Cricket 1909

CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M ay 20, fgog. a new volume by him, entitled “ Leaves of the Lower Branch.” It is issued at 6s., and has been very favourably reviewed. P laying for Corpus “ A ” against Queen’s “ A ,” on the Corpus ground, Oxford, on May 11th, H . A. Dixon made sixteen 4’s in successive scoring hits in an innings of 113. A. T. S harp , who played a very useful second innings of 22 for Leicestershire at Old Trafford last week, is an old Rep- tonian and a batsman who should do well in first-class cricket if he can spare the time to play regularly. In 1907 his average for Repton was only 15’60, but last season he made 548 in nine com ­ pleted innings, scoring 172 not out against Uppingham and 75 not out in the match with Malvern. His one appear­ ance for the County in 1908 was against M.C.C. and Ground, at Lords, when he made 25 and 5. T he results of matches between Surrey and the Australians have been as follow s:— 1878—Australians won by 5 wickets. 1882—Australians won by 6 wickets. 1884—Australians won by 8 wickets. 1oRr 1Surrey won by 3 wickcts. 1Surrey won by an innings and 209 runs. ( Australians won by an innings and 154 runs. 1888 j Drawn. (.Australians won by 34 runs. i oriAJ Australians won by 8 wickets. lbJ0 1 Drawn. 1 KQ‘i |Surrey won by 58 runs, f Surrey won by 2 wickets. 1896 1899 \ 1902 . |Australians won by 7 wickets. } \ Drawn. i Australians won by an innings and 71 runs. |Surrey won by 104 runs. Australians won by an innings and 78 runs. I Drawn. 1Qn, < Drawn. 1 Australians won by 22 runs. 1909—Surrey won by 5 runs. Of the twenty-one matches played the Australians have won 10 and Surrey 6, the remaining 5 having been drawn. L ord H awke , who has been suffering from back trouble for several weeks past, has been ordered to Aix-les-Bains by his medical adviser for three weeks. His lordship leaves England on Friday next and will consequently he unable to attend the meeting of the Selection Committee on Sunday. To-day Yorkshire will be captained by Hirst, but in the other matches played before Lord Hawke's return the leadership will be undertaken by Mr. E. J. Ratcliffe. I t has been definitely arranged for the Australians to play a three-days’ match in the West of Scotland, commencing on June 17th. The ground upon which the game will take place has not yet been settled, but it is hoped to put a repre­ sentative Scottish side in the field against the tourists. innings was declared. Adelaide replied with 158 for four wickets. E ast T orrens , by securing a drawn game with Adelaide on April 17th, gained the premiership, in District Cricket in Adelaide for the season. East Torrens carried their score from 257 for five wickets to 407 for six. S. Hill, playing brilliantly, increased his total from 138 to 211 and was still not out when the From “ Recorder’s ” notes in The Adelaide Observer (17th April, 1909) :— “ Two instances of fast scoriDg have been brought under notice in connection with the Terowie Club. In the one case Terowie had to face a total of 153, made by Yarcowie, and they scored 158 for three wickets in 70 minutes. H. Pascoe set the merry pace by hitting eleven 4’s in his 54, S. Simpson made 44 not out, and Mathews scored 39. In the second match fortune went against Terowie, for Petersburg, having dismissed them for 129, rattled up 185 for three wickets in less than 1J hours. The principal performer was Griffiths, who batted all the time for 90 not out. Other scorers were—Jamieson 47, Dunlop 24, and Halcome 16. M r . J. A. R iley has been appointed Secretary to the South Australian Cricket Association in succession to the late Mr. John Creswell. Mr. Riley also succeeds to various other positions filled by Mr. Greswell in Adelaide. T he final for the premiership in Pennant cricket in Melbourne was decided on April 10th and 12th by the meeting of East Melbourne and Prahran on the East Melbourne ground. The former scored 340 (W. Scott, 102) and the latter, replying with 349 for seven wickets (S. Stephens, 121), won by three wickets and gained the premiership. T he New South Wales Cricket Asso­ ciation season closed, so far as the First-Grade clubs were concerned, on April 3rd, with Glebe premiers, Waverley second, and Paddington third. Thirteen clubs competed. The list of Sydney District Premier Clubs is as follows :— 1893-4. 1894-5. 1896-6. 1896-7. 1897-8. 1898-9. 1899-0. 1900-1. East Sydney. Paddington. Glebe. Glebe. Paddington. North Sydney. Cen.Cumberland. Paddington. 1901-2. 1902-3. 1903-4. 1904-5. 1905-6. 1906-7. 1907-8. 1908-9. Sydney. Waverley. BUrwood. North Sydney. Burwood. Paddington. North Sydney. Glebe. Of the 46 centuries made during the past season in the Competition only two ex­ ceeded the second hundred, Trumper scoring 260 for Paddington v. Waverley and Bardsley 217 not out for Glebe v. North Sydney. The latter’s average for his club was 82-80. O n April 3rd J. L. Hudson made 163 not out in a total of 312 for two wickets for East Hobart v. South, and R. J. Hawson 114 not out in a total of 243 for two wickets for North Hobart v. New Town. To that date Hudson had an average of 102'33 for sixteen innings (7 times not out) and Hawson of 70’46 also for sixteen innings, all but three of which were completed. On the same date Martin made 174 for North Launceston v. East on the Association ground, hitting two 6’s and twenty-eight 4’s. C ricketers in all parts of the country have had good cause to lament the unseasonableness of the weather during the past fortnight. In places the cold has been intense, and on several occasions play has been suspended on account of poor light. At Derby early on Saturday morning the ground had a covering of snow, whilst on Friday and Saturday there was ice on the rails round the ground at Worcester. More often than not, too, umpires have worn an overcoat under their “ surplice.” According to the Star, the outlook at Lord’s on Monday morning “ was depressing beyond all words, and the silence of the tomb per­ vaded the atmosphere.” On Saturday afternoon the Prince of Wales will open the new cricket-ground at Fairlop, which has been acquired by the London Playing Fields Society. Several special trains will be run by the Great Eastern Railway Company from Liverpool Street, that for the invited guests leaving at two o’clock. I f any cricket clubs in the Metropolitan area—in the Southern districts for choice — should require a well - experienced cricketer to umpire in any of their matches, they might make a note of the fact that William Shepherd, of 150 Cavendish Road, Balham, S.W., would be glad to undertake the duties. Shepherd played in his day for Surrey, and turned out several excellent cricketers, including James Douglas, C. M. Wells, and the Rev. F. H. Gillingham, during the time he was coach at Dulwich. H e is ready to accompany a team on tour, if desired, or to act as coach. T h e Australians sustained their first defeat at the Oval yesterday, when Surrey won a splendidly-contested game by five runs. There have been many opinions concerning the wicket upon which the game was played, but on the authority of some of those who took part in it, I can state that all through it gave some assis­ tance to the bowlers, and that it was at its worst during the second afternoon, whilst Surrey were batting, and at its best yesterday. The feature of the game was the superb second innings of Hayward, who alone played the Australian bowling with much success. It is doubtful if he has ever been seen to greater advantage, and it is to him that chief credit for the victory must be given. Surrey’s second innings was certainly played whilst the wicket was far from good, and few who saw the match will, I .fancy, dispute that the County deserved their success. The Australians played a fine up-hill game, and to a certain point appeared likely to make the runs, but the last six wickets failed to do as well as expected and Surrey just managed to get home. More than a word of praise deserves to be said for the bowling of Whitty and Rushby and the wicket-keeping of Strudwick. W alter B rearley was asked to assist the M.C.C. in their match against the Australians, which commences at Lord’s to-day, but owing to the injury he sus­ tained in the Leicestershire match was obliged to decline.