Cricket 1911

580 EUGBY FOOTBALL AND CRICKET. Novem ber 18 ,1911 . M r . E. D. H e a t h e r , who recently retired from the position of secretary to the Victorian Cricket Association after over thirty years’ service, was presented by the Asso­ ciation with a handsome shield, and a diamond brooch for Mrs. Heather. The inscription on the shield, which is of beautifully-wrought blackwood, is :—“ Presented to E. D. Heather, Esq., J.P., as a mark of esteem and appreciation on his retirement, after thirty years’ faithful and efficient service, as secretary from 1881 to 1911. D. Mackinnon, president, August 31, 1911.” In responding, Mr. Heather said that during his term of office the sum of £6,099 had been distributed to the clubs, while it had been necessary to call up from the clubs only £758. He added further that in all that time he had never missed a day of first-class cricket in Melbourne. As Mr. Heather left the room he was given three cheers by the delegates present. T h e m e m b e r s h ip lis t o f t h e M e lb o u r n e C. C. is fu ll, a n d a t th e p re s e n t t im e 375 fu ll, 320 ju n io r , a n d 38 c o u n t r y m e m b e rs a re a w a itin g e le c tio n . L o r d and L a d y H a r r i s and the Hon. George Harris left London on Tuesday for Marseilles, to embark on the Dunottar Castle for India. They will attend the Durbar at Delhi. We note the warning gravely given by several writers on the game that the result of the first match played by the M.C.O. team in Australia proves nothing; but nevertheless it is pleasant to see the side so easily victorious, to find the Captain, Mr. Foster, and George Gunn all making centuries, and Messrs. Douglas and Foster and the Staffordshire crack bowling effectively. True, it is a long step from beating South Australia to winning the Test rubber ; but Mr. Stoddart’s team sixteen years ago lost to South Australia and yet won three out of five Tests. T h e State was not at full strength, as already noted—by the way, what has become of Norman Claxton'?—but the side it put in the field was by no means a bad one. It cannot be said that the game presented any very marked feature of interest after the close of the English innings; but it is worth while to note that the Australian captain, by making only 51 in two innings in the match, brought his average for South Australia against English teams down to the miserable figure of under 70 runs per innings ! H e r e are Mr. Hill’s figures for his State against English teams:— 20—150*-56 ; 200 -45—8—124* ; 107—80—2—61 ; 58—73 ; 18—116—22—7 ; 104—61—33 ; 51-0. * Signifies not out. Total, 22 innings, two not outs, 1,396 runs. It is worth remarking that in his first match against an English side he went in No. 10. 1894-5 1897-8 1901-2 1902-3 1903-4 1907-8 1911-2 I t is with regret we hear that, owing to illness, Mr. Warner has been obliged to stand down from the match with Victoria. During his absence Mr. Douglas will captain the side. Reuter's cablegram concerning the personnel of the Victorian eleven for Friday’s match seems to have been received with the usual implicit faith accorded to Reuter by the daily press. Greatly daring, we venture to suggest that Mr. Seitz has a preference for seeing his name spelt thus, and not Sietz, and that “ Ayle ” may be better rendered “ Kyle." “ Macrow ” gives us pause ; we never heard of Macrow, and it looks very like a bloomer, but we will not commit ourselves. Brown is probably all right; there are several people about bearing that noble patronymic, though we cannot identify the present bearer. “ Kortland ” is,' of course, Kortlang. And W. W. Armstrong, Vernon Ransford, W. Carkeek and F. Laver, as well as D. Smith and J. T. Matthews (though here, we believe, the initials should be reversed) have been set down quite correctly. 106 141 >105 103 *113 The following are some of the latest hundreds obtained in minor cricket:— Oct. 2 .—R. V. Minnett, North Sydney v. University.............. „ 4.—Lieut. Dickinson, Military v. Civil (Pretoria) „ 8 .—F. D. Nelson, Oakdene v. Wanderers „ 8 .—R. H. Floquet, Krugersdorp Wanderers v. Togos ... ,, 14.—L. Strieker, Pirates v. Germiston Callies ,, 20.—Pte. Billinghurst, “ B” Squadron v. “ A,” 14thKing’s Hussars (Bangalore) .................................. 123 „ 23.—Pte. Andrews, ‘- A ” Squadron v. “ B,” 14th King’s Hussars (Bangalore) .................................... 101 ,, 23.—Corpl. Smith, “ A ” Squadron v. “ B,” 14th King’s Hussara (Bangalore) ..................................148 * Signifies not out. In the match at Bangalore Andrews and Smith put on 244 for the third wicket in two hours and-a-quarter. The M.C.C.’s Team in Australia. 1 st M atch .— v. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. Played at Adelaide on November 10, 11, 13 and 14 and won by England by an innings and 194 runs. Although South Australia were not at full strength, with Gehrs and Dolling away, the English­ men had every cause to be satisfied with what they did. On the first day they made 331 for four wickets and, altogether, scored 563. Warner put on 167 with Gunn for the second wickft and 157 with Foster for the fifth. He offered only one chance, when 105, but Foster, who hit freely, was missed when 80, 83, 87 and 131. Gunn’s play was faultless. Except for the batting in tbeir second innings of Crawford and Mayne, the home side’s run-getting calls for few remarks. The former made his 63 out of 97 whilst in, hitting twelve 4’s, and the latter, whose defence was very sound, scored 84 out of 212 in 215 minutes. Vine obtained his wicket with the first ball he delivered in Australia. Score and analysis:— E ngland . Hobbs, c Kirkwood, b Rees ... 36 Rhodes, b W hitty .......................... 7 Gunn (G.), c Backman, b Whitty 10(3 P. F. Warner, b Backman...............151 Mead (C. P.), st Webster, b Rees ... 20 F. R. Foster, b C raw ford...............158 J. W. H. T. Douglas, c and b Craw­ ford .................................................10 Woolley, e Sterling, b Backman 15 Vine, c Mayne, b Backman ... 5 Barnes, not out ...........................10 Strudwicb, c Whitty, b Stirling .. ‘20 Byes, &c............................... 19 T o t a l .........................563 3 278 435 Backman took three wickets for 53 runs and Whitty, Crawford and Rees two each for 116, 132 and 154 runs respectively. First innings. E. R. Mayne, b Foster ............. W. Stirling, run out ............... C. Hill, c Rhodes, b Foster S. Hill, b B arnes.......................... J. N. Crawford, run out.............. E. A. Down, b Vine ............... H. P. Kirkwood, b Foster C. Backman, c Rhodes, b Foster R. B. Rees, b Barnes .............. H. Webster, c Hobbs, b Barnes W. J. Whitty, not out .............. Byes, &c. Total.............. S outh A u str a lia . •Second innings. 0 c Douglas, b Woolley 1 lbw, b Barnes ............... 51 b Douglas ........................... 9 b Douglas ... 14 c Vino, b Barnes ............... 22 b Foster ........................... 0 not out .......................... 10 st Strudwick, b Douglas... 0 c Strudwick, b Woolley ... 1 b Douglas .......................... 8 b Douglas .......................... 19 Byes, &c. ............... 141 Total ............... In the first innings Foster took four wickets for 58, Barnes three for 38 and Vine one for 0, and in the second innings Douglas obtained five for 65. CRICKET IN RHODESIA. The Matabeleland Cricket Association, which describes Rhodesian cricket during last season as discouraging and uninteresting, says in its annual report that it declined to take part in the Currie Cup Tournament as it is of opinion that until cricket in Rhodesia has reached a higher standard than at present obtains they are not justified in calling on the public financial support tosend teams out of thecountry. Should any calls for funds be made, such money should be used for the purpose of bringing teams to Rhodesia, so that the younger players may participate in better cricket. R i 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 Radcliffe-on-Trent, Notts.—Adv(\l Printed and published for tho Proprietors by M e r r it t & H a tch e r , L td ., 167,168 and 169 Upper Thames Street, London, E.C.