Cricket 1914

38 THE WORLD OF CRICKET. F e b r u a r y , 19 14 . V IC TO R IA v. SOUTH A U STR A L IA . A t Melbourne, December 26, 27, 29, and 30. Mayne won the toss, went in first with Donald Steele, and, in strong contrast to his p lay at Sydney, forced the game from the start, the younger player only making 8 of the 39 put up for the first wicket. Later Mayne slowed down, and he had some luck, being twice let off ; but his 58 was a good, as well as a valuable, innings. Moyes made 53 of the 81 added for the second wicket in capital style. Chamberlain batted 100 minutes for his 43. Armstrong bowled with wonderful accuracy and kept down the scoring. The Victorian batting broke down on a good wicket. Crawford and Kirkwood bowled unchanged, and only Armstrong, who was suffering from malaria and had to dose himself with quinine, did much against them. Five were out for 29 ; but Ransford helped the big man to add 40, and Carroll and Armstrong put on 39. Kirkwood made the ball hang in the air, and puzzled nearly everybody. There was only one long stand in South Australia's second innings. Seven wickets had fallen for 132 when Kirkwood joined the elder Steele, and they added 108 together. Steele's innings was mainly a defensive one ; he batted 4 hours 5 minutes, and hit only 5 fours in his 84. Kirkwood's 58 included 7 fours. Victoria required 352 for victory, and had lost Carroll, Baring, and Ransford at the end of the third day, when the score was 145— Park 65, Armstrong 30, the not outs. Crawford had had to go off the field, upset by the heat, and, of course, this weakened the visitors’ attack greatly. He resumed his place when the last d a y ’s play began, but his bowling lacked sting. B y lunch the score had been carried to 239 without further loss. D irectly afterwards Park was out for 104, made in 4 hours 5 minutes (the same time occupied by Steele’s 84), with 10 fours. The colt played a really fine innings, showing great coolness. He and Armstrong had added 153. Kirkwood had a hand hurt in a fine attempt to catch Armstrong, and had to retire. The crack's 132 took 4 hours 10 minutes, and included only 6 fours. There were two hard chances of c and b— one at 97, the other at 108. He had carried his side, with Park’s help, into a safe position, and Bracher, who show'ed good form, did the rest th at was required, Victoria winning by 5 wickets. S o u t h A u s t r a l ia . First Innings. Second Innings. D. M. Steele, b Armstrong 8 c sub, b Matthews 84 E. R. Mayne, lbw, b Armstrong .. 58 c Carkeek, b Matthews 28 A. G. Moyes, c Ransford, b R yder.. 53 c Park, b Cannon 7 L. W. Chamberlain, b Armstrong .. 43 b Ryder 8 J. N. Crawford, c Matthews, b Ryder 24 c & b Cannon 20 C. E. Pellew, c Ryder, b McNaughton 1 7 b Armstrong 1 P. D. Rundell, run out 8 b Ryder 8 H. P. Kirkwood, b Armstrong 7 c Armstrong, b Ryder 58 H. Bridgman, not out 25 Ibw, b Cannon 11 I\. N. Steele, b Ryder 1 c Bracher, b Matthews 0 L. E. Winser, b Ryder 0 not out 6 Extra 1 Extras 15 Total 245 Total 246 V ic t o r ia . First Innings. Second Innings. R. L. Park, c W’inser, b Crawford .. 3 b Crawford 104 H. Bracher, c & b Kirkwood 15 not out 42 F. Baring, c Winser, b Crawford .. 7 st Winser, b Kirkwood 1 7 V. S. Ransford, e I). M. Steele, b Crawford 25 b Chamberlain 11 T. J. Matthews, lbw, b Kirkwood .. 0 J. Ryder, c Crawford, b Kirkwood 0 not out 9 W. W. Armstrong, not out 5 i c Pellew, b Moyes .. 132 E. V . Carroll, c Bridgman, b Kirk­ wood 24 b Kirkwood 15 W. Carkeek, b Kirkwood 6 L. E. McNaughton, b Crawford 3 W. Cannon, st Winser, b Kirkwood 5 Extra 1 Extras 24 Total 140 Total (for 5 wkts).. 354 V ictorian B owlers ’ A nalysis . McNaughton, 22-3-76-1 and 21-12-40-0 : Ryder, 35*2-6-93-4 and 29-9-64-3 ; Armstrong, 41-19-51-4 and 11-5-23-1 ; Cannon, 6-0-11-0 and 22-3-58-3; Baring (first inns.), 1-0-13-0 ; Matthews, (second inns.), 23-7-46-3. S. A u s t r a l ia n B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s is . Crawford, 23-5-63-4 and 36-6-111-1 ; Kirkwood, 22*1-4-76-6 and 17-4-76-2 ; second innings only, K. N. Steele, 8-0-29-0 ; Rundell, 8-1-29-0; Chamberlain, 26-5-50-1 ; Pellew, 6-2-8-0; Moves, 9-5-27-1. NEW SOUTH- W ALES COLTS v. V IC TO R IAN COLTS. A t Sydney, December‘31, January 1 and' 2. The great feature of this -drawn game was the stand of 339 for the fourth wicket made by Buckle and Taylor for the home side. The total was 78 when they came together, 417 when their association was dissolved. Buckle is a well-known first-grade cricketer ; bu t Taylor is only a schoolboy (Newington College), and not yet seventeen. He drives with great force, and is especially clever on the on-side. Though he is a right-hander, his style, from its soundness and skill, reminded onlookers of Bardsley. Norman Brown and Lugton made a good stand for the seventh wicket in Victoria’s first. Neither team possessed a bowler of con­ vincing ability. N.S.W. C o l t s . H. G. Pratten, c Sheppard, H. Dupain, b Lugton 11 b Hart .. .. 8 F. Watsford, b Fitzpatrick . 1 F. Rix, c Fitzpatrick, b Hart 27 B. G. Long, run out 12 J. M. Taylor, run out .. 226 L. Scott, not out o- N. Callaway, b Lugton .. 14 R. C. Coogan, b Hart o- F. Buckle, b N. E. Brown.. 155 Extras 22 G. Lowe, st Sheppard, b N. ---- E. Brown .. .. 72 Total 548 V ic t o r ia n C o l t s . First Innings. Second Innings. A. Brown, lbw, b Coogan .. 9 c Pratten, b Dupain.. 16 M. Hotchin, c Watsford, b Scott 16 b Callaway I F. Butler, c Rix, b Long .. 26 b Lowe 47 C. B. Willis, c Dupain, b Long • 30 c Long, b Lowe 44 H. Sandford, b Scott 0 b Coogan 19. J. Fitzpatrick, b Callaway.. . 29 run out 7 N. E. Brown, b Scott . 82 not out io- F. Lugton, c Pratten, b Coogan . 68 c Rix, b Lowe 3 J. Souter, c Buckle, b Long . 46 not out 3 B. J. Sheppard, not out 8 c sub, b Dupain 24 H. W. Hart, c Buckle, b Long 9 Extras • 24 Extras 9 - Total .. 347 Total (for 8 wkts.). 183. V ic t o r ia n C o l t s B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s is . Hart. 44-5-8-131-3 ; Fitzpatrick, 19-2-66-1 ; Lugton, 20-0-89-2 N. E. Brown, 20-1-80-2 ; Souter, 20-1-93-0 ; Sandford, 4-0-19-0 ; Willis, 7-0-40-0 ; A. Brown, 1-0-8-0. N.S.W. C o l t s B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s is . Scott (first inns.), 20-4-56-3 ; Coogan, 32-7-83-2 and 13-0-47-1 ;; Dupain, 15-1-58-0 and 13-0-43-2 ;* Long, 23*4-2-87-4 and 11-0- 35-0; Callaway, 6-0-27-1 and 9-1-29-1 ; Lowe, 3-1-12-0 and 8-2-20-3. V IC TO R IA v. NEW SOUTH W ALES. A t Melbourne, January 1, 2, and 3. For many years these states have met at Melbourne on Boxing D ay but this season a change was made, Victoria playing South Australia then, and N.S.W . meeting New Zealand. Ransford was too unwell to play for Victoria, and Armstrong was offered the captaincy. Some trouble, referred to elsewhere, arose over this matter, and it is likely that the play of the home side was affected. Bardsley led New South Wales for the first time, and won the toss. In 115 minutes Collins and Cody put up 140 for the first w’icket, the former hitting 7 fours, the latter (out at 144) 5.. Collins batted well all through ; Cody improved after a shaky start. Kelleway helped Bardsley to add 118 for the third wicket in 120 minutes. Matthews, with symptoms of ptomaine poison­ ing, and Sewart, with an injured finger, had successively to leave the field. Armstrong quickly got rid of Andrews, Folkard, and Cotter, and at call of time the total was 285 for 6, Bardsley 81 not out. Massie was run out with 14 added next morning, but Macartney (held back because of being unwell) made 53 in bright style of 79 added for the eighth wicket. Bardsley's 124 not out was a fine innings. He did not score as fast as he sometimes does, taking 4^ hours to make the runs, but he gave no chance at all. Nine fours were included. Victoria failed again on a good wicket. Matthews sacrificed himself to save Armstrong from being run out, but the opinion was pretty general’ that the umpire’s decision was a mistaken one, that they had not crossed, and that the big man should have gone. Tail-enders were sent in to hold the fort when the follow-on began, and two were out for 3 before call of time. Park, Carkeek, and Armstrong quickly followed next morning, 5 being down for 24, and the game in a hopeless state with the Victorian giant gone. But young Baring played up splendidly, and did much to redeem his side from disgrace. Carroll, handicapped by lameness, and he added 83. and Matthews and he 67. But Baring made the