Cricket 1914

168 THE WORLD OF CRICKET. M a y 23,1914 O verseas C r ic k e t C h a t . AU STRAL IA . In the semi-finals for the Melbourne pennant, East Melbourne (92 and 293 for 9) beat South Melbourne (68) on the first innings, and in like manner St. Kilda (249 for 8) defeated North Melbourne (136). F. Baring, as already mentioned, scored a century for E. M. He gave no chance, and played exceedingly fine cricket for his 146, made in under three hours, and was unluckily stumped off the wicket-keeper’s pads at the finish. T. J. Matthews (45) and E. L. Carroll (30) helped him in stands of 111 and 87 respectively. Ferguson (85 in 125 minutes) was St. K ilda’s big man. St. Kilda won the final (played on April 11 and 13). East Melbourne were all out for 149— McAlister 50. St. Kilda lost 7 wickets for 74 ; but Lord (66) and Ivory (56*) added 76, and put their side ahead. The total was 168. The Jolimonters’ second innings realised 167. The veteran McAlister (38) again top-scored. St. Kilda hit off the runs needed for the loss of 5 wickets. Souter took 6 for 36 in E. M.’s first. Here, in condensed form, are of some of the leading players B a t t in g . BATSMAN. RUNS. AVER. H.S. L. W. Chamberlain 600 66-6 201* R. F. Middleton .. 790 65*8 201* S. H. Leak .. 499 62*3 65* D. M. Steele .. 508 56-4 163 F. T. Hack .. 255 51-0 107* E. R. Mayne .. 403 50*3 254* R. B. Rees .. 503 50-3 104* P. D. Rundell .. 590 49-1 71* G. S. Down .. 315 45-0 115* J. F. Travers .. 294 36-7 71* J. Arthur .. 394 35-8 117 W. A. Hewer .. 372 33-8 98 H. Smith .. 371 33-7 105 w . AVER. 50 8-6 28 io-6 20 14-8 31 15*6 29 15-9 39 16-7 20 17-5 22 19-3 23 18-9 24 22-4 20 22-9 38 23-5 21 23-5 only one, NEW ZEALAND . The first full record of the season’s play in the senior champion­ ships of the leading cities to reach us is th at of Wellington. Here Petone, a country club some distance out, and Wellington North tied for first place with 19 points each, well ahead of the rest, for Wellington Central, who came third, scored only 12 points. F. A. Midlane totalled 707 in championship matches, and beat the previous record (C. A. Richardson's 532 in 1901-2) b y 175. Midlane headed the averages with 88-37 per innings— 12, with 4 of them not out. Two old hands, W. R. S. Hickson (49-00) and C. G. Wilson (45-25) were second and fourth respectively, with a younger player in W. A. Baker (48-83) third. J. Quinn (43-83) and D. Hay (41*60) also averaged over 40, W. R. L. Gibbes (36-77), D. Donoghue, and J. P. Blacklock over 30. Among the best-known of those figuring between 30 and 20 were J. S. Hiddleston, E. W. Smyrk (late of Hawke’s Bay), F. Joplin, W. S. Brice, Claude Hickson, D. Naughton, T. M. Grace, E. M. Beechey, and K. H. Tucker, all representative players. The only previous season in which St. Kilda finished at the top was 1909—10, and then, as now, East Melbourne were runners- up. The latter last came out top in 1907-8. Since then Prahran, St. Kilda, Northcote, and Collingwood have shared the honours. A. H. Fenton, pro. (49 at 14-40) took most wickets, followed by K. H. Tucker, a veteran now (46 at 14-00), C. V. Grimmett (45 at 12-28), T. R. Southall (42 at 9-30), W. R. L. Gibbes (39 at 14-28), E. W. Smyrk (38 at 12-31), W. S. Brice (37 at 10-83),. W . Ryan (37 at 12.56), J. V. Saunders (36 at 12-11), and L. Casey (31 at 13-67). Others who took 20 or more were J. S. Hiddleston, H. M. McGirr, J. Stiles, J. Dickson, and R. Leys. East Torrens won the Adelaide premiership, with Adelaide second and North Adelaide third. The premiers deserved their place. They averaged 29-5 per wicket for and 16-9 against. The next best average for was Adelaide’s 26-2, the next best against Port Adelaide’s 20-1. B ut the Port men, weak in batting, came last. Eleven centuries were registered in the 35 matches. W. A. Baker scored two ; J. Barber, A. E. Birch, D. Donoghue, W. R. L . Gibbes, W. R. S. Hickson, F. Joplin, J. G. Kinvig, and F. A, Midlane one each. Altogether the results of the season are considered b y good judges on the spot to promise well for Wellington cricket in the future, for there are plenty of good young ones coming on. There were some big batting figures. East Torrens had three men with averages over 50, North Adelaide, University, Sturt, and Glenelg one each ; five others averaged over 40, thirteen over 30, and fifteen over 20. W. J. W hitty took most wickets (50), and R. F. Middleton scored most runs (790). the batting and bowling figures B o w l in g . b o w l e r . W. J. Whitty S. H. Clutterbuck .. L. E. Howard A. W. Wright J. F. Travers W. D. Price A. Smith L. W. Chamberlain K. N. Steele H. Bridgman H. J. McKay P. H. Coombe H. B. Willsmore .. good chance of securing that honour in the near future. Twenty-one centuries were scored in the 44 games. Chamber- lain made three ; Middleton, two ; Mayne, Smith, D. M. Steele, Hack, Rees, Down, Arthur, P. Desmazures, R. F. Cowan, H. M. Beresford, G. Parks, S. D. Gooden, R. Kappler, J. Ardill, and R. J. Moroney one each. C. B. Barstow, the Queensland and Toombul bow'ler, needed nine wickets to reach his 100 for the season when the last pre­ miership match began at Brisbane. He took 6 for 31 in Univer­ sity’s first innings on April 4th. On the same day J. Downey, another state player, had 7 for 23 for Toowong v. Woolloon- gabba. Clyde Smith, a young batsman of promise, who had the mis­ fortune to make a pair in his first match for Tasmania, played a capital innings of 100 for Colts v. Veterans at Hobart on April 4th. T h e H a m p s h ir e H o g s (Hon. Sec., Mr. A. Jaques, Red Lodge, Bassett, Hants.) have the following excellent fixture-list (the names- in brackets are those of the match managers) :— May 28 & 29— v. The Navy, at Portsmouth (H. A. H. Smith). June 6— v. Marlborough College, at Marlborough (A. J. L. Hill). „10— v. R.N. College, at Osborne (Rev. W. V. Jephson). ,, 15— v. United Services, at County Ground (A. F. Wharton). „ 17— v. Sir G. Mevrick’s XI, at Hinton Admiral (A. B. Cummins). ,, 24& 25— v. Wiltshire Wanderers, at County Ground (H. P. Hill). July 1& 2— v. Worcestershire Gentlemen at County Ground (Rev. W. V. Jephson). „ 10 & 11— v. United Services, at Portsmouth (A. F. Wharton).. ,, 15— v. Alton, at Alton (A. Jaques). ,, 24& 25— v. Incogniti, at County Ground (H. A. H. Smith). ,, 29& 30— v. Lord Shaftesbury’s XI, at St. Giles, Salisbury (A. J. L. Hill). • ,, 31— v. Basingstoke, at Basingstoke (B. W. Bentinck). Aug. 5 & 6— v. Green Jackets, at St. Cross, Winchester (H. A. H. Smith). „ 10& 11— u. Royal Artillery, at Portsmouth (H. A. H. Smith)- ,, 10& 11— v. Wiltshire Wanderers, at Wootton Bassett.* ,, 12& 13— v. United Services, at Mount Wise.* ,, 13— v. The Navy, at County Ground (Rev. W. V. Jephson). ,, 14 & 15— v. Royal Naval Barracks, at Keyham * „ 17 & 18— v. Torquay, at Torquay.* „ 19 & 20— v. Devon Dumplings, at Exeter.* „ 21 & 22— v. Somerset Stragglers, at Taunton.* ,, 21 & 22— v. Highclere, at Highclere (A. J. L. Hill). „ 24 & 25— v. Watts House, at Watts House, near Taunton.* 31 & Sept. 1— v. Mr. E. R. Morres’ XI. | 2— v. The Garrison, t 3 & 4— v. The Grange C.C. t Sept. S u tto n declared at 310 for 9 v. Dulwich ; but the latter, going' hard out for the runs, made 320 for 7. Centuries were scored by D. D. Napper and P. H. Slater. S t . L u k e ’ s , Woodside (155) beat W’hyteleafe (110) at Whyteleafe. For the winners E. H. Phillips scored 44, A. E. Thornton 29*, A. E. Smith 21 ; for the losers P. C. Walner 46, F. Dart 26. O r d n a n c e S u r v f y (188) narrowly beat Trojans (170 ) at South­ ampton. R. Russell (42), F. Elford (32), E. Picknell (30), and F. Young (29) did best for the winners, while H. G. M. Barton (62) was- a long way highest scorer for the Trojans. * Western Tour— Manager, B. W. Bentinck. t Guernsey Tour— Manager, A. Jaques.