Cricket 1910

472 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. D e c . 22, 1910. chicken................. H e is not a fast-footed player—he is too short for that—but steps down the pitch to meet the ball with all the confidence of a seasoned champion. He reminds one somewhat of Harry Graham, than whom a pluckier batsman never trod in shoeleather, though when he meets the ball he does not put quite the same force into his strokes and does not make the same hair-raising hooks and electrifying square cuts. Sometimes he plays back, and his defence seems to be sound. H e cuts neatly, places well, and gets runs all round the wicket.” The Melbourne Argus said of him, “ Kortlang is not like Trumper or other champions, a genius at batting, but from the moment he stands up at the wicket he gives bowler and onlooker alike the impression that his will be a difficult wicket to get, and that he is there, not only for the negative purpose of staying there, but of making runs as well. H e has splendid self-confidence, which, when, as in his case, coupled with capacity, goes a long way to make a successful batsman.” A p l a y e r named Trompf, whilst keep­ ing wicket for Queenscliff v. Drysdale, at Queenscliff (Victoria) on October 29th, had his nose broken by a fast ball which got up unexpectedly. T h e Dunlop Rubber Co., whose team takes part in theVictorian Junior Associa­ tion matches, appear to have an exceed­ ingly promising cricketer in Stanley, who is only seventeen years of age. On October 17th, he made 104 not out v. Coburg District and on the following Saturday took his score to 149 and carried out his bat besides taking six wickets for 28. The Coburg team made only 49 and 43 and were beaten by an innings and 369 runs. I n the match at Collingwood on November 5th between Carlton and Collingwood no sawdust was available, and the umpires were furnished with towels to dry the ball. A c o m m o tio n was caused amongst junior cricketers using the Yarra Bend Asylum grounds on October 22nd, states the Melbourne A rgus , when a policeman suddenly appeared on the scene, and, acting under instructions from the asylum authorities, stopped all the games that were in progress. About 200 cricketers were engaged on various pitches at the time. The grounds, comprising from 300 to 400 acres, have for years past been availed of by local cricket teams, who have laid down their pitches and carried out their competition engagements without any interference from the authorities. No previous intima­ tion was given that further cricketing would not be allowed, and from 15 to 20 teams have by the sudden action of the authorities been deprived of playing- grounds. A mass meeting of the players concerned was held immediately after the games were stopped, and great indigna­ tion expressed at the sudden acticfn taken after the commencement of the cricket season. Mr. J. E. Hayes (Catholic Young Men’s Society) was deputed to bring the matter under the notice of the Parlia­ mentary representatives for the district, who are being asked to take some action. Populous suburbs like Collingwood and Clifton H ill have no other grounds on which junior cricketers can play, and if the asylum grounds are closed against them most of the junior competitions will be affected. F o r the Petersham Wednesday team v. Post and Telegraph Department, at Petersham Oval on October 12th, T. Andrews and E. H . Stoney put on 100 in twenty minutes. The latter scored 30 runs (6, 6, 6, 4, 4, 4) off an over. R. J. A. M a s s ie , in the second innings o f University v. Central Cumberland, on the University Oval (Sydney) on October 29th, made a tremendous on-drive off S. Ayres. The ball cleared the stand near the entrance gates and, it is estimated, pitched 150 yards from the wicket. R. J. A. Massie is a son of “ H . H .,” stands 6 ft. 3 j in. and weighs over 144- stone. S. T r u m p e k , a brother of “ V. T .,” is in the Sydney Grammar School Eleven, for which, he scored 52 against The High School in his first match. It will be interesting to see whether in time he will make his mark in first-class cricket. F rom the Sydney R eferee of October 26th :— In one of the Western Suburbs Churches' competition matches (Sydney) recently, a team leading by about 70 runs on the first innings requested the other side to follow-on. They did so, and the totals of the two innings aggregated a few more runs than the total of their opponents in the first innings. The latter then desired to go in and “ knock oft' the runs.” “ But the match is all over,” said one of the follow-on side. “ H ow ?” “ You forfeited your second innings by telling us to follow-on.” You see, they were not 80 runs behind. T h e following are some individual three-figure scores made recently in first- class club cricket in Australia :— Oct. 15—W. Armstrong, Toowong v. Nundah .. Ill Oct. 15—W. Farnsworth, Petersham v. Waverley*103 Oct. 2*2—J. H. Pellew, North Adelaide v. Adelaide 114 Oct. 29—E. F. Parker, Wanderers v. East Perth 103 Nov. 5—T. Foster, Redfern v. Central Cumber­ land ..................................................115 Nov. 5—C. G. Macartney, Gordon v. Glebe ... 188 Nov. 5—E. F. McElhone, University v. Middle H a rb o r..................................... ... 148 Nov. 5—G. A. Thomas, Waverley v. Paddington 124 Nov. 12—B. J. Folkard, Balmain v. Sydney D istrict..................................................251 N ov.12—M. A. Noble, Paddington v. Waverlcy...*170 * Signifies not out. Foster made his 115 out of 135 in 45 minutes, hitting eleven 6’s and eight 4’s and scoring 26 off one over and 21 off another. The Redfern total of 450 was made in 190 minutes. Folkard obtained his 251 in three hours : he hit five 6's and thirty-seven 4’g. J. H . M o u l d e r , the ex-Surrey cricketer, played an innings o f 121 for E.R.P.M . v. Wanderers at Johannesburg on Novem­ ber 12th. On the same day Gordon White scored 61 for Pirates v. S.A.R. and Claude Carter made 37 and took thirteen wickets for 70 runs for Randfontein v. East Rand Union. T h e Transvaal Cricket Union made a gross profit of £4,163 from the matches of the M.C.C.’s team last winter, out of which it paid £‘982 to the South African Cricket Association, being 15 per cent, of the profits on the Transvaal matches and 25 per cent, of the profits on the two Test matches, as laid down in the rules o f tbe S.A.C.A. CJ pon his arrival in India last month A. C. MacLaren was asked by a repre­ sentative of the Bombay Gazette for his views on the proposed Indian tour through England next season. He replied that as he had had no experience of Indian cricket or cricketers during the last six years, he could not in any way foretell whether the team would meet with success. He went on to say that, in his estimation, county cricket in Eng­ land was below the standard of former years and that some counties were undoubtedly weak. Speaking without knowledge of the selected team, he did not feel able to make any comparisons and would rather not express any decided opinion on Indian cricket, until he had seen the game played in India. The state of the climate at home, when the Indian team made its tour, would, in his opinion, have a large influence on the results. Incidentally, Mr. MacLaren remarked that the son o f H . H . the Gaekwar of Baroda, now at Oxford, was a remark­ ably good batsman, and, from his (Mr. MacLaren’s) knowledge of Indian cricketers, would rank amongst the fore­ most o f them. A l t h o u g h it is most probable that the Jam Sahib will be in England next season, and will play, at least occasionally, for the Indian team which will then be in this country, nothing concerning his movements had been definitely decided by the time the last mail to hand left India. Among the players likely to be seen in the side are the Maharajah of Patiala, Prince Hetty of Cooch Behar, P. Balu, M. Bulsara, B. Jayarain, Dr. H. D. Kanga, R. P. Meherliomji, K. M. Mistri, H. F. Mulla, K. Sesachari, and J. S. Warden. Ten other players, includ­ ing Ahsan-ul-Hak, who appeared with such success for Hampstead a few years ago, are in the running for the four remaining places. F OR SALE.—Valuable Cricket Books: Set of “ Scores and Biographies,” 14 vols., 1744 to 1878, price £10; “ Scores and Biographies,” vols. 1 to 4, £5; Duplicates of “ Wisden’s Cricketers’ Almanacks ” for 1805, ’07, ’68, ’09, ’70, ’71, ’72, ’70, ’78, 7s. 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