Cricket 1911

596 RUGBY FOOTBALL AND CRICKET. December 16, 1 9 ii. C anon S ir JOHN LEIGH HOSKYNS, B akt . Canon Sir John Leigh Hoskyns, 9th Bart., who died suddenly at Bournemouth on the 8th inst., was the oldest Bugbeian and had played for the Sixth and the School as far back as 1835. He was born on February 4th, 1817, and had been Sector of Aston Tyrrold, Berks., since 1845. His diamond wedding was celebrated in 1906, and he is survived by his wife, who is in her ninety-fifth year. The M.C.C’s Team in Australia. THE LANCASHIRE COUNTY C.C. The annual meeting of the Lancashire County Cricket Club was held on the 8th inst., at Manchester, Mr. 0 . P. Lancashire presiding. Addressing the meeting, Mr. Lancashire regretted that, while the membership of the club showed no falling off as compared with the previous year, there was no improvement. There had been a steady decline in the membership during the past few years. The attend­ ances had been larger than in 1910, but when compared with the championship year of 1904 they were disappointing. Mr. Derwent Simpson seconded the adoption of the report, which motion was carried. Dean Welldon moved the re-election of Mr. A. N. Hornby as president, and said that every patriotic citizen of Manchester ought to support the club. Mr. J. Stanning seconded, mentioning the fact that Mr. Hornby would have been present but for the fact that he had not recovered from the serious accident he sustained some months ago. Mr. Hornby was re-elected president, and the com ­ mittee as follows: Messrs. C. H. Benton, E. Boper, E. F. Stockton, and Judge Mellor. Mr. W . Brearley was a candidate, but was not elected. THE WORCESTERSHIRE COUNTY C.C. The annual report of the Worcestershire County Cricket Club for last season states that the sum of £880 was lost on the working of the club, and that this loss had been reduced to £480 by the profit on a bazaar. The membership had decreased by twenty-eight and was now 1,334. The gate-money showed a falling off all round, especially at Worcester, where seven matches were played. Expenses had increased by £102, and the committee state that recurring losses cannot be faced for an indefinite period, and that it is with some hesitation that they have decided to take the risk of carrying on the club for next season, even considering that the visits of the Australian and South African teams give promise of increased income. 6 th M atch — v. AN AUSTRALIAN ELEVEN. Played at Brisbane on December 8, 9 and 11 and left drawn, the game, in view of the first Test, being restricted to three days. The visitors did well to make 267 after having four wickets—all taken by McLaren for 5 runs—down for 21. Douglas rose to the occasion splendidly, and Kinneir helped him to add 94 for the fifth wicket and Hearne 87 for the seventh. Just before the last-named was l.b.w. he was caught by Crawford whilst hitting out at what he thought was a no-ball; but as the call had been made by someone in the ring, and not by the umpire, the player continued his innings. Douglas batted four hours 53 minutes for his 101 not out, and was missed when 56 and 87. The home side had four men out for 32, but Kelleway put on 41 with Trumper and 109 with Minnett, playing a valuable defensive innings. The chief honours, however, belonged to Crawford, who made 110 out of 165 in 110 minutes by fine, free cricket: he hit two 6’s and fifteen 4’s. When 38 he was caught on the boundary by Mead off Barnes, but the umpire decided that the fieldsman was beyond bounds. The second innings of the English­ men must not be taken too seriously, as a draw was always assured. Hearne, however, played bright cricket for 89 not out, and added 105 (for the third wicket) with Mead and 63 with Foster. Score : — Second innings. First innings. E n g la n d . Rhodes, c Crawford, b McLaren Kinneir, c Barstow, b Armstrong ... Vine, b M cLaren...................................... Mead (C. P.), b McLaren ............... F. R. Foster, b McLaren ............. J. W. H. T. Douglas, not o u t ............... Woolley, c Evans, b B a rstow .............. Hearne (J. W.), lbw, b Crawford Iremonger, b M in n e tt.......................... Barnes, run o u t ...................................... Strudwick, b M in n e tt.......................... Byes, &c................................ Total .......................... F ir s t In n in gs :—McLaren, 4-59 ; Minnett, 2-41 ; Armstrong, 1-39 ; Crawford, 1-44 ; Barstow, 1-58 ; Kelleway, 0-6. S econ d In n in gs :—Kelleway, 2-52 ; Armstrong, 1-31 ; Fennelly, 1-52 ; McLaren, 0-29 ; Barstow, 0-17 ; Hartigan, 0-9 ; Crawford, 0-40 ; Minnett, 0-28. A n A u stralian X I. 0 b Armstrong ............... 34 03 b K ellew ay........................ .. 18 0 o b K ellew ay............... 50 9 c Crawford, b Fennelly ... 37 101 9 not out ........................ .. 30 43 not out .. 89 0 14 3 25 Byes, &c................... .. 21 267 Total (4 wkts) ... 279 S. J. Fennelly, c Strudwick, b Ire­ monger ......................................22 C. B. Jennings, b B arn es............... 5 R. J. Hartigan, c Vine, b Ire­ monger ............. ............... 0 W. W. Armstrong, b Barnes ... 0 C. Kelleway, c Strudwick, b Barnes .......................... ... 66 V. T. Trumper, c Hearne, b Ire­ monger ... ... ... ... 30 R. B. Minnett, c Woolley, b Hearne ......................................69 J. N. Crawford, c Strudwick, b Barnes ......................................110 W. T. Evans, b Barnes ... 10 J. W. McLaren, c Strudwick, b Woolley ...................................... 17 C. B. Barstow, not out ............... 7 Byes, &c .......................... 11 Total Barnes, 5-89 ; Iremonger, 3-79 ; Woolley, 1-22 ; Hearne, 1-51 ; Rhodes, Foster, 0-50. .. 347 0-45 THE SOUTH AFRICAN CRICKET ASSOCIATION. Presiding over the annual meeting on November 2nd of the South African Cricket Association, Mr. James Pegler referred to the Triangular tests. “ Although.” he said, “ it might possibly have suited us if the first contest had been fixed for three years hence, there is, I think, every reason to expect that our representatives will acquit themselves with credit during next year’s matches in the Old Country. My own personal opinion is that, after the conclusion of the triangular contest, we shall not send a side from this country for quite five years, and I take this opportunity of appealing to those players who contemplate retiring from the game, and who have done such good work for us in the past, and are still in their prime, to turn out once more, and help us to maintain our position in the cricket world in the contests which are to take place next year. You will be called upon very shortly to elect your Selection Committee, and I desire that your most serious attention be given to a matter of so much importance. We are hopeful that the trial games, which have been arranged to take place in Johannesburg during the forth­ coming Christmas holidays, will result in our discovering some talent —more especially bowling talent—which will prove equal to the test of international cricket. 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