Cricket 1911

F e b . 2 3 , i g i l . CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 2 3 S outh A frica . First innings. L. Strieker, eand b Kyle.. Second innings. 2 st Carkeek, b Armstrong ... 2 J. W . Zulch, b K y le .......... 31 lbw, b Ransford 3 G. A. Faulkner, c & b Kyle 32 A. D. Nourse, c Kyle, b Parsons ............................128 S. J. Snooke, c Kortlang, b Armstrong ......................39 J. H. Sinclair, c Kenny, b Armstrong .................... 0 P. W. Sherwell, c Ransford, b Armstrong ......................17 notout ........... 4 0. C. Pearse, c Armstrong, b Kyle......................................31 S. J. Pegler, c Ransford, b Kyle ......................................23 T. Campbell, c and b Arm­ strong................................... 6 notout ........... 0 A. E. E. Vogler, not out ... 5 Byes, &c......................... 10 Byes, &c. .. 0 Total ..324 Total (2 wkts) 9 18th M atch.— v. AUSTRALIA . Played at Melbourne on February 17, 18, 20 and 21. THE RUBBER DECIDED. Australia won by 530 runs. A ustralia . First innings. Second innings. V. T. Trumper, b Faulkner 7 c Sherwell, b Vog­ ler .................. 87 W. Bardsley, c Schwarz, b P egler..............................82 run out ............15 C. Hill, b L lew ellyn....... 11 st Sherwell, b Pegler .......... 100 W. W. Armstrong, run out 48 c Sherwell, b Vogler ..........132 D. R. A. Gehrs, st Sher- c Snooke,bFaulk- well, b V og ler.................. 9 ner .................. 58 C. Kelleway, run out......... 59 run out ............18 V. S. Ransford, lbw, b Schwarz .......................75 b Faulkner ... 95 A. Cotter, b Pegler ....... 10 b Vogler ............ 0 Dr. H. V. Hordern, c Vog­ ler, b Pegler ................. 7 c sub, b Schwarz 24 H. Carter, run out ......... 5 cSnooke, b Faulk­ ner .................. 2 W. J. Whitty, not out ... 0 notout ............39 Byes, &c. ... 15 Byes, &c. ... 8 Total .................328 S outh A frica . Total... First innings. J. W. Zulch, run ou t........... 2 L. Strieker, b Hordern ... 4 G. A. Faulkner, c Gehrs, b Hordern ..........................20 A. D. Nourse, not out ... 92 S. J. Snooke, b Whitty ... 1 J. H. Sinclair, b Hordern... 0 R. O. Schwarz, b Whitty ... 18 P. W. Sherwell, c sub, b Whitty .......................... 41 C. B. Llewellyn,bWhitty... 7 S. J. Pegler, c Hill, b Cotter 15 A. E. E. Vogler, b Cotter... 0 Byes, &e...................... 5 Second innings, c Trumper, b Cot­ ter ..................15 c Carter, b Cotter 0 b Whitty ..........80 c and b Hordern 28 b H ordern........... 7 lbw, b Hordern.. 19 c Carter, bWhitty 1 c Kelleway,!) Hor­ dern .................. 0 absent, hurt ... 0 e Gehrs, b Hor­ dern .................. 8 not out ........... 2 Byes, &c. ... 11 ..£05 Total.. .. 171 First A ustralia . innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Llewellyn Faulkner .. 16 1 65 1 ... .1 8 2 82 1 ... ... 28-2 5 101 3 Schwarz........... 15 2 34 1 ... ... 36 4 168 1 Vogler ... .. . 8 2 30 1 ... ... 15 3 59 3 Sinclair ... .. 14 2 40 0 ... ... 13 1 71 0 Pegler ... ... 17-4 3 40 3 ... ... 17 1 88 1 Strieker... .. . 5 1 18 0 ... ... 3 0 14 0 N ourse.......... . 2 0 4 0 ... ... 7 0 31 0 Zulch .. 3 0 26 0 Snooke ... ... 2 0 12 0 S outh A frica . CRICKET IN CEYLON. [F rom a C orrespondent .] First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Cotter ........... G-5. 0 16 2 ........... 6 1 22 2 W h itty........... 22 5 78 4 ............ 9 2 32 2 Hordern........... 15 1 39 3 ........... 14'2 2 66 5 Armstrong ... 12 2 25 0 ............ 3 0 15 0 Kelleway ... 1 1 1 42 0 ............ 8 0 25 0 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. C olombo , December 15th. The match in which the Right-Handers beat the Left-Handers by 20 runs the day before yesterday was played in honour of Mr. Tommy Kelaart, who has been a wonderful bowler and taken an active part in Ceylon Cricket for twenty-five years. In this trying climate it is no easy task for one to last more than ten or fifteen years, even though we play only one match a week and that on Friday and Saturday afternoons. In his benefit match he took four wickets for 23 runs in the second innings and was then as good as he ever was. When it is remembered that he is nearly forty years of age, and is of very slight build, his perform­ ances gain considerably in value. His Excellency Sir Henry McCullum, a very keen sportsman and a cricketer, was present at the match, as were also the acting Colonial Secretary and the Mayor of Colombo. As the result of the Ceylon Sportsman's efforts, Kelaart will receive a handsome “ souvenir,” but one hardly com­ mensurate with his great performances in Ceylon cricket. A testimonial match was a novelty for the Island, and it is probable that no other cricketer here would have got a tenth of the amount subscribed to the fund. The score of the game is appended: R ight -H anders . First innings. Second innings. A. S. Peglotte, not out .. 6 b Mendis ........... 0 C. Orr, c de Livera, b c E. R. de Saram, Mendis ........................... 6 b Mendis............ 9 A. T. Pollocks,b Mendis... 17 b Mendis ........... 0 F. W. Dias, c de Alwis, b Mendis ..........................38 b Kelaart ......19 A. C. Amath, b E. R. de c de Alwis, b Saram.................................. 4 Kelaart ........ 1 L. Thomasz, b E. R. de Saram..................................16 b Kelaart ........ 0 R. A. Horan, c and b E. R. c Molamure, b de Saram ..........................46 Mendis ......20 D. Joseph, b M endis...........25c E. R. de Saram, b Mendis.......... 10 V. T. Dickman, b Mendis... 2 b Kelaart ........ 4 O. Holsinger, b Mendis ... 2 b Mendis ........ 3 W. de Rozayro, b Mendis... 7 notout................. 4 Byes, &c......................10 Byes, &c. ... 0 Total ....................179 Total..........70 L eft -H anders . First innings. Second innings. O. G. de Alwis, b Amath ... 3 b Joseph ......... 4 A. F. Molamure, b Amath 13 lbw, b Amath ... 32 F. de Saram, c Holsinger, st Rozayro, b b Joseph ..........................16 Amath ......25 R. E. S. Mendis, b Amath 2 run out ......... 3 E. R. de Saram, not out ... 65 not out ........14 B. Kelaart, b Am ath........... 2 b Amath ......... 0 Clement Perera,b Amath... 19 b Amath ... .. 1 A. Raffel, b Joseph ........... 8 b P eglotte......... 1 G. F. de Livera, b Joseph... 6 runout .......... 0 T. Kelaart, c Pollocks, b Joseph .......................... 5 c Orr, b Amath... 0 M. M. Jaldeen, c Orr, b Joseph .......................... 2 absent................. 0 Byes, &c....................... 6 Byes,&c. ... 3 Total ....................147 Total..........83 Cricket in Ceylon is in a very flourishing state. Greswell, the old Somerset bowler, is doing well in Colombo. When V. F. S. Crawford comes out a little later,and A. L. Gibson, who played for Essex, returns, European cricket will be much strengthened. D. A. Steele, who used to play for Hants, is now at Matale, and playing a few months ago againstthe D.M.C.C. scored a century. We are hoping to bring about another European-Ceylonese match early next year and that should be a great draw. We are still hopeful of sending a Ceylon team to India and in years to come we may send out a team to England to play the second-class counties, and I don't know why we should not do well, as our boys have distinguished themselves against passing English and Australian teams and also against the best European cricketers in the Island. For the past ten years the Ceylonese have never once been beaten by the best European XI. We are longing to see what V. F. S. Crawford will do against the Ceylonese bowlers. THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE COUNTY C.C. Mr. H. Beloe presided over the Annual General Meeting of the Gloucestershire County Cricket Club at Bristol on January 26th. In moving the adoption of the report, the chairman pointed out though £165 had been lost last season the club had a balance in hand. Mr. G. L. Jessop discussed the question of a graduated scale of payment to professionals— £3 for the young man and £5 for the player with an established reputation. Then there was the suggestion that it would be advantageous to limit matches to two days, and, if possible, to arrange to begin games on Wednesdays and Saturdays. The Gloucestershire County Committee approved of the two days’ match scheme. The following were elected on the Com­ mittee:—Messrs. E. W . Ball, W. H. Brown, B. E. Bush, W. A. Halsey, H. V. Page, E. B. Haygarth, J. T. Taylor and the Rev. J. H. Seaborne. WEST AFRICAN CRICKET. An interesting suggestion, and one which will in all probability materialise, has been put forward by Major F. G. Guggisberg, regarding the visit to England of a West African cricket team in 1912. The suggestion has been the subject of a lengthy corres­ pondence between Major Guggisberg, Mr. J. Astley-Cooper and Mr. F. E. Lacey. It is proposed that as the Triangular Test matches are to be played in England during 1912, a programme shall be arranged for the West Africans with the Minor Counties. “ I am a great believer in the influence of cricket from an Imperial point of view,” says Mr. Lacey in his letter to Mr. Astley-Cooper. There is much good cricket played on the matting wickets at Accra, and during the coming season one of the best batsmen from the Gold Coast, Mr. J. Thompson, will be playing in London club cricket as a member of the Fulham Club. As Mr. Astley-Cooper says:—“ If the spirit of the co operative discipline of cricket could be imbued into the black man, it would be a great stride towards the settlement of the labour problem in West Africa, upon which all development depends.” — The Observer, 12th February, 1911. 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