Cricket 1912

M a r . 30, 1912; CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OE THE GAME. 47 Cricket in Australia. T h e F if t h T e s t . W ith the rubber decided, this game was naturally something of an anti-climax. But the inclusion of Macart­ ney, Hazlit, McLaren and Gregory in the places of Bardsley, Kelleway, Matthews and Cotter gave it considerable interest, and in spite of bad weather spectators flocked up well. There was nothing very remarkable about the first stage of the match except a partnership of 143, an English test match record for the seventh wicket, between Woolley and Vine. The Kent man was in 3h. 35m. for his 133 not out. The Australian batting on a somewhat doubtful pitch was only moderate, a stand of 51 for the fifth wicket by Armstrong and Ransford being its best feature. Hordern, who had bowled well in England’s first, was even more difficult in the second ; and, after the first-wicket partner­ ship of Hobbs and Rhodes had been finished for 76 by a marvellous catch at short-leg by Hazlit, only George Gunn did much. Wanting 363 to win, Australia began well. Trumper and Gregory set up 88 before a wicket fell, and after three were down for 117 Armstrong and Minnett added 76 more before the close of play on February 28th. The home side then looked to have quite a good chance of victory ; but rain on the next day spoiled the pitch, and when Armstrong succumbed to Barnes at 209 and Ransford was bowled by Woolley at 220 Australian stock slumped heavily. There was still hope while Minnett stayed ; but a brilliant catch by Woolley in the slips settled him, and a little plucky hitting by Macartney and Carter only delayed the inevitable. THE TEST MATCHES. ies. Inns. Not outs. Runs. Average. Highest score. 5 9 1 662 82-75 187 5 9 1 463 57-87 179 5 7 1 289 48-16 133* 5 9 0 381 42-33 75 5 9 1 281 35-12 114 5 7 0 220 32-28 71 4 6 1 105 21-00 40 5 7 0 102 14-57 35 4 5 0 47 9-40 22 6 7 1 35 5-83 14 3 4 1 8 2-66 4 ENGLISH BATTING AVERAGES. Hobbs (J. B.) Rhodes (W.) ... Woolley (F. E.) Gunn (G .) Hearne (J. W .) F. R. Foster ... Mead (C. P.) ... J. W. H. T. Douglas Smith(E. J.) ... Bames (S. F.) Hitch (J. W .) ... Vine (J.) played in two matches, scoring 36, 6* and 4*. Kinneir (S. P.), 30 and 22, and Strudwick (H.), 12* and 0*, each played in one match. AUSTRALIAN BATTING AVERAGES. W. W. Armstrong V. S. Ransford R. B. Minnett... V. T. Trumper C. Hill H. Carter C. Kelleway ... H. V. Hordern T. J. Matthews W. Bardsley ... A. Cotter W. J. Whitty ... Played in one match each : S. E. Gregory, 40 and 32 ; G. R. Hazlit, 4 and 1 ; C. G. Macartney, 26 and 23 ; and J. W. McLaren, 0* and 0*. ENGLISH BOWLING AVERAGES. Matches ies. Inns. Not outs. Runs. Average. Highest score. 5 10 0 324 32-40 90 5 10 2 252 31-50 43 5 10 0 305 30-50 90 5 10 1 269 29-88 113 5 10 0 274 27-40 98 5 10 1 231 25-66 72 4 8 0 177 22-12 70 5 10 2 173 21-62 49* 2 4 0 71 17-75 53 4 8 0 129 16-12 63 4 8 0 112 14-00 41 2 4 2 23 11-50 14 bowled in. Overs. Mds. Runs. Wkts. Average. F. R. Foster ... ... 5 275-4 58 692 32 21-63 Barnes (S. F .) ... 5 287 64 778 34 22-88 J . W . H. T. Douglas ... 5 139-5 30 355 15 23-66 Woolley (F .E .) ... 5 68-1 12 209 8 26-12 Hitch (J. W .)... ... 3 50 2 183 5 36-60 Hearne (J. W .) ... 4 46 2 196 1 196-00 Rhodes (W .) ... 5 1 8 3 57 0 — AUSTRALIAN BOWLING AVERAGES. Matches, bowled in. Overs. Mds. ... 5 277*2 43 ... 5 59 12 ... 5 149-3 39 ... 4 113-5 24 ... 4 166 26 ... 2 85 26 ... 2 64-2 12 _ Bowled in one match only : G. R. Hazlit, 43-7- C. G. Macartney, 19-3-54-1 ; J. W . McLaren, 24- In two, V. S. Ransford, 3 'l-l-19-0 . In the five matches : England aggregated 2833 runs for 75 wickets— average 37.77 Australia „ 2679 „ 100 „ „ 26.79 H. V. Hordern R. B. Minnett... W. W. Armstrong C. Kelleway ... A. Cotter W . J. Whitty ... T. J. Matthews Huns. Wkts. 780 32 179 334 249 548 185 164 f 5 E9 F 6 12 3 1 Average. 24-37 35-80 37-11 41-50 54"66 61-66 164-00 127-4 ; 3-70-1. N e w S o u t h W a l e s v . V ic t o r i a . For the last Sheffield Shield match at Sydney, New South Wales lacked the help of Trumper, Hordern and Carter. Ransford could not play for Victoria. Syd Gregory captained the side, and began by losing the toss. On a good wicket Victoria collapsed for 129, though most of the batsmen opened as if likely to score well. The home side had 6 out for 100 when Emery joined R oy Minnett. These two added 70 in 39 minutes by splendid hitting. But better was to come. In the last 23 minutes of the day Cotter and Minnett added 70 more. During that period the fast bowler hit four 6’s, four 4’s, four 2’s and 9 singles. Next morning Cotter carried his score to 79, made out of 108 in 39 minutes— six 6’s, five 4’s— an innings reminiscent of Jessop at his best. Hazlit only had three balls. Then McKew, playing in his first big game, joined Minnett, whose score stood at 83. The last wicket actually added 169 in 83 minutes ! McKew’s share of these runs was only 29 ; his partner meanwhile made 133, and carried his bat for 216 at the end. Minnett batted just over 3£ hours, hit three 6’s and twenty-seven 4’s, and made splendid strokes in every direction. He gave three chances, but the first was at 140. The Victorians lost the help of Matthews at the crease ; he had been hurt at practice, and could only bowl four overs. Victoria’s second innings was chiefly remarkable for the fine display of Colin McKenzie, who only got into the team as a last choice. He scored 121 in 2| hours. Norman Brown helped him to add 82 for the fifth wicket, and Armstrong (who was suffering from ptomaine poisoning and who went in No. 10) and he added 51 for the ninth. Carkeek and Armstrong made 83 to­ gether for the tenth, the big man getting his 60 in 81 minutes N.S.W., with only 48 to make, won by 7 wickets, and so retain the Shield. V i c t o r ia C o l t s v . N e w S o u t h W a l e s C o l t s . The Sydney colts’ match was a misnamed affair. J. C. Barnes and H. V. Goddard played for N.S.W. years ago, and J. B. H. Cranney, W. Makin, J. D. Scott, A. Lampard, and others engaged Were scarcely genuine colts. But in the return at Melbourne a 25 years age-limit was enforced, and it speaks well for the rising generation of Victoria that under these conditions they won by 10 wickets. F. Baring, who scored over 200 runs for once out in the match, passed straight into the State team against the M.C.C. ; A. Liddicutt, who made a century against the Englishmen at Geelong, H. 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