Cricket 1913

F eb . 15, 1913. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 69 To beat Queen’s Park (even without Taylor, Chapman, and Henwood) was an achievement for Wanderers II.— their third successive win, by the way. Three schoolboys home for the holidays did duty instead of the three cracks, and M. D. Millar and C. L. St. Leger made a very good impres­ sion indeed. The latter took 2 for 8 in 4 overs, and both he and Millar batted and fielded well. Wanderers II. scored 197 (S. Scott 40, P. Faux 38); Queen’s Park made 108 (E. D. Taylor 25) and 167 (M. D. Millar 47, J. W. P. Howden 35, T. T. Gradock 26). T. Lellyett had 4 for 32 in the first innings, R. J. Dove 6 for 55 in the second. Queen’s Park v. Greyville next Saturday— one of our Derby days. But I hear with great regret that H. W. Taylor will not be able to turn out. A dog ran into his bicycle, and knocked him o ff; he sustained several nasty cuts, and will be out of the field for a week or two. Hen- wood will play, however, and Chapman is in great form, so Greyville won’t have it all their own way. When the sides met before neither was up to full strength. Queen’s Park won then. In the Maritzburg Senior League Maritzburg beat Standard— 135 (G. H. Cook 42) to 116 (H. F. Dowling 46, D. K. Pearse absent). Arbuthnot, the slow lob bowler, who caught it hot in the intertown match, had 5 for 24 (4 c., 1 st.) for Standard, A. Hair 4 for 31 for the winners. With two- thirds of the season gone, there have been only five senior matches in the City ! Ormerod Pearse hit up 117 in a minor match the other day, and there is every prospect of his being fit and well when Natal again takes the field. Our remaining Currie Cup matches are both at Durban, v. Western Province on March 24 and 25, and v. Eastern Province on March 26 and 27. On the evening of Friday, January 12, a very interesting ceremony took place at the Waverley Hotel. The Natal C.A. gave an at home and musical evening to our Currie Cup team and a number of friends and enthusiasts. Mr. Walter Greenacre, the President of the N.C.A., was in the chair. A handsome gold watch and chain, the watch suit­ ably inscribed, was presented to Herbert Taylor as an appre­ ciation of his fine innings at the Wanderers, and his brother Dan received (from “ The Latest ” ) a gold fountain pen to commemorate his top score of 65 at Bloemfontein. F r e d e r i c k S e t a y . ------- ■ , — ------------------------------------- An incident that has left a lasting impression on Mr. Ward’s memory was the no-balling of Edgar Willsher by John Lillywhite for throwing. As is of course well known, the match was England v. Surrey at the Oval in 1862. When Lillywhite for the seventh successive time called “ No ball,” Willsher, losing his temper, threw down the ball and walked off the field, followed by the eight other profes­ sionals.— From “ The Fascination of the Past,” in Ayres’ Cricket Companion. The Mollah of the Candilli Mosque used to play regularly on the Candilli ground, and became fairly expert; he used to dress in a suit of white flannel, cut after the Turkish fashion, baggy trousers and all.— From “ Cricket in Turkey,” in Ayres' Cricket Companion. G E O R G E L EW I N & C o . , Club Col our S peci al i st s & At hl et ic C l ot h in g M a n u f a c t u r e r s . OUTFITTERS BY APPO INTMENT TO The Royal Navy and Army, Cornwall, Kent, Middlesex, Somerset and Surrey Counties, and London Scottish, Irish and Welsh, Blackheath, Harlequins, Rich­ mond, Catford Rugfov Football Clubs, and all the leading Clubs in,the British Isles and abroad ; M.C.C. S. African Tour, 1909 , S. African Cricket Association 1910 , and Queen’s Club, Kensington, the M.C.C. Australian Team 1911*12, and the South African Association Cricket Team 1912. Established 1869 . W r ite f o r E stim a tes. Telephone : P.O. 607 C IT Y . Works at Camberwell. 8 , CROOKED LANE, MONUMENT , E.C. Australian Cricket Chronology and Memorabilia. (Continued from Vol. I. yage 594 .) XVIII. of New South Wales v. England, at Sydney.— In the first innings ( 127 ) of the former W. G. Grace took 11 wickets for 69 an.I in the second G, F. Grace 5 for 10 . XII. of New South Wales v. VII. of England, at Sydney (Single wicket).— Jas. Lillywhite, taking all 12 wickets, dismissed the former for 29 , and England won without loss of a wicket— W. G. Grace, 28 not out ; byes, 2 . XXII. of Maitland v. England, at Maitland.— Owing to Hoods this match was abandoned. XX II. of Bathurst v. England, at Bathurst.— In the first innings of tho former J. Southerton took 11 wickets for 45 runs and J. Lilly- white 9 for 19 . Lillywhite also obtained 12 for 24 in the second innings. XV. of New South Wales and Victoria v. England, at Sydney.— J. Lillywhite took 18 wickets for 72 runs —9 for 39 and 9 for 33 . XX II. of Sandhurst v. England, at Sandhurst.— In the fiist innings of the XX II. J. Lillywhite took 11 for 43 and J. Southerton 9 for 44 ; in the second W. G. Grace obtained 8 for 47 and Lillywhite 8 for 52 . On the second day of the match the temperature was 140 in the sun. XX II. of Castlemaine v. England, at Castlemaine.— Ka.rtin McIntyre took 11 for 10 and 10 foT 20 and J. Lillywhite 10 for 37 and 10 for 23 . XX II. of Northern Tasmania v. England, at Launceston.— J. Southerton took 13 for 33 and 10 for 39 . W. G. Grace obtained 9 for 48 in the second innings of the XX II. The last-named, in scoring 33 , made 23 singles — 19 of them in succession. XX II. of Southern Tasmania v. England, at Hobart.— J. Lilly- white took 14 wickets —9 for 70 and 5 for 65 . In the second innings of the XX II. W. R. Gilbert took 8 for 47 . XVIII. of Victoria v. England, at Melbourne.— J. Lillywhite obtained 18 wickets for 82 runs— 12 for 61 and 6 for 21. XX II. of Yorke Peninsula v. England, at Kadina.— The locals were dismissed for 42 (McIntyre 9 for 4 , Southerton 11 for 29 ) and 13 (McIntyre 7 for 1 , Lillywhite 13 for 7 ), the highest score from the bat being 7 . Of the ground, “ W. G.” has said :— “ There was scarcely a blade of grass to be seen, while the whole area was covered with small stones. On the morning of the match a bushel of pebbles was swept up.” England scored 64 , and won by an innings and 9 runs. T. W. Wills, who had been coaching the Kadina men for a month, made a pair of spectacles. It was in this match that Mr. J. A. Bush, upon being bowled first ball, remarked : “ That was only my trial ball. I always insist on having a trial.” He was allowed to resume his innings— or, rather, to commence another— but failed to profit by his ingenuity, carrying out his bat for 0. After this match a scratch single-wicket game was played between two of the local men for a silver cup donated by Sir Edwin Smith, I the arrangement being that “ W. G.” should do all the bowling and that two of the Englishmen should field. It was not until each of j the players had batted three times that the destiny of the trophy was ! decided, one man scoring 0, 0 and 0 and his opponent 0, 0 and 1 not out. XXII. of South Australia v. England, at Adelaide.— J. Southerton took 14 wickets for 24 in the former’s first innings. 1874 - 5 . XVIII. of South Australia v. Victoria, at Adelaide.— The first match between these States. In the first innings of the former S. Cosstick had 11 wickets for 41 and in the second T. Horan 11 for 29 . In the match the former took 17 for 73 and the latter 13 for 39 . Victoria v. New South Wales, at Melbourne.— By previous arrangement, a fresh wicket was used for each innings. It was in 1875 that the Victorian Cricketing Association was formed, for the purpose of having “ control over all Intercolonial and International matches.” 1875 - 6 . Victoria v. New South Wales, at Melbourne.— In the second innings of the former ( 34 ) E. Evans took 7 wickets for 16 . XVIII. of South Australia v. Victoria, at Adelaide.— In the first innings of Victoria W. O. Whitridge took 8 wickets for 10 runs, and in the match 11 for 24 . New South Wales v. Victoria, at Sydney.— The latter were dismissed for 37 in their first innings— E. Evans, 5 for 12 ; F. R. Spofforth, 4 for 22 . The pair named bowled unchanged throughout the match for N.S.W., who won by 195 runs. (To be continued.)