Cricket 1910

F e b . 2 4 i 1 9 1 0 . CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. V ictoria . First Innings. Second Innings. O. M. R. W. O. M.. R. W. 13 1 63 2 .. ... 27 3 120 2 21 2 77 3 ... ... 34 5 109 2 13 5 31 3 ... ... 28-2 5 95 4 35 2 13 2 ... ... 18 . , 1 81 2 Woolcock ... 3 1 17 0 Quist ... ... 1 0 11 0 Crawford Wliitty ... O’Connor Wright ... Woolcock bowled a wide and Crawford a no-ball. First innings. S outh A ustralia . Second innings. O. M. R. W. 0 . M. R. W. Saunders .. 28-4 10 70 3 ... ... 27 2 6 69 5 Armstrong ... 34 8 72 2 ... ... 28 9 59 3 Matthews ... 15 1 58 0 ... ... 15 4 36 1 leaver ... .. 27 6 64 1 ... ... 17 6 25 1 Hansford .. 3 0 8 0 ... Kenny ... ... 19 3 58 3 ... !" 3 0 11 0 Scott ... ... 6 1 19 0 ... ...- 7 4 12 0 Armstrong bowled three no-balls. NEW SOUTH WALES v. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. Hayed at Sydney on January 8 , 10 and 11. South Australia won by seven wickets. Much interest centred in this match, as a victory would enable South Australia to regain the Sheffield Shield for the first time since 1893-4. With C. and I,. R. Hill, Gelirs, Claxton, Dolling, Rees, Hewer, Noble, Trumper, Cotter and Carter away, neither side was at full strength, and in the absence of the usual captaius the teams were led by Mayne and Diamond. S. E. Gregory did not reach Sydney until January 10th and was therefore not available. It had been arranged that the match should start on Friday, but as that between Victoria and South Australia was not over until the Thursday the com­ mencement did not take place until the Saturday. The home side gave a disappointing display upon winning the toss and going in first. The first six wickets fell in pairs, Bardsley and Barnes being out at 23, Diamond and R. V. Minnctt at 44 and Waddy and Kellcway at 53. Hopkins and Emery added 20 together, but, after lasting 100 minutes, the innings closed for 92. Whitty and O’Connor, both ex-Sydney men, bowled capitally, the former, who took five wickets for 43 runs, at times making the ball rise awkwardly owing to the ground being rather over-watered at one end. The visitors, thanks chiefly to Mayne, made a useful start, Leak helping to make 55 for the first wicket in 45 minutes (his own share, however, was only 10), Crawford 23 for the second in 25, and S. Hill the same number for the third. Mayne, third out (ut 101), obtained his 61 in 90 m inutes: he made some splendid strokes, especially in front of point. Woolcock 8 co:ed 18 out of 30 in 25 minutes, but, after Mayne and Hill had been parted, there was such a collapse that the ninth wicket fell at 139. Emery, who was chiefly responsible for the down­ fall at one period took four wickets for 6 runs. When it seemed likely that the innings would soon be over, Whitty and Wright made a useful stand, and during the 40 minutes they were together put on 68 for the last wicket. It was a lucky, though plucky, partnership. Emery was the most successful bowler, but several catches were missed off Stack. 115 runs behind, New South Wales fared so badly in their second innings that by the time the score had reached 116 Bardsley, Barnes, Waddy, R. V. Minnett, Diamond, and Hopkins had all been sent back. Crawford was bowling admirably and was chiefly the cause of the low scoring. Kelleway, who had gone in upon the fall of the fourth wicket (at 68 ) was then joined by Emery, and the success of the South Australians was checked, 45 being added ere the last-named was caught at long-off for 30 of the number. Of the succeeding 27 runs put on Stack made 8 and was then bowled by Crawford. Eight men were then out for 188, and the position was still almost hope­ less when L. A. Minnett partnered Kelleway. The last-named had been playing a fine game for his side, apparently quite unperturbed by the disasters with which his comrades had met. Gradually Craw­ ford tired, and runs came more readily. The Surrey man, however, it was who was responsible for the break-up of the partnership, which had realised exoctly 100 for the ninth wicket in 63 minutes. L. A. Minnett was then bowled for a most valuable 37, and one run later Kelleway was caught at point for a faultless innings of 108 made out of 221 in two hours and three-quarters : he made his runs when his side was in a bad position, and, in obtaining his first hundred in inter-State cricket, hit thirteen 4’s. Crawford, in addition to being the m ost successful bowler, was also the most active man in the field. Set 175 to win, South Australia lost Leak at 10 and Mayne, who played another sound innings, at 65. Any possibility of a collapse was put out of the question by Hill and Crawford, who, batting freely on a wicket eased by light rain, put on 109 for the third wicket in 70 minutes, thereby making the crame a tie. In order to give the side the winning hit, Waddy went on (in his sweater) to bowl, and off his first ball Hill was smartly stumped for a vigorous innings of 62. With Woolcock in, the match was won without further loss by South Australia, who therefore obtained the Sheffield Shield for the year. Hill gave one chance and hit five 4’s, whilst Craw­ ford, who made four 4’s, played a faultless game. It was a capital win for the viritors, bearing in mind how unrepresentative a side they had. Score and analysis:— N ew S outh W ales . First innings. Second innings. W.Bardsley,lbw,bO’Connor 8 c Leak, b Craw­ ford .................. 11 E. L. Waddy, c Desmazures, c Quist, b Craw- b Whitty .......... ...........30 J. C. Barnes, b O’Connor... 0 A. Diamond, b Whitty ... 12 R. V. Minnett, b W hitty... 0 C. Kelleway, b O’Connor... 0 A. J. Hopkins, b Whitty .. 13 S. H. Emery, run out ... 7 W. J. Stack, c O’Connor, b Whitty .......................... 6 L. A. Minnett, notout ... 0 C. R. Gorry, b Crawford ... 10 B 1, lb 4, nb 1 ........... 6 b ... 10 b ... 30 ... 6 b ..108 Total ... 92 ford c Campbell, Crawford c Campbell, O’Connor b Crawford... c Woolcock, Crawford lbw, b O’Connor.. S c Leak, b Quist... 30 b Crawford........... 8 b Crawford... ... 37 not out ........... 1 B 23, lb 4, nb 4 31 Total.......... 289 S outh A ustralia . First innings. Second innings. E. H. Leak, c Gorry, b K ellew ay..........................10 b Emery ............. E. R. Mayne, c Waddy, b L. A. Minn e tt.................. 61 J. N. Crawford, b Slack S. Hill, b Emery........... A. Woolcock, b Emery ... 18 notout... K. H. Quist, c Gorry, b Hopkins .......................... 3 P. Desmazures, b Emery... 0 J. A. O’Connor, c Bardsley, b Hopkins.......................... 2 G. C. Campbell, b Emery... 4 W. J. Whitty, b Emery ... 34 A. W. Wright, uot out ... 28 B 10, lb 8 , w 1, nb 1... 20 c L. A. Minnett, b Hopkins ... 35 12 notout..................73 15 st Gorry, bWaddy 62 ‘ ... 4 B 3, lb 1 Total ...................207 N ew S outh W ales . Second Total (3 wkts)178 W hitty ... O’Connor Crawford 0 . M. R. W. O. M. R. W. 16 4 43 5 ......... . 25 7 54 0 11 4 30 3 ......... . 22 2 76 2 5 0 13 1 ......... . 27 2 92 7 W right......... . 3 1 8 0 Desmazures.. . 1 0 4 0 Quist ......... . 7 0 24 1 Whitty bowled a no-ball. S outh A ustralia . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Emery ........... 17-1 3 55 5 ... ... 14 0 89 1 L. A. Minnett 8 0 47 1 ... ... 16 1 58 0 Kelleway 13 3 31 1 ... .,.. 10 0 27 0 Stack ........... 17 3 39 1 ... ... 3 0 14 0 Hopkins 6 1 15 2 ... ,.. 9 0 82 1 Waddy ,.. 03 0 4 1 Stack bowled a wide. At Sydney on January 26th, 27th, 28th and 29th Victoria (180 and- 279) were beaten by New South Wales (161 and 299 for four wickets) by six wickets In the final stage of the game Gregory (S.E.) scored 169 not out. At Melbourne on January 29tli, 31st, February 1st and 2 nd, Victoria (660) beat Tasmania (318 and 216) by an innings and 126 runs. G. Healy scored 218 and F. Vaughan 150. At Brisbane on February 4th, 5th and 7th, Victoria (375 and 276) beat Queensland (205 and 94) by 352 runs. For Victoria Kenny Fcored 164 and 100 not out and B. Kortlang 116. Saunders took six wickets for 35 runs. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. E. C rawley (South Africa).—(a) Owing to a difference concerning the methods of a fast bowler; ( 6 ) A bowler has been known to remove the middle- stump without dislodging a bail; (r) Hayward visited Australia in 1897-8, 1901-2 and 1903-4. A.G.S.— (a) Green. There is no rule limiting the width, which accordingly varies on different ground. (0) The batsman would be out, the ball being neither a wide nor a no-ball. A.C.D.—Many thanks. See Scores and Bioaraphies VI., 226, and VII., 133. CRICKET IN TASMAN IA . NORTH V. SOUTH. Played at Launceston on December 27, 28 and 29. The South won by 13 runs* After losing half their wickets for 94, the South scored 318, thanks mainly to Chancellor and Hale, who put 011 114 together, aud to Keith Bailey, who played the best innings of his career in making 54 not out. The batting of Harrison, Windsor and McKenzie enabled the North to obtain a lead of 2 on the innings, and when the South were afterwards put out for 149 a victory for the home side appeared probable. Hale, who alone met with much success, hit ten 4’s in his 56. The cricket was keen through­ out, and the South eventually won a close game by 13 runs. Facy dismissed Windsor, Smith and Elliott with consecutive balls and had much to do with his side’s success. Score and analysis :— S outh . First innings. D. Paton, c Thomas, b M cDonald... .................. 0 J. Hudson, lbw, b Windsor 4 N. Dodds, c and b Windsor 3 K. Eltham, b McKenzie .. 48 S. Frost, b McKenzie.......... 2 F. Chancellor, c Windsor, b McDonald .................. 86 T. Carroll, b McDonald ... 0 H. Hale, run out.................. 67 P. Payue, b McKenzie 24 K. Bailey, not out ...........54 A. C. Facy, c Tomlinson, b E llio t..................................15 Byes, &c ......................16 Second innings. b W indsor........ I b McDonald .. ' c Thomas, McDonald c McKenzie, McDonald b McDonald c S m i t h , Windsor ........ 8 c Smith,bWindsor 3 st T h o m a 8 , Windsor ... st T h o m a s , Windsor ... b Windsor ... not out........... Byes, &c. b .. 12 b .. 17 .. 6 b b ... 56 b ... 9 ... 7 ... 9 ... 9 Total ...318 N orth . First innings. N. R. Westbrook, c Paton, b Carroll .......................... H. O. Smith, c and b Paton L. R. Tumilty, c Eltham, b Facy ................................. E. W. Harrison, b Frost ... E. A. Windsor, c Facy, b Chancellor.......................... T. Elliot, b Facy.................. S. McKenzie, not out.......... K. Westbrook, run out ... A. Thomlinson, b Facy ... L. Thomas, st Payne, b Chancellor.......................... G. McDonald, lbw, b Paton Byes, &c. ...........18 Total.......... 149 Second innings. Total 15 b Facy........... ... 15 29 b Facy........... ... 0 8 b Facy........... ... 4 69 b Facy........... ... 0 74 c and b Facy ... 4 10 b Facy........... ... 0 49 b Facy........... ... 22 18 b F acy........... ... 26 0 n otou t.......... ... 27 c C a rro ll, b 2 Chancellor ... 3 28 c C a r r o l l , b Chancellor ... 8 18 Byes, &c. ... 15 .320 Total ...134 S outh . First innings. O. M. R. W. McDonald .. 22 4 94 3 Windsor . 16 0 97 2 . McKenzie . 17 2 70 3 Thomlinson... 3 0 24 0 Elliot ......... . 2 0 10 1 Harrison . 1 0 7 0 Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 21 5 54 4 ... 20 4 86 6 N orth . First innings. O. M. R. W. Facy ... .,.. 32 in 77 3 Chancellor .... 16 4 59 2 Paton ... ,... 23 4 66 2 Carroll ... ,... 16 3 50 1 Frost ... .,.. 13 2 40 1 Bailey ... , 2 " 10 0 Second O. ... 28 ... 24 innings. M. R. W. 9 58 8 10 49 2 0 12 0 The B grade match between North and South, played at Hobart on December 27 and 28, was won by the South by an innings and 81 runs. The totals were 438 (E. R. Facy, 109; E. Tudor, 99) against 110 and 247. Mr. S. Hill Wood’s dog, Heavy Weapon, won the Waterloo Cup on Friday last. The successful owner will be recognized as a former captain of the Derbyshire Eleven. J. H. Board scored 98 for Hawke’s Bay v. Poverty Bay on January 3rd.