Cricket 1908

406 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. S e p t . io , 1 9 0 8 . Garrett of New Soulh Wales, had never yet figured in the New South Wales v. Victoria games. In 1877-78 the importance of the two matches played was greatly diminished by the fact that the First Australian Team was on tour in the colonies, and that its members were not available. There were a number of new faces in both teams in the Christmas match at Melbourne, but none of special note, the best of the lot perhaps being E. Baker, of South Melbourne, a left- handed bat who played some good innings for Victoria during the next few seasons. New South Wales won by an innings and six runs. Nat Thompson scored 78, Joseph Coates 36.not out, Powell 27, and E . Scanlon 2 5; Coates had nine wickets for 71, Evans nine for 92. Hodges (13 not out and 22) and Baker (12 and 22) were the highest scorers for Victoria. If the return at Sydney in February lacked lustre by reason of the famous absentees, it had at least an exciting finish, the home Bide winning by one wicket only. Two very famous names figure for the first time in the series on the Victorian score-sheet, those of Henry James Herbert Scott and Percy Stanislaus McDonnell. Poor “ Percy Mac,” the man of three colonies, dashing batsman, fine field, high-hearted but not too judicious captain, sleeps his last slfep now. “ Tup ” Scott has loug since given up big cricket; in fact his whole first clasi career was short; but somewhere up country in New South Wales, where he was not only a doctor but a magistrate also, he wielded the bat with effect for maDy years after he had ceased to take part in the chief matches of the day. In this match at Sydney thirty years ago it was the ball that he used to best advantage. He only made two runs in the match (McDonnell, once not out, did not score at all), but when New South Wales went in to make 119 to wiu he very nearly snatched victory from them by taking six wickets for 33. C. G. Allee had had six for 35 in the first innings. For the winners Evans took nine for 10 1 and E . Tindall (a more than useful medium-pace bowler, coming in from leg) eight for 56. For Victoria J . P. Tennant scored 25 and 27 ; and Jam es Slight made 29 and F . Baker 22 iu the first innings. Tod Powell’s 25 not out in the first and Edward Sheridan’s 35 in the serond' were the best scores for New fcouth Wales. The psesence of Lord H arris’s English Team caused the matches to be dropped again in 1878-!); but since then nothing has ever been allowed to interfere with their continuity. (To be continued.) V. F. S'. Crawford contributed 346 not out to a total of 244 for six wickets for Cane Hill against Old Dovomians on Saturday. He hit five (i’s and twenty-three 4‘s. G EO R G E L E W I N & Co., (Eetablished 1869.) Club Colour Specialists and Athletic Clothing Manufacturers. OUTFITTERS BY APPOINTMENT To the Australians, 1896.1899 and 1902 ; Mr. Stoddart’s X I.. 1894- 1895, 1397 - 1898; Mr. MacLaren’s XI., 1901-1902 ; West Indian X I., 1<;00 and 1906 ; South Africans XI., 1901 and 1907; and M C.C., Lancashire, Kent, Surrey and London Counties, Wanderers, Stoics. Bromley, Sutton, and all Public Schools’ Old Boys’ Clubs.—Write for E stimates F ree . Telegraphic Address : “ LeotAde, London.*' Telephone: P.O. City 607. 8, Crooked Lane, Monument, London Bridge, E.C. FESTIVAL MATCHES. The publication of the last batch of county averages and the beginning of the Festivals at Hastings and Scarborough means that the dull time of the year is coming. This winter will be even duller than last since no English team is to go to Sc.uth Africa, nor are the South Africans to visit Australia. The Festival cricket, which ends the season, has lost something of its attractiveness to at least twenty-two persons by the dropping of the match between the Zingari and the Gentlemen of England, which frequently made the Scarborough Week last ten days in the late Lord Londesborough’s time. The Gentlemen generally had the best of the game, because they could command the services of a fast bowler, Mr. Woods or another. Not but what the Zingari, with Mr. A. G. Steel in charge of one end, could get the others out and that pretty quickly. But runs came even faster than wickets. The object of the game seemed to be to hit over the wall, and all the Zingari bowlers, except perhaps Mr. A. J . Webbe, who bowled in the orthodox fashion for catches at the wicket, were ready to feed the high- driving stroke. Consequently there was constant amusement for players and spec­ tators alike before the long drivers eventually had a go at one tossed a little higher and dropped a little shorter, with the result that they were caught ou the boundary. We cannot expect to see this kind of cricket when one county meets another in com­ petition for the Championship. The issues at stake are too serious; runs must be obtained in any safe manner, the batsmen cannot afford to pit one particular stroke against one particular ball, and a captain will not keep a bowler on who may get hit for a 6 and two 4’s in any one over; he does not argue that if the ball that went for 6 had not been hit quite so far and quite so high a long fielder might have held it, and that in any case a hit like that was worth looking at. Presumably the public wishes to see something rather more serious even at cricket festivals, for no match of this kind is now played. They have their reward. — The Morning Post. STANDARD A.C. (PARIS) TOUR. Of the nine matches plnyed by the Standard A.C. during their tour in Kent, four were won and five lost. In the final match, against Belmont, Peschier played a great innings of 184. 1 st M atch .— v. ST. GEORGE’S C.C. Played at Ramsgate on August 17 and 18 and won by St. George’s by 57 runs. Score :— St. G eorge ’ s C.C. First innings. Second innings. Rev. P. Malden, b Pescliier 57 bCawdron......... 0 Capt. G. Warden, c Caw­ dron, b Peschier ........... 9 bPeschier.........23 A. E. Binnie, c Burgin, b Peschier .......................... 14 A. D. Williams, b Pcschier 3 D’A. J. Bacon, b Peschier... 0 J . Warden, b Cawdron ... 10 J . W. Wcigall, notout ... 67 A. C. Norman, bPeschier 0 J . Singh, b Brook ..............It E. F. G. Chapman, c and b Peschier .......................... 4 W. O. MacArthur, b Caw­ dron .................................. 10 Byes, &c........................12 Total ............209 b Cawdron .. . b Peschier ... b Peschier... . c Edmonds, Peschier... . c Peschier, Cawdron... . b Cawdron... . c Edmonds, Peschier... . not out................ c Simmers, Peschier... . Byes, &C. S t a n d a r d A th letic C lu b . First innings. C. Brook, b Malden ...........45 J. Peschier, lbw, Lb Binnie 12 E. L. Burgin, run out ... 3 G. Alpen, run out ...........46 E. Cawdron, run out 31 Second innings, c Singh, b Binrie 17 c Malden,b Binnic 2 b Binnie ...........15 c J . Warden, b Binnie .......... 12 c Binnie, b G. W arden........... 7 Total ...182 It. Hunt, c Norman, b Bin­ nic .................................. 12 b G.Warden G. W. Simmers, c and b Binnie.................................. 8 b Binnie ... H. C. Edmonds, c J. War­ den, b Binnie .., .......... 4 A. G. Slater, b Chdpman ... 9 0 P. H. Tomalin, b Chapman 0 P. Hayes, not out .......... 0 Byes, &c....................... 14 Total ...184 b Binnic .......... 20 st MacArthur, b Binnie ...........35 run out ........... 8 not out.................. 0 Byes, &c. ... 26 Total ...150 2 nd M atch .— v. DEAL AND DISTRICT. Played at Deal on August 19 and won by the Standard A. C. by 116 runs. Score and analysis :— S tan d ard A th letic C lub . J . Peschier, c Pem- brook, b Green ... 21 C. Brook, b Green ... 7 E. L. Burgin, b Green 0 E.A. Cawdron, b Fluke 47 A.Macarthur, lbw, b Fluke................. ,... 9 R. C. Broomfield, st Clieve, b Fluke ... 2 D.A.J.Bacon,bDenne 22 A. Slater, c Dennc, b Green ...................27 G. R. Reeve, b Denne 1 P. H. Tomalin, not out 2 P. Prouvost, b Green 0 Byes, &c ..................16 Total ...154 D eal and D istrict . J. H. Clicve, c Brook, b Peschier ........... 1. Reymer, c Peschier, b Cawdron ... ... W. C. Honeyball, b Peschier ................... A.C. Fluke, c Peschier, b Cawdron M. A. Green, b Caw­ dron .......................... F. Heath, b Peschier P.Pembrook, c Brook, b Peschier ........... F. R. Honeyball, lbw, b Cawdron ........... L. Denne, b Cawdron W. E. Green, c Broom­ field, b Peschier ... A. Itogerson, not out Byes, &c.................. Total ........... i 3 rd M atch .— v. THANET. Played at Margate on August 20 and 21 and won by Thanet by 58 runs. In trying to get 124 to win in fifty minutes, the Standard A.C. were dismissed for 66. Score :— T hanet . 15 First innings. C. Matthews, c East, Peschier ................... II. Brittan, c Brook, Peschier ... ................... 6 L. C. Dyer, b Peschier ... 3 C. E. Hatfield, c Lelieu, b Cawdron .......................... 3 Rev. R. E. Lewis, c Caw­ dron, b Pescliicr ...........14 H. East, b Caw dron...........19 H. Parrack, c Brook, b Cawdron ........................... 2 II. R. Lcctliam,c Cawdron, b Pcschier........... ...........22 ltcv. E. W. Taylor-Jones, b Cawdron .................. 44 G. W. Daniel, b Cawdron... 11 R. Fink, not out.................. 0 Byes, &c. ... T o t a l............. ... 19 .. 158 Total S ta n d a r d A th le tic C lu b . Second innings. b Peschier ... ... 9 c Peschier, b Le­ lieu .................. 33 b P csch ier...........19 b Lelieu ...........10 c Cawdron, bP.es- chier ...........15 c Fink, b Lelieu.. 17 b Lelieu ...........32 b Lclicu ........... 12 c Brook, b Pcs­ chier...................30 not out ...........27 c Brook, b Pes­ chier ...........12 Byes, &c. ... 20 ...245 First innings C. Brook, c Dyer, b Fink... 21 E. A. Burgin, b Fink ... 5 J. Peschier, lbw, b Dyer ... 28 C. H. Taylor, b Hatfield ... 0 F. D. Heath, b Hatfield ... 63 E. R. Lelieu, run out ... 9 C. A. Cawdron, c Dyer, b L ew is...................................78 L. Fink,c Hatfield, b Lewis 29 G. E. East, c Hatfield, b L ew is.................................. 24 P. H. Tomalin, c Lewis, b Taylor-Jones ................... 4 P. Hayes, not out ........... 6 Byes, &c.......................12 Second innings. b H atfield........... 0 c Matthews, b Taylor-Jones... 1 c Brittan, b Hat­ field .................. 7 run out ...........12 b Taylor-Jones ... 13 b Hatfield ........... 0 lbw, b Taylor- Jones ........... 3 c East, b Hatfield 17 b Hatfield ... 0 b H atfield ........... 3 not out.................. 0 Byes ...........10 Total......... ...279 Total ... 66