Cricket 1910

58 r CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A p r i l 1 4 , I9 1O . Hordern played for New South Wales, and as his cricket has developed con­ siderably during his stay in America, it is only natural to suppose that even higher honours will fall to his lot upon his return. T h e travelling and hotel expenses o f the Victorian team whilst on tour in Western Australia were defrayed by the W.A.C.A. No compensation for loss of time was paid to the players by the Victorian Cricket Association, but 5s. per day out-of-pocket expenses were allowed to each member of the side. S o u t h A u s t r a lia have lost J. A . O’Connor, who for the past three and a-half years has assisted the State in big matches and in the coaching of the young players. He has been appointed chief sanitary inspector at Goulburn, New South Wales. F ro m the Adelaide Observer : — An incident in cricket, interesting chiefly because of the personality of the two bats men who figured in it, occured at Brighton on February 26th, when James Thompson, who has played with the Brighton Club for 34 yrars, was joined by a State school boy named Morey, 14 years of age. Probably the oldest and younget batsmen playing with senior cricket clubs were together. They made the partnership yet more notice­ able by scoring 270 runs for the fourth wicket. The veteran scored 112, while the schoolboy got 162. They were both warmly congratulated upon giving such a substantial refutation to an old thfory that May and December can never unite. An all-round performance of more than average merit was accomplished by G. A. Fairbairn in the match between Geelong Grammar School and Geelong College in the .first week of March. Playing for the former, he scored 80 and 115 and took eight wickets for 139 runs. The game was won by the Grammar School, on whose ground the match was played, by 85 runs 011 the first innings. In a Third Grade match at Leichhardt Oval, Sydney, on February 26th, between Randwick 2ndX I. and Leichhardt2ndXI., the former scored 99, of which 98 were contributed by one man, Weatherlake. Only seven men put in an appearance : four of them made one run each, and one two runs. In this connection the Sydney R eferee recalls that in 1900 J. Robson made 74 out of 77 in 24 minutes whilst in for Leichhardt-Balmain v. North Sydney. M r . H . H a n s o n , honorary secretary of the Cairns District Cricket Association, wrote on February 18th to the Sydney R eferee as follow s:— “ I have been requested to send you particulars of the score of 100 not out put up by Mr. L. C. Quin­ lan, of this town, in the record time of 18 minutes. This'score was made in the second innings of the match played here between the Mercantile C.C. and Trinity C.C. Trinity, of which Mr. Quinlan is a member, made 71. The Mercantile followed and made 222. This left Trinity considerably behind with only part of the afternoon to finish the m atch; stumps drawn at 6.15 p.m. Mr. Quinlan, who is a great hitter, went in to bat at 4.41 p.m. and retired net out at 4.59. The innings being closed at 273 for four wickets, left the Mercantile 123 to make to win straight-out, and at the least 05 minutes to play. They(the Mercantile), however, made 127 in the time for the loss of five wickets. I enclose herewith a copy of the score of the second innings of Trinity TRINITY C.C. v. MERCANTILE C.C., at Cairns, February 10, 1010. Won by Mercantile by five wickets. Scores :— Mercantile .................. Trinity (1st innings) ... 222 and five for 127 .......................... 71 T rinity second innings . Creagh, c sub., Archibald Byes, &c. Total (4 wkts) *273 Berke, b Archibald ...101 Rill, b Archibald ... 1 Rodgers, c sub., b Archibald.................. 39 Quiulan, not out ...100 Brennan, not out ... 10 * Innings declared closed. Quinlan’s hits were 2, 6 , 2, 4, 1, 1, 6 , 2, 3, 6 , 4, 4, 3, 6 , 2, 6 , 6 , 4, 1, 4, 4, 2, 4, 6 , 4, 6 , 1. This fast scoring recalls the fact that at Framlingham on July 29, 1905, R. D. Inskip made 100 in twelve minutes for Fast v. Present at Framlingham College, his chief hits were three 6 ’s and sixteen 4’s, The Past scored 183 in 25 minutes, and the Present—it was in a time-limit match— 150 for eight wickets in half-an-hour. M r. W illia m P a tt o n , in a letter to the Sydney R eferee , writes as follows from Aberdare, in the Maitland district:— “ Two country teams, Aberdare and Mill- field, both rather better than the average, met on Saturday last (February 12th) in their turn in the competition matches of the district. Aberdare batted first, and knocked up 161, occupying the wickets nearly all the afternoon—until 5.35. Millfleld took about five minutes to get ready, and in the remain­ ing 30 minutes of play made 114 for the loss of two wickets, two men being not out when time was called. One of the latter, Laurie Hawkins, a promising bat and a good bowler, made 92 not out, during which he scored 36 off one over, hitting six consecutive 6 ’s. His score included ten 6 s, four 4’s, three 2’s and the rest singles.” This recalls the fact that W . H . Calde- court, the well-known umpire of other days, made six hits for six off a six-ball over in a match between Watford and Hertfordshire, at Watford, between 1828 and 1832. Mr. William Ward after­ wards purchased the ball for two guineas. Runs have frequently been made more rapidly than by Laurie Hawkins on the occasion mentioned, but his performance was, nevertheless, a very notable one. D u r in g the match at Christchurch last month between Australia and New Zealand, Warne and Gorry, when inter­ viewed, declared that the wickets in the Dominion were unqualifiedly bad, except those at Dunedin, The ball never kept a decent height, and the batsmen were perpetually on the lookout for shooters, which tend to cramp the batsman’s style. One wonders what the players would say if they could find themselves on a wicket such as was generally found at Lord’s 35 years or so ago opposed to a bowler like Morley. winter months at Hawke’s Bay, sailed from New Zealand on March 10th. T h e ball used during Auckland’s innings of 579 against Otago has been inscribed and presented to Lord Plunket, the donor of the Shield for which the New Zealand provinces compete annually. T h e Management Committee of the New Zealand Cricket Council appointed Mr. Douglas Hay, of Auckland, sole selector of the New Zealand teams for the Test matches against the Australian team. A decade ago Mr. H ay was one of the finest batsmen in New Zealand, and to-day there is none with more enthusiasm for the game. A t the second meeting o f the creditors in the insolvent estate of Albert Ernest Edward Vogler in Johannesburg last month, the only debt proved was that of Mr. A. Bailey, which was for an amount of .£ 1 , 222 , balance due on a bond. A t the request of Mr. F. C. Raphael, honorary secretary of the New Zealand Cricket Council, the Dominion Cabinet agreed to close the Government offices at the different centres, on the first day of each match against the Australians. A t Christchurch, on February 19th, W . R. Patrick, of the Canterbury team, played a not-out innings of 201 for Syden­ ham v. Riccarton, and in partnership with W . Hayes added 258 for the fourth wicket. Sydenham made 374 for eight wickets during the afternoon J . H . B o a r d , the Gloucestershire wicket­ keeper, who has been engaged during the A, H. Nield, o Wil- liams, b Carlton ... 15 E. Moore, c Smith, b Rix ........... .......... 0 J. Bruges, run out ... 3 W. Hayes, b Rix ...112 W. R. Patrick, not out201 J. Gray, c Harper, b Ellis .........................24 J. II. Bennett, run out ................... H. Watson, b Rix W. Winsor, b Rix G. Wilson, not out Byes, &c. 29 0 0 1 9 Total (8 wkts)394 Patrick hit five 6 ’s, twenty-seven 4’s, two 3’s, seven 2’s, and 43 singles. The Weekly Press stated, “ In scoring his 201 Patrick played the innings of his life. From start to finish he played masterly cricket, and the bad strokes he made could be counted on the fingers of one hand.” On the same afternoon Woods scored 245 in a junior match for Sydenham A. v. Boys’ High School, giving only one chance, and that after he had passed the second hundred. Sydenham A.’s total was 477 for nine wickets. In last month’s Gossip I announced the fact that arrangements had been made for a visit of a Philadelphian team to Bermuda. The following players constituted the team :— P. H. Clark, , W. P. O’Neill f Germantown C.C. Capt. J. J. MacDonogh, \ P. N. Lo Roy, M. Harris, A. J. Henry, A. S. Valentine, H. V. Hordern, R. Patton, J. L. Montgomery, J. R. Williams, Philadelphia C.C. Merion C.C.