Cricket 1909

20 CR ICK E T : A W EEKLY RECORD OF TH E GAME. F eb . 25, 1909. Gloucestershire v. Sussex, at Gloucester, June 25th, 26th, and 27th.—In the first innings of the former G. L. Jessop scored 50 out of 50 in three-quarters of an hour, 102 out of 135 in 95 minutes, 150 out of 187 in 115 minutes, and, in all, 164 out of 204 in two hours. He made thirty 4’s and hit Vine (J.) for 22 (five 4’s and a 2) in one over. To such an extent did he monopolise the run-getting that he and Huggins (J. H.) added 176 for the fifth wicket, although the latter scored only 29. In the second innings of Gloucestershire Dennett (G.) made 20 runs (five 4’s) off an over from Dwyer (E. B.) : he scored his 31 in 10 minutes. (To be continued.) CRICKET IN SOUTH AFRICA. JOHANNESBURG v. BEST OF TRANSVAAL. Played at Johannesburg on January 1 and 2. Johannesburg won by six wickets. The feature of this match was the all-round crickct of Faulkner, who scored 140 for once out and took seventeen wickcts for 130 runs. When Johannesburg were set 100 to win in under two hours, he and Heeley put on 115 in fifty-five minutes for the third wicket, winning the game ten minutes before time. Score and analysis:— R est of T r an sv a a l . CRICKET IN AUSTRALIA. First innings. Second innings. J. Fraser, b F loqu et........... 40 b I. Difford 0 L. Lipman, st Stoll, b Faulkner ........................... 1 lbw, b Pegler ... 2 F. Erskine, st Stoll, b F a u lk n er........................... 1 lbw, b Faulkner 0 R. A. Blunt, b Faulkner ... 0 c and b Faulkner 2 C. M. Guest, c Floquet, b c H e e le y , b Faulkner ........................... 14 Faulkner.......... 8 D. R. Whitfield (capt.), b I. D ifford ........................... 53 c and b Faulkner 0 C. H. Goetz c and b Strieker 41 b Faulkner........... 12 C. Dixon, c Strieker, b F a u lk n er........................... 3 b Pegler ........... 0 E.Myer, st Stoll, b Floquet 30 b Pegler ........... 1 T. B. Kerr, c A. Difford, b Pegler.................................. 70 c and b Pegler ... 2 E. H. Day, b Faulkner ... 1 b Faulkner........... 0 J. Donald, b Faulkner 1 st Stoll, b Pegler 0 H. Goetz, b Faulkner 2 b Faulkner......... 10 W. H. Abernethy, not out 17 st Stoll,b Faulkner 11 G. Beard, b Pegler ........... 3 not out ........... 0 D. Campbell, b Pegler 7 b Faulkner.......... 0 Byes, &c ................... 24 B 15, lb 1 ... 16 T o ta l............... \ 314 Total ........... 72 First innings. Second innings O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Floquet........... 13 3 52 2 . Faulkner ... 33 5 98 8 .!! !” 15*5 4 32 9 Peglcr .......... 13-4 3 58 3 .......... 4 3 1 5 Zulch ........... 5 0 28 0 . Strieker......... 3 0 18 1 . I. 1). Difford... 9 2 30 1 . !! 12 0 23 1 J ohannesburg . First innings. Second innings W. Zulch, run out ........... 13 b Donald ........... ’ 1 A. Difford, b F raser........... 57 run out ........... 0 B. II. Floquet, b Dixon ... 0 G. A. Faulkner, c and b Donald ........................... 40 not out.................. ' 100 W. Stoll, c Campbell, b Kerr 27 not out.................. 0 L. Strieker, c Kerr, b Beard 22 H. Heeley, c Fraser, b c Day, b Aber­ Dixon .................................. 20 nethy .......... 40 I. D. Difford, not out........... 18 E. J. Brunton, st Goetz, b C am pbell........................... 2 Sharp, run out ................... 4 S. J. Pegler, absent ........... 2 b Dixon ........... 4 Byes, &c....................... 10 B 7,1b l,n b l, w 1 10 ...227 Total (4 wkts)101 ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. F. T e r r y .— (a ) To answer your interesting ques­ tion it would be necessary to search the files of various newspapers which are not available. ( 6 ) The following have done so during the past six s e a s o n s C . B. Fry (twice), Capt. Greig, Hardinge, L. G. Wright, King and P. A. Perrin. NEW SOUTH WALES v. SINGLETON. The N.S.W. team, on their return from Brisbane, broke the journey at Singleton, where they defeated the local team. The total scores were :—New South Wales, 242 (A. J. Nicholls, 02 ; W. Farnsworth, 59); Singleton, 87. F. B. Johnson took nine local wickets for 34. VICTORIA v. NEW SOUTH WALES. Played at Melbourne on December 26, 28, 29. Victoria won by an innings and 47 runs. Owing to rain play 011 the opening day was not opened until after lunch when, Noble having won the toss, decided to take first innings. The wisdom of his action was freely commented upon, and there can be little doubt that it would have been to the advantage of his side to send his opponents in. AmoDg those who watched the play was the Governor- General, Lord Dudley. New South Wales soon met with disaster, for with only 10 scored, Hopkins was out to a fine running catch. Noble, ere being bowled by a break-back, helped to add 25, but at 54 both Carter and Cotter were sent back. With Waddy and Gregory together an improvement took place, but the former was fortuuate, inasmuch as he was missed by Hastings off Saunders when 10. When the wicket had put 011 an invaluable 04 Gregory was out to a fine left-handed catch at point for a sound and skilful innings of 44 made out of 118 in one hundred minutes. Bardsley, missed by Warne at square-leg before making a run, was caught at long-leg for 8 , and seven later—at 138—Waddy was out in trying to p u ll; by free and attractive crickct he had made 47 out of 84 in seventy-three minutes. Diamond contributed 15 and Macartney a useful 22, and with Emery caught at short-leg the innings closed for 170—a good score considering the state of the pitch. At the end of the day Victoria made 29 without loss and, the weather being fine on the Sunday, had a much-improved wicket to continue upon when play was resumed on Monday. With only 7 added, however, both Hastings and McKenzie were sent back, following which Ransford and Warne added 83 for the third wicket, of which number the latter, who was then caught at the wicket for a steady innings of 27 made out of 119 in one hundred and seven minutes, contributed but 12. With McAlister in the rate of scoring increased, although the newcomer was missed by Macartney at slip off Hopkins when 29. The fifth wicket added 80, and then Ransford, who had hit seven 4’s, was caught at slip for 94 made out of 170 in one hundred and forty-seven minutes. He did not seem at home in the early part of his innings but he played a bright game once he had settled down : only one chance could be urged against him —to Cotter in the slips off Hopkins when 55. Half the side were then out for 200 , and a further 02 were added before another wicket fell, McAlister then being caught and bowled for 79 made out of 142 in one hundred and thirty-three minutes : he cut well and made some fine strokes to leg and hit six 4’s. With a single added Vernon was caught at slip, but Carroll and Laver put on 57 together and the latter and Hazlitt 42. Carroll, who hit five 4’s, made 00 out of 120 in two hours by faultless cricket, and both Laver and Hazlitt played well for their runs. Emery bowled capitally in the early part of the innings, but fell off afterwards, and Hopkins came out with the best figures. With arrears amounting to 193, New South Wales experienced a series of disasters upon going in the second time. Hopkins was sent back at 9, Noble at 10, Wraddy at 48, Bardsley (who had gone in first and been twice missed) at 07, and Gregory at 09, half the side then being out. Waddy’s dit-missal was brought about in an unusual manner : a ball from Hazlitt glanced off his bat 011 to his head and cannoned into Laver’s hands at point. The remainder of the innings was marked by a fine display by Macartney, who went in at 07 and carried out his bat for 39, which con­ tained five 4’s and took sixty-seven minutes to com ­ pile. Barnes helped him to add 35 for the sixth wicket, Cotter 15 for the eighth, and Emery 21 for the la st; but Victoria, for the first time for sixteen years, beat N.S.W. with an innings to spare. The gate receipts for the three days amounted to £731 Is. Od. Score and analysis N ew S outh W ales . First innings. Second innings. A. J. Hopkins, c Warne, b Vernon ........................... 5 b Laver ............. 7 S. E. Gregory, c Laver, b Saunders ..............................44 lbw, b Laver ... 11 M. A. Noble, b Hazlitt ... 10 b Vernon ............. 4 H. Carter, c Ransford, b Laver................................... 7 b Vernon ............. 1 A. Cotter, run out ........... 0 c C a r r o l l , b Saunders ... 8 E. F. Waddy, c McKenzie, b Saunders ........... ... 47 c Laver, b Hazlitt 12 W. Bardsley, c Vernon, b Armstrong .................. 8 C. G. Macartney, c Warae, b Armstrong .................. 22 A. Diamond, st Hastings, b Armstrong .................. 15 J. C. Barnes, not out.......... 0 S. Emery, c McAlister, b Armstrong........................... 4 B 4, lb 3, w 1 ........... 8 Total ...17' c M cA liste r, 1 Hazlitt .......... not out................. lbw, b Vernon .. run out ......... c M c A lis te r , 1 Saunders......... B 7, w 1... . Total ......... 31 39 V ictoria . T. S.Warne, c Carter, b Emery ...................27 T. Hastings lbw, b Emery ..................13 C. McKenzie, c and b Emery .................. 0 V. Ransford, c Waddy, b Hopkins .......... 94 W.Armstrong,b Cotter 4 P.A. McAlister, c and b Macartney ..............79 E. V. Carroll, c Noble, b Hopkins ........... L. P. Vernon, c Noble, b Hopkins ........... F. Laver, b Cotter ... G. Hazlitt, not out ... J. V. Saunders, c Car­ ter, b Hopkins B 20,lb 10........... Total ...........J N ew S outh W ales . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. V ernon........... 0 0 17 1 ........... 14 2 50 3 Laver ...........11 3 31 1 ........... 15 2 35 2 H azlitt........... S 0 29 1 ........... 10 2 20 2 Saunders ... 14 1 50 2 ........... 8*2 2 27 2 Armstrong ... 11-3 1 41 4 ........... Vernon and Hazlitt bowled one wide each. V ictoria . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Noble .. 18 5 45 0 I Cotter ... 22 1 82 2 Macartney 23 8 41 1 Hopkins. . 24-4 8 56 4 Emery ... 31 3 115 3 | NEW SOUTH WALES JUNIORS v. VICTORIA JUNIORS. Played on Sydney Sports Ground on December 20 and 28 and won by the home side by an innings and 430 runs. Score :— N.S.W. J uniors . A. H. Vincent, b George .................. 127 L. Jones, b Nayler ... 0 F. Storey, c Stephens, b Nayler .................. 157 G. Holley, b Nayler ... 27 F. W. Willis, c George, b N ayler...................09 ♦Innings declared closed. M. Lawler, G. Little, and F. Edwards did not bat. 1 23450 7 3 ’ 271 ’ 301 ’ 354 ’ 407 ’ 555 ’ 038 ’ V ictoria J u niors . L. Morris, run out ... 80 H. Davis, c Gray, b Robinson................... 126 L. Lee, not ou t............. 34 B 11, lb 2, w 3, nb 2 18 Total (7 wkts)*038 First innings. Second innings. H. Smith, run out ... .. 0 b Davis ........... 0 B. Green, b Lawler ... ... 0 lbw, b Little ... 4 A. Gray, run out........... ... 20 run out ........... 7 R. Tresidder, b Lawler ... 5 b Davis ........... 0 E. Stephens, b Lawler ... 15 b Little ........... 14 C. Robinson, b Lawler 2 not out ........... 12 G. Honeybone, c Davis, b Lee ........................... ... 12 b Little ........... 8 J. McMillan, not out ... ... 54 c Lawler, b Lit­ tle ................... 7 E. George, c Lawler, b Storey.......................... ... 12 b Davis ........... 4 C. Lawler, b Davis ... ... 3 b Little ........... 0 L. Nayler, b Lawler ... ... 0 c Hailey, b Willis 1 B 1, lb 6 ........... ... 7 B 10, lb 5 ... 15 Total ... ...130 Total ... 72 NEW SOUTH WALES JUNIORS v. SOUTH AUSTRALIA JUNIORS. Played on Sydney Sports Ground on January 1st and 2 nd, and won by the home side by five wickets. Score:— S outh A u stralia J u niors . First innings. B. Hack, c Wright, b Ship- way ..................................21 G. Stock, b Wright .......... 10 C. Backman, b Wright ... 10 L. Delbridge, c Holley, b Wright .......................... 47 E. M. Collins, not out ... 94 D. Rosevear, lbw, b Wright 0 W. O. Haslam, c Morris, b Wright .......................... 0 E. F. Broadbent, b Vincent 9 J. Bennett, b Vincent ... 0 J. Ardill, b Davis ........... 0 J. D. Stephenson, b Davis 10 Byes, &c......................11 Second innings. b Wright ........... c and b Vincent... not out ........... lbw, b Wright ... 51 c Davis, bVincent 1 b W right ........... 7 Total ...218 b Storey b Lawler ... b Lawler ... b Storey b Storey Byes, &c. Total .. 0 .. 0 .. 0 .. 3 ..142