Cricket 1910

J an . 27, 1910. CRICKET not out innings of 124 for New South Wales against Queensland in the first week of January. S o o n after his return from England Trumper scored 117 not out for W . R. Iredale’s X I. against Sydney Church of England Grammar School at North Sydney. The School won by four wickets, scoring 212 runs in 85 minutes. S. M o o r e a n d V. Y. D e a n e put on 248 runs together for the fifth wicket of North Sydney against Balmain at Birchgrove on December 11th. The former scored 139, and when play ceased for the day with five men out for 378 Deane carried out his bat for 12 2 . T h e most prolific run-getter this season in New South Wales, not even excepting Eric Barbour, has been Edgar L. Waddy. To November 171h he had made 1,008 runs in seven completed innings, his scores being 72 not out, 166 not out (Commercial Travellers v. Singleton), 34, 48, 85, 266 (made out of 352 in 125 minutes for Newcastle Half-Holiday v. Marcus Clark & Co.), 51, 161 (New South Wales 1st X I. v. 2nd X I.), and 125 (at Newcastle). Since then he has made 112 (Central Cumberland v. Glebe on December 4th), 112 not out (Com­ mercial Travellers v. Ramblers on December 11th), and 118 New South Wales v. South Australia on December 18th). When he obtained the last- mentioned score, the next highest in the completed innings of 184 was only 11! His two brothers, the Rev. Percy S., and the Rev. Ernest F., have, like himself, made their hundreds in first-class cricket. In a match at Wingham (N.S.W.) in the second week of December between Marlee and Little Dingo, A. Cameron hit 32 runs (4, 6 , 6 , 6 , 6 , 4) off an over from L. Fahey. T h e chief feature of Brisbane Premier­ ship matches during the present season has been the consistent batting of S. J. Redgrave, the ex-Sydney player. In con­ secutive innings for South Brisbane he scored 122 v. Toowong, 121 not out v. Valley II, and 124 v. Nundah. K e n n y B u r n , whose retirement from cricket was announced a short time ago, made a welcome reappearance in the A grade match between East and West Hobart on November 13th. In the latter’s innings of 106 he made a couple of splendid catches and later, going in first, contributed 60 to a total of 128 for five wickets and carried out his bat. On the following Saturday ho took his score to 87 and was then run out when seem­ ingly well set for his hundred. T h e Tasmanian Mail records that the battle-scarred stumps which the East Hobart “ C ” graders took to South Hobart on November 20 tli to do duty in the match against West Hobart, failed to pass muster, and were rejected as “ worn out and unfit for active service.” A WEEKLY RECORD OF In consequence it was found necessary to borrow stumps from the South Hobart Club. Two instances of three separate hun­ dreds being made in an innings reach me from Tasmania. The first occurred in a country match between Bagdad and Aps- ley for the Dennistoun Wood trophy on November 20th, when A. Sattler scored 104, C. Calvert 103 (retired) and W. Holmes 101 (retired) for the former, whose total amounted to 474. It would appear that the Bagdad captain attaches more importance to individual success than to winning the match, for after his side had completed their innings there remained only sufficient time for Apsley to make 59 for six wickets. On the following Saturday F.Tabartmade 106 (retired), H. Dawbarn 100 (retired) and F. Lohrey 100 against The Coast for St. Mary’s, who made 415 runs and won by 332. E. A. W i n d s o r made 100 and 105 for East Launceston v. North Launceston, on the Launceston ground on November 20 and 27. He is the second Launceston cricketer to make two hundreds in a match, J. H . Savigny having scored 106 and 149 not out for Launceston against Cornwall eight years before. On Decem­ ber 4th Windsor scored 166 not out for East Launceston against South, thus making three separate hundreds on suc­ cessive Saturdays. A. E. R e lf, who has again been engaged to coach and play in Auckland, will receive ±500 for his services—no mean sum for about three months’ actual work. In previous seasons he was paid ±350. From this one may infer that the game is flourishing in the Dominion. I hear that Humphreys, of Kent, who gave every satisfaction to Christchurch cricketers in 1908-9, was not re-engaged this season as he required an extra ± 100 . A t Auckland on December 4th S. P. Jones, the old Australian cricketer, played an almost faultless innings of 10 1 not out for Grafton against Ponsonby. 39 of the runs had been made on the previous Saturday. T h e annual report and balance sheet of the New Zealand Cricket Council, which has been forwarded to me by Mr. F. C. Raphael, the honorary secretary, shows that, although there was a debit balance of ±68 18s. Id. on the year’s working, the financial position has improved. It is stated that it is confidently anticipated that during the present season, when a team from Australia will visit the Dominion, the overdraft will be paid off altogether. I t is reported in the New Zealand Press that the president of the Hawke's Bay Cricket Association (Mr. E. H . Williams) writes from England that it is practically certain that the next M.C.C. English team to visit Australia will include New Zealand in its tour. GAME. 11 G o r d o n W h i t e , in the match at Johannesburg on November 27th and December 4tli between Pirates and Pirates A, was in his best all-round form. On the first day he took nine wickets in an innings for 47 runs and on the other made a hundred. F r o m the Ceylon Sportsman :— “ We learn authoritatively that two prominent Malay sportsmen are prepared to defray all expenses if the Indian team selected to go to England in 1911 will come over to Ceylon to meet a Ceylonese com­ bination in a series of Test games. If this cannot be arranged they are prepared to pay the expenses of the Ceylonese team to Bombay and back for this purpose. It id very sportsmanlike of these gentle­ men, and we have no doubt that the authorities responsible for the selection of the Indian team will give the matter due consideration.” In a match played on December 9th and 10th between the Maharajah of Kuch Behar’s X I. and the Gordon Highlanders Robson, o f Somerset, made 122 for the former side and G. H . S. Fowke 141 for the latter. The last-named will be recalled as an old Uppingham boy who has appeared on a few occasions for Leicester­ shire. “ W a n d e r e r ” of the Sportsman states that Sir Dorabjee Jamsetjee Tata, the recipient of Knighthood in the New Year’s Honours List, has given his collection of cricket literature, which has been accumulating for about thirty years, to the M.C.C., of which he is a member, and with whose secretary he was, I believe, contemporaneous at Cambridge. The total number of volumes presented by Sir Dorabjee, who is now on his way home to Bombay, is said to be about five hundred. B. J a y a r a m , one o f the finest Indian batsman at the present time, continues to score well. On December 15th he made 138 not out for Bangalore Gymk­ hana against Kolar Gold Fields. Only 44 other runs were obtained whilst he was in. T h e following interesting note reaches me from V o l k s r u s t “ Playing for the Civil Service against Volksrust C.C. (champions of the Eastern Transvaal and Northern Natal) J. du Plessis took six wickets for 7 runs. H is second over was remarkable :— 1 st ball .—2 runs. 2 nd ball.—A wicket. 3rd ball.—A wicket. 4th ball.—Easy catch dropped : 2 runs. 5th ball.—No-ball, hit middle stump. 6 th ball.—A wicket. 7th ball.—A wicket. He is only sixteen years of age and was discovered by Mr. T. S. Wakeford, J.P. (an old Tonbridgian), as recently as November last, since when, playing for the Volksrust C.C., he has taken nineteen wickets for 95 runs— a remarkable occur­ rence, as he had never previously played in a match of any description. He bowls left-hand, fast, and has a short run, easy delivery, and a natural leg break : he can also break back occasionally without any perceptible variation of pace or action. An effort is being made to send him to