Cricket 1914

A p r il , 1914. THE WORLD OF CRICKET. 81 Cricket in Ceylon. UP-COUNTRY v. COLOMBO C.C. At Radella, February 27 and 28. The matches between Up-Country and the island’s leading club are among the cricket events of the year in Ceylon, of course. On this occasion both sides were short of some of their best. The planters lacked their crack, A. L. Gibson, for the second time within a year the victim of a motor-car accident, R. F. Nailer, the old Bedfordian, Capt. H. V. Greer, and others; and Colombo were without their chief bowlers, W. T. Greswell and C. H. Kilmister. Wicks (4 for 13) and Loram (5 for 22) actually sent the home side, one man short, to the rightabout for the paltry total of 36. Then Crawford hit finely for a chanceless 119, and Colombo totalled 249. Up-Country played up well in their second innings. Grant- Peterkin showed capital form, and there was a stand of 68 for the sixth wicket by J. Horsfall and C. B. Rubie, the wicket-keeper, an old Lancing boy. But in the end Colombo had an easy victory by 10 wickets. U p -C o u n t r y . First Innings. Second Innings. G. D. Brown, b Loram .. .. .. 0 c Hutt, b Wicks .. . 11 E. Ware, b Wicks .. .. .. .. 2 b West • 13 J . Horsfall, b Wicks .. .. .. .. 1 c Fawcett, b Crawford • 49 W. S. Halliley, b Wicks ............................ 13 c & b West 0 C. M. Horsfall, b Loram .. .. .. 0 not out . 21 C. B. Rubie, not out .. .. .. .. 6 b Wicks • 35 M. H. Grant-Peterkin, b West .. .. 5 c Loram, b West .. • 51 H. B. Daniell, c Crawford, b Loram .. 1 b Loram . 28 C. W. Noble, b Loram .. .. .. 7 b Loram 1 A. S. Parmenter, b Loram .. .. .. 0 c Forbes, b Loram 5 H. Sloane-Stanley, absent .. .. .. — c Hutt, b Crawford 0 Extra ......................................... 1 Extras 10 Total .. .. 36 Total . 224 C olom bo C.C. First Innings. V . F. S. Crawford, c Horsfall, b Grant-Peterkin .. .. . . 1 1 9 A. F. West, b Halliley .. .. 41 B. J. A. Fawcett, lbw, b H alliley.. 4 J. C. Johnson, Ibw, b Halliley .. 3 A. N. Hutt, b Grant-Peterkin .. 6 C. A. Wicks, b Grant-Peterkin .. 23 J. A. Magoris, c Stanley, b Par- menter .. .. .. 18 S e co n d In n in g s . — J. A. Loram, not out, 7 ; E. F. Burgess, not out, 5 — total (for no wicket), 12. R. W. Forbes, c & b Grant- Peterkin E. F. Burgess, b Parmenter R. Ramsay, c Horsfall, b Daniell J. A. Loram, not out Extras Total .. .. Cricket in Australia. NEW SOUTH WALES v. TASMANIA. At Sydney, February 6, 7, and 9. Neither side was at full strength, the home team including a number of colts, and the visitors lacking the help of the northern players, owing to the refusal of the Launceston authorities to have anything to do with the match. Myers, the Yorkshireman, now coach at Hobart, played, and showed fair all­ round form ; but on the whole Tasmania shaped like a poor side. In their first innings Robinson, a stalwart six-footer, batted 2\ hours for 33. Myers made 31 of the first 48. In the second innings the captain, Reginald Hawson, batted well for 32. Cranney and Ratcliff added 129 for the second wicket of N.S.W., Taylor (the schoolboy who did so well against the Victorian Colts) and Bull 96 for the fourth, and Macartney and Andrews 138 for the sixth. Macartney, who cap­ tained N.S.W. for the first time, made his 101 in 95 minutes by his usual brilliant all round the wicket form ; Cranney’s 75 took 107 minutes, and Andrews’s 67 only 73 minutes; The total of 451 was made in under 5 hours. In Tasmania’s second Scott, the Petersham fast bowler, got three wickets for four runs in an over, with the first, fourth, and sixth balls. N.S.W. won by an innings and 180 runs. T asm an ia . First Innings. Second Innings. H. Myers, b Massie .. .. 31 c Ratcliff, b Scott .. o C. H. Robinson, lbw, b Andrews .. .. 33 b Massie .. . . 21 R. Westbrook, b Scott .. .. .. 1 b Massie .. . . 1 R. J. Hawson, b Massie .. .. .. 4 c Andrews, b Cranney .. 32 D. G. Paton, c Buckle, b Andrews .. .. 19 c Davis, b Massie .. .. 19 K. Eltham, b Andrews .. .. 46 c Massie, b Berne .. 7 L. Butler, c Massie, b Berrie .. .. 13 b Scott .. .. . . 4 J. A Woods, b Berrie .. .. .. .. o b Massie .. .. .. 6 C. Smith, c Ratcliff, b Scott .. .. .. o b Scott .. .. .. o L. Thomas, not out .. .. .. 3 b Scott .. .. .. 4 T. Freeman, c Andrews, b Berrie .. 4 not-out .. .. .. o B 2, lb 4, nb 2, w 1 .. .. 9 B 6, lb, 4, nb 4 .. 14 Total .. 163 Total .. .. 108 H. Davis, c Thomas, b Myers J. B. H. Cranney, c Hawson, b Paton A. Ratcliff, c Freeman, b Paton .. J. M. Taylor, b Paton E. A. Bull, b Paton C. G. Macartney, c Hawson, b Robinson T. J. E. Andrews, c Thomas, b Robinson N ew S outh W a l e s . F. Buckle, c Westbrook, b Myers 10 J. R. D. Scott, c Freeman, b Myers 5 R. J. A. Massie, not out .. o E. B. Berrie, c Thomas, b M yers.. o B 4, lh 3 .............................7 67 N.S.W. B o w le r s ’ A n a ly s is . Scott, 18-3-35-2 and 11-3-20-4 ; Berrie, 23*4-7-45-3 and 11-4-21-1 ; Andrews, 10-3-27-3 an 1 7-1-19-0 ; Massie, 16-6-23-2 and 10-5-6-15-4 ; first innings only— Bull, 11-6-14-0; Davis, 3-1-10-0 ; second nnings .only— Cranney, 4-0-19-1. Massie bowled a wid *, Scott two nb, first innings ; Scott four nb, second. T asm anian B o w ler s ’ A n a l y s is . Robinson, 25-4-85-2; Myers, 35 3-6-132-4; Paton, 28-2-129-4; Freeman, 6-0-42-0; Elthain, 9-1-43-0; Westbrook, 2-0-14-0. SOUTH AUSTRALIA v. VICTORIA. At Adelaide, February 13, 14, 16, and 17. Victoria lacked Arm­ strong and Ransford, gone to New Zealand, and South Australia had to play without Whitty (crocked), and Donald Steele, reading for an exam. They tried two new bowlers in Clutterbuck, a com­ parative newcomer in good-class cricket, considered a left-hander of high promise, and Price ; but neither did much. The heat was intense, without a breath of wind, and some of the men seemed to find it too much for them, bowling and fielding on both sides being below par. But John Crawford and Clement Hill on the one side, and Baring and Ryder on the other stood out as notable exceptions. Hill played in quite his old-time form, making his 105 in 168 minutes. Moves helped him to add 81 for the fourth wicket. Ryder, fast medium with an off break, varied his pace well and did splendid work. Victoria lost 3 for 28, butCarroll and Baring took the score to 85. Fitzpatrick helped Baring to add 59, and Ryder and Fitz> patrick put on 56 for the seventh wicket, and Mayne chipped in with some telling work near the finish.Crawford bowled in great form. WhenSouth Australia batted again, nearly everyone made runs. Hill again top scorer with 60 in 95 minutes. There were partnerships of 68 for the first wicket (Mayne and Middleton), 59 for the third (Smith and WMllsmore), and 72 for the eighth (Campbell and Pellew). Pellew, though batting with a damaged finger, rattled up 47 in 36 minutes, a five and 9 fours included. The earlv part of the second Victorian innings suggested a big margin of defeat, for though Park and Kiernan added 63 for the third wicket, 6 were down for 133. From this point so sturdy a resistance was made that even victory did not seem quite out of the question. Fitzpatrick and Ryder added 54 for the seventh wicket, and Souter helped Ryder to put on 113 for the ninth. But the departure of the Collingwood all-rounder, who had made his capital 105 (a six and 11 fours included) in 155 minutes, destroyed Victoria’s last hope, and South Australia won by 86 runs. S o u th A u s tr a lia . First Innings. Second Innings. E. R. Mayne, b Ryder R. F. Middleton, c Willis, b Ryder .. C. Hill, c & b Ryder J. N. Crawford, c Lugton, b Souter A. G. Moyes, c Matthews, b Ryder .. C. E. Pellew, b Lugton A. Smith, c Souter, b Matthews H. B. Willsmore, c Souter, b Ryder W. Price, b Ryder G. C. Campbell, not out S. H. Clutterbuck, c Baring b Ryder Lb 8, nb 1 Tota V icto r ia . First Innings. R. L. Park, c Pellew, b Crawford E. V. Carroll, c Pellew, b Price T. J. Matthews, b Crawford C. Kiernan, b Crawford F. Baring, b Crawford C. B. Willis, b Price J. M. Fitzpatrick, st Campbell, b Mayne J. Ryder, not out F. Lugton, c Moyes, b Mayne J. Souter, c sub, b Mayne W. Carkeek, c Willsmore, b Crawford Lb 8, w 1 Total V ictorian B o w ler s ’ A n a ly sis . Ryder, 23-3-2-88-7 and 20-1-83-2 ; Matthews, 20-3-83-1 and 19-4-74-1; Souter, 16-3-47-1 and 15-3-58-1 ; Lugton, 13-4-38-1 and 17-0-50-1 ; Kiernan, 2-0-9-0 and 5-0-26-1 ; Fitzpatrick (second inns.), 7-3-0-43-4. Ryder bowled a no-ball in first innings ; Kiernan a wide, Ryder two 11b, Fitzpatrick one, second. S. A u str alian B o w ler s ’ A n a ly sis . Crawford, 23-3-5-48-5 and 33-4-97-6; Clutterbuck, 13-0-44-0 and 8-1-34-0; Price, 13-4-36-2 and 17-3-36-0; Willsmore, 9-0-30-0 and 20-3-3-65-4; Moyes,. 7-1-20-0 and 6-1-24-0 ; Smith, 3-0-20-0 and 2-0-14-0 ; Mayne, 3-1-6-3 and 12-0-39-0. Clutterbuck bowled a wide in first innings; Crawford 3 nb, second. 8 lbw, b Fitzpatrick 44 34 b Lugton • 27 105 c Kiernan, b Ryder 60 27 c Ryder, b Fitzpatrick . st Carkeek, b Kiernan . . 18 4 i 1 • 32 c Park, b Souter .. • 47 9 b Matthews • 34 14 c Fitzpatrick, b Ryder . • 39 7 not out 5 1 7 b Fitzpatrick . 28 2 b Fitzpatrick 0 9 B 9, lb 2, w 1, nb 3. • 15 274 Total .. • 349 i. 10 Second Innings, c Campbell, b Willsmore. • 59 35 b Crawford . 19 4 lbw, b Crawford .. 10 0 c & b Crawford . 27 7 1 b Crawford 7 0 b Crawford 0 40 c Moyes, b Willsmore 24 36 c & b Willsmore 105 0 c & b Crawford 1 4 not out , 4 » 4 c Moyes, b Willsinore 9 9 B 11, lb 1, nb 3 15 213 Total 324 T h e r e has been a heavy slump in gate-money at Sydney. At the beginning of the last financial year the N.S.W .C.A. had a balance of ^2566 ; this has now been reduced to /1863. The match with South Australia realised profits of only £231 against £545 in 1912-13, and that with Victoria only ^425 as against /74s. Meanwhile gate receipts in Melbourne have been distinctly on the up-grade. This is curious, more especially as N.S.W . only lost one match during tho season, and Macartney's batting performances might have been expected to draw big crowds ; while at Melbourne there has been nothing special to arouse enthusiasm, though there is plenty of promise for the future.