Cricket 1914

M a r ch , 1914. THE WORLD OF CRICKET. 5 7 added 118. Six were out for 307 ; but here came another long stand. Trenerry and Ratcliffe adding 150. Callaway batted 135 minutes, and hit 21 fours; Trenerry was in for 3 hours, and his score included 17 fours. Willis and Fitzpatrick put on 136 for the fourth Victorian wicket. Rain had somewhat affected the wicket when N.S.W. batted again ; but it was never very bad, and had quite recovered when Victoria started on their big task of getting 348 to win. Hotchin and Souter sent up 74 for the first w ic k e t; Hotchin and Norman Brown added 73 for the second ; and Hotchin and Willis put on 61 for the third. A t the close the home side, with 6 wickets to fall, needed only 94, and had the best of the draw. N ew S outh W ales C olts . First Innings. Second Innings. G. Lowe, c Fitzpatrick, b Brown .. 14 c Fitzpatrick, b Mullett 7 H. G. Pratten, c Sheppard, b Mullett 2 c Fitzpatrick, b Mullett 60 N. Callaway, b Mullett 129 c & b Willis 0 F. Rix, c Willis, b Fitzpatrick 25 b Mullett 1 I-'. Buckle, b Souter 53 c N. E. Brown, b Mullett 35 F. J. Toby, b Willis 52 b Mullett 8 W,, L. Trenerry, b Fitzpatrick 130 c Fitzpatrick, b Mullett 11 A. Ratcliffe, run out 69 not out 15 B. G. Long, run out 2 c Willis, b Moule 9 W. Grumitt, c A. Brown, b Souter 15 c Sheppard, b Mullett 9 W,, O’Connor, not out 15 st Sheppard, b Mullett 0 Extras 8 Extras 18 Total 514 Total 163 V ic t o r ia n C o lt s , First Innings. Butler, c Toby, b Grumitt D. Hotchin, b Toby E. Brown, b Grumitt B. Willis, b Grumitt Brown, c Pratten, b Grumitt .. M. Fitzpatrick, c Buckle, b Toby Souter, c O’Connor, b Grumitt .. Sewart, c Pratten, b Toby J. Sheppard, c & b Toby .. o Mullett, st Ratcliffe, b Toby .. 5 G. Moule, not out .. .. 7 Extras .. .. 14 29 36 o 93 12 9 i 37 5 Total .. 329 Total (for 4 wkts.) 255 U n d e r doctor’s orders, John Crawford stood out of district matches in Adelaide for some weeks. But he played for South Australia v. Victoria in the middle of February, and directly afterwards hurried off to New Zealand to play there, so his many friends this side of the world need not feel anxious about him. St. L u k e ’ s , Woodside (Hon. Sec., Mr. E. R. Ball, 45, Belmont Road, South Norwood), will play Woodside Social, Old Portlians, VVhyteleafe, Marlborough, Pearl Assurance, London, County and Westminster Bank, St. Matthew’s (Croydon), Thornton Heath II, Invicta, Old Westminster Citizens, Cleevedon, Elmer’s End, and Thornton Heath Wesleyan during the coming season. Mr. E. H. Phillips is captain, and Mr. P. Lucas vice-captain. G. C. C o l l in s , formerly of the Tonbridge Nursery, now on the ground staff at Lord’s, underwent an operation for appendicitis on February 18, and was going on well by latest reports. A ct o n Town have a new captain in Mr. A. Roberts. The club will play this season on the Mill Hill Park C.C.’s ground. The vice- eaptain of the first X I is Mr. D. Martin ; Messrs. E. Lock and B. Whiting are captain and vice-captain respectively of the second XI. Mr J. Beauchamp was re-elected president at the annual general meeting. The club’s Hon. Secretary is Mr. C. M. Richardson, 197, High Street, Acton, W. I n consequence of his illness Mr. A. E. Stoddart has resigned his post as secretary of Queen’s Club, and is succeeded by Mr. E. B. Noel, the old Carthusian. METROPOLITAN X I v. COMBINED COUNTRY. A t Petersham Oval, Sydney, January 24 and 26. The country players hailed from Singleton (Millard, Fawcett, and Hickson), Bathurst (Callaghan and Edwards), Orange (Smith), Maitland (McLean), Goulburn (Tickner), Cootamundra (Thomp­ son), Moree (Berrie), and Wollongong (Hegarty). The only inter-state player on the Sydney side was Law, who has appeared for Queensland. In both innings some of the men from the country displayed good batting form, Faw cett and McLean adding 120 for the third wicket, and Tickner and Thompson 74 for the sixth, in the first; while in the second, after five had fallen for 81, Millard and Smith put on 122. Freeman and Bull added 114 for the third wicket of the other side. Berrie, of Moree, showed promise as a bowler, taking 4 for 64 in 19 overs, and was included in the N.S.W'. side for the match v. Tasmania, as was Bull. The game was drawn. C o m b in e d C o u n t r y . First Innings. R. Millard, c Dive, b Winning R. W. Fawcett, b Unsworth H. H. Smith, st Norton, b Freeman W. McLean, st Norton, b Dive G. G. Callaghan, b Dive W. C. Tickner, c Wheatley, b Dive L. Thompson, c Freeman, b Dive.. E. B. Berrie, b Winning M. Hegarty, run out W. L. Hickson, not out H. WT. Edwards, absent Extras 14 Second Innings, b Winning run out c Law, b Dive c Dive, b Winning .. st Norton, b Wheatley b Wall b Dive b Law not out b Law st Norton, b Dive Extras Second Innings. c Lowe, b Long .. 65 c Long, b Grumitt .. 49 b Long .. .. 54 not out .. .. 20 not out .. .. 2 c & b Grumitt .. 49 Extras .. 16 Total 249 Total 20 4 i 6 36 15 7 6 16 44 9 22 340 J. S. Norton, McLean G. Wheatley, c Callaghan, b McLean S. C. Freeman, b McLean .. E. A. Bull, b Berrie R. W. Law, c Fawcett, b Edwards H. A. Maclean, c Tickner, b Berrie M e t r o p o l it a n X I. Berrie, b 28 52 74 47 R. D. Fusedale, b Berrie .. C. Winning, not out L. Wall, b Berrie .. P. W. Dive, b McLean N. H. Unsworth, c Millard, b Edwards Extras Total — 5 49 19 2 336 V ic t o r ia n C o lt s B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s is . Mullett, 24-4-105-2 and 20-4-78-8 ; N. E. Brown, 25-3-81-1 and 7-3-10-0 ; Moule, 20-1-86-0 and 12-1-32-1 ; Souter, 21-4-83-2 and 8-4-15-0; Willis, 11-1—70-1 and 5-1-10-1 ; Fitzpatrick (first innings), 15*4-0-81-2. Moule bow’led 3 nb in second innings. N.S.W. C o lt s B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s is . Grumitt, 33-7-106-5 and 20-2-63-2 ; Long, 31-7-70-0 and 23-5-69-2 ; O’Connor, 14-3-38-0 and 4-0-17-0 ; Toby, 24-3-6-67-5 and 9—3-16—0; Trenerry, 3-0-22-0 and 17-3-61-0; Callaway, 4-0-12-0 and 4-0-13-0. The M.C.C. Team in South Africa. S EVEN TEEN TH MATCH v. TRAN SVAAL. A t Johannesburg, January 30 and 31, February 1. More level scoring than in most games of the tour marked this match. The home team was a stronger one than at Pretoria, and on the Friday and Saturday came nearer holding its own against the Englishmen than any side except South Africa in the third test. The great feature of the first English innings was a stand of 123 by Rhodes and Hearne, after Hobbs, twice missed, had left at 10. Rhodes gave no chance, Hearne, who played great cricket, only one, at 32. The Middlesex crack hit 22 fours. Bird and Woolley, and later Tennyson and Booth, had useful partnerships, and the innings lasted out the day’s play. On the Saturday Smith took the field as substitute for Strudwick, who was unwell, and no objection was made to his keeping wicket. Ward, though not reaching double figures, stayed with Zulch while 50 were added for the second w ick et; Tancred and Le Roux, forcing the game, added 107 for the fourth ; and Newberry and Beaumont put on 57 for the sixth All five successful batsmen made their runs quickly, and for the first time during the tour Barnes was fairly collared. Beaumont was particularly vigorous, and Newberry displayed specially good form. The innings closed for 347 on the Monday ; and then Hobbs (missed at 13 and again at 70) and Rhodes, who took no risks, got the measure of the Transvaal attack,, and carried the score to 211 unparted. A t this point Douglas declared ; but, though no one did anything great, the Trans- vaalers were not to be got rid of in the time left. Ward and Le Roux added 56 in partnership, and Beaumont again hit very hard. The catch by which Bird, in the country, dismissed him was a really fine one. In the match 1,089 runs were scored — the heaviest aggregate of the tour to date, 1,001 having been made in the third test, while in no other match has the fu ll’ total reached four figures.