Cricket 1912

30 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. F eb . 2 4 , 1912. M r. W il l ia m I) t : M a t t o s H o o p e r , who died at Summit, N .J., on January 20th, was a staunch supporter of the game in the States, having been President of the Benson- hurst C.O. from its formation, and having also been Vice- President of both the Metropolitan District Cricket League of New York and the New York and New Jersey Cricket Association. He was also a member of the N. Y . Veteran Cricketers’ Association. Though he never won great distinction at the game he played occasionally up to quite recently. Mr. Hooper was born at Sydenham in 1850, and came to the States in 1870. On his sixtieth birthday the Bensonliurst C.C. members presented him with a silver­ headed walking stick as a token of their esteem. F.F.K . M r. J o h n A r t h u r I I u s t i . b r , a well-known Yorkshire club cricketer, died suddenly of heart-failure at Rawdon on the 2nd inst. at the age of 44. He had played a lot of cricket with the Rawdon, Yeadon and Guiseley Clubs. C a p t a in J a m e s J . M a c D o n o g h , who was one of the participants in the Jameson Baid, served with distinction in the Boer War, and had also seen service in Egypt, died in the Pennsylvania Hospital at Philadelphia on .January 20th. After leaving the British Army he settled down in Philadelphia, where he played for the Philadelphia C.C. In the Halifax Cup games he averaged 25'17 per innings in 1009. He visited Bermuda with the Philadelphian teams of 1908, 1910 and 1911, and Jamaica with the team of 1909, when he played fine cricket for 80 and 59 in the second match v. All Jamaica. He also represented the United States v. Canada in 1909 at Montreal and in 1911 at Toronto, taking 5 wickets for 61 in 1911. His highest scores in American cricket were 106 for the Philadelphia C.C. v. Germantown British-Americans, and 100 for the same side v. Baltimore, both in 1908. (!aptain MacDonogh was a free, hard-hitting batsman, and a change bowler of considerable merit, much better than he was generally given credit for being. He was 40 years of age at the time of his death. tt tc - M r . A ll a r a n S. P e g l o t t e , who died in the first week of January, was a useful all-round cricketer in Ceylonese cricket, doing good work in turn for the Royal College and the Colts C.C. He was bom on December 5th, 1878. T h e R e v . J oh n C h a r le s P in n e y , of the Eton X I. of 1853 and 1854, died at Coleshill Vicarage, near Birming­ ham, on December 12th. In his four Public School matchos he made only 31 runs in seven innings and was on the losing side on each occasion. Lillywhite’s Guide said of him : “ A good field and fair bat ; bowling not so good as might have been expected from the show of the preceding year.” He did not obtain his blue at Cambridge. J.D.B. Cricket in New Zealand. C a n t e r b u r y v . O t a g o . Canterbury put up a really great performance in the match for the Plunket Shield against Otago, their chal­ lengers, at Christchurch during the Christmas season. In some respects it was an even more remarkable success than that against Auckland in 1910-1, which gave Canter­ bury possession of the trophy. A t the end of the first day’s play Otago had 212 up for the loss of only two wickets. Mr. C. C. Hopkins, an Australian and a brother of the more famous A. J., was the chief figure in this good show, and his best helper was Mr. G. G. Austin, now quite a veteran. The former was 122 not out when play ceased ; the latter had made 64, and the partnership for the second wicket realised 170—which is probably a record in the series of 51 matches between the sides. Next day, after heavy rain, Mr. Hopkins was out for 132— the highest score, and the only century for Otago in all these games, in which only two three-figure innings have been played b y Canterbury batsmen. After Messrs. McFarlane and Condlifie had been got rid of, the rest slumped on a wicket rapidly growing worse. A fine, fighting innings by W . Carlton, the ex-Victorian, tided Canterbury over the worst period, and on the third day the wicket, though still helping the bowlers, was somewhat less treacherous. Altogether Carlton batted 4| hours for 63, a slow innings but full of merit. Mr. W . R. Patrick played a great game for 66, and Mr. Harold B. Lusk (younger brother of Hugh B., who used to play so well for Hawke’s Bay) and Mr. Dan Reese, New Zealand’s greatest bat, both made useful scores, the former batting much the better. Mr. Alexander Downes, the Otago captain, who first appeared for the province as far back as the season of 1887-8, showed that he is still very hard to play on a wicket that helps him at all. Only 38 runs behind, after all the worst of the luck, Canter­ bury proceeded to dismiss their old rivals for the paltry score of 52, Messrs. Bennett, Reese and Sandman all bowling very finely. Then came a fight for the 91 wanted to win. The wicket was worse than ever ; but Carlton set his teeth, put his back to the wall, and with some help from Messrs. Lusk, Caygill, Sims and Reese, pulled his side through. The innings lasted 160 minutes ; it looked all over when 75 had been scored with only four men out, but then Mr. Ramsden, an ex-Westralian, very nearly pulled the game out of the fire for his side by a capital bit of bowling. It is only fair to remark that Otago lacked the services of their crack batsman, Mr. Harry G. Siedeberg, on whose recent (not very recent, since it was in November) marriage we offer congratulations. W e l l in g t o n v . H a w k e ’ s B a y . This match, limited to two days and interfered with by rain, ended in a draw. It was not, of course, of the same importance as the Plunket Shield game at Christ­ church. Board, the Gloucestershire veteran, who is again coaching at Napier, played an excellent innings of 82 for the visitors ; and Messrs. H. L. Blamires, P. R. Fulton, T. Creed and J. J. O’Brien also showed ability in one or both innings. Mr. W . II. Gibbes played by far the best cricket for the home side, hitting up 61 (a 6 and eight 4’s included) in 35 minutes. He and Mr. J. J. Mahony added 55 for the fourth wicket, the best stand of the match ; Messrs. O’Brien and II. L. Blamires had made 53 without being separated when stumps were drawn, however. The bowling of Mr. J. V. Saunders, the old Australian Eleven man, had few terrors for the Hawke’s Bay batsmen, apparently. M a n a w a t u v . H a w k e ’ s B a y . In this minor match (Manawatu being only a district association, not a province) played on December 26 and 27, Board distinguished himself by running up 108 in the visitors’ second innings, and Mr. G. Fairey had 11 wickets for 46 in the match. Mr. Greer, for Manawatu, took 11 for 145, and Mr. McVicar 7 for 81. Hawke’s Bay, with 115 and 185 to their opponents’ 99 and 62, won by 139 runs ; but the home team appears to have played short-handed. S o u t h l a n d v . S o u t h C a n t e r b u r y . At Invercargill, on December 25 and 26, Southland, holders of the Hawke Cup (the trophy competed for by the minor associations), beat South Canterbury by 10 wickets in a small-scoring match ; South Canterbury, 112 and 54 ; Southland, 118 and 50 for no wicket. Mr. Donohue scored 63 in the losers’ first innings ; Mr. P. P. Watkins made 30 and 20 not out for the winners, and Mr. Donald Hamilton 30 not out in their second innings. Mr. Hiddloston (presumably S. Hiddleston, who used to play for Otago) had 8 wickets for 51 in the match, for Southland. Mr. and Mrs. Edward North Buxton, of Knighton, Buckliurst Hill, Essex, have recently celebrated their golden wedding. “ O Y A L B A ^ e i D ’ S O V A L . W H I T E . 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