Cricket 1911

F e b . 2 3 , 1 9 1 1 . CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 27 for 67, and then proceeded to make 451 for tw o wickets, to declare their innings, and to get rid o f their opponents a second time for 203. R e g in a ld J. H a w so n and J .L . Hudson were the principal contributors to the big total. H aw son scored ‘238 not out, ex­ ceeding by over 50 runs the previous record in these games, Hudson 167, and the partnership between these two for the second wicket realised 348 runs. Hawson is, beyond doubt, the best bat in the island at the present time, and possibly his com rade in this stand, though he has played much less first-class cricket, stands next to him , though H . 0 . Smith, who played on the other side, m ight dispute the second place, and Keith Eltham shows considerable promise for the future. T h e follow in g individual three-figure scores have now been made in matches between the North and the South of Tasmania :— F or the N orth . H. O. Smith ...*179 J. H. Savigny... 164 E. A. Windsor 160 C. W. Rock ... G. H. Bailey ... J. H. Savigny... L. Cuff ............ H. Pilbeam J. H. Savigny... 158 139 134 133 122 120 J. Arthur...............117 C. W. Rock ... 113 W . H. Savigny 113 R. S am s............ *110 H. Wilson ... 106 E. A. Windsor*105 E. A. Windsor 103 G. H. Bailey ... 101 W. Sidebottom 100 F or the S outh . R. J. Hawson...*238 K. E. Burn . C. J. Eady ... 187 H. Hale ... . K. E, Burn ... 180 K. E. Bum . J- L. Hudson ... 167 J. L. Hudson . K. E. Burn ... 140 D. Paton... . G.H . Gatehouse 133 K. E. Burn K. E. Burn ...*130 J. Bingham T. A. Tabart ... 130 O. Douglas 0. J. Eady ... 125 K, E. Burn . G.H . Gatehouse*119 O. Douglas W. Ward............115 * Signifies not out. It is w orthy o f note that Kenny should be credited with as m any as such scores, and no-one else with than three. .. I l l ..*108 .. 108 ..*107 .. 107 .. 106 .. 104 .. 104 .. 101 .. 101 Burn seven m ore T asm ania made but a poor show at Sydney. S cott’s expresses helped H o r­ dern’s googlies to tumble them out on a wet pitch for 49 in the first in n in gs; and in the second only Hudson (94) and Eltham (78) did anything. Their stand for 163 was the one redeem ing feature o f the islanders’ display. Tasmania lacked H . O. Sm ith, E . A . W indsor, F. Chancellor and E . T. Boddam , and were especially weak in b ow lin g ; but the winning side was without Bardsley, Trumper, Macart­ ney, Cotter, Carter, E . L . and E . F. W addy, Em ery, Simpson, K elleway and H . L . Collins, an eleven which could probably beat in two matches out o f three the team by w hom Tasmania was routed. R . B. M innett, who m ade 151 for N .S .W ., is a cousin o f R . V . M innett, who ran up 169 v. Queensland last season. W a r r e n B a r d s le y m ad e his thousandth run in first-class cricket o f the 1910-11 season in the course o f his 82 at Melbourne on the 17th. Faulkner and Nourse were before him , and Trumper also has credited him self with a four-figure total. In a general way, no batsman has much chance o f reaching four figures during an Austra­ lian first-class campaign, ow ing to the paucity o f matches. But Clem H ill has twice done it (in 1897-8 and 1901-2), W arw ick Armstrong once (in 1907-8) and M . A . Noble once (in 1907-8), and, for English teams, A. C. MacLaren and K. S. Ranjitsinbji (in 1897-8) and Hard- staff (in 1907-8). T h e return match between New South Wales and Victoria at Sydney ended in a win by 456 runs for the hom e side. This is quite the biggest defeat by runs alone — that is, in a match in which each side had tw o innings— chronicled in the series, which has now run to 86 matches. New South W ales thus w on back the Sheffield Shield, on which the State seems to have a lien. On results South Australia equalled them— two won, one lost— but the Sydney team had the better batting and bow ling figures. One does not feel enthusiastic about this m ethod o f deciding a competition, how ever. N e it h e r Trumper n or Bardsley m ade a century. Bardsley “ failed ” for 72 and 43, and V . T. T. for som e small score, uncabled, in the first innings, and a paltry 82 in the second. Centuries were made by tw o o f the younger men, E ric M cE lhone, the son o f the former secretary of the Australian B oard o f Control, scoring 101 in the first innings, and another E ric— young Barbour, to wit— the son o f the ex-President o f the Board, Mr. G. P. Barbour, 113 not out in the second. After this, what bold m an will deny the benefit o f the B oard o f Control to Australian cricket ? The sires of sons like these deserve credit, surely. H ordern did great things with the ball, taking 13 wickets for 87 in the m atch— an unlucky number, but m ore so for V ictoria than for Hordern. K yle bow led very w ell for the losers (6 wickets for 129) in N .S .W .’s second, but no one did anything very notable in the scoring line for them . One suspects that they had the worst of the wicket. T h e M .C.C. team in the W est Indies succumbed to Barbados, by an innings and 103 runs to spare in their first match. But luck was all on the Colonial side, and the defeat must not be taken too seriously. Sydney Sm ith seems to have been the only m an capable o f making runs for the tourists, but one expects to find the captain, W hittington, B rown, Hearne and one or two others, scoring well before the tour ends. I t is worthy of mention that the “ Victor Trumper ” bat, manufactured by Messrs. F. H. Ayres, Ltd., of London, has been used with pronounced success by both teams in the recent Test and inter-State matches in Australia. Among the scores made with the bat are Trumper’s 214 not out against South Africa at Adelaide, Hill’s 191 in the Sydney match, and Faulkner’s 115 and 56. These facts speak for themselves. CRICKET IN TASMANIA. NORTH v. SOUTH. Played at Hobart on December 26 and 27. The South won by an innings and 181 runs. Owing to the Tasmanian team being obliged to sail for Sydney on the Paloona at 10 a.m. on December 28th, this match was restricted to two days. As it happened, the time available for play proved sufficient to enable the captain of the South, R. J. Hawson, to credit himself with the largest individual innings played in the long series of games, and, with Hudson to take part in a stand of 348—the largest on record in the history of the match. The North were out played from the start, for, going in first on a perfect pitch upon winning the toss, they were dismissed in just under an hour-and-a half for 67. The pace of the wicket beat them, and five of their number failed to score. Carroll bowled really well all through, and Boddam, who had not been considered worth a place when the sides were first chosen, took four wickets for two runs each. The South lost Paton, run out at 10, but from that point Hawson and Hudson took the game in charge and in three hours 40 minutes put on 348 for the second wieket, of which number the latter, who gave no chance and hit eighteen 4’s, claimed 167. W ith Eltham in 93 runs more were added without further loss, and then, with only two men out for 451, the innings was closed. Hawson, who made 238 out of 451 in 280 minutes and carried out his bat, hit a six (ofl McKenzie) and three dozen 4’s. His display, though not without flaw, was one of considerable merit. In their second innings the North endeavoured to obtain runs quickly, but were dismissed for 203 and beaten as stated. Score and analysis:— N oeth . First innings. Second innings. H. O. Smith, c Parkinson, c Frost, b Chan- b Bcddam .......................... 34 cellor ... ... 26 R. Westbrook, lbw, b Carroll ... ................... 1 b Frost..................43 C. Martin, c and b Carroll 1 c E lth a m , b Carroll ...........41 S. McKenzie, c Hale, b Carroll ..........................1 6 b Boddham ... 4 E. A. Windsor, c Boddam, b Carroll .......................... 0 b Frost ...57 E. W. Harrison, b Boddam 2 e Boddam, b Carroll ........... 3 T. Elliott, b CaiToll ........... 2 b Paton ..... 2 L. R. Tumilty, b Boddam 0 b Carroll ... ... 3 A. Thomlinson, b Boddam 0 not out.................. 2 L. Thomas, c Hawson, b c Parkinson, b Carroll ... ... ... .. 0 Frost ........... 9 E. McDonald, not out ... 0 b Chancellor ... 4 Byes, &c...................... 12 Byes, &c. ... 9 Total ... 67 S outh. R. J. Hawson, not out 238 D. Paton, run out ... 3 J. L. Hudson, b Mc­ Donald ..................16' Total K. Eltham, not out ... 27 Byes, &c ..............16 Total (2 wkts) *451 Innings declared closed. F. Chancellor, H. Hale, W. Arnold, T. D. Carroll, E. T. Boddam, S. Frost and H. Parkinson did not bat. N orth . 0. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Carroll ... 20 7 29 6 .......... 12 2 50 3 Paton ... 10 4 18 0 .......... 7 2 19 1 Boddam .. 9 4 8 4 .......... 16 1 59 1 Chancellor ... 12 3 40 2 Frost ........... 8*3 2 26 3 Carroll bowled two no-balls. S outh . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. McDonald. 27 1 110 1 Thomlin­ Windsor .. 17 1 72 0 son ... 8 1 27 0 McKenzie.. 17 0 88 0 Harrison.. 8 1 8 < ' 0 Martin 10 0 47 0 Westbrook 4 1 18 0 Elliott 1L 3 41 0 Of the 86 matches that have been played, the South have won 39, and the North 36. Eleven games have been drawn.