Cricket 1910

M ay 12, i g i o . CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 1 1 7 VICTORIAN AVERAGES. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Aver. H. F. Parsons , 42-2 6 98 8 12-25 J. V. Saunders . 293 5 74 849 49 17-32 A. Kenny .......... . 121-3 23 405 21 19-28 J. Kyle ................... 115-2 27 380 19 20-00 W. W. Armstrong.. . 184*4 50 457 22 20*77 R. G. Johnstone .. . 19 2 72 3 24-00 J. H oran.................. 4 1 24 1 24*00 V. S. Ransford . 31 11 73 3 24 33 F. L a v er................. . 130 2S 340 11 30-90 H. H a r t ................. . 99 1 21 279 8 34*87 W. J. Scott ... .. 53-2 8 187 5 37-40 C. Kiernan ........... 29 6 78 2 3900 B. J. Kortlang 21 4 84 2 42-00 C. M cK enzie......... . 47-2 6 214 5 42 80 T. J. Matthews . 60 8 230 4 57-50 T. S. Warne ......... . 13-2 0 58 1 58-00 A. Lampard ......... . 23 4 77 1 77-00 G. Hazlitt ........... 67 14 239 1 239*00 The following failed to take a w icket:— J. H. Stuckey........... 6 3 10 0 — J. M. A inslie......... . 1 0 10 0 — E. V. C arroll......... . 5 2 12 0 — F. Scannell ... .... 8 1 49 0 — Dr. N. L. Spiers ... 18 3 53 0 J. Binney ........... 30 8 72 0 WEST AUSTRALIAN AVERAG Overs. Mdns. Runs Wkts. Aver’ R, Sclk ........... ... 93*5 33 234 19 12-31 T. H. Hogue ... ..t 75*2 20 169 9 18-77 C. II. Howard ... 38 7 131 5 26-20 A. 11. Christian ... 109*4 17 307 11 27-90 The following failed to take a wicket — E. F. Parker ... 4 1 11 0 — R. Carter.......... ... 4 2 14 0 — S. n . D. Howe ... 4 0 20 0 ’ ■■— Dr. Anderson ... 14 6 26 0 — R. M. Evans ... ... 13 5 27 0 — J. Everett ... 13 0 48 0 — .■ C. Munro ... 14 2 48 0 — W. Hcnnah ... ... 14 0 52 0 — W. Ilogue ... 17 2 63 0 — The following were the best performances of the season from a figure point of view :— (a)—6 or more wickets in an innings — 6 for 59, J. N. Crawford, South Australia v. New South Wales, at Adelaide. 7 ,, 9£, J. N. Crawford, South Australia v> New South Wales, at Sydney. 7 ,, 28, S. H. Emery, New South Wales v. Victoria, at Melbourne. C ,, 59, A. Kenny, Victoria v. West Australia, at Perth. 6 ,, 63, H. F. Parsons, Victoria v. Tasmania, at Melbourne. 0 ,, 76,. J. iV. Saunders, Victoria v. New South Wales, at Sydney. 6 „ 35, J. V. Saunders, Victoria v. Queensland, at Brisbane. 6 „ 37, J. V. Saunders, Victoria v. West Australia, at Perth. 7 1 „ 48, J. Scott, Now South Wales v. Victoria, at Sydney. 8 ,, 2S, R. Selk, West Australia v. Victoria, at Fremantle. (?>)—10 or more wickets in a m atch:— 12 for 113, S. H. Emery, New South Wales v. Victoria, at Melbourne. 10 ,, 129, R. B. Rees, South Australia v. Victoria, at Adelaide. 10 ,, 89, J. Scott, New South Wales v. Victoria, at Sydney. 10 ,, 69, J. Scott, New South Wales v. Tasmania, at Hobart. 13 ,, 77, R. Selk, West Australia v. Victoria, at Fremantle. (c)—Five or more wickets for 5 runs or less each:— 7 for 28, S. H. Emery, New South Wales v. Victoria, at Melbourne. 8 ,, 28, R. Selk, West Australia v. Victoria, at Fremantle. IV. — M e m o r a b il ia . South Australia v. Victoria, at Adelaide.—Of the 67 runs added for the former’s ninth wicket by W. A. Hewer (83 not out) and G. C. Campbell the former made 60, the latter 5 and there were two extras. Queensland v. New South Wales, at Brisbane.— S. J. Fennelly, who was making his first appearance for Queensland, scored 41 in his first innings and 97 in his second. South Australia v. New South Wales, at Adelaide. —The former won by an innings and 4 runs—their first success over New South Wales at Adelaide for nine years. I 11 tho first innings of New South Wales E. L. Waddy made 118 out of 170 in 130 minutes: the total (including 8 extras) was 184, and the next highest score was 11. New South Wales v. Queensland, at Sydney.—In the first innings of Queensland E. R. Crouch (67) at one period batted for 36 minutes without adding to his score : of the 55 runs added by him and W. T. Evans in 47 minutes for the ninth wicket, the latter made 52. Victoria v. South Australia, at Melbourne.—In the latter’s first innings C. Hill scored 185 out of 208 in four hours. New South Wales v. South Australia, at Sydney. —In the first innings of South Australia, S. H. Emery at one period took four wickets for 6 runs. New South Wales v. Rest of Australia, at Sydney. —C. T. B. Turner, whose testimonial match this was, made his first appearance for New South W’ales since 1896-7. In the first innings of the State M. A. Noble was bowled by a ball from A. C. Facy which sent a bail 46 yards. Set 418 to win, the Rest of Australia made 382 and were beaten by only 35 runs. New South Wales v. Victoria, at Sydney.—In each innings of New South Wales J. T. Matthews bowled 3 overs, 0 maidens, for 27 runs and no wicket. Set 299 to win, the home side made that number for the loss of four wickets, S. E. Gregory scoring 169 and carrying out his bat. Victoria v. Tasmania, at Melbourne.—Of the 102 runs added by G. Healy (218) and V. S. Ransford for the former second wicket the latter made as many as 74. Tasmania v. New South Wales, at Hobart.—In the second innings of the latter E. L. Waddy claimed 65 of the 92 runs added in 32 minutes for the second wicket with E. P. Barbour (160): his chief strokes were a 6 and twelve 4’s. In that innings New South Wales made 200 in 97 minutes, 300 in 135, 400 in 192, and, altogether, 448 in three hours and a-half. West Australia v. Victoria, at Perth.—In the former’s second innings E. F. Parker scored 117 out of 133 in 82 minutes. He and C. Howard, who made only 5, obtained 82 for the first wicket : Parker made all the first 32 runs and 50 of tho first 60 (including 8 extras) in 26 minutes, scoring 47 off the first five overs delivered by H. Hart, a left-hander. West Australia v. Victoria, at Fremantle.—Only one boundary hit was chronicled in the former’s first innings (89), and that was an overthrow—to C.H. Howard. In the second innings of Victoria B. J. Kortlang made 72 out of 106 in 85- minutes and carried out his bat. West Australia v. Victoria, at Perth.—B. J. Kort­ lang carried his bat through the hitter’s first innings (196) for 82. THE SURREY COUNTY C.C. The Annual General Meeting of the Surrey County C.C. was held in the pavilion at Kennington Oval at 5 p.m. on Thursday last, Lord Alverstone, the president, being in the chair. In moving the adoption of the re­ port and accounts Lord Alverstone said that, having regard to the financial re.'ponsibilit es of the Club, they ought to have a member­ ship of five thousand, and he appealed to the members to endeavour to bring it to that number. Only two prominent members of the Club had died during the year-M r. Edwin Napper, who had been a member since 18G7, and Mr. C. A. Stein, who had served on the Committee without a break since 1882. So far as the County’s cricket was concerned he had every reason to expect that Surrey would have a very prosperous future. They hal made an excellent start [against War­ wickshire] and he congratulated Hayward on his magnificent innings. The fielding also had been excellent, and the bowling effective. Members of the Club should be proud of the part paid by the four Surrey players— Mr. Leveson-Gower, Mr. Bird, Hobbs and Strudwick—iu the South African tour. Referring to the new method of scoiing in the County Championship competition, the chairman hoped that it would tend to brighten cricket, as it would make sides go out to win. They had decided to give their esteemed aud excellent servant Apted a benefit this year, and he appealed to the members to make it a success. The reports and accounts were unanimously adopted. Lord Dalmeny and Messrs. D. L. A. Jephson, F. P. Knox and M. W. Marshall had retired in rotation from the Committee and Messrs. K. J. Key, R. Howell, F. G. Thorne and H. H. Scott were elected to succeed them. Lord Rosebery, Lord Onslow and Mr. Wildman Cattley were re-elected vice-pre­ sidents, and Sir Jeremiah Colman honorary treasurer. On the notice of Mr. G. H. Long­ man, who referred in sympathetic terms to his Lordship’s recent illness, L)rd Alverstone was re-elected president with acclamation. On the motion of Mr. John Shuter a vote of thanks was passed to the captains of the County Eleven, the Second Eleven, and the Club and Ground Eleven. Messrs. Leveson- Gower and Rutty replied. Following the re-election of officers, Lord Alverstone referred to the resolution of which tbe Rev. J. C. Crawford had given notice :— “ That the Committee of the Surrey County Cricket Club be asked to rescind the resolution passed with regard to Mr. J. N. Crawford.” He pointed out that no resolution of this kind could be moved, chiefly for the reason that it amounted to a vote of want of confi­ dence in the Committee, and was not in order : the general meeting had no power to deal with the resolutions of the Committee. Lord Alverstone added that the Committee had determined that the matter could be discussed if the meeting wished. The Rev. J. C. Crawford said that he found himself in an awkward predicament. When he sent in his resolution he did not intend to raise any question on the merits or demerits of his son’s action: few peop'e understood the case, and if they began to discuss it they might go on for ever. But for several reasons he wished to ask the Committee publicly to resciud their reso­ lution. In the first place it was not a nice thing to have on the minutes of a great club against a young plaver, and in the next it would be a recognition of the work of a cricketer whose heart and soul were abso­ lutely in the welfare of his side—whether he were playing for his county or for England in South Africa or Australia. Furthermore, it would be a graceful compliment to himself, who had been a member of the Club for twenty-seven years, during twelve of which, with the exception of one season, one of his sons had represented the county. Lord Alyerstone; after thanking the Rev. J. C. Crawford for the very restrained way in which he ha I made his proposals, said that no one would be more pleased to move the rescission of the resolution than every member of the Committee, if Mr. J. N. Crawford would only come forward, as a gentleman and a sportsman, and apologise for what had occurred; but so far no word of apology had been received. The Com­ mittee had sent messages of goodwill to Mr. j . N. Crawford before he left England and since he had settled in Australia, and he himself was still in correspondence with him and on friendly terms. The matter then dropped. ____________________ TH E SCOTTISH ANNUAL .* Considering the amount of information it contains, and the able manner in which it deals with its subject, the Scottish Cricket Annual must surely rank as one of the cheapest books ever issued on the game. As a record of the past year’s cricket the publication should prove most valuable to all who are interested in the game over the Border. *Thc Scottish Cricket Annual , 1010. Perth: Joe Anderson, 14, St. John Street. Price, Id. ; post free, 2d.