Cricket 1912

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 .— A p r i l 2 7 th . 1912. ‘ Together joined in Cricket’s manly toil.”— Byron. No' 5 ' ohS?™. SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 1912.p— 20 . A Chat about /Vlr. Charles FCellewai^. are prophets in the world, even in these days. ; Writing five years ago, after Kelleway’s first season in ) the Glebe first team—and something short of a full season at that—the Editor of the “ N. S. Wales Cricket Annual” said:— “ He is a bowler that may become I an interstate and possibly an inter­ national bowler in the near future.” Yet one might easily overrate the value of this prophecy, for it is as an all-round man, and perhaps rather more as bats­ man than as bowler, that Charles Kelleway has won his spurs in the highest class of cricket. This tall, lithe, quiet young man deserves the recognition he has secured. No slacker, h e! Because the conditions of his employment did not allow of evening practice, he used to get up at an unearthly hour in the morning to bat and bowl at the nets; and his chum, Warren Bardsley, though under no such necessity, went with him out of good comradeship. Before long we may see these two making a long stand together for the first wicket in a test match ; it will be worth while to remember that then. In his first season for the Glebe C. C., Kelleway took 21 wickets at under 12 runs each. Cotter’s figures for the same side were 37 at 19£ each, in ten matches as against the colt’s 6. Such analyses as 7 for 44 v. Burwood, when he had Austin Diamond in both innings, and 6 for 51 v. University, Roy Minnett among the six, both on good wickets, gave some in­ dication of what the youngster had in him ; and promotion Mr. CHARLES was speedy. November of the next season, 1907-8, found him playing for the Next XIII."against the First XI. of N.S.W . Trumper made 160 in 115 minutes, and punished Kelleway like the rest. One for 86—nothing much in that. Still, he got a place against South Australia at Sydney, together with another colt, H. Whiddon, of the Middle Harbour Club, who seems to have dropped out now. It was a match of big scores. S. A. made 349 and 519; N.S.W. retorted with 276 and 572. Kelleway bowled 71 overs for 192 runs and 5 wickets ; Whiddon sent down 59 overs for 213 runs and 8 wickets. Kelleway showed plucky form with the bat, too. Carter made a big effort to win the game for his side, scoring 125 at the rate of a run a minute, and the colt, who made 31 not out, aided him to put on 80 for the ninth wicket. But it was Whiddon, not Kelleway, who was chosen for the match with Victoria at Melbourne. Selectors are not infallible (who said “ Iredale and McAlister” ?). Kelleway got another chance against Victoria at Sydney; and it must be allowed that his first two big matches were cal­ culated to give him a fair notion of what hard work in the field means. For the men from Melbourne scored 402 and 511. C. K. bowled 53 overs for 137 runs and 2 wickets. He made onerun in his two innings. When a man has once started on a career in first-class cricket, his club figures, unless very much out of the ordinary, are scarcely significant. Let us pass on, then, to the next sea­ son, at the end of which the tall youngster had fairly estab­ lished his position in the state team. He played for the second XI. in the trial match, Emery and Whiddon being among his companions. Thirty-nine not out and 3 for 86 were his figures. He went up to Bris­ bane, and took 6 wickets for 80. Emery, like Whiddon in the previous season, was preferred to him for the eastern tour. But another good show in the return with Queensland strengthened his claims. With 6 for 1 KELLEWAY. ing figures for N.S.W ., and made 28 in his second innings, helping W . Farnsworth (the Australian? N.U. footballer) to add 93 for the seventh wicket in an hour. Then he played against S.A. at Sydney, clean bowled Clem Hill, and, carefully nursed, took 4 wickets for 33 in an innings of 272. Again he made a decent score, carrying his bat for 22. His next big match was one in which 1,911 runs were scored—N .S.W ., v. Victoria at Sydney. Going in last he made 42, and he and Emery