Cricket 1909

J an . 28, 1909. CR ICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. and twist should have his best efforts foiled by the batsman covering his wicket with his pads, states :— “ In my opinion the umpire should have the power of giving a man out leg-before if, in his opinion the ball would have hit the wicket, irrespective of whether it was pitched in a straight line between wicket and wicket or not. There might be a limit fixed within which the ball must pitch. This could be made by marking out two parallel lines, drawn from the return creases, a distance of 8 ft. 8 in. apart. I f this were done it might be advisable to make a rule that any ball lodging outside the lines, no matter what its subsequent course, be counted as a wide. These are, I know, revolutionary proposals, but the evil to be coped with is a great one and desperate diseases require desperate remedies.” I n a match Mosman’s Preparatory School v. Sydney Church of England Grammar School 2nd X I. at Mosman’s Oval on November 28th, one of tlie Mos- man boys bowled his first three overs for 5 runs, in the fourth he bowled six bats­ men out, and with the first ball of the following over bowled another player, thus bowling seven wickets with consecu­ tive balls. ---------- A p e c u l ia r point in the laws of cricket was recently noted in the columns of The A rrow , of Sydney. A correspondent of the paper wrote :— “ If, when batting, the batsman lets go the bat with one hand, and the ball, touching this hand, is caught, is he out? This incident happened in the match Beecroft v. Thornleigh B. in the Northern District C.A. last Saturday, October 31st, and caused a deal of argument, the umpire giving him not out.” Commenting upon this decision, “ Gul­ liver” of The A rrow remarked:— “ Under the law's of cricket the batsman is out, though we have never seen a batsman dismissed in that way. The law is clear, viz., ‘ The striker is out, caught, if the ball from a stroke of the bat or hand, but not the wrist, be held before it touch the ground.’ The law does not provide only for ‘ the hand (with bat).’ ” T he Eev. Ernest Frederick Waddy was married on December 9th to Miss Margaret Helen Kenwick Christie, of Turramurra, at The K ing’s School Chapel, Sydney, the Eev. P. Stacey Waddy, the headmaster, being the celebrant. * Mr. G.L. Garnsey was best man. T rumper showed a very welcome return to form in the First Grade match between Paddington and Burwood in Sydney on November 28th. Playing for the former, he scored 128 out of 229 obtained whilst in, hitting nineteen 4’s and two 6’s. Noble made 83 in the same innings, which amounted to 399. This is the largest total scored by Paddington for two seasons. Trumper has now made twenty-six hundreds for the club in First Grade matches. Somewhat alarming rumours, which everyone will hope have been much exaggerated, have recently been circulated respecting his health. The loss of such a player to the game would be nothing less than a tragedy. “ M. A. N oble ,” says the Sydney Referee, “ is, perhaps, as difficult to score from as ever, but not nearly so difficult to play, or so likely to dismiss batsmen when the wicket is perfect. H is swerve is no longer much in evidence, and the fast ball is not such a trimmer as of old.” In important matches in Sydney up to the beginning of September lie had taken two wickets at a cost of 111 runs each. T hu statement of receipts and expendi­ ture in connection with the Sydney cricket ground for the year ending Sep­ tember 30th, 1908, has been presented to Parliament. The total receipts were £12,342, made up as follows :—Balance from last season, £1,663; ground mem ­ bers’ subscriptions, £6,470 ; revenue from English matches, £1,321 ; revenue from interstate and club matches, £375; ground fees, sports, etc., £364 ; football, £904 ; bar rights, £1,135; interest, £106. The expenditure amounted to £5,561. The credit balances are : - Managers’ ad­ vance account, £ 1 6 4; fixed deposits in the Commercial Banking Company, £8,500 ; current account in the Com ­ mercial Banking Company, £1,280: total, £9,945. An Australian cricketer who has come to the front this season is S. Emery, of the Eedfern Club, Sydney, who has proved successful at times as a “ googly ” bowler. He is said to be able to send down a very good fast ball. “ I f he does not improve on the form he is. showing now, I would pick him to go to England," S. E. Gregory remarked to a representa­ tive of the Sydney D aily Telegraph. To the beginning of December he had taken twenty-three wickets at a cost of 23-78 runs each in important matches in Sydney. On December 5th he surprised everyone by scoring 142 not out in one hundred and twenty-four minutes against Gordon. M r. G eorge M. C olledge , Hon. Secretary of the Queensland Cricket Association for some twelve years, has been presented with an illuminated address and a purse of sovereigns in appreciation of the valuable work done by him. O n page 5 will be found the report of a match in which two batsmen, playing for Brisbane v. Bichmond Biver, com ­ pleted the second century, the total of the innings amounting to 828. This is the twenty-first score of over 800 on record, the list being as follows :— (a).— F irst C lass M atches . 918, New South Wales v. South Australia,' at Sydney, January ... ...... ... 11)01 887, Yorkshire v. Worcestershire, at Edg- baston, May ... .......................... ... 1890 843, Australians v. Oxford and Cambridge Universities l’ast and Present, at Portsmouth, July ....................1893 839, New South Wales v. Tasmania, at Sydney, December ............................. . 1898 815, New South Wales v. Victoria, at Sydney, January................................ 1909 811, Surrey v. Somerset, at the Oval, May 1899 S07, New South Wales v. South Australia, at Adelaide, December ............ 1899 805, New South Wales v. Victoria, at Mel­ bourne, December ........... ... ... 1905 803 for 9, Non-Smokers v. Smokers, at East Melbourne, March ................... 1887 801, Lancashire v. Somerset, at Taunton, July .......................................................... 1895 <J>). — M in o r M a tch es. 1,094, Melbourne University v. Essendon, on the University Ground, March ... 1898 922, Carlton v. Melbourne University, at Carlton, February.................................. 1896 920, Orleans Club v. Rickling Green, at Riekling G reeD, August .................. 1SS2 911, Break-o'-Day v. Wellington, at Hobart, March .................................. 1902 S80, Carlton v. Richmond, at Carlton, December .......................................... 1S98 870, East Melbourne v. Richmond, at East Melbourne, February.......................... 1890 807, Richmond 2nd XI. v. Melbourne University 2nd X I., at Melbourne, J a n u a ry.................................. ... ... 1905 830, Clarke’s House v. North Town, at Clifton College, J u n e .......................... 1899 828, Melbourne v. Essendon, at Mel­ bourne, February.................................. 1S92 82S, Brisbane v. Richmond River, at Bris­ bane, November ......... . ... ... ... 1908 S13 for 9, Hampstead v. Stoics, at Hamp­ stead, August.......................................... (1880 t Signifies that all the runs were made in one day. The 1,238 for nine wickets by Ulster v. Macquarie in Sydney in 1874-5 and the 858 by Harrismith v. Newcastle in South Africa on New Year’s Day, 1890, are purposely omitted from the above list, as it is very evident that each score was a hoax. ----------- A t Brisbane on November 21st E. E. Crouch, playing for Woolloongabba v. South Brisbane, scored 142 out of 227, the next highest score being only 19. Five days earlier Joe Mahoney made 153 not out in a total of 187 for Dun- mora v. All Nations at Maryborough. He went in first and carried out his bat. H . W endt (185) and A. E. Gordon (85) put on 260 together for the third wicket of Tiaro v. Bauple at Cattle Camp Eeserve, Queensland, on November 28th. Despite this, the total of the innings amounted to only 330. S outh H obart will have good cause to remember their match against North Hobart on the New Town ground on November 7th and 14th, seeing that, after winning the toss and putting their opponents in, their bowling was punished to the tune o f 343 for one wicket. The score was made up as follows :— N orth H obart . S. TIawson, b Tringrove ................... .51 II. J. Hawson, not out .................. 101 N. Dodds, not out..................................100 Byes, &c................................. 31 Total (1 wkt)* 343 * Innings declared closed. The first wicket fell at 105, the unfinished partnership of K. J. Hawson and Dodds thus realising 238. South Hobart scored 69 and 131 for nine wickets. I n a private letter from Tasmania the following remarks occur :—“ C. J. Eady has gone in for rifle-shooting, and there is a suspicion that K. E. Burn is going to play bowls. Mr. G. H. Bailey, peculiarly enough, has re-entered senior cricket at the very time his Australian Eleven con­ temporaries have “ gone on the shelf” and in his opening match played a fearless innings of 30 odd, showing wonderful smartness in running between the wickets. He magnificently drove a ball out of the ground for six. At 55 years of age you