Cricket 1908

45 « CR ICK ET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. Nov. 26, 1908. the on side he did not appear to be at home. He is a left-handed batsman, rather big for his age. ” His display created so favourable an impression that he was chosen to appear for fifteen of South Australia against the Australian team of 1886. He then made 16, and cricketers naturally inferred that in the course of a season or two he would develop into one of the most consistent batsmen in the State eleven. Such, however, did not prove to be the case, as for some years he was engaged in farming up-country, and it was not until 1893-4 that he appeared in the side. He immediately proved his worth, and two years later was chosen for the first of the four teams he was destined to accompany to England. Ihere is no necessity to dilate to any extent upon his accomplishments with the bat in important cricket, beyond stating that he played three three-figure innings in Test matches during 1897-8, as his doings are well summarised in the following statistics which appeared in the Adelaide Observer :— FOR SOUTH AUSTRALIA. A g ain st . Season. N.S.W. Vic. Eng. Q- 1893-4 ... ... 5-32 *63-0 4-1 87-24 — — 1894-5 ... ... 14-26* 46 — 117-37* — 70-39 6-45 15-36 — 1895-6 ... ... 7-33 6-50 — — 121-32 1 — — — 1896-7 ... ... 19-0 25-65 — — 24-4 75 — — — 1897-8 ... ... 8-74 33 — 0-1 — 75-16 34-16 88-96 — 1898-9 ... ... 27-70 — _ 210 10-34 62-1 _ — 1899-0 ... ... 4 — 9-5 — — 47-55 40-16 — — 1904-5 ... 67-0 16-19 — — 17-5 35 — — — 1905-6 ... ... 26-1 11-36 — — 14-2 46-10 _ _ 1906-7 ... — 77-14 — — 1897-8 ... — — 11-2 — Totals .. 983 973 403 210 SUMMARY. F or S outh A ustralia . Times Most not in an Against. Inns. out. inns. Runs. Aver. Victoria ........... ... 31 1 87 973 32-43 New South Wales ... 35 1 121 982 28*91 England ........... ... 10 1 117 403 44-77 Queensland ... 1 0 210 210 210 00 T otals........... ... 77 3 210 2569 34-71 TEST MATCH SUMMARY. Times Most not in an Total Inns. out. inns. runs. Aver. In Australia ... 23 0 178 949 40-82 In England ... 32 2 73 683 22-76 T otals........... ... 55 2 178 1632 30-79 FIRST-CLASS CRICKET. S ummary . Times Most not in an Total Against. Inns. out. inns. runs. Aver. Victoria ........... ... 31 1 87 973 32-43 New South Wales ... 35 1 121 983 28-91 England for S.A. ... 10 1 117 403 44-77 Queensland ... 1 0 210 210 210-00 Test matches in Australia ... 23 0 178 949 40-82 In England— 1896 ................... ... 53 1 194 1555 29-47 1899 ................... ... 56 9 167 1941 41*29 1902 ........................... 51 5 128 1113 24-19 1905 ........................... 53 8 117* 1768 39-28 Rest of Australia 9 0 101 476 52-88 America ................... 5 0 77 167 33-40 South Africa ... .... 5 0 14 25 5-00 T ota ls................... 332 26 210 10,563 34*51 CLUB CRICKET. Times Most not in an Total Season. Inns. out. inns. runs. Aver. 1890-1 ........................... 2 0 61 61 30-50 1893-4 ........................ .. 8 1 103 294 42-00 1894-5 ... .................,. 5 1 95* 190 47-50 1895-6 ......... ................ 6 0 . 120 216 36-00 1896-7 ......... ................ 4 1 235* 290 96*66 1897-8 ......... ................ 2 0 68 79 39-50 1S98-9 ......... ................ 6 1 158 349 69*80 1899-0 ......... ................ 7 2 259* 722 144*40 1904-5 ......... ................ 6 1 137* 431 86*20 1905-6 ... .................* 6 1 83 228 45*60 1906-7 ......... ................ 10 0 109 508 50-80 1907-8 ......... ................ 8 0 85 386 48-25 T otals................... 70 8 259* 3754 CENTURIES. F irst-C lass (19'. 210—South Australia v. Queensland, 1899. 60-54 194—Australian Eleven v. Leicestershire, 1896. 178—Australia v. England, 1898. 167—Australian Eleven v. South of England, 1899. ICO—Australia v. England, 1898. *134—Australian Eleven v. Derbyshire, 1899. 128—Australian Eleven v. M.C.C. and Ground, 1899. 128—Australian Eleven v Notts, 1902. 121—South Australia v. New South Wales, 1896. *117—Australian Eleven v. Gentlemen of England, 1905. 117—South Australia v. England, 1894. 116—Australian Eleven v. Hampshire, 1902. 115—Australian Eleven v. South of England, 1896. 114—Australian Eleven v. Kent, 1905. I ll—Australian Eleven v. Middlesex, 1899. *106—Australian Eleven v. Oxford University, 1899. 105—Australian Eleven v. Warwickshire, 1896. 104—Australian Eleven v. Rest of Australia, 1899. 101—Australia v. England, 1897. C lu b (10). *259—East Torrens v. Port Adelaide, 1899-0. *235—Adelaide v. Port Austral, 1896-7. 158—East Torrens v. Sturt, 1898-9. *150—East Torrens v. Port Adelaide, 1899-0. *137—Sturt v. West Adelaide, 1904-5. 120—Adelaide v. Norwood, 1895-6. 109—Sturt v. Port Adelaide, 1906-7. 106—North Adelaide v. Port Adelaide, 1S93-4. 103—East Torrens v. West Adelaide, 1899-0. 100—Sturt v. East Torrens, 1904-5. ♦Signifies not out. OVER BEMERTON’S.* Mr. Lucas’ latest volume, although not a book which Mr. Alfred D. Taylor would have included in his Catalogue of Cricket Litera­ ture , is one which should appeal to all cricketers. It is, like all Mr. Lucas’ work, written iu a charming vein, and, although there is no thrilling plot, the reader will find it a difficult matter to put the book down once he has commenced to read it. The seventh chapter contains, in addition to an amusing misprint on page 67, some very entertaining reminiscences of the Gentlemen v. Players matches from 1868 to 1874, it being recalled, amongst other things, how Tom Emmett bowled “ at the very top of his comic energies ” and how in those days you “ were almost as ceitain to see the champion come off as you are now to see an advertised actor perform. He stood aside from the glorious uncertainty of the game.” There are very many who will agree in toto with the writer when he remarks :— “ I have since seen the Gentlemen v. Players (at Lord’s) of 1908, and I am disappointed. It was not so much the inferior cricket of the Gentlemen that troubled m e: I would as soon see the Players win ; it was the spirit of the Gentlemen that distressed me, or rather the want of it. Gentlemen they may be in name and even station, but they no longer play like gentlem en; they play like overworked artisans. Anxiety and boredom have crept into cricket. The Gentlemen as I remember them took the field joyously and cut a dash. It was their pride to let 110 ball pass them. The Gentlemen to-day are listless and without jokes—almost without personality. They have no Grace and, even more conspicuously perhaps, no “ Monkey.” It comes, I fancy, very largely from playing too much. What was once a game is now a calling; and a calling which involves of necessity so much disappointment and so much idleness (while waiting first for one s own innings and then for the other innings of one’s side to finish, to say nothing of rain) must lead to a certain amount of cynicism and saturnine fatalism. . . .” The book has been very attractively produced. OBITUARY. M r . H. EODEN. Mr. Henry. Boden, J.P., D.L., of the Friars, Derby, died in London on the 13th inst., at the age of 72. He was a brother of Mr. Walter Boden, and was educated at liugby, but, although a very useful player, did not obtain a place in the Eleven. He took a leading part in the formation of the Derbyshire County C C., and in 1862 got together the teams representing Gentlemen of the North and Gentlemen of the South which met at Trent Bridge in August of that season : he himself would have assisted the former had not the death of his father prevented. He was a tine sportsman and the oldest living member of the Meynell and Quorn Hunts. He was seen out with the Quorn at Bunny Park as long ago as 1848. CRICKET IN BRAZIL. STATE OF BIO DE JANEIRO v. STATE OF S. PAULO. Played at Santos on September 6, 7, and S, and won by Rio de Janeiro .by 162 runs. Score and analysis:— S tate of R io de J aneiro . Second innings. not out ...........30 c Tomlinson, b Miller ...........42 c Hampshire, McKean ... First innings. E. V. Morrissy, c Stock, b Tomlinson.......................... 11 W. S. Tate, lbw, b Tomlin­ son .................................. 4 G. C. Sanderson, c and b Morrissy ...........................91 V. N. Tatam, b Tomlinson 7 csub,bTomlinson 3 R. A. Houghton, c Miller, b Morrissy.......................... 63 b McKean J. C. Muriel, c Hampshire, b Miller ...........................101 F. A. McEwen, c Cruick- shank, b M orrissy........... 4 not out E. A. Tootal, not ou t...........81 W . T. Ginns, b M orrissy... 9 A. L. Stutfield, e Miller, b Morrissy ...........................10 cM cKean,bStock 18 R. A. Brooking, not out ... 15 Byes, &c...................... 16 Byes, &c. ... 4 Total (9 wkts)*412 Total (5 wkts)*17S * Innings declared closed. S tate of S. P aulo . Second innings ... 16 b ... 14 ... 51 *Over Bemerton’s. By E. V. Lucas. London: Methuen and Co., 36, Essex Street, W.C. Price, 6s. First innings. H. W. Jeans, b Brooking... 20 b Tate C. F. Cruicksliank, b c Brooking, B rook in g ............................ 0 Stutfield .. C. Miller, b Stutfield.........146 run out C. Stock, lbw, b Tate..............47 run out R. Morrissy, hit wkt., b Sanderson..............................50 b T a te .......... F. 11. Foy, st Tatam, b Sanderson......... ........... R. C. Lloyd, c and b Sander­ son .................................. G. Tomlinson, c McEwen, b Sanderson ................... A. Kealman, b Stutfield ... H. McKean, not o u t ........... II. F. Hampshire, c Tatam, b Sanderson ................... 0 b Stutfiekl ... Byes, &c................. 5 Byes, &c. Total ................ 274 Total S tate of R io de J aneiro . 0 i 0 94 13 st Tatam, b Stut- 0 fie ld .................. c Stutfield, b 0 Brooking........... 1 c Ginns, b Tate... 0 not out .......... 5 b Stutfield........... First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. McKean ......... 13 2 70 0 ... ... 12 0 65 2 Tomlinson ... 28 3 119 3 ... ... 8 0 28 1 Miller... ..........19 4 87 1 ... ... 4 0 31 1 Stock ... .......... 3 0 17 0 ... ... 4 0 22 1 Morrissy ..........17 1 85 5 ... Foy .. .......... 3 0 18 0 ... Kealman ... 4 0 28 0 S tate of S. P aulo . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Brooking .,. ... 19 6 44 2 ... 9 1 28 1 Sanderson...........12 C 67 5 ... ... 7 1 33 0 Ginns... .......... 7 0 24 0 ... ... 4 1 15 0 Houghton .,......... 3 0 17 0 ... ... 4 0 19 0 Tate .................. 5 1 18 1 ... ... 6 2 8 3 Morrissy ... ... 4 0 12 0 ... ... 2 0 18 0 Stutfield ...........23 3 62 2 ... ... 17 8 28 4 Tootal... .......... 2 0 13 0 ... •M