Cricket 1910

Nov. 24, 1910 CRICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 459 comprising North v. South, New South Wales, Victoria (twice) and South Africa (twice). The Northern'Association is anxious to drop the two matches against Victoria lor the coming season, but the'Southern Association is only disposed to go half way, and cancel one of the fixtures. In view of the fact that New South- Wales have allottej the same dates for a match in Sydney against Quetns- as those for Tasmania, the request of the islanders for a postponement of their visit until March should receive favourable con­ sideration.” Since the above was written the N .S.W . C.A. have made a suggestion to commemorate the Queensland match on December 24th, thus leaving that with Tasmania clear of a counter attraction. H . E ll I s , who had been well-known in Canterbury (N.Z.) for some seasons, and had represented the Province on several occasions, has returned to Australia. His departure will be felt severely by the Eiccarton C.C., as he was one of the best all-round players in the eleven and was also coach to the club. A t a meeting of the Management Com­ mittee of the Wellington Cricket Associa­ tion on September 7th, a letter was received from the president of the Hawke’s Bay Cricket Association (Mr. E. H. Williams), stating he “ had come to the conclusion that it would be a good thing to move in the direction of changing the headquarters of cricket in New Zealand from Christchurch to Wellington, and it is probable that a circular letter will be sent to the majority of the Associations in New Zealand on the subject.” The writer asked for Wellington’s opinion on the matter, and whether a motion to the above effect would have its support. At a meeting of the Association on September 27th the proposal was negatived in an emphatic manner. I t is freely stated that Auckland will tour through the Dominion this season, playing matches against Wellington, Canterbury and Otago. The other pro­ vinces have grown tired of journeying to Auckland after the Plunket Shield to no purpose; hence the probability that the Aucklanders will return some of the visits. P r o m the Bombay Gazette “ We are glad to learn that arrangements have now been completed for the Indian cricket team to leave Bombay for England on May 6th by the ss. Arabia, and that passages have already been booked. The first match is fixed for June 1st in London, and Mr. Lacey has already arranged an attractive programme, irjclu ling matches with almost all the counties. The honorary secretaries have rect-ived a cable from England that Cuffe has been engaged to act as coach to the Indian team, and will arrive in tbe first week in November. It is also gratifying to note that there is every prospect of His Highness the Jam Saheb leading the team, if he can arrange for the proper control of the affairs of his State during his absence. Nothing could be more satisfactory than to find arrangements not only so far advanced, but on such a sound basis and the honorary secretaries deserve warm congratulations 03 the success which has attended their laborious efforts.” P a r t ic u l a r s of a good all-round performance reach me from Ceylon where, on October 15tli, H. G. Cornish contributed 103 not out to a total of 166 made by Passara - Madulsima against Badulla District and took ten wickets for 53 runs. Passara won by an innings and 18 runs. R e f e r e n c e to Ceylon reminds me that there was some fast run-getting in the match between Colombo and Richmond College on the Galle Face ground on October 29th, 566 being scored in five hours and a-half for twenty wickets. W . T. Greswell, the ex-Somerset cricketer, who was playing for Colombo, took six wickets for 125 runs and scored 62 in a little over half-an-hour. He is the first Ceylon bowler to take a hundred wickets this year, his number to the date men­ tioned being 101. The largest number of runs scored in a match in Ceylon in a single day remains the 647 obtained at Darawalla on March 10th last in the St. Anthony v. D.M.C.C. 2nd X I. match. F ro m Outing, New York :— “ In childhool we play because we are young ; in middle life we are young because we play, and if we keep it up we shall never know that we are old until we are one day suddenly dead.” M r . F. F. K e l l y , of New York, kindly draws my attention to the fact that J. K. Irwin, the wireless operator on the balloon America with the Wellman party in their attempt to cross the Atlantic, was the wicket-keeper of the Manhatten C.C., of Brooklyn, for several seasons. O n page 463 will be found tlje score of a match between the ground-staffs of the Cricket and Recreation Clubs of Shanghi. The correspondent to whom I am indebted for the account writes :— “ The. match is an annual one and has now been played eight times, and on seven occasions (the last four in succession) the Recrea­ tion ground-staff have triumphed. The groundsmen are Chinese and, what’s more, play splendid cricket, orthodox cricket. Is such another match played anywhere ? In two departments o f the game, catching and ground fielding, they put the foreign exponents of the game here to shame. You never see them mis-field or miss a catch, unless it is an extremely difficult chance. The list of names will, I expect, provide amusement for some of your readers. With this match the season closed, and there will be no more cricket in Shanghai until next April. The season generally opens in June, but as a Hong-Kong team is coming up here we are starting some­ what earlier so as to be in good condition wheu they arrive and pay them off for not coming up at the beginning of this m onth.” Two days before he left home on his way to Australia, P. W . Sherwell, whilst taking part in a cricket match, had his room at Ferreira Deep Mine burgled. The booty comprised a suit case and several articles of clothing. T he following, which was sent to a contemporary from “ the muse of one of the leading lights of military cricket,” may prove o f interest to our Colonial readers:— “ How could you score That one run more By running three Instead of four ?” The answer is given as follows : “ If the two umpires both called ‘ two runs short,’ If you’d run a four you’d be scored up nought; Whereas if ’tis only three you run, Having changed ends you must be scored up one. A l e c H e a r n e , who is wintering in South Africa, played his first League match on October 8th, when he turned out for Greyville against Zingari on the Durban Oval. He went in second wicket down and was bowled by the first ball he had. He also had 15 runs made from him without taking a wicket. Among the players who have accepted the invitation to visit the West Indies as members of the M .C.C.’s team in Aus­ tralia early next year are, in addition to A. F. Somerset (the captain), S. G. Smith, L. H . W . Troughton, A. C. Johnston, Hearne (J. W,), Thompson, and Brown. Smith was, as is Svoll- known, born in the West Indies*, and, owing to the fine form he showed whilst on tour in England, was induced to qualify for Northamptonshire. T h e following are some individual three-figure scores made recently in the best-class club cricket in Australia:— Oct. 1.—R. B. Minnett, University v. North Sydney..........................................................108 ,, 1.—W. Makin, Redfern v. Sydney District... 125 „ 3.—V. Trumper, Gordon v. Central Cum­ berland..........................................................105 ,, 3.—C. McCarthy, Glebe v. Middle Harbor ... 120 ,, 3.—N. Y. Deane, North Sydney v. Uni­ versity ..........................................................145 ,, S.—C. E. Dolling, University v. Adelai Ic ...*185 ,, 8.—D. R. A. Gehrs, North Adelaide v. Glenelg........... ............................................102 ,, 8.—F. A. Iredale, Gordon v. University ...*107 „ 8.—B. J. Folkard, Balmain v. Paddington... 124 ,, 15.—F. T. Hack, Glenelg v. Port Adelaide ... 112 ,, 15.—B. R. Mayne, East Torrens v. West Torrens ..................................................107 „ 15.—W. W. Armstrong, Melbourne v. South M elbourne..................................................*133 R i c h a r d d a f t s N o t t i n g h a m s h i r e M A R L.—Particulars apply Radcliffe-on-Trent, Notts.