Cricket 1910

CRICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. S e p t , 15, 1910. to jottings old and curious, in which every good thing shall be rescued from oblivion with thanks. ____________________ H.P.-T. FAST BOWLERS’ METHODS. The following comments appear in the current issue of the Lancet :— “ These exhibitions of useful, but now un­ conscious, reflex activity, arise in this way. The fast bowler after a run sufficiently long and rapid to develop his full motive force has to stop suddenly and change his leg energy largely and arm energy. He has to throw all his bodily weight into the transformation, and, inasmuch as he must not go beyond the crease, he comes to learn by experience how best to take his steps so as to obtain the greatest (ffort and velocity at a given place. And so at last he acquires little arts of pacing, a skip here, a short step or jump there, a straight run in a third place, all of which ultimately settle down into a definite group of movements, and become the ‘ style ’ or ‘ action ’ by which he is known. “ Henceforth it is unnecessary for him to trouble himself with the preliminaries of his delivery. He measures out, generally with his eye, a certain number of paces behind the wicket, knowing that his organised ‘ com­ plex ’ will most certainly land him at the de­ sired spot with the full velocity at the right moment. Assured of this, all his attention may be devoted to the length or spin of the ball he is about to deliver. “ One fast bowler in the Surrey team has a very peculiar run; he marks off about twenty yards behind the wicket, then, after running five yards, he gives a little skip, then he runs ten yards and gives another little skip, after which he finishes the run and delivers the ball. Another bowler, in the Worcestershire team, makes a series of short steps, looking at a distance like quick taps on the ground, at the commencement of his run, but he lands with unerring certainty at the point beyond the limits of which he must not go. “ These deposited complexes are wonder­ fully true in their result: if left to themselves they rarely betray the confidence of the bowler who trusts in them. Now and then the co-ordinated elements of the run are upset, and the bowler delivers a ‘ no-ball,’ but in comparison with the number of balls bowled this is a very rare occurrence. The perfected complex is arrived at by practice, and this can easily be seen by comparing the difficulty caused by the run to the long jumper with the facility acquired by the fast bowler. Each has at a given place, the one with both legs behind a line, the other with one leg behind a line, to rapidly alter his action. The bowler’s run becomes so mechanical that he never thinks of it while bowling—if he were forced so to think he could not bowl. The long jumper, whose course of practice (at any rate in this country) is of the smallest by comparison, has his take-off alwajs in his mind, and in com petitions often owes his failure to this fact. There were once two well-known long jumpers at the same university who took curious runs, and many may know to whom reference is being made. In practice these two men were always successful in taking-off correctly, but in public competitions they failed because, in their anxiety to toe the line accurately, they devoted attention to the run instead of leaving it to their formed ‘ complex,’ with the result that they failed to win because, litera ly, of misdirected energy. THE AUSTRALIAN TEAM IN NEW ZEALAND. At a meeting of the New Zealand Cricket Council on July 28th the following state­ ment of receipts and expenditure in connec­ tion with the tour of the Australian team was submitted;— Amounts of guarantees, £1,100. Proceeds of Test matches: — First match (at Christchurch) : Gross takings, £341 2s., less ground charges and ex­ penses, £103 13s. 8 d .; net takings, £237 8s. 4d. Second Test match (at Wellington): Gate receipts, £293 11s. 6d., less City Council’s share of 5 per cent., £14 13s. 9d.; net gate receipts, £279 2s. 9d.; enclosure and stand, £26 13s. 6d. ; afternoon tea, d£3 Is. 9d. ; total net takings, £308 18s. Refunds by non-members of Australian team for fares and carriage of luggage, £84 10s. 3d. Total receipts, £1,730 16s. 7d. The expenditure was as follows:— Amount guaranteed by New Zealand Cricket Council, £200. Expenses : — First Test match, £160 13s. 5d.; of second Test match, £199 3s. 4d.; general expenses of the tour, £1,020 16s. lid . Balance in Bank of New Zealand, Christchurch, £150 2s. lid . The principal items included in the general expenses were :—Daily allowance of 5s. per member of team, £238 5s.; steamer fares, £205 2s. ; railway fares, £146 0s. 7d.; hotel expenses, £285 19s. 6d.; expenses of assembling team at Sydney, £57 3s.; wash­ ing and tips, £50. Details of the different matches are as fo llow W e llin g to n : Gross takings, £380; amount of guarantee, £150; expenses, £80; profit, £150. A u ck la n dG ross takings, £221; amount of guarantee, £150; expenses, £96; loss, £23. Canterbury:—Gross takings, £342; guar­ antee, £150 ; expenses, £152; profit, £40. Otago ;—Gross takings, £324; guarantee, £150; expenses, £118; profit, £55. M an aw atuG ross takings, £106; guar- aot e, £75; expenses, £38; loss, £7. Wanganui ;—Gross takings, £59 ; guar­ antee, £75 ; expenses, £54 ; loss, £70. Taranaki Gross takings, £69; guar­ antee, £75; expenses, £49; loss, £51. tirst Test match (Christchurch) :—Gross takings, £341; guarantee, £100 ; expenses, £264; profit, £76. Second Test match (Wellington):—Gross takings, £338; guarautee, £100; expenses, £213; profit, £124. The secretary (Mr. F. C. Raphael) stated that the above figures were only tentative, as certain figures had not come to hand from the Board of Control. He thought that £30 would cover the additional expenditure, and £50 would more than cover it. The recommendation to make a refund to Hawke’s Bay was agreed to. An amend­ ment to increase the amount to £35 was negatived. The secretary of the council was voted £25 in recognition of his services during the past season. It was reported that the Management Committee were in communication with the M.C.C. and the Board of Control, asking their consent to the extension of the tour of the M.C.C. team which is to visit Australia in 1911-12 to New Zealand. The offer which Lord Hawke ma'ie, through the Auckland Association, to pro­ vide a shield or cup for competition amongst the minor as-ociatons of the Dominion was referred to the Management Committee to consider and report upon. THE WANDERERS. Matches arranged, 36; scratched, 2 ; w on, 20; lost, 8 ; drawn, 6 . BATTING AVERAGES. Times Most not in an Total Inns. out. inns. runs. Aver. R. T. Crawford............ 30 3 100 * 852 31-55 F. L. Nightingale ... 9 0 104 275 30-55 R. Kenward .......... 32 4 86 821 29-32 T. C. Stafford ............ 25 0 110 728 29-12 P. G. G a le .................... 22 5 87* 424 24-94 A . G. Parsons ... ... 6 0 49 133 22-16 S. C olm an ..................... 33 0 78 595 18 03 J. U. C. W att ............ 28 2 94 449 17 26 L. J. W ishart ............ 25 4 46* 339 16-14 R. B. Brooks ............ 12 3 57* 136 15-11 L. S. Wells ............ 14 1 46 195 1500 C. Fairbanks-Sm ith 11 2 47* 104 11-55 N. A . D a m ia n ............ 11 1 38 103 10-30 A . H . Behrend 9 5 13* 32 8 00 W. M. B rad ley............ 18 2 26* 120 7-50 C. J. Bridger ............ 6 0 14 42 7-00 G. Ashbery ............ 8 0 14 53 6-62 O. Taylor ..................... 11 6 9 30 6-00 L . Covell ................... 6 0 15 24 4 00 Played less than six innings J. W. W. Nason 5 2 129* 169 56'33 G. U. B. R o o se ............ 4 0 59 85 21-25 B. Batchelor ............ 5 2 22 * 64 21-33 G. R. Blades ............ 5 1 27* 68 17-00 Hon. S. R. Beresford 4 0 18 57 14-25 F. W. Christian 5 1 46 54 13-50 P. P. Lincoln ............ 5 1 20 46 11-50 Also pla yed :— Dr. H. C. Pretty (26, 13, 4 ); P. H. Slater (58*); G. D aw dry (16, 19); B. H . Ilollow ay (7); T. J. Wheeler (21, 9 ); A. M. Latham (10, 8 , 0) ; F. W. Robarts (14*, 9 ); P. L. Lincoln ( 8 , 0); W. J. Chattell (18); R. L. Bow en (0) ; W. T. Graburn (18, 25*) ; H . Kahrel (0); C. N. Lam bert (5, 2) ; H. Church (0 ;; H . T. Bull (22*, 2, 2) ; C. K enward (9, 4*, 0 ); A. L. Sloper ( 8 , 2*) ; Sir Cecil Moon (53) ; A. L. S. Rose (1) ; N. Farr (0, 3). The follow ing m ade centuries:— J. W . Nason, 129* ; R. T. Crawford, 100*, 100; F. L. Nightingale, 104; T. C. Stafford, 110. * Signifies not out. BOW LING AVERAGES. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Aver. F. W. Christian ... 63 17 153 16 9-56 O. Taylor ... ... 115 32 293 30 9 76 R. T. Craw ford .. 503 143 1357 127 10-69 C. J. Bridger .. 69 17 206 16 1287 W. M. Bradley .. 276 53 896 69 12-98 R. L. Bow en ... ... 41 6 135 10 13-50 J. W. W. Nason ... 43 10 154 11 14-00 G. Ashbery ... ... 82-5 17 274 18 15-22 L. S. Wells ... ... 85 5 408 22 18-54 T. C. Stafford... ... 119 24 445 18 24-16 Less than 10 w ick ets:— S. Colman, 8 for 113; R,. Kenward, 5 for 154; B. Batchelor, 5 for 111; B. H. H ollow ay, 2 far 12 ; A. L. Sloper, 3 for 81; F. W. Robarts, 8 for 144; N. A. Dam ian, 6 for 121 ; F. L. Frith, 4 for 67; G. R. Blades, 3 for 46; C. K enw ard, 5 for 52; Dr. H. C. Pretty, 1 for 91 ; T. J. W heeler, 1 for 2 6 ; C. Fair- banks-Sm ith, 1 for 5 ; F. L. Nightingale, 1 for 144 ; H . F. Bull, 1 for 28; L. J. W ishart, 2 for 29. A lso bowled N. Farr, L. C. Masters, J. U. C. W att, A. L. S. Rose, P. G. Gale and W. J. Chattell. n lC H A R D D A F T ’S N O T T IN G H A M S H I R E I \ M A R L .—Particulars apply Radcliffe-on-Trent, Notts.