Cricket 1909

146 CRICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M ay 27, 1909. that he should not have proved more successful, especially as other members of the team found no difficulty in run-getting : on each occasion, in fact, his side scored over 650, winning the first game by an innings and 272 runs and the other by an innings and 360. In 1905-6, when his aver­ age for Glebe was 48'63, he played in both matches with Queensland. At Brisbane he was disposed of for 26, but Mackay, with whom he went in first, made 203, and New South Wales, scoring 691, won by an innings and 262 runs. Bardsley played in the return only because someone dropped out of the team, and, curiously enough, his first innings score of 64 proved to be the highest made in the match for either side. At Brisbane in 1906-7 he was dismissed for 12, but Charles Gregory played his record innings of 383 and New South Wales, making 763, proved successful by an innings and 301 runs. At the end of the season he was a member of the New South Wales team which visited Western Australia, and the trip marks an important event in his career, nothing less, in fact, than his first hundred in inter-State cricket. In the first game with Western Australia, at Perth, he scored only 9 and 81, but in the match at Fremantle ran up 107 in his first innings in masterly style, not making a mistake until he had scored 105. As recently as 1907-8 his inter-State appearances were still confined to matches with Queensland, but he was chosen for the return match between New South Wales and England, in which, after being sent back for 3 in his first innings, he scored 108 in his second without a mistake, and in partnership with Trumper (74) put on 169 runs for the fourth wicket. This was his first game against an English team, and his fine effort almost won the match for his side, seeing that New South Wales, set 387 to win, had made 375 for nine wickets when the game was drawn. It was owing to this fine performance on his part that he was chosen to play in the Noble Testimonial match at Sydney a month later for the Best of Australia against the Austra­ lian Eleven. Sent in first wicket down, he scored 34 and 67, his aggregate for the match being larger than that of anyone else on the side. Iu first-class matches during 1907-8 he made 298 runs in eight innings, averaging 37'25, but this performance he easily sur­ passed during the season which has recently passed into history. His scores were so good that it will prove of interest if they are set out in the order in which they were made:— 56 N.S.W. v. South Australia, at Adelaide, j- N.S.W. v. Victoria, at Melbourne. 119 N.S.W. v. South Australia, at Sydney. * 2 ^ |N.S.W. v. Victoria, at Sydney. Rest of Australia v. The Eleven, at Sydney. 264 The Eleven v. Rest ofAustralia, at Melbourne. This gives an aggregate o f 748 an d an average o f 83'11 w ith ou t the aid o f a n o t­ ou t in n in gs. Against South Australia at Sydney he an d Macartney (100) made 203 fo r th e first w icket in tw o h ou rs an d a -h alf, a n d in th e first in n in gs o f th e gam e w ith Victoria on th e sam e grou n d Noble (213) rem ain ed w ith h im w h ilst 304 w ere added for th e secon d w icket in 223 m in u tes. The in n in gs of 264 iu th e Trial m atch m ade quite a sen sation both in this cou n try and Australia, and, alth ou g h it was n ot a fa u lt­ less display, lik e ea ch of h is other three- figu re in n in gs earlier in the season , it was one w h ich stam ped h im as a really great player. As a cu riosity it may be m en tion ed that, whilst making the large score, he had a hand in three different three-figure part­ nerships. For Glebe he also did well, his average for six innings, one of which was incompleted, being 82-80. News of his great run-getting feats naturally caused much interest to centre in his doings in England. It was generally expected that he would score well, but probably nobody anti­ cipated that he would make 421 runs in his first three matches with an average of 140. There is no need to dwell at any length upon the innings he has played in this country, seeing that they have quite recently been fully described in the columns of Cricket. Suffice it to say that on no previous occasion has any Australian played a succession of such large innings upon the occasion of his first appearances in England. What place Warren Bardsley is destined to fill in the history of the game time alone can show, but, judging from what he has accomplished during the last few months, no place in the world of cricket should prove beyond his reach. He deserves to do well, for before the commencement of each season he practises regularly at six o’clock in the morning with his friend, C. Kelleway, who may yet be seen visiting us as a member of an Australian team. Bardsley attributes a good deal of his skill to Alec Bannerman, who has frequently given him useful hints since he commenced to practise on the Sydney Ground. He is in the Civil Service —in the Department of Justice—and so has little difficulty in obtaining time for practice. AVERAGES FOR THE GLEBE C.C. Season. Inn­ ings. Not out. Most in an inns. Runs. Aver. 1900-1 ... ... 4 1 102* 146 48-66 1901-2 ... ... 10 0 87 236 23*60 1902-3 ... ... 11 0 52 250 22-72 1903-4 ... ... 11 2 161* 430 47-78 1904-5 ... ... 10 0 189 603 60-30 1905-6 ... .. 13 2 109 535 48-63 1906-7 ... ... 8 0 111 344 43-00 1907-8 ... ... 9 0 107 456 60-66 1908-9 ... ... 6 1 217* 414 82-SO THREE-FIGURE SCORES FOR THE GLEBE C.C. 102* .,,. Glebe v. Paddington 1900-1 161* .. „ v. Paddington 1903-4 175 .. ,, v. Redfern ........... 1904-5 189 . ,, v. University........... 1904-5 109 ., ,, v. Middle Harbor... 1905-6 104 ,, v. University.......... 1905-6 I ll ,, v. Middle Harbor... 1906-7 107 ., ,, v. Balmain ........... 1907-8 137 ,, v. Redfern .......... 1908-9 217* .. ,, v. North Sydney ... 190S-9 * Signifies not out. SOUTH HAMPSTEAD v. U. C. S. OLD BOYS.— Played at Brondesbury on May 22. U. C. S. O ld B oys . F. Eastman, b Every... 0 B. H. Ellis, b Bamford 10 E. S, Westhorp, b Every .................. 3 M. E. Griffith-Jones, b Barrett .................. 55 L. J. Marcus, b Every 4 T. Rowley, b Astley... 4 A. J. Swanson, b Bar­ rett .......................... 8 D. II. Bayley, c Moore, b E v e ry ...................10 P. J. Richardson, b Barrett .................. 0 C. Eastman, b Barrett 1 — Lowenstein, not out .......................... 0 B 4,lb5, w l,n b 4 14 Total S outh H am pstead . ...109 R. H. Moore, c East­ man, b Marcus ... 48 H. W. Brooman, b S w anson.................. 27 N. Astley, c Wcsthorp, b M arcus..................14 S. Sherwell, c Ellis, b Marcus .................. 0 G. II. Bamford, st Ellis, b Rowley ... 0 S. Ramsay, b Marcus 0 G. E. Every, c West- horp, b Rowley ... 5 R. H. Hughman, not out ..........................11 D. S. Barrett, c Bay­ ley, b Rowley ... 11 C. U. B. Farmar, c Eastman, b Marcus 6 \V. H. Bamford, c Griffith-Jones, b Rowley ................... 0 B 6, lb 3 ........... 9 Total ...131 CEICKET IN SCOTLAND. AYR v. POLOC. Played at Kilmarnock on May 17 and won by Poloc. by 83 runs. Score:— P ol T.Grieve,bMontgomery 8 J. Galt, b Montgomery 0 W. Gourlay, b Earn- slia w ........................ 59 J. Anderson, b Mont­ gomery .................. 1 C. D. Stuart, jun., c Booth, b Dewar ... 15 D. E. Tinker, b Dewar 5 J. Forbes,cW.Drinnen, b Dewar .................. 1 A yrs A.F. M. Morton, c Galt, b Stuart .................. 9 J. Booth, e Drummond, b Nicoll .................. 10 A. Money, c Grieve, b Nicoll.......................... 0 J. Barrow, b Stuart... 4 L. Parker, b Nicoll ... 2 Montgomery, b Nicoll 6 D. Highet, b Tinker 11 ,oc. Nicoll, not o u t ........... D. Drummond c and b Earnshaw ........... W. H. A. Dinsmore, b Montgomery C.Moldrum,c Barrow, b Earnshaw ........... Byes, &c............. Total ...........] F. C. Dewar, c Drum­ mond, b Nicoll G. W. White, c Tinker, b Nicoll ................... W. R. Drinnan, b Tinker ................... H. Earnshaw, not out Byes, &c.................. Total ... ... FORFAR v. FIFE. Played at Forthill on May 22 and won by Forfar­ shire by 163 runs. Score :— F o r fa r sh ir e . R. G. Tait, st Wardlaw, b Taylor .................. 35 T. B.Rorie,st Wardlaw, b Bailey .................. 14 R. M. Lindsay, b Bailey 21 A. Lindsay, c Birrell, b Fraser ..................80 J. A. Kydd, not out...Ill W. Stewart, b Fraser 0 W.Oven8ton,st Taylor, b Bailey ...................17 Byes, &c..............16 Total (6 wkts)*294 Innings declared closed. C. M. Cleghorn, G. K. Chalmers, L. Wilkinson, and Ringrose did not bat. W. Birrell, b Ringrose 3 J. Taylor, b Ringrose 4 J.G. Fraser, b Ringrose 14 C. C. Edmond, b Tait 26 G. Macpherson, b Ring­ rose ......................... 0 D. Mackintosh, c Cleg- horn, b Ringrose ... 9 G. N. Thomson, c Stewart, b Ringrose 0 Bailey, c and b Ring­ rose ...........................30 A. Anderson, c Lind­ say, b Ringrose ... 4 W. Ferguson, b Tait... 0 J.H.W ardlaw,notout 24 Byes, &c..................17 Total ...131 CLACKMANNAN v. ABERDEEN. Played at Alloa on May 22 and won by Clack­ mannan County by 129 runs. Score :— C lackm annan C ou nty . C. F. Younger, c W. Webster, b Cobley... 5 West, c M'Intosh, b W. Webster ...........28 T. A. Bowie, c Cobley, b W. Webster . ... 93 R. Cairns, c Clark, b C. Webster ...........18 A. G. Moir, c Lowe, b W. Webster ........... 2 ♦Innings declared closed. R. S. Perry and R. M’Ewan did not bat. A b erd een sh ire . R. Clark,b Younger... 3 C. Webster, c and b Wpot Q Cobley, c West, b Y ou n ger.................. 1 W. M ’ In to s h , b Y ounger.................. 10 W. Webster, b West... 15 A. R. 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