Cricket 1908

466 CR ICK ET A W EEKLY RECORD OF TH E GAME. D e c . 24, 1908. T H E S O U T H A F R I C A N CRICKET ASSOCIATION. In the annual report of the South African Cricket Association, which was adopted at the annual meeting, occurs the following paragraph with reference to the abandoned proposal for a triangular test: “ Your Assoc­ iation are not officially aware what promoted the Australians to decline the contest, but believe that the two principal reasons were : (1) That they considered that South Africa had not earned the right to meet Australia in England until the South Africans, as the youngest power in Imperial cricket, had visited Australia and convinced the Aus­ tralians that their cricket prowess entitled them to such recognition; ( 2 ) that they were not satisfied that the proposed financial arrangements in connection with the scheme would be adequate to compensate them for the financial risk involved.” After dealing with the friction which arose between the M.C.C. and the Australians, the report says: “ The Association is, in view of all the circumstances, quite satisfied with the present position, and, whilst keenly anxious to see the proposed triangular tour­ nament in England an accomplished fact, your Association did not desire that Mr. bailey’s proposals should lead to unpleasant­ ness, or the straining of relations between England and the Australian cricketers, and they are quite content to wait a year or two until, as they feel sure will be the case before long, the Australians are induced to give the proposed scheme at least a trial.” Touching on South African cricket, the report says: “ No definite arrangements have been made for future international engage­ ments for South African cricketers. As the Australians will be in England next year it must be 1911, at the earliest, before a Sonih African team can visit the Mother Country, and it therefore rests with your Association to decide within the next few months whether they will negotiate with the Australians for a South African team to visit the antipodes at an early date, or whether they will prefer to invite the M.C.C. to send out a team next season—1909-10.” ' As to a travelling coach, it is stated that the question will be considered shortly with a view to the engagement of a coach for 1909-10. Another part of the report reads: “ Appli­ cation for affiliation was recently received from the North-Eastern Districts Union of the Cape Colony, but your Association decided not to consider the same for the present. They are of opinion that no more unions should be affiliated, but rather that the numberof existing unions should be decreased by the consolidation or amalgamation of some of the present unions, particularly those in the Cape Colony. There are at present five unions in the Cape Colony, and only one each in the four other Colonies. This is out of all proportion to the number of cricketers in the various Colonies, and also to the financial status of the union. The matttr was of considerable importance when visiting teams have to be arranged for, or South African teams sent to other countries. More­ over, and most important of all, the number of unions make it impossible for the Currie Cup tournament to be played in any centre under existing conditions, without con­ siderable financial loss to the competing unions. Your Association, therefore, intend to go into this question during the ensuing year and make a recommendation embodying the reduction of the number of unions, and it is hoped that the existing unions will consider the question in a broad-minded spirit, having in view the future welfare of South African cricket as a whole, rather than the convenience or temporary advantage to any one union.” The report says the financial position is satisfactory, and states that Mr. H. D. G. Leveson-Gower, the present Surrey captain, is being asked to succeed Capt. Wynyard as the representative of the Association in England. CRICKET IN BARBADOS. WANDERERS v. PICKWICK. Played at the Bay on August 29 and left drawn. Scores :— W anderers . A. Gittens, c P. Good­ man, b Bailey...........20 K. Mason, c L. Year- wood, b P. Goodman 8 J. Phillips, b Hendy... 3 M. Mayers, c Jones, b Bailey ...................46 G. Challenor, c Jones, b Bailey ...................56 L. Archer, run out ... 0 A. E. Goodman, lbw, b S. Worme ...........13 P. Tarilton, not o u t ... 44 P. A. G o o d m a n , c Mayers, b Grant ... 19 A. Gardner, c E. Good­ man, b Bailey ... 10 F. Grant, c and b P. Goodman ...........14 C. A. Worme, not out 25 B y e s ................... 8 Total (7 wkts)*196 *Inning declared closed. J. Kidney, c Mayers, b Grant ......... ... 3 R. Jones, not out ... 4 B 14, lb 1, w 1... 16 Total (4 wkts) 99 SPARTAN v. WANDERERS. Played at Belle Ville on September 12 and won by the Wanderers by six wickets. Mayers and Austin made the last 71 runs in half-an-hour. Score:— S partan . L. Heath, lbw, b A. Worme ...................20 C. Phillips, c Mayers, b Mason ................... 0 W. Fields, c Gardner, b Grant ...................49 W. Gibbs, b Worme ... 1 C. A. Browne, b Grant 15 C. A. Bratliwaite, c Mayers, b Grant ... 21 P. Hodge, c Gittens, b Grant ................... 2 L.W. Inniss,bPhillips 10 H. Parris, bS. Worme 1 G.C. Williams, not out 4 C.A.Haynes, c Mason, b Phillips ...........24 B 16, lb 2, nb 2... 20 Total ...167 W anderers . K. Mason, c Hodge, b F ie ld s ................. 17 I A. Gittens, cWilliams, b Gibbs ................... 0 I M. Mahers, not out ... 91 A. Gardner, c Parris, b Brow ne...................13 I |H. B. G. Austin, c Heath, b Fields ... 44 B2, lb l, w l ... 4 Total (4 wkts) 171 SPARTAN v. PICKWICK. Played at Kensington on September 19, and won by Pickwick by seven wickets. Archer and E. Goodman made 132 for Pickw ick’s first wicket. Score S partan . L. Heath, c and b Hinds ...................32 C. A. Haynes, c P. Goodman, b Hinds.. 26 W. Fields, c E. Good­ man, b C. Yearwood 7 W . Gibbs, c Simmons, b P. Goodman...........23 C. A. Browne, c Sim­ mons, b P. Goodman 43 C.B. Phillips, c C.Year- wood, b P. Goodman 1 G. C. Williams, c L. Yearwood,b C. Year- wood ........................... C. Braithwaite, c Kid­ ney, b Simmons ... L. Inniss, c C. Year- wood, b Simmons... W. Franklin, b P. G oodm an.................. D. Morris, not out ... B 3, w 4 ........... Total ...........1 L. Archer, st Williams, b Franklin ...........71 E. Goodman, run out 59 P. H. T a r ilto n , c Browne, b Heath ... 27 P. Goodman, R. Jones, H. F. Austin, L. Year- wood, H. Simmons, H. Hinds, and C. Yearwood did not bat. J. Kidney, not out ... 13 B 3, w 6 ........... ~ Total (3 wkts) 179 S. E. Gregory made 102 not out for W averley v Burwood at St. Luke’s Park, Sydney, on October 31. THE MINOR COUNTIES ASSOCIATION. The Annual Meeting of the Minor Counties Association was held in the pavilion at Lord’s on the 8 th inst., Mr. E. G. Buxton (Norfolk) being in the chair. The most important business before the meeting was a proposal made by Mr. J. H. Brain, on behalf of Glamorganshire, “ That the present divi­ sion of the Minor Counties into sections be abandoned, and the Championship be decided on the same lines as the Championship of the First-Class Co'unties, five out and home matches being the minimum to qualify a County for the Competition.” In moving this resolution Mr. Brain said that he did not consider the present way a good one of arriving at the Championship of the Minor Counties. They played the same four Counties over and over again under the grouping system, and the want of fresh attractive fixtures adversely affected the gates. After some discussion, Mr. Mallett said that the proposal now made by Glamorgan was to go back to the unsatisfactory system that prevailed before the grouping scheme, and suggested that it would be better to divide the counties into two divisions, not necessarily geographical, rather than give the counties a free hand. He thought the matter should be referred to the Committee for them to put some such proposal before the Counties. Mr. Brain thereupon with­ drew his resolution, and it was decided that it be an instruction to the Committee to prepare a scheme to be brought forward at a general meeting, to be held before next cricket season. A proposition made by Mr. A. M. Miller (Wiltshire), “ That the dates of the semi­ finals and finals be fixed, and that the choice of grounds be drawn for at the annual meeting,” did not find a seconder. Messrs. P. J. de Paravicini, R. H. Mallett, and Dr. J. Earl Norman were re-elected representatives on the Advisory Committee, and the following Counties were elected to form the Committee for 1909 : Bedfordshire, Surrey, Bucks, Wiltshire, Glamorganshire, and Staffordshire. When the re-election of the hon. secretaries of the Association —Mr. R. H. Mallett and Dr. J. Earl Normin—was proposed, Mr. Mallett said he regretted that he was unable to offer himself for re-election. Dr. J. Earl Norman was re-elected hon. secretary. Mr. R. W. Allan (Bedfordshire) paid a very high tribute to the valuable service Mr. Mallett had rendered the Association for a great number of years. A vote of thanks to the chairman and to Mr. Lacey, secretary of the M.C.C., for the continued interest he had taken in the Association, brought the meeting to an end. GEORGE L EW IN & Co., (Established 1869.) Club Colour Specialists and A th letic Clothing Manufacturers. OUTFITTERS BY APPOINTMENT To the Australians, 18%, 1899 and 1902 ; Mr. Stoddart’s XI., 1894-1895, 1897- 1898; Mr. MaeLaren’s XI., 1901-1902 ; West Indian XI., 1900 and 1906 ; South Africans X I., 1901 and 1907; and M.O.C., Lancashire, Kent, Surrey and London Counties, Wanderers, Stoics. Bromley, Sutton, and all Public Schools’ Old Boys’ Clubs.—Write for Estim ates F ree. 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