Cricket 1910

10 CRICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J an . 27, 1910. I n a match in Melbourne on D ecem ­ ber 4th between Middle Park Lacrosseurs and Balaclava Methodists, Annois, play­ ing for the former, took five wickets in seven balls, performing the hat-trick. On the same day H . Junor, o f South Yarra Church of Christ, obtained five wickets o f Malvern Wesley with successive deliveries. I n Melbourne on November 24th the Hon. Donald Mackinnon, President of the Victorian Cricket Association, pre­ sented a purse of 218 sovereigns to Sam Morris, the old inter-State player, who has been compelled by blindness to give up his position as curator of the South Melbourne Ground. Mr. T. Horan (“ F e lix ” ) was chairman of the move­ ment and Mr. A. E . Clarke acted as honorary secretary. M iss A. Macintyre, bowling for Cold­ stream against Burnley Methodists in Melbourne on December 11th, took four wickets in four balls and had two chances missed off her in the same over. Her analysis was 18 balls for seven runs and six wickets. T h e question o f a ground for Inter­ national and inter - State matches in Victoria has been settled. The Victorian Cricket Association and the Committee of the Melbourne C.C. agreed on all the details which were approved by the members of the M.C.C. at a special meeting at the Masonic Hall on December 10th. By the terms of the agreement the Melbourne Club will pay the Association ±‘925 per annum, and charge 10 per cent, of the gross receipts of International and Sheffield Shield matches. The amount to be paid by the M.C.C. will be increased to ±1,000 per annum in the event o f four inter­ national teams visiting Australia during the next seven years. At the meeting mentioned Mr. W . Bruce proposed an addendum, which was carried, to the effect that the agreement shall lapse when the Club cease to have the right to a seat on the Board of Control. A R e u t e r message from Sydney, dated January 14th, stated that The Board of Control o f Australian Cricket has decided to ask South Africa to send a team to Aus­ tralia in December next instead o f in Jan­ uary. It also announced that the Board has adopted the Imperial Conference Test- match rules, and also the Triangular scheme. It would therefore seem that any possibility o f Australian and South African teams not visiting us simultaneously the year after next has disappeared. Public opinion in Australia has not been unani­ mously in favour of the scheme, and until the Board of Control made its definite pronouncement there was always a chance of its rejection. I n the match at Goulburn on November 13th and 15th between Goulburn and a team drawn from the North Sydney, Middle Harbor and Gordon Clubs, the home side declared their second innings closed, leaving the Sydney combination 70 minutes in which to make 184. In the time named 201 runs were obtained for the loss o f six wickets, P. Johnston scoring 96 and D. A. Gee 54 not out. W . H . E d w a r d s , playing for Public Service v. Railway at Dubbo (N .S.W .) on November 13th, made 32 runs off an over by means of four 6 ’s and two 4’s. He scored 65 in three overs, making four 6 ’s, ten 4’s and a single. C a m p b e ll G a r r e t t , the youngest son of T. W . Garrett, who came to England with more than one of the earlier Australian teams, scored 141 for Sydney Grammar School v. I Zingari in the middle of November. A son of H . H. Massie has also been doing well with the bat, and E. Bonnor, a nephew of G. J. B., gives promise of keeping a great cricket name well to the fore. Playing for Orange against a strong team from Sydney on November 13tli, the younger Bonnor went in when three wickets were down for 7 runs and scored 61 out o f the total o f 91, no-one else reaching double­ figures. M r.W [L L IA M S a k e r , honorary secretary of the Cambelego C.C., in a letter to the Sydney R eferee dated November 6 th, gives particulars of a double-tie match played between H . Humphries' X I. and — Tanner’s X I. Each side scored 129 in their first innings and 135 in their second. “ The match was between two Mount Boppy gold mines' first elevens.” P l a y i n g in Sydney on November 13th, for Clifford, Lowe and Co. v. J. Bardsley and Co., H. Gray scored 108 and took five wickets with consecutive balls. T h e New South Wales’ Cricket Asso­ ciation has offered to send a team to Hobart before the close of the season on the understanding that Tasmania pays a return visit during 1910-11. “ This news,” remarks the Tasmanian Mail, “ will be welcomed by cricket supporters throughout the Island. The opinion is gaining ground that Tasmania must in­ crease her first-class progamme if she is desirous o f holding place amongst the cricketing forces of Australia, and the generous action of the Sydney people in com ing to her aid at this juncture will, it it hoped, result in matches against New South Wales and Victoria being played regularly in future. There appears to be no reason why such an arrangement can­ not be carried out.” T h e Northern Suburbs Cricket Associa­ tion had a remarkable victory over Eastern Suburbs, in Sydney on N ov­ ember 13th, records the Sydney Sports­ man, by an innings and 64 runs. Northern closed with their score at 253, of which Brainwood made 100 and then retired, L . R. Hansen 150 not out and G. Fraser 1 not out. The Eastern Suburbs made 70 in their first innings and 119 in their second. “ A p e c u l i a r accident happened to a batsman in a match Sackville v. Windsor, on the former’s wicket, a few days ago,” remarks a correspondent of the Sydney R eferee of November 17th. “ He failed to strike a ball, which struck one of his pockets wherein reposed a box of wax matches, igniting them ; but, beyond consuming a portion of his clothing and singeing his side, no damage was done. The incident pro­ duced no little amusement.” But whether the batsman saw humour in the occurrence may well be doubted. O n the University Oval in Sydney on November 13 and 15 the Combined Public Schools (159 and 202 for five wickets) drew their match with Sydney University (201 and 246 for seven wickets, innings declared closed). Eric P. Barbour, the most promising young batsman in Australia, made 83 and 98 not out for the Schools. In the second innings of the University, R. B. Minnett (96 not out) hit a 6 , four 4’s and a 2 off an over from L. Scott, a fast bowler. Barbour, by the way, distin­ guished himself in the recent senior examinations (Sydney University); he obtained the Latin aud English medals, was second in French, took first-class honours in French, Latin and English, second-class in Greek and third in mathe-. matics. R. C a ss, playing for Grosvenor v. Glebe Junior B ., in Moore Park, Sydney, on November 20 th, took all ten wickets in the second innings for 23 runs. W . B a r d s le y , who stepped off the steamer Orsova at 12.30 on November 27, was at Wentworth Park at 2 o’clock ready to go in first for Glebe against Central Cumberland. He met with a great reception, but did no tall scoring, being dismissed when 21. Exactly a month later he gave indisputable evidence of his powers by making 77 and 149 for New South Wales against Victoria at Mel­ bourne. C. R G o r r y (67) and L. H. Blanksby (54 not out) put on 124 runs together for the last wicket of Glebe against Central Cumberland, at Wentworth Park, Sydney, on November 27 and December 4. The former will be recalled as the player whose inclusion in the last Australian team as second wicket-keeper was strongly advocated in many quarters. F r o m the Sydney R eferee of December 8 th :— “ In twelve innings for Sydney Grammar School this season Eric Barbour has scored 1,085 runs, average 90’41 per innings, and has taken 75 wickets at a cost of about eight runs each. As his position as captain of the School—the highest scholastic position procurable at the S.G.S.—was established last week, it will be seen that success in sports has not in any way retarded his studies. A fortnight’s spell at Cronulla should see him iu good fettle for the inter-State Schools’ match, to be played at Melbourne on December 13. Were he in the State eleven to meet Victoria at Christmas on the Melbourne ground, it would be strengthening.” As stated elsewhere, Barbour played a