Cricket 1913

December 1 7 , 1913 . CR I CKE T : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A t Bloem fontein on Novem ber 1 and 8 there was some b ig g is h sco rin g in a match between C ollegian s and Ram blers. T h e form er made 403 for 8, dec.— H. W. H ill 102, F . T aylo r 64, E. F u ller 53, G. Sennett 48, A. Parsons 43, R. T ra vers 30*. Ram blers replied with 248— C. P en ­ fold 56, C. Simpson 47*. J. E. Jewell, who plays for the Ram blers, was out for 18, fairly beaten and clean bowled by a ball from T ravers, a left-hander, and a newcomer to F ree State cricket. E ric H ill, a you n ger brother of H. W. (“ S o n n y ” ) and K eith H ill, created a particularly favour­ able impression by his bow ling. He has a very easy action, and breaks both way. In ir overs he took 4 w ickets for 28. T h ere would appear to be more prom ise am ong the younger F ree State cricketers than has been the case for a long time past. C E Y L O N . O sw in A . W right, a schoolboy at St. Joseph’ s College, had scored over 1000 runs and taken over 100 w ickets up to N ovem ber 1. R. E. S. Mendis and H. C. Gunasekere are the on ly C eylonese cricketers who have parallelled this double feat in their schooldays. M endis, by the way, was very much to the fore in a recent departm ental match, ta k in g 12 for 51 for T reasu ry v. Police. But he could not carry his side to victory. T h e Police, for whom V. T. D ickm an had g for 36, won. Some recent bow lin g perform ances of note: October 24, T . Y . B aba, 7 for 16, Bloom field v. W esley C ollege; Oct. 25, C. Horan, 7 for 11, N ondescripts v. T rin ity C ollege; Oct. 24, W. T . G reswell, 6 for 21, Colombo C .C . v. Bambala- p itiya Y .M .C .A .; Oct. 31 and Nov. 1, T . K elaart, 11 for 90, C olts v. Sinhalese S .C .; Nov. 1, W. T . G resw ell, 6 for 28, Colombo C .C . v. Sports Club. R. E. S. M endis, S. Somasunderam (T am il Union), and M ajor Muspratt-W illiam s (Sports Club) have all recently added their names to those of the takers of 100 w ickets in C eylon cricket this year. A. Goonewardene scored 103 for C entral Y .M .C .A . v. Colonial Stores on Oct. 25. T h e visit of the N .S.W . T eam is bein g looked forw ard to with the grea test eagerness, and the foolish agitation again st it has la rg e ly subsided. A U S T R A L IA . T h e follow in g centuries had been scored in first-grade cricket up to the time the last m ail left:— Sept. 27— S. Freem an, 107, G lebe v. M iddle Harbor(Sydney). Oct. 4— G. P arks, 116, G len elg v. North Adelaide. ,, 4— B. J. Folkard, 101, B alm ain v. Sydney D istrict. „ 6— C. J. T ozer, 119, U n iversity v. Paddington (Sydney). ,, 11— G. Chesw ass, 117, Northcote v. E ast Melbourne (greater part of runs made on Oct. 4, but in nin gs finished Oct. 11). ,, 11— F. B arin g, 118, E a st M elbourne v. Northcote. ,, 11— W. Sewart, 125, Carlton v. Essendon. ,, 11— C. T . R ix, 135, Balm ain v. W. Suburbs (Sydney). ,, 11— E. L. Waddy, 131, Central Cum berland v. Waverley (Sydney). ,, 11— R. J. H artigan , 110, T oom bul v. Woolloongabba (Brisbane). ,, 18— R. K. Oxenham , 111, Nundah v. U n iversity (B ris­ bane). ,, 18— P. A. M cA lister, 105*,E ast Melbourne v.Essendon. ,, 18— N. C allaw ay, 137*, Paddington v. M iddle Harbor. ,, 18— C. Dw yer, 107*, Paddington v. M iddle Harbor. ,, 18— J. B. H. C ranney, 133, Central Cum berland v. W. Suburbs. „ 25— L . W. Cham berlain, 101*, E ast T orren s v. G lenelg. „ 25— R. F. M iddleton, 161, E ast T orren s v. G enelg. ,, 25— R. F. Cow an, 121, North A delaide v. Sturt. A t A delaide on the 18th E ast T orren s disposed of G lenelg (the team for which John Craw ford plays, but J.N .C . was not back from Am erica when this match begun) for 124. and then Cham berlain and M iddleton put up 211 unparted in about a couple of hours for E a st T orrens. R esum in g on the 25th, they carried the total to 301 before they were parted. T hen M iddleton left, h avin g scored 161 in 155 m inutes. T h e innin gs was declared at 393 for 2 directly Chamberlain had reached his 200. He was in 215 m inutes, and hit twenty-one 4’s. G len elg were dism issed again for 120, W h itty ta k in g 8 for 54. R. F. Cow an, who appeared in the South A ustralian team a few tim es some years ago, gave a reallv brillian t disnlav of h ittin g for North Adelaide v. Sturt. H is 121 were made at the rate of a run a m inute, and included six 6’ s and fourteen 4 ’s. T h an k s la rg e ly to him , his side won a fine victory again st time. Peter M cA lister (45 next July) can still show some of the you n ger men the way. W ickets in Melbourne on the 18th had suffered from rain, and scorin g gen erally ruled low. M cA lister played right through E a st M elbourne’ s innings of 268 for 105; he gave more than one chance, it is true, but the effort was a good one nevertheless. T h e century scored by R o ger H artigan for Toom bul gave his side the gam e. T h e ir opponents had scored 187, and Toom bul had 6 down for 68. Then the crack hit out in his best form , show ing all the old grace and power, and in the event T oom bu l’ s total reached 207. Tw enty-four 4’s were included in Callaw'ay’s 137* and twenty-one in C ran n ev’s 133. C allaw ay is quite a colt, hails from Hay, and is not related to S. T . Callaw ay, the A u stra­ lian and New Zealand international player. F or Pavneham v. Sydenham Road in the East Torrens A ssociation (Adelaide) 578 for 8 were scored on O ctober 25, C. Pyatt m akin g 260 (in 150 m inutes), J. Bonner 109, and J. Barnes 77. Clem H ill made 95 for Sturt v. North Adelaide on the 18th, but was aw ay when the match was resumed on the 25th. H is duties as a racin g steward had not yet begun; but he thought it best to attend a m eeting. One fears that the cricket field w ill see little more of a really great batsman — m ore’s the pity ! A lgern on G ehrs w ill also be m issed by South A ustralia. Not m any now adays seem to stick to the gam e as did G eorge G iffen, A. H. Jarvis, and J. C. Reedman in their time. Norman Claxton drowned out ow'ing to the calls of business while still com paratively a youn g man, and now the state looks lik ely to lose both its captain and its most d ash in g bat. L u ck ily there are good you n g ones com in g along". W. J. W hitty— s for 43 and 4 for 16, E ast T orrens v. Sturt; 7 for 73 and 8 for 54 v. G len elg; 24 for 186 in two successive matches— which looks as if not much was w rong with W hitty’s form. In Sydney B. J. Folkard, who has played several times for the state, and distin guish ed him self in one match again st the South A frican s, has started the season with scores of 99 and 101 and 18 w ickets for 232 in his first two matches. On O ctober 4 Charles K ellew ay took 5 for 32 (G lebe v. M iddle Harbor). Tw o days later (there was a round of grad e matches in Sydney on O ctober 6, a Monday) V icto r T rum per scored 84 for Gordon again st his old club Paddington. T . H ogue has not dropped out, after all. He took 6 for 19 for Frem antle v. North Frem antle on October 18. West A ustralia expects a visit from a South A ustralian team in February. Clem H ill is hoped for; but hope m ay be abandoned in this case. K in g ’ s School, P arram atta, where the Rev. P. S. W addy is head-m aster, w ith the Rev. E. F. Waddy, G. R. Hazlitt, and G. B. O. T u ck (all of whom are g o in g to Ceylon) on the staff, won every match played a g a in st rival schools d u rin g its R u gb y football season, and thus secured the G reat P u blic Schools championship. Norm an Gregg; and R. B. M innett recently passed th eir fourth year exam inations in medicine at Sydney University. M innett we know over here, and we m ay yet see G re g g , who is a really brilliant batsm an, and intends to follow up the gam e after he go es down from the ’V arsity. He scored a century in each of the two C olts’ m atches again st V ictoria last season. He is also a crack lawn tennis exponent. G re g g is g o in g to C eylon, too. E. J. L o n g, another mem­ ber of the Rev. E. F. W addv’ s team , is a w icket-keeper of great ability, who has once or tw ice represented the State. C. T . (Cyril) D ocker is a fast bowler, and P. W. (W ybergh) D ocker a left-hander; both can bat. With Bardsley, Arnott, M innett, and others, the N .S.W . team to Ceylon w ill be real “ hot stu ff.” A nd yet some people in the island are disgrun tled because they are not to entertain a representa­ tive A ustralian side ! A . N asm yth hamm er can crack a nut, I understand; but it isn ’t needed for the purpose. T h a t m ay sound rude. T here is plenty of good cricket in C evlon; but its very best men are not internationals (though G res­ well is as good as plenty of men who have played for E n glan d ), and Ceylon would have about as much chance of w h ipping A ll A ustralia as, say, W iltshire or D orset m ight have. It w ill surprise most people if Ceylon beats W addy’ s side.