Cricket 1911

592 RUGBY FOOTBALL AND CRICKET. D ecember 9, 1911. Several players of this name have done more than commonly well in the South-Eastern corner of Cape Colony. Mr. F. J. Cook represented the Eastern Province for several years ; and more recently Messrs. A. E. and G. Cook have played for the Border, the former coming very near getting a place in one or two of the test matches of 1909-10. He scored a century for Mr. Leveson-Gower’s X I. v. Rhodesia at Bulawayo. Possibly the Queensland man is a relative of one or all of them (A. E. and G. are brothers, we believe, but are not sure whether F. .T. is related to them). He played while in South Africa for the Central South Africa Railway Company’s team. .Tust now, with Messrs. Mc­ Laren, Cook and Barstow in form, and Mr. Hayes back in the team after an absence of a season or two, Queensland should be stronger in bowling—usually the State’s weakest point—than ever before. S i x t e e n men were none too many, after all ! Mr. Warner too ill to play for weeks to come—George Gunn with a damaged hand—and now Hitch laid up with a strained groin—what a wretched chapter of accidents ! Kinneir, Vine, Iremonger and possibly Woolley will all be in danger of standing down in the first test ; but three of the four must play, whereas it might have happened that only one of them could be given a place. Whoever is left out, Vine should be played, because of the runs he will save in the long-fteld. The last place will probably lie between Kinneir and Iremonger, and the Notts man seems the likelier selection; but if the Warwickshire left-hander makes a good score in the second Brisbane match he may get the verdict. Mr. B o l t o n (the “ J .” is doubtful—one has seen it given at a venture in Australian score-sheets published in England to four or five men of whom none had a claim to it) batted 75 minutes for 5 runs on Monday. Assuming the “ J .” to be correct, and to stand for “ John ” —what now of “ Johnny won’t hit to-day ” ? D u r i n g the King’s voyage to India, cricket matches between the ship’s officers and members of the Royal suite were a feature of the diversions on the Medina. F o r Greyville v. Escombe, in the Durban Senior Cup Competition on November 4th, the South African crack, Mr. A. Nourse, took 7 wickets for 21 runs—five clean bowled, including George Cox, of Sussex. Fourteen runs had been scored off him before he got a wicket. At the end of the day he was not out with about 40 runs to his credit .— To be continued in our next. A t last week’s Annual General Meeting of the Middlesex County C.C. it was decided to send a vote of sympathy to Mr. P. F. Warner on his illness. T he follow ing are som e o f the latest hundreds obtained in m inor crick e t:— Oct. 21.—R. E . Batson, Wanderers v. Pickwick (Barbados) ... 134 21.—G. Challenor, Wanderers v. Pickwick (Barbados) ... 152 21.—D. M. Steele, Prince Alfred College v. Glenelg ... 136 „ 21.—J. P. Hill, Middle Harbor 3rd v. Paddington 3rd ... 114 ,, 21.— F. Willis, Kogarah Presbyterians v. Penshurst ... *204 ;) 21.—L. D. Johnston, Melbourne v. Melbourne Grammar School ......................................................................*175 „ 28.—W . W . Armstrong, Melbourne v. South Melbourne ... 131 ,, 28.— C. McKenzie,Kitzroy v.St. Kilda ................................ I l l ,, 28.—K. Eltham, West Hobart v. Mangalore ... ... *113 ,, 28.—R. C. Stafford, Sydney Grammar School v. Newington College... ... ... ... ... ... ... 134 28.—A. L. Dawson, Newington College v. Sydney Grammar School............................................................................... *103 ,, 28.—C. G. Macartney.Gordonv. Petersham ...................*112 Nov. 4.— P. H. Tarilton, Pickwick v. Wanderers ... ...144 „ 4.—Minihan, East Perth “ B ” v. Claremont “ B .” ... 118 „ 4.—V. L. Henwood, Queen’s Park v. Casuals (Durban)... *141 „ 4.—R. H. Floquet, Randfontein v. Princess Estate ... 128 „ 10.—D. F. Fitzgibb m, I). A.C.C. v. Uva Gymkhana ... 142 „ 11.—A. D. Nourse, Greyville v> E scom b e...................*115 „ 11.—C. C. Acutt, Casuals v. Queen’s P ark................................ 115 * Signifies not out. The M.C.C.’s Team in Australia. 4 th M atch .—v. QUEENSLAND. Played at Brisbane on December 1, 2 and 4 and won by England by seven wickets. To a certain point the State fully held its own, having only two men out in their second innings and being 80 runs on at the close of the second day. On Saturday night, however, there was a severe storm and when play was continued on Monday the conditions favoured the attack. Barnes and Foster made the most of their opportunity, and useful batting by Mead, Foster and Rhodes brought about the victory rendered possible by the bowling referred to. Jennings batted capitally in each innings of Queensland, his 91, which was made out of 202 in 132 minutes and contained fourteen 4’s, being described as “ brilliant.” Mead also was seen to advantage on each occasion, and in his first innings added 105 for the third wicket with Hearne and 40 for the fourth with Rhodes. S core:— First innings. Qt C. B. Jennings, b Foster S. J. Fennelly. c Rhodes, b Hearne A. Marshal, c Woolley, b Barnes R. J. Hartigan, run out.............. W. T. Evans, run out ............... W. B. Hayes, c Smith, b Douglas J. W. McLaren, b Foster J. Bolton, b Douglas C. B. Barstow, not o u t .............. B. Cook, b Barnes .............. F. Fett, b Barnes.......................... Byes, &c........................ Total.............. 1st innings : Barnes, 3- Vine, 0—31 ; Iremonger, 0— -5 2 ; Douglas, 2 36. : Foster, 6—31; Barnes, 4- Douglas, 0—20. First innings. E n g la n d Hobbs, c Marshal, b M cLaren.......................... Vine, b M cLaren.................................................. Hearne (J. W.), c McLaren, b H ayes............. Mead (C. P.), b Cook ..................................... Rhodes, not o u t .................................................. F. R. Foster, lbw, b Cook .......................... Woolley, c Jennings, b Hartigan .............. J. W. H. T. Douglas, c and b H ayes............... Iremonger, c and b Hayes .......................... Barnes, b McLaren ... ......................... Smith (E. J.), st Bolton, b Hayes .............. Byes, &c............................................... Total...................................... 1st innings: Hayes, 4—60 ; McLaren, 3—55 ; Cook, 2—41 ; Hartigan, 1—15 ; Evans, 0—1; Marshal, 0 -7 ; Fett, 0—18 ; Barstow, 0—51. 2nd innings : McLaren, 3—46; Hartigan, 0—8; Cook, 0—18; Hayes, 0—21; Barstow, 0 - 43. FD. Second innings. 91 b Foster ........................ .. 44 21) c lremonger, b Barnes . .. 38 11 b Foster ........................ .. 8 59 c Douglas, b Foster .. 8 4 c Barnes, b Foster... .. 6 5 c Iremonger, b Barnes . .. 1 29 c Ircrnonger, b Barnes . .. 0 0 b Foster ....................... 5 43 c Smith, b Foster ... .. 0 7 not out ........................ .. 0 0 st Smith, b Barnes Byes, &c............... 1 12 .. 13 290 Total ... .. 124 -52; Foster, 2—67 ; Hearne, 1—39 -49; Woolley, 0 — 2 ; Hearne, Second innings. 0—9 ’ 26 b M cL aren ........................ .. 14 3 53 c Jennings, b McLaren . .. 9 79 not out ........................ .. 54 64 b M cL aren........................ .. 26 4 1 20 not out ........................ .. 33 0 0 7 18 Byes, &c................. 4 275 Total (3 w kts)... 140 5th M atch .—v. TOOWOOMBA. Played at Toowoomba on December 6 and 7, and won by England by an innings and 134 runs. The visitors, in the first of their holiday games, held the upper hand throughout. Hobbs and Kinneir sent up 89 for the first wicket, and. after a fine 42 from Foster, Iremonger and Woolley added 122 for the sixth. The last- named hit four 6’s and ten 4’s. At the end of the first day Toowoomba had six men out for 45, and on Thursday were beaten as stated. Score:— E ngland . Hobbs, c Simpson, b F e tt.............. 44 Kinneir, st Simpson, b Fitzgerald 80 Vine, c Miles, b Fitzgerald ... 4 Hearne (J. W.), c Barbour, b Fitz­ gerald .......................... ... 11 F. R. Foster, c Miles, b Fitzgerald 42 Woolley, st Simpson, b Fitzgerald Iremonger, not out............. Byes, &e................................... Total (6 wkts)* 340 Innings declared closed. J. W. H. T. Dougias, Mead (C. P.), Rhodes and Smith (E. J.) did not bat. Fitzgerald took 5—138 and Fett 1 -17. T oow oom ba . Second inniugs. First innings. G. P. Barbour, st Smith, b Douglas A. H. Jones, c Smith, b Rhodes W. Miles, b Douglas .............. J. Fitzgerald, b Douglas E. A. Gill, st Smith, b Rhodes H. Hoddinott, b Rhodes Gibson, b Douglas .............. Knowles, not o u t .......................... Simpson, c Vine, b Rhodes F. Fett, b Douglas .............. Campbell, b V ine.......................... Byes, &c. Total .......................... Isr Inns. :—Douglas, 5 —30 ; Rhodes, 4—48 ; Vine, 1—7. 2 nd I nns . :—Foster, 4—18 ; Iremonger, 2—28; Hearne, 2—30. 0 not out ............... ... 14 1 c Woolley, b Foster ... 54 5 b Iremonger 4 19 b Irernonger ... 20 6 b Foster 4 8 b Foster ............... ... 0 1 b Foster ............... ... 0 22 run out ............... ... 0 10 b Hearne ............... ... 0 6 run out ............... 1 8 lbw, b Hearne ... 5 10 Byes, &c. ... 8 96 Total ... ... 110 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 MARL.—Particulars apply lladcliffe-on-Trent, Notts.— A d v t.)