Cricket 1914

82 THE WORLD OF CRICKET. A p r il , 1914, VICTORIAN COLTS v. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN COLTS. At Melbourne, February 13, 14, and 16. South Australia has now agreed to the 25-years’ age-limit for colts’ matches, which as far as N.S.W. and Victoria are concerned has been in force some seasons. Each side in this game included men who have already represented their respective States ; and of these N. L. Gooden (who made a century for South Australia v. Western Australia in 1912-3) and Norman Brown distinguished themselves, the former making 130 while his side were playing an uphill game, and the latter’s bowling having a considerable share in his side’s victory A. Brown, who made 117, was missed early in his innings. The googly bowling of Jose (10 for 174) was a feature of the game, and the wicket-keeping of Selth, who caught 2, stumped 3, and allowed very few byes, another. Victoria won by 138 runs. This is the first time South Australia has put a colts’ team into the field against another state. V ictorian C o lts . First Innings. R. Delves, b Wallington B. Cohen, c Phillips, b Jose W. Woodbury, b Harden A. Brown, c Jose, b Wallington N. E. Brown, b Jose C. Lilley, c Selth, b Harden W. H. Smith, lbw, b Jose B. Sheppard, c Phillips, b Jose H. W. Hart, st Selth, b.Jose A. O’Donognue, st Selth, b Jose A. Shugg, not out Extras Total II Second Innings, run out •• 35 70 b Hall •• 53 43 c & b Jose .. 74 117 c Selth, b Hall 26 15 c & b Jose 5 0 b Hall 5 55 b Harden • • 43 0 c Ardill, b Jose .. 5 15 st Selth, b Jose .. 4 12 b Hall 5 5 not out 0 9 Extras 4 352 Total .. •• 259 S o uth A u str alian C o lts . First Innings. E . A. Loveridge, c Sheppard, b Woodbury .. G. Parks, c O’Donoghue, b Hart N. L. Gooden, c Sheppard, b Hart D. Wallington, c O’Donoghue, b Woodbury H. M. Beresford, c Sheppard, b Hart J. Ardill, c Hart, b Woodbury E. I*. Phillips, b O’Donoghue S. E. Hall, not out I. B. Jose, c & b Woodbury H. J. Harden, run out V. Selth, c Cohen, b Hart Extras .. Total Second Innings. 25 b Hart .. .. .. 7 17 c Sheppard, b N. E. Brown 25 9 b Lilley .. .. .. 130 7 b Hart .. .. .. 8 21 b N. E. Brown .. .. 2 7 b N. E. Brown .. .. 42 1 c O’Donoghue, b N. E. Brown .. .. .. 9 48 b Hart .. .. 20 17 c Sheppard, b N. E. Brown 2 o c Woodbury, b Hart .. 6 8 not out .. .. .. 28 14 Extras .. .. 20 174 Total .. .. 299 R. L. Park, c Robinson, b Davis E. V. Carroll, c and b Myers C. B. Willis, c Davis, b Boddam W. Carlton, b Myers A. Brown, lbw, b Myers .. S. Stephens, b Myers V icto r ia . First Innings. F. Lugton, b Newton B. Sheppard, c Allen, b Newton , 93 H. W. Hart, c Allen, b Myers 4 H. Ironmonger, not out .. Extras J. Souter, b Myers .. .. .. 55 25 1 7 13 19 Total •• 35 i S e co n d In n in g s.— R. L. Park, lbw, b Boddam, 9 ; E. V . Carroll, c Parkinson, b Boddam, 30 ; W. Carlton, not out, 66 ; S. Stephens, not out, 62 ; extras, 6— total (for 2 wickets), 173. V icto r ian B o w ler s ’ A n a l y s is . Ironmonger, 22-7-53-7 and 37-7-109-3; Souter, 11-5-26-1 and 19-1-71-0; Lugton, 13-2-34-0 and 21-1-5-45-3 ; Hart, 5-0-26-0 and 16-4-59-2 ; Willis, 1-3- 0-6-1 and 3-0-8-0; Carlton (first innings), 2-0-12-0; Stephens (second innings), 3-0-24-1. T asm a n ian B o w ler s ’ A n a l y s is . Robinson, 9-0-50-0 and 4-0-23-0 ; Myers, 24-1-101-6 and 10-0-40-0; Allen, 11-3-28-0 and 4-1-7-0 ; Newton, 11-2-1-52-2 and 3-0-11-0; Boddam, 10-2-38-1 and 10-4-0-29-2 ; Carroll, 8-0-36-0 and 7-1-14-0 ; Davis, 8-1-27-1 and 3-0-26-0 ; second innings only— Hawson, 2-0-7-0 ; Eltham, 4-1-10-0. TASMANIA v. VICTORIA. At Hobart, February 27 and 28, March 2. Until the two ends of the island cease pulling against one another, Tasmania’s matches will continue to lack the importance they might otherwise have. The arrangement by which when Victoria visits the island two matches are played, one at Hobart, the other at Launceston, is due to the jealousy entertained ; its result is that in neither match is Tasmania represented by anything like full strength. North had only Gatenby — the hero of the recent 367 score— in this match at Hobart. Victoria sent across a team mainly composed of colts, with E. V. Carroll as captain, and one veteran in William Carlton, who was some time at •Christchurch coaching. Ironmonger, the Queensland player, also appeared, and his left-handers were mainly responsible for the dismissal of Tasmania on a good wicket for the poor total of 171. Victoria more than doubled this, the two University players, Park and Willis making a capital stand for the second wicket. Park made his 96 in about as many minutes. Souter, another colt, showed up well. The best bowler by far was Myers, the Yorkshireman. now coach at Hobart, who used the googly with some effect. The island state’s second innings was a great improvement on the first ; and, as usual whenTasmania does well, Reginald Hawson played a big part. The home side’s skipper batted 150 minutes for his 90 (11 fours), making a good many of his runs by clean cutting. He and Robinson sent up 140 before a wicket fell. Colin Newton, perhaps the most promising of Tasmania’s young players, Myers, and Boddam, gave fair support; and Victoria were -set 173 for victory. The first two wickets fell pretty cheaply: but then Stanley Stephens (his first inter-state match) and Carlton hit off the runs left to be made, Victoria winning by 8 wickets. T asm a n ia . First Innings. Second Innings. <I. H. Robinson, b Souter ............................ 6 c and b Ironmonger .. 57 H. Myers, c Stephens, b Ironmonger .. 11 run out .. .. 38 K. Eltham, run o u t ..........................................10 c Willis, b Lugton .. 5 L. H. Gatenby, c Sheppard, b Ironmonger .. 1 b Stephens .. .. 13 R. J. Hawson, b Ironmonger .. .. 25 b Hart .. .. 90 •C. Newton, b Ironmonger .. .. .. 13 b Ironmonger .. .. 44 E. T. Boddam, b Ironmonger.. .. 27 c and b Hart .. .. 30 R. Davis, b Ironmonger .. .. .. o b Lugton .. .. 17 T . D. Carroll, b Ironm onger...........................9 b Ironmonger .. .. 10 H. Allen, not out .......................................... 3 * b L u g to n ..............................6 H. Parkinson, st Sheppard, b Willis .. 24 not out .. .. 6 E x t r a s ..........................................14 Extras .. .. 36 Total ............................ 171 Total .. 352 Cricket in the Argentine. NORTH v. SOUTH OF THE REPUBLIC. At Hurlingham, February 23, 24, and 25. This was the twenty- second game between the two sides, the heaviest-scoring one of them all, and the first to end in a draw. The series of matches began in 1891 ; and the only years since in which no encounter has taken place were 1893 and 1912, the lapse in the latter year being accounted for by the presence of the M.C.C. team in the Argentine. Of the 21 finished matches South have won 13, North 8. North had a run of four successive victories from 1898 to 1901 inclusive, and South a run of six from 1905 to 1910. The last match should have begun on Sunday, February 22, but heavy rains prevented play, and when on Monday Doming won the toss from Garnett he sent the North in to bat on a slow wicket. The pitch never proved difficult, however : and almost from the start the batsmen had a big advantage. Garnett and Simpson put on 57 for the North’s second wicket, Biederman and Sutton 60 for the fourth, and Spens and Foy 49 for the tenth. At call of time South had 4 down for 74. Next day the overnight riot outs, Smyth and Millward, made a long stand, adding over 170 in all. Smyth, an old Blundellian, who has been in great fettle lately, just failed to get his century through mis-hitting a half-volley. Doming hit hard for his runs, and South had a lead of 3?. When the North batted again Garnett and Simpson put on 90 for the second wicket, and Biederman and Garrod about 90 for the seventh. Biederman’s is the highest innings ever played in these matches, the previous record being Doming’s 151* in 191 o, and it was in every way a capital per­ formance, full of good and varied strokes, and quite chanceless. Garnett declared, sending the South in to get 331 to win. There was scarcely time for the runs to be made ; but the Southerners never looked much like being beaten, the first wicket realising 45, Platt and Kortlang adding 68 for the third, and Smyth staying and playing well, though he had one life, when if he had failed there might have been a chance for the other side. In the match 1178 runs were scored. N orth . First Innings. H. G. Garnett, c Jackson, b Lawrie H. E. Powell-Jones, c Kortlang, b Beynon.. G. A. Simpson, b Lawrie H. E. C. Biederman, c Mi lward, b Jackson .. F. A. Sutton, c Millward, b Doming W. D. Gardom, lbw, b Doming H. Hayes, b Jackson J. R. Garrod, b Doming P. C. Bury, c Beynon, b Doming A. T. Spens, lbw, b Doming P. A. Foy, not out E x t r a s ......................................... Second Innings. 65 b Brown 5 b Homewood 18 c Beynon, b Homewood . 65 not out 28 run out 18 b Doming 0 st Kortlang, b Lawrie 1 c Platt, b Lawrie .. o not out 23 c Brown, b Lawrie 20 c Doming, b Lawrie 21 Extras 47 5 43 169 11 4 13 29 10 4 7 Total 264 Total for 9 wkts.), dec. 362 S o uth . First Innings. E. D. Ayling, c Garnett, b Bury 2 Second Innings. b Foy 1 N. W. Jackson, b Foy 6 b Hayes 28 F. L. Platt, c Simpson, b Bury 7 b Garrod 29 B. J. Kortlang, b Hayes 14 c Sutton, b Bury b Hayes 57 W. C. Millward, b Foy 81 28 B. H. Smyth, c Biederman, b Hayes 98 not out 52 H. Doming, not out 48 lbw, b Garrod 3 G. G. Brown, c Biederman, b Foy 14 c Bury, b Hayes 14 C. V. H. Beynon, c Foy, b Bury 4 not out 15 R. J. Homewood, b Foy J. H. Lawrie, b Foy Extras 2 0 20 Extras 29 Total 296 Total (for 7 wkts.) 256 S outh B o w ler s ’ A n a ly sis . Doming, 27-7-73-5 and 20-6-56-1 ; Beynon, 21-1-46-1 and 16-0-52-0 ; Lawrie, 18-1-80-2 and 24-2-105-4; Homewood, 2-0-14-0 and 20-0-71-2 ; Jackson, 10-2-30-2 and 8-1-22-0 ; second innings only— Platt, 1-0-10-0 ; Smyth, 1-0-5-0 ; Brown, 12-3-21-1. N orth B o w ler s ’ A n a lysis . Foy. 32-11-75-5 and 21-4-64-1; Bury, 22-3-82-3 and 16-1-80-1 ; ’ Hayes, 18-0-62-2 and 16-1-43-3 I Spens, 4-1-13-0 and 5-2-14-0 ; Gardom, 4-3-2-0 and 1—1—0—0 ; Garrod, 6-1-30-0 and 8-3-13-2; Sutton, 2-0-7-0 and 3-0-13-0; first innings only— Powell-Jones, 2-0-5-0.