Cricket 1910

F e b . 24, 1910. CRICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 21 CRICKET IN AUSTRAL IA . At Tamworth on December 17th the New South Wales team played a match against the local club whilst on their return to Sydney from Brisbane. The total scores were Tamwortli 111 (W. Cameron, 24 ; R. N. Hickson, 23 ; A. J. Maguire, 22 notout): New South Wales, 213 for five wickets (W. Farns­ worth, 67; D. C. Ueid, 52; F. S. Middleton, 34 not ou t, tt. V. Minnett, 28. MELBOURNE CHURCH OF ENGLAND GRAMMAR SCHOOL v. SYDNEY GRAMMAR SCHOOL. Played on the Melbourne C.E.G.S. ground on December 17, IS and 20 and won by the visitors by 132 runs. 1he match dates back to 1876, Sydney winning 20 times, Melbourne 9 and one game ending in a tie. Score :— S ydney G rammar S chool . Second innings, c Fraser, b Law- First innings. E. P. Barbour, c Cuddon, b Law rence.......................... 63 J. C. Lamrock, run out ... 31 H. G. Pratten, c Fraser, b Sheldon .......................... 3 F. Bucklc, c Watson, b O’Hara Wood .................. 105 N. M. Gregg, c Fanning, b Watson ...................12 F. M. Farrar, b Lawrence... 1 G. R. Barry, b Buckley ... 21 rence .......... 19 b B u ck ley ..........23 c Cuddon, b Law­ rence ........... 3 and b O’Hara Wood b Fraser ...........44 b Sh eldon ..........15 c Buckley, b O’Hara Wood ... 51 56 C. F.Garrett,lbw, b Buckley 4 c F a n n in g , Buckley L. Scott, c Dean, b O ’Hara W o o d ..................................15 H. M. De Burgh, not out... 9 W. F. Crawford, st Cuddon, b O’Hara Wood.................. 5 Byes, &c....................... 0 b .. 32 b O’Hara Wood... 49 not out................. 6 b O’Hara Wood... 0 Byes, &c. ... 11 Total .................. 269 Total ...........30 M elbourne C.E.G.S. Second innings. First innings. E. F. Herring, c Pratten, b Scott ..................................13 N. G. Dean, c Gregg, b Barry .................................100 R. Buckley, b G re g g ......... 2 P. O’Hara Wood, b Barry... 42 J. N. Fraser, hit wkt., b Barbour ..........................13 E. G. Cuddon, c Scott, b B a rry..................................37 R. E. Fanning, b Gregg ... 3 R. Watson, lbw, b Gregg... 2 H. F. Maudsley, b Gregg... 3 C. R. Sheldon, c Scott, b G regg.................................. 0 D. H. Lawrence, not out... 10 Byes, &c..............36 c Barry, b Gregg 19 c Do Burgh, b Barry .......... 36 lbw, b Barbour... 0 c Barry, b Bar­ bour .................. 48 c Farrar, b Gregg 21 c Garrett, b Bar­ bour .................. b Gregg .......... c Buckle, b Bar­ bour .................. c and b Gregg ... c Crawford, b Barbour .......... not out.................. Byes, &c. ... Total ...........261 Total..........1S5 SOUTH AUSTRALIA v. NEW SOUTH WALES. Played at Adelaide on December 18, 20 & 21. South Australia won by an innings and i runs. With only Bardsley available of the players who went to England, New South Wales were repre­ sented by a weaker team than usual in this match, but, this fact notwithstanding, the home side gave a capital display of cricket and thoroughly deserved their success—their first over New South Wales at Adelaide for nine years. Rees, who had done so well against Victoria, was omitted from the South Australian team, for which J. N. Crawford made his first appearance. New South Wales gained first use of a splendid wicket, but did not make the most of their good fortune. Bardsley, having made 2, was lbw, and only E. L. Waddy met with much success. The latter played a most valuable game, scoring 118 out of 170 obtained whilst in in 130 minutes ; he hit eighteen 4’s, but was very lucky, seeing that he was missed five times. The next highest score from the bat was only 1 1 , and the only stand of any note was 55 for the seventh wicket with R. B. Minnett. When the home side went in wickets continued to fall, both Mayne and L. R. Hill being out with only 13 scored. Then, as in the match with Victoria, C. Hill and Gehrs pulled the game round. They came together at a critical time, but scored freely and confidently and ran between the wickets with admirable judgment. 50 went up in 40minutes and soon afterwards Gehrs, when 38, should have been stumped off Barnes. Three-figures appeared in an hour and a quarter and 150 at the end of 100 minutes. At 184 Gehrs was o u t: he hit ten 4’s, his best strokes being to leg and drives. Campbell and Claxton failed, and Crawford, who evidently found the wicket too fast, made only 14. The sixth wicket fell at 216, and then followed a valuable stand by the brothers Hill. Clem llill had reached 100 in 130 minutes and made 150 in three hours. His brother did not play a tedious game, but he made so few of the runs that of the 107 put on for the seventh wicket he scored but 29. At 361 Clem Hill’s splendid innings came to an end. In making 205 out of 357 in four hours and five minutes he hit two 5’s and twenty 4’s and made not a single mistake. When 67 he was caught by Stack off a no-ball, but no importance attached to the incident. O’Connor and Whitty made useful scores and put on 30 together for the ninth wicket. When the innings closed the home side led by 213—a very unusual state of things in matches between the two States. During the second day the play was watched by Sir Day Bosanquet, the Governor of South Australia. The task before New South Wales was a heavy one, especially as their side was not at full strength, but a very useful start was made, Bardsley and E. L. Waddy scoring 5S in partnership for the first wicket by very bright cricket. Gow, after making two fine 4’s, was bowled by Crawford (who had gone on at 46) and when the same player dismissed the Rev. E. F. Waddy three wickets were down for 72. Eight runs later Bardsley, who had not shown anything approaching his best form, was caught at slip, but Barnes and Diamond made a tiniely stand, putting on 89 together for the fifth wicket, which fell at 169. Barnes played sound cricket for 90 minutes and hit five 4’s, but Diamond was fortunate, especially when opposed to Crawford. The latter, however, made top score, and hit six 4’s during the two' hours he was in. The brothers Minnett reached double figures but the innings defeat could not be saved. Crawford bowled splendidly and deserved his success. Score and analysis — First innings. W. Bardsley, lbw, b L. R. Ilill .................................. 2 E. L. Waddy, c O’Connor, Whitty .......................118 F. Gow, b O’C on n or.........11 Rev. E. F. Waddy, c and b Wright .........................10 A. Diamond, st Campbell, b Wright ........................... 0 J. C. Barnes, b Crawford... 5 II. L. Collins, b Crawford... 3 R. B. Minnett, c Crawford, b Whitty .........................11 W. J. Stack, run ou t........... 4 L. A. Minnett, c Mayne, b O’Connor ......................... 2 C. R. Gorry, not o u t.........10 B 4, lb 2, nb 2 ........... 8 N ew S outh W ales . Second innings. O’Connor, b Wright .......... S b Crawford... b Crawford... b Crawford... e O’Connor, Whitty ... c Whitty, b Craw­ ford ... c Crawford, b Whitty ... c Campbell, b Crawford... cMayne, b Whitty b Crawford not out... B 4, lb 7, nb 4... Total Total..........209 S outh A ustralia . E. R. Mayne, b L. A. Minnett ................. 4 L. R. Hill, c E. F. Waddy, b L. A. Minnett ................... 3 C. Hill,b R. B. Minnett205 D. R. A. Gehrs, c E. L. Waddy, b R. B. Minnett .................. 72 G. C. Campbell, b It. B. Minnett .................. 0 N. Claxton, b Stack ... 0 J. N. Crawford, c Barnes, b L. A. Min­ nett .......................... 14 S. H ill,bL.A. Minnett 29 J. A. O'Connor, c Dia­ mond, b Collins ... 24 W. J. Whitty, c E. F. Waddy, b L. A. M in nett...................23 A. W. Wright, not out 2 B 16, lb 1, nb 4... 21 Total ...397 N ew S outh W ales . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. L. R. Hill ... 4 0 22 1 ... ... 8 1 24 0 O’Connor ... 11*2 2 34 2 ... ... 7 1 31 0 Whitty ... .. 10 2 38 2 ... ... 14 3 12 3 Crawford ... 11 2 31 2 ... ... 24*1 5 59 6 Wright ... ... 9 2 51 2 ... ... 11 1 31 1 Claxton... ... 3 1 7 0 L. R. Hill bowled five no-ball and Whitty one. S outh A ustralia . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. L. A. Min- IR.B.Minnett 21 5 69 3 nett ... 23-2 3 90 5 Collins........... 12 3 35 1 Stack ... 25 1 122 1 1Barneo........... 9 0 60 0 L. A. Minnett bowled three no-balls and R B. Minnett one. NEW SOUTH WALES v. QUEENSLAND. Played at Sydney on Dec. 31, Jan. 1, 3 & 4. Queensland won by three wickets. Winning the toss, New South Wales gave a poor batting display on the first day and were always playing an up-hill game afterwards. After Thomas had been stumped, Cranney and R. V. Minnett looked like making a good stand, but when the latter had made 36 he was obliged to retire owing to a ball bowled by Hayes striking him on the mouth and damaging his tongue. The only good stand of the innings was by Goddard and Hodgkinson, who put on 61 together by quiet cricket for the fifth wicket. The latter showed the best cricket on the tide, and Goddard played well for an hour and a- quartcr for 52. The last five wickets, however, fell for 27, and the innings closed for 185. Redgrave took four wickets at moderate cost, but MacLaien suffered through the inability of the slips to hold catches. Queensland lost Hartigan, bowled off his elbow, at 6 , and Thomson (a left-hander) had made only half-a-dozen when a very fast ball from Scott caused him to retire hurt. Fletcher and Redgrave then made a determined stand, though both were hit by Scott’s expresses. During their partnership Ilarvey, the wicket-keeper, sustained a dislocated finger, and his position was taken by Goddard who, allowing several byes, gave way to Cranney. Fletcher batted 80 minutes for his 47—a fine and valuable innings. Redgrave put on 44 more with Crouch (who was struck on the head by a ball from Scott) and was then caught at the wicket after bat­ ting an hour and three-quarters for 92: he gave a bright and attractive display and hit sixteen 4’s. Thomson then resumed his innings, but the bowlers obtained four successes so quickly that the total was only 212 when the seventh wicket fell. Crouch played an unattractive but most useful game, whilst Hutclieon hit freely and claimed 27 of the 31 runs added in 13 minutes for the eighth wic-ket. Evans, missed when 11, also made runs rapidly, scoring, in fact, 52 of the 55 put on in 47 minutes for the ninth w ickct: he hit eight 4’s. MacLaren then went in, last man, and Crouch, who at one period had batted 36 minutes wiihout making a run,'played more freely. So good an account of themselves did the pair give that the tenth wicket increased the total by 81. The total, the largest ever made by the State agauistN S.W ., realised 379, made in three hours and three-quarters. Goddard took four wickets for 49, and Scott did considerably more damage than perusal of the score-sheet shows. With arrears amounting to 194 New S«>utli Wales lost Cranney at 2, but R. V. Minnctt and Thomas put on 131 for the second wicket, and the former and Barbour 210 for the fourth. Thomas scored 65 in an hour and a-half, but was missed when 25. Minnett played an excellent game, and hit fifteen 4’s in making 169 out of 362 in 260 minutes : the only chance he gave was when 128, Evans then missing him at the wicket. Barbour also rendered his side much service by scoring well at a critical time, but he was missed three times—twice (at 14 and 45) before making 50. He obtained liis 124 out of 262 in three hours and a-half and hit thirteen 4 s. Although the last six wickets put on only 53, Queensland were set as many as 224 to win. lJartigan had been obliged to return to Brisbane owing to business, and therefore the visitors’ task was not an easy one. With 10 scored Fletcher was run out, and, although Crouch put on 59 for the sccond wicket with Thomson and 39 for the third with Redgrave, half the side were out for 119. Hutcheon and MacLaren, despite many changes in bowling, then pulled the game round, and before they were parted had made success for their sie’e almost a matter of certainty. In an hour they added 96, of which Hutcheon, who hit a 5 and seven 4’s, claimed 63. Benbow was soon out, but the few remaining runs were obtained without further loss, Queensland gaining a well-merited success by three wickets. MacLaien played another most valuable innings, and in the match scored S3 runs without losing Lis wickct. Score and analysis : N kw S outh W ales . G. Thomas, st Evans, b Hayes.................................. 4 st Evans, b Hayes C5 H. Cranney, c Hartigan, b R edgrave..........................19 runout.................... 2 R. V. Minnett, c Hayes, b Redgrave..........................39 c Evans, b Hayesl69 E. P. Barbour, b Thom­ son ......................................13 not out F. S. Middleton, run out ... l b Lewis H. Goddard, c Hutcheon, b Redgrave .............................52 b Redgrave, J. Hodgkinson, c Thom­ son, b Lewis ...................... 27 run out J. Scott, c Ilutcheon, b 124 5 12 Redgrave G. Harvey, b Lewis .......... J. Randell, c Hutcheon, b M acLaren......................... J. Smith, not out ........... B 5 ,lb 3 ................... b MacLaren run out c Hedgravc, Mac Laren lbw, b Hayes 0 12 Total ...185 B 17, lb 1, w l 19 Total.. ...417