Cricket 1909

M ay 27, 1909. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. >57 Rothery and Hirst 77 for the fourth in 65 minutes. Denton gave a couple of chances in making 27, and Rothery, when 7, was missed by Woods at short-leg off Braund. After lunch Bates and Myers added 44 together and Newstead and Radcliffe 45 in half-an- hour. Rain X'revented play on Tuesday, and after Yorkshire had declared their innings closed yester­ day and Somerset had made 21 for one wicket the game was given up. Score and analysis :— Y o r k s h ir e . Rhodes, c Poyntz, b Robson .................. 48 Wilson, c Poyntz, b Robson ...................44 Denton, c Poyntz, b Robson ...................27 Rothery, c and b W. T. Greswell ...........36 Hirst, c W .,b E . Gres­ well ...........................46 Myers, run o u t .......... 30 ♦Innings declared closed. S om erset . Hardy, b Haigh ........................... Braund, not out .......................... J. Daniell, not out.......................... Bates, c Woods, b Robson ..................‘ Newstead, c Chidgey, b Braund..................! E.J. Radcliffe, cWhite, b Braund..................! Haigh, not o u t ........... Hunter, not out... B 16, lb 2, w 3 ... 21 Total (9 wkts)*345 0 10 11 Total (1 wkt) ... Y o r k s h ir e . W. T. Gres­ well Robson Hirst Haigh 0. M. R. W O. M. R. W. E. A. Gres 29 7 95 1 well ... 17 3 48 1 35 10 77 5 White ... 13 1 43 0 Braund ... 25 2 61 1 S om erset . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. w. 6 2 5 0 Rhodes ... 3 1 7 0 6 2 7 1 Newstead 6 2 2 0 CRICKET HANDBOOKS/'5 The 1909 editions of the Cricket Calendar and the Cricket Dirt dory have just made their appearance, the former being now in its forty-first year of publication and the latter iu its twenty-first. The Calendar , in addition to retaining its usual features, contains articles on the coming season, the M.C C. tour in Egypt, and the late Lord Sheffield, whilst the Directory gives the names and addresses of Secretaries of the Counties, Universities, Public Schools, and of the principal Clubs, Leagues, and Associa­ tions for 1909. * The Cricket Calendar and Cricket Directory for 1909. London: The Cricket; Press, 25, Temple Chambers, E.C. Price 6d. each. NORTH WALES COUNTY CRICKET ASSOCIATION. The following fixtures have been arranged for 190y :— JULY. 1. Denbigh v. Montgomeryshire, at Llangollen. 8. Flint v. Denbigh, at Flint. 14. Flint v. Carnarvon and Merioneth, at Mostyn. 15. Montgomeryshire v. Denbigh, at Newtown. 29. Denbigh v. Carnarvon and Merioneth, at Llanrwst. 30. Carnarvon v. Denbigh, at Llandudno. AUGUST. 4. Flint v. Montgomeryshire, at Mostyn. 5. Carnarvonshire aud Merionethshire v. Mont­ gomeryshire, at Corwen. 9. Denbigh v. Flint, at Denbigh. 11. Montgomeryshire v. Flint, at Newtown. 12. Montgomeryshire v. Carnarvonshire and Merionethshire, at Newtown. 25. Carnarvonshire and Merionethshire v. Flint, at Bangor. SYDNEY FIKST-GRADE COMPETITION. The following are the leading averages in the Competition of 1908-9 :— BATTING AVERAGES. Most Inn- Not in an ings. out. inns. Runs. Aver. V. T. Trumper 7 0 260 604 86-28 W. Bardsley ........... 6 1 217* 414 82-80 A. J. Hopkins.......... 5 1 113* 280 70-00 J. B. O’Neill ......... 6 2 112 259 64-75 Rev. E. F. W addy... 10 0 150 560 56-00 N. Y. Drane ........... 8 1 121 366 52*28 W. E. Pite ........... 12 2 118 522 52-20 B. F. Folkard........... 9 0 156 461 51-22 J. Rynn ................... 4 1 103 145 48-33 G. G allagher........... 10 3 186* 336 48-00 A. C. K. Mackenzie 10 1 165 432 48-00 * Signifies not out. BOWLING AVERAGES. Runs. "Wkts. Aver. A. Cotter . ... 366 27 13-55 G. L. S a y le ................. ... 383 28 13-67 W. Unsworth ......... ... 283 17 16-64 R. B. Minnett ......... ... 476 28 17-00 S. Ayres ................ . ... 646 37 17-45 H. F. Collins ... . . ... 211 12 17-58 F. Antill ................ . ... 345 19 18-15 T. H. Howard ... . . ... 537 29 18-51 H. Cranney ................ . ... 492 26 18-92 W. Kerim ................. ... 30S 16 19-25 L. W. Pye ................ . ... 482 25 19-28 A bowler must have obtained at least ten wickets for inclusion above. Noble took three wickets for 202 runs, average 67-33. CRICKET IN TASMANIA. NORTH v. SOUTH. Played at Launceston on April 10, 12 and 13. Drawn. Of the eighty-three games now played between North and South, the former have won thirty-six and the latter thirty-seven : the remaining ten have been drawn. The features of the match were the bowling of Windsor in the first innings of the South and the batting of Pilbeam for the North. The latter nade his 122 in 148 minutes and hit a 5 and nineteen 4’s. With Harrison he put on 130 for the sixth wicket. Score and analysis:— S ou th . Wells Clergy, 230 for four wickets, innings declared closed (P. H. Wilson, 84 ; C. M. Hox*ley 79 , and W. H. Nash, 51 not out) played Sherborne School, 102 (A. B. Read, 34) at Sherborne on May 18. First innings. Second innings R. J. Hawson, run out .. 25 b McDonald 42 J. Hudson, c Woolley, b c R. Westbrook, b McDonald ... .. 1 Woolley ........... 90 D. G. Paton, c Woolley, b c Harrison, b Windsor .................. .. 26 Windsor ... 88 T. A. Tabart, lbw, b Windsor 10 c Martin, b Mc­ F. Chancellor, c Pilbeam, b Donald ........... 11 M cDonald.................. .. 1 b McDonald 9 A. C. Facy, c Woolley, b c Elliot, b Mc­ Windsor .................. ... 39 Donald .......... 15 S. Frost, b Windsor ... ... 35 not out ........... 26 T. Carroll, b Windsor .. 7 c Windsor, b Elliot ........... 5 K. Eltham, not out ... ... 13 c and b Woolley 2 P. Payne, b Windsor... 7 c McDonald, b A. Briggs, c Martin, b W oolley........... 8 Windsor .................. ... 4 Leg-byes ........... ... 6 Byes, &c. ... 20 Total ......... ...174 Total (9 wkts)*316 * Innings declared closed. N o r th . First innings. Second innings N. R. W'estbrook, lbw, b Facy .......................... ... 13 b Paton ........... 1 H. O. Smith, run out ... 23 c Hawson,bPaton 0 H. Pilbeam, b Facy ... ...122 c Payne, b Chan­ F. Richardson, lbw, b cellor ........... 9 Chancellor.................. ... 0 C. Martin, c Eltham, b Facy 7 c Paton, b Briggs 10 R. Westbrook, b Paton ... 4 E. Harrison, b Frost... ... 59 E. A. Windsor, c and b Paton ......................... ... 39 c and b Briggs ... 15 E. C. McDonald, c Paton b F r o s t .......................... ... 17 H. Woolley, c Hawson, b P aton .......................... ... 0 T. Elliot, not out ... 2 not out ........... 23 Byes, &c.............. ... 19 Byes, &c. ... 5 Total .......... .,.305 Total (5 wkts)63 First Windsor... McDonald . M a rtin ......... Richardson .. First Paton Facy Chancellor Frost Briggs ... Carroll ... 22 S ou th . innings. O. M. R. W. ,. 31 1 9 72 7 . 4 61 2 . 2 16 0 . . 5 0 19 0 . Elliot Woolley , N o r th . innings. O. M. R. W. .2 9 5 73 3 . 1 108 3 . 5 21 1 . 2 43 2 . 1 29 0 , 1 12 0 . Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 32 5 108 1 ... 40 16 74 4 ... 12 2 43 0 ... 18 3 49 1 1 22 3 Second innings. O. M. R. W. 9 4 2 .. 22 .. 10 .. 15-4 ... 11 ... 4 ... 6 ... 3 6 0 23 1 6 0 2*4 0 19 2 On April 10th and 12th the South beat the North in a B-grade match at Hobart by 258 runs. The total scores w ere:—South, 259 (E. Russell, 78) and 260 (E. Russell. 148 not out) ; North, 13S and 123. CRICKET WHO’S WHO." Mr. H. Y. Dorey, who has “ compiled and edited ” this book of 180 pages, is to be congratulated upon the result of his efforts, especially as this is the first publication on the game he has given to the world, for he has produced a book which is sure to interest all those who follow the game, and to prove of use to those whose duty it is to write about it. As a work of reference it is dis­ tinctly valuable, for it contains biographical notices of the leading Australian, American, and South African players, as well as of practically all present-day English cricketers. As was, perhaps, only to be expected of the first edition of such a book, there are several matters which will need atten­ tion when the time comes for it to be brought up to date; for instance, the associa­ tion of A. H. Du Boulay and W. E. C. Hutchings with Kent cricket has been over­ looked, as well as the fact that Cranfield, of Somerset, is dead, whilst Sherwell’s birth­ place is incorrectly stated and a few names— such as Hatfeild, Litteljohn and Whitfeld— are wrongly spelt. The statement, too, concerning H. V. Hordern, that To Penn­ sylvania University belongs the credit of his training,” is erroneous, inasmuch as that player appeared for New South Wales before leaving Australia for America. These, how­ ever, are matters which can easily be rectified when a new edition of the book is being prepared. * Cricket Who’s Who. Compiled and edited by H. V. Dorey. London : Cricket Publishing Com­ pany, 115 and 117, Cannon Street, E.C. Price, 6d. net. ANGLO-AUSTRALIAN CKICKET. Under the title of J. N. Crawford's Trip to Kangaroo-land, the well-known Surrey cricketer has published an account of the visit paid by the M.C.C.’s team to Australia during 1907-8. The booklet is written in a breezy style and contains several humorous illustrations by “ Rip,” with whose cartoons tbe majority of cricketers will be very familiar. Full scores of the matches are not given, presumably because they are to be found in several books of reference on the game, but extracts from the Australian papers are frequently made and supply a leaven of seriousness to the production. Statistics of the tour are given as well as s me interesting information concerning Test matches since their institution in 1877. * J. N. Crawford's 1'rip to Kangaroo-land. Illus­ trated by “ Rip.” London: CHcket Offices. 168 Upper Thames Street, E.C. Price 3d,