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C R I C K E T : A W E E K L Y R E C O R D O F T H E G A M E i ~**J unk 2 2 n d . 1 9 1 2 . >9— ..Djsje—> - '/&CO/ZI > 3 J ajss ) ! 1(1(1 E==J0W0C —gag—e '... mm i55*i*n ‘ Together joined in Cricket’s manly toil.”— Byron. No. 1 3 VO L. I. N e w S e r i e s . No. 902 Old Series. S A T U R D A Y , J U N E 22, 1912. p «> ce 2d. A Chat about /Vlr. C. G. /Vlacartnc^. I t is o v e r fo r t y y e a r s a g o sin ce G eo rg e M oore p la y e d his first m a tc h fo r N e w S o u th W a le s ; a n d h e w a s n o t a y o u n g m a n th e n , fo r h is p o w e rs as a c ric k e te r seem to h a v e rip en ed la te . H e to o k 5 w ic k e ts fo r 80 ru n s— ra th e r e x p e n siv e a s sco res w e n t in th o se d a y s— a g a in s t V ic to ria a t S y d n e y in M arc h , 1 8 7 1 , 6 fo r 56— in a t o t a l o f 1 7 1 — a t M elb o u rn e a y e a r la te r , a n d 4 fo r 4 1 a t S y d n e y in ’7 3 . I t w a s o n ly in th e se th re e m atc h e s t h a t h e p la y e d . H e b ow led u n d e rh a n d , a n d w a s n o g re a t b a tsm a n , N o . 1 1 b e in g h is p lace. N o w , sin ce th e d e a th o f M r. .T. 0 . B ro d ie , G e o rg e M oore is sa id to b e th e o ld e st liv in g A u s tr a lia n c ric k e te r. H e w a s b o rn in 1 8 2 1 , H a r r y H illia rd , w h o p r o b a b ly ra n k s n e x t to h im , in 18 2 6 . B u t w h a t, m a y b e a sk e d , h as G eo rg e M oore to d o w ith C h arles G eo rg e M a c a rtn e y , o th e r­ w ise “ th e G o v e rn o r-G e n e ra l ” ? W e ll, C . G . M . h a p p e n s to b e th e o ld m a n ’s g ra n d so n , t h a t is a ll ; a n d it is g o o d t o th in k w ith w h a t p le asu re th e m a n w h o w a s a v e te r a n w h e n h e first a p p e a re d in b ig c ric k e t m u st h a v e h e a rd o f th e d eed s d on e b y h is d a u g h te r’s so n , w h o w a s n o t b o rn t ill lo n g a fte r h is ow n c ric k e t c aree r en d ed . O h, I k n o w o n e does n o t fin d m a n y g ra n d fa th e rs p la y in g c ric k e t ; b u t I h a v e k n o w n on e o r tw o besid es “ D ic k ” L ille y , a n d G eo rge M o o re m ig h t h a v e been “ c o l t ” a n d g ra n d -d a d in one w h en h e flrst a p p e a re d , a t fifty , fo r h is c o lo n y . W h a te v e r m a y b e M ac art­ n e y ’s u ltim a te reco rd fo r 1 9 1 2 h e w ill h a v e a n assu re d p la ce in th e a n n a ls o f th is y e a r as th e m a n w h o p la y e d g re a t c ric k e t fo r th e F o u rte e n th A u stra lia n T e am a t a tim e w h e n m a n y c ritic s w ere e stim a tin g it p r e t t y lo w , o n th e g ro u n d m a in ly o f its g o in g d o w n in its firs t m a tc h , a t N o ttin g h a m — w h ic h , b y th e w a y , w as e x a c t ly w h a t th e F ir s t A u stra lia n T e am d id . I n su ccessiv e in n in g s th e G o v e rn o r-G e n e ra l m a d e 8 4, 4, 1 2 7 , 20 8 , 1 2 3 , 2 5 * , a n d 74. B ig g e r in d iv id u a l ru n s o f sc o rin g h a v e been ch ro n ic le d , b u t p e rh a p s n on e t h a t h a d m o re e ffe c t on th e fo rtu n e s o f a. sid e. W h ic h is n o t sa id w ith a n y n o tio n M r. C. Q. M ACARTN EY. o f d e c ry in g th e te a m as a w h o le. I h a v e b e lie v e d in it a ll a lo n g , a n d h a v e sa id so p la in ly ; b u t th e re c a n b e little d o u b t t h a t M a c a r tn e y ’s su ccess h e lp ed to p u ll it to g e th e r , g iv in g th e n ew m en a ch a n ce to fin d th e ir fe e t— a n d th e ir fo rm — b e fo re th e s id e ’s rec o rd h a d b een b a d ly d isc o u n ted b y e a r ly d e fe a ts. M a c a rtn e y ’s c a re e r w a s d e a lt w ith in C r ic k e t fo u r y e a rs ag o , a n d I d o n o t p ro p o se to te ll a g a in a t g re a t le n g th th e s to r y o f h is e a rly d a y s. H e w a s b o rn a t W e st M a itla n d in Ju n e , 18 8 6 ; h e p la y e d fo r h is sc h o o l in S y d n e y a t th e a g e o f tw e lv e ; a t th e a g e o f 1 5 h e to o k se v e n w ic k e ts fo r on e ru n a n d th e n m a d e 1 2 1 * in a sch o o l m a tc h ; a t s ix te e n h e sco red 1 7 7 fo r N o rth S y d n e y I I I . ; a t se v e n ­ te e n h e h e a d e d th e b o w lin g a v e ra g e s o f N o rth S y d n e y I I . ; a t eig h te en h e p a sse d u p in to th e F ir s t G ra d e C om p e titio n , m a d e 2 2 , 6 1 * , 4*, a n d 44*, th u s a g g re g a tin g a n d a v e ra g in g 1 3 1 , a n d to o k 1 4 w ic k e ts a t 1 2 ea c h . T h e n G o rd o n d istric t w a s c u t o u t o f N o rth S y d n e y , a n d fo r th e n ew c lu b in its first seaso n C. G . M . p la y e d in n in g s o f 1 1 4 , 66, 60, a n d 5 0 , a v e ra g e d 3 1 , a n d to o k 3 4 w ic k e ts a t 20 ea ch . T h is w a s in 19 0 5 -6 , th e seaso n w h ic h s a w h is debut in first-c la ss c ric k e t. H is first in n in g s fo r h is S t a te w a s 7 0 * v . S o u th A u s tr a lia a t A d e la id e . In 19 0 6 - 7 h e sco red th re e cen tu rie s fo r G o rd o n , in c lu d in g 2 2 4 * v . R e d - fe rn ; h is fig u res fo r a ll im p o rt­ a n t m a tc h e s (S ta te , t r ia l, first g rad e) t h a t seaso n w e re 1 1 0 5 ru n s in 1 7 com p lete d in n in g s, a v e ra g e ju s t 6 5 a n d 82 w ic k e ts a t ju s t u n d e r 1 3 ea ch . I t is w o rth w h ile to rem em b er t h a t th e stro n g e r flrst g rad e clu b s in S y d n e y a r e n o t fa r b e lo w th e le v e l o f m o st o f o u r first cla ss-co u n tie s. T h e n e x t seaso n s a w h im a n A u s tr a lia n re p re se n ta tiv e , a n d h e d id r a r e goo d w o rk a g a in s t th e M .C .C . te a m ca p ta in e d b y A . O. Jo n e s . T h e re w a s n e v e r m u c h d o u b t a b o u t h is p la c e in th e T h irte e n th A u stra lia n T e a m , an d if h e d id n o t d o in E n g la n d q u ite a ll t h a t w a s h o p e d he y e t d id w e ll. T h e seaso n w a s a t r y in g on e fo r a y o u n g p la y e r o n h is firs t to u r— co ld w e a th e r a n d ra in -so d d e n w ic k e ts a r e a ll