Cricket 1909

26 C R I C K E T : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. F e b . 25, 1909. the W est Australian's Melbourne cor­ respondent, of October 9th, 1905, is interesting:— “ At the meeting of the Victorian Cricket Association last night it was announced that the amount divided between the members o f the last Australian Eleven was .£900 per man. The profit from each of the five Test matches averaged .£‘75 per member.” A mong recent large innings played in Australia may be mentioned J. Mahoney’s 263 in a total of 400 for Dunmore v. Bauple, at Tiaro (Queensland) on New Year’s Day : the next highest score from the bat was 26. On January 16th, E. Von Doussa made 203 for Strathalbyn v. Ashbourne, at Strathalbyn (South Aus­ tralia), and on the following Saturday Tom Hogue scored 215 for North Fre­ mantle v. East Fremantle on the former’s ground in three hours, hitting two 6’s and thirty 4’s and making 24 runs off an over. B . S elk , the West Australian bowler, has been in capital form this season. Playing for South Fremantle v. Clare­ mont on the East Fremantle Oval on January 16th, he took eight wickets, all bowled down, for 10 runs in an innings o f 21. To that date he had taken forty- seven wickets in W .A .C .A . Pennant matches for 250 runs, or at an average cost of 5'31 each. On the same date E. F. Parker scored 100 for Wanderers v. West Perth. In his previous innings he had made 102 against Corinthians 1!. H. B. W illsmore , an old Prince Alfred College captain, scored 160 not out for West Torrens v. Glenelg on January 16th, the occasion being his first appearance in senior cricket in Adelaide. He hit two 6’s and twenty 4’s. D uring the visit of the South Australian team to Sydney four members of the side were involved in a motor-car mishap. The accident was brought about through the “ wobbling ” of a small boy on a bicycle, and it was in an endeavour to escape the youth that the chauffeur ran the motor into the side o f the road and capsized. Claxton, Gehrs, and Jenkins escaped with a few scratches, but Clem Hill had the little finger of his right hand broken. A marble headstone, showing a bat, ball, and stumps, has been placed over the grave of the late Mr. H . F. Boyle. The inscription reads: “ Erected in kindly remembrance of Henry Frederick Boyle (Harry Boyle) by friends and comrades as an expression of sincere regard and in testimony of his prowess as a true cricketer, also, of his honest, truthful, and sterling qualities as a man. Born, Syd­ ney, December 10th, 1847 ; died, Bendigo, November 20th, 1907.” A team of professional cricketers met His Excellency the Governor-General’s, Lord Dudley’s, team on the Melbourne Ground on January 15th. The profes­ sionals won by 106 runs, the scores being:—Lord Dudley’s team, first innings, 160 ; second innings, four wickets for 141 ; Professionals, first innings, 266. Lord Dudley made 20 in the first innings, but did not bat in the second. Vernon Bansford, who played with the Government House team, made 56. Lord Dudley has expressed the opinion that more encouragement should be givCn to professional cricketers in Australia and has announced his intention of taking a team of professionals to play in Adelaide and Sydney. A young left-handed batsman named Twentyman has recently been showing very promising form in Melbourne cricket. For South Melbourne 2nd X I. he scored 145 not out and 146 not out in successive innings, against East Melbourne and Essendon respectively. On the strength of these performances he was promoted to the first team and at once made his mark. The match was against University, and, after five of the best wickets had fallen for 45, he and Prentice came together and put on 140 in partnership. The latter was then dismissed, but Twentyman stayed until he had made 141 not out. “ F elix ” says of h im : “ Left-handed and on the small side in build, he is quick on his feet and moves with a celerity and manner that reminded some “ red-and-white ” representatives of the celebrated M.C.C. left - hander, W . Bruce.” —------- A proposal by the Committee of the Melbourne C.C. in relation to the mem ­ bership roll was considered at a special general meeting of members held on December 18th at the Athenasum Hall, Collins Street. Mr. Justice Cussen, President of the Club, was in the chair. What the Committee proposed was that rule No. 2, limiting the number of mem ­ bers o f the Club to 3,500, be altered, so as to raise the limit to 4,000, and thus allow of 500 additional members being admitted. On a division being taken after argument, 108 votes were given for the motion, and 60 against. The motion was, therefore, declared to be negatived, as there was not a three-fourths majority in favour. H . D onnan (353) and Alan Cooper (228) put on 426 runs together for the fourth wicket of Bexley Oriental v. Bexley in Sydney on December 5th and 12th. This was the match referred to in last month’s Gossip, wherein Oriental, after winning the toss, batted for the whole of the two days, making 784 for nine wickets. T here was some fast scoring in the second innings of Sydney against North Sydney, on the latter’s ground on December 12th and 19th, G. A. Thomas (105) and It. Bannerman (58) making 167 together without being separated in an hour for the first wicket. They punished A. E. Whatmore for 48 runs in three overs. On the same afternoon L. Way (126) and W . Kerim (118) put on 220 for the second wicket of Bedfern against Central Cumberland on the Bedfern Oval. I n an aldermanic match at Federal Park, Glebe Point, Sydney, on December 16th, the Mayor o f Glebe, Alderman Cole fell and had his leg broken. A t a meeting of the New South Wales Cricket Association on December 21st it was stated by Mr. McElhone that the Sydney Cricket Ground trustees had been approached with a view to another con­ ference in regard to the terms for the use of the ground, and had stated that they would be pleased to confer again on the subject in August next. This, said Mr. McElhone, was most unsatisfactory, and he suggested that the executive should be authorised to confer with the owners or trustees of other grounds Jh the metro­ politan area. This was adopted. C ongratulations to Dr. Poidevin upon his wedding in Sydney on Tuesday la st! H. A. J udd , of Sydney, had to the end o f December made the following scores for the Mortlake C.C. in the St. George and District Association marches :— 10, 55 not out, 43 not out, 103, 110 not out, 1, and 132 not out. This shows a total of 454 runs for three completed innings, average 151’33. W arren B ardsley is said to have scored 55 “ in record tim e” in a match in Sydney on January 16th, but par­ ticulars have not yet reached England. “ N ot O u t " of the Sydney R eferee remarks:— “ In thorough form— and he is hardly at his best yet—F. B. Johnson, in my opinion, is Australia’s best slow bowler.” He belongs to the North Sydney C.C., and has played in First - Grade cricket for some years past. As many as 1,911 runs were scored in the match in Sydney at the end of last month between New South Wales and Victoria. This is the largest aggregate ever obtained in any match, exceeding the 1,739 made in the game between England and New South Wales on the same ground in February, 1898. By defeating Victoria by nine wickets New South Wales again became holders of the Sheffield Shield, the record of the three leading States for the season b ein g:— P. W. L. D. New South Wales.. . 4 3 1 0 South Australia .. . 4 2 2 0 Victoria................. . 4 1 3, 0 The holder^ of the Shield since the in­ auguration o f the competition h ave:been as follow s:— 1893-4.—South Australia. 1894-5.—Victoria. 1895-6.—New South Wales. 1896-7.—New South Wales. 1897-8.—Victoria. 1898-9.—Victoria. 1899-1900.—New South Wales. 1900-1.—Victoria, 1901-2.:—New South Wales. 1902-3.—New South Wales. 1903-4.—New South Wales. 1904-5.—New South Wales. 1905-6.—New South Wales.