Cricket 1913

134 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A p r il 26, 1913 H ickm o tt, ’ ' he says, “ was born- at C h ristch urch on M arch 19, 1894. H e started the gam e a t th e P u b lic S ch ool, and go in g th en ce to the B o y s’ H ig h S ch oo l topped the averages in h is first, two seasons, was b y fa r the best field in the eleven , and in his second season to ok 80 w ickets at a cost o f about 12 runs each . In1 the first h alf of the third season h is b a ttin g average Was only 18, but he took 40 w ickets a t 10 e a c h ; b e w as absent on holiday after Christm as. In 19 11-2 h e w as senior m onitor at bis sch o o l, captain o f both crick et and foo tb a ll team s, and also cap tain o f th e N o. 2 Cadet: C om pan y. H ere are his scores for that season, taken from the sch o o l m a g a zin e :— F o r the sch ool, 1 i2 -9 6 -3 -i4 -8 -i0 9 * -i4 -i2 8 * -i io * -4 i-2 i3 - 1 2 - n 1-5 1 -9 -6 1-2 3 ; in sen ior and association m atches, 23 5 -3 °-5 0-4 °* -26 - i _8 ; fo r th e p rovin ce, 30-39-52-33-14-12 ; to ta l,. 1,6 9 4 in 29 innings, 4 tim es not out, average 67.6. B ow lin g ,. 112 w ickets fo r 1,5 0 3 ; average 13 .4 . O f course, he h eaded both battin g and bow lin g averages for the sch ool, and was a tow er of strength to the team . T h is season he has k ep t u p his form , if his actu al figures have been less w ond erfu l. H e m ade 100 fo r his clu b while w ickets w ere fa llin g fa s t in one match, and played- th rough the innings fo r C an terbury v. S ou th M elbourne, when he had to fa c e such bow lers as K y le , G ilber, and Scott. I f he co u ld o n ly get frequen t m atches against re a lly go od c la ss team s, he m ight develo p into a really great batsm an ; as it is, he is alread y a very fine on e, in addition to bein g a b rillian t field and a go o d bow ler. H e w as taken up to A u ck la n d w ith th e team fo r the P lu n ket S h ield m atch, th ou gh it was known he w o u ld not be able to p la y on accou n t of his in ju red thum b, sustained1 in stoppin g a hot shot from T r o tt’s bat in th e return with S outh M elbourne. H ickm ott had co a ch in g from W . H . E llis, H um phreys o f K en t, and W . C arlto n of M elbourne, w h o h as now returned to A u s tr a lia .” T h e biggest score in C h ristch u rch crick et on F ebru ary 22, when rain cau sed w ickets to fav o u r the bowlers, was H . W atson ’s sound and w ell-h it 96 fo r Sydenham v. E ast C h ristch urch . On the same day H ickm o tt (47) and H . A . B ish op (55) added 100 for the secon d w icket o f St. A lb an s v. W est C h ristch u rch out o f a total of 167. Am o n g the aftern o o n ’s best bow lin g fe a ts w ere: E . B ou lton , 7 fo r 47, R io carton v. L in w o o d ; D . R eese, 6 fo r 53, W . C h rist­ ch u rch v . St. A lb a n s ; D . .Sandman, 4 fo r 36, and R . G . H ickm ott, 5 fo r 53, St. A lb a n s v. W . Christch urch . W hen the gam es w ere resum ed on the fo llow in g Saturday B ou lton took 5 fo r 43 (12 fo r 90 in this m atch), and G . W ilson had 6 fo r 29 and 5 fo r 32, and J. H . Bennett 3 to r 6 and 3 fo r 14 (Sydenham v. E . C hristch urch ). E ast C h ristch u rch co u ld only m ake 45 and 55, w ith one double figure in each innings. Sydenham are the seaso n ’s first- grad e cham pions. B ridges (116 ) a n d H u utly (9 O added 169 fo r the second w ick et o f C arisb rook A v. A lb io n at Dunedin in I' ebruary 22, and on the sam e day K en n y (66, uncom ­ p leted) and D avidson (72) p u t on 129 fo r the fourth for O p o h o v. D unedin. TH E SCORE-BOOK. Cricket in Australia. T A SM A N IA v . N E W S O U T H W A L E S . U n til Lau nceston and H o b art can pu ll togeth er, T as­ m ania is never lik e ly to m ake m u ch of a m ark in the world of cricket. F or this m atch, p layed a t H o b art on M arch 1 and 3, several Northern p layers w ere asked ; b u t after all the team had to be m ade up exclu siv ely of Southerners, not one L aunceston man accepting. T he islanders had been p articu larly anxious to see V icto r T rum per, who had never visited Tasm ania, and he came as cap tain of a stio n g team , though B ard sley,'M acartn ey, B arb ou r and K e lle w a y were not included. The home side, th ou gh H aw son w on th e toss for them and n atu rally to o k first innings, were in the cart from the v e ry outset. T h ey could n ot p la y eith er Hordern or Scott, and the honour of top-scoring fell to C olin New ton, a schoolboy, who m u st h ave felt v e ry uncom fortable when a hard stroke of his sp lit one of T rum p er’s fingers, causing the crack to leave the field. W hen N .S .W . w en t in runs were piled on apace. T h e Tasm anian score, which had taken two hours to make, w as passed in 70 m inutes. G regg h it 79 in 54 m inutes ; and Collins, w ho ga ve a chance a t the w icket a t 48 and w as tw ice m issed soon after reaching three figures, was 141 * when S a tu rd a y ’s p la y ended, N .S.W . h aving m ade 293 in 145 m inutes. On the M onday Collins, b attin g finely, e x a ctly doubled his score. H e w as in 5 hours 40 m inutes, and ga ve no chance on th e second d ay. D avis batted w ell for 77. Trum per, in spite of his dam aged finger, rattled up 87 in 55 m inutes, and then declared th e innings, heedless of th e fact th a t his own cen tu ry m u st alm ost cer­ tain ly h a ve come in a few more m inutes. H ad h e le t his men go on to the b itte r end, it is lik e ly th a t th e first-class record to ta l— 918 b y N .S .W . v . S .A .— m ight h a v e been beaten, for there is no tellin g how m an y he would h ave made, and the men who did n ot b a t m ight w ell h a ve scored freely again st th e worn-out bow ling. T asm ania did b etter in their second innings. P en n ycuick again b a tted freely, and Haw son h it nine 4’s in his 42. B u t th e case w as hopeless, and th ey suffered defeat b y an innings and 289 runs. First innings. J. Hawson, b Hordern ... G. Paton, b Scott Eltham, b Hordern H. Robinson, st Carter, b t Watt, b Scott ................ Pennycuick, c Davis, b Hordern Newton, c Carter, b Scott T. Boddain, c Minnett, b Ho Payne, c Carter, b Hordern Allen, b Scott ................ Linney, not out ... Extras................ Total C. J. Tozer, lbw, b Allen H. L. Collins, b Eltham ... N. M. Gregg, c Allen, b Penny­ cuick ................ L. A. Cody, c aud b Boddam H. Davis, b Boddam V. T. Trumper, not out ... T asm an ia . ... ir Second innings, c Cody, b Scott .. 42 .. 17 b Scott ........................... .. i - 0 c Carter, b Hordern .. 3 ° :m 11 absent 0 c Hordern, b Massie 4 .. 27 c Gregg, b Massie .. 49 .. 32 b Massie .......................... 1 rn 10 c Collins, b Massie ... 0 4 c Gregg, b Massie .. 10 8 not out .. 21 1 b Massie .......................... 4 .. 18 Extras •• 13 .. 139 Total ... .. 186 r S outh W a l e s . 15 Extras ............................. 32 28’ j 7 <> j 42 Total (for 5 wkts.,— dec.) 614 11 . Carter, H. V. Hordern, R. J. A. Massie R. B. Minnett and T. R. I). Scott 77 87 did not bat. In 18S5 the present County Ground was opened, and has ever since remained the headquarters of Northamptonshire! cricket.” — From " Northamptonshire Cricket ” in Ayres' Cricket Companion. 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 ighest | N.S.W. B o w ler s ’ A n a ly sis . credentials as a coach. Apply C r i c k e t e r , Office of this paper. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Scott ................ ............................. H 2 37 4 10 0 57 2 Hordern................ ............................. 20 4 67 6 12 0 57 1 Massie ............................. 8 1 17 0 134 0 59 6 T asm anian B o w ler s ' A n a lysis . 0. M. R. W. Boddam ................ 28 0 125 2 Allen ................ 24 0 133 1 Paton ................ 15 0 82 0 W att ................ 16 0 86 0 Newton ... 5 0 52 0 Pennycuick 15 0 67 1 E lth a m ................ 4 0 37 1