Cricket 1908

460 CR ICKET A W EEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. Nov. 26, 1908. unexpectedly for England, for the benefit of his health, a good many reforms might have been introduced into the State by this time. A te a m of cricketers from Wesley College, Colombo, was to have gone to Madras last'August on tour. The pro­ gramme was drawn lip and every arrangement made, but the visit had to be postponed owing to cholera having broken out in Madras. There is a prob­ ability of the College team making the tour during the com ing vacation. The matches will number five, and, if arran­ gements can be made, the Ceylon team will embark for Madras on December 21. O w in g to great pressure on space the continuation o f Mr. Pentelow’s article on Australian Cricket H istory is held over until the December number of Cricket. CRICKET IN SOUTH AFRICA. 27 e King, b Cox GREYVILLE v. GLENWOOD. Played at the Oval at Durban on October 3 and 10 and won by Greyville by 231» runs on the first innings. Noursc took six wickets for 28 and made 140 not out. Score:— G len w ood . First innings. Second innings. D. W. Hamilton, c Hearnc, b Nourse ........................... 0 II. Morley, c Nourse, b O’Flaherty........................... 1 not out ............ 8 E. W. Brickhill, lbw, b Nourse ... ........... 1 b C o x .................. 5 F. I.. Logan, c Nicol, b Nourse ........................... 0 A. Dalton, c O’Flaherty, b King ................................... J. P. Howden, c and b Nourse ........................... 4 II. J. Staines, b Nourse ... 0 II. Dalton, run out ...........13 J. Odgers, b King ........... 5 not out ............ 1 L. Sink, b Nourse ........... 8 b C o x .................... 7 A. Eaton, not out .......... 0 B 5, lb 1 ................... 6 Bye .............. 1 Total ...................71 Total (3 wkts) 25 G reyville . F.W. Holmes,e Eaton, b Brickhill ...........34 J. Cox, c Sink, b Brick­ hill ........................... 0 T. O’Flaherty,c A. Dal­ ton, b Howden ... 7 D.J. Nicol, not out... 0 B 25, lb 2, w 3 ... 30 E. G. Jurjr, b Hamil­ ton ... ...................32 E. S. Sim, c Brickhill, b M orley ...................15 L. R. Tuckett, b How­ den ...........................41 W. J. Slatter, e Odgers, b M orley................... 5 A. D. Noursc, not out 140 A. C. King, c Eaton, b Total (8 wkts)*310 Howden .................... 0 * Innings declared closed. WANDERERS v. REST OF SOUTH AFRICA. {Continued from Page hi*#.) Appended is the bowling analysis of this match which had not come to hand when the last number of Cricket was published :— R est of S outh A frica . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R.W . O. M . It. W. V ogler................... 13 2 31 1 ........... 32 3 119 2 Tom linson........... 9 4 20 0 ............ 4 2 12 0 Sinclair ........... 14 4 33 4 ............ 38 5 144 4 T a n dy................... 9 5 2 30 4 ............ 20 4 97 2 L in d sa y........... 3 0 10 0 Zulch ........... 1 0 12 0 W anderers . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R.W. O. M. R. W. Strieker ............ 3 1 22 0 ............ Baumgartner ... 23 1 52 3 ............. 18 3 54 2 Snooke................... 23 0 57 1 ............. Samuelson ........... 10 0 54 0 ............ 12 1 55 5 N ourse................... 24 2 72 2 ............. 0 0 28 1 Hartigan ........... 11 0 37 1 ............. 3 0 28 1 Snookc bowled five no-balls. TWO NOTABLE KETIREMENTS. Tasmanian cricket is about to lose, through retirement, two of its most conspicuous par­ ticipants during the last twenty-five years— namely, Messrs. K. E. Burn and C. J. Eady. That both have definitely decided to retire at one and the same time will be heard with regret by all who follow the fortunes of cricket in the State, but their many splendid deeds with bat and ball will ever remain verdant, and should provide an example for young players to emulate. So frequently have the names of Messrs. Burn and Eady appeared in the headlines of Tasmanian cricket, and so consistently have they figure! in the lead of batting and bowling averages, that the returns of the coming season will seem amiss without them. What form of recognition the members of tbe Tasmanian Cricket Association will adopt to mark the brilliant and ungrudging assistance Messrs. Burn and Eady have given to the game in the State is not at present known, but, what­ ever course is decided upon, one thing is undeniable—namely, that nothing can be done that will exaggerate the magnificent and yeoman work accomplished by these champions in club, district, international, and inter-State games, in and on behalf of Tasmanian cricket. Both will retire from the scene of their innumerable triumphs with bat and ball with reputations that should make the rising generation of cricketers full of envy. K. E. BURN. Born in the Richmond district on Septem­ ber 17th, 1863, Kenny E. Burn has just passed his forty-fifth year, and goes into well-earned retirement with honours thick upon him, for one of his closing acts was a fine score of 112 made against the M.C.C. English team at Hobart early in the present year. Mr. Burn first played at Hobart with the Wellington Club in the season of 1883-4, since when he has almost regularly repre­ sented the State at home and abroad. A glance at the subjoined records will prove immensely interesting. During his 25 years of active service he has occupied the proud position at the top of the batting averages on no fewer than eleven occasions, seven of them—from 1887-8 to 1900-1—consecutively. The name of K. E, Burn stands out with conspicuousness on the merit board in the pavilion at the Association ground; but of his numerous successes none appeals more to those who have followed his career than his memorable innings of 87 at Hobart against the Australian Eleven in 1896. It was a masterful display of batt-ing, and members of the Australian Eleven described it “ as one of the best innings played against them during the whole of their tour.” And the bowling talent on that occasion comprised such undoubted champions as George GilTen, E. Jones (then in his prime as a fast bowler), the peerless Hugh Trumble, C. J. Eady, Harry Trott, and T. R. McKibbin. Burn, who made 27 in his second effort, was out the same way in each innings—c Giffen b Trumble. Of his many deeds in local matches the records given below will speak. He has made Fome remarkable scores, notably two in succession of 365 and 361, and his highest aggregate in any one season was 1,200. Though not regarded as a jegular bowler, Burn very often proved a useful change and severed many a long partnership. He has only once won the Association bowling average, in 1885-6, with 13-15 runs per wicket. As a batsman, he had wonderful defence. His late cutting and forward driving were capital, and on the on-side he was powerful. In his timing of the ball he wras a thorough master. Fielding, he was very safe and reliable, and had more than average resource in trapping unwary batsmen. No keener captain ever trod turf, and of him it can be truthfully observed that he always played the game up to the hilt. He w'ns Tasmania's representa­ tive in the Australian Eleven of 1890, captained by W. L. Murdoch, but, owing to an attack of rheumatism during the English tour, he had few opportunities of displaying his skill as a batsman. He holds the local record for the following:—The highest not out double century scores (Wellington v. Break o’ Day), 123 and 213, December 23, 1899, and January 6 , 1900, which is also the highest aggregate double century score in club matches. Upon district cricket being introduced, Mr. Burn played with East Hobart, and acted as captaiu. Following are Mr. Burn’s batting figures in Tasmanian cricket:— Not II. Assoc. Club Season Mtchs. Ins. Out Runs Score Avg. Avg. 1883- 4 ....... 15 25 3 391 52 17*7 38*3 1884-5 ........... 11 13 3 324 80 32‘4 402 1885-0 ........... 7 12 3 378 119* 42'00 50’4 1880-7........... 0 10 1 228 71 25.3 13 3 1887-8 ........... 7 12 2 428 99* 42’8 443 1888-9 ........... 9 10 0 737 121* 40'0 59*1 1889- 0 ....... 10 15 1 015 180* 43’9 18*2 1890-1 ........... 8 12 1 542 180 49‘2 43*4 1891-2 ........... 11 18 4 512 130 30*5 45‘0 1892- 3 ....... 10 14 2 903 202 80*2 120‘0 1893-4 ........... 3 5 0 124 35 24‘8 — 1893-4 ........... 4 7 2 447 240 — 89’4 1894-5 ........... 9 14 2 717 247 59*7 00*2 1895- 0 ....... 12 18 2 991 213 61’0 135*0 1890-7 ........... 11 17 1 722 174 45’1 473 1897-8 ........... 8 14 3 SOI 138 72*8 95*3 1898-9 ........... 10 10 3 944 305 72.0 138'0 1899- 0 ....... 8 11 2 1,200 3<il 1333 174'4 1900-1 ... ... 9 11 2 813 208 90‘3 lOO’O 1901- 2 ....... 9 12 0 000 101 50‘5 57*0 1902- 3 ........ 11 14 2 534 127 44*5 74*0 1903-4 ........... 8 12 1 247 58 22‘4 17 0 1904-5 ........... 6 11 3 427 87 53*3 122'0 1905- 0 ....... 11 15 2 590 103 45'3 58*0 1900-7 ........... 10 14 2 525 90 437 40*8 1907-8 ........... 11 14 2 051 174 54.2 03‘4 Totals 234 352 49 15,557 305 51*3 Note.—In seasons 1893-4 two records are separately given—association and average. From 1905-0 to 1907-8 were with East Hobart District C.C. All others with the Wellington Club. C. J. EADY. Though a few years younger than his con­ temporary in Tasmanian cricket, Charles J. Eady, who wasborn on October 29th, 1870, has, during a glorious career of some twenty-three seasons, filled a position of eminence in the bowling department that just surpasses, in numerical successes, the achievements of Burn amongst batsmen. Beginning senior cricket with the Lefroy club in the season of 1885-6, Mr. Eady soon developed into a fast bowler of more than average merit, and, upon the disbandment of the Lefroy club, he joined the Break o’ Day C.C., for which he did splendid service with bat and ball. Afterwards, upon the introduction of the district scheme, he became identified with South Hobart, for which, also, he did great things. 1 1 has been principally as a bowler that C. J. Eady has won fame iu Tasmanian and Auslralian cricket, and he has occupied place of honour on no fewer than a dozen occasions in the records of the Tasmanian Cricket Association. The figures given below are the best indication of what he has accom­ plished, so that enumeration of them need not be attempted here. From 1894-5 to 1901-2 the “ genial giant” only missed a sequence of seven firsts through W. G. Ward coming in in 1899-1900, and from 1900-1 to 1905-6 his bowling triumphs were broken by