Cricket 1911

568 EUGBY FOOTBALL AND CEICKET. O c to b e r 28, 1911. an unfortunate business on all counts. One match between Forfarshire and Fifeshire was also abandoned. “ R a z o r ” S m it h , of Surrey, is to have a benefit next season. He will probably be given the match with Kent at the Oval on July 4th and following days. T h e chief inter-State matches during the coming season in Australia will be played as follows :—• Nov. 3.—South Australia v. Victoria, at Adelaide. ,, 4.—New South Wales v. Queensland, at Sydney. ,, 24.—Victoria v. South Australia, at Melbourne. Dec. 1.—New South Wales v. South Australia, at Sydney. ,, 23.—Victoria v. New South Wales, at Melbourne. Jan. 5.—South Australia v. New South Wales, at Adelaide. ,, 26.—New South Wales v. Victoria, at Sydney. Feb. 3.—Queensland v. New South Wales, at Brisbane. At the time of writing the dates of the matches between Victoria and Tasmania had not reached England. A t a meeting of the Victorian Cricket Association it was unanimously agreed that the receipts of the return match between the M.C.C.’s team and Victoria be given to J. McC. Blackham, the veteran wicket-keeper. T h e following are some of the latest hundreds obtained in minor cricket:— Sept. 29.— S. Nagendera, Tamil Union v. Royal College (Colombo) ... ... ... ... ... ... 119 „ 29.—R. Whittow, Colombo 2nd XI. v. Staff and Depart­ mental S.C. ... ... ... ... ... ... *102 ,, 30.—P. W. Partridge, Madras v. Madras Amateurs ... 105 ,, 30.— Zamindar of Kumaramangalam, Newington v. King's Jubilee ...................................................... *102 * Signifies not out. Cricket in India. THE TBIANGULAR TOURNAMENT. Although lacking the services of Meherhomji in the first match and of Pai in both, the Parsis experienced little difficulty in winning the Tournament. Warden obtained twenty-one wickets for 188 runs and Bulsara thirteen for 164. 1 st M atch .—PARSIS v. HINDUS. Played at Bombay on September 21 and 22 and won by the Parsis by nine wickets. Warden howled with marked effect on the first day and Cbothia played a valuable, but lucky, innings of 58. Yithal’s 62 not out in the second innings of the Hindus was a fine effort, but the Parsis won easily by nine wickets. Both Meherhomji and Pai were prevented by indisposition from assisting the winners. Score and analysis: — First innings T he H in d u s. Second innings. S. K. Divekar, b Warden ........................... 0 c Oomrigar, b Parekh 8 P. Baloo, b Bulsara ....................................... 9 b Bulsara ......................... 30 Oghad Shunker, c Chothia, b Warden 0 lbw, b Parekh ............. 1 P. Shivram, c Pavri, b Warden ............... 5 c Mulla, b Parekh............. 0 C. V. Metha (capt.), c Parekh, b Warden ... 19 c Mulla, b Bulsara............. 3 K. A. Date, b B u lsa ra ....................................... 18 absent, i l l ......................... — Deodar, b Warden ....................................... 2 c Parekh, b Warden 5 P. Vithal, b Warden ....................................... 1 not out ......................... 62 L. Sempre, c Pavri, b Warden.......................... 1 c Mulla, b Warden 4 K. SeshaChari, not o u t ....................................... 8 run out ......................... 2 P. Erasha, lbw, b Pavri....................................... 17 c Chothia, b Bulsara 1 Byes, &c........................................ 2 Byes, &c. ............. 5 Total....................................... 82 T o ta l............. 121 First innings. T he P a rs is . Second inniiigs. H . F. Mulla, c Vithal, b Baloo .. J. S. Warden, b B a lo o ....................................... M. Oomrigar, c Date, b Baloo.......................... S. M. Chothia, c Shunker, b B a lo o ............... D. K. Kapadia, run out...................................... 3 5 12 not out ......................... 8 58 3 c Sempre, b Shunker 9 F. P. Colabawalla, e Sempre, b Baloo M. D. Parekh, c Mehta, b Baloo ............... D. D. Driver, not out ..................................... 20 20 42 not out ......................... 1 Dr. M. E. Pavri (capt.), c Sempre, b Shunker M. D. Bulsara, c Shivram, b Shunker M. B. Watcha, c Diveker, b Shunker Byes, &c................................................ 11 1 0 9 Byes, &c.................... 2 Total ... - ............. 184 Total (1 wkt.) 20 First innings. T h e H indu s. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Bulsara ............... 17 3 31 2 . ............... 21 4 46 3 Warden ................. 19 , 8 40 7 . ............... 27 12 42 2 Watcha ............... 1 0 1 0 . . ............... 5 2 11 0 Pavri ............... 2 0 8 1 . Oomrigar .. .*.*.* 2 1 4 0 Parckh ............... 5 0 13 0 First innings. T he P arsis . Second Innings O. M. R. W. O. M. R. w. Baloo............. ... 40 8 79 6 ............... 4 2 14 0 Sempre ... 25 6 49 0 .............. Date.............. ... 3 ‘J 4 0 ............... Erasha ... 6 1 21 0 ............... Shunker ... ... 8 1 13 3 ............ ... 4 2 4 1 Shivram ... 5 0 9 U .............. 2nd M atch .— PARSIS v. PRESIDENCY. Played at Bombay on September 25 and 26 and won by the Parsis by eight wickets. The Presidency lost the toss and were sent iu first. They could do little in either innings against Bulsara and Warden who, between them, obtained all twenty wickets. Score and analysis :— First innings. T iie P r e s id e n c y . Second innings. T. H. Watts, c Driver, b Warden E. E. Christie, c Chothia, b Bulsara... J. G. Greig (capt.), not out .............. F. R. Brooke, b Warden ............... H. L. Simms, c Parekh, b Warden ... E. D. Tillard, b Bulsara.......................... V. E. Purcell, c Kapadia, b Bulsara ... K. E. Cooper, c and b Warden.............. W. S. Halliley, c Warden, b Bulsara J. S. Milne, b Warden .......................... W. M. Southey, c Pa.vri, b Warden ... Byes, &c. ............... Total ... M. E. H. F. M. D. R. P. S. P. S. M. M. D D. K. D. D. E. P. J. S. First innings. T h e P a rsis. Pavri (capt.), c and b C ooper............... 31 Mulla, c Milne, b Simms ............... 1 i. Bulsara, not o u t ...................................... 3 Meherhomji, c Milne, b Watts Maden, c Cooper, b Simms Chothia, c Southey, b Cooper ... Parekh, st Brooks, b Simms ... Kapadia, c Milne, b Simms Driver, b C ooper.......................... Colabawalla, st Brooks, b Simms Warden, c Brooks, b Simms 29 c Mulla, b Warden 6 c Chothia, b Warden ... 22 c Warden, b Bulsara ... 14 c Kapadia, b Warden 6 c Meherornji, b Bulsara .. ... 15 c Mulla, b Warden 0 notout ......................... 0 c and b Bulsara ............. 5 c and b Bulsara ............. 6 c Bulsara, b Warden 0 c Maden, b Warden 1 Byes, &c. ............. ... 104 Total ..................... Second innings. 25 3 24 c Brooks, b Simms not out ............... c Cooper, b Simms 8 not out Bulsara Warden Southey Simms Milne Halliley Cooper Watts Milne bowled one wide and Simms one no-ball. 9 4 10 0 29 8 1 16 0 0 10 0 Byes, &c. ... ............. 22 Byes, &c. 0 Total... ..............170 Total (2 wkts) ... 22 First innings. T he P residen cy . Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. ............... 16 3 52 4 ............... ... 16 7 34 4 .............. 16 2 51 6 ............... ... 17 0 45 6 Pavri ... ... 1 0 4 0 Maden... ... 1 0 2 0 First innings. T he P arsis . Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. .............. 6 3 8 0 ...................... ... 3 0 7 0 .............. 22 7 44 6 ............... ... 2 1 15 2 ............... 11 0 31 0 ...................... ............... 4 2 6 0 ... ............... 13 4 24 3 ............... .............. 12 2 35 1 ...................... At a meeting of the representatives of the four leading Gym­ khanas of Bombay, viz., the Bombay, Parsi, Hindu and Mahometan, held in the Bombay Gymkhana pavilion on September 28th, it was decided to hold a quadrangular cricket contest next year, the Islam Gymkhana representatives having undertaken to get up an All-India Mohomedan team to participate in the contest. © M t n a x r t r * T he Hox. A. F. BOWES-LYON. The Hon. Alexander Francis Bowes-Lyon, third son of the 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, died at Glamis Castle on the 19th inst. He completed his twenty-fourth year on April 14th last. He was a useful all-round cricketer, and took part in the matches at Glamis, but did not obtain a place in the Eton Eleven. THE EARL OF ONSLOW. The Rt. Hon. William Hillier, 4th Earl of Onslow, was born on March 7th, 1858, and died at Beechworth, Hampstead, on Monday last. He had been a Vice-President of the Surrey County C.C. since May, 1902. Several members of the family have been connected with the game. The 2nd Baron Onslow, who died in 1740—the Earldom does not date back beyond 1801—was a great supporter of Surrey cricket; Mr. Denzil Onslow, uncle of the late Earl, played for Cambridge and Sussex and was associated for many years with the Surrey County and Marylebone Clubs ; and Col. the Hon. Thomas Onslow, afterwards the 2nd Earl, played in his time for both Surrey and Kent. R 1 C H A R D D A F T ’S N O T T I N G H A M S H I R E M A R L .—Particulars, apply Radcllffe-on-Trent, Notts.—(A d \ t.) Printed and published for the Proprietors by M erritt & H atcher , L td ., 167, 168 and 169 Upper Thames Street, London, E.C.