Cricket 1908

F eb . 27, 1008. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF TflE GAME. 29 Q ueensland . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Whitty ........... 21-1 3 86 3 ............ 21 <5 59 0 Newton ........... 18 2 58 1 ............. 15*2 3 52 3 Fisher ........... 15*5 1 63 1 ........... 21 2 75 2 Bowden ........... IS. 1 53 4 ............ 20 2 51 3 Barnes ........... 2 1 6 1 ................111 33 1 Blaxland ... 20 16 # / Fislier bowled 16 no-balls and 2 wides, Whitty 2-no-balls, and Newton a wide. VICTORIA, v. NEW SOUTH WALES. Played at Melbourne on Decsmber '26, 27, 28, 30, and 31. New South Wales won by eight wickets. After being left out of the State team S. E. Gregory was again included, but he did nothing to foreshadow the success he was to meet with shortly after against South Australia. The good form Victoria had shown against the Eng’ishmen, and the latter’s great victory over N.S.W., caused the sup­ porters of the home side to look forward to the present game with confidence. Victoria were obliged to take the field without Armstrong, whose claim for expenses in connection with the South Australian match was not allowed on the ground that they exceeded the sum allowed for amateurs by the regulations of the V.C.A. Armstrong therefore declined to play in the present game, but later apologized for his action. His absence naturally caused much disappointment. Vernon was also away owing to a strained leg sustained as a result of a cycle accident, and J. Horan and Collins came into the side. McKenzie and Warne made 52 for the first wicket, and the latter played so slow a game that when he was dismissed at 91 he had made only 15 of the numbor. But for a fine innings by Mc­ Alister, the side would have collapsed badly. With Hansford he put on 31 and with Horan 60. At 118 he was missed off Johnson at long-off by Waddy, who lost sight of the ball, but he offered no other chauce. At 5.15 rain came down and stopped play, the total then being 193 for six, McAlister not out 70. No play was possible on either of the next two days, and on Monday the innings closed for 232. McAlister hit nine 4’s in scoring 72 out of 121 in one hundred and fifty-two minutes, and made his aggre­ gate runs for Victoria v. N.S.W. 1,001. The visitors lost Hickson to the second ball of the innings, and the total was only 41 when Trumper was caught. The last named played a free game and hit a 6 (off Tarrant to square-leg) and three 4’s. Noble played a masterly innings and received useful help from Macartney and Waddy, who helped to add 31 and 51 respectively. Noble has seldom, if ever, played a better innings, for the conditions were all against run-getting. Ho scored 101 out of 166 in one hundred and forty-four minutes, hit nine 4’s, and made his last 26 whilst no other runs were obtained. Cotter made 22, but he was very lucky, being missed by Tarrant at inid-off off Saunders before scoring, and later by Carroll and McKenzie, both times off Collins. With a lead of 25 on the innings, Victoria lost Warne and Collins for 20 when they went in the second time, stumps then being drawn for the day. McKenzie bat­ ted well in making 29 out of 45 in fifty-five minutes, and Tarrant played a sound innings which lasted an hour and a-half and hit five 4’s. The others did little, and the visitors were set 167 to win. The collapse of Victoria on a good wicket in two hours and a-half for 141 was due to Cotter and Whiddon, who bowled excellently. The latter, who bowls slow to medium, varied his pace very well and broke both ways. Hickson again failed, tu t Trumper gave a glorious display. He scored 28 out of 37, 47 oiit of 65, 62 out of 81, 100 out of 124 in an hour and a-nalf, and, altogether, 119 out of 150 in one hundred and one minutes. He hit nineteen 4’s, five of them Hazlitt in an over, and three of them and a 3 off Saunders in an over. Now and again he made a false stroke, but it was a brilliant innings. His Partnership with Noble for the second wicket realised 148. The latter, who was more than once beaten by Saunders, carried out his bat for 41 when the game was Won. Now South Wales scored 168 for two wickets in one hundred and eleven minutes. Score and analysis: VicTokiA. First innings, m, Warne, c Noble, b Whiddon .......................... 15 b W hiddon........... 5 • McKenzie, run out.2.) c Trumper, b „ Cotter ............... 29 1•A. Tarrant, b Cotter..1 6 c Trumper, b v „ Cotter ............... 46 '• Hansford, c Noble, b •Johnson ........................ 23 c Carter, b Cotter 7 m McAl istcr, lbw, b Macartney.......................... 72 b W hiddon........... 17 J. Horan, c Hopkins, b Johnson ..........................20 b Cotter ........... 12 Second innings. G. Hazlitt, c Hopkins, Macartney....................... b ... 4 b Whiddon......... 7 E. V. Carroll, b Macartney ... 20 c & b Whiddon... 4 W. Carkeek, c Gregory, N o b le .......................... b ... 9 not out.................,. 7 P. B. Collins, run out ... 7 b John son......... . 0 J. V. Saunders, not out ... 5 b Cotter ... ... 1 B 2, lb 3, nb 7 ... ... 12 Lb 2, nb 4 ... 6 Total ........... ...232 Total...........141 N ew S outh W a le s . A. J. Hopkins, c Car­ roll, b Collins........... 0 H. Carter, c Carkeek, b Saunders ........... 0 A. Cotter, b Saunders 22 H. Whiddon, b Collins 11 F. Johnson, not o u t... 0 B 14, nb 1 .......... 15 Total ..207 V. Trumper, c McAlis­ ter, b Saunders ... 29 R. N. Hickson, b Saunders.................. 0 M. A. Noble, c & b Collins ................101 C. G. Macartney, c Saunders, b Hazlitt 13 S. E. Gregory, c Car­ keek, b Saunders ... 3 E. L. Waddy, c & b Collins ...............13 i Second innings: Trumper, c Collins, bTarrant, 119; Hickson, c McAlister, b Saunders, 2 : Noble, not out, 41; Macartney, not out, 4; lb 2.—Total (2 wkts.) 168. V ictoria . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Cotter.................. 18 4 36 1 ............ 17"2 2 52 5 N oble.................. 15*3 6 31 1 ........... Hopkins .......... 7 1 20 0 ............ Whiddon ........... 6 0 25 1 ............ 15 2 53 4 Johnson .......... 15 3 33 3 ............ 8 1 13 1 Macartney.......... 23 8 62 3 ............ 9 4 17 0 Hickson .......... 2 0 15 0 ............ Cotter bowled eight no-balls and Noble three. N ew South W ales. First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. 11. W. Tarrant ... v. 9 2 43 0 ............ 7 1 28 1 Saunders .......... 24 8 51 5 ............ 16 3 54 1 Collins ........... 14 1 59 4 ............ 7 1 23 0 Hazlitt ........... 13 3 39 1 ............ 6 3 32 0 W arne........... 8 1 20 0 Collins bowled a no-ball. At the end of January Victoria beat New South Wales at Sydney by 211 runs. The total scores were : Victoria, 402 (Armstrong, 110' and 511 (Tarrant, 200 ; Ransford, 120); New South Wales, 401 (S. E. Gregory, 201 ; Noble, 176) and 241 (Noble, 123: S.E. Gregory, 63.) C R IC K E T IN C H IN A . At Shanghai, in November, a tie-match was played between the native staffs of the Shanghai O.O. and the Shanghai Recreation Club. Score and analysis : SnANOHAi R ecreation O lub . King Foo, b Moo Don 12 King Long,bKweiSue 6 Dai Isze, c Mei Long, b Kwei Sue... ... ... 0 Ah VVoh, b Moo Don 2 Yow Sing, b Moo D jn 0 Ah Kin-foo, b MooDon 6 Lee Sien, b Foo Ling 0 Sian Kin-foo, b Foo L in g .......................... Mow Ling, c Ah Ling, b Foo Ling ........... Lee Sing, b Moo Don Sian Itze, not out ... Byes, etc............. Mei Long, b Dai Isze Feen Man, b Dai Isze Kie Zee, c and b Ah W o h .......................... 1 Moo Don, b Dai Isze 0 Jacko, b Dai Isze ... 0 Foo Ling, c K ing Foo, b Dai Is z e .................14 Kwei Sue, c Ah Woh, b Dai lsze ........... 5 Total S hanghai C riokrt O lub . 9 1 Ah Ling, c Lee Sing, b Mow Ling ........... K ing Foo, not out ... A h Sing.c King Long b Alow liin g ........... Gin Isze,c King Long, b Mow Ling ... Byes, etc.............. Total 40 S hanghai R ecreation C lub . O. M. R. W. O. M. R W. KweiSue 6 1 15 2 j Foo Ling 1 0 8 3 Moo Don 10 3 5 9 5 | S hanghai C ricket C lub . O. M. R. W. Mow Ling 3 1 7 3 1 Dai lsze... 8 1 17 6 | O. M. R. W. Ah Woh f> 2 1 1 1 T H E W ALKERS OF SOUTHGATE, lly \V. I A. Bettesworth. A famous Brotherhood of Oricketers, with the Reminiscences of Lord Harris, Sir Kenelm Dlgby, Sir Samuel Hoare, David Buch­ anan, W. B. Anderson, O. E. Green, Dr. >V. S.Church, A. J. Webbe, M O. Kemp, Prof. Case, C. I. Thorn­ ton, O. K . Francis, Sydney Pardon, and Robert Thoms, illustrations, facsimiles, views, etc. Pub­ lished at 15s. A few copies may still be obtained at the Offices of this journal, price 5 s - Address, Manager of Cricket, 168, Upper Thames St., l.ondon. O B IT U A R Y . C anon A it k e n . Canon James Aitken, who was born at KUdley, in Middlesex, on May 9th, 1829, died at Brighton on January 26th. He was in the Eton Eleven in 1846 and 1817 and appeared for Oxford in 1848 and two follow­ ing years, being Captain iu 1850. Against Harrow in 1846 he hit a 6 and a 7 off con­ secutive balls in an innings of 38. He was a fine, free hitter and an excellent field at long- leg, mid-off, and cover-point. At Oxford he was twica on the winning side against Cam­ bridge, including the year in which he was Captain. The 1818 match was played on the Magdalen Ground at Oxford, the second at Lord’s, and the third on Cowley Marsh. Among his contemporaries at Oxford were A., C. H., and W. Kidding, G-. E. Yonge, J. W. Chitty and the Hon. E. Y. Bligh. Mr. J. D. Betham, in his Oxford and Cam­ bridge Cricket Scores and Biographies , states that he “ Kowed in the University Boat, winners of the Grand Challenge Cup at Henley Regatta, 1850-51, and the Stewards’ Cup, 1850. Winner of the Silver Goblets with J. W . Chitty, 1851. One of the founders of the University Athletic Sports, which developed into the inter-University Sports. Winner of the mile race at the first University meeting, which led to his being accorded the privileges of an old Athletic Blue in 1895, when he attended the Univ­ ersity Sports in London.” His younger brother, Mr. Henry Moitlock Aitken, who survives, was also a well-known cricketer fifty or sixty years ago, playing for Eton, Oxford, and the Gentlemen, and being asked to assist Surrey when only 15 years of age. Mr. S. M. C r osfield . Mr. Sydney Morland Crosfield died at L\s Palmas on January 30th, aged 46. He was born «t Warrington, in Lancashire, on November 12 th, 1861, and was educated at Wimbledon School, Surrey, where he was in the Eleven in 1878 and 1879. In his young days he bowled fast, but when he returned to the North and played for Sefton, Manchester, and Gentlemen of Cheshire he changed to slow as he found that pace far better suited to the slower wickets. lie was always a hard-working field and, if he never made any sensation J scores, ho could always be relied upon when runs were badiy needed. His first appearance for L'mcishire was at Oxford against the University in 1883, when, by making 43 and 49, ho proved the greatest rnngetter on the side. That season he scored 176 runs for the County in ten innings, and, strange to say, was not accorded another good trial for five yrars. During that period he became atsociated with Cheshire cricket, and w.th no small credit to himself as well as with distinct advantage to the county. As a curiosity it may be mentioned that, when he playei for two counties in 1885, he appeared for Lancashire against Oxford University and for Cheshire against Lancashire. In 1886 he sc >red 52 not out against Yorkshire, at Hull, and 40 and 24 in the return match at Stockport. In the next year his average for the Gentlemen of Cheshire was as high as 69, his best innings being 126 not out against the Gentlemen ot Notts at Trent Bridge and 90 against the Gentlemen of Yorkshire at York. To state that he scored 1,886 runs in first- class cricket with an average of 17 33 is to give no idea whatever of his worth to the side. The greater need there was for runs the better he seemed to play, whil*t he proved himself a