Cricket 1910

A p r i l 2 1 , 1 9 1 0 . CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 7 9 of 511. Sixteen of these totals (11 by N.S.W., 5 by Victoria) were male at Sydney; 9 '(6 by N.S.W., 3 by Victoria) at Melbourne. In the first 22 games there was only one total exceeding 300, and none that reached 400. Small Totals .—In the early period totals of under 100 were the rule rather than the exception, and there were 44 such in the first 22 games. These may be left out of account. In the 02 played since 1877-8, there have only been 22, of which 13 are debited to N.S.W., 9 to Victoria. Three of N.S.W. totals and one of Victoria’s were but one ruu short of the hundred. The lowest score of the 22 is Victoria’s 31 in the 78th match ; next to that comes the same side’s 35 in the 39th. N.S.W.’s only total under 50 is 49 in the 80th match. N.S.W. was twice dismissed under 100 (for 49 and 66 , Alec. Bannerman absent in each innings) in the 30th match, and Victoria (for 61 and 68 ) in the 39th match. M atches in which 1,000 or more R uns were S cored . No. of match in series. Season. Place. Runs scored. Wickets down. 82 ... 1908-9 ... S. ... 1,911 .. . 34 80 ... 1907-8 ... S. ... 1,615 .. 40 28 ... 1881-2 ... S. ... 1,412 .. 30 75 ... 1905-6 ... M. ... 1,357 .. . 30 55 ... 1895-6 ... M. ... 1,353 .. . 40 70 ... 1902-3 ... S. ... 1,270 ... 35 58 ... 1896-7 ... S. ... 1,266 .. 40 04 ... 1899-00 ... s. ... 1,255 .. . 40 73 ... 1904-5 ... M. ... 1,251 ... 40 60 ... 1900-1 ... S. ... 1,245 .. . 39 02 ... 1898-9 ... S. ... 1,223 .. . 32 72 ... 1903-4 ... S. ... 1,215 .. . 30 70 ... 1905-6 ... S. 1,169 ... 40 74 ... 1904-5 .. S. ... 1,153 ... 40 49 ... 1892-3 ... M. ... 1,123 .. . 32 40 ... 1887-8 ... S. ... 1,117 ... 30 31 ... 1883-4 ... M. ... 1,111 .. . 37 56 ... 1895-0 ... S. ... 1,048 ... 36 29 ... 1882-3 ... M. ... 1,039 .. 33 68 ... 1901-2 ... S. ... 1,002 .. 40 Twenty in a ll: fourteen at Sydney, six at Melbourne. Ten of the last twelve games played on the Sydney ground have yielded four-figure aggregates. The record set up in the twenty-eighth match (the first in which the thousand was reached) stood for twenty- six years. How the Wickets Fell .—Of the 1,533 Vic- torian wickets lowered, 1,435 fell to the New South Wales bowlers, 98 were run ou t; of the 1,491 New South Wales lowered 1,396 fell to the Victorian bowlers, and 95 were run out. liun Out .—In six of the matches—the 8 th, 38th, 42nd, 57th, 71st and 76th—no one was run out on either side. Victoria had four men run out in the 61st match, five in the 10th; New South Wales four in the 47th, five in the 36th. There were six men run out in each of three matches, all in the early period (the 3rd, 6 th, and lO^h). The five (all Victorians) in the 36th is the biggest number since. Players .—In the 84 matches 177 players appeared for N.S.W., 183 for Victoria. Six men—G. J. Bonnor, F. J. Burton, S. Cos- stick, P. S. McDonnell, F. It. SpoiTorth, and F. H. Walters—appeared for both sides at different times, so that in all 354 players have taken part in the series. Of these 126 (60 for N.S.W., 66 for Victoria) only played in one match each, and only 116 played in as many as five matches each (58 for N.S.W., 58 for Victoria). T. W. Garrett (34), W. Bruce(31), J. Worrall (31), J. Me. C. Blackham (30) and S. E. Gregory (31)—two New South Welshmen, three Victorians—played in 30 or more games each. Fifteen others— eight of N.S.W., seven of Victoria - played in 20 or more, but under 30. N. Thompson appeared in the N.S.W. eleven from 1857-8 to 1879-80, from the 3rd match to the 24th, missing only one game in a period of 22 years. J. Me. C. Blackham’s first appearance was in 1874-5, his last in 1894-5; S. E. Gregory first appeared 1889-90, and is still playing ; T. W. Garrett played from 1879-80 to 1897-8. The last-named appeared in the New South Wales’ eleven in 1876-7, but not v. Victoria. When one comes to deal wilh the indi­ vidual batting averages which follow, the wonderful figures of Noble first claim atten­ tion. His average is over 20 runs per in­ nings ahead of Trumper’s. It is a re­ markable fact, too, that Noble’s average v. South Australia is over 68 . Trumper’s is scarcely as high in tho3e matches as in the series v. Victoria; but Hopkins, who averages under 20 per innings v. Victoria, stands at over 50 v. S.A., and Howell’s 16 per innings in the series under notice is increased to over 33 in the other series. On the other side McAlister has very much the same figures v. N.S.W. and S.A., and Armstrong’s figures vary little; but Laver drops from 38 per innings v. S.A. to 20 v. N.S.W., and Carroll from 36 to under 15. Noble and S. E. Gregory have scored over 2,000 runs each in the N.S.W. v. Victoria series; ten of the N.S.W. side in all have over 1,000, and nine Victorians. N ew S outh W ales B atting A verages in the M atches v . V ictoria . M. A. Noble A. Diamond V. T. Trumper R. A. Duff ... J. R. M. Mack ay W. L. Murdoch. H. Moses ... . S. E. Gregory .. P. S. McDonnell F. A. Iredale A. C. Banner] S. P. Jones... G. J. Bonnor Rev. E. F. Waddy H. Donnan... ., C. W. Gregory .. C. G. Macartney A. C.K.Mackenzie A. Cotter ........... S. T. Callaway ... T. W. Garrett ... 34 61 7 1186 21-96 163 A. J. Hopkins ... 18 32 1 606 19*54 117 J. J. K elly........... 21 35 7 527 18-S2 *58 C. Bannerman .. 16 30 2 522 18-64 83 W. A. Richardson 7 13 3 182 18-20 76 D. W. Gregory ... 16 28 3 445 17-80 85 E. J. Gregory ... 14 25 2 409 \7-78 *65 H. H. Massie ... 12 22 0 356 10-90 70 W. P. Howell ... 17 30 5 400 16-00 64 A. P. M a rr......... 7 13 0 205 15-76 69 E. Evans ........... 18 30 4 406 15-61 51 F. J. Burton ... 6 10 3 108 15-42 47 T. Powell ......... 10 17 3 244 15*25 29 C. T. B. Turner... 21 38 1 553 14-94 70 H. Carter ........... 9 13 1 178 14-83 67 E. L. Waddy ... 0 10 1 132 14-66 51 E. Sheridan 9 17 1 230 14-37 37 H. W. Hiddleston 5 8 2 85 14-16 30 E. T in dall........... 7 12 2 136 13-60 52 N. Thompson ... 21 39 0 523 13-41 73 C. A. Richardson 7 13 1 155 12-91 41 W. C a ffy n .......... 5 9 0 114 12-66 24 J. Davis ........... 5 9 1 99 12-37 53 A. Coningham ... 6 11 0 134 12-18 38 L. W. P y c ........... S 13 0 156 12*00 80 R. C. Hewitt ... 7 13 0 133 10*23 60 C. Lawrence 5 9 0 92 10-22 23 F. R. SpofTorth... 10 16 1 151 10-06 36 G. G ilbert........... 12 23 0 229 9-95 31 T. R. McKibbin 9 16 3 122 9*38 37 Matches played in. Innings. Not outs. Runs. Average. Highest Score. s or m ore: , 26 40 7 2749 70*48 281 . 5 9 1 408 51-00 *210 . 16 29 l 1391 49-07 230 . 13 25 i 1147 47-79 132 r 5 8 0 373 4G-62 194 . 13 24 1 1012 44-00 3-21 . 20 37 2 1365 39-00 *297 . 31 57 3 2102 3S-92 201 L 8 15 1 535 38-21 239 . 23 44 2 12S7 30-04 101 l 26 47 3 1290 29-31 117 . 18 34 2 864 27-00 109 , 5 9 0 235 20-11 84 ’ 9 17 0 430 25-28 8-2 , 26 48 4 1053 23-93 100 7 •12 0 284 28*60 73 ■ S 14 3 257 23-30 100 514 27 2 578 23-12 9 7 11 17 2 343 22-80 C8 8 16 2 309 22*07 *61 THE AUSTRALIANS M. A. N cb!e, W . W . Armstrong-, V: Ransford, W . Bardsley, S. G regory, F. Laver, H. Carter, P. M cAlister, A. J. Hopkins, C. M acartney, A. Cotter, W . Carkeek J. A. O'Connor, are now using the “ Boundarie Bat." G. L. Jessop, J. R. Mason, J. Daniels, A. C. M acLaren, A. E. Law ton, E. G. Hayes, C. J. T . Pool, W . Rhodes, J. Langdon, A. H. Hornby, and a host o f other County Cricketers are playing with it IN ENGLAND LASTS LONGEST. DRIVES FARTHEST. PERFECT SHAPE. 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