Cricket 1911

26 CR ICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. F e b . 2 3 , 1 9 1 1 . the ball, leaving P ercy to indulge in a Kaffir dance after whisking off the bails. A ll South A frica has been doing hand­ springs and som ersaults ever since . . . It is very distressing for every second m an or w om an y ou m eet to be heard h umm ing, sin gin g,or whistling ‘A d ela ide’ and ‘ See the conquering hero com es.’ Y o u see people w ildly talking out ofth ree- story w indow s across the street about ashes and bonfires. This epistle to the Australians should reach you exactly three days before the first Test m atch. R em em ber, the eyes o f the w hole civil­ ized w orld are focussed upon you, fight w ith your last k ick for victory— don’t p lay the angora, or, well, I leave it to yourselves to im agine the result.” W . C a m e r o n , whose big hitting feats have been often referred to in G o s s ip , accom plished another remarkable per­ form ance at W est M aitland in the m atch betw een H unter D istrict and a com bined W averley, R edfern and Paddington team on D ecem ber 31st and January 2nd. In the course o f an innings of 81 for the form er he hit five 6’s o ff an over delivered b y J. H . M cK inley, all save the fifth ball bein g hit out o f the ground. D e t a il s o f a remarkable innings by a cricketer nam ed M oore were furnished b y H arry D on nan to the Sydney S ports­ m a n o f D ecem ber 14th. W est W yalong, going in first, were dismissed for 246, yet, despite the fact that only one o f their opponents reached double-figures, were beaten by 19 runs. The H iaw atha total o f 265 was m ade up as fo llo w s:— H iaw atha. Moore, b Harrold .............................................222 Beazley, b K e n n y ............................................. 1 Nichols, c and b Lamont ............................ 5 Neilsen, b K e n n y ............................................ 0 Vinecombe, s t ------, b L am ont.................. 0 Hildebrand, b H arrold.................................... 9 Lamont, s t ------, b C ooper............................. 7 M'Kay, b Cooper ............................................ 0 Lange, c Maloney, b Kenny .................... 5 Neilsen, not out ............................................. 1 Bowe, b Kenny ............................................ 5 Byes, &c...........................................10 Total ....................................265 M oore, during the 100 m inutes he was in, h it seven 6’ s and thirty 4’s. M oore is over six feet in height, hits hard, is a fine field, and by occupation is a school teacher. H e is a cousin o f L eon M oore, and therefore related to M acartney. P laying at T iaro ((Queensland) on D ecem ber 26th for Ipsw ich v. Tiaro, C. Cossart scored 222 and carried out his bat. On January 7th S. T hom as made 210 not out in a seeond-grade m atch in Sydney— for Central Cumberland 2nd v. M iddle H arbor 2nd— the total o f his side w hen stumps were drawn for the day being 513 for seven wickets. A S y d n e y correspondent o f the H obart M ercu ry describes S . H . Em ery, w h o has recently gained Test-m atch honours as “ On his day— m ind you, on his day— the m ost dangerous bow ler in Australia, but he is so full o f energy that he doesn’t even give h im self tim e to take h is proper r u n ; som etim es he turns round before he should, and then has to go back again. T he only thing that would tone him down w ould be a tour o f England, and then only by bow ling him unchanged during the first dozen matches. Kelleway is already a great player— a replica of Noble. H e bats as correctly as a m odel without being stylish, yet he is far from bein g ungainly. H e off-drives with a beautiful swing— bat upright— a very safe stroke. H e cuts neatly, and his on-play is so sound. H e is a magnificent point. H is bow ling is really good, t o o ; he m ixes his pace well, varies his pitch (makes the batsm an 1com e and go ’ perpetually), bow ls a few off ones, and swings in a rattling yorker— far too few. P luck! H e is the personification o f it. Tempera­ m entally and physically, in addition to ability, he is a real Test player, and may go far (and not ‘ return ’ for a very long time) in the internationals.” T h e following are some individual three-figures scores made recently in first-class club cricket in Australia:— Dec. 17. —C. J. Tozer, Sydney University v. Bur- wood ..................................................*166 Dec. 17.—E. F. McElhone, Sydney University v. Burwood .......................................... 119 Dec. 17.—H. L. Collins, Sydney v. Paddington... 136 Dec. 17.—T. Andrews, Petersham v. R ed fen i... 108 Dec. 17.—N. Claxton, North Adelaide v. Sturt 184 Dec. 17.—R. B. Rees, North Adelaide v. Sturt ... Ill Dec. 24.—K.Eltham, West Hobartv. EastHobart *121 Jan. 7.—T. Warne, Carlton v. St. K ild a ...........*150 Jan. 7.—R. V. Minnett, North Sydney v. Glebe 184 Jan. 7.—A. E. Johnston, North Sydney v. Glebe 108 Jan. 7.—C. B. Jennings, North Brisbane v. Nundah ..........................................*110 Jan. 7.—S. J. Fennelly, Valley v. Toowong ... 154 Jan. 14.—Buckingham, Austral v. Henley Park 127 Jan. 14.—Thamm, Subiaco v West P e rth .......... 100 Jan. 21.—G. S. Down, Adelaide v. Sturt .......... 168 Jan. 21.—H. McCarron, Adelaide v. Sturt ... *140 Jan. 21.—J. H. Pellew, North Adelaide v. Port Adelaide .................................. ... 147 Jan. 21.—N. Claxton, North Adelaide v. Port Adelaide .......................................... 147 Jan. 21.—W. W. Armstrong, Melbourne v. North Melbourne.......................................... 201 Jan. 21.—W. Sewart, Carlton v. East Melbourne *101 Jan. 21.—H. Lemme, St. Kilda v. Fitzroy........... 102 Jan. 21.—G. Cheswass, Northcote v. University 199 * Signifies not out. On December 17th, Tozer and McElhone added 225 together for the University’s third wicket, whilst Warne, besides scoring 150 not out against St. Kilda, took six of their wickets for nine runs. I n N ew Zealand, on D ecem ber 3rd, a W anganui Collegiate schoolmaster named Butterw orth played an innings o f 241, and was then stated to have an average o f 195 for the season. H e had to that date comm enced five innings, tw o o f w h ich were not out, and his low est score was 63. F iv e days later, in a Thursday C om ­ petition m atch in Christchurch, the Australians C.C. met the L yttelton C.C., but, ow ing to the weather, only five o f their men put in an appearance. The result was that they were dismissed for 30 and 0, and beaten by an innings and 65 runs. Their second display lasted only five minutes. T h e r e was some remarkable run- getting recorded in a senior grade m atch betw een W anderers and Taruheru at G isborne— about 80 m iles north-east o f Napier, N .Z.- -o n D ecem ber 3rd and 10th. On the first day the form er, after dis­ m issing the opposition for 43, ran up 412 for one w icket and on the follow ing Saturday took their total to 551 before success again attended the fielding side. Y oung m ade 275 and M cM ahon, a form er N orth Sydney player, carried out his bat for 226. H ow m any runs the pair added together was not recorded in the D om inion newspapers. T h e R ev. E . O. Blam ires, who has gained a place in the W ellington (N .Z.) E leven, preached a sermon on Decem ber 18th with “ Cricket, the Sport o f the Sunny Summer ” as his text. H e is a W esleyan. I t is generally understood in B om bay, says an E xchange telegram , that Prince Ranjitsinhji w ill com e to England for the Coronation, and that M r. J. M . Fram jee- Patel, o f B om bay, w ill accom pany the Indian cricket team who are com ing to this country in M ay next, and o f which he was the original organiser. V. F . S. C r a w f o r d lost n o time in m aking his presence felt in Ceylon. H e arrived at C olom bo on January 1st and on the follow ing day turned out for C.C.C. against the Sports Club, scoring 8 and 24 and taking two wickets for 23. F or the same side W . T . G reswell, late o f Somerset, made 0 and 16 and dismissed fourteen m en at a cost o f 51 runs. On the follow ing Saturday— January 7th, that is— “ V . F . S .” accomplished what ranks as his best all-round performance in the island to date. A gainst H . L . D ow biggin’s X I. he played the highest innings o f the m atch (49) and took nine w ickets for 53, bow ling unchanged throughout w ith Greswell (ten for 32). A c c o r d in g to present arrangements, the Currie Cup Tournam ent w ill take place at Durban betw een M arch 15th and 25th. T he Transvaal and Natal w ill enter, and probably the B order. It is hoped that the W estern P rovince w ill defend their title to the championship. A t Kensington, Barbados, recently, P. A . Tarilton, captain o f the Barbados team which w on the Cup in the last W est Indian Tournament, was presented with a handsome gold watch and chain, sub­ scribed for by the general public. The H on . G. A. G oodm an m ade the p re­ sentation. T h e gam e betw een the N orth and South o f Tasmania, played at H obart at Christ­ m as time, was in several w ays rather a remarkable one. Owing to the departure o f the Tasm anian team to play in Sydney, it had to be restricted to tw o days, and the general opinion was that it w ould be drawn. But the South, thanks to T . D . Carroll (six wickets for 29) and E . T . B oddam tumbled out their opponents