Cricket 1910

12 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J an . 27, 1 9 1 0 . Johannesburg, where he would receive proper training. I am confident that, if coached well, he would ultimately prove of great service to South African cricket.” The same correspondent adds :— “ R. T. Murray, playing for Volksrust in the match above referred to, took seven wickets for 8 runs in the second innings, four o f them with successive balls. In the same match T. S. Wakeford made 80 runs of the Civil Service total o f 1G0 without giving a chance. Civil Service won by 30 runs.” A c c o r d i n g to the Neiu York H erald, the Gentlemen of Philadelphia have been invited to visit Jamaica again this spring. A te a m representing Toronto Zingari will, it is stated, next year tour England. The matches of the tour will begin towards the end of June, after which there will not be half a dozen vacant dates until the end of the trip, about the middle of August. Am ong the teams that are likely to be met are the Gentlemen of M.C.O., of Essex, Cheshire, Surrey, Sussex, and Liverpool, the Green Jackets, United Services, Royal Artillery (Woolwich), Royal Engineers, the St. Lawrence (Canterbury), Folkestone and Blackheath Clubs. The final matches will be against Phoenix and Leinster in Ireland, the tour being the outcome of the visit o f the Gentlemen o f Ireland to the States. Most of the matches will be of two days’ duration. A t Singapore last month Capt E. I. M. Barrett, the old Hampshire cricketer, made 99 out of a possible 105 in the com ­ petition for the National Rifle Association Medal. In firing off the tie he won by ten points to eight. CR ICKET IN HONG KONG . This, the first match of the Hong Kong Triangular League, was played on December 16th. The Army scored 370 for four wickets in one hundred and thirty minutes, and, altogether, 645 runs were made in four hours and a-quarter. Baird hit six 6 ’s in his 125. Score:— A rm y . Captain Beasley, b Mulleneux ............. 30 Staff.-Sergt. Power, not out ....................144 Captain Garnett, b Mulleneux ........... 0 Capt. Baird, c Lewis, b Noble ....................125 Capt. Crawford, lbw, b Lewis ................... 0 Capt. Clapham, not out ......................... 41 B 28, lb 2 ...........30 Total (4 wkts) *370 * Innings declared closed. Capt. Green, Capt. Addison, Lieut. Hitchcock, Lieut. Bagnall and Lieut. Brierley did not bat. N AVY. Rev. Maundrell, c Green, b Garnett ... 43 Asst.-Paymstr. Oliver, b Baird .................... 1 Commander Lewis, b Bagnall ...................149 Lieut. Tovey, c Green, b Addison ........... 0 Lieut.-Comdr. Noble, b Addison ..............27 Flag-Lt. Mulleneux, not out ..................... 26 B 24, lb 5 ..............29 Total (5 wkts) 275 Lieut. Iladdon, Lieut. Forsyth, Lieut. Tweedie Corpl. Brant and Lieut. Moore did not bat. G. C. Collins (113 not out) and H. W. Taylor (105 not out) put on 232 without being parted for the second wicket of Queen’s Park v. Zingari at Durban on December 18. At Johannesburg on November 27th G. St. Leger Devenish made 221 for Wanderers Old Crocks v. Gold Fields Juniors. CR ICKETERS AND THE G ENER AL ELECT ION . Several persons well known in the cricket world have been standing for Parliament during the present month. Among those who have been returned are the following:— lit. Hon. Akers-Douglas (U.), Kent (St. Augustine’s). (A Past President of the Kent County C C.) Mr. H. L. Brackenbury (U.), Lincolnshire (Louth). (President of the Lincolnshire County C.C.) Mr. W. C. Bridgeman (U.), Shropshire (Oswestry). (Eton, Cambs. Univ., and Staffordshire.) Capt. G. D. Faber ( U .) ................. Clapham. (Marlborough.) Mr. H. W. Forster (U.) - - Kent (Sevenoaks). (Eton, Ox. Univ., and Hants.) Mr. C A. Grenfell (R.), Cornwall (Bodmin). (Eton.) Mr. Laurence Hardy (U.) - - Kent (Ashford). (A Past President of the Kent County C.C.) Col. A. H. Heath (U.) - Staffordshire (Leek). (Clifton, Ox. Univ., Glouces., and Staffordshire.) Mr. E. G. Hemmerde, K.C. (L.), Denbigh (Bromfield). (Winchester.) Lt.-Col. Sir G. Kemp (R.), Manchester (N.W.). (Shrewsbury, Cambs. Univ., and Lancashire.) Rt. Hon. Alfrei Lyttleton, K.C. (U.), St. George’s, Hanover Sq. (Eton, Cambs. Univ., Middlesex, and Past President of M.C.C.) Mr. A. Priestley ( R .) ................... Grantham. ( A great enthusiast. Took a team to the West Indies in 1897.) Col. C. E. Warde, J.P. (U.), Kent (Melway). (A Vice-President of the Kent County C.C.) Among those who were not elected were:— Rt. Hon. R. K. Cau 3 ton, (R.), Southwark (Westminster). (Surrey County C.C. Committee.) Mr. C. T. Giles, K.C. (U.) - - Southampton. (Harrow.) Mr. H. M. Hyniman (Soc.) - - - Burnley. (Sussex.) Rt. Hon. J. A. Pease (R.), Essex (Saffron Walden). (Durham County.) S. Hill-Wood ( U . ) ------Derby (High Peak). (Derbyshire.) BOOKS RECEIVED. Ayres' Lawn-Tennis Almanack, 1910. Edited by A. Wallis Myers. London : F. H. Ayres, Ltd., Ill, Aldersgate Street, E.C. Price, Is. Glebe District Cricket Club. Annual Report, 1908-9. N.S.W. Cricket Association. Annual Report, Balance Sheet and Record of Matches, &c. Season 1908-9. N.S. W. Cricket Association. Rules. District Com­ petition Matches. Season 1909-10. New Zealand Cricket Council. Annual Report and Balance Sheet for 1908-9. New Zealand Cricket Council. Roll of Honour 1895 to 1909. Christchurch: the Lyttelton Times, Ltd. Tasmanian Cricket Association. Report of Season 1908-9. (43rd Annual Circular.) Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack for 1910. Edited by Sydney H. Pardon. London : John Wisden and Co., 21, Cranbourn Street, E.C. Price, Is. net. Bussey's Cricketer’s Diaryand Companion. London : Geo. G. Bussey & Co. Price, 6 d. and 3d. Playing for Gin Gin v. Marouchy, in Queensland on November 17, J. Whalley made 32 off an over, and obtained 16 from the three succeeding balls of the next over. J. McAuliffe made 109 not out in a total of 130 for Gooragooby v. Gymnasium at Gooragooby (Queens­ land) on November 20 th. CRICKET ON TH E GOLD COAST. Played at Osu on December 10, 11, 17 and 18 and won by Osu by 71 runs. In the first innings of St. Edmonds Fleischer took seven wickets for 12 runs and in the second C. A. Holm four for 3. Montey Sackey took ten wickets for 53. Score:— Osu. First innings. Second innings. H. C. Svanikier, b Addo ... 23 st Ashong, b M. Sackey ...........2 6 W. D. Briandt, b Hudson... 5 b A d d o................11 C. A. Akwettey, c Ashong, b M. Sackey ................... 6 c Squire, b Addo 5 C. C. Lokko, b A ddo...........14 b Hudson .......... 0 J. E. Fleischer, b M. Sackey 14 c Addo, C. A. Holm, b Addo ... b M. Sackey 3 c Hudson, b M. Sackey 14 J. W. Acquaye, b M. Sackey 0 b Ammah ...........II A. W. Clerk, not ou t...........12 not out ............. 6 E. H. Schandorf, b Addo... 3 b M. Sackey ... 0 C. M. Holm, run ou t........... 0 b Ammah ... ... 3 Byes, &c....................... 13 Leg-byes ... 3 Total ................... 93 Total... ... 89 St. E dmonds . First innings. Second innings. E. 13. Addy, b Fleischer ... 0 b C. A. Holm ... 0 C. Squire, b Svanikicr 7 b Fleischer... ... 5 A. W. K. Thompson, c Acquaye, b Fleischer ... 1 b Briandt ... ... 1 J. W. Hudson, lbw, b Svanikier .......................... 1 absent ........... ... 0 E. Addo, b Fleischer........... 4 c Akwettey, b Fleischer... ... 14 W. K. Ammah, b Fleischer 5 c Clerk, b C. A. Holm ... 0 J. E. Kofi, c Svanikier, b Fleischer .......................... 5 not out ... 16 M. Sackey, c and b Fleischer 1 b C. A. Holm ... 26 C. A. Ashong, hit wkt 0 c C. A. Holm,, b Fleischer... ... 13 A. Dodoo, not out ........... 3 c Acquaye, b C. A. Holm ... ... 0 J. Bannerman, c and b c Fleischer, b S van ik ier.......................... 7 Akwettcy ... 0 Bye ........................... 1 Leg-bye ... 1 Total .................. 35 Total... ... 76 W IS D E N * Wisden’s Almanack , which has now reached its forty-seventh edition, seems to improve with age, and one would be justified in saying of i t :— Those who know it know all words are fain t: To those who know it not no words can paint. Nearly 700 pages of matter are contained in the volume, and he who would search through them unsuccessfully for some information concerning the cricket of 1909 wou’d be a minute dissector of cricketana indeed. The chief features of the publication are too well- known to need citation, but special attention may be directed to Lord Harris’ article on “ Modern Batting ” and the “ Notes by the Editor.” Mr. Toppiu has again contributed a sound chapter on the Public Schools, whilst Mr. A. C. Denham, in a series of in‘eresting tables, summarises Hirst’swonder­ ful career in first-class cricket. The Austra­ lian tour is dealt with ably aud fully, but in the section devoted to “ Cricket in Australia” the inter-State matches played by Queensland, Tasmania and West Australia are not given, although they rank as first-class. And could not space have been spared for reference to the visit paid by the Gentlemen of Ireland to America ? It seems ungrateful and un­ gracious to mention these matters, consider­ ing to what an extent Mr. Pardon makes every follower of the game indebted to him, but one has come to regard the volume as so comprehensive and complete that when an apparent short-coming is noted one feels eager to publish the fact from the house-tops. However that may be, Wisden is s*ill incom­ parable and iudispensable. * Wisden's Cricketers' Almanackfor 1910. Edited by Sydney H. Pai’don. London :-J o h n Wisden & Co., 21, Cranbourn Street, Leicester Square. 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