Cricket 1908

Al'kii, 9, 1908 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 59 T here was some heavy scoring in the match at Launceston on February 15th and 22nd between Fast and Central. On the opening day the former scored 348 for three wickets, and the first thing on the following Saturday Windsor declared the innings closed. Central made such good use of the 215 minutes at their disposal that they scored 375 for three wickets, and so credited themselves with a win on the first innings. The following are the scores :— E ast . N. R. Westbrook not out ... ... 166 E. A. Windsor c Clark b Frost ... 9 K. Douglas st Ward b K. Westbrook 97 M. Conway c K. Westbrook b Frost 44 Byes, etc. ... ... ... ... 32 Total (three wickets) ... ... 348 Innings declared. C e n tral . II. O. Smith c W’estbrook b Douglas 225 K. Westbrook b W’indsor ... ... o C. Martin b W in d sor........................... 4 A. E. Frost not out ... ... ... 106 Byes, etc. ... ... ... ... 40 Total (three wickets) ... ... 375 Smith and FVost put on 354 together for the third wicket of Central Launces­ ton. The former, who is quite a young­ ster, is said to be the soundest bat Tas­ mania has produced for many years. In District cricket up to February 22nd he had scored 9, 9, 40, n o, 114, and 225, which shows an average of 84 50. In the season of 1906-7 he headed the Associa­ tion averages with 70 for all matches. T he Sydney Referee reports that an un­ usual individual performance took place on February 22nd in a match between Balmain Earlsbrae and Rozelle. Playing for the former, N Gillies scored 125 out of 179 and took all ten wickets for 29 runs in a total of 76, performing the “ hat- trick.” In the Annual Report of the Victorian Cricket Association for the Season 1906- 1907 are to be found the full scores of the State’s matches against New South Wales, South, Australia, Tasmania, XVIII. of Goulburn, and XV. of Bendigo. A sympathetic reference is made to the death of Mr. R. WT. McLeod, and, con­ cerning the visit of the M .C.C.’s team to Australia, it is stated that “ The various Associations concerned have undertaken to indemnify the Board of Control for any loss sustained in connection with the guarantee of £^10,000 required by the Marylebone C .C .” I t is estimated that about .£>2,500 will be required to make up the guarantee of £>10,000 to the Marylebone Club for the tour of the Englishmen in Australia. The ^ ictorian Cricket Association made five- pence profit from the Fourth Test match, the exact takings being ,£'2,006 3s. 6d. lhe Marylebone C .C .’s share was £^501 10s. icd., and altogether the Englishmen have been paid ,£'2,881 10s. 9d. on behalf of the V.C.A. The Melbourne C.C. has received £'995 under its agreement of 30 per cent, of the gross takings above £^4,200, which is equivalent to i3‘25 per cent, of the whole of the receipts. The total takings for the English matches in Melbourne were £.'7,726 19s. W . E ast , of Northamptonshire, has re­ ceived a cheque for ,£'326, the amount of the proceeds of his benefit match against Gloucestershire last season. M r . II . F in n , of the Lydd Brewery, speaking at a meeting of the Lydd C.C. on Thursday last, announced that all the brewers in Kent had decided to withdraw all subscriptions from sporting clubs and organisations of that character, owing to the Licensing Bill. This will doubtless mean no slight pecuniary loss to the Kent County C.C. I notice that in the list of subscribers to the Club the name of Finn .occurs as many as seventeen times, though whether they all refer to members of one familv I am unable to sav. F rom the forty-fourth Annual Report of the Darley Dale C.C., Derbyshire, which will be placed before the members at the Annual General Meeting this after­ noon, 1 see th^i Mr. A. E. Lawton did something quite unusual in the way of run-getting for the Club last season. The batting averages show that he commenced eight innings, was four times not out, and, with 165 as his highest score, made 746 runs with an average of i86’5o Last year I chronicled the fact that in one of the matches—against Cromford— he scored 86 runs off three consecutive overs from the pavilion end. The first of the overs was punished for 30, the second for 22, and the third for 34. At Melbourne in the first week of March, Victoria beat Tasmania by 138 runs. The total scores were :—Victoria, 337 (J- Horan, 165 ; F.Laver, 86) and 357 (E.V. Carroll, 81 ; P. A. McAlister, 73 ; C. McKenzie, 56; F. Delves, 52): Tasmania, 302 (E. Harrison, 97 ; N. Dodds, 81) and 254 (E. Harrison, 52). The full scores will appear in next week’s Cricket. A COSTLY MATCH. Great amusement was created on Satur­ day afternoon, February 22nd, by a match which took place at Belgravia in aid of the Sports Fund of the Jeppes High School. The players were picked from parents and other crocks, and novel con­ ditions had been drawn up for the game, it being laid down that any batsman fail­ ing to score ten runs in one innings had to pay is. per run for the shortfall ; that, any batsman scoring over 20 runs in one innings had to pay 3d. per surplus run for his fun ; and that parents unable to turn up might remit the sum of 2s. 6d. when a substitute would be provided. The last clause was not binding upon parents, but nevertheless eigh t or ten sent a lo n g theii h a lf-crow n s. T h e m atch had been arran ged by M r. F . A . S tok es and M r. N . B . V in es, and the form er cer­ tainly had to pay h an dsom ely for his o rig in a lity . T w o w ell-k n ow n law yers, M essrs. H. J. F ilm er and T . H. F rost, cap ­ tained the team s, and the fo rm e r ’s had first k n o ck . T h e in n in gs on ly realised 58 runs, but it cost the side exactly £ .4 7s., on ly tw o m em bers, the captain and M r. L loyd , esca p in g the penalty. M r. J. A . N oble (a vice-president o f the C h am ber o f C om m erce) w as g iv e n out lbw wrhen he w as still o w in g the Fund 8 s. S till, he w as let off m ore ligh tly than M essrs. W . B ennett, D . P. C . Blair, T . M a cL a ren , L . C . B eilin, F. L ow en - b erg and H . W . P u g h , w ho never opened their score and had thus to pay 10s. each. M r. T h orb u rn w as penalised 6s. and M r. D ay 9 s. O n e old “ c r o c k ” w an ted a trial ball and w as prom ptly ch a rg e d a sh illin g for the p rivilege. M r. F r o s t’s team com piled 104, and thus w on the m atch, a lth ou gh the victory cost rhem £ '3 14s. 9d. M r. Stone proved very trou blesom e, and before b ein g called upon to :etire m ade 50, and thus had to hand 7 s. 6d. to the F und. M r. M cL e o d m ade h alf the num ber o f runs, and w as ch arg ed is. 3d. M r. F rost, the captain ; M r. L o w e (secretary to the C h am ber o f T ra d e), M r. A . Y . N iven (V ice-P resid en t o f the C h a m ­ ber o f C om m erce), and M r. S tok es failed to open an accou n t except w ith the F u nd, to w hi'?h they had to con tribu te 10s. each. B oth M r. F rost andM r. L ow ew ere bow led first ball. M r. S tok es, besides p a y in g his 1os., w as m ulcted in another fine o f 2s. 6d., and on the top o f that w as ch a rg e d for his tea. M r. N iv e n ’s w as the hardest case o f all. H e w ent in last, never received a ball, and w as presented w ith his bill for 1os. for ca rry in g ou t his bat. O n g o in g to the w ick ets a second tim e M r. F ilm e r’s X I . com p iled 89 fo r six w ick ets at a cost o f £ 1 8s. 9d ., every m em ber o f the o p p osin g team h a v in g a turn w ith the ball. A ltogeth er the m atch m ust have realised w ell over £ ,'10, as ladies also dispensed tea fo r the benefit o f the Fund. M r . F ilmkr ’ s XI. First innings. Second innings. H. J. Filuier, o Payne, b Keet .............. ... 15 c Kempis, l> McLeod ... 31 J. A. Noble, lbw, b Kempis .......................... 2 H. N. Wood, b Stone ... 7 L. O. Lloyd, run out ... 13 not out ... ly W. Bennett, c Stone, b Kempis .......................... 0 c Lowe, b McLeod ... 7 I). P. C. Blair, b Frost 0 c McPherson, b Kempis ... 12 J. A. Thorburn, b Stone 4 b Keet ............ 1 T. MacLaren, b Kempis 0 L. C. Beilin, b Stone... 0 F. Day, not out ... 1 cLonghurst, b Lowe ... ... 2 F. Lowenberg, b Stone 0 b Kempis ... 4 H. W. Pugh, b Kempis 0 Byes, &c....................1G Byes, &c. 13 Total ............... 58 Total ... 8'J M r . F rost ’ s XI. A. Longliurst, b T.Taylor, b Filmer 5 Noble ............... 5 A.Y.Niven, not out 0 1). M. McLeod, b Fil- F. A. Stokes, b mer ... ... 25 Thorburn ... 0 F. W. Kempis. c & L. McPherson, b b Filmer .............. 5Thorburn ..................... 8 F. Stone, retired ... 50 ! W. T. H. Frost, b Filmer .............. 0 E. C. Lowe, b Kilmer 0 Byes, &c. ... 5 P. G. Keet, b Thor- __ burn ... ... 1 Total ...101 —Rand Daily Mail , Feb. 24, 1008.