Cricket 1909

i 54 CRICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M ay 27, igog. Two unusual bowling feats are recorded by the Sydney R eferee (14th May, 1909). The first was performed by G. Stockdale, who, playing for Nannine v. Meekatharra at Nannine on March 14th, took seven wickets in eight balls, six of them with consecutive deliveries. He bowled only three overs, but took seven wickets for 4 runs. In the second case Douglas Fort, whilst assisting Workers v. Rovers at Day Dawn, West Australia, on March 21st, took nine wickets without a run being made from him, performing the hat-trick twice. The Eovers scored only 18, of which M ’lnnerney made 11 and Carpenter 2 not out. There were nine “ ducks,” and the whole 13 runs were made off Conlon, who took one wicket. G. L. G a rn se y , who played regularly for New South Wales a few seasons ago, but retired from first-class cricket when he gave promise of working his way into a side for England, took eight wickets for 75 runs in seventeen overs and scored 92 runs on the Brisbane ground on April 10th and 12th. G. Brown (139) and W . Sewart (119, retired) made 247 for Brisbane’s first wicket. P a r t ic u la r s of some big hitting reach me from Queensland. Playing for Toowong against South Brisbane, on April 3rd, J. S. Hutcheon made 103 in 70 minutes, his chief hits being eight 6’s and eight 4’s. In one over from W . B. Hayes he made four hits for 6. I n a match between Queen's College and Hutchins’ College at Hobart on April 5th, the latter batted first and scored 23, Newton taking seven wickets for 9 runs. Newton and Barnett then opened the Queen’s College innings and at the end of the day were still together with 400 runs scored. Newton made 213 not out and Barnett 185 not out. This is the longest stand ever made for the first wicket in Tasmania. sequence, suspended. The officers of the club induced them to return on a com ­ promise of ten shillings a week increase being suggested. The General Committee have since endorsed the action of the officials referred to and the incident is now closed. C r a ig , the “ Surrey Poet,” who is still very weak and confined to his bed, has received the following letter from his Royal Highness the Prince o f Wales : Marlborough House, Pall-mall, May 15th, 1909. Dear Sir—The Prince of Wales much regrets to hear that you have been seriously indisposed. His Boyal Highness desires me to express his earnest hope that your health may be restored, and that your friends may soon be able to welcome you back to the Oval.—Yours very faithfully, A rthur B igge . “ It was very kind,” said the invalid to a Press representative, “ very kind, indeed, for the Prince to think of me, with all he has to do.” In the two-day match between R.A. (Woolwich) and B.A. (Out Stations) at Woolw ich on Friday and Saturday last, the former side, after being 165 behind on the first innings, declared their second innings closed with seven •wickets down for 449 and won by 166 runs. For this result they were chiefly indebted to A . S. Archdale (187 not out) and Capt. L. C. P. Milman (152), who put on 270 in partner­ ship. Milman made his runs in 70 minutes, batting 35 minutes before lunch and 35 minutes after. I n the match between Durham School and the 6th Northumberland Fusiliers at Durham on Saturday, the latter, after being dismissed for 60, had 420 runs scored against them for the loss o f only one wicket in 160 minutes. W . Fenwick made 39, W . E. Maynard 223 not out and B. S. Cumberlege 140 not out. T h e West Australian Cricket Associa­ tion premiership has been won by Corinthian A team with 26 points, the Wanderers being second with 24. Then follow South Fremantle (21), North Perth (20), North Fremantle (17) and Perth (16). H. S tu c k e y , the veteran Victorian player, who made a century a month or two ago for his State against Tas­ mania, almost succeeded in making two separate hundreds in a match at Easter. Playing for East Melbourne against Warrnambool on the latter’s ground, he contributed 105 and 90 to totals of 153 and 150, and was unfortunate to be on the losing side. In the first innings the next highest score to his was 10 by Spencer. O n the same dates a Melbourne C.C. team paid a trip to Colac and Camper- down, and B. G. Johnstone was very much in evidence, scoring 128 against the former side and 217 not out— in a total of 471 for seven wickets—in the latter. if M.C.C. and Ground, in their second innings against Aldershot command on Monday, scored 131 for one wicket in 45 minutes. Of that number Arthur D. Whatman made 78 and Newman 50, both not out. T h e general debility and weakness in the back that affects Lord Hawke threatens (according to the club window gossip of the Liverpool P ost ) to become chronic ; hence his visit to Aix-los-Bains. He has gone with his old friend, Mr. G. H . Cartland, who in his time has repre­ sented Warwickshire, and is to-day a popular resident in Birmingham. BEY. F. H. GILLINGHAM (ESSEX). Photo by] [Hawkins i0 Co., lingliton. for J. T. Pope’s X I. v. Orange on the latter’s ground on April 10th and 12th. F ro m the Sydney A rrow :— “ When Warren Bardsley was passing through Melbourne with the Australian Eleven he was a participant in a joke against one of the local theatrical cricket teams. Most people know that Warren does not boast a hirsute appendage and might easily be taken for a member of the histrionic pro­ fession. Well, the left-hanJer was 1rung- in ’ by the members of the Tivoli Club against another theatrical eleven, and, going in first, took strike. The first ball he received he banged to leg for four, and followed it up by brilliant strokes all round the wicket. His form was so superlatively good that the opposing captain became suspicious and remarked that ‘ This gentle­ man is a passing good player for an actor.’ The upshot of it was that the Glebe champion was accused of not being a bond-Jide actor, and, being a truthful young man, he owned up. He was 1allowed to retire ’ by the opposing skipper when be had scored SO, which occupied only a few minutes in the making.” B r is b a n e beat a team representing Central Districts by an innings and 89 M u ch interesting cricket has been played at Lord’s this month, but nothing more remarkable has been seen there than the collapse of Middlesex against Sussex on Monday. In 65 minutes the whole side was dismissed for 47 by Leach and A. E. Relf, and that the collapse could not be attributed to the wickets was made evident when Sussex went in and ran up over 300 against Mignon, Trott, Tarrant and others. The two counties first met in 1864, and prior to this week Middlesex had won eighteen and Sussex nine of the forty matches played. On no previous occasion had Middlesex been dismissed for so small a total as 47. E a c h of the first three’ Yorkshiremen who were dismissed by Somerset at Brad­ ford on Monday was caught in the slips by Poyntz off Robson. P r i o r to this week Noble had quite failed to play up to his reputation as a batsman, but on Monday he scored 107 against Oxford University. This success should give him confidence for the great match which commences to-day at Edg- baston, although he could in any case probably have been relied upon to do well, for he is one of those cricketers who are generally seen to best advantage upon the most important occasion. Noble’s scores against Oxford have been noteworthy.