Cricket 1910

M a y 1 2 , 1 9 1 0 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. The construction of the Demon Drivers is fully described in The Evolution of a Cricket Bat, which may be obtained free upon applica tion. Ill m CRICKET! IMFR0VED MAKE-KEEP THEIR SHAPE-LAST LONCERE BALLS CATALOGUE UPON APPLICATION. lA IA LO Q U B UPON APPLICATION. CATALOGUE UPON APPLICATION. EM A ILS liflflW ED MAKE-KEEPTHEIR SHAPE-I.ASTLONGER! AT TH E SIGN OF THE W ICK E T . By F. S. A sh ley -C ooper . THE AUSTRALIAN SEASON OF 1909-10. Although there was no visiting side in Australia during the past season, the cricket was full of interest throughout. The fine form of Clement Hill, the rise into fame of Kortlang, and the association of J. N. Craw ford with inter-State cricket were the chief features of the campaign. For the first time since 1893-4 South Australia carried otf the Sheffield Shield, and that they thoroughly merited the distinction was everywhere acknowledged. In addition to the home-and- home matches between the three leading States, New South Wales met Queensland twice and the rest of Australia and Tas mania once, whilst Victoria played Queens land at Brisbane, Tasmania at Melbourne, and West Australia twice at Perth and once at Fremantle. I .— T he S id e s . New South Wales beat Queensland, at Brisbane, by seven wickets. New South Wales lost to Queensland, at Sydney, by three wickets. New South Wales beat Rest of Australia, at Sydney, by 35 runs. New South Wales lost to South Australia, at Adelaide, by an innings and 4 runs. New South Wales lost to South Australia, at Sydney, by seven wickets. New South Wales beat Tasmania, at Hobart, by 333 runs. New South Wales beat Victoria, at Melbourne, by 272 runs. New South Wales beat Victoria, at Sydney, by six wickets. Queensland lost to Victoria, at Brisbane, by 352 runs. South Australia beat Victoria, at Adelaide, by an innings and 209 runs. South Australia lost to Victoria, at Melbourne, by 81 runs. Tasmania lost to Victoria, at Melbourne, by an innings and 126 runs. Victoria beat West Australia, at Perth, by an innings and 5 runs. Victoria lost to West Australia, at Fremantle, by 79 runs. Victoria beat West Australia, at Perth, by two wickets. C A T A L O G U E U PO N A P P L IC A T IO N . BUS#EY ' /^DEMON D R I V E R S ~ 1 J ARE OUT AND OUT THE BEST. f Q GRADES7 -6 '-S'- 4'e-4-3'6-3'-2'6-Z'- CATALOGUE UPON APPLICATION TO GEO. G. BUSSEY & Co.. L t d . 36 & 38. Queen Victoria St., LONDON. Manufactory — Timber Mills — PECKHAM, S.E. ELMSWELL, SUFFOLK. Agents all over the world. WHERE THE RUNS WERE SCORED. Ground. Runs. Wkts. Aver. Adelaide ... 1,761 59 2984 Brisbane ... 1,833 73 25*10 Fremantle 533 40 1332 Hobart 875 40 21-87 Melbourne 3,269 ... 110 29-71 P erth........... 1,998 67 29-82 Sydney 4,012 ... 143 28-05 Totals .. 14,281 ... 532 26-84 The average number of runs for every wicket lost in England last year was 22-44. MATCHES OF 1,000 OR MORE RUNS. Runs. Wkts. Ground. 1,247 for 40 Victoria v. South Australia. Melbourne. 1,208 „ 37 New South Wales v.Queens- land. Victoria v. Tasmania. West Australia v. Victoria. ljll9 ,, 39 New South Wales v. Rest of Australia. 1,194 „ 1,121 29 Sydney. Melbourne. Perth. Sydney. INNINGS OF 500 RUNS OR MORE. Runs. For. Against. Ground. 660 Victoria ........... Tasmania ... Melbourne. 590 South Australia Victoria ........... Adelaide. 563a Victoria .......... West Australia Perth. (a) Signifies that one man was absent. COMPLETED INNINGS OF 100 OR LESS. Score. For. Against. Ground. 87...Victori a...............West’Australia ...Fremantle. 89...West Australia ...Victoria..............Fremantle. 92...New Sth. Wales...Sth. Australia ...Sydney. 93...Victori a...............New Sth. Wales...Melbourne. 94... Queensland...Victoria..................Brisbane. 97...Victori a............... Sth. Australia ...Adelaide, II.— T he B atsmen . NEW SOUTH WALES AVERAGES. Times Most not in an Total Inns. out. inns. Runs. Aver. E. P. Barbour ... ... 4 1 160 329 109*66 V. T. Trum per... ... 1 0 105 105 105-C0 H. V. Goddard... ... 3 1 108* 160 80-fO S. E. Gregory ... ... 4 1 169* 205 68*33 G. Thomas........... ... 4 1 96 176 58*66 W. Bardsley ... 10 0 149 460 46-0U R. V. Minnett ... ... 6 0 169 262 43-66 E. L. Waddy ... ... 12 1 133 473 43-00 C. Kelleway ... 6 0 108 237 ar-M) J. Hodgkinson... ... 3 0 62 101 3S*66 C. E. Simpson ... ... 4 0 102 121 30*2o R. B. Minnett ... ... 6 1 41* 133 26*60 A. Cotter ........... ... 2 0 27 50 25-00 J. B. H. Cranney ... 6 1 37 123 24-60 J. C. Barnes ... 8 0 46 188 2350 A. Diamond ... 8 0 47 159 19 87 F. Gow ........... ... 8 0 38 127 15-87 W. J. Stack ... ... 11 2 58* 141 15*66 C. D ock er........... ... 1 0 15 15 15*00 C. T. B. Turner ... 2 0 19 27 13*50 D. C. R e id ........... ... 2 0 23 2 > 13*C0 L. A. Minnett ... ... 8 s 37 75 12-50 Rev. E. F. Waddy ... 4 0 27 44 11 CO A. J. Hopkins ... ... 2 0 13 21 10-50 S. H. Emery ... ... 7 0 30 61 8-71 H. L. Collins ... ... 4 (1 17 32 8-00 J. R andell........... ... 3 0 10 23 7-66 C. R. Gorry ... ... 9 4 10* 38 7-60 G. H arvey........... ... 6 1 1-2 35 7-00 J. Scott ........... ... 5 1 13 27 6-75 J. Smith ........... ... 3 1 7* 10 5-00 F. S. Middleton ... 4 0 5 13 3-25 M. A. Noble ... ... 2 0 0 0 — * Signifies not out. QUEENSLAND AVERAGES. Times Most J. W. MacLaren S. J. Fennelly ... S. J. Redgrave ... W. T. Evans ... J. Thompson ... J. S. Hutcheon... E. R. Crouch ... R. J. Hartigan... J. W. Fletcher ... E. A. Benbow ... R. D. Pyke B. Cook ........... W. A. Armstrong G. Armstrong ... W. B. Hayes ... A. Ironmonger... W. J. Lewis F. Fett ........... Not in an Total Inns. out. inns. Runs. Aver. 6 4 43* 133 66-50 4 0 97 168 42-00 4 0 92 137 34-2.r> 4 1 52 100 33-33 6 0 47 178 2S-66 6 0 63 168 2S-00 4 0 67 106 26-50 3 0 58 63 21-00 6 0 47 97 16-16 4 0 33 53 13-25 2 2 10* 12 *12 00 2 0 23 24 12-00 2 0 19 19 9-50 2 0 16 16 8 00 4 0 21 25 6”25 2 0 9 11 5*50 3 0 8 16 5*33 2 0 2 *2 1*00 *Signifies not out. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN AVERAGES. Times Most not Inns. out. in an inns. Total runs. Aver. C. H ill.......... ... 4 0 205 609 152-25 D. R. A. Gehrs ... 2 0 118 190 95 00 W. A. Hewer ... 1 1 83* 83 *83 CO J. N. Crawford ... 5 1 75 178 44-50 N. H. Claxton ... 2 0 88 88 44-00 S. H ill........... ... 6 0 62 201 33 50 A. W. Wright ... 4 3 2S* 30 30-00 E. R. Mayne ... 8 0 63 215 26 87 R. B. Rees... ... 1 0 26 26 26-00 A. H. Woolcock ... 5 1 37 74 18*50 K. H. Quist ... 3 0 24 43 14-33 J. A. O’Connor ... 6 1 24 59 11*80 W. J. Whitty ... 6 0 34 68 11*13 E. H. Leak... *... 4 0 18 39 9-75 G. C. Campbell ... 5 0 7 23 4T0 L. R. Hill ... ... 2 0 5 8 4 00 P. Desmazures ... 1 0 0 0 — L. E. Howard ... 1 0 0 0 — * Signifies not out.