Cricket 1909

70 CR ICK ET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A pril 22, 1909. THE M.C.C. TEAM IN EGYPT. (Continuedfrompage 61.) The following statistics of the tour were compiled from the official score-book:— BATTING AVERAGES. Times Most out in an Total Inns. out. inns. runs. Aver. Capt. A. C. G. Luther 11 0 93 341 31-00 G. T. Branston........... 11 0 80 300 27-27 C. H. M. Ebden ... 10 0 55 231 23-10 B. P. Dobson ........... 12 5 56* 160 22-85 R. M. B ell.................. 2 0 25 43 21-50 Capt. E. G. Wynyard 11 2 50* 187 20-77 E. J. Metcalfe ........... 11 0 59 199 18-09 G. H. Simpson-Hay­ ward.......................... 12 2 39 166 16*60 Viscount Brackley ... 10 1 73 131 14-55 K. L. Gibson ........... 12 3 34 112 12-44 Lieut. - Col. H. C. Moorhouse .......... 11 1 28* 94 9-40 A. V. Drummond ... 10 0 11 53 5.30 * Signifies not out. BOWLING AVERAGES. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Aver. R. M. Bell ........... 2 1 6 1 6*00 A. V. Drummond 36-1 1 146 14 10*42 G. T. Branston ... 136-5 21 431 38 11*34 G. H. Simpson- Hayward ........... 136*5 12 528 32 16-50 Cpt. A.C.G. Luther 38 4 140 8 17*50 Lieut.-Col. H. C. Moorhouse 33 5 154 8 19*25 E. J. Metcalfe 16 1 45 2 22-50 C. H. M. Ebden ... 6 0 53 1 53 00 Capt. E. G. Wyn­ yard .................. 161 3 66 1 66-00 CRICKET IN NEW ZEALAND. SOUTH CANTERBURY v. CANTERBURY. Played at Timaru on February 10 and 11. Drawn. Humphreys, of Kent, played a freely-hit innings of 163 for Canterbury, but was missed three times— when only 10 and again when 50 and 100. There was rain after the first day’s play and South Canter­ bury had a tricky wicket to bat on. They managed to play out time, however, but when stumps were drawn were still 16$ runs behind with seven men out in their second innings. Score and analysis:— C an te r b u r y . A. H .N eild,b Donohue 32 B. B. Wood, run out... 4 A. Anthony, c Lough- nan, b Bain ........... 0 H. Ellis, c Cox, b L. O’Callaghan ... ... 22 E. H u m p h r e y s , c Lynch, b L. O’Cal­ laghan ....................ICS W. Hayes, b L. O’Cal­ laghan ...................... 01 J. Bruges, c and b Donohue................... 2 E. R. Caygill, run out 12 A. Norman, c Over­ ton,bL. O’Callaghan 5 J. H. Bennett, b L. O’Callaghan .......... 16 Ward, not out ........... 3 B 23, lb 3 ...........26 ...340 Total S outh C a n terbu ry . Second innings, c Ellis, b Anthony 13 c Humphreys, b Anthony........... 8 First innings. . K. Cox, b Humphreys... 5 . Jordan, c Ellis, b Ben­ nett .................................. 6 . J. Donohue, e Anthony, b H um phreys.......... ... 11 . B. Bain, c and b Humph­ reys .................................. 3 O’Callaghan, b Bennett 2 Lynch, junr., b Anthony 19 Overton, c and b Ben­ nett .................................. 6 Lynch, senr., run out ... 13 S. Cave, b Anthony ... 0 Loughnan, not out ... 11 O’Callaghan, c and b Bennett ........................... 3 Byes, &c....................... 6 b Anthony........... 8 c Bruges, b An­ thony ........... 11 not out ........... 1 hit wkt., b An­ thony ...........37 Total not out ........... 0 b B en nett........... 0 c and b Bennett 13 Byes, &c. ... 11 ...........S5 Total (7 wkts)102 C an te r b u r v . Bain... Jordan ... - L. O Callag­ han ... - Donohue... - O. M. R. W. - - 76 1 - 50 0 - 67 - 58 O. M. R. W. Lynch,jnr. - - 13 0 S. O’Callag­ han ... - - 25 0 Lynch,snr. - - 30 0 S outh C an terbu ry . First innings. Bennett ... Humphreys Anthony ... Ward........... O. , 19-1 16 , 7 . 4 M. R. W. 5 35 4 , 4 27 3 . 4 8 2 . 2 8 0 . Hayes . Second innings. " M. R. W. 1 12 0 5 OTAGO v. CANTERBURY. Played at Dunedin on February 12, 13 & 15. Canterbury won by 215 runs. Otago won the toss and sent the visitors in, and up to a certain point their policy answered well, eight wickets falling for 58. But Orchard played a fine game and found useful partners in Bennett and Boxshall, who helped to add 50 for the ninth wicket and 98 for the last respectively. Orchard made eight 4’s in his rapidly-compiled 78 not out. Such a good recovery was made by the side after a poor start that the fall of wickets during the innings is worthy of record :— 1 2 3 4 5 6 and 7 8 9 10 23 33 48 49 54 58 108 206 The innings should have closed for 121 for Boxshall, when only a single, was missed in the long-field by Watson. By the end of the first day Otago had lost half their wickets for 50 and on the following morning, on a perfect wicket, were all out for 77, Humphreys taking five wickets for 36. Canterbury lost a couple of wickets quickly in their second innings, but Reese, Anthony and Humphreys made such useful scores that the home side were set 389 to win. Reese batted over two hours for his 77 and made his runs out of 133 obtained whilst in by capital cricket: he hit ten 4’s. With Humphreys he put on 77 for the fifth wicket and vfttli Ellis 42 for the eighth. When play ceased on the second evening Otago had made 8 without loss. On the third day the side collapsed badly on a run-getting wicket and were beaten as stated. C an terburv . First innings. A. Anthony, b Wordsworth 20 W. Patrick, c Williams, b Torrance .......................... A. Sims, c Williams, b Tor­ rance .................................. H. Ellis,c Watson,b Torrance E. Humphreys, b Words­ worth .................................. D. Reese, c &b Wordsworth B. B. Wood, b Torrance ... S. A. Orchard, not out J. Bruges, b Torrance J. H. Bennett, lbw, b Tor­ rance .................................. C. A. Boxshall, b Ruther­ ford .................................. Byes, &c....................... Second innings, c Rutherford, b Torrance.......... b Torrance.......... b Torrance.......... not out .......... c Fisher, b Words­ worth .......... c & b Torrance ... b Fisher ........... b Fisher .......... c Aylcs, b Fisher c E c k h o l d ,b Wordsworth ... lbw, b Ayles Byes, &c. ... Total ...............206 O tago . First innings. C. G.Wilson, b Humphreys 2 A. Eckliold, st Boxshall, b Humphreys ................. 8 C. C. Hopkins, b Hum­ phreys ....................... 16 H. Watson, b Orchard ... 13 M. Rutherford, b Bennett C. Wordsworth, b Hum­ phreys .......................... H. G. Siedeberg, b Hum­ phreys.................................. H. Ayles, b B en nett........... A. H. Fisher, b Bennett ... F. Williams, b Bennett ... R. Torrance, not out........... Byes, &c...................... T o ta l............259 Second innings. b Orchard ..............18 c Sims, b Hum­ phreys ........... 0 c B o x s h a ll, b B en n ett............ 6 c Reese, b Hum­ phreys ............ 4 n otout......................42 9 b A nthony........... 5 b Humphreys ... 7 b Humphreys ... 1 run out .......... 2 cWood, b Bennett 1 c Sims, b Bennett 10 Byes, &e............ Total . 77 Total • 113 C an terbu rv . First innings. Second innings. O. M . R. W. O. M. R. W. Torrance . 33 12 71 6 ... ... 35 7 90 4 Wordsworth..,. 23 8 41 3 ... ... 28 10 64 2 Rutherford .. 54 3 14 1 ... ... 10 4 23 0 Fisher ......... . 15 6 43 0 ... ... 33 11 55 3 W atson......... 2 0 15 0 ... Ayles ... !.’! 04 0 1 1 O ta < ;o. First innings. Second innings W. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. Humphreys .. . 20 6 36 5 ... ... 24 9 46 4 Bennett... ... 13 3 15 4 ... ... 24-5 12 35 3 Ellis .. ... 3 0 8 0 ... ... 1 1 0 0 Orchard......... . 4 0 8 1 ... ... 12 2 33 1 Anthony 5 0 10 1 HONOURING AN INDIAN CRICKETER. ' To English cricketers the name of Mr. Jijibhoy Maneckji Divecha will be familiar as that of one of the organisers of the Parsee team ■which visited England in 1888. In 6rderno mark their appreciation of all he has done^tri advance cricket among the Parsees, and as a token of their regard, the members of the Parsee Gymkhana raised a fund in order that his portrait might be painted and hung in the Gymkhana pavilion. The unveiling ceremony was performed on the evening of March 31st. by Mr. Bomanji D. Petit, who paid a glowing tribute to the excellent service rendered by Mr. Divecha to the Gymkhana during the many years he had been its secretary. In replying, Mr. Divecha said that he felt somewhat embarrassed on the occasion because he had never been present at the inauguration of a statue or the unveil­ ing of a portrait at which the subject of the function was present, so that he might hear his remarks and observe his deportment. However, having no precedent to guide him, he trusted he might not be wrong if he expressed to them his feelings. In the first place he bad no adequate words to offer his sincere thanks to them for the s;gual honour done to him that day in recognition of his humb’.e services to Parsee cricket and to the Parsee Gymkhana. He must at once say that he had done nothing beyond his duty towards the manly game of cricket and towards their Institution where such games thrive and prosper. To work for cricket and for the Gymkhana was always a labour of love to him, as had been remarked by the worthy President, and that labour was made very easy by the cordial support and co­ operation of the members of the Committee aud the Gymkhana. During his career he had had no difficulty in the discharge of his duties, and he was glad to say that his actions were always upheld, which served him as a stimulant to work harder and harder for the Institution. He offered his sincere thanks to the Managing Committee of the Parsee Gymkhana for having given the portrait a place in the Hall, and to his esteemed friends Dr. Pavri, Mr. Lam and other members of the Reception Committee for bringing their pro­ ject to a successful issue. He also thanked all the members of the Gymkhana who had so generously and freely contributed towards the cost of the portrait, notwithstanding the numerous calls on their purse, and to Mr. Muncherji Pithawalla, the Parsee artist. He said that that day would be a memorable one to him throughout the remainder of his life and he need not assure them that he would try his best to watch and promote the inter­ ests of Parsee cricket and the Institution where he had passed very pleasantly the best put of his life. He was personally grateful to Mr. Petit for gracing the occasion and kindly consenting to perform the ceremony. His sense of gratitude was all the deeper because he was fully aware of the amount of inconvenience entailed upon a gentleman of his business engagements. He was sure he was only re-echoing the wishes of the whole Gymkhana when he expressed a sincere hope that this, his first, visit might be a fore-runner of many more, so as to induce others of the community to imitate him in giving every encouragement to the Institution. R ICHARD DAFT’S “ Nottinghamshire Marl. ’— Particulars apply, Radcliffe-on-Trent, Notts. [A dvt .