appeared almost help­ less. I hear on very good authority that when his present engagement expir-s at the end o f the year he intends returning to this country and making his home here. In that case he would be available for Surrey in 1909. But, in the event of a South African team visiting us next year in order to take part in the triangular contest proposed by Mr. Abe Bailey, it would be very regrettable to find such a useful all-round cricketer preferring to assist the county rather than appear for the country in which he has made his name. T h e Annual Report of the Notts County C.C., which has just been issued, Bhows that, despite the very wet season and play in the Yorkshire match being limited to seventy minutes, there was a profit of £237 is. 3d. on last year’ s working. Total (2 wkts.) 93 C R IC K E T IN A U S T R A L I A . (Continued from paye 16). NEW SOUTH WALES v. QUEENS­ LAND. Played at Sydney on Dec. 26, 27, 28, and 30. New South Wales won by seven wickets. Of the previous eighteen matches played between these States, New South Wales had won sixteen, Queensland one—the first of the series, in 1893— and one had been drawn. Neither side was at full strength on the present occasion, the visitors being against G. Brown, C. E. Simpson, and J. S. Hutcheon, and New South Wales playing against Victoria at Melbourne on the same dates. The home team went away from the start, Diamond and Waddy making 119 for the first wicket in sixty- seven minutes, and the latter and Blaxland adding 82 for the second in forty-seven. In this way 201 runs were scored in one hundred and fourteen minutes, Waddy, who made 100 of the number and hit fourteen 4’s, being then run out after a very stylish display. Blaxland added 32 with Gregory, who was bowled off his pad, and 52 with Barnes before being caught at slip. He hit eleven 4’s in making 78 out of 100 in one hundred and five minutes, but when 23 was missed by Hayes in the slips off MacLaren. Fisher and Bowden came together upon the fall of the seventh wicket at 340, and, at the end of the day, when the total was 458, were still together, the former being 43 and the latter 72. In all, the pair added 175 in ono hundred and twelve minutes, which is the most remunerative partnership for the eighth wicket of New South Wales in an inter-State game. Fisher )layed a sound innings, but was overshadowed by lis partner. Newton helped to add 71 for the ninth wicket, and then Bowden, who had scored 149 out of 230 in one hundred and forty-five minutes, was caught. He hit a 5 and fourteen 4’s, the majority of them straight drives, but was thrice missed—the first time by Martin at square-leg off MacLaren when 55. All eleven bowled during the long innings, which would have realised many less had the fielding been of any class. The feature of Queensland’s display was the batting of Hartigan, who added 80 for the second wicket in fifty minutes with Redgrave, and 00 for the third with Hayes, a left-hander. Redgrave was missed by Bowden in the slips off Newton before he had scored, and Hartigan also was lucky inasmuch as he was let off by the same player in the same position off the same bowler when 32. Hartigan reached 50 out of 80 in an hour, 82 out of 124 in eighty-five minutes, and, in all, 104 out of 105 in one hundred and fifteen minutes. He showed himself strong to the off and leg, and hit fifteen 4’s. Hayes, when 10, should have been stumped by Lane off Bowden. There was rain during the second night, and on the next m orning the wicket was slow but not difficult. Bowden’s leg-breaks obtained four wickets at a reasonable cost and Queensland followed-on, 300 in arrears. Hartigan was caught with only 30 scored, but Redgrave and Hayes put on 57 for the third wicket, and the latter and Thomson 40 for the fourth. Redgrave hit eight 4’s in making 44 out of 82 in sixty-five minutes. Thomson gave an admirable display in making 70, and received good support from Crouch and Evans, who helped him to add 03 and 02 for the sixth and seventh wickets respectively. Crouch batted eighty minutes for 53, and Evans was sent back by a brilliant catch by Waddy in the long-field. New South Walos, set 23 to win, lost three wickets in making the runs. Score and analysis:— N ew S outh W ales . First innings. Second innings. 4 Rev. E. F. Waddy, run out 100 A. Diamond, run o u t...........41 not out ......... 0 M. H. Blaxland, c Thomson, b Hayes ..........................78 C. W. Gregory, b Hartigan 14 J. C. Barnes, run out...........27 c Redgrave, 1) MacLaren ... 0 W. Bardsley, c Hartigan, c Redgrave, b b Redgrave ...................23 MacLaren .. 9 J. B. Lane, c Barstow, b Redgrave ...........................27 run out ......... 4 A. D. Fisher, c Thomson, b Hartigan ...................03 notout ......... 3 A. J. Bowden, c Redgrave, b Armstrong ...................149 P. Newton, not out ...........27 W. Whitty, b Evans ........... 1 B 19, lb 14, w 2 ...........35 Byes ........... 3 Total ..591 Total (3 wkts) 25 Q ueensland . First innings. Second innings. r . Hartigan, c Bowden, b c Bardsley b F isher..................................104 Fisher ........... G. F. Martin, b Whitty ... 10 st Lane,bBowden S.'J. Redgrave, c Blaxland, c Fisher, b Bow- b Bowde ...............................21 den ..................... W. B. Hayes, c Bardsley, b Newton .......................... 40 cand b Fisher ... E. R. Crouch, st Lane, b Bowden ........................... 4 b Blaxland............ J. Thomson, c Blaxland, b c Diamond, b Barnes..................................25 Newton ............. M. F. Dunn, b Bowden ... 19 b Barnes .......... W. T. Evans, c Waddy, b c Waddy, b Bow- Bowden .......................... 27 den ..................... W. Armstrong, c Diamond, b Whitty .......................... 9 b Newton ..i ... J. W. MacLaren, c Waddy, b Whitty ............................ 1b Newton ............ C. B. Barstow, not out ... 0 notout .......... B 11, lb 1, nb 7 ..............19 B22,lb6,nbll,w 3 17 23 \ W 53 70 0 37 1 Total ...285 Total...........328 N ew S outh W ales . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. M acLaren.......... 27 7 114 0 ............. 3 0 0 2 Redgrave ........... 21 2 87 2 .............. H ayes..................... .23 2 102 1 .............. Barstow .......... 10 0 08 0 ............. 1 0 4 0 Crouch .......... 2 0 12 0 .............. Thomson ........... 13 0 79 0 ... .. Hartigan .......... 10 3 04 2 ........... 2 0 12 0 Martin ........... 7 0 20 0 .............. D u n n .................... 1 0 9 0 ........... Armstrong........... 1 0 1 1 ............. E vans..................... *2 0 0 1 .............. Redgrave and Thomson each bowled a wide.