Cricket 1908

D e c . 24, 190 8. CR ICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 475 he hit a five (overthrow), twenty-four 4’s, fifteen 3’s, thirty-five 2’s, and as many as eighty-one singles. J. E. Wood (81) making his first appearance for New South Wales, was his best partner, helping him to add 170 for the eighth wicket; Barton made 47, McDonnell 42, Jones 27, and Garrett 21. The total was 576. All the visitors, except Blackham, bowled. McShane’s three for 64 was the best analysis. The Victorians played up gamely, making 274' in their second innings—Horan 68, Walters 44, Houston 36, Bobertson 32 not out, and Bruce 24. Turner took five for 102. With her sixth win in succession, NewSouth Wales went ahead in the results—21 to 20— in theforty-firstmatch, played atMelbourne in January, 1889. Thematchesthisseasonwere managed on the part of the Victorians by the Melbourne Club, the Victorian Cricket Associ­ ation having sought to revert to the system of one match a season, to which proposition the New South Wales Cricket Association would by no means agree. A quarrel was the result; and the M.C.C. stepped into the breach. The matches did not suffer in the least, the players apparently being quite at one with the Melbourne Club. F. J. Burton, who had recently removed from Sydney to Melbourne, captained the home side, though why he should have been chosen to do so while veterans like Horan and Blackham were included it is difficult to imagine. J. D , Edwards (50) and Horan (36) added 78 runs for the second wicket of Victoria; but only Bruce (23) of the rest did anything. Most of the damage was done by a debutant, Percie Chater Charlton, now settled in England, whose figures (four for 30) were better than those of either Turner or Ferris, and on a good wicket more than creditable. The visitors replied with 238—Donnan 48 not out, Charles Bichardson and Jones 41 each, Alec Bannerman 39, MeDonnell 27. Bichardson and Bannerman, by very slow play, sent up 85 before a wicket fell. Jones, though he had a strained leg, made his 41 in as many minutes. Garrett was absent, having strained the muscles of his back. Percy Lewis, last of the seven bowlers put. on, took three wickets for 12. Victoria’s second innings was little better than the first. Barrett made 36, Harry Trott 22, Edwards 20, Blackham 19, Burton 17. Perris took six wickets for 62. New South Wales won by six wickets, Moses making 43. Thanks to the luck of the weather, Victoria won the return game and brought the totals to twenty-one all. The w’inners followed-on in a minority of 103, having replied to a score of 240 with a very moderate 137; in their second innings they put together 178, and then, on a sun-caked rain-spoiled wicket, disposed of New South Wales for 63. J. W. Trumble (six for 33) and John Worrall (four for 19) did the damage. In the first innings of the home side Harry Trott had taken five for 72, Trumble three for 58. For New South Wales, Turner had eight for 120 in the match, Charlton four for 16 in Victoria’s first, Ferris five for 45 in the follow-on. The highest individual score of the game was McDonnell’s 65, made by beautiful cricket, in New South Wales’s first. Moses (31) helped him to add 74 for the second wicket. Six were down for 141; but then William Bichardson (59 not out) and Harry Donnan (45) added 68. Trott (44 and 36) was top scorer in each innings of the winners. Barrett made 15 and 32, Bruce 18 and 29, Gordon 19 and 21 not out, and Horan 9 and 26. Victoria went ahead in the forty-third match (Melbourne, Christmas, 1889). The home side included new men of prominence in the late Bobert William McLeod, a member of the Eighth Australian Team in 1893, and J. Drysdale, both all-round players who never quite reached the position to which they seemed at one time likely to attain; New South Wales had Alec Mac­ kenzie, a giant who for a long time played a singularly cramped and defensive game, but who was responsible for some splendid hit­ ting against Mr. Stoddart’s Second Team in 1897-8, and had hard lines in never being given a place in a side for England, and I. Wales, a wicket-keeper of considerable ability. George Bonnor also re-appeared. Tom Horan and S. P. Jones were notable absentees. The one big feature of the New South Wales batting was the century made by Alec Bannerman in the second innings ; he batted six mortal hours for 117; but as Moses (20 and 27), Donnan (6 and 34 not out), Turner (14 and 26), and Garrett (10 and 24) were the only men among his colleagues who made as many as 25 runs in the match, his caution was to some extent excusable. Bonnor (61) and J. E. Barrett (69) added 61 for Victoria’s third wicket; and Blackham (63) helped Barrett to add 91 for the fourth. No one else made double figures in that innings; but Harry Trott scored 71, not out, of the 121 needed by Victoria at the finish, he and Barrett (29) adding 88 after the second wicket had fallen at 33, and being still unseparated when the end came. Hugh Trumble (ten for 107) and McLeod (seven for 105)bowledveryfinelyforthewinners. Turner and Ferris were comparatively ineffective for once in a way; but the veteran Garrett had four for 44 and Charlton three for 37 in Victoria’s first. The Victorian C.A. resumed control of the matches, after the brief in­ terregnum of the Melbourne C.C., with this fixture. New South Wales pulled level again in the return. A splendid start was made, S. P. Jones (100) and Alee Bannerman (49) putting up 156 before the first wicket fell. Jones scored fast and never gave a chance. It was this innings that got him a place, for the fourth time, in an Australian team for Eng­ land ; but he failed signally to do himself justice during the 1890 tour. Bannerman took four and a-half hours over his 49 ! Later in the innings Iredale (53), Moses (48), Syd Gregory (27), and Garrett (20) all contributed usefully. Victoria made 216 in the first innings and 237 in the follow-on. Blackham (66 and 46) was highest as aggregate scorer; in the second innings Bruce (45) and Trott (34) added 80 together for the second wicket, and Worrall hit finely for 59. Moses (52, not out) and Jones (24) were the principal con­ tributors to the 106 for six wickets, which gave the home side victory. Turner had 11 wickets for 168 in the match ; in New South Wales’ second Bobert McLeod bowled very finely indeed, getting five for 30. There were two very notable new men in the home side —Francis Adams Iredale and Sydney Edward Gregory, a nephew of David and a son of “ Lion-hearted Ned ” Gregory. Iredale has dropped out of first-class cricket now, except as a writer on the game; but Syd Gregory is still going strong, and may even yet pay us in England a seventh visit. (To be continued.) The Cornwall County C.C. sustained a loss of £24 on the past year’s working. The Club now has a credit balance of £21 10s. Smith (F. E.), the slow left-hand bowler for several seasons identified with Surrey, will next year play for Suffolk, for which county he is qualified by birth. CRICKET IN CHINA. SHANGHAI v. HONG KONG. Played at Shanghai on October 22 and 23 and won by the home side by ten wickets. L. Walker of Surrey, and Capt. E. I. M. Barrett, assisted the successful side. Score :— S h an g h ai . R. N. Anderson, 1) Sharpe ... ...........74 H. B. Ollerdessen, b Sharpe .................. 6 Capt. E. I. M. Barrett, b Bird ..................27 W. H. Moule, b Sharpe 16 L.Walker,c Haugliton, b Bird .................. 0 V. H. Lanning, run out 26 O. D. Rasmussen, b B ird .......................... 3 D. R. McEwen, lbw, b Bird .................. 3 A. G. Harrison, c Bird, b Sharpe ... 10 G. M. Billings, notout 33 A. F.Wheen, b Sharpe 4 B 16, lb 4 .......... 20 Total ..........228 Second innings: H. B. Ollerdessen, not out, 0; Capt. E. I. M. Barrett, not out, 2 ; byes, S. Total (no wkt), 10. H ono K ong . First innings. A. E. Lanning b Rasmussen 2 W. Edwards, c Harrison, b Rasmussen .................. 30 E. J. H. Haughton, c V. H. Lanning, b Rasmussen .. 0 W. C. D. Turner, c V. H. Lanning, b Rasmussen, 5 A. A. Claxton, b V. H. Lanning R. O. Hutchison, lbw, b Rasmussen .................. 0 G. R. Home, c Rasmussen, b V. H. Lanning .......... 1 Bandsman Barton, run out 10 b Harrison .. R. E. O. Bird, c Walker, b Rasmussen .................. A. W. J. Peake, not out Second innings, b V. H. Lanning G2 c Moule,b Billings 2 cMcEwen, bV. H. Lanning.......... 30 lbw, b Rasmussen 3 11 b Rasmussen 10 b V. H. Lanning 0 H a rris o n , b Billings bHarrison ... b Rasmussen Corpl.Sharpe,bRasmussen 0 notout Byes, &c. Total Byes, &c. Total ... CRICKET IN SICILY. Played at Palermo on October 7 and won by Salsette by 1 run. Score P alerm o . A. Woodrow, b Rhodes 5 P. Schimicci,b Rhodes 2 W.Eamshaw,b Rhodes 2 H. Morrison, notout... 12 J. D. Smith, b Rhodes 5 G, Blake, run out ... 8 V. Colombo, c Warron, b Sprak e.................. 2 E. Orr, run o u t ......... E. Baiblia, b C. C. Dickens .................. C. Colombo, b Rhodes S. Bannano, b Rhodes Byes, &c. Total S alsette . P. C. Dickens, b Wood­ row .......................... W. Rhodes, b Smith... G. S. Warren, b Smith C. C. Dickens, Ibw, b Smith .................. L. C. Sprake, c Morri­ son, b Woodrow ... H. Macnamara, c Orr, b Smith ................... N. H. Furber, b Earn- shaw .................. W. H. Bainbridge, b Smith .................. Dr.Dickenson,bSmith W. Major, b Smith... R. A. Burrows,not out B 4, w 4.......... Total ... At Adelaide on Friday and Saturday last New South Wales made 713 v. South Australia. Hopkins scored 218 and Noble 213. In the Yorkshire Evening Post of the 8th inst. was reproduced a bill dated 1780 of the Theatre at Leeds wherein occurred the announcement—“ End of Act 1st, a New Dance, call’d The Cricketers, or the Sports of Chapel-Town.*” Mr. John F. Macpherson, the Surrey Club cricketer has published through Mr. John Long of the Hay- market a capital gift book for children entitled “ Children For Ever.” There is a good deal of sport, and just a little cricket, in it, and the book has the big advantage of being very nicely got up and charmingly illustrated in colours. Price, 0s. net. A. Tippett took four wickets with consecutive balls for Federal v. Railway Stars, at Yorke Penin­ sula (S. Australia) on November 7. At Glenelg on November 14, East Torrens scored 503 for eight wickets against Glenelg. L. R. Hill made 152, F. J. Butterfield 88, and E. R. Mayne S4. Lord Dalmeny is a member of the General Com­ mittee recently formed for the purpose of opposing female suffrage. A son of G. H. Bailey, of the Australian team of 1878, took five wickets for 40 runs for Melbourne University v. Essendon on the former’s ground on October 17.