Cricket 1912

S e p t . ^ 1 , 1912. CEICKET : A WEEKLY EECOED OP THE GAME. 515 The Australian Team of 1912 . Played 37 m atch es; won 9 ; lost 8 ; drawn 20. One match (v. South Wales) abandoned owing to rain. Matchcs won: v . S o u t h A fb ic a (Manchester), S o u t h A fe ic a (Lord’s), Essex, M .C.C., Northamptonshire, Oxford University, Scotland (Edinburgh), Somerset; Surrey. Matches lost : v. E n g la n d (Oval). Mr. C. B. Fry’s X I (W oodbrook), Hampshire, Lancashire (Manchester), Lancashire (Liverpool), Nottinghamshire, Surrey, Surrey and Middlesex. Matches draxvn: v. E n g la n d (Lord’s), E n g la n d (Manchester), S o u th A f e ic a (Nottingham ), Cambridge University, Derbyshire, Durham, X I. of England (N orwich), Essex, Gloucestershire, Leicestershire, Lord Londesborough’s X I, Middlesex, Scotland (Perth), South of England, W orcestershire, Yorkshire (Bradford), Yorkshire (Sheffield). The Australians aggregated' 12,517 runs for 482 wickets— average per wicket 25-9. Their opponents aggregated 11,642 runs for 532 wickets- average per wicket 21-8. B A T T IN G AVERAG ES. Match W . Bardsley C. G. M acartney ... C. Kelleway S. E. Gregory .................. C. B. Jennings E . It. Mayne R . B. Minnett T. J. M a tth e w s .................. H . W . W ebster ... S. H. Em ery D. Smith ... W . J. W hitty .................. W . Carkeek J. W. McLaren .................. G. R . Hazlitt (N .B.— Macartney batted in the second innings of the match at Norwich, and failed to score. His name is om itted from the score on p. 475 of C ricket .) yed in. Inns. N .o. R . A. H.S. 37 53 6 2441 52-02 184* 34 50 1 2207 45*04 208 35 49 7 1300 30-95 114 34 47 2 1055 23-44 150 33 51 4 1060 22-55 82 26 44 3 877 21*39 111 29 42 5 734 19-83 65* 28 36 4 584 18-25 93 12 14 5 139 15-44 26 25 29 9 279 13*95 37* 17 25 2 316 13*73 100 30 36 9 282 10-44 33 25 29 12 156 9*17 27 12 17 1 132 8-25 27 30 38 8 230 7-66 35* C.'G . M acartney . W . J. W hitty, . G. R . Hazlitt . T. J. Matthews . J. W . McLaren . R . B. Minnett 8 . H . Em ery C. Kelleway B O W L IN G AVERAG ES. Matches bowled in. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. 24 357 115 703 43 30 866*3 281 1971 109 30 805*3 224 1915 101 27 622*3 165 1647 85 11 196-3 34 620 27 25 311-2 83 970 41 22 467*1 77 1601 67 30 449*5 125 1144 47 Aver. 16*34 18*08 18-96 19-37 22*96 23-65 23’89 24*34 D. Smith bowled in one m atch (4-0-22-1), and E. E . Mayne in tw o matches (10-0-35-0). F IE L D W O R K . W . Carkeek C. Kelleway .................. W . Bardsley .................. C. G. Macartney H. W. W ebster C. B. Jennings T. J. Matthews S. H . Em ery .................. C. St. 32 9 G. R . Hazlitt 26 0 E . R . Mayne 23 0 D . Smith 19 0 R . B. Minnett 15 2 S. E. Gregory 16 0 W . J. W hitty 15 0 J. W . McLaren 14 0 C. St. 14 0 11 0 7 0 0 0 5 0 5 0 4 0 Liverpool Jottings. B y G . A . B r o o k i n g . I always find som ething of interest in the notes written by “ Sure Catch ” and “ The Chiel ” every week. In a recent issue— I have not the number by me at the m om ent—the former, I believe, mentioned the case of a one-legged wicket-keeper participating in London club cricket, and stated that he thought that this was the only case of a player so afflicted (or shall I say handicapped ?) now enjoying the game. It will interest “ Sure Catch ” to know that here in this city we also have a one-legged keeper, his name is Mr. Lunt, and he played regularly for the Knotty Ash C. C. durina the season now terminating. In that excellent m onthly publication emanating from Philadelphia, The American Cricketer, there appeared in the issue of November, 1906, a photo-reproduction and short biography of the above-named gentleman who was also fam ous as an athlete, once clearing 5 feet 3 inches (without crutch) in a high jumping com petition, and in the wheel world came in second to the champion one-legged cyclist of England. W hat with the rain and the end of the season there is little cricket to chronicle, but W aterloo Park secured an excellent victory over Stanley after another desperate finish by the narrow margin of 5 ru n s; 56 to 51. It may be recollected that in the first game, 3 runs only divided the pair. In the later m atch Parr, who has consistently batted well this season, notched 20, whilst Polley took 5 wickets for 17 and Shoubridge 4 for 32, all for W aterloo, and the Stanley players were much impressed with the bowling strength of the opposing club. The South African Team of 1912 . Played 37 matches ; won 13 ; lost 8 ; drawn 16. Matches won : v. All Ireland, Cambridge University, D erby­ shire, Gentlemen of England, Gloucestershire, Leicestershire, Scotland (Edinburgh), Scotland (Glasgow), South W ales, Surrey, Sussex, W arwickshire, W orcestershire. Matches lost : v. A u s tk a lia (Manchester), A u s t b a lia (Lord’s), E n g la n d (Lord’s), E n g la n d (Leeds), E n g la n d (Oval), Lancashire (Liverpool), M .C .C ., Mr. Lionel Robinson’s X I. Matches drawn: v. A u s t b a lia (Nottingham). Essex, H am p­ shire, Kent, Lancashire (Manchester), Lord Londesborough’s X I, Middlesex, M inor Counties, N orthamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Oxford University, Somerset, Surrey, W oodbrook, Yorkshire (Huddersfield), Yorkshire (Sheffield). The South Africans aggregated 11,565 runs for 526 wickets— average per wicket 21 9. Their opponents aggregated 11,087 runs for 579 wickets— average per wicket 191. BATTIN G AVE RAG ES. Matches played in. Inns. N .o. It. A. H.S. A. D . Nourse 35 55 5 1762 35-24 213* H. W . Taylor 35 57 5 1340 25*76 96 G. P. D. Hartigan 12 18 3 372 24-80 103 G. A. Faulkner ... 35 51 6 1075 23-88 145* S. J. Snooke 24 38 2 800 22-22 86 G. C. White 27 41 7 717 21-08 59* L. J. Tancred 31 50 2 974 20-29 131 C. B. Llewellyn 6 10 0 199 19-90 75 L. A. Strieker 31 46 2 875 19-88 99 11. Beaumont 22 31 3 510 18-21 75 R. O. Schwarz 18 14 0 249 17-78 70 F. Mitchell 25 33 4 504 17-37 91* S. J. Pegler 34 48 6 643 15-30 79 T. A. Ward 24 34 14 223 11-15 43 C. P. Carter 31 41 15 398 11-05 32 J. L. C o x .................. 14 16 6 92 9-20 34 T. Campbell 13 17 4 115 8*84 27* BOW LIN G AVERAG ES. Matches bowled in. Overs. Mdns. Runs. W kts. Aver. S. J. Pegler 34 1286-5 352 2885 189 15*26 G. A. Faulkner ... 34 1015-1 207 2514 163 15*42 C. P. Carter 27 461-1 128 1116 67 16-65 L. A. Strieker 5 27 4 67 4 16-75 H . W . Taylor ... 15 120*1 35 292 14 20*85 A. D . Nourse 29 575*3 190 1232 50 24*64 G. C. W hite 15 120 15 456 18 25-33 S. J. Snooke 5 34 3 112 4 28-00 J. L. Cox ftt 11 170*1 46 403 14 28*78 G. P. D. Hartigan 10 156 20 470 14 33*57 R . 0 . Schwarz ... ,,, . 8 1851 17 672 18 37*33 C. B. Llewellyn ... ... 4 60 6 219 4 54*75 F IE L D -W O R K . C. St. C. St. T. A. W ard ... 29 21 S. J. Snooke i.« ..4 9 0 G. A. Faulkner . 32 0 G. C. White 7 0 C. P. Carter 26 0 G. P. D. Hartigan 6 0 A. D. Nourse ... 24 0 It. O. Schwarz 6 0 L. A. Strieker ... 20 2 R . Beaumont 5 0 T. Campbell ... 17 3 H. W . Taylor 5 0 S. J. Pegler ... 18 0 J. L. Cox 1 0 F. Mitchell 11 0 C. B. Llew ellyn... 1 0 L. J. Tancred ... 11 0 Cricket Conditions in Three Countries. England, Australia, South Africa. B y A . E . E . V o g l e r . I have played cricket in all three of the countries which had teams in the recent Triangular Tournament, and so I may fairly reckon myself in a position to explain the differences in wickets and so on in them. We will take England first, and here I may be brief,, for the majority of my readers know all I can tell them. In this country during a fine season the average wicket on a first-class ground is good—not superlatively good, but distinctly in favour of the batsman at the start. It is apt to wear, and in some few cases to crumble, and thus the side batting last is sometimes placed at a very big disadvantage. Thus in fine weather no captain has any hesitation about his course after winning the toss. But in a season like this it is very different. Many matches were started on funny pitches in 1912. A captain could not be sure that further rain might not ease the wicket. But there was not only the rain to remember, but the sun—