Cricket 1914

io6 THE WORLD OF CRICKET. M a y 2, 1 914. T a s m a n ia n B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s is . Elliott, 13-1-45-1 and 13-1-58-4 ; Shawe, 15-2-63-3 and 14-5- 57 - i ; Findlay, 8-0-38-1 and 9-1-40-0 ; Davis, 17-2-58-3 and 20—3-66-0; Martin, 11-1-49-0 and 4-0-23-0; W. Bayles, 6-3-6-0 and 11-1-53-0 ; Jakins, 3-0-18-0 and 26-2-85-3 ; Headlam, 2-0-8-2 and 12—2—31-1 ; second innings only— Gatenby, i3'3-o-58-i ; V. Bayles, 6-1-29-0. V ic t o r ia n B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s is . Ironmonger, 19*5-7-53-5 and 19-7-42-5 ; Souter, 18-2-54-5 and 6—1-20-2 ; Hart, 5-1-16-0 and 3-3-0-0 ; first innings only— Stephens, 5—0—22-0 ; Lugton, 1-0-1-0 ; second innings only— Carlton, 10-0-32-3. T h e F irs t-C la ss Season in A u s t r a lia . SH E F F IE LD SH IE LD MATCHES. D e c e m b e r 19, 20, 22, and 23— S o u th A u s t r a l i a (281 and 290) beat N e w S o u th W a le s (307 and 245) b y 19 runs at Sydney. D e c e m b e r 26, 27, 29, and 30— V i c t o r i a (140 and 354 for 5) beat S o u th A u s t r a l i a (245 and 246) by 5 wickets at Melbourne. J a n u a r y i , 2, and 3— N e w S o u th W a le s (409) beat V ic t o r i a (151 and 199 ; one man absent first innings) by an innings and 59 runs at Melbourne. J a n u a r y 9, 10, and 12— N ew S o u th W a le s (297 and 12 for one wicket) beat S o u th A u s t r a l i a (189 and 118) by 9 wickets at Adelaide. J a n u a r y 23,24,26,27. an d 28— N e w S o u th W a le s (675) b e a t V i c t o r i a (332 and 311) b y an in n in gs an d 32 ru n s a t S y d n e y . F e b r u a r y 13, T4, r6, and 17— S o u th A u s t r a l i a (274 and 349) beat V i c t o r i a (213 and 324) b y 86 runs at Adelaide. OTH ER FIRST-CLASS MATCHES. N o v e m b e r 21, 22, and 24— N e w S o u th W a le s (247 and 150 for 2) beat Q u e e n s la n d (176 and 219) b y 8 wickets at Brisbane. D e c e m b e r 5, 6, and 8— V ic t o r ia (475) beat Q u e e n s la n d ( iro and 156) by an innings and 209 runs at Melbourne. D e c e m b e r 12, 13, and 15— N e w S o u th W a le s (571) beat Q u e e n s la n d (311 and 232) b y an innings and 28 runs at Sydney. D e c e m b e r 20 and 22— N e w Z e a la n d (89 and 161) beat Q u e e n s la n d (124 and 114) by 12 runs at Brisbane. D e c e m b e r 26 and 27— N e w S o u th W a le s .(513) beat N e w Z e a la n d (161 and 105) b y an innings and 247 runs at Sydney. J a n u a r y 9 and 10— V i c t o r i a (439) beat N e w Z e a la n d (141 and 188) by an innings and n o runs at Melbourne. J a n u a r y 16, 18, and 19— S o u th A u s t r a l i a (433 and 161 for 3) and N e w Z e a la n d (362 and 287 for 6, dec.) drew at Adelaide. F e b r u a r y 6, 7, and 9— N e w S o u th W a le s (451) beat T a s m a n ia (163 and 108) by an innings and 180 runs at Sydney. F e b r u a r y 27 and 28, M a r c h 2— V i c t o r i a (351 and 173 for 2) beat T a s m a n ia (171 and 352) b y 8 wickets at Hobart. M a r c h 6, 7, 9, and 10— V i c t o r i a (295 and 521) beat T a s m a n ia (161 and 105) b y 550 runs at Launceston. In the Sheffield Shield games New South Waies won 3, lost 1 ; South Australia won, 2, lost 2 ; Victoria won 1, lost 3. Neither Queensland nor Tasmania won a match, the former state playing four, the latter three games. New Zealand beat Queensland and drew with South Australia, but lost heavily to New South Wales and Victoria. FOR SALE. " F r y ’s M a g a z in e , Vols. 1 to 14. old series,Vol. 1, new series, bound olive-green cloth, Vols. 2 to 5, new series, unbound, price £2. W is d e n ’s C r i c k e t e r s ’ A lm a n a c k , bound brown cloth, as new, 18 vols., 1896— 1913, price £3 ios. H a l i f a x C r ic k e t T o u r n a m e n t (1874), rare. 7s. 6d. A n A u s t r a l ia n C r i c k e t e r o n T o u r (Laver), 4s. S ix t y Y e a r s o f C a n a d ia n C r ic k e t , io s . T h e E n g lis h C r i c k e t e r s ’ T o u r in C a n a d a and U .S . (1859). rare, 15s. Manager, W o r ld o f C r ic k e t . S co r in g , in S h e f f ie l d S h ie l d M a t c h e s . For. Against. R. W. Aver. R. W. Aver. N.S. W a le s............... 1945 51 38-1 .. 1871 79 23-6 S. Australia ........... 1992 80 24-9 . . 1892 66 28-6 Victoria ................ 2024 74 27^3 .. 2198 60 36'6 Totals . . . . 5961 205 29-0 .. 5961 205 29 0 S c o r in g in A l l F ir s t -C l a s s M a t c h e s . For. Against. R. W. Aver. R. W. Aver. N.S. Wales ........... 3877 94 41-2 .. 3346 159 21-0 N. Zealand ........... 1494 76 19-6 .. 1784 53 33'6 Queensland............... 1442 80 18-0 .. 1693 53 31-9 S. Australia . . . . . . . 2586 93 27-8 . . 2541 82 30 7 Tasmania.................... 1060 60 I7’6 .. 1791 42 42-6 Victoria .................... 4278 126 33-9 .. 3582 140 25-5 Totals -----i 4>737 529 27-8 . . 14*737 529 27-8 The average of 27-8 per wicket is rather lower than that of the last season, which was 29-2. In 1911-2, when the English side scored heavily, the general average was 31*0. In all, 134 players took part in the 16 games, 28 appearing for Victoria, 27 for New South Wales, 26 (in only three matches) for Tasmania, 21 for South Australia, 20 for Queensland, and 13 for the visiting New Zealand side. Ironmonger played for both Queensland and Victoria. In 1912-3 (17 matches) the total was 135. There was then no visiting team ; but Western Australia, which took no part in the programme of 1913-4, sent a team east to play five matches. In 1911-2 the number was 130, including the 16 English players. Of the 134 players, 48 appeared in only one match each, including 19 Tasmanians. No one played in every match for New South Wales, and only E. V. Carroll in all Victoria’s matches. Mayne and Crawford were the only men who appeared in all five matches for South Australia. As in 1912-3, quite a number of players appeared for the first time in first-class cricket, though the proportion was not as high as then, when it reached one-third. No new men made his mark as decisively as Ryder, Baring, Moyes, and Donald Steele all made theirs in 1912-3. Ninety-two of the 134 bowled. Twenty-four of these failed to take a wicket at all, and only 16 took 10 wickets or more. Kelleway had the biggest bag, 45 ; Massie, Crawford, and Iron monger all took 30 or more ; but the figures of the last-named flatter him, for he got 20 of his wickets in two games against unrepresentative teams of Tasmania. After these four came Ryder, scarcely so successful as in the previous season, but still doing well, and Folkard. As in 1912-3 Macartney averaged over 100 per innings. His last two seasons .in Australian first-class cricket have yielded him 1538 runs in 14 completed innings. Armstrong and Collins had remarkable figures, and Bardsley, Fennelly (who made a big stride in form). Baring, Kelleway, Matthews, and others very good ones ; but some of the high averages need discounting for the fewness of the innings played, and that of Stephens, which would head the list were it given in the usual style, instead of alphabetically, must be reckoned more or less a freak. The Victorian is, no doubt, a good batsman ; but he made all his runs in two matches against weakened sides of Tasmania. Again New South Wales suffered from the want of a really first-class wicket-keeper, and the tale of extras recorded against the side was a heavy one— 259 in the 8 matches, or nearly 8 per cent, of the total runs scored by her opponents. Among the prominent players of recent years who took no part at all in this season’s cricket were S. E. Gregory, D. R. A. Gehrs, C. B. Jennings, R. J. Hartigan, H. V. Hordern, S. H. Emery. H. Carter. J. A. Seitz, David Smith (who has given up the game), and R. B. Rees. Jennings, Hartigan, Emery, Seitz, and Rees, possibly also Hordern, should play again ; but Gregory. Gehrs, and Carter, as well as Smith, may have gone to the wickets for the last time in big cricket. It is never safe to prophesy this of Syd Gregory, how ever; he may come up smiling with a century again yet, as he has done two or three times before after being written off the books. In the tables which follow overs cannot be given in the cases of a few bowlers, owing to defective analysis in the Queens land v. New' Zealand match.