Cricket 1909

A pril 15, 1909. CR ICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 53 R est of A u stralia . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Cotter ........... 21 2 66 1 ... ... 8 1 53 1 Armstrong ... 30-5 6 59 6 ... ... 11*2 1 38 3 O’Connor 10 1 39 0 ... .. 15 3 41 5 H azlitt........... 29 5 SO 3 ... ... 11 0 37 1 Noble ........... 7 2 30 0 ... Macartney ... 2 0 6 0 ... ... 5 1 13 0 Cotter and Hazlitt each bowled a no-ball and Cotter a wide. TASMANIA v. VICTORIA. Played at Hobart on February 12, 13, 15, and 16. Victoria won by four wickets. Although the home side scored 361 in their first innings, the total was largely the work of two men —Hawson and Paton, who made 220 between them and put on 183 together for the third wicket. The former hit eighteen 4’s during the three hours and a-half he was in and hit well all round the wicket. Paton scored his 81 in a hundred and thirty minutes by faultless cricket and hit seven 4’s. McKenzie' and Delves made 63 for Victoria’s first wicket in fifty-five minutes, of which number the latter was responsible for 48. Smith made runs quickly and, hitting a 6 and twelve 4's, obtained his 77 in an hour ; with Ainslie, who made sixteen 4’s, the majority of them drives, he put on 112 for the fifth wicket. Ainslie batted three hours and carried out his bat for 107. Tasmania again did well upon going in the second time, and, scoring 283, set Victoria 305 to win. At lunch on the second day a complete Tas­ manian collapse appeared likely, six wickets being down for SS. Hudson and Chancellor, however, saved the situation by adding 183 together for the seventh wicket. The latter hit thirteen 4’s whilst making 09 by faultless cricket. Hudson's innings was chanceless also, and contained six 4’s. The visitors, entering upon their heavy task, lost Horan at 10, but then followed a stand of 10<i for the second wicket by Ainslie and Vaughan. The last-named gave no chance, but Ainslie, who almost made two separate hundreds in a match—he was run out off a no-ball—was missed ere reaching double figures. The rest ot the innings was marked by a score of 94 by Smith, who, missed three times, added 58 for the third wicket with Ainslie, 41 for the fourth with McKenzie, and 66 for the fifth with Stuckey. Victoria, although set over 300 to win, made the runs with four wickets to spare. Score and analysis T asm an ia . First innings. R. J. Hawson, run out ...139 E. W. Harrison, c Collins, b McKenzie ...............19 J. Hudson, c Ainslie, b Collins ...................... 2 D. Paton, c Ainslie, b Collins ........................... 81 T. A. Braithwaite, lbw, b M cKenzie.......................10 T. A. Tabart, b McKenzie 22 A. C. Facy, c McKenzie, b Parsons ........ 8 b McKenzie 1. Carroll, c McKenzie, b Collins ....................... 10 C. Martin, b C ollin s.......26 Second innings b K y le .................... 1 b K y le .................... 1 not out ........82 b McKenzie ... 28 c Kyle, b Stuckey 0 b Collins ........38 F. Chancellor, not out ... 8 H. Parkinson, b Collins ... 0 B 26, lb 4 ......................30 Total.............................361 V icto ria . First innings. C. McKenzie, c Paton, b Braithwaite ...................... 32 F. T. Delves, c Hawson, b T F^ y ...................................... 4S J. Horan, b Facy.................... 0 F. Vaughan, c Parkinson, b Facy...................................... 14 Smith, c Braithwaite, b Chancellor ....................... 77 J- Ainslie, notout .............107 J- H. Stuckey, e Hawson, b Facy .............................. 19 f- Parsons, c Tabart, b Chancellor ....................... 11 Kyle, c Carroll, b Braith­ waite ......................................... 3 Collins, c Braithwaite, b Facy .............................. 14 W. Reeves, b Facv ... 11 B 2, lb 2 ... .................... 4 Total ....................340 b Collins ......... 0 c A i n s l i e , b McKenzie ... 9 b Stuckey ...........99 c and b Collins ... 0 B 17, lb 7, w 1 25 Total.........283 Second innings, b Carroll ...........23 not out.................. 2 c Tabart, b Facy 10 c Parkinson, b ... 51 Facy., b Facy... run out not out b Facy ... B 12, lb 3, nb 1 16 Total (6 wkts)305 T asm an ia . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Kyle ... . . 28 9 55 0 ... ... 33 12 60 2 Parsons... . . 23 2 96 1 ... ... 19 7 59 0 McKenzie . 25 4 67 3 ... ... 20 6 30 3 Collins ... . . 29 6 91 5 ... ... 25-1 4 87 3 Ainslie ... . . 5 1 6 0 ... ... 3 0 7 0 Delves ... . . 4 0 16 0 .. Horan ... 3 0 7 0 Stuckey ... 5 2 7 2 V icto ria . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Facy ... . . 34-1 4 134 6 ... ... 33 8 92 4 Paton ... . . 15 1 41 0 ... ... 16 4 39 0 Braithwaite . . 16 2 69 2 ... ... 16 1 59 0 Chancellor ... 12 1 54 2 ... ... 11 1 40 0 Carroll ... . . 11 2 38 0 ... ... 12-5 1 49 1 Martin ... ... 4 0 10 0 TASMANIA v. VICTORIA. Played at Launceston on February 19, 20 and 22. HAT-TRICK BY MATTHEWS. Victoria won by an innings and 287 runs. For some reason this match failed to attract the public, the attendance being disappointing on each day. It is a curious fact that during the game no less than eight men officiated as umpire. The home side made a promising start, Hawson and Westbrook making 81 for the first wicket and the latter and Paton 42 for the second. The third wicket fell without addition, however, and the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh all went down (on a good pitch) at 125, Matthews performing the hat-trick at the expense of Harrison, Martin, and Elliott. Facy hit hard for 26, and the total reached 163. Matthews, of St. Kilda, a medium-paced bowler who breaks both ways, took seven wickets for 49 runs. The Victorians obtained runs readily, and 186 were made in 125 minutes for the first wicket before Ainslie was adjudged caught at the wicket—a very question­ able decision. The second partnership realised S7, after which there was a series of such useful stands that the sixth wicket did not fall until 432. Delves batted three hours for 162, in which were as many as thirty-two 4’s ; he made his runs by a variety of strokes, the square-cut predominating, and gave four chances, but none of them easy. Stuckey and Parsons put on 149 for the seventh wicket, the former hitting twenty-one 4’s in making 129 out of 257 in 155 minutes. During the second day Victoria made 503 runs for seven wickets, and the total of 626 was made in six hours and three-quarters. When Tasmania went in the second time they again did badly, being disposed of for 176 and beaten by an innings and 287 runs. Reid and Paton made 29 for the first wicket, Martin and Westbrook 30 for the sixth, the latter and Hawson 24 for the seventh, whilst the last-named added 25 for the ninth with Facy and 19 for the last with Harrison. The poor display by the home side naturally caused much disappointment. Matthews took twelve wickets in the match for 91 runs. Score and analysis :— T asm an ia . First innings. R. J. Hawson, st Lampard, b Parsons..........................39 N. R. Westbrook, c Lam­ pard, b K y le .................. 67 D. Paton, hit wkt., b Mat­ thews ................................ 10 E. A. Windsor, c and b M atthew s.......................... 1 E. W. Harrison, b Matthews 1 C. Mavtin, c & b Matthews 0 T. Elliott, b Matthews ... 0 T. A. Braithwaite, b Mat­ thews .................................. 0 A. C. Facy, not out ........... 26 H. Woolley, b Matthews ... 4 W. Read, b K y le................. 4 Byes, &c.................. 11 Total .......... 163 V icto ria . Second innings. not out ...........26 c Collins, bAinslie 23 c and b Collins ... 25 b Ainslie ........... 0 c and b Matthews 4 c Kyle, b Mc­ Kenzie ...........28 c Horan, b Mat­ thews ...........15 b Matthews ... 6 c Collins, b Kyle 15 c Smith, b Mat­ thews ......... 4 c Parsons, b Mat* thews ...........11 Byes, &e. ... 19 .176 Total... J. Ainslie, c Read, b F a cy ..........................67 F. T. Delves, b Paton 162 D. Smith, c Read, b F a cy ..........................47 C. McKenzie, c Haw­ son, b Facy .......... 59 J. Horan, b Windsor... 12 J. H. Stuckey,cBraith- waite, b Windsor ...129 J. Matthews, c Har­ rison, b Windsor ... 18 H. F.Parsons,bMartin 64 A. Lampard,bWindsor 4 J. Kyle, c Facy, b W indsor........... ... 20 F. B. Collins, not out 10 Byes, &c..............34 Total ...626 186 273 305 340 389 432 T asm an ia . 581 594 597 Second innings. O. M. R. w. o. M. R. W. Kyle ... .. 22-4 9 42 2 .......... 6 1 15 1 Matthews .. 20 4 49 7 ..........19 7 42 5 Parsons... .. 10 4 15 1 ......... Collins ... ... 4 1 11 0 .......... 6 1 30 1 McKenzie ... 8 2 18 0 .......... 17 5 47 1 Ainslie ... .. 4 0 19 0 .......... 9 3 23 2 V ic to r ia . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. F a cy ........... 31 5 127 3 Elliott ... 10 1 56 0 Martin 11 0 60 1 Woolley ... 6 0 34 0 Windsor ... 37 6 142 5 Hawson .. 7 1 25 0 Paton........... 22 4 80 1 Harrison... 1 0 8 0 Braithwaite 14 2 70 0 Of the 32 matches played between Tasmania and Victoria the former have won 11 and the latter 21:— 1850-51.—A t Launceston. Tasmania won by three wickets. 1851-52.—A t Melbourne. Victoria won by 61 runs. 1853-54.—At Launceston. Tasmania won by eight wickets. 1857-58.—At Launceston. Victoria won by an innings and 20 runs. 1857-58.—A t Hobart. Victoria won by 69 runs. *1865-66.—At Launceston. Victoria won by an innings and 25 runs. ♦1S65-66.—At Hobart. Tasmania won by 78 runs. *1866-67.—A t Melbourne. Tasmania won by five wickets. *1867-68.—At Hobart. Tasmania won by 69 runs. 1868-69.—At Melbourne. Victoria won by an innings and 260 runs. *lS69-70.—A t LaunceRton. Victoria won by an innings and 36 runs. 1870-71.—At Melbourne. Victoria won by ten wickets. 1872-73.—A t Launceston. Victoria won by seven wickets. 1888-89.—A t Melbourne. Victoria won by nine wickets. 18S9-90.—At Hobart. Victoria won by an innings and 147 runs. 1890-91.—A t Melbourne. Victoria won by nine wickcts. 1892-93.—At Launceston. Victoria won by four wickets. 1893-94.—At Melbourne. Victoria won by seven wickets. 1S94-95.—At Hobart. Tasmania won by eight wickets. 1895-96.—At. Melbourne. Tasmania won by an innings and 58 runs. 1896-97.—At Launceston. Victoria won by eight wickets. 1S97-9S.—At Melbourne. Tasmania won by 72 runs. 1898-99.—At Hobart. Tasmania won by 365 runs. 1S99-00.—At Melbourne. Victoria won by 185 runs. 1900-01.—At Launceston. Victoria won by five wickets. 1902-03.—At Melbourne. Tasmania won by 57 runs. 1903-04.—At Hobart. Victoria won by five wickets. 1904-05.—At Melbourne. Victoria won by an innings and 137 runs. 1906-07.—At Hobart. Tasmania won by five wickets. 1907-08.—At Melbourne. Victoria won by 15S runs. 1908-09.— At Hobart. Victoria won by four wickets. 1908-09.—At Launceston. Victoria won by an innings and 287 runs * Eleven of Victoria v. Sixteen of Tasmania. A CRICKET HANDBOOK.* Those who follow first-class cricket will find a gooj deal to interest them between the covers of this 96-paged booklet. There are numerous statistics relating to last season’s matches and brief biographical notices of the Australians who will be playing in England this year. It is capital value for the small sum asked for it. *Ltng's Cricket Handbook, Season 1009. London: John Lengand Co., Ltd., 186, FleetStreet. Price, Id. OUR DREADNOUGHT “ SLIPS.” It is rumoured that the Secretary of the M.C.C. has received the following cable from the Captain of the Australian Cricket Team:— “ Please verify or deny circumstantial report England has seventeen slips and may increase. Protest against arbitrary change in rules of gam s.” —Punch.