Cricket 1914

3 2 THE WORLD OF CRICKET. F e b r u a r y , 1914. 8 lours !) in half-an-hour. “ I was particularly pleased that I was able to time the ball.” he said afterwards. Not much doubt about the timing, one fancies. Still more good work by veterans. J. H. Stuckey, younger than Lyons, but no chicken, scored 177* for North Melbourne v. Prahran on December 20 (3 sixes, 27 fours included) , and William •Carlton, not exactly a juvenile, made 122, and helped Stuckey in a stand of 249 for the second wicket. Ernest Jones took 4 for 9 in a match at Fremantle on the same day, and R. Selk for Claremont on successive Saturdays had 7 for 25 v. North Perth and 7 for 28 v. East Perth. M. F. McCaffrey managed the Queensland team which visited Melbourne and Sydney in December. That fact does not necessarily mean th at he was reckoned past the playing stage ; but his all-round form for Nundah v. Valley at Brisbane on January 3 suggests th at he might well have been played for the s tate. He took 6 for 51 and scored 63— a pretty good afternoon’s work. Altogether the old hands have been very prominent in Australian cricket lately, though plenty of good young ones are coming along. Among the best of these, though as yet he has not done any­ thing very big in first-class cricket, is E. A. McDonald, who left Tasmania a couple of years or so ago to play for Fitzroy. A t Melbourne on December 20 he first took 9 wickets for 47, and then hit up 85 (5 sixes) in 45 minutes. He is a fast bowler ; some little time ago he hit A. C. Facy, like himself a Tasmanian sojourner in Melbourne, on the ankle, and Facy could not turn out for weeks afterwards. These two men would have strengthened Tasmania’s team had they stayed at home ; Facy had done good work for it in a few matches before he migrated. That old and time-honoured fixture, North of Tasmania v. South of Tasmania, played without a break for many years, fell through this season. It was not a Hobart-Launceston tiff (though such things have happened) ; football affairs were at the bottom of it. The Tasmanian C.A. (Hobart) is affiliated to a body governing sports in the island, which body had had some trouble in the football way. One of the players concerned was S. M. McKenzie, who was included in the North team for the cricket match against the South. The Northern authori­ ties could not see their way to withdraw him, or the Hobart people to let their side play against him while under the ban ; so it was agreed, without squabbling, to let the match lapse. The North team met a side from the North-Western District at Launceston instead ; but nothing of much note happened in the match, which ended in a draw. Among recent centuries in Australian cricket of good class one notes the following :— Dec. 13.— C. S. Armstrong, 119, St. Kilda v. Northcote (V.). „ 13.— A. Lord, 105, St. Kilda v. Northcote. ,, 13. — G. F. Linney, 116*, E. Hobart v. W . Hobart ('I'.). „ 13.— W. J. Lewis, 135, Woolloongabba v. Toowong (Q.). ,, 20.— R. J. Hawson, 208*, New Town v. N. Hobart (T.). ,, 20.— J. H. Stuckey, 177*. N. Melbourne v. Prahran (V.). „ 20.— W . Carlton, 122, N. Melbourne v. Prahran. ,, 20.— H. M. Beresford, 141, N. Adelaide v. Universitv (S.A.). ,, 26.— J. Myers, 1^8, Metropolitan Team v. Western ~Districts (N.S.W .). ,, 26.— N. Tailby, 104, Metropolitan Team v. Muswell- brook (N.S.W.). ,, 29.— E. Rothwell, 199, Burwood United (Syd.) v. Bagdad (T.). Jan. 3.— S. C. Freeman, n o , Glebe v. Balmain (N.S.W.). ,, — G. Lowe, 122, Middle Harbor v. University (N.S.W.). 3.— E. Bull, 174, Middle Harbor v. I niversity. 3.— W. Beveridge, i n * , Toombul v. University (Q.). The letters in brackets indicate the State in which the score was made. COACHING WANTED. F. G. ROBERTS, the old Gloucestershire player, is open for an engagement as coach (school, college, or private ground) during the month of April and the earlier part of May.— Address : Egerton Road, Bishopston, Bristol. Rockhampton had a Country Cricket W7eek at Christmas, and the Ipswich side won every game they played therein. Against Rockhampton and Country Combined two of theifr batsmen, C. E. Cossart (171) and W. Bradley (59) stayed 3^ hours together, and added 239 runs. If this is William Bradley, the former Queensland stumper, he has gone off in his rate of scoring. But, of course, he is one of the Old Brigade now. H. Ironmonger took 8 for 50 for Ipswich in this match. Ironmonger made a good impression in Melbourne, and next season will be on the Melbourne C.C.’s staff as a ground bowler. W. T. Evans took a Brisbane team to Toowoomba on Boxing Day, and was highest scorer for it with 51 in each innings. His side won b y two wickets, scoring 195 and 107 for 8 to Too­ woomba’s 123 and 177. Eric Barbour, whose father is head­ master of Toowoomba G.S., made 71 in the home side’s second innings. C. B. Barstow had 9 for 27 on a tricky wicket for Toombul v. University (Brisbane) on December 13. A. W. W right took 8 for 28 for Adelaide v. Glenelg a week later. In Sydney on January 3 S. G. Moore, a very big fellow who has played for N.S.W., took 7 for 65 for North Sydney v. Sydney District, and P. W. Dive 8 for 58 for Western Suburbs v. Waverley. On January 3 and 10 West Perth put Midland Junction through the mill, winning in an innings. The losers batted first, and Stephen­ son took 6 for 10. Then H. A. Evers (still another veteran) made 62 for West Perth, and thereafter H. W. Edmondson (not quite a boy, either !) had 6 for 31 in Midland Junction’s second. For Fremantle v. Lumpers on January 3 A. Banks took 7 for 18. P. R. le Couteur carried his bat through Perth University’s innings of 58 v. Subiaco-Leederville for 21 (January 10). NEW ZEALAND . Wellington sent a team across to play Marlborough at Blenheim during the Christmas holidays. It was by no means a representa­ tive side ; in fact, it was hardly more than a scratch eleven ; and it met with defeat by 174 runs. Totals : Marlborough, 187 and 212 ; Wellington, 89 and 136. The only big individual score of the match was Robson’s 117 in Marlborough’s second innings. No bowling feat of note was recorded, though as many as seventeen bowlers tried their hands, ten of the Wellington team going on in Marlborough’s second. Wanganui beat South Auckland (the holders) in a contest for the Hawke Cup at Hamilton on December 25 and 26. South Auckland scored 82 and 92, Wanganui 174 and 3 for o. Orton (44) was top scorer for the winners. On the same days elevens selected from the Saturday and Wednesday Associations played a match at Wellington, the Saturdav men scoring 428, the Wednesday representatives 235 and 25 for 2. For the Saturday team j. S. Hiddlestone (who has played for Otago) ran up 170 ; F. A. Midlane made 87, D. Hay 50, and C. V. Grimmett 41. H. McGirr (50) and Bowles ( 43 ) 'vere chief scorers for the Wednesday side. Nelson (230) beat Marlborough (147 and 72) at Nelson in a two-day (January 1 and 2) match by an innings and n runs. Neale made 80 for the winners, and Robson (36 and 12) was highest scorer for the losers. Hawke’s B ay met Poverty B ay at Taruheru on January 2 “ An illustrated booklet that is find- rniTioN in£ a ready sale just now is * Between r p AD v tv m a y 2nd EDITION fhe ,nn|n£ . The Recollections and K liAU Y O T T W C C M Reflections of the compiler, W. 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