Cricket 1911

December 30, 1911. EUGBY FOOTBALL AND CRICKET. 607 pavilion (Sossip. The abstract and brief chronicle of the time. —Hamlet. T is a great pity fcha . Mr. Warren Bardsley, who was hurt while playing in the match between Victoria and New South Wales, will be absent from the second test match. No doubt some will say that his absence, taking everything into consideration, does no more than counterbalance Mr. Warner’s. But we prefer to look at it in another light. We want our men to beat Australia at Melbourne, and to beat the full strength of Australia. It is an ill-wind that blows no one good, however; and quite possibly the “ Governor- General,” Mr. 0. G. Macartney, getting his place through the other man’s absence, may do something big. M r . G e o r g e B r a n n , the Sussex County cricketer of a few years ago, has just completed twelve years’ service as Hon. Secretary and Treasurer of the Home Park (Hampton Court) G.C. In recognition thereof it was decided to present him with a silver tea-tray, silver coffee-pot, a kit-bag and a case of pipes, and Mrs. Brann with a Chippendale cabinet. L o r d H a w k e presided over a meeting of the Yorkshire County Cricket Club Committee at Sheffield in the latter part of last week, when the final balance sheet of Wilfrid Rhodes’s benefit was published, showing an even better result than had been expected. The balance in Rhodes's favour amounted to .£2,202 Is. lOd. Lord Hawke is again nominated as president of the club, with Major W. H. Shepherd, Mr. J. Bower, and the Bev. E. S. Carter as vice-presidents, and Mr. C. Stokes treasurer. The annual general meeting of the club will be held at the Royal Victoria Hotel, Sheffield, on Tuesday, January 16th. A b a t sm a n named Trend, a member of the Scotch College Eleven, of Melbourne, was responsible for a fine double at the expense of the Geelong College bowling on November 10th and 11th. In his first innings he was run out for 83, and in his second carried out his bat for 102 . T h e following fixtures have been arranged for the Paralian Cricket Tour next year :— Sept. 2.—Buxton C. &G., at Buxton. ,, 3.—Liverpool C. & G., at Aigburtli. „ 4.—Wirksworth C. & G., at Wirksworth. „ 5.—Sale C. & G., at Sale. ,, 6 .—Manchester C. & G., at Manchester. „ 7.—Lytham C. &G., at Lytham. O n the New Town ground, Hobart, on November 11th, E. Boddam, whilst batting for South Hobart v. East Hobart, made a lunge at the hall, missed it, and fell in a sitting position on the ground. He afterwards rolled over, and in doing so dis­ lodged his wicket. He got up and made steps for the pavilion. On second thoughts, he returned, and asked was he out, where­ upon the umpire said, “ Yes; hit wicket.” Of course, under the circumstances, it was purely a matter of fact for the umpire to decide whether, Boddam disturbed his wicket whilst making his stroke. Had the stroke been completed—and on this point there was considerable difference of opinion—the batsman should not have been given out. his 85th birthday, and the New SouthWales Cricket Association marked the occasion by presenting him with a silver-mounted cricket ball, suitably inscribed. The presentation was made at the headquarters of the association by Mr. W. P. McElhone, the chairman of the executive committee. Mr. Hilliard, who played in the first match between New South Wales and Victoria—in 1856—is not the oldest cricketer of note in Australia, that honour belonging to Mr. George Moore, who will be 92 next birthday. This veteran is the grandfather of Mr. C. G. Macartney. Despite the weight of years, Mr. Hilliard, says the Sydney Morning Herald, still follows the game round, and was present at the inter-State match between New South Wales and Queensland. His enthusiasm sometimes takes him into tbe other States to watch the big matches. He is playing a’good defensive innings against the bowling of the gnarled old trundler who mows the batsmen down. A t the Annual General Meeting of the New Zealand Cricket Council, at Christchurch on October 26th, Mr. C. Treweek said that the Wellington Association had telegraphed asking him to move that the Plunket Shield rules be altered so as to follow the method pursued in England in the case of the County Championship matches, so that the matches would not necessarily be held on the ground of the holders, and to provide that each Association competing should play not less than two or three matches to qualify, Associations to play out and home matches in alternate years, so securing regular visits and a larger number of interprovincial matches. Mr. R. Vincent moved, and Mr. D. Eeese seconded, that the Wellington proposal be considered by the Management Committee at its next meet­ ing. The motion was agreed to. A t Hobart on November 11th some scoring of an unusual nature was seen in the match between Queen’s College and St. Virgil’s. The former, going in first, stayed in all the time available, making 461 for six wickets:— Q u een ’ s C ollege . J. Barnett, b Vail .......................... 11 j M. Dollery, c Vail, b Ingles ... 24 J. Clennett, c Sullivan, b Vail ... 122 D. Vautin, not o u t .......................... 1 W. Wallace, b V a il .......................... 1 ' Byes, &c................................... 25 C. Newton b Vail ...............176 — T. Freeman, not out ...............101 I Total (Cw k t s )................461 Although this is not the first occasion on which three individual hundreds have been made in Tasmanian cricket, the score is well worthy a place in the columns of Gossip. T h e following are some of the latest hundreds obtained in minor cricket:— Oct. 21.—H. B. Lusk, West Christchurch v. Sydenham ... 106 ,, 28.—A. C. Fuller, West Christchurch v. Linwood ... *104 ,, 28.—E. V. Sale, North Shore v. Eden (Auckland) ... *101 Nov. 10.—B. L. Park, Wesley College v. Xavier College..(Mel­ bourne) .................................................................. 127 „ 10.—W. B. Hatch, Wesley College v. Xavier College (Mel­ bourne) ... ................ ... ... ... 110 „ 11.------. Trend, Scotch College v. Geelong College ... *102 „ 11.—E. Rush, Prahran 2nd v. Melbourne 2nd ................... 1G8 ,, 18.—B. J. Hawson, North Hobart v. New Town ... ... *109 ,, 25.—G. O. Campbell, University v. Adelaide .................. 114 Dec.2.—B. H. Floquet, Bandfontein v. Wanderers 11A ” ... 101 * Signifies not out. CRICKET IN AUSTRAL IA . VICTOBIA V. NEW SOUTH WALES. Played at Melbourne on December 23, 26 and 27, and won by New South Wales by ten wickets. The total scores were :—New South Wales, 341 (C. Kelleway, 101) and 43 for no wicket; Victoria, 166 and 2 1 7 .' M r . H a r r y H i l l i a r d , the o ld New South Wales cricketer, j - j j 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 is going strong for’ his century. On November 7th he attained J\ apply Radcliffe-on-Trent, Notts.— (A d vt.)