Cricket 1909

78 CR ICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A pr il 22, 1909. on the still difficult wicket, Donnan’s 19 being the highest score, the total only 90. Trott had five wickets for 21, and Roche three for 29 (nine for 117 in the match). Victoria wanted 177 to win. The wicket had now rolled out hard; but the runs were not got without difficulty. Bruce lashed out for 37, and did a good deal to win the game for his side; Worrall made 33, McMichael 30, and Trott 24. McKibbin took four wickets for 64. The visitors deserved their win, for the home side had the advantage on the first day of a wicket that was better than it ever became again during the match. John Worrall was as much the hero of the sixth first match as he had been of the six­ tieth. Of Victoria’s first innings total of 189 he made 103; and he actually made these runs, by ferocious hitting, out of 142 while he was in. The fact that the wicket was difficult and the outfield dead and slow made his feat all the more remarkable ; and the Melbourne crowd fairly let itself go when he reached three figures. McMichael’s 17 was second highest score. Howell had five for 75. Eight N.S.W. wickets were down for 35 at the end of the first day's- play, McLeod, who was almost unplayable, having taken five of them at a cost of only 16 runs. On the Monday, with the pitch all right again, Noble (34 not out) and Mackenzie (23) added 43 for the last wicket, the total falling one short of the hundred. McLeod’s figures at the end were six for 36. In Victoria’s second Graham scored 45 ; Giller (37), Stuckey (35), Worrall (23), and Laver (22 not out) all played steady and laborious cricket. McKibbin had three for 29, Pye three for 54. N.S.W. never looked like winning, or even making a decent fight. Trumble (eight for 58) had it all his own way on a pitch that was still not all it might have been. Gregory made 51, Iredale 23, Trumper 19, and McKibbin 15 ; the total was only 20 ahead of that of the first innings, and Victoria won by 190 runs, her third successive victory. New South Wales had the best of the return match (Sydney, end of January, 1899) from the start, however, and in spite of a good fight put up by Victoria in the follow-on, won by eight wickets. Gregory won the toss for the home side, and took in Newe’l with him, holding Donnan back. Newell left at 28; but Noble helped Gregory to add 53 before the latter was out for 45, and then came a long stand between Noble (100) and Ireland (98). They added 164 for the third wicket before Noble left for a chanceless innings of only about two hours’ duration. (He had scored 10Lagainst South Australia about a fortnight before.) Iredale, whose innings was also faultless, left soon afterwards. Donnan made 60, and had some help from Mackenzie, Trumper (23), Pye (20), and Kelly (43 not out); and Howell, going in last, hit up 20 very quickly. Charles McLeod’s analysis of six for 138 in an innings of 442 was first-class. With the exception of Giller (87), who batted very patiently, the visitors did little in their first innings, though Stuckey (28) helped Giller to add 49 for the fifth wicket, and Trumble (24) 54 for the eighth. Howell had three wickets for 23. Following-on in a minority of 227, Victoria did much better. Worrall, hitting freely for 68, and Graham added 66 for the second wicket; and Laver (55), though not at his best, aided “ the little dasher ” to add 144 for the fourth. Graham gave no chance until 105, and his 121 was in every way a fine innings. Giller, whose first twenty-eight minutes at wickets did not pro­ duce a run, again stonewalled for 55; Warne made 28 and Trumble 19 ; aud eventually the innings closed for only four short of 400, Noble having taken five wickets for 128. The home side made light of the task set them. Gregory (46) and Mackenzie added 54 for the second wicket, and the latter and Iredale hit off the rest of the runs, being 62 and 49 respectively at the finish, and having added 98 in their unfinished partnership. The sixty-third match (Melbourne, Christ­ mas, 1899) was one of those in which the side going in first could hardly help but win, for N.S.W. had a good wicket for their first day’s batting and scored 321 for three, resumed on a pitch that was soft without being difficult, and carried their total to 520, and then had the home side helpless on a bowler’s wicket. Noble (122), Iredale (91), Donnan (74), Mackenzie (65), Trumper (57), Hopkins (44) and Gregory (28) were the chief scoiers for the winners. Trumper and Donnan scored 89 together for the first wicket; Noble and Donnan added 109 for the second; Mackenzie aud Noble 105 for the third, and Iredale and Hopkins close ou a hundred for the sixth. Trumble had five wickets for 149 in a total of 520. On the bad wicket Victoria’s two displays were only redeemed from utter failure by Woriall (19 and 45), Graham (39 and 14), aud Warne (12 not out and 28). Noble followed up his splendid century by taking eight wickets for 78; Howell had four for 53 in the first innings, and Hopkins five for 24 in the second. The last-named had a capital first match in the series, with an innings of 44 and seven wickets for 43 ; but he has not, on the whole, been a very great success against Victoria. There were three other new men in this match, B. W. Farquhar, a batsman of considerable ability whom the force of competition crowded out of the New South Wales’ team; and on the other side Peter A. McAlister, one of the best and soundest batsmen Victoria has ever had, and F. B. Collins, a tall bowler of good pace, who has never quite realised his early promise. There were more new men in the sixty- fourth match. Warwick Windridge Arm­ strong and John Victor Saunders played their first pame against New South Wales; Keginald Alexander Duff and A. McBeth (later of South Australia), appeared for the first time against Victoria. New South Wales had six down for 108; but Gregory (66) got splendid help from the colt Duff (75), and the seventh wicket added 113. Howell (31 not out) and Trumper (31) were the only others who reached 20. Kelly, Pye, and McBeth were all run out. Armstrong had the wickets of both the big scorers at a cost of’ only 24 runs. There was a nasty break­ down at the beginning of the Victorian in­ nings, Worrall, Warne, McMichael and McAlister all being out for 33 (three of them to McBeth); but Trumble (87) and Graham (41) added 113 for the fifth wicket, and Laver (80) and Stuckey (55) put on 100 for the seventh. McBeth had six wickets for 94 in an innings of 309. Noble’s batting was the great feature of the second innings of the home side. He scored 155, his thiid century in three matches against Victoria. Duff (76) helped him to add 113 for the seventh wicket. Noble batted five hours twentyminutes with­ out a chance; his first English trip seemed to have been responsible for slower scoring methods, as in the corresponding match of a year earlier he had scored 100 in two hours. Iredale made 54, Trumper 41, Howell 22. Trumble had four wickets for 112. Again Noble followed up a fine batting performance by bowling well. He had six for 91 in Vic­ toria’s second of 263; and, though nearly everyone did useful work, Stuckey making 53, Armstrong 45, lloss 39 not out, McMichael 33, Graham 23 and McAlister 20, the visitors were beaten by 111 runs. The Melbourne match of 1900-1 was one of unusually small scoring. Only 577 runs were made for the loss of thirty-five wicket?, the home side pulling off the game. Gregon’s 66 not out in New South Wales’s first was the highest score. Trumper made 26,Hopkins 20. Saunders took six wickets lor 70. Victoria had Worrall, Graham, and Trumble out with only two runs on the board, but later Arm­ strong (50) and McLeod (46) added 58 for the fifth wicket. “ Lightning” batted one hundred and fifteen minutes for his score. Stuckey scored 26 not out. Victoria had a lead of one run. Noble made 55 in the visitors’ second, and Trumper again scored 26, but no else offered much opposition to Trumble, who had seven wickets for 54. At the close of the second day’s play the home side, who had gone in to make 135 to win, had McAlister, Worrall, Graham, Armstrong, and McLeod all out and only 45 on the board, but in the morning Stuckey, the not out, was joined by Trumble, and these two, with the aid of extras, hit off the 90 runs wanted, Stuckey being 32 and the tall bowler 45 at the finish. The only new face was a black one, that of Marsh, the aboriginal bowler, who took six wickets in the match for 91, thus making a good start; but on account of the doubt as to the fairness of his delivery the dusky fellow only played in one more of these matches, dropping out of first- class cricket after a single season therein, except for one match v. Queensland in 1901-2. (To be continued.) N 0T - O U T 261 The Bountiarle Eat - 21/- A Popular County Captain and Test Match Player after one of his characteristic fire­ work displays with his favorite Bat—the Boundarie. The best Driving Bat, Perfect Shape, and thoroughly seasoned. 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