Cricket 1913

M arch 15, 1913. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 91 gave one chance. The catch by which Bridgman, on the boundary, got rid of him was a very fine one. Collins left at 310. Minnett helped Trumper to add 55 quickly. The fourth hundred appeared after 272 minutes’ play. At call of time the score was 428 for 6. Two wickets fell almost at once on the Saturday morning, and the ninth went at 457 ; then, with Massie as partner, Trumper went all out for his 200, and had just passed it when the tall University man was caught at cover. Twenty-one 4’s were included in the crack’s great innings, which was worthy of his very best days ; he made his runs in 209 minutes, and gave only one chance. South Australia’s first innings saw Clem Hill at the top of his form. He never gave a chance, and in the course of 168 minutes at wickets hit nineteen 4’s in his 138. No one else but Gehrs and Bridgman did much ; the colt’s 59* in 61 minutes was a capital innings. N.S.W. had a lead of 182 ; but Trumper did not enforce the follow-on. Kelleway left at 18 ; Barbour helped Macartney to add 82 for the second wicket. A t the tea adjournment on the third day the total was 205 for 2, with Bardsley and Macartney in possession. A t call of time all were out for 314 ! Macartney, who had very hard luck in failing to make two centuries in a first-class match for the third time in his career, left at 219, having batted 144 minutes and hit eleven 4’s. The third wicket had added 119. Trumper quickly rattled up 25 before Whitty beat him with a slow. The third hundred was reached after 222 minutes with only 4 wickets down. Then came the collapse. Bardsley left, after batting 148 minutes for 90. Five for 300. Collins got leg before to Whitty. Six for 300. Lane was caught at the wicket next ball. Seven for 300. Minnett was taken in the slips. Eight for 302, and 4 wickets for 2 runs ! With 12 more added the innings closed. On the last morning South Australia went in to get 497 to win— a colossal task which they faced with splendid pluck. Gehrs and Mayne sent up 45 for the first wicket. Hill joined Mayne, and these two added 104. Mayne batted 103 minutes for his capital 67. Crawford could not get going, and only made 8 of the next 22 before being finely caught by Bardsley at mid-on. When he and Hill had both departed— Hill having made 77 in 108 minutes— the end seemed near at hand. But the Wheat- fielders still had lots of kick left in them. Steele helped Chamberlain to add 56, and, after both had gone, a fine stand of 125 (in 79 minutes) was made by the colt Moyes and Campbell, the wicket-keeper. With Moyes’s departure at 389 for 95 (107 minutes, seventeen 4’s) the end drew near, and eventually N.S.W. won by 84 runs— her first victory of the season in Shield matches, and S.A.’s first defeat. Moyes ought to be well in the running for the next Australian Team, to South Africa or to England. First innings. N e w S outh W a l e s . Second innings. C. Kelleway, run out .. .. ..38 b Whitty .. .. .. 7 E. P. Barbour, b Crawford.. .. 56 c Mayne, b McKay .. .. 60 C. G. Macartney, c Bridgman, b Crawford125 c Mayne, b Crawford..96 W. Bardsley, c Bridgman, b McKay .. 8 c Campbe'l, b McKay .. 90 V. T. Trumper, not out .. .. .. 201 b Whitty .. .. 25 H. L. Collins, c Steele, b McKay .. .. 5 lbw, b Whitty .. .. 13 R. B. Minnett, c Campbell, b Bridgman 28 c Moyes, bMcKay .. .. o J. B. Lane, b W hitty .. .. .. 20 c Campbell, b W hitty .. o W. J. Stack, b W hitty .. o b McKay .. .. 1 D. C. Cullen, st Campbell, b Crawford .. 8 c Crawford, b Whitty .. 8 R. J. A. Massie, c Gehrs, b Chamberlain.. 14 not out .. .. .. 4 E xtras.. .. .. . . 1 0 Extras .. .. 10 Total .. .. 513 Total .. .. 314 First innings S outh A u str a l ia . Second innings. E. R. Mayne, c Stack, b Massie .. .. 7 c Macartney, b Massie .. 67 D. R. A. Gehrs, b Macartney .. .. 39 b Stack .. .. 25 C. Hill, c Bardsley, b Stack .. .. 138 b Massie .. 77 J. N. Crawford, c Bardsley, b Cullen .. 19 b Massie .. .. 8 D. M. Steele, b Massie .. .. .. o c Stack, b Barbour .. .. 15 J- A. G. Moyes, b Cullen .. .. .. o c Cullen, b Stack .. 95 L. W. Chamberlain, c Massie, b Cullen .. 9 b Barbour .. .. 39 G. C. Campbell, b Stack .. 14 c Minnett, b Kelleway .. 43 H. Bridgman, not out .. .. 59 b Macartney .. .. .. o W. J . Whitty, b Co lins .. . . 1 0 not out .. . . 1 0 H. J. McKay, c Trumper, b Massie .. 13 b Kelleway .. .. 4 Extras .. .. .. 23 Extras .. .. 29 Total .. .. .. 331 Total .. .. 412 i S .A . B o w ler s ’ A n a lysis . 0. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Whitty •• 33 6 115 2 28 1 92 .5 Moyes 5 1 31 0 2 1 12 0 Chamberlain 20*2 7 101 1 13 3 44 0 Crawford .. 30 0 124 3 16 1 68 1 McKay 22 3 70 2 21 1 76 4 G eh rs............................ 5 0 3 i 0 — — — — Bridgman 6 0 3 i 1 3 0 12 0 McKay bowled 2 n.b., second N.S.W. innings. B owlers ’ \ nalysis . 0 . M. R. W. 0 . M. R. W. Cullen .. 18 2 79 . 3 18 0 79 0 Massie .. 21-5 3 74 3 27 5 62 3 Macartney 6 1 14 1 6 1 18 1 Stack .. 14 0 67 2 21 0 108 2 Kelleway 12 1 56 0 M 1 57 2 Minnett 6 3 9 0 — — — — Collins 2 0 9 1 9 3 23 0 Barbour • • — — — 7 0 36 2 NEW SOUTH WALES v. VICTORIA. Hordern, Cotter, and Cody replaced Roy Minnett, Stack, and Cullen in the home team, though many critics would have preferred either Cullen or Scott to Cotter as the fast bowler of the side. The old Australian Eleven man has been bothered with a bad knee, and has shown nothing like his real form this season. Vernon Ransford was kept out of the Victorian team by the illness of his wife. Seitz won the toss on January 22, and elected to bat first on a perfect wicket. Three wickets were down with only 37 on the board ; the fourth fell at 61, the fifth at 73, and the sixth at 78. Then Matthews helped Armstrong in a fine stand for the seventh, and 156 were added before the little man left. Both gave chances ; but both played good and plucky cricket against some fine bowling. The tail did little, and Armstrong was left to carry his bat for 118. With a little over half-an-hour to go, Trumper sent in Lane (the Sydney University captain, played mainly for his wicket-keeping) and Massie ; but both had departed, and Hordern and Cody were together, when time came. Hor­ dern left at 44. Cody and Macartney then added 85 for the fourth wicket. Bardsley succumbed first ball, and Macartney was out at 181. His 94 only took him 106 minutes ; he played at the very top of his form, and hit thirteen 4’s. But the best was yet to come. It came with the association of Victor Trumper and Eric Barbour. Trumper had a little start of the younger man ; but Barbour opened with a couple of 4’s, and the two were in the forties together. Each reached his 50 in 62 minutes, and the first hundred of the partnership only took 55 minutes. At the tea interval Trumper led by 12 runs— 78 to 66. Afterwards he ran farther ahead, and reached his century with three successive 4’s and a single in 105 minutes, amidst tremen­ dous applause. The partnership total reached 200 in 104 minutes. Barbour’s century (in no) was the next land­ mark. The younger man tired, and made some bad strokes ; but Trumper was at his best all through. They had put on 270 for the eighth wicket when Matthews bowled Trumper. He had batted 163 minutes for his 138, of which just two- thirds came from boundary strokes. Barbour was 144 not out at drawing of stumps, but left early on the Monday morning. He gave four chances altogether, but, these apart, played admirably. The N.S.W. total of 477 was made in under 3J hours, and Saturday’s play lealised 432. Victoria had arrears of 203 to make up, and saved the innings’ defeat with 5 wickets down, everyone doing some­ thing, and Seitz, Baring, Ryder, E. L. Carroll, and Matthews playing particularly well. Young Carroll was caution itself, taking nearly an hour to make his first two runs ; but the state of affairs justified caution. Matthews was top scorer, and his fine double in the match testified to the improvement made in his play by the English tour. N.S.W. required 163 to win ; but any hopes the Victorians may have enter­ tained when Kelleway left at 7 and Barbour at 30 were dashed by Bardsley and Macartney, who made light of the bowling and hit off the runs without being separated. Massie for N.S.W. and Cannon for Victoria did good work with the b a ll; but the other bowlers, even Hordern, were very costly.