Cricket 1908

42 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME. M arch 26, 1908. T im follow ing remarks in the Austral­ asian by “ Felix,” father of the Melbourne player mentioned, are interesting : — I understand that the Prahran cricketer, J. Horan, has made up his mind to try his luck as a player in old England. He played a Tery fine innings for 75 against the English bowling on tha South Melbourne ground. Frank Tarrant, the Middlesex professional, who was batting at the time, was greatly taken with Horan’s play, especially as Craw­ ford, Rhodes and Fielder bowled very well indeed; and Tarrant hinted that Horar would be wise in going to England if he wished to make his name as a cricketer. Evidently upon this hint Horan has acted, and evidently also Tarrant knows a batsman when he sees him. I understand that both Horan and Dwyer intend to qualify for Warwickshire. R o g e r H a r t i g a n has been presented b y his Queensland admirers with a handsome gold watch which, with the gold albert and pendant given him in Adelaide, completes a valuable memento of his lon g partnership with H ill in the third Test match. The presentation was made by the Mayor of Brisbane at the Brisbane Town Hall. A CLUB rejoicing in the name of G ojrs- gooby scored 479 agaiust Federals at Warw ick, Queensland, on January 29ih. O f this number Arthur Maddock made 211, in which were six 6’s and thirty 4’s. The Federals collapsed for 79 and 76 and were beaten by an inninga and 324 runs. Three days later G. S. Crouch played a b ig innings of 199 for Woolloongabba v. South Brisbane. H e had scored all but four of the runs a week before, and it was in order to give him a chance of making 200 that the innings was not declared closed first thing on the teaond morning of the match. Crouch took his score to 199 and was then run out in trying the impossible. F r o m the Tasmanian M a il :— The various ways in which a batsman may be disposed of were added to on Saturday, February 1 st. In the East Hobart v. North Hobart “ B ” grade match, Lovell, of the former team, was batting, when a “ googler ” bounced up in front of him. The batsman ducked, and the ball rolled down his back, and thence on to the wicket! ‘ ‘ How’s that, umpire? ” was the immediate appeal. Of course, the batsman was out—bowled. Some­ one offered the explanation that Smith, the bowler, was very resourceful, and had really trapped the batsman with a breakback. A VERY interesting article entitled “ English Cricket Teams in Tasmania : An Historical Sketch, 1862-1908 ” was contributed b y J. J. C. to the Hobart Mercury of January 24th and'the Tas­ manian Mail of February 1st. Tw o noteworthy ins'ances of heavy scoring are recorded by the Australasian. W . H. McDonald, of Korumburra, had, to the end of January, made 566 runs in five completed innings, thus averaging 118 20, whilst Charhs Baker, of Ballarat, formerly of St. Kilda, had scored 85, 74, 69, 5, 87, 20, 109 not out, 69 not out, 71 not out, and 39 in succession, which gives an aggregate of 628 for seven completed innings, average 89 71. J . N. J o n e s , of the Commercial Club, Broken Hill, has scored 434 runs in ten innings, only four of which were com­ pleted, in Wednesday afternoon cricket. His average is thus 108 50. D u r in g the progress of the match in South Australia between Brinkworth and Koolunga Boys, S. K eirney caught out three men off succes ive balls delivered b y F. Nicholls. He was fielding at mid- on, and was not obliged to move to secure the catches. Date, February 15th. A re cen t mail from Australia brings the news that the Victorian Cricket Association intended to present Tarrant with a souvenir in recognition of his 206 against New South Wales at Sydney to which reference was made in last month’s Gossip. “ Felix ” states that Tarrant said to Noble when S. E. Gregory had made 201, I intend to beat that in my second innings.” What was jocularly said turned out absolutely true. T h e Australasian states that E Barrass, the well-known umpire, got so bad on the second day of the match between England and "Victoria that he had to be relieved by R. Crockett. It seems that Barrass, while hot, took a long drink of iced gingerbeer. The result was such dreadful pains in the stomach that hot fomentations had to be applied. Later he was taken home in a cab, and be looked really ill. L o r d H a r r is , in the History o f Kent County Cricket, recalls that ginger beer was a favourite drink of Fuller Pilch. He remarks: “ 1 have played when he was standing, and remember that he was seriously affected by hiccoughs, and the follow ing m ight not infrequently be heard—‘ H ow ’s that, Fuller ? ’ ' [H ic­ cough ] Cuss that ginger b e e r! Not out-.’ ’ * T h e follow ing extract from the Tas­ manian Mail refers to the return match, played at Hobart, between England and Tasmania:— On Monday, when Kenny Burn had scored a century against the English cricket team, his friends thought that steps should be taken to present him with some memento of the occasion. A sum of £10 was collected, and the presentation was made at the conclu­ sion of the match by SirJohn Dodds, Presi­ dent of the Southern Tasmanian Cricket Association. Sir John remarked that as the presentation was quite impromptu he was not in a position to detail Mr. Bum’s perform­ ances as a cricketer; but from the merit board in the club-room he learned that in 1879 he secured the batting average for the Association, and he had attained that proud position in eleven subsequent seasons, seven of them successive. His performance that day was one of rare merit, and deserved extra credit, inasmuch as he had reached his 46th year. The English cricketers, no less than their Tasmanian comrades, were extremely pleased with his success. Mr. Burn suitably acknowledged the gift, and, whilst thanking the subscribers, added a few words of advice and encouragement to young cricketers. The same paper records the fact that on each day of the match a scoring-card was issued gratis to the spectators. This would seem to be a new departure. P laying at Krugersdorp on Jannary 25th for Mr. Abe B iiley’s X I . against X I I . of Krugersdorp and District., F. Mitchell msde 77 not out and V ogler 63, whilst R. O. Schwarz took four wickets for 12 runs. The visitors, after dis­ missing their opponents for 140, scared 317 for seven wickets. On the same afterconn Wanderers Old Crocks defeated Clifton Ramblers in Johannes­ burg by 421 run», scoring 481—F. Luckin 109, J. H. P i ton 75, J. Saccull 61, D. J. Sim 57— against 60. A t J o h a n n e sb u r g on February 1st, J . H . Sinclair batted an hour and twenty minutes for 14 runs when playing for the Wanderers against E tst Rand Union. Such slow scoring for so fine a hitter is little less than remarkable. S o u ih Afi iean papers recently received report the intention of a Transvaal team to go on tour during March. The places announced to be visited are Durban, Port Elizibeth, Graaff-Reinet, Uitenhage, Grahamstown, Burghersdorp, and A li- wal North. A t Rondebosch, on February 8 th, J. P. During hit two 6’s and fifteen 4’s in making 152 not out in 170 minutes for Claremont against Diocesan College. This is the young cricketer who distin­ guished himself earlier in the season by making 98 and 67 against Natal, as reported in the last issue of Cricket (page 32, col. 2). O n February 19ib. Mr. Abe Bailey’s X I L played their annual match against a X X I I . drawn from the Public Schools and Colleges of Johannetbarg. The latter made 228, H. O. Poultney showing excellent form in scoring 60 out of 124 in an hour and three-quarters by vigorous cricket. Y ogler took twelve wickets for 49 runs and Mr. Bailey six for 64. The boys got eight of their opponents’ wickets down for 203 runs and so had little, if indeed any, the worst of the game. A t Johannesburg on February 8th L. J. Tai cred played an innings of 138 for the Wanderers agaiust Pretoria. Ha and M. Billing (92} added 210 for the fourth wicket after three had fallen for 11 runs. The Wanderers declared their innings closed with six wickets down for 317 and won by an innings and 172 runs. Pretoria made only 51 and 94, Sinclair takiDg ten wickets for 64 runs and Brunton eight f jr 59. On the E arn? afternoon G. A. Faulkner