Cricket 1911

J a n . 26, 1911. CS.ICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. he is a disciple of Bosanquit. A tour of England with an Australian eleven would probably “ tone down” the Eedfern bowler. Walter Brearley is> I believe, the English prototype of Emery. “ Watching Brearley walk to the wicket makes me perspire ; he is brimful of vitality, and is a real hustler,” is the way an Australian eleven representa­ tive describes the Lancashire amateur fast bowler. D r . J o h n E . B a r r e t t , who visited England as a m ember o f M urdoch’s team o f 1890, has been appointed medical officer of the Zeehan and Dundas Hospital, in Tasmania. C o lin N ew ton , a young Tasmanian whose form is considered most prom ising by good judges o f the game, did rather a remarkable thing for Queen's College, Hobart, on November 10th. H is side, playing against Hutchins School, were dismissed for 99, and o f that number his own share was 84. Furthermore, he was undefeated at the finish. H is average for the College to that date was 81. Readers o f Gossip w ill perhaps remember that in a match between the same sides in April, 1909, Newton made 213 not out and, with John Barnett (185 not out), scored 400 without loss for the first wicket. I n the m atch at H obart on December 10th between Derwent Juniors and Mary- street, D . Yautin stumped seven and caught three in the tw o innings o f the latter. H e also scored 52 notout and 18. The Juniors w on by 193 runs. T h e follow ing are someindividual three-figure scores made recently in first- class club cricket in Australia Nov. 12.—D. R. A. Gehrs, North Adelaide v. Port A delaide...........................191 Nov. 12.—J. H. Pellew, North Adelaide, v. Port Adelaide...................................... 112 Nov. 12.—C. Hill, Sturt v. Glcnelg .............. 130 Nov. 12.—G. Lowe, Middle Harbor v. University *131 Nov. 12.—W. Watson, Glebe v. G ordon.............. 113 Nov. 12.—J.S. Taylor, Burwoodv. North Sydney 101 Nov. 12.—R. V. Minnett, North Sydney v. Burwood .............................. 100 Nov. 26.—H. Cranney, Central Cumberland v. Waverley ... .......................... 154 Nov. 26.—A. J. Nicholls, Redfern v. Petersham 156 Nov. 26.—H. L. Collins, Sydney v. Paddington 136 Nov. 26.—J. Hudson, East Hobart v. f^outh H o b a r t......................................124 Nov. 26.—W. Arnold, East Hobart v. South H o b a r t...................................... 112 Nov. 26.—T. Elliott, East Launceston v. North Launceston ...........................100 Dec. 3.—J. S. Hees, North Adelaide v. Uni­ versity .. ............ ......... 114 Dec. 10.—C. F. Drew, University v. Port Adelaide...................................... 125 * Signifies not out. I n Auckland on November 12th. a schoolboy named L . Dacre accomplished a perform ance to which there can, I should imagine, be very few parallels. The feat consisted in playing in two different matches in the course o f the day and making a hundred in each. In the m orning he made 111 for North Shore School, and in the afternoon did even better by scoring 129 for the North Shore fourth-grade team. George Giffen once performed a sim ilar feat in the Adelaide district. I n a second-grade game in Napier on N ovember 2Gth, a batsman named E . Stevens contributed 248 to the total of 446 made by Railways against United. H .E . the Governor o f New Zealand has been showing an interest in the game in the D om inion. On N ovember 25th he got together a team to play against the Officers o f the Fleet and set his men a good example by scoring 65 not out. Three days later he took the field against W ellington College and was dismissed for a “ duck.” A b e c o r d for District cricket in Christ­ church was established on November 19tli by Linw ood, by means o f a total o f 487 at the expense o f W est Christchurch. C. E . B eal (205) and A . E . R idley (65) hit with such freedom that 150 were scored in an hour. The latter still remains credited w ith the highest individual innings in District cricket, having made 217 v. R iccarton just over tw o years before. J. H . B o a r d , who is spending the winter in New Zealand, got going in a match at Napier 011 N ovember 12th, and scored 92 before he was stumped. A fortnight later he played an innings o f 133, for Ahuriri v. Hastings. A corres­ pondent inform s m e that B oard’s w ork in the D om inion is giving every satisfaction and that he is m ost popular am ong all classes o f cricketers. A t Eden Gardens, Calcutta, on D ecem ­ ber 23rd Jodhpure and Jamnagar (223) beat Calcutta (56 and 109) by an innings and 58 runs. “ R anji ” did not play, but H . L . Simm s scored 95, R elf (A. E .) 58, A . C. M acLaren 18 and K illick 7, the two first-named taking the score from 33 to 168 whilst together. Simms also took nine wickets in Calcutta’s first innings. A m o n g the well-known cricketers who have been distinguishing themselves in South A frica during the present season are L ouis Tancred and Frank M itchell. At D ricliock, on N ovem ber 26th. the form er m ade 153 for E .R .P .M . v. Railway, while on December 2nd. M itchell played an innings o f 226 at Johannesburg for Wanderers against Pirates. The W an ­ derers made 383 for nine wickets, from which it will be gathered that the old Cambridge and Yorkshire batsman did his full share o f w ork for the side. O n e o f the best records o f hitting chronicled in connection with the game in South Am erica was that credited to H arold Torre in the m atch between San Isidro and Belgrano at San Isidro on November 19th. H e went in when four wickets were down for 135 and imm edi­ ately started to hit. Each o f the three last balls o f the over was despatched for four, and in W haley’s next over he made 20, thus scoring 32 off the first 9 balls he received, as follow s :— 4, 4, 4, 6, 2, 4, 0, 4, 4. H e then turned his attention to D om in g, hitting him for eleven off four balls. The Belgrano captain at last yorked him for 50, made out o f 59 in 20 m inutes. Most o f his runs were made by straight drives, and although ho had some luck only one ball went to hand— a very hard chance to cover. H e hit a 6 and 9 fours. On November 27th the same player scored 53 out o f 63 from the bat in just over half-an-hour for San Isidro v. Buenos Aires, hitting eight 4’s and eight 2’s. I t cannot be said that the M.C.C. team which sailed for the W est Indies on the 18th is at all a strong one. One rather expects to find “ D octor ” Young figuring as player oftener than as um p ire; his bow ling will be needed. Much depends upon how the tw o young pros., G. Brown and J. W . Hearne, perform . The w ith­ drawal o f Capt. A. C. Johnston, Mr. L. H . W . Trougliton and George Thom p­ son has weakened the side enorm ously, and a lot o f w ork w ill fall upon Mr. Sydney Smith, him self a crack W est Indian player before his Northam pton­ shire days. E xcept for the first— Mr. R. S. Lucas's— team, which made the trip sixteen years ago, no other side sent to the Islands has had so small a stiffen­ ing o f first-class players as this. But the m en are all good cricketers, and may after all render a decent account o f them ­ selves, while they w ill be sure to have an enjoyable time. A bare eleven sailed in the R .M .S .P . Clyde, Messrs. A . F. and A. C. Somerset, D . C. F . and S. Burton, S. G. Sm ith, H . L . Gaussen, T. A. L. W hittington and B. H . H ollow ay, with Brown, Hearne, and Y oung. Capt. B ruce-W entw orth will jo in the team later, and am ong the W est Indian players are several old E nglish public school boys, one or m ore o f whom can probably be commandeered for any match in which the side lacks a man. Still, we would have liked to see the team strengthened by the addition o f a good professional batsman— say Mead of Hampshire, Payton of Notts, or Humphreys of Kent. V e r y m any follow ers o f the game will be interested to know that M r. J. N. P entelow is contributing some articles on Cricket in the W est Indies to the Sportsman. The first o f the series, dealing with the period 1863-1892, appeared on F riday last and the second the day before yesterday. THE LANCASHIRE COUNTY C.C. At a meeting of the Lancashire County Cricket Club Committee, held in Manchester on the 12th inst., the report of the sub- comnrttee to inquire into the suggested reu -h n of scoring in the County Champion­ ship was received. It was decide 1 to suggest that Lancashire’s scheme, which was adopted, should be given a further trial for another season, despite the fact that the working of the scheme had been unfavourable to Lan­ cashire.