Cricket 1914

M a y 16, 1914. THE WORLD OF CRICKET. The Score Book. The A u s t r a li a n T e am in N ew Z e a la n d . SIXTEENTH MATCH, v. NEW ZEALAND. At Auckland, March 27, 28, and 30. It must be a long time since Canterbury had so small a representation in a New Zealand team ; but Reese (unwell) and Sandman (unavailable) were absent through no.action of the selector. Four Auckland men (Hemus, Sale, Brooke- Smith, and Sneddon), two from Canterbury (Patrick and Bennett), two from Wellington (Saunders and Robinson), with Holland from Wanganui, McMahon from Poverty Bay, and Condliffe, from Otago, made up the team. The experiment of drawing upon the smaller associations was tried, and McMahon and Holland, the former especially, did well enough to justify it. New Zealand batted first, and three wickets fell at 13. Then Patrick and Sneddon, and later Sale and Sneddon, did something to stop the rot ; but the best stand of the innings was made by Sale and Brooke-Smith, who added 97 for the sixth wicket, the latter batting well after a scratchy start. Holland helped Sale to add 51 for the seventh wicket, and both Bennett and Saunders gave some help towards the finish. Sale did not reach his century till the latter was in, and must have had rather an anxious time till he got i t ; but if Saunders is no great bat he is old enough not to lose his head, and he took the earliest opportunity of letting his partner have the bowling. Sale batted in all 3^ hours, and hit 16 fours. He gave a couple of chances ; but his hitting all round was hard and clean, and the innings deserved the greater praise inasmuch as this was his first big match of the season. The Australians’ fielding was not first-class ; but Armstrong bowled well, and was always difficult to play. Australia batted the whole of the second day, and had 471 up for 5 at the finish. The home side had rough luck in losing their most reliable bowler, Bennett, who had his hand hurt before lunch and could not come out again. Waddy and Dolling both hit with great power, the latter reaching his century in 65 minutes, and the former in 90 ; they added something like 200 together, but the exact number is not stated in the report to hand. Trumper was also fast and free ; no one of the three, however, played a faultless innings. Towards the end of the day’s play Crawford was slamming at every­ thing, while Armstrong went on his way more deliberately. When they resumed on the Monday morning the Victorian had to bustle a bit to get his 100 before lunch, at which stage Noble had decided to declare. He managed it by some brisk hitting before the time fixed, however, the last hundred of the big innings coming in 40 minutes. New Zealand lost Patrick (who hit a six to square-leg off Mailey— Patrick seems to have cultivated the six habit) and Sale early; but McMahon, who played a first-class innings, making no mistake, and Hemus added 56, and the Gisborne man and Sneddon (who also played capitally) 71 ; and at the tea interval, with the total 167 for 4, a draw seemed certain. The fifth wicket fell at 201, with 90 minutes to go. But then came a complete collapse, the last five wickets only adding 27, and the Australians won their last match by an innings and 113 runs. After it was over they went on a visit to Rotorua, in the far-famed hot springs district. N e w Z e a l a n d . First Innings. J. W. Condliffe, b Armstrong L. G. Hemus, c Waddy, b Crawford L. McMahon, b Armstrong W. R. Patrick, cCollins, b Armstrong N. C. Sneddon, c and b Armstrong E. V. Sale, not out .. • .. W. Brooke-Smith, b Noble C. Holland, b Mailey C. W. Robinson, cMcKenzie, b Noble J. H. Bennett, b Armstrong J. V. Saunders, b Armstrong Extras 16 21 109 46 14 10 27 Second Innings, c and b Mailey b Noble lbw, b Collins c and b Crawford c McKenzie, b Mailey b Crawford run out c Armstrong, b Mailey c McKenzie, b Craw­ ford b Crawford not out Extras 2 23 68 19 61 1 18 3 5 14 o 14 Total .. 269 Total .. 228 A u s t r a l ia n T e a m . E. L. Waddy, b Robinson .. 140 H. L. Collins, b Saunders .. 19 C. E. Dolling, b Robinson . . 104 M. A. Noble, b Robinson . . 1 V. T. Trumper, lbw, b Sneddon .. .. 81 W. W. Armstrong, not out n o J. N. Crawford, c Bennett, b Holland .. .. .. 134 Extras .. .. 21 Total (for 6 wkts., dec.) 610 C. McKenzie, L. A. Cody, A. Sims, and A. A. Mailey did not bat. A u s t r a l ia n B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s is . Armstrong, 28-9-47-6 and 8-1-25-0; Crawford, 14-4-37-1 and 16-2-54-4 ; Mailey, 14-3-54-1 and 24-1-89-3 ; Noble, 29-4-98-2 and 9-2-26-1 ; first innings only—McKenzie, 5-3-6-0 ; second innings only—Cody, 4-2-8-0 ; Collins, 4-2-12-1. N e w Z e a l a n d B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s is . Robinson, 25-1-140-3 ; Saunders, 25-3-102-1 ; Bennett, 9-0-51-0 ; Patrick, 2-0-23-0; Holland, 14-1-87-1 ; McMahon, 3-0-33-0; Sneddon, 15-0-76-1; Hemus, 10-0-72-0; Brooke-Smith, 1-0-5-0. T he C ey lon T e am in In d ia . CALCUTTA v. CEYLON. Some apology, or at least some explanation, seems to be necessary for the presentation in May of scores of matches which took place as long ago as last Christmas. But the only reason why they have not been given before was because complete scores could not be obtained. Even now the full tournament cannot be given, for Rangoon played Calcutta and Ballygunge, and the correspondent who kindly forwards the scores which follow does not include these matches. R. W. Forbes captained the Ceylon team, which included Crawford, Vidler, Greswell, and Gibson, who have all distinguished themselves in English first-class cricket, while Calcutta had A. I. Steel (son of the great A. G.) and A. L. Hosie, of Oxford and Hants. C e y l o n . First Innings. V. F. S. Crawford, c Hosie, b Richard­ son .. .. .. .. 36 J. L. S. Vidler, c Guise, b Richardson 18 B. J. A. Fawcett, c Taylor, b Curtis- Hayward .. .. .. .. 3 A. L. Gibson, b Lee .. .. 24 E. M. Horsfall, lbw, b Muir .. 15 J. C. Johnson, cTaylor, b Richardson 29 W. T. Greswell, st Taylor, b Lee .. 14 R. W. Forbes, c Steel, b Richardson 12 M. H. Grant-Peterkin, b Curtis- Hayward .. .. .. .. 3 G. D. Brown, c Muir, b Richardson 1 C. B. Rubie, not out .. .. 7 Extras .. .. .. 13 Total .. .. 175 Second Innings. c Steel, b Richardson b Muir c Taylor, b Steel b Steel c Muir, b Steel c Hosie, b Curtis- Hayward c Carter, b Curtis- Hayward not out lbw, b Steel b Curtis-Hayward .. not out Extras 28 7 2 o 31 14 34 9 12 7 18 Total (for 9 w. dec.) 17$ C a lc u t t a . First Innings. S. C. B. Lee, c Rubie, b Gibson .. 60 A. J. Carter, run out .. .. 2 P. J. Richardson, c Rubie, b Greswell 5 T. C. Stafford, lbw, b Gibson .. 17 A. P. Muir, st Rubie, b Gibson ... 12 J. D. Guise, c Gibson, b Greswell .. 24 A. L. Hosie, b Vidler .. .. 19 A. I. Steel, b Greswell .. .. 3 H. W. Thomas, not out .. .. 29 J. E. J. Taylor, b Vidler .. .. 10 T. Curtis-Hayward, b Greswell .. 1 Extras .. .. .. 9 Total .. .. 191 Second Innings, lbw, b Gibson run out c Crawford, b Vidler . st Rubie, b Gibson . lbw, b Gibson Extras Total (for 5 wkts.) 59 * 8 32 C alc u t t a B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s is . Muir, 11-3-41-1 and 11-2-30-1 ; Curtis-Hayward, 16-1-51-2 andi 17-3-53-3 ; Richardson, 16-4-59-5 and 9-3-18-1 ; Lee, 6-0-31-2 and 20-6-50-4. C e y l o n B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s is . Greswell, 22-1—71-4 and 12-2—45—0; Vidler, 18-2—69-2 and S"0" 32—1 ; Gibson, 8—0—33-3 an(l I2_°—39—3 ; Horsfall (first innings)^ 3-0-9-0. BALLYGUNGE v. CEYLON. The visitors had a very easy victory in this game, Greswell an<$ Vidler bowling effectively, and Crawford and Gibson batting well. C e y l o n . J. L. S. Vidler, b Wood .. G. D. Brown, b Steel B. J. A. Fawcett, c Hindley, b Steel V. F. S. Crawford, c Cham- pain, b Wood A. L. Gibson, b Wood J. C. Johnson, c Turnbull, b Steel C. M. Horsfall, b Wood .. W. T. Greswell, b Turnbull R. W. Forbes, b Wood M. H. Grant-Peterkin, lbw, b Wood :. C. B. Rubie, not out Extras 3 r 15 O' 1 7 Total .. 229 FOR SALE. F r y ' s M a g a z in e , Vols. 1 to 14, old series, Vol. 1, new seriesr bound olive-green cloth, Vols. 2 to 5, new series, unbound, price £ 2. W is d e n ' s C r ic k e t e r s ’ A l m a n a c k , bound brown cloth, as new, 18 vols., 1896— 1913, price ^3 10s. H a l if 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 ic 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 l is h C r ic 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 l d o f C r ic k e t .