Cricket 1911

M a r c h 3 0 , i g i i . CRICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 43 on its w ay to England. The date o f the funeral w ill be announced later. T h e E ssex Shilling F und continues to grow, but m uch still remains to be done before the coun ty’s finances are put on the sound footing that is desirable. Contributions to the fund w ill be w elcom ed by M r. 0 . E . Borradaile, at the Essex headquarters, the L eyton ground. No willing contributor need w ithhold his hand because he is not an Essex man. Eesidence in M iddlesex, Surrey, Kent, Sussex— or, in fact, any other county, first-class, m inor, or unclassed— is quite a sufficient qualification for this purpose. This hint w ould be made broader if one were appealing to an audience less intelligent than that o f the readers of Cricket, but, as the old saw says, “ a word to the w ise— .” _ _ P l a y in g for H arn dorf v. Onkaparinga, in South Australia, on February 4th, D. A . Byard obtained six wiokets (all clean bow led) in eight balls. The per­ formance included the hat-trick twice. H a r r y T r o t t , it w ill interest his friends in England— and they are legion— to know, has recently been show ing excellent form in pennant matches in Melbourne for the South M elbourne C.C. On January 28th he scored exactly a hundred against Prahran and a couple o f days later ran up 130 v. St. Kilda and then retired, partly on account o f an injury, but chiefly to give some o f the others a chance. H e has also been m eeting with some success as a bowler. T h e Sydney R eferee reports that Andrew Livingstone N ewell, who suddenly disappeared in 1907, is alive and living at Valparaiso, Chili. H e was a telegraph operator at the G.P.O ., Sydney, and is said to be doing well in his new country. T h e following are some individual three-figure scores made recently in first- class club cricket in Australia Jan. 14— E.P. Barbour,University v. Petersham *128 Jan. 21.—G. Rogers, Prahran v. S. Melbourne *129 Jan. 28.—H. R. McCarron, Adelaide v. Glenelg 109 Jan. 28.—G. H. S. Trott, South Melbourne v. Frahran.................................................. 100 Jan, 28,—S. Butler, Melbourne v. North Mel­ bourne .................................. ...........*108 Jan. 28.—W. Sewart, Carlton v. E. Melbourne *128 (Continued from 101* on Jan. 21) Jan. 28.—L. Thomas, East Launceston v. North Launceston.................................. 110 Jan. 30.—P. A. McAlister, Bast Melbourne v. Fitzroy .......... ................... ...........*150 Jan. 30.—G. H. S. Trott, South Melbourne v. St. Kilda ..........................................rlSO Jan. 30.—W. McCormack, South Melbourne v. St. Kilda ..........................................*124 Jan. 30 -E . S. Spencer, North Melbourne v. Carlton ................................................. *112 Jan. 30.—F. Vaughan, Melbourne v. Essendon *112 Jan. 31— A. H. Gregory, Press v. Parliament (Sydney) ..........................................*175 reb. 4.—C. J. Tozer, University v. Glebe ... 151 Feb. 11.—J. H. Pellew, N. Adelaide v. Adelaide 115 Feb. 11.—C. F. Drew, University v. Sturt ... *225 Feb. 11.—M. A. Noble, Paddington v. Gordon *219 Feb. 11.—,1. Hudson, E. Hobart v. N. Hobart... *138 Feb. 18. - R. J. Hawson, North Hobart v. New Town .................................................. 132 Feb. 18— E. Free, E. Hobart v. S. Hobart ... 102 Feb. 18,—K. Watt, E. Hobart v. S. Hobart ... 122 Feb. 25.—Spencer, North Melbourne, v. Fitzroy 116 Feb. 25.—A. E. V. Hartkopf, Univorsity v. Mel- bourne .................................. ... ... *166 Feb. 25— !?. Deas, S. Melbourne v. Melbourne 130 Feb. 25.—J. N. Crawford, East Torrens v, Adelaide.................................. ........... 182 * Signifies not o u t; r, retired. T h e r e was heavy scoring in the match between A . and B. teams o f the Riccarton C.C., at H agley Park, Christchurch (N .Z.), on January 7th and 14th. On the first afternoon the former ran up 500 for three wickets and declared, and on the following Saturday the B. team replied w ith 252 and 200 for six wickets. There were three individual scores o f over a hundred in A .’s total, T aylor making 136, Prebble 134 and H . N orm an 113 not out. A curious accident occurred in a match on the Basis Reserve, W ellington (N .Z.), on January 11th. A player named Corbett was fielding in the country, and, on returning the ball to the wicket-keeper, he broke his right arm just above the elbow. W hen questioned he said he did not know how it happened, as he had not thrown the ball back very hard. A few days later— also at W ellington— a local player named H anify was bow ling, and the ball was hit back to him by the striker. In endeavouring to take it he m oved to one side, bending his knee and throwing his w eight on it. H is ankle was put out, and leg broken just above it. J. H . B o a r d , who is w intering in Napier, has been making some good scores in local cricket. In January he played tw o three-figure innings in suc­ cession— 106 not out on the 21st and 126 (on a bad wicket) a week later. F . S. W h it e , who visited E ngland as a m em ber o f the Philadelphian team of 1908 and came out second in the batting averages, has gained the squash rackets championship of the United States by defeating G . F . W ales, o f B oston, at Philadelphia on February 13th. H e won all the games, 15-13, 15-7, 15-11. U pon the occasion of his fiftieth birth­ day, which occurred on February 21st, A. M. W ood was presented by the m em ­ bers o f the B elm ont C.C., o f Philadelphia, with a very beautiful loving-cup bearing the follow ing inscription :— P r e s e n t e d to A . M . WOOD B y h is m a n y f r ie n d s o f t h e B e lm o n t C r ic k e t C l u b as a t o k e n of t h e ir l o v e a n d e s t e e m . 1861— 1911. 50 n o t o u t . A t the end o f the seventies W ood played for Nottingham shire by residence and for Derbyshire b y birth, so his innings has been a long, as well as an eventful, one. T h e M .C .C . team in th e W e st Indies, w hose m atch es h a v e b een g ettin g in to p rin t a t h om e in cu riou sly b ela ted fashion , again lost to B a rb a d o s in their secon d gam e, b u t th en h a d th e satis­ fa ctio n o f bea tin g w h a t w as n om in a lly a W e st In d ia n team , b u t a ctu a lly B a rb a d os w ith C. S im p son o f D em erara instead o f P e rc y G o o d m a n— a chan ge w h ich , w ith o u t a n y d isrespect to S im pson , m a y b e said to h a v e w e a k ­ ened in stead o f stren gth ening— b y fiv e w ickets. S im p son w as a t B rid g etow n in g o o d tim e, an d h elp ed th e E n g lish ­ m en in their se co n d g am e ; b u t the oth er m a n from B ritish G uiana ch osen — O liver L ay n e, la te o f B a rb a d o s— an d th e w h ole T rin id a d con tin g en t, p ro b a b ly in clu d in g C onstan tin e, L ear- in o n d a n d H a rragin , w ere h eld u p b y p lagu e a t T rin id a d . T his m a y m ean th e sh orten in g o f th e tou r. B y th e w ay, on e has n o t y e t seen a n y p ro ­ gram m e o f it. T h e W e st In d ia n m ail co n tra ct d ifficu lty m u d d led up the M .C .C . arran gem en ts b a d ly , a n d a g o o d d eal o f cre d it is d u e to M r. A . F . S om erset fo r n o t g iv in g up th e trip en tirely. I f th e team co u ld h a v e sta rted earlier, it w o u ld p ro b a b ly h a ve in clu d ed M essrs. A . C. J o h n sto n an d L . H . W . T rou g h ton . T h e O ld L eysian , B . H . H o llow a y , w as h u rt in th e first m a tch , w h en S y d n e y Sm ith m a d e e x a c tly h a lf o f th e run s from th e b a t scored in the E n g lishm en ’s tw o inn ings, an d A . C. S om erset b o w le d w ith m o st success. In th e se co n d gam e, w ith C. S im p son ta k in g H o llo w a y ’s p lace, the run- g ettin g w as d on e m a in ly b y B row n , H earn e, th e ca p ta in , a n d Gaussen, an d all th e bow lers w ere punished p re tty freely ; D . C. F . B u rto n , o f R u g b y , C am bridge an d Y o rk sh ire , w as hu rt. L . H ea th , a B a rb a d ia n p lay er, t o o k his p lace fo r th e th ird m a tch ; H o llo w a y cam e b a ck in to th e team , an d m ade to p sco re in the first innings ; Sm ith was h ig h est scorer in th e m atch , w ith 96 fo r on ce o u t ; T . A . L . W h ittin g ton an d H ea rn e b a tte d cre d ita b ly ; an d “ D o c to r ” Y o u n g , w h o scored 49 an d to o k n in e w ick ets fo r 105, w as in som e­ th in g lik e his E ssex fo rm o f ten years or so a g o. T his tim e it w as a h om e p lay er w h o w as h u rt, S. W o rm e , the B a rb a d ia n fa st b ow ler, h a v in g a fin ger brok en . H a r o l d B r u c e G a r d in e r A u s t in , w h o ca p ta in ed th e h om e side in all three m atch es, a n d scored 138 in fou r innings, w as th e sk ip p er o f the W est In d ia n team o f 1906 in E n glan d, an d w o u ld also h a ve b een here in 1900 b u t th at he w as d oin g w ork o n sterner fields in S ou th A frica . H e w as in th e o ld co u n try fo r som e little tim e in 1909, an d represen ted the M .C .C . in the retu rn m a tch again st the S ou th A frican s. T h e B a rb a d os m en sh ow ed v e ry con sisten t form* P e rc y H am ilton T arilton , a ba tsm an w ith a v e ry stron g d efen ce, m ad e 28, 31, 37 an d 20. G eorge C hallenor, on e o f the best b a ts­ m en o f th e 1906 team , scored 11, 16, 75 an d 37 ; his broth er R . (k n ow n as “ L a d d ie ” ) 13, 29, 34 an d 2 ; an d A lla n B row n e 66, 57, 0 an d 28. In th e th ree gam es C. R . B row n e to o k tw e n ty -fo u r w ick ets fo r 320 runs, G. C hallenor ten for 144, an d F . E . W . G. A u stin , a broth er o f the captain , seven fo r 106. O n the beautiful Bourda ground, at Georgetown, Dem erara, the M .C.C. team fared m uch better than in their matches at K ensington, B ridgetown. Against British Guiana that excellent batsman, T. A. L . W hittington, o f Glamorganshire, and B . H . H ollow ay, o f Leys School