Cricket 1914

56 THE WORLD OF CRICKET. M a r ch , 1914. The Score Book. Cricket in Australia. SOUTH A U ST R A L IA v. NEW SOUTH WALES. A t Adelaide, January 9, 10, and 12. The home side had H ill and W hittv, and the visitors lacked Trumper. A t Sydney, less strongly represented, South Australia had won a really notable victory. But they went under heavily in this match. H ill won the toss from Bardsley ; but the home batsmen failed to cope with Massie’s fine bowling, and the best stand of the innings was an unexpected one of 59 for the last wicket by Kirkwood and Winser— unexpected because the ex-Staffordshire man is not much in the habit of staying. N.S.W . had four down for 101 ; but Collins and Bardsley added 79 for the fifth wicket, and Cotter and Bardsley 64 (in 45 minutes) for the seventh. Collins played a capital innings, batting three hours, and hitting 12 fours. He seems a coming man, though at present rather lacking in variety of strokes. Bardsley’s first 15 were all singles, and he took 75 minutes to get them ; his pace improved later, but in all his 79 took him 170 minutes, and he hit only 4 fours. The home side crumpled up on a good pitch in the second innings, only Mayne and Crawford making any stay. There were two or three incidents rather out of the ordinary in the match. Crawford's catching of Massie was one of them. Massie drove a ball back with such force that it looked like going clean through Crawford ; but the bowler broke its force with his hands, let it rebound from his chest, and held it. W’hen Bardsley made the stroke that cost him his wicket (caught low down at point) he lost hold of his bat, which fell several yards away. Collins was run out in trying for a second run, yet the board showed 1-0-0 when he went, for the first run was called short. N.S.W . won by 9 wickets. S o u t h A u s t r a l ia . First Innings. E. R. Mayne, c McKew, b Kelleway D. M. Steele, c Cotter, b Massie ... J. N. Crawford, c Cody, b Massie .. A. G. Moyes, b Kelleway L. W. Chamberlain, c & b Massie .. C. Hill, c McKew, b Kelleway C. E. Pellew, c & b Massie H. P. Kirkwood, not out A. Smith, b Massie W. J. Whitty, b Massie L. E. Winser, b Cotter Wide 1, nb 2 Second Innings, c McKew, b Massie .. b Cotter c Cody, b Massie c & b Massie c Collins, b Massie b Kelleway b Kelleway run out run out not out b Cotter B 2, lb 1, nb 1, w 1 Total 189 Total 28 6 34 11 15 2 5 118 N e w S o u t h W a l e s . First Innings. 79 B. J. Folkard, c & b Craw­ ford A. Cotter, b Crawford R. J. A. Massie, c & b Craw­ ford A. A. Mailey, not out B 17, lb 2, wides 2 .. Total .. 297 NEW SOUTH W ALES v. V IC TO R IA . A t Sydney, January 23, 24, 2d, 27, and 28. Running into the fifth day, this match realised over 1300 runs in all ; but from start to finish there was practically only one team in it. The N.S.W . batsmen made light of the Victorian bowling. Kelleway and Collins (who gave no chance) put up 146 for the first wicket in 118 minutes, and Macartney and Kelleway added 221 for the second in a couple of hours. Kelleway was between 70 and 80 when the little man came in ; but Macartney overhauled him before the separation came. A t call of time on the first day the total was 430 for 3, Macartney 184*, made in 171 minutes^ He only added 17 on the Saturday, the fifth wicket falling at 450. Mailey, sent in overnight to play out time,, showed unexpectedly sound and good form and stayed just over two hours for his capital 66. Barbour was rather un­ necessarily slow in making his 65*, and did not please the crowd. The total of 675 took only 490 minutes. Victoria were 49 for 3 at the end of the second day, Massie clean bowling two men and Kelleway sending down five successive maiden overs at the start. On the Monday Armstrong made 87 in 84 minutes ; but Matthews stayed 190 minutes for a tedious 62. Kiernan made his 44 in 103 minutes. Following on close on time, the visitors were 2 for o at close of play. They stayed’ in all day on Tuesday, but that was p aitly due to interruptions- by rain. Baring was top scorer ; but like nearly all his com­ rades— Carroll an exception, however— batted in slow and stolid style. The total of 269 for 8 was taken to 311 before the last wicket fell on the Wednesday. Massie’s bowling was of tip-top standard, and Mailey, though his analysis is poor,, bothered Armstrong a good deal in both innings. N .S.W . won by an innings and 25 runs, and thus secured the Sheffield' Shield tor the thirteenth time in 22 seasons. N e w S o u t h W a l e s . L. A. Cody, b Crawford H. L. Collins, run out C. G. Macartney, c Smith, b Crawford T. J. E. Andrews, c W’inser, b Whitty C. McKew, c & b Whitty .. W. Bardsley, c Kirkwood, b Crawford C. Kelleway, c Chamberlain, b Crawford S e c o n d I n n in g s . —C. G. Macartney, not out, 5 ; H. L. Coolins, run out, o; W. Bardsley, not out, 3 ; byes 4 : total (for 1 wkt.), 12. N.S.W. B ow ' l e r s ’ A n a l y s is . Cotter, 6-0-17-1 and 5’2-o-24-2 ; Massie, 26-2-68-6 and 22-4-57-4 ; Kelleway, 22-6-65-3 aild 17-0-32-2 ; Mailey, (first inns.), 6-2-19-0; Folkard (first inns.), 6-1-17-0. In the first innings Cotter and Kelleway bowled a no-ball each, Massie a wide ; in the second Cotter a wide, Kelleway a no-ball. S o u t h A u s t r a l ia n B o w s e r s ’ A n a l y s is . Whitty, 30-4-68-2 and 2-0-3-0; Crawford, 32-2-8-78-7 and 2-0-5-0 ; first innings only, Kirkwood, 15-0-71-0 ; Chamberlain, II- I~ 35 ~o; Moves, 7-3-14-0 ; Smith, 1-0-10-0. In the first innings 2-0-5-0 ; first innings only, Kirkwood, 15-0-71-0 ; Chamberlain Whitty and Chamberlain each bowled a wide. H. L. Collins, c Carroll, b Armstrong .. .. 68 C. Kelleway, b Lugton .. 138 C. G. Macartney, c Lampard, b Ryder .. .. .. 201 W. Bardsley, c & b Matthews 28 A. A. Mailey, b Ryder .. 66 V. T. Trumper, c Armstrong, b Lugton .. .. 24 T. J. E. Andrew's, lbw, ,b Matthews .. .. 20 V ic t o r ia . First Innings. R. L. Park, c Folkard, b Kelleway A. Lampard, b Massie W. Sewart, b Massie E. V. Carroll, lbw, b Kelleway .. T. J. Matthews, c McKew, b Massie W. W. Armstrong, b Massie F. Baring, b Massie C. Kiernan, b Macartney F. Lugton, b Massie J. Ryder, b Folkard W. Carkeek, not out Extras E. P. Barbour, not out .. 65 B. J. Folkard, c Carkeek, b Armstrong .. .. 15 R. J. A. Massie, lbw, b Arm­ strong .. .. .. 8 C. McKew, c & b Armstrong 22 Extras «. .. 20 Total .. 675 Total 29 332 Second Innings, c Mailey, b Massie .. b Folkard b Macarthey c Kelleway, b Massie not out c Folkard, b Mailey.. c Andrews, b Massie.. b Mailey b Massie c & b Kelleway c Mailey, b Folkard.. Extras 47 35 43 31 71 5 7 30 8 23 Total . . 311 T h e Australian team in New Zealand ran up over 600 for S w-ickets v. Auckland, Armstrong, Ransford, and Waddv all making centuries, and Noble chipping in with a modest 90. Against Fifteen of South Canterbury at Temuka they scored the gigantic total of 922 for nine wickets, J. N. Crawford’s share being 354. W e s t e r n A u s t r a l ia were expecting a visit from a strong N .S .W ’. •team early in March. V ic t o r ia n B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s is . Ryder, 52-14-163-2 ; Armstrong, 46-2-9-127-4 ; Lampard 20-1-128-0 ; Lugton, 20-2-96-2 : Matthew's, 27-7-102-2 ; Kiernan, 3-0-14-0 ; Baring, 2-0-7-0 ; Park, 3-0-18-0. Armstrong bowled a 110-ball. N.S.W. B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s is . Kelleway, 24-10-51-2 and 21-4-54-1 ; Massie, 41-3-93-6 and 31-9-75-4 « Mailey, 30-10-67-0 and 15-4-41-2 ; Folkard, 23-1-1-46-1 and 20-1-61-2; Andrews, 5-1-21-0 and 2-0-11-0; Macartney, 8—2-19-1 and 18-7-46-1 ; Barbour (first inns.), 2-1-6-0. In the second innings Massie bow’led a wide, Kelleway 4 no-balls. V ICTOR IAN COLTS v. NEW SOUTH W ALE S COLTS. A t Melbourne, January 23, 24, 26. and 27. It would appear that both states have a number of likely young players awaiting higher honours, for the N.S.W. side differed in five instances and the Victorian side in three from the teams in the first match, which means that thirty men of some pretensions to first-class form and all under 25 had a show in the two games. As at Sydney, bowlers did not show up prominently, though the left-hander, Mullett, for the home side, did some good work in N.S.W .'s second. A t the outset the visitors lost 2 wickets for 18. and three for 61 ; then Callaway (quite a lad) and Buckle