Cricket 1913

116 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A p r i l 19, 1913. August 18 and 19— Walsall, Staffordshire v. Surrey II. August 18 and 19— Swansea, Glamorgan v. Kent II. August 18 and 19— High Wycombe, Bucks v. Herts. August 18 and 19— Cambridge, Cambs v. Northum­ berland. August 20 and 21— Aylesbury, Bucks v. Beds. August 20 and 21— Wimborne St. Giles, Dorset v. Berks. August 20 and 21— Grimsby, Lincolnshire v. Nor­ thumberland. August 22 and 23— Poole, Dorset v. Wilts. August 25 and 26— Oval, Surrey II. v. W ilts. August 25 and 26— In Herts, Herts v. Beds. THE SCORE-BOOK. Cricket in Australia. V ICTORIAN COLTS v. N.S.W. COLTS. There was some big scoring in this match on the East Melbourne ground on January 24, 25, 27 and 28, thirty wickets realising as many as 1,350 runs. Only Tozer and Pratten, who added 106 for the third wicket, did much in the first innings of the match ; but after that heavy run- getting was the rule. Brown and Hotchin put up 127 for the first Victorian wicket ; Park and Willis added 115 for the fourth ; and Liddicutt helped Willis in a stand of 96 for the fifth. Willis made his 168 in 145 minutes without a chance, and hit sixteen 4’s. But well as he played he did not play better than Gregg, whose innings was spoken of as a masterpiece. New South Wales had a big task to save the game ; but they saved it in splendid style, Dupain, Davis, and Buckle, though overshadowed by Gregg, show­ ing fine form. Park kept wicket capitally for Victoria. First Innings. N e w S o u t h W a l e s C o l t s . Second Innings. II. Davis, c Brown, b Moule H. G. Prattcn, c Liddicutt, b Fitzpatrick . T. J. Andrews, run out .......................... C. J. Tozer, run out N. M. Gregg, c Macrow, b Moule ... F. Buckle, c Brown, b Macrow H. Dupain, c Willis, b Macrow A. Mailey, b Macrow .......................... T. L. Cooney, b Moulc .......................... C. Hayes, c Park, b Macrow B. G. Long, not out .......................... E x t r a s .......................... Total 224 c Park, b Fitzpatrick b Moulc lbw, b Fitzpatrick ... b Moule ................ c. Sandford, b Willis ... b Fitzpatrick c Park, b Liddicutt ... b Moule ................ st Park, b Fitzpatrick not out ................ st Park, b Fitzpatrick Extras Total 93 23 29 11 170 67 86 19 3 V ic t o r ia n C o l t s . First Innings. F. Lugton, run out... W. Geddes, not out W. F. B. Macrow, c Andrews, b Cooney Extras ............................. 55 62 168 38154 i Total 561 A. Brown, c Cooney, b Long M. Hotchin, b Gregg H. Sandford, c Gregg, b Cooney R. L. Park, lbw, b Gregg ... C. B. W illis, c Davis, b Mailey A. E. Liddicutt, b Mailey J. M. Fitzpatrick, b Cooney F. G. Moule, c Tozer, b Mailey S e c o n d I n n in g s :— M. Hotchin, not out, 14 ; H. Sandford, not out, 23 ; extras, 2 —total (for no wicket), 39. B o w l in g . In the N.S.W. first innings Macrow took 4 for 71, Moule 3 for 56, Fitzpatrick 1 for 33; in the second Fitzpatrick 5 for 63, Moule 3 for 121, Willis 1 for 21, Liddicutt i for 67. In Victoria's first Cooney had 3 for 96, Mailey 3 for 126, Gregg 2 for 71, Long 1 for 68. Several others bowled, without taking a wicket. VICTORIA v. TASMANIA. The home side’s first team was away at Sydney when this match was played at Melbourne on January 24, 25, 27, 28, and 29 ; and Tasmania was also below full strength, though fortunately for the island state R. J . Hawson, who had at first said that he could not make the journey, found himself able to go after all. He won the toss from Wood­ ford, and level scoring resulted in a very creditable total of 331 by his side, Thomas and Eltham, who added 117 for the fifth wicket, making the best stand. Paton and Hawson had previously put on 74 together, and Payne and Gill made a useful addition of 47 for the last partnership. Vic­ toria, in return, scored more largely, and with considerable freedom. H. O. Smith (formerly of Tasmania) and John­ stone sent up 89 for the first w icket; Kiernan and Dwyer added 92 in 75 minutes for the third ; and Sewart and Spencer put on over 130 for the sixth. Sewart played for Queensland with moderate success while coaching at Bris­ bane three seasons ago, and also represented Victoria in a match or two in 1910-1. He batted 180 minutes for his 143, showed excellent form, and hit fourteen 4’s. Tas­ mania started their second innings in arrears of 144, and had lost six wickets for 170 at the end of the third day’s play, Gill having helped Hawson in a stand of 57 for the third wicket, and McKenzie in one of 66 for the fifth. The islanders seemed fairly in the cart ; but Payne aided Hawson in a stand of 75 for the seventh wicket on the fourth morning, and then Watt helped his captain to add 116 for the ninth, both playing fine cricket. Even at this stage the odds seemed on Victoria ; but Davis, though he just failed to stay till Hawson had reached 200, did fine service in aiding to add 63 for the tenth. Hawson gave no chance whatever in making the highest score ever registered by a Tasmanian batsman in a state match (the total of 448 is also a Tasmanian record) ; he batted 4J hours, and hit eighteen 4’s. Victoria fought hard to the last, but (one man absent) could only make 250, and so were beaten by 54 runs. They lacked the services of Johnstone, who had left for Sydney on business. The aggregate of the game was 1,504. Watt bowled really well for the winners; and “ Felix ” of th e Australasian writes him]down a most prom­ ising slow leg-breaker. It is worth noting that he was an eleventh-hour selection. First Innings. T asmai S. M. Mackenzie, b M cN aughton................. D. G. Paton, b McNaughton R. J. Hawson, b McNaughton ................. C. Robinson, c McNaughton, b Johnstone K. Eltham, c Shea, b Spencer ................. L. Thomas, c Smith, b McNaughton R. Pennycuick, c Dwyer, b McNaughton K. W att, lbw, b Shea ............................... R. Davis, b D w y e r ............................................. P. Payne, b Kiernan ............................... L. R. Gill, not o u t ............................................. L.b. 6 , wides 4 ................................................... Total ............................... First Innings. V ictok H. O. Smith, c Hawson, b Robinson R. G. Johnstone, c and b W att C. Dwyer, c and b Pennycuick ................. C. Kiernan, st Thomas, b W att ................. W. Sewart, b Eltham ............................... P. Shea, c Hawson, b W att............................... E. Spencer, c and b W a t t ............................... L. Braid, lbw, b W att ............................... R. Bailey, c McKenzie, b Paton ................. L. McNaughton, not out ............................... J. H. R. W oodford, c Hawson, b Robinson Extras............................................. 1 a . Second Innings, o b McNaughton ............... 25 40 c Smith, b McNaughton”] ... 1 41 not out ... ... ’ ... 199 12 b McNaughton ............... 3 58 b McNaughtou ............... 21 59 c McNaughton, b Johnstone 8 6 c Woodford, b Kiernan ... 2 23 c Braid, b Woodford............... 53 18 b Bailey ............................ 22 43 cSewart, b Kiernan ... 35 21 b Johnstone............................ 42 10 B. 26, l.b. 10, n.b. 1 •••37 331 T o t a l....................448 ia . Second Innings. 37 b Eltham ............................ 20 45 absent ............................. — 67 c Thomas, b W att ............... 52 58 b W att ............................ 7 143 not out ............................ 69 14 cMcKenzie, b W att ... 7 52 b Eltham ............................ 14 10 lbw, b W att ... ... ... 29 9 c W att, b Robinson ... ... 4 5 b Robinson ... ... ... 26 20 b Robinson ... ... ... 10 15 B. 5, lb 5, wide x,nb 1 ... 12 T o ta l................ V ictorian ••• 475 B ow lers’ A nalysis. Total ... ■250 0 . M. R. W. 0 . M. R. W. McNaughton .............. 32 7 82 5 44 16 94 4 Bailey ... 11 2 33 0 15-4 4 39 1 Dwyer ... .............. 14 2 53 1 15 3 54 0 Braid .............. 10 0 37 0 19 3 54 0 Johnstone .............. 20 5 46 1 17 6 34 2 Shea .............. 8 0 34 1 4 0 22 O Spencer ... .............. 7 1 30 I 7 1 18 O Kiernan ... .............. 2*5 1 6 1 10 0 45 2 Woodford T asmanian B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s is , 15 0 51 I 0. M. R. W. 0. M. R. w. Paton .............. 19 7 57 1 7 2 20 0 McKenzie .............. 6 0 37 0 — — _ Robinson .............. 33-3 9 86 3 22-2 2 80 3 Davis .............. 15 0 64 0 — — — Watt .............. 33 3 102 5 21 1 85 4 Gill .............. 6 1 34 0 — — — Pennycuick .............. 8 1 30 1 V 2 0 14 0 Hawson ... .............. 5 1 21 0 — — _ Eltham ... ............... 6 1 29 1 9 0 39 2