CRICKET.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 395, 2 January 1909, Page 12

CRICKET.

, [Br The Bbeafee.] / - ;.- .. . genior cup ifixtures will bo resumed next Saturday. • . . ; Victor Trnmper ia: in o tenons state 0 hoalthi He has had to relinquish cricket for a- lengthy period,- and it is said .to bo '-■'i ' (doubtful if the great, batsman will ever again. • be tk« man ho was. The trouble is of a ' pulmonary nature. ..-■-•■ .... Disappointment-was folt in, Otago iricket circles, when at the last moment Aleo Downes notified tho.celectors that he would not ac- : - - .Otago -team on, its, northern tour", The action of tho Grange bowler, who wouldihavo been of great assistance to Otago against Auckland, is (says S>'P ) - ■ in-view of:the fact that tho ■ ■ selectors belioved -thfit ,Downes was. making , tho trip. „ , ~ ~ „ Just so! But "Tho Breaker" smiles. He ; ■ knows enough - about "Alec" to .state-that the crack- Otago-bowler fcars the hard North r 'Island wickets. The pity is .that ho perpetuates the farce of "not being able to aecom- ' '■■■ pany tho toam'' each; time .he.is, chosen. . vvThe-Otaco ; ropreseptativo team will play. . HawkeV Bay at Napier 6n Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, January 5, 6, .arid I ' respectively. It will return homo on Friday, January 8. . „ ~ . „i Cricket flourishes in Brazil. In a recent , match at. Santos, W ; wbich 1018, soored for ; 34 -.wickets, the Stato. of Rio de ■i-': ' . Janeiro boat tho : Stato Paulo oy. 102 runs. Rio declarod both their innings closed, tho total scores being:—Rio de Janeiro, 4U for nine wiiket« and 178 for five; San PaulO) 2 l a D. bourse, South Africa's bwt leffc- . ' handed batsman, .recently'. made tho £ eighteenth century of bis career. He has definitely ■ decided to settle :u England, nekt spring. He hopes to obtain a place in the Surrey - !l , ; ;.''6ide,.for,which' h« possesses a birtn qualification. No agreement has been come to he- '•" ■tweon him -and; the, Surrey .County- C.0., and in deciding to scttlo down m his nati\o •/ 'county Nourso is acting on his own initiative. -- ' ~A: curious -incident occurred »t tho conclusion of plav m ft recent match in Southland. ■ - jOnft Of tho-teams lost-ft wickej>, three.minutes • - ■'. before time, but tho next ■ butsman refused to bat, maintanng that there nas a rulo preventing his going out. Observes tlio "Southland Times" :Surely the player in qucs- \ tion musb kaT© been of-. 'bno. controversy that- ensued, after the / ' match in 1906, when Armstrong said that it was - "omin. in Australia, - .thns ' ■ turned certain defeat into a draw. , The rulo , says distinctly "2min.," and an interesting instance . occurred under: :the. wnter s own | jobsorv'ation-last Christmas dunug the, Otago-. "Wellington fixture, when Torrance was yorl:- '' ing man after i man. Laws was bowled at ■'>>- ;t " sis-minutes to . 6,: but Hickey (the, .next . - to ooine out; Cfaptain Wilsou .remonstrated, --■and claimed Hickey'S; wickct. - Tho. umpire, " however, isaid ho could -not givo. him,, tno. -wicket-,'-; but would, ftivc the ir.r.tch he claimed it. This Wilson would not do, 'and .A ; bo the\incident closed. - Torrance -scattered ■ Hickey's "timbers-threa, balls-later.* > _ . v Remarks the'Ssdnoy "Bulletin"Victoria ' is-believed to' liavo another. Blackham ,com- ■■■■■■ irig along in-the tall, thin form of- young Albert Lampard, who has made his mark with •riv Richmond this -season.. J-Lampard .is a good, ■* •: improving bat,, and-more'than a. merely good, •wicket-keeper. ■ Playing; for Hawthorn (sec; . - - ond grade) two; seasons ago,; he .had a .batting • average of- 22 apd:-a record of thiity-fivG :.i; ■ stumped and-' seventeen caught behind . tno Bticks.'-' 1 Last iseason,.-.when Hawthorn;; Won 'tho Pennant-, their youug-hopeful.stumped ' • iand caught twenty-seven, of- the. enemy, and overagea 31" with ; the;, bat.; .- Somo of- - Lam■l; " pard's work has been enthused over by vot- ' ■; erans ; BlackhanViatTjiis- best.If he : is not -'selected for' Victoria in -the ' next - inter-State match tho omission ;will bo sbnic- ( thing of a surprise. , 1 ■ ~ Apologising tor- non-atten dance. at the banquet given to tho Jam Sahib 'of Nawanagar -.(Ranjitsinhji)-'-.at :,Cambridge,.' -Mr.,,. S.; O. . , • Buckmaster, K.C.;; M.-P.,j wrote':'Tho last ; - time I liad tho;honour- of: meeting his. Highya tiess was at a-.villago cricket match .15 -years. ago. The occasion' will always, be mcmnr-i-'i ablo in the annals- of -, county-- cricket, for ;ho '■ ; was f bowled -by : tho village postman for -19 ' ;runs. He never.,',knew ..that the postman had been put into careful training for the performance, for weeks ..past,, aiid that -ho. \;■■'lad. been.'driven all round-this .district .so" 1 - as to avoid the exhaustion.- of his energies by long; or too. .lingering, in ;'.-v; the hfispitable :Kitchens; of, the country. ..-I ; need 1 say nothing; of : vi'ii tho occa- ■' Bion, -. but 'X, distinctly remenv«^ia bump about' the siio of -a-football..situated three yards from tho .wicket.n. lhiß led to an aU ; ; 'teroation ,later in the-day -when,ly was hit ' on tho head by a,rising ball, and a dispute .' . arose between- the. umpires; as to whether , tho bowler had bowled-at tho bnmp.for. the - ■; purpose; of murdering' me. ;• His also went?on liko,a good sports- ; , man, avoided tho hill,- and was- mowed, per:;;V. ;; aisteutly to .the -boundary by many -members . of the'team who had learnt their cricket on the harvest field." . - ' . Referring to the dispute between tho Board of Control and probable membors of the next • . Australian XI with respect to tho disposal of -:.. the profits of the. tour,-;! 'Felix".-, writes ■in tho ■ ,''Australasian", ■as ; follows Anyone •; who . ' v gives the slightest, thought to the, matter will admit thatitho momborsiof; tho board;cannot .-.. ; travel long distances, 'hold', meetings,; carry -on correspondence;: and exohango frequent :.i.-.-.-.-;-'---'-;«al>les'-.wiwioat expense.; 'And it;is right:that ~i , any, expense incurred, concerning Australian ' -i- , Elevens should.be recouped,out'of tho funds ; > of those elevens. But, m my,.opinion, there ;: • is. not.a .shadoW' of justification' for-.tho im- ; ; • position of the ohaTgo passed .;;;.: at the;meeting ot the board..'Tho board has r -. v .■undertaken, 1 am. unofficially: informed, full financial' responsibility' from-start-to finish of i ; the tour, but,- taking all this into full con- .. . .• adoration,.! regard. 12$ per cent, on any snm over.£6ooo; as extertionaie.'' Tho playeTs, it may be, would not'object to a straight-out c "■: '.■". - ■■■ per cent. on. the net proceeds, and that, 1 ■' . ■ thiak, would be adequate remuneration foi " ; the board's trouble frem-first to last. "Every penny that goes into the pookct- of AustraJian Eleven-players in-England is thoroughlj , well carted.. If members of tho board, playec cricket fire or six days each week for four oi .. ,: ■ five months in all sorts of weather on Englisl fields; you can take my word for it-they woule : ;., nbt feel disposod to let any outside ,body, com< ; ■■; in and take a big slice of tlieir iia'rd-carnec money. '. The boaTd has a match in 'view or the Sydney ground m February; between the ; Australian team and the rest of, Australia v- •;, ■ . Probably. £1000 from that > match - This, in my opinion,.is the sourcd;from whicl the money. Should bo got to recoup the board There is, I am afraid, a general tendency t< ' r exaggerate the amounts made by members, o ■■■"■ • Australian .teamsj aild theho'ard seems;t< ; ..follow\ tho.-:general tcndeney'.v -l'» think, yoi : " .will find -at the' : . finish that £600 per man wil r to nearer the mark than £500 per man. can recall; a tin\o when a team, played 2l ■; - - jmatehes in "England before they had sixpencto their.credit, and they were very glad t . -.. to Australia'with a'little £100 per mail. Wo aro not too strong ii . ' bowling jusb'now,' and a run of bad luck ii i" play,; combinod with, a ,wet .season,', woul ; ■ considerably reduce, the high, aggregate sur mentioned iy the board as likely ,to bo til gross takings in .Englancj. : ; At Sussex Assizes, liewes, Isabel May',Dor '< '• aid (28), of Clapham, was charged wit r.i throwing' vitriol at William Henry Ohittiel Excise dficer, of Olapham; at Telscombe, o -.' August 8. ' It was stated that, the partic haa been lovors two .years beforo. Hie spent th» day in question atrNowhaven,' an ■ as a result of a disagreement accused thre vitriol ai Chittick's lace. * He -was terribl burned and permanently. disfigured; T1 prisoner was found 'guilty,"'teifch 'a. stron recommendation to'morcy,.and Ghittick, all ' ; appealed on her behalf. ?•-Justice Grantha; passed sentence of three yearsV pettal se .■' vitude. ■■; ■ ; ■ "." .