Cricket 1911

30 CRICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. F e b . 2 3 , i g n . 140 Gentlemen v. Players, at the Oval, 1904. 132 Australians v. Cambridge University, at Cam­ bridge, 1884. 132 London County v. Leicestershire, at the Crystal Palace, 1902. 130 Sussex v. Gloucestershire, at Bristol, 1897. 129 Australians v. Cambridge University Past and Present, at Leyton, 1890. (He and G. H. S. Trott (18(5) added 276 for the third wicket.) 121* Sussex v. Notts, at Nottingham, 1898. 107* Australians v. Orleans Club, at Twickenham, 1882. 105 Sussex v. Cambridge University, at Cambridge, 1897. 104 Gentlemen of South v. Players of South, at Lord’s, 1894. *Signifies not out. The manner in which he came to assist the Gentlemen against the Players at the Oval as recently as 1904 was somewhat remark­ able. On the second clay P. F. Warner and G. W . Beldham, owing to indisposition, retired from the match and—an event un­ paralleled in a game of such importance — two substitutes were allowed to take their places, notwithstanding the fact that the latter had bowled fourteen overs on the first day. Murdoch was one of the substitutes, and he marked the occasion by playing an innings of 140. In minor cricket he made many large scores, one of the best instances being in November, 1883, when he made 90 and 140 for Cootramundra in a match against Wagga. M r. MURDOCH IN FIRST-CLASS CRICKET. Times Most Inns. out out. in an inns. Total Runs. Aver. In Australia 61 9 321 2249 43-25 In England (with Australians) ... 223 17 286* 5336 25-90 fn England (1891- 1904)................... 411 21 226 96S5 24-83 In South Africa (1891-2) .......... 1 0 12 12 12-00 In America (1878) 2 1 37 37 37-00 T otals.......... 698 48 321 17319 26-64 G. B. N ichols . George Benjamin Nichols, who was fcorn at Fishponds, Bristol, on June 14, 1862, died of pneumonia at Dublin on the 19th inst. Without ever being in the front rank of pro­ fessional cricketers, Nichols, who originally played for Gloucestershire as an amateur, though in a few matches only from 1883 to 1885 inclusive, was for fourteen years a very useful member of the Somerset team. He was a fastish bowler, and a steady batsman with no particular pretensions to style. His highest score in first-class cricket was 74 not out, but in matches of less importance he several times scored largely, and in 1891 he ran up 311 not out for Somerset Club and Ground v. Glastonbury. After dropping out of the Somerset team he played in a few matches (in 1900 and 1901) for Devonshire. At one time he carried on, in partnership with Tyler, an athletic outfitting business at Taunton ; later, he founded a similar business at Plymouth ; and among his various ac­ tivities was the authorship of a melodrama, which failed to make a fortune for him. His full figures in strictly first class cricket work out thus: B a ttin g : 248 innings—31 not outs—2,958 runs —average, 13’63. B ow lin g : 17,371 balls—7,103 runs—299 wickets —average, 23*75. In the five years, 1886-1890 inclusive, before Somerset had attained first-class rank, he scored 1,116 runs for the county with an average of just under 19 and a highest score of 110, and took 158 wickets at 11-7*2 each— 79 of them, at under 11 each, in 1890. J. N. P. W . W alk er . William (“ Fiddler M) Walker, who was groundsman at Trent Bridge from 1877 until 1893, died at Radcliffe-on-Trent on the 8th inst in his eighty-fifth year. Walker, who was the first to bring Nottingham marl into use in the preparation of wickets, was granted a pension by the Notts County C.C. upon his retirement. CRICKET IN AUSTRAL IA . VICTORIA v. QUEENSLAND. Played at Melbourne on December 16, 17,19. Queensland won by 66 runs. Neither team was at full strength for this match, the home side lacking Ransford, Warne, Laver and Smith and the visitors being without Hartigan, Jennings and Hayes. Queensland, who gained a well-deserved success by 66 runs, played with the utmost keenness from first to last and were thoroughly entitled to their victory. In their first innings Marshal, hitting five 4’s, scored 51, but Jones, who had made 39 and 82 against the South Africans at Toowoomba, was the highest rungetter on the side : he hit five 4’s during the 90 minutes he was in and gave a couple of chances. After a disastrous start, Seitz and Kenny added 103 for Victoria’s fourth wicket, which fell at 126. But for the latter’s large but lucky innings of 121 not out—he was missed three times in scoring his first 16 runs and six times in all—the home side would probably have been very far behind on the first innings. Kenny batted for three hours and hit fourteen 4’s. In Queensland’s second innings Marshal and Hutcheon carried off the honours : they added 37 together for the third wicket, and the former made his 66 out of 94 in 73 minutes. Marshal hit six 4’s and Hutcheon a 5 and five 4’s. At the end of the innings Barstow and Lewis added 58, and Victoria were set 242 to win. With Armstrong away, owing to mump*, this was not a light task, and, as it happened, Queens­ land got home comfortably, only two men exceeding 30. Vaughan, who gave three chances, batted two hours and a-half for 66 and Matthews carried out his bat for 35. Score and analysis :— Q ueensland . First innings. Second innings. S. J. Fennelly, c Kenny, b S c o t t ..................................35 c Seitz, b Parsons 14 A. Marshal, b Parsons ... 51 c Matthews, b Parsons ... ... 66 S.J. Redgrave,c Armstrong, b P arsons..........................37 lbw, b Parsons ... 2 J. S. Hutcheon, b Parsons 20 c Kortlang,bScott 73 W. T. Evans, c Kortlang, b Parsons .......................... 6 lbw, b Parsons .. 6 A. H. Jones, c sub, b Arm- c Vaughan, b strong.................. ...........67 Matthews ... 6 J. W. McLaren, lbw, bScott 6 b Armstrong ... 25 W. S. McCloy, c Carkeek, c Seitz, b Arm- b Matthews ..................17 strong ............. 1 W. J. Lowis, lbw, b Seitz... 9 not out .......... 29 B. Cook, run out.................. 4 c Kortlang,bScott 0 C. B. Barstow, not out ... 5 c Miller, b Scott 29 B 3, lb l, w l ........... 5 Leg-bye ... 1 V ictoria . First innings. Second innings. W. J. Scott, c Evans, b McLaren .......................... 0 lbw, b Cook........... 12 F. Vaughan, b McLaren ... 0 c McCloy, b Red­ grave ........... 66 J. A. Seitz, run out ........... 59 c Fennelly, b Barstow ........... 27 B. J. Kortlang, b McCloy... 6 b Redgrave........... 9 A. Kenny, not out ... ..121 c Hutcheon, b Redgrave 4 W. W. Armstrong, c Red­ grave, b Barstow ........... 18 absent................... 0 T. J. Matthews, c Lewis, b Cook .................................. 18 not out................... 35 F. T. Delves, b C o o k ........... 21 c Evans, b Red­ grave ........... 1 W. Carkeek, c and b Cook 3 b M cLaren........... 10 H. F. Parsons, c McCloy, b Barstow .......................... 3 b M cLaren........... 0 L. Miller, b Barstow ........... 10 b M cLaren........... 2 B 3, lb 8, nb 3 ........... 14 B 5,lbl,w l,nb2 9 Total.......... 175 Total ...................278 Q ueensland . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Miller ......... 12 1 43 0 ............ 7 0 41 0 Kenny ......... 9 0 43 0 ............ 3 0 13 0 Matthews ... 10 0 31 1 ............ 9 3 21 1 Scott .......... 22 4 69 2 ............. 10*2 1 50 3 Seitz ......... 2 0 7 1 ............ Parsons......... 21 5 54 4 ........... 19 2 79 4 Armstrong ... 2 0 10 1 ........... 17 3 47 2 Scott bowled a wide. V ictoria . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. McLaren ... 24 1 1122 ............ 11-5 3 30 3 M cC loy......... 8 0 32 1 ............ 1 0 3 0 Barstow......... 12 0 47 3 ............ 9 1 36 1 Redgrave ... 11 0 28 0 ........... 14 2 33 4 Lewis ......... 7 2 16 0 ............ Cook ......... 11 1 24 3 ............ 23 1 34 1 M arshal........... 10 0 30 0 McLaren bowled four no-balls, McCloy one, and Redgrave a wide. Total Total.......... 252 VICTORIA v. NEW SOUTH WALES. Played at Melbourne on December 24, 26, 27 and 28. New South Wales won by 193 runs. Victoria lacked the services of Armstrong and Warne, the former owing to mumps and the latter on account of an iujured hand. Laver, winning the toss, put New South Wales in, but the home side appeared to have no bowlers capable of benefiting from the state of the wicket. Bardsley and Trumper, as the result of excellent cricket, scored 120 for the first wicket in 95 minutes, and after the latter had been bowled Macart­ ney, who made his 43 iu 75 minutes, helped to add 94 for the second. Bardsley’s innings was a great one in every sense: he hit four­ teen 4’s, gave only one chance— to Kenny in the slips off Kyle when 81—and made some splendid leg-hits and pulls. Victoria, although batting on a wicket which had improved considerably, were 79 behind on the first innings. Kortlang, the top scorer, batted an hour and three-quarters for 58, but was missed twice. Going in the second time, New South Wales lost their fourth wicket at 90, but from that point went right a-head. Barbour, who hit seven 4’s during the two hours and a-quarter he was in, and Trumper put on 116 together for the fifth wicket, and the latter and Kelleway 96 for the sixth. Trumper, missed by Kyle when 12, scored 142 out of 264 in 200 minutes and hit sixteen 4’s. Victoria were set 462 to win and never seemed likely to make the runs. Although eight of the side