Cricket 1913

A p r il 19, 1913. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 117 Q U E E N S L A N D v . V IC T O R IA . The northern sta te ’s, represen tatives did in th is game (at B risbane, J a n u a ry 31, F eb ru ary 1 and 3) w h at th ey have so often done before— started w ell, b u t could n ot stay to the finish. T h e y w ere n ot a t fu ll strength, M cLaren and H artigan b ein g n otable absentees. R ed grave and M arshal were om itted b y th e selectors. Joe Thom son m ade his 116 in 2| hours, gave no chance till he w as 102, and h it sixteen 4’s. W hen th e captain , W . T . E van s, had scored t\vo he w as given ou t lbw . to M atthew s ; b u t the decision w as so o b vio u sly w rong th a t S eitz insisted upon his com ing back,. and, h ittin g w ith trem endous vim , he registered 50 in 25 m inutes, and 75 in 39. H is scoring strokes were five 6’s, seven 4’s, three 3’s, a 2, and six singles. T h is is not the first Jessopian innings E v a n s has played ; nine years ago he treated R hodes w ith such con tem pt th a t Bosanquet m ade en q u iry as to w h ether he was aw are of the id e n tity of th a t great bow ler, then in th e heigh t of his fame ! A rm stron g m ade an excellen t 60 for th e visitors, and Norm an B row n ’s 63 (in 90 m inutes) w as a brigh t and good innings. D ow ney, a youn g slow bow ler, perform ed very effectively. T he B an an alan ders’ second innings was a sorry affair. E x c e p t for R u p ert L aw (recently from N.S.W .) and Sheppard, no One could do a n yth in g w ith Arm strong, and B row n w as also useful w ith the ball. The 200 odd runs needed for v ic to ry b y the M elbourne men were made w ith ease, E . V . C arroll p la yin g b rillian tly for his 90*. First Innings. Q ueensland . Second Innings. S. J. Fennelly, c Seitz, b Matthews ..... 15 lbw, b Matthews .................. 16 I. G. Sheppard, c Bracher, b Armstrong ... 42 c Seitz, b Brown ... ... 45 I. Thomson, b Cannon ........................... 116 b Arm strong.............................. o R. W. Law, c E. L. Carroll, b Ryder ... 3 not out ........................... 54 L. O’Connor, lbw, b Armstrong ... ... 14 c Baring, b Brown ... ... o W. Rowe, b Bracher... ... ... ... 12 b Brown ... ... ... 6 R. K. Oxenham, c Carkeek, b Matthews ... 9 b Arm strong.............................. 7 W. T. Evans, lbw% b Matthews .............. 75 b Armstrong ... ................ o B. W. Cook, b A rm strong........................... 7 b Arm strong.............................. o J. Downey, not out ..! ... ... ... 9 lbw, b Armstrong ... ... o H. G. Smith, c Matthews, b Armstrong ... 15 b Ryder ........................... 5 Extras..........................................13 Extras ................ 11 ••• 330 Total 144 V icto r ia . First Innings. 4 j E. L. Carroll, st O’Connor, b Downey 29 N. E. Brown, c O’Connor, b Smith 63 T. J. Matthews, not o u t ......... 19 Extras ........................ 13 W. Cannon, b Downey W. Carkeek, c Sheppard, b Downey E. V. Carroll, c Downey, b Rowe... F. Baring, c Fennelly, b Smith ... W. W. Armstrong, b Downey J. Ryder, lbw, b Downey ... 21 Total ... ... 256 H. Bracher, St Evans, b Downey... J. A. Seitz, b Downey ................ S e c o n d I n n in g s :— W . W . Armstrong, b Cook, 33 : J . Ryder, b Law, 25 ; F. Baring, b Cook, 34 ; E. V. Carroll, not out, 90 ; J. A. Seitz, lbw, b Oxenham, 37 ; E. L. Carroll, not out, o ; extras, 4— total (for 4 wickets), 223. V ic t o r ia n B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s is . Ryder Matthews Armstrong Cannon ... Brown ... Bracher ... Smith Downey ... Rowe ’ ... Cook Oxenham Law Thomson... O. M. R. W. 0 . M. R. W. 24 9 . 65 1 4 1 4 1 35 6 107 3 17 6 46 1 26’ 3 8 73 4 27*3 6 48 5 10 2 61 1 — — — — 4 2 6 0 8 0 35 3 1 0 5 1 — — — ' — JEENSLAND BOWXERS’ ANALYSIS. O. M. R. W. 0. M. R. W. 7-1 I 22 2 10 1 50 0 29 1 98 7 8-i 0 65 0 18 0 66 1 1 0 2 0 8 0 3 i 0 11 1 3 *» 2 3 0 12 0 4 1 16 1 7 1 14 0 15 4 39 1 — — — — 2 0 12 0 being selected found him self unable to p la y, and w as replaced b y Cody, a you n g S yd n ey-sider who ough t to m ake a big nam e before long. On the first d a y (Friday) ^472 odd was taken in gate-m on ey ; on th e second £714. A lto geth er it w as expected th a t th e to ta l sum to be handed over to Trum per w ould be over £3,000, subscriptions h avin g come in to a go od ly am ount. H ill won th e toss, and after C am pbell had departed a t 31, he and M ayne added 58 for th e second w icket, and he and R ansford 62 for th e fourth. H ill w as facing H ordern for th e first tim e in a m atch, and w atched th e go ogly exp ert v e ry closely. H e w as ou t at 179 to Massie. C o d y and M oyes added 97 in ab ou t as m an y m inutes for th e seven th w icket, and R y d er m ade 33 in dashing style. R ain in th e nigh t and early morning preven ted p la y till 2 o ’clock in th e second day. T h e R e st’s innings w as finished for 358. N .S .W . started badly, K ellew ay going for a duck. M acartn ey, in brillian t form , and B arbour, less confident th an usual, added 138 for the second w ick et in abou t 100 m inutes, th e little m an ’s share being 91— th irteen 4’s. T rum per joined B arbour, and 60 more were added before th e you n ger man left for 86 (142 m inutes, ten 4’s). A t 5, 25, w ith T rum p er and B ards- ley togeth er and th e score 214 for 3, rain stopped p la y. B ard sley to o k his 4 to 24 in v e ry qu ick tim e on M onday, and was then ou t to a rem arkable catch b y C raw ford a t short-leg. N oble b atted in q u ite his best style, and scored faster th an T rum per. The tw o added 100 in 57 m inutes. Then R yd er, bow lin g w ith a strong w ind a t his back, w rou gh t h avo c w ith th e ta il. T he last 5 w ickets on ly realised 39, and th e you th fu l V icto rian to o k 5 for 15 a fter lunch. T rum per carried his b a t for 126, an innings of su perlative m erit. H e was in 170 m inutes, and h it sixteen 4’s. M ayne and C od y h it off th e sm all deficit of the R est, and sen t up 47 before th ey w ere parted ; b u t each had a life off H a z litt’s bow ling and M ayne also one off K e lle w a y ’s. T h e w ick et w as now drying, and the bow lers got help from it. H ill m ade 34 b y careful p lay, and A rm stron g also ba tted w ell. N oth in g could be done on th e T u esd ay ; and on W ednesday, a fter R y d er had played a v e ry sound and solid innings of 71, the home side had to struggle hard on a queer w ick et to avoid defeat. B ard sley got 45 v e ry q u ick ly ; bu t it w as Trum per, again qu ite a t his best, who saved th e gam e b y his splendid 61. H e to o k the b a ttin g honours of the m atch beyond all d o u b t; and R yd er, w ith 33, 5 for 66, 71, and 3’ for 22 show ed all-round form of th e highest order. First Innings. Rest o k Australia. Second Innings. E. R. Mayne, c and b Hazlitt ... ... 40 c Barbour, b Kelleway ... 26 G. C. Campbell, b Hordern ............ 14 lbw, b Massie ............ 9 W. W. Armstrong, b Kelleway ............ 1 b Macartney........................ 42 C. Hill, b Massie .................................66 st Carter, b Noble ................ 34 V. S. Ransford, c Barbour, b Massie ... 38 st Carter, b Hordern... ... o J. A. G. Moyes, b Macartney ... ... 76 st Carter, b Hordern... ... 16- J. N. Crawford, c Bardsley, b Noble ... o c Noble, b Massie ... ... 20 L. A. Cody, lbw, b Hordern ............ 42 b Kelleway ........................ 18 J. Ryder, c Collins, b Hordern ............ 38 c Carter, b Collins .............. 71 T. J. Matthews, not out ...................... 18 c Noble, b Hordern.............. 9 W. J. Whitty, b Collins ... ... ... 10 not out ... ... ...8 Extras......................................... 15 Extras .......... 12 Total ... 358 Total ... 265 N E W S O U TH W A L E S v . R E S T O F A U S T R A L IA . Splendid team s w ere secured for V icto r T rum p er’s J benefit m atch on F e b ru ary 7, 8, 10, 11 (blank ow ing to rain), | and 12 a t S yd n ey. E v e ry one was eager to p la y for the I N .S.W . crack, whose a ttra c tiv e p erson ality and m agical J b attin g h a v e m ade him th e most popular of all A ustralian cricketers of to -d ay. M. A . N oble turned ou t to honour his old c om ra d e ; W arw ick A rm stron g and Clem H ill j were there ; C arter and H a zlitt figured in th eir first big j m atch of th e season ; and the m ost n otable absentees were j Algernon G ehrs and B arin g, th e V ictorian colt, who after i First Innings. N e w S o u th C. Kelleway, c Campbell, b Whitty E. P. Barbour, c Matthews, b Armstrong.. C. G. Macartney, c Moyes, b Whitty V. T. Trumper, not out W. Bardsley, c Crawford, b Armstrong ... M. A. Noble, c Armstrong, b Ryder H. L. Collins, c Crawford, b Ryder H. Carter, c Hill, b R yd e r........................... H. V. Hordern, c Mayne, b Ryder................ G. R. Hazlitt, c Campbell, b Ryder R. J. A. Massie, lbw, b Craw ford................ Extras.......................................... W a l e s . Second Innings, o c Armstrong, b Ryder . 86 c Hill b Whitty ................ 91 c Matthews, b Whitty , 126 c Crawford, b Matthews c Crawford, b Armstrong c Campbell, b Ryder not out not out ................ c Campbell, b Ryder Extras 61 45 Total ... 389 Total (for 7 wkts.) 146 C r ic k e t P r o f e s s io n a l desires engagem en t for the com ing season Excellent batsman and bowler. H igh est credentials as a coach. Apply C r ic k e t e r , O ffice o f th is p ap er.