Cricket 1909

3 28 CR ICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A u g u s t 12, 1909. H. GRADIDGE And SONS, Manufacturers of all Requisites for Cricket, Lawn Tennis, Racquets, Hockey, Football, and all British Sports. PATENTEES AND SOLE MAKERS >F THE »n’i, >. «r Used by all the Leading Players. Made In Me ' Small Men' College, 6, 5, 4, 4 8 ■lzea. P r i c e i.lH ta F r e e o n A p p lic a t io n . Of all First-Class Outfitters and Dealers. Reblading a Speciality. Factory; A rtillery P lace . WOOLWICH. “ U R I N E ” For cleaning and whitening Buckskin and Canvas Boots and Shoes, Cricket Pads, &c. Packed in spun zinc container,with sponge. Of all dealers, or post free 6 d . WILL NOT RUB OFF OR CAKE. STANLEY FEAST &CO., S ? RsTi; Gvicfcet: A W E E K L Y R E C O R D O F T H E G A M E . 168, UPPER THAMES STREET, LONDON, E.C. THUESDAY, AUGUST 12 th , 1909. Hamilton (gossip. The abstract and brief chronicle of the time. — Hamlet. T h e record of the Australians is now as fo llo w s :— M atches played, 28: won, 12 ; lost, 3 ; drawn, 13. T h ey have won the toss 16 times and lost it 12 times. T h e reason w h y the selectors decided to leave a fast bow ler out o f the side in the fin a l Test is kn ow n only to them ­ selves. T o everyone else their action was quite incomprehensible, especially as the conditions called for a fast bowler. Noble has included Cotter in a ll the Tests, and his success at the Oval, where he was most ju diciou sly nursed, affords ample proof that our selectors made a most egregious error in leaving Buckenham out. One cannot, of course, say that Buckenham w ould have been effective, but in theory o f the game there can be no question that he should have been included in the E n g lis h Eleven. C a r r ju stified his choice, but he was badly supported and im properly utilised. H e placed E n g la n d in a w in n in g position w hen he dism issed Gregory, N oble and Arm strong (for three such wickets, q u ick ly and cheaply taken, have often decided matches), and if there had been a fast bow ler o f B uckenham ’s possibilities to complete the w ork thus begun, the m atch m igh t have ru n a very different course. E v e n as it was, two m istakes in the field gave A ustralia m any runs, for Bardsley added 59 runs after he was so badly m issed in the slips by the E n g lis h captain. A n o t h e r factor that contributed to alter the course o f the game was the error o f judgm ent w hich led to the ru n n in g out of F ry . Rhodes should have come when he called, and if he had done so he could easily have got home. I f F ry had not been out in this unlucky' way, it is h ig h ly probable that E n g lan d w ould have made w ell over 500 runs. Spooner did not come off in the match, but Sharp proved that he is an E n g la n d batsman. H e has the rig h t temperament and was quite cool and confident. H u tch in g s was the same, w h ile his w ork in the outfield could not have been surpassed. D u r in g this week’s m atch the follow ing notice was displayed in the pavilion :— “ There w ill be a tea interval at 4.30 p.m. d a ily during the Test M atch, unless at that tim e 9 wickets of the batting side have fallen or an in terval has occurred since luncheon.” C o pies o f the official score of the m atch printed on satin can be obtained from the offices o f this paper, price Is., in clu d in g postage. T h e 86 Test-matches played between Eng lan d and Au stralia have resulted as follow s :— Date of First Won by Won by Ground. Match. England.Australia. Drawn. Total Melbourne .. 1876-7 ... 8 ... 10 ... 2 ... 20 Oval .......... 1S80 ... 7 ... 1 ... 4 ... 12 Sydney .. 1881-2 ... 9 ... 11 ... 0 ... 20 Manchester. 1884 ... 3 ... 2 ... 4 ... 9 L o rd 's.........1884 4 ... 3 ... 3 ... 10 Adelaide ... 1884-5 ... 2 ... 5 ... 0 ... 7 Nottingham 1899 1 ... 0 ... 1 ... 2 L eed s......... 1899 ... 0 ... 1 .. 2 ... 3 Edgbaston... 1902 1 ... 0 ... 1 ... 2 Sheffield ... 1902 0 ... 1 ... 0 ... 1 In Australia 1876-7 ... 19 ... 26 ... 2 ... 47 In England 1880 16 ... 8 .. 15 ... 39 Totals ... — 35 ... 34 ... 17 ... 86 In E n g lan d the results have been Won by Won by Year. England. Australia. Drawn. Total. 1880.................. 1 ... ... 0 ... ... 0 ... ... 1 1882 .................. 0 ... ... 1 ... ... 0 ... ... 1 1884 .................. 1 ... ... 0 ... ... 2 ... ... 3 1886 .................. 3 ... ... 0 ... ... 0 .. ... 3 1888 .................. 2 ... ... 1 ... ... 0 ... ... 3 1890 .................. 2 ... ... 0 ... ... 0 ... ... 2 1893 .................. 1 ... ... 0 ... .. 2 ... ... 3 1896 .................. 2 ... ... 1 ... .. 0 ... ... 3 1899 .................. 0 ... ... 1 ... ... 4 ... ... 5 1902 .................. 1 ... ... 2 ... ... 2 ... ... 5 1905 .................. 2 ... ... 0 ... ... 3 ... ... 5 1909 .................. 1 ... ... 2 ... ... 2 ... ... 5 Totals ... 16 ... ... 8 ... ... 15 ... ... 39 A m a t c h on behalf of local charities was played on the W ellesley Recreation G round at G reat Y arm o u th last Thursday between Y arm o u th and N o rw ich veterans, whose ages ranged from 65 to 83. A ll the players wore top hats, and only underhand bow lin g was allowed. The m atch was drawn, Y a rm o u th m aking 165 for five w ickets (innings declared closed) and N o rw ich 73 for seven. J. Taylor, going in first, made 66 not out for Yarm outh, h ittin g six 4’s and six 3’s. S id n e y B a r n e s again made h is presence felt in Staffordshire League cricket on Saturday. Pla y in g for P o rth ill against H ig h fie ld at Leek, he took six wickets for 13 runs in a total o f 49. H is record to date for P o rth ill in N o rth Staffordshire League matches shows 67 w ickets for 4-59 runs each. A f t e r a long absence, ow ing to ill- health, Carpenter re-appeared for Essex last Thursday in the m atch against Nottingham shire at Leyton. H e did not play at all last year and in o n ly one m atch in 1907. A r e m a r k a b le finish was seen at L o rd ’s last Thursday, the second day of the m atch between M .C.C. and G round and B o y a l A rtille ry . The form er led by 68 on the first innings and, going in again, declared w ith five w ickets down for 323, leaving the B .A . four hours in w h ich to make 392. A . W orsley (107) and B . H . M a rrio tt (105) put on 194 for the th ird wicket. Th e visitors scored fast from the start, m aking 100 in just over an hour, 200 in 110 m inutes, and 300 in two hours and three-quarters. P . S.