Cricket 1909

M ay 6, 1909. CR ICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. guards, to protect his shins, which had been badly hurt some time before. Many of the balls he fielded hit his shins, and the opposing players, knowing of his weakness, could not make it out until it suddenly dawned upon them that he was wearing protectors under his trousers. They immediately objected, and there was a hubbub which ended in the player removing the shin-guards, under pain of the other side refusing to go on with the match! Verity, up-country cricket in Australia is the home of the cricket miracle. ---------- F rom the Tasmanian M ail :—- They were playing cricket at Kimberley. A Tommy was batting, and a corporal acting as umpire, when there was an appeal for a clean case of leg-before. “ How’s that?” asked the bowler. “ Out,” said the corporal. “ Out?” cried Tommy; “ How out?” “ Why, leg-before,” said the corporal. Then Tommy burst into shrill ironic laughter. “ Leg- before?” he shouted. “ Why, it hit me on the blooming pad ! ” Played. Won. Lost. Dwn. Pnts. .. 8 . . 5 . . 1 . . 2 .. 12 .. 8 . . 4 . . 1 . . 3 .. 11 .. 8 . . 4 . 2 . . 2 .. 10 .. 8 . . 3 .. 4 . . 1 7 .. 8 . . 0 . 8 . 0 .. 0 T h e League championship in Durban has been carried off by Queen’s Park, with Greyville, the club for which Nourse plays, a good second. The final positions of the teams were :—- Queen’s Park. Greyville... . Zingari ... . Wanderers Glenwood Nourse stood out head and shoulders above all others in the batting averages, his figures being almost four times as A. D. Nourse (Gr.) ... W. K. Thomson (W.) F. W. Holmes (Gr.) L. D. Dalton (Z.) W. Robbins (Z.) F. N. Miller ( W . ) .............................. * Signifies not out. The leading bowling averages were :— Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Av J. C ox(G r.)........... 53-4 C. P. Carter (Z.)... 202*1 A. D. Nourse (Gr.) 140*1 P-C. Lilburn(Q.P.) 62*1 H.W.Chapman(Q.P.)107 B. C. Cooley (W .)... 04*4 Claude Carter, who bowled so well for Zingari, was the only player to perform the hat-trick : he did it at the expense of Queen's Park. Most InnNot in an ings. out. inns. Runs. Aver. 7 4 106* 503 167*66 7 0 152 321 45*85 7 2 117* 224 44*S0 10 1 140 365 40*55 4 1 44* 105 35 00 6 0 92 188 31*33 CRICKET IN INDIA. 12 97 14 6-92 46 466 52 8*96 32 293 32 9*15 14 151 13 11*61 11 317 27 11*74 15 174 13 13*38 M a r lb o r o u g h b l u e s v . p r i v a t e b a n k s . Played at Catford Bridge cn May 1 . P riv a te B anks . ,, __ JLIX1 C. E. Melville, b Jen­ kins ... ................. 0. S. Satin, b Lewis... O. Blomfield, b Jenkins ................... C. R. Ingersoll, c V. . Rp^rs, b Jenkins... H. G. Spillman, b Jen­ kins .......................... •A. Smith, b Lewis O. S. Lee Bennett, b Black .................... 2 L. A. Stanley, b Lewis 5 — King, not out ... 51 W. G. Glibbery, b Jen­ kins ........................51 A. G. Dunell, c Jen­ kins, b Lewis............ 4 Byes, &c............... 7 -r U!AItLBUlU N. Rogers, b Sabin 43 o £ ewis>bSabin... 3 A Ro^ers»c Dunell, b Smith.............; 1 9* s -Jenkins, b Smith 2 y . Lewis, c Mel- b Smith ........... 10 v. L*Ro£ers,c Dunell, 0 Sabin ... 2 Total .......... 135 M arlborough B lues . H. Church, c Blom­ field, b Sabin.......... 7 A. M. Black, b Smith 3 H. L. Wynne, not out 5 A. N. Rogers, b Sabin 0 V. B. Rogers, c and b Sabin .................. 3 Byes, &c.............. 9 OOTACAMUND GYMKHANA v. BORDER REGIMENT. Played at Ootacamund on April 7th and 8 th and left drawn. Score :— B order R egim ent . Second innings. c & b Richmond 11) c Bate, b Plumerll5 c and b Duff ... 74 24 First innings. R. H. Mylne, c Sliute, Richm ond........................ R. B. Taj’lor, b Shute... . G. Wrayson, b Shutc ... . P. J. Egerton, b Richmond 14 c and b Shute R. Head, st; Plumer, b Richm ond..........................30 not out Private Shearer, b Shute... 10 notout... W. C. Brodrick, c Aitkins, b Richmond .................. 1 Sergt. Hall, b Richmond... 0 H. E. Festing, c & b Rich­ mond .................................. 3 Moore, not out .................. 0 Mitchell, c Plumer, b Rich­ mond ................................ Byes, &c.................... Total ..................109 ♦Innings declared closed. OOTACUMUND GYMKHANA. Byes, & c... 17 Total (4 wkts)*320 First innings. Second innings Capt. C. G. M. Plumer, b Shearer ......................... 52 b W rayson........... 35 Col. Aitkin, c Egerton, b Wrayson .......................... 3 b Mylne ........... 36 R. W. Richmond, lbw, b Mitchell .......................... 60 not out ........... 77 S. Cox, c Mitchell, b Mylne 7 b Mylnc ........... 0 Capt. Shute, c Festing, b Wrayson .......................... 0 b Mylne ........... 8 Col. Thackwell, e Festing, b Mylne .......................... 46 Capt. Duff, b Shearer 0 W . Prest, b W rayson......... 7 Capt. White, c Taylor, b Shearer .......................... 14 Capt. Bates, not o u t .......... 5 F. M. Dowley, c Moore, b M ylne.................................. 2 Byes, &c.......... 24 Byes, & c... 6 Total ...............220 Total (5 wkts) 162 Total [F rom a C orrespondent .] A two-days’ match with the Ferczepore Station came off at Patiala 011 the 9th and 10th of April. Only the mornings and evenings were devoted to the game as it got very warm about noon. The first day play was started late, but the home team made up by fast scoring. The Maharaja, winning the toss, went in first with Mistri to open tho innings and made a capital start. In forty minutes they made 96 runs by first-rate cricket. The Maharaja’s fault­ less innings of 47 was warmly appreciated as he showed a marked improvement in his batting. The Kour Sahib’s 26, composed of three 3’s, four 4’s and a single, .attracted much notice for liis beautiful strokes to leg, while the high scores of Mistri, Gokal Chand, and Tara Chand lifted the total to 325, and Abdulghaui and Jaswant Singh succecded in carry­ ing the score to 403. The visitors made a bad start, losing two of their best wickets for only 1 run. Bebbert and Gray running themselves out, the whole responsibility fell to Lumsden who made a magnificent stand and played a capital innings of 67 : he received little assistance from the others, bar Cullen and Drake-Brockman, and the side were out for 155. Following-on, they could make only 120 against the accurate bowling of Gurbaklish Singh, who captured eight wickets for 31 runs. Cullen succeeded in making 40, while Lumsden, Gray and Hamilton reached double-figures. Ferozepore lost by an innings and 12S runs. The remarkable improvement in the batting and fielding of Patiala cricketers reflects great credit on F. A Tarrant for his excellent coaching during the last winter. F a tia la . b H .n. the Maharaja, b Drake-Brockman ... •; K. M. Mistri, c Lums­ den, b Hamilton ... ( Tara Chand, b Drake- Brockman ...........( II.H. the Kour Sahib, b Lumsden ...........S Gokal Chand, lbw b Collen .................. ( Gurbakhsh Singh,lbw, b Hamilton ........... Jaginder Singh Hamilton ........... 0 Abdulghani, lbw, b Drake-Brockman ... 37 Jaswant Singh, not out .......................... 41 Balwant Singh, b H ebbert................... 5 Sadan Singh, e Gray, b Hebbert ........... 0 Byes, &c..............55 F ero zepo re . Fir&t innings. P. E. Collen, c Gurbakhsh Singh, b Maharaja........... 0 R. F. Hebbert, run out ... 11 Coir.-Sgt.Williams, bMistri 1 O. F. Lumsden, c Sedan Singh, b Abdulghani ... 67 R. A. Gray, run o u t ........... 3 Sgt.-Major Cullen, c Mistri, b Jaginder Singh .......... 28 G. T. Drake-Brockman, c J a g in d e r S in g h , b Maharaja ..........................14 A. J. Thomson, c Tara Chand, b Abdulghani ... 1 C. Whittaker, b Abdulghani 8 Sgt. Hamilton, b Jaginder S in g h .................................. 5 Sgt. Phelan, not o u t .......... 0 Byes, &c. Total , 17 .155 Second innings, b G u rb a k h sh Singh ........... 8 c Gokal Chand, b Gurbakhsh Singh 6 c Tara Chand, b Gurbakhsh Singh 0 b Jaginder Singh 16 lbw, b Gurbakhsh Singh ...........11 c Jaswant Singh, b G u rb a k h sh Singh ......... 40 b G u rb a k h sh Singh ........... 8 b G u rb a k h sh Singh................... 0 run out ........... 6 not out ......... 11 b G u r b a k h s h Singh ........... 6 Byes, &c. ... 8 Total ..120 TRIAL MATCH AT THE OVAL.—Played on April 30 and May 1 and won by W. Findlay’s XI. by ten wickets. Hayes batted an hour and three-quarters and hit a ball out of the ground. Score and analysis :— W. F indt , a \ ’ s XI. J. E. Jewell, c Jack­ son, b Lees .......... 20 Hobbs, b Rusliby .. 50 Hayes, b Rushby ... 96 Davis, c Jackson, b L e e s ........................... 3 Blacklidge, b Lees ... 1 Spring, c Strudwick, b Rushby.......... ... 5 Abel (W.), lbw, b Lees 16 Total ...........208 Second in n in g s D a v is , not out, 10 ; Spring, not out, 11 ; byes, &c., 0 .—Total (no wkt.) 21 . E. H. D. S e w e ll ’ s XI. Vigar, c Strudwick, b Rushby .................. Myers, c Marshal, b Rushby ................... Smith (W .C .),c Platt, b Rushby.................. W. Findlay, not out... Byes ................... First innings. Hayward, b Myers ..........43 Marshal, st Vigar, b Smith 1 Goatly, c Hobbs, b Myers... 17 Harrison, c and b Smith ... 11 Platt, c Smith, b Myers ... 0 Strudwick, c Hobbs, b Sm ith.................................. 2 G. W. Palmer, b Smith ... 0 Lees, b Myers .................. 3 Jackson, c Blacklidgc, b Sm ith .................................. 2 Rushby, c Abel, b Mj’ers ... 0 E. H. D. Sewell, not out .. 7 B 2, lb 1 3 Second innings, lbw, b Spring ... 50 b Blacklidgc ... 11 b Blacklidgc ... 6 run out ........... 2 b Hayes ...........16 c Hobbs, b Black­ lidge................... 20 run out ........... 2 b Blacklidgc ... 1 b Blacklidgc ... 0 not out ........... 6 c Davis, b Black­ lidgc ........... 6 B 12, lb 6 ......... 18 ■ Total ...403 Total ...................89 Total... E. H. D. S e w e ll ’ s XI. ...138 First innings. O. M. R. W. Lees ................... 24 4 83 4 ... Marshal ........... 4 1 24 0 ... Jackson ........... 3 0 14 0 ... Palmer ........... 3 0 31 0 ... Rushby ........... 13*3 3 51 6 ... W. F in d l a y ’ s XI. Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 1 0 5 0 1*5 0 16 0 First innings. O. M. R. W. Smith...................16 4 4 37 5 .. Spring ......... 7 2 26 0 ,. Myers.................. 9 1 23 5 .. Hayes ... Blacklidge .. J e w e ll......... Second innings. O. M. R. W. 8 16 1 31 1 64 6 9 0 Last Saturday’s match at Bramall Lane between Sheffield United and Hallam was stopped by snow when the latter had scored 42 for five wickets. Only 25 runs were made in last Saturday’s match at Battersea between St. Stephen’s (14) and St. John’s A. (11). The Maidenhead C.C. opened their 112th season on Saturday. CHALLENGE. [ ONDON SCOTTISH CRICKET CLUB 1 st XI L (Strong.) Owing to disappointment have open June 5th half-day away (private ground).—It. A. B ennett 37, Kingswood Avenue, Queen’s Park, N. W. (Advt.)