Cricket 1911

82 C K IC K E T : A W EEK LY EECOED OF THE GAME. A pr il 22, 1 9 1 1. — w e claim no copyright in either of these profound maxim s— but the K im berley side seems to have been quite the weakest in the tournam ent, while Natal has gone through without a defeat, beating in sensational fashion the Transvaal, till then also an undefeated side, in the sixth round. T h e r e must have been some slight rearrangement o f the fixtures, for by the original programm e the last m atch to be played by Natal was with Eastern Province. The last-named team cam e up very weak. N o fewer than nine o f the m en first selected had been obliged to decline ow ing to pressure o f business. (Port E lizabeth, chief town o f the P rovince, is “ the L iverpool o f South A frica,” be it rem em bered.) But in the first round the depleted side scored a capital w in over the holders, W estern Province, thanks m ainly to the bow lin g of their captain, F . L e R oux, form erly o f the Transvaal, and the batting o f C. Delbridge. B . H . F loquet— brother o f C. E ., who was invited to com e to E ngland with the 1907 team— and C. P. Carter, w h o left Natal for the B and a few years ago, were the chief figures in Transvaal’s victory over the Orange River C olony. Gerald Hartigan, G ordon Cross and H . Phillips did m ost for the B order in their m atch w ith Griqualand W est, w hich was w on on the first innings. W eather conditions were bad on the second day o f the Tournam ent, and this match had not been carried as far on the first day as the other two. The m ethod of scoring was five points for a win outright, three for a w in on the first innings, w ithout any com plication of subtraction or percentages. A mong the players engaged in the Tournament who are w ell know n in England one m ay m ention A. N . and J. E . Jewell, w h o are fam iliar figures in Metropolitan club circles, and really good batsmen ; F . D . C onry, w ho as a boy at Manna- m ead School, P lym outh, m ade heaps o f runs ten or a dozen years ago, and who played for D evonshire before leaving for South A frica; Captain H . B . F aw cus; the Rev. C. 1). R obinson, w ho cam e very near to getting his blue at Cambridge about 1895, and was vice-captain o f the last South A frican team ; and J. H . M oulder, at one time on the Surrey staff, who topped the county’s second eleven averages in 1903, and played an innings o f ‘242 not out. The Jewells and Captain Faw cus played for Orange R iver C olony, the latter captaining the team , Corry for W estern Province, R obinson for Natal and Moulder for Transvaal. J. E . Jew ell was a heavy scorer while still at school. H e m ade 359 in nine com pleted innings for Felsted in 1907, and 578 in 12 in 1908, heading the averages each time. F or Surrey second eleven in 1908-9-10 he played 46 innings for a total o f 1,025 runs, his highest score being 154 v. Berkshire in 1909. A t E psom in August last he m ade 225 for Sutton against H orton A sylum , hitting five 6’s in an over, the other ball of which w ent for four byes. H is brother “ A . N .” also played for the same club, and in the Sutton W eek o f 1909 scored 141 v. Hampstead, 144 v. Butterflies and 132 v. F orest H ill in successive innings. E verything else in the second round o f the Tournament pales before W . K . T hom son’s innings o f 145. U sually a very slow scorer, w ith an excellent defence but few strokes, “ lven,” as his friends call him , actually hit six 6’s and fifteen 4’s, and scored at the rate o f over fifty runs an hou r ! A f t e r q u ite a little discu ssion , a n ew ru le g overn in g th e n u m b er o f balls in the o v e r w as a d o p te d a t a special m eetin g o f th e A sso cia ted C rick et C lubs o f P h ilad elp h ia o n M arch 15th. I t w as agreed th a t in th e fu tu re each ov e r d elivered in th e H a lifa x , P h ila d elp h ia an d A ssociated C ricket C lubs’ Cup C om p etition s sh o u ld con sist o f ten balls. T he p u rp ort o f the rule is, o f cou rse, to sa v e tim e. T h e Am erican Cricketer rem arks th at, ‘ ‘ T h e rule w ill u n d o u b t­ ed ly su cceed in its m ission, as m u ch tim e is w asted in cross­ in g ov er betw een the ov ers, an d it sh ou ld n o t w o rk a n y v e ry great hardship on the b ow ler, for, a lth ou g h h e has to b o w l m ore balls con secu tively, he w ill g e t a lon g er rest w h ile bis vis-a-vis is b ow lin g .” T h is is n o t the first occa sio n u p o n w h ich the d esira b ility o f increasing the n um ber o f balls p er o v e r has b een discu ssed in Am erica, fo r b efore us is a D alziel telegram , d a ted P h ila ­ delphia, M arch, 1890, w h ich s a y s :— “ T h e p ro p o se d new rules o f the gam e o f crick et, fram ed b y delegates n o w in session in this city fr om all th e lead in g crick et clu b s o f Am erica, are ex trem ely rad ical in th eir co n ce p tio n , a n d are based o n the baseball sy stem . A g am e o f crick et, a cco rd in g to these new rules, m u st con sist o f six com p le te tu rn s each side. T h e first tu rn or innings ends w ith th e fa ll o f th e th ird w ic k e t ; the secon d tu rn on th e fa ll o f th e s ix th w ick et ; th ird turn, ten th w ic k e t ; fou rth tu rn , th irteen th w ick et ; fifth , six teen th w ick e t ; six th , tw e n tie th w ick e t ; each side goin g in tu rn an d tu rn a b o u t. T e n balls sh all co n sti­ tu te an over. S everal m in or chan ges in ex istin g rules are also su ggested .” T he p rop osals, w h ich em an a ted from M r. J. B . T h ayer, w ere p u b lish ed in exten so in C r ic k e t o f A pril 17th, 1890. T h e y w ere n o t a d o p te d , ow in g la rg ely to an eloqu en t p rotest b y M r. D . S. N ew h all in th e P h ila ­ delphian T im es again st su ch em ascu la tion o f th e gra n d o ld gam e. M r . H a r o l d T o r r e , o f th e S an Isid ro C.C. o f B u en os A ires, h a d a d a y o u t a t th e expen se o f H u rlin g h am o n th e form er’s g rou n d on M arch 5th, k n o ck in g up a cen tu ry in v e ry sh ort tim e an d fo llow in g it u p b y ta k in g eig h t w ick ets fo r 47 runs, bow lin g th ro u g h o u t th e inn ings, w h ich realised 141. H e scored 117 o u t o f 156 in e ig h ty m in u tes, h ittin g six 6’s, fou rteen 4 ’s a n d a 3. H a rd d riv in g a n d h ittin g to leg w ere th e ch ief featu res o f his d isp la y, an d h e p u n ish ed J. Sum ner fo r tw e n ty -tw o runs in an o v e r b y m eans o f three 6 ’s an d a 4. In tak in g eig h t w ick ets fo r 47 runs h e o b ta in ed m ost o f his v ictim s w ith a ba ll w h ich , com in g q u ick ly o ff the p itch , cam e b a ck en ou g h to b e a t th e b a t. The following are some of the latest hundreds obtained in good- class club cricket:— Jan. 20.—J. A. Campbell, Southern and Western Camps v. Entre Rios Camps ........................................... rl07 ,, 21.—C. M. Horsfall, Northern Camps v. Southern and Western Camps... ... ... ... ... *107 ,, 24.—Broad, Rangitikei v. Mamiwatu ... ... ... *122 ,, 29.—G. G. Brown, Buenos Aires v. Hurlingham ... *166 Feb. 4.—E. Perrin, Linwood v. West Christchurch ... 137 „ 11.—H. Watson, Carisbrooke B. v. Grange ............... 108 ,, 11.—A. Eckhoff, Opoho v. Albion ... ... ... 106 ,, 11.—D. Sandman, St. Albans v. East Christchurch ... *131 „ 16.—W. Uru, Rangiora Veterans v. Christchurch Veterans................................................................... 121 „ 18.—Cook, Wairau A. v. T ic t o n ........................................ 121 „ 1 8 .- J. H. Board ... *171 ,, 18.—F. M. Farrar, Sydney Grammar School v. Sydney High School ...................................................... 102 ,, 18.—H. M. de Burgh, Sydney Grammar School v. Sydney High School ... ... ... ... 115 „ 18. —Spencer, Sydney Church of England Grammar School v. St. Joseph’s College ... ... 114 „ 18.—H. L. Collins, Sydney v. Waverley ... ... 162 ,, 18.—L.A. Cody, Sydney v. Waverley ... ... ... 138 ,, 18.—A. E. Johnston, North Sydney v. Middle Harbor... 153 ,, 18.— T. Horan, jun., Albury v. Wodonga ............... rl21 ., 18.—Alfred Norman, Ricearton v. West Christchurch... 151 ,, 18.—G.G. Austin, Carisbrook B v. Carisbrook A (Dunedin) ...................................................... 110 „ 18.—Blamires, Central A v. East A (Wellington, N.Z.) *111