Cricket 1908

M arch 26, 1908. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 35 Australia and South Africa. The South | African Cricket Association in December last unanimously appointed Capt. Wynyard as their representative in England and, later on, to act as representative of the Association on the Imperial Cricket Board when the time for the constitution of that Board arrives. Mr. L. O. S. Poidevin has been nominated representative of the Australian Board of Control in England. In a short article such as this it is im­ possible to do more than touch lightly upon the chief points in connection with the scheme. Careful consideration of the matter suggests that the obstacles in the way of the Tournament being held next year in England are by no means insuperable, but that it is extremely doubtful, owing to financial reasons, whether such a contest can ever take place on Australian or South African soil with any prospect of success. Mr. Poidevin evidently agrees with this view, for he has drawn up the following alternative scheme respecting the future of Imperial cricket:—• Season. 1908- 9.—English Team in South Africa. 19U9. —Tournament in England. 1909-10.—South African Team in Australia. 1910-11.—Australian Team in South Africa. 1911-12.—English Team in Australia. 1912. —Tournament in England. 1912-13.—English Team in South Africa. 1913-14.—South African Team in Australia. 1914-15.—Australian Team in South Africa. 1915. —Tournament in England. 1915-18.—Knglish Team in Australia. Mr. Bailey states that the South Africans will visit Australia during 1909-10, as suggested by Mr. Poidevin. For a few facts concerning the career of Mr. Abe Bailey, acknowledgment is due to the South African Cricketers’ Annual. T H E M A D R A S T E A M I N C E Y L O N . I n the last w eek o f D ecem ber a M adras team p layed three m atches in C eylon and lost them all. B rief particulars o f the gam es are appended :— v. Colombo, at Colombo, December 23 and 24.— Colombo won by 162 runs. Scores:—Colombo, 238 (R. H. Williams. 66; Capt. E. H. Rooke, 57) and 232 (A. F. West, 87); Madras, 174 (J. Mclver, not out 42) and 133 (M. H. Ormsby, 37). In the second innings of Madras A. J. G. Field took six wickets for 29 runs. v. Up-Country, at Dickoya, December 27 and 28.— XIp-Country won by one wicket. Scores:—Madras, 125 (J. Morris-Davies, 67) and 152 (J. Mclver, not out 70); Up-Country, 177 tA. L. Gibson, not out 74) and 101 for nine wickets (L. A . W right, not out 22). For Up-Country H. B. Daniell took eleven wickets for *-8 runs, and for Madras J. Mclver eleven for 97. v. C bylon , at Colombo, December 30 and 31.— Ceylon won by 149 runs. Scores:—C bylon , 194 (E. R. Waldock, not out 62: A. F. West, 53) and 216 (W . W. Sevier, 83); M adras , 158 (M. H. Ormsby, 64) and 103 (P. W. Partridge, 21). J. Mclver took ten wickets for 125 runs, whilst for Ceylon Capt. E. H. Rooke obtained eight for 78, A. J. G. Field six for 62, and E. R. W aldock three for 21. BATTING AVERAGES. No. Times Most of not in an To'al inns. out. inns. runs. Aver. J. Mclver ................... 6 ... 2 ... 70*... 141 ... 35*25 M. H. Ormsby ........... 6 ... 0 ...64..153 ... 25*50 J. Morris-Davies........... 6 ... 0 ...67...93 ... 15 50 O. G. M. Plumer........... 6 ... 0 ...33...88 ... 1466 P. W . Prrtridge........... 6 ... 0... 21 ... 81 ... 1350 W .W . Philips ........... 4 ... 0 ...19...48 ... 1200 W. T. M. Pritchard ... 6 ... 1... 17 ... 52 ... 10 40 R. O. M. Strouts........... 6 ... 2 ... 15 ... 3 5 ... 8 75 W. Prest ................. (i . 0 ... 14 ... 31 ... 516 A .E dgington 6 ... 0 ...10...22 ... 3 66 •K. D. Richm ond........... 6 ... 0 ... •Signifies not out. 15 ... 2 50 J •M clver................... R- D. R ichm ond ... t & ^trouts ... J. Morris-Davies ... BOW LING AVERAGES. Overs. Runs. Wkts. Aver. 118 .... 326 .... 22 .... 1124 46.3 .... 162 .. ,. 11 .. .. 14 72 127-2 .. . 419 .,.. 17 .... 2464 25.4 .. . 103 . .. 2 . .. 5150 C R IC K E T IN A U S T R A L I A . (Continued from page 29.) NEW SOUTH WALES v. YICTORIA. Played at Sydney on January 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, and 31. REMARKABLE SCORING. Victoria won by 211 runs. The visitors were given a fine start by McKenzie and McAlister, the pair making 50 in 39 minutes, 100 in 76, and, in all, 104 in 81 : the former, whose first match it was in Sydney, was then caught at the wicket. Tarrant, missed off the first ball he received from Noble—by Kelleway in the slips, made his first 32 runs in 17 minutes. McAlister, who hit a 6 and five 4’s, was caught on the square-leg boundary when he had scored 69 out of 162 in 125 minutes. Ransford did little, but with Armstrong in Tarrant completed 50 in 70 minutes, and 200 went up in two hours and three-quarters. The pair added 62 and then Tarrant, who had hit ten 4’s, was stumped for a sound innings of 79 made out of 139 in 105 minutes. Horan remained with Armstrong whilst 99 were put on in 81 minutes, but Warne was dismissed second ball and Vernon, although helping to add 28, made only seven of the number. At 382, Armstrong, who had made 110 out of 201 in 165 m in­ utes without a chance, was finely caught low down at slip ;he drove well,showed fine defence,and hit ten 4’s. After lasting 340 minutes the innings closed for 402. The home side lost Hopkins, through a smart return by Wame, at 17 and E. F. Waddy at 51, whilst at 95 the third wicket, Macartney’s, fell. This was a poor start against a total of 402, but upon S. E. Gregory joining Noble a great improve­ ment took place. During the first portion of their partnership runs did not accrue rapidly, for Arm­ strong was keeping a splendid length and was very difficult to score from ; in fact Noble took an hour to make his first 16 runs. The 100 went up in 107 minutes, 150 in 143, 200 in 184, 250 in 219, 300 in 258, and 350 in 297 without a separation being effected. Altogether the fourth wicket put on 315 in 257 minutes before the partnership was dissolved by Noble being bowled by Vernon for 176 made out of 393 in 337 minutes. He took an hour £nd three- quarters to make 50 but reached 100 in 183 minutes and 150 in 269; he hit sixteen 4's and the only mistake he made was a chance of stumping off Warne when 53. Gregory when 152 was missed in the slips off Tarrant and at 188 was let off in the same place by McAlister off Collins. At 449, how- ever, he was fifth out for 201 made out of 354 in 285 m inutes: he hit twenty-four 4’s, and made a variety of strokes in his fine innings, which created much enthusiasm. After his dismissal there was a collapse, the innings closing for 461. In their second innings Victoria lost McAlister at 15 and McKenzie at 42, but Tarrant and Ransford pulled the game round by adding 175 for the third wicket in 128 minutes. The left hander who hit sixteen 4’s in making 129 of that number, should have been run out when 19 had Barnes returned the ball to the right end, and when 30 was missed at mid-off by that player off Johnson; he hit well all round the wicket and played the best innings of the match. Tarrant played a most steady game and added 26 with Armstrong, 49 with Carkeek, 122 for the eighth wicket in 132 minutes with Warne, and 65 for the ninth with Collins. He batted 147 minutes for 50, 276 for 100, and six hours for 150, and, in all, scored 206 out of 482 in 435 minutes, making no mistake and hitting twenty-two 4’s. It was a great display in more senses than one, though not very attractive owing to his painstaking methods. The innings of 511 lasted 464 minutes and New South Wales were set 453 to win. Noble went in first with Hopkins and, after the latter had been bowled at 30, Carter helped to add 40 for the second wicket and E. L. Waddy 14 for the third. With three wickets down for 84 (Noble 43) Gregory went in, and so fine a resistance did the pair make that they were still together at the end of the day when Noble was 101, Gregory 40, and the total 185. What­ ever chance the home side had of pulling off the match was destroyed by rain, which caused the sixth day to be a blank. On the last day the wicket was all in favour of the attack, but the pair remained together until Gregory, who hit eight 4’s and made 63 of the 136 put on in 109 minutes for the fourth wicket, was bowled in trying to hit to leg. Noble lemained in until 238, when he was sent back for a splendid innings of 123, which lasted three hours and a-quarter. He played a very masterly game on the damaged wicket and hit fourteen 4’s. Not only did he make two separate hundreds in the match, but also took part in a three-figure stand for the fourth wicket with Gregory in each innings. After his departure the end soon came, Victoria winning by 211 runs. As many as 1,615 runs were made in the match for the loss of forty analysis:— V ictoria . First innings. C. McKenzie, c Carter, b N o b le .................................. 51 P. A. McAlister, c E. L. Waddy, b Johnson...........69 F. A. Tarrant, st Carter, b Barnes ...........................79 V. Ransford, b Kelleway ... 11 W. W. Armstrong, c E. F. Waddy, b Kelleway ...110 T. Horan, jun., c Hopkins, b Noble ...........................35 T. S.Warne, c E. L. Waddy, b Noble ........................... 2 L. P. Vernon, b Johnson ... 7 W. Carkeek, b Johnson ... 3 F. B. Collins, notout ... 10 wickets. Score and Second innings, c Noble, b Whid­ don ... ,......... 21 c Hopkiiis, b Johnson........... 8 c and b Johnson 206 c Carter,b Noble 129 b Noble ... b Hopkins ... b Barnes ... b Hopkins ... run out c Gregory, Whiddon 46 2 26 J. V. Saunders, c E. L. Waddy, b Whiddon ... 9 not out ...........10 B 5, lb 7, w 3, nb 1... 16 B 11, lb 3, nb 2 16 Total .................. 402 Total ..511 N ew S outh W ales . First innings. Second innings. A. J. Hopkins, run out ... 6 b Vernon ........... 7 Rev. E. F. Waddy, b Collins 28 c Horan, b Tar­ rant ... ........... 5 M. A. Noble, b Vernon ...176 c Carkeek, b Saunders ...123 C.G. Macartney, c Carkeek, c Horan, b Saun- b Saunders ...................21 d e r s ..................... 0 S. E. Gregory, c McAlister, b Vernon ...........................201 b Tarrant ...........63 E. L. Waddy, b Collins .. 8 c McKenzie, b Saunders ... 3 H. Carter, c McKenzie, b c Carkeek,bSaun- Vernon ........................... 9 d e r s ................. 23 J. C. Barnes, b Collins ... 0 c and b Saunders 5 C. Kelleway, run o u t.......... 1 c Vernon, b..Tar­ rant 0 H. Whiddon, c McKenzie, c Horan, b Saun- b Vernon ........................... 0 d ers...................... 1 F. B. Johnson, not out ... 1 notout ........... 0 B 4, lb 2, w 4 ...........10 B 1, lb 3, w 7 11 Total ...................461 Total ...241 V ictoria . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Johnson ............ 25 3 73 3 ........... 40 10 96 2 K ellew ay............ 21 4 67 2 ........... 32 10 70 0 W hiddon........... 11 0 52 1 ........... 23*2 0 77 2 Hopkins ............ 13 3 36 0 ........... 25 5 75 2 Noble.................... 20 4 54 3 ........... 24 6 58 2 Barnes ............ 11 0 65 1 ........... 20 2 106 1 Macartney ..1 2 2 15 0 ............ 5 2 13 0 Gregory ........... 5 0 24 0 .................. Kelleway delivered two wides and a no-ball, and Noble two no-balls. N ew S outh W ales . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Vernon ........... 21.4 2 87 4 ........... 13 2 40 1 Armstrong ... 40 8 86 0 ............ 12 5 18 0 Collins ........... 27 4 90 3 ........... 15 0 40 0 Saunders ... 20 1 92 1 ............. 21.2 8 61 6 T a rran t......... ?3 4 56 0 ............ 14 2 47 3 Warne ........... 11 1 40 0 ........... 2 0 12 0 Ransford 2 0 12 0 Collins bowled three wides and V ernon eight. At Sydney on Tuesday last The Australian Eleven defeated the Rest of Australia by an innings and 3 runs. The total scores w ere:—Rest of Australia, 289 (F. Laver, not out, 61; T. S. Warne, 53) and 277 (W. Bardsley, 67): The Australian Eleven, 569 (W. W. Armstrong, not out, 146; S. E. Gregory, 106 ; M. A. Noble, 87; E. A. Windsor, 78 ; V. Ransford, 63; C. Hill, 52.) The match, played as a benefit for M. A. Noble, realised £1,000. A N S W E R S T O C O R R E S P O N D E N T S . “ B ritis h e r” (Adelaide).—Thanks for your letter. The matter was referred to in last month’s Gossip. When Yorkshire scored 887 against Warwickshire, the wickets fell at the following totals :—63, 124, 141, 211, 339, 405, 448, 740, 876, 887. B. G. M endis (Colombo).—The matter is referred to in another column. B O O K S R E C E I V E D . Forty Seasons of First-Class Cricket. By R. G. Barlo to His Career and Reminiscences. With 44 full-pagc illustrations. Manchester: John Heywood, Ltd., Deansgate. Price, 4s. 6d. nett. Official Souvenir of A. 0. Jones' English Cricket Team in Australia. By J. C. Davis. Sydney : N.S.W. Bookstall Co. Special Souvenir in Honor of the 18th Visit of the English Cricketers to Australia. By F. J. Ironside. Sydney : Anthony Hordern & Sons, New Palace Emporium, Brickfield Hill. Gratis,