Cricket 1911

M a r c h 30, 1911. CRICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 47 CRICKET IN AUSTRAL IA . NEW SOUTH WALES v. VICTORIA. Played at Sydney on January 27,28,30 and 31. N.S.W. REGAIN THE SHEFFIELD SHIELD. New South Wales won by 456 runs. This match should have commenced on January 26th—Anniversary Day—but heavy rain prevented a ball being bowled until noon on the 27th, by which time the wicket had recovered in a marvellous manner. Trumper had decided to go in upon winning the toss, and his policy was proved to be good. Bardsley carried off the early honours of the innings, scoring 78 out of 126 in two hours without a chance and hitting eleven 4’s ; his stand with Barbour for the fourth wicket realised 51. Later McElhone made his first hundred for N.S.W ., obtaining 101 out of 184 in two hours. He might have been caught at 94, but gave no other chance, hit fourteen 4’s, (the majority of them off-drives and cuts) and with Hordern added 65 for the seventh wicket. On the second day it was found that Laver was suffering from appendi­ citis, and he was operated upon on the Sunday with complete success. His retire­ ment from the game naturally handicapped his side severely. The Victorians gave a poor display on a good wicket against Hordern and were all out for 194. Kortlang batted a couple of hours for 41, and with Ransford and Matthews added 49 and 53 respectively. Hordern, keeping a fine length and breaking both ways, took seven wickets for 55 runs. Despite a first wicket stand of 131 by Trumper and Bardsley when the N .S.W . went in a second time, six men were out for 155. The subsequent play was marked by a not-out innings of 113 by Barbour, who re­ ceived such good support] that with Waddy he added 59 for the seventh wicket, with McElhone 59 for the eighth and with Hordern 128 for the ninth. He scored his 113 out of 255 in 172 minutes and hit seventeen 4’s. He gave a possible chance when 7 and another when 100. Kyle, right-hand me­ dium pace, did well to take six wickets for 129 in a total of 401. Victoria were set 545 to win and never appeared likely to make half the number. Kortlang and McKenzie gave them a fair start, but the whole side were out for 88, Hordern again proving irrisistible. The wickets fell at the follow­ ing t o t a l s 51, 51, 58, 59, 66, 76, 81, 87, 88. Score and analysis:— N ew S outh W ales . First innings. Second innings. V. T. Trumper (capt.), b Laver......................... 4 c Healy, b Kyle.. 82 W. Bardsley, c Healy, b Matthews................. 78 c &b Armstrong.. 43 C. Kelleway, c andb Kyle 24 b Armstrong ... 4 C. G. Macartney, c Kenny, b Kyle.............................. 0 b Kyle............... 8 E. P. Barbour, c Kyle, b Matthews.........................26 not out .... 113 E. L. Waddy, e Carkeek, b Matthews.........................36 run out .....30 E. F. McElhone, c Rans­ ford, b Laver .................101 b Kyle............. 34 Dr. H. V. Hordern, lbw, b Armstrong ..................27 c Healy, bKyle.. 64 H. Carter, c Carkeek, b Armstrong......................10 b Kyle................ 0 A. Cotter, lbw,bArmstrong 22 c McKenzie, b Armstrong ... 0 S. H. Emery, not out....... 1 b Kyle................10 B 1, w 4, nb 3 ......... 8 B 0, lb 4 ..........13 Total ............... 337 Total......... 401 V ictoria . First innings. Second innings. W. Carkeek, c Kelleway, b c Cotter, b Hor- Hordern ...................... 3 dem ................ 9 J. H. Kyle, c McElhone, b Hordern ......................... 17 b Macartney ... 1 V. S. Ransford, c and b Cotter..................... ... not out ... 5 B. J. Kortlang, st Carter, b c Kelleway, b Hordern ..........................41 H ordern.............30 W . W. Armstrong (capt.), b Hordern..........................41 b H ordern............ 6 T. J. Matthews, not out ... 32 lbw, b Hordern... 2 D. Smith, b Hordern ... 8 c McElhone, b Hordern........... 1 G. Healy, c Carter, b Cotter 4 b H ordern........... 0 A. Kenny, c, Trumper, b Hordern .......................... 1 run out ........... , C. McKenzie, b Hordern ... 0 b Macartney ... 2o F. Laver, absent (ill)......... — absent (ill)................... B 10, lb 1, nb 3.......... 14 B 0, lb 5 ... _ 11 Total .................194 Total N e w S outh W ales . First innings. _ _ Second innings._ 88 O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Laver ... ... 21 3 70 2 ... Armstrong ... 22 3 55 3 ... 31 8 94 3 Matthews ... 23 5 85 3 ... ... 18 1 67 0 Kyle ... ... 27 6 90 2 ... ... 33 4 129 6 Kenny ... ... 4 0 10 0 ... ... 14 1 75 0 McKenzie ... 2 0 19 0 ... Ransford 6 0 23 0 Armstrong bowled three no-balls and Kyle a wide. V ictoria . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Hordern ... 25 8 55 7 ... ... 18 5 32 6 Cotter ... ... 18 3 42 2 ... ... 6 0 27 0 Kellcway ... 12 1 41 0 ... Emery ... ... 8 1 33 0 ... Macartney ... 3 0 9 0 ... !!! 12-3 5 18 2 Cotter bowled three no-balls. THE AUSTRALIAN XI. v. REST OF AUSTRALIA. Played at Melbourne on March 17, 18 and 20, for the benefit of T. S. Warne, and abandoned owing to rain. The total scores were :—The Rest of Australia, 364 (E. R. Mayne, 105 ; W. J. Whitty, five wickets for 79) : The Australian Eleven, 267 for six wickets (T. J. Matthews, 92j. CRICKET IN NEW ZEALAND. Canterbury, 260 (Norman, 66; Watson, 64) beat South Canterbury, 115 (Lynch, 32) and 81 (Lynch, 25) at Timaru on December 22 and 23 by an innings and 64 runs. OTAGO v. CANTERBURY. Played at Dunedin on December 24, 26, and *27th and won by Canterbury by four wickets. The home side made a fine start on a perfect wicket. Eckhold and Hopkins making 98 together against the seven bowlers brought against them. The bowlers after­ wards did so well that, despite a useful stand by McFarlane and Torrance, the innings closed for 219. By Monday “ the grass had grown rapidly, and runs were much harder to get, and as a result the scoring was much slower than usual.” Still, Caygill played the largest innings in the series of matches at Dunedin, and with Sims (a free 71) added 116 for the fourth wicket, Canterbury gaining a lead of 105. Otago made 193 in their second innings—a good total considering the state of the wicket, and Canterbury pulled through by four wickets, losing six men in obtaining the 89 runs required. A rather amusing incident occurred at the close of Otago’s innings. Cummins mishit a ball, which rose high just in front of the wicket. Box- shall went forward to effect the catch, but Sims ran from the slips, and, jumping over Boxshall’s head, made the catch. Score and analysis: — O tago . Second innings. c Sims, b Reese... 25 c Caygill, b W. Carlton ...........24 c B o x s h a ll, b Reese ........... 2 First innings. A. Eckhold, c Sims, b Sandman .........................53 C. C. Hopkins, c Sims, b Bennett ..........................47 H. G. Siedeberg, c Orchard, b Bennett.......................... 5 R. M. Rutherford, c Cay­ gill, b Bennett..................17 c Reese,b Bennett 34 T. McFarlane, b T. Carlton 40 c Crawshaw, b W. C arlton...........32 Higgins, c Sandman, b Bennett ........................... 0 run out ............17 R. Torrance, c Caygill, b c Caygill, b T. W. Carlton ...................... 29 Carlton ...........34 Condliffe, c Caygill, b T. c Crawshaw, b T. Carlton ........................... 1 Carlton ............. 1 A. Downes, c W. Carlton, b T. Carlton........................... 2 c and b T.Carlton 5 Eckhoff, b T. Carlton ... 6 notout ............ 6 E. Cummings, not out ... 1 c Sims, b W. Carlton .......... 1 Byes, &c......................... 18 Byes, &c. ... 12 Total ....................219 Total ...........193 C anterbury . First innings. Second innings. E. R. Caygill, c Rutherford, b McFarlane ................87 b McFarlane ... 20 Alfred Norman, c Cond- cliffe, b Torrance ........37 run out ............. 3 W. Carlton, run o u t ........ 24 c Eckhoff, b Tor­ rance ........... 9 D. Reese, c Higgins, b Eck­ hoff ................................... 1 lbw, b Downes ... 7 A. Sims, b McFarlane ... 71 n otou t...................34 S. A. Orchard, c Ruther­ ford, b Siedeberg ........ 47 lbw, b Eckhoff ... 0 E. E. Crawshaw, b McFar­ lane .................................. 0 lbw, b Eckhoff ... 2 T. Carlton, lbw, b McFar­ lane .................................. 6 not out .............. 5 J.H. Bennett, c Higgins, b Siedeberg.......................... 2 D. Sandman, b Siedeberg 3 C. Boxshall, not out .. ..1 0 Byes, &c...................... 36 Byes, &c. ... 10 Total (6 wkts) 90 Total .................. 324 O tago . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Bennett......... 21 3 52 4 ............ 14 3 30 1 Sandman ... 17 2 59 1 ............ 21 5 42 0 T. Carlton ... 11 2 27 4 ............ 14 3 38 3 Orchard......... 2 0 12 0 ............ Crawshaw ... 3 2 5 0 ............ Reese ......... 6 0 24 0 ............ 17 3 44 2 W. Carlton ... 3 0 221 ... 10’2 2 27 3 Crashaw bowled a no-ball. C anterbury . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Torrance .. 26 8 73 1 ... ... 9 1 18 1 Cummings ... 20 2 58 0 ... Eckhoff... ... 19 6 49 1 ... ... 5 1 17 2 Downes... ... 11 1 25 0 ... ... 13 3 23 1 McFarlane ... 16 1 61 4 ... ... 5*5 1 18 1 Rutherford ... 3 0 9 0 ... Siedeberg .. 6-3 0 13 3 ... AUCKLAND v. WELLINGTON. PLUKKET SHIELD MATCH. Played at Auckland on December 24, 26 and 27 and won by Auckland, the holders of the Shield, by four wickets. Pearson, of Worcestershire, bowled with deadly effect in Wellington’s first innings and obtained his last three wickets in four balls. Saunders, however, did almost as well and Auckland found themselves 34 behind on the innings. At the end of the second day Wellington had four good men out for 88 in their second innings, but, owing largely to a ninth-wicket stand of 40 by Hickey and Findley, Auckland were set 214 to win. Anthony and Pearson were out for 5, and although a series of use­ ful stands followed half the wickets were down for 102 when Brooke-Smith and Sneddon began associated. This partnership saved the side, 105 being added before the latter was caught at the wicket. Brooke- Smith played a magnificent innings of 72 not out, and Auckland won with four wickets to spare. The gate receipts were £270. The Auckland Observer stated that at one stage of the match, so sure were the Aucklanders that they had lost the game, that a hurried telephone message was sent to the bank where the shield is kept, asking that it might be sent up to the Domain at once. The coveted emblem, amid the tears of the clerks, was hastily wrapped up in paper and