Cricket 1913

14 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J an . 18, 1913. Overseas Cricket. AU STR A L IA . Stanley Moore, of the North Sydney C.C., is reckoned quite one of the best of the younger batsmen of Sydney, where good batsmen are so plentiful that the selectors of the State teams must have a very worrying time. He made his 205 v. Petersham on October 12 in 152 minutes, and the runs were scored off only 139 balls sent down to him. Scott, the fast bowler, was hit for seven 4’s off 29 balls, A. Rough for six 4’s and a 6 off 36, and T. J. Andrews for seven 4’s and two 6’s off 30. Moore’s first 50 came in 44 minutes, his second in 34, his third in 35, and his full score took only r52 minutes. This is really good going. The 152 made b y J. Ryder, the most promising colt in Victoria (he is only 22), for Collingwood v. Rich­ mond on November 9, took 185 minutes altogether ; but at one time he bit 35 off 3 overs in 9 minutes. He makes his strokes w ith great decision, and has a good variety of them. R yder is one of the forty colts selected for special weekly practice under John Worrall. Here is the full list— it should be worth keeping, for some of these young men have already played for the State, and others will do so ; in fact, one would not be surprised if Victorian teams in the near future were largely made up of “ Jack WorraU’s colts ” : F . Baring, D. Beath, E . Boulter, H. Bracher, A. Brown, N. E. Brown, S. Campbell, E . L. Carroll, B. Cohen, R . Delves, W . Dick, J. M. Fitzpatrick, W. Geddes, A . Gray, N. Hall, H. Hart, A. E . V. Hartkopf, V. Healy, C. Hendrie, M. Hotchin, L. Keating, G. Lanigan, B . Latham , A. E . Liddicutt, — Lugton, W. F . B . Macrow, W. Macgregor, T. Morse- head, F. G. Monk, L. Page, R. L. Park, T. Purvis, — Rennie, J. Ryder, H. Sandford, F. Smith, E. Spencer, C. B . Willis, W. Woodbury, and F . Yeomans. Hartkopf, Norman Brown, Baring, Liddicutt, Spen­ cer, and Hart all appeared for the State in either 1911-2 or 1910-1, and a number of the others have already done so this season. Here are thebatting and bowling averages of some oi them in pennantmatches in1911-2 (from the V .C .A .’s Annual Report) :— B attin g . Inns. N.O. R . A. H.S. A. E. V. Hartkopf (Univ.) ... 7 3 365 91-25 132 W. D ick (Carlton) ... ... 10 2 440 55-00 147* M. Hotchin (St. Kilda) ... 9 2 380 54-28 73 N. E . Brown (Northcote) ... 10 o 486 48-60 96 J. Ryder (Collingwood) ... 12 3 424 47-11 112* E. Spencer (N. Melb.) ... ... 13 1 406 33-83 96 C. B. W illis (Univ.) ... ... 7 2 163 32-60 64 N. Hart (N. Melb.) ... ... 6 o 18b 31-00 67 R. Delves (Fitzroy) ... ... 16 3 395 30-83 81* A. Brown (Collingwood) ... 12 o 311 25-91 65 B ow ling . ’ ■ O. M. R. W. A. •E. L . Carroll (E. Melb.) 33 6 89 9 9-88 D. Beath (P ra h ra n )................. 128-5 36 276 21 13-14 N. E. Brown (Northcote) ... 168 26 553 3515-80 A. E. V. Hartkopf (Univ.) ... 140-3 18 464 28 16-57 E . Boulter (F itzro y )................ 175-5 52 464 26 17-84 J. Ryder (Collingwood) ... 153-3 29 434 24 18-08 C. B. W illis (Univ.) ... ... 98-3 9 405 22 18-40 H. Hart (N. Melb.) ................ 142-5 25 438 22 19-9° F. G. Moule (St. Kilda) ... 199 3 41 505 2420 04 On October 26, H. Barrenger, playing in a Friendly Societies’ match at Melbourne (Loyal Canterbury v. South Yarra A.N.A.) took all 10 wickets for 32 in an innings of 65. Matthew Paternoster hit up 246*, and M. S. Pater­ noster 99 for Berwick v. Beaconsfield (Vic.) on the same day. It was at Berwick Grammar School (says that most genial of gossips, “ Felix ” ) that poor Harry Graham learned the rudiments of the game. Tasmania possesses a Ken t colt in G. Williams, who comes in from the country to play in Hobart each Saturday. He learned the game at Tonbridge, in the company of Woolley and other cracks, and Mr. Tom Pawley spoke highly of him when in the island. W il­ liams scored a century in excellent style la t e ly ; and it has been suggested that he might represent Tasmania in Trumper’s Benefit Match. But surely it would be more satisfactory to the island to be represented b y a Tas­ manian— say, Reginald Hawson, or even that wonderful veteran, E. A. Windsor— than b y a man lately out from the Old Country ? A t Ballarat on November 9, J. Wun Hym scored 87, and took a couple of wickets in a first-grade match. Can it be that the game has been invaded b y the Heathen Chinee ? “ Wun Hym ” certainly suggests a Celestial origin. Chinese groundsmen play at Sh angh ai; but in Australia the pig-tailed ones are not usually encour­ aged to disport themselves in white company. Peter McAlister is a long w ay off being a back number yet. I should say he is the most promising colt— of his age— in Victoria. On November 9 he took 113 minutes to make 67* v. St K ild a ; but a week later he hit five 6’s in his splendid 8r v. North Melbourne, | two of them off successive balls. Among recent centuries in Australia I note the following :— Oct. 19— S. Leak, 108*, Sturt v. W. Torrens (Adelaide). „ 19— C. Robinson, 113*, N. Hobart v. W. Hobart. ,, 26— P. Payne, 123*, New Town v. S. Hobart, j Nov. 2— L. A. Cody, 127, Paddington v. Central Cumberland. „ 2— H. V. Goddard, 105*, Redfern v. Gordon. „ 2— R . W. Law , roo* (cont. Nov. 9), N. Brisbane v. Woolloongabba II. „ 9— C. Thompson, 163*, University v. Toowong (Brisbane). „ 9 '----------------- Little, 106, Toowong v. University. 9— G. Williams, ro6, E. Hobart v. S. Hobart. „ 9 — E. W. Harrison, 156, S. Launceston v . E . Launceston. 16— R. J. Hartigan, 101 (ret.), Queensland Trial Match. .. 16— A. G. Moyes, 158, University v. W. Torrens. ,, 16— D. R. A. Gehrs, 150, N. Adelaide v. Adelaide. ,, 16—-J. T. Murray, 247, Roseworthy Agr. Coll. v. ] Lyric (S.A.). „ „ i 6 — H. R. Meyer, 200 (ret.), Ashbourn v. Strat- halbyn (S.A.). ,, 16— G. Christian, 108*, W. Perth A. v. N. Fre­ mantle A. „ 16— H. C. Willcocks, 105, University v. Central Cumberland. „ 23— J. Minihan, 105, E. Perth B . v. Subiaco-Leeder- ville B. ,, 23— H. M. Lewers, 116*, University v. S. Mel­ bourne. „ 23— R. F. Middleton, 110, E . Torrens v. N. Adelaide.