THE CENTURY LIST.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 614, 17 September 1909, Page 6

THE CENTURY LIST.

AUSTRALIA. . ' , Match. Name. Score. Essex W. Bardsiey 219 West of Scotland W. Bardsiey 108 Warwickshire W. Bardsiey ■ 118 Gloucestershire W. Bardsiey 211 6th Test W. Bardsiey 130 sth Test W. Bardsiey, 130 v, Ransford 174 2nd Test V. "Ransford *143 e Worcestershire V. Ransford 138 c " Gloucestershire V. Ransford 121 c t Kent • V. 'Ransford • 189 f _ M.0.0. V. Ransford 190 Notts' W. W: Armstrong ' 110 ' 1 Yorkshire and Lanca- . shire W. W. Armstrong *106 > ~ ... W.W.Armstrong 107 c Cambridge University V. Trumper 133 ; r Derbyshire V. Trumper 113 , f An i-In veil of England' V. Trumper 150 Oxford University ,M. A. Noblo 107 Warwickshire M t A. Nohio . 131 L - West of Scotland 11. Hartigan 115 ■ West of Scotland G. C- Macartney 124 s "Not out. j ENGLAND. __ ~ Match. ' Name. Score. , Notts . 1 A. O. Jones *125 a Lssex' , I'. L.- Fane 115 » Yorkshire X). Denton 106 1 Yorkshire (2nd match) W. It. Rhodes 108 a sth Test (Tho Oval) J.Sharp. .105 i 3 An Eleven of England A. E. Knight 163 i 2 ;i.n Eleven of England J. W. H.'T. Douglas 102 1 3 Weucestershire C. L. Townsend 127 j 5 Middlesex- P. F. Warner - *127 £ 0 ! 'Not out. 1 1 ' : SUMMARY OF THE TOURS. . ] ! Matches '. - ' i Year. played. Won. Lost.Drawn i 1878 ... : ... •37 1 .18 , 7 12 I 1880. ... ... ... 37 . 21 : 4 la I ■ 1883 ... ... '38 23 i ' 4 ' 11 1 1, iBB4 ... ... ... 32 . 18. 7 7 1 , 1886 .... ... ... ;j;i ■i) j 22 ' ISSS ... ... ... 4,1 19 Ji -7 1 1890 .... . ... ,38 ]3. . ; jg J 1 .'sra .:. .Ti 18 10 .8 < IS9II .... ... ... 31 ,](| c , 9 1 1889 ... ... • ... 35 3 • .16 < 7 1902 ... ... ~.. 3!) '' 23 2 14 I 6 1805 - ■-' ' - -3S- -. 16. .3 19 i 1 1903 .... ... . ... 33 ( 13 4 21 1 g ": Total ... ... 431 226 ■' 88 167 i 5 THE HOLDING OF THE "ASHES." ' S BATI'ING HONOURS GO TO RANSFORD { 2 ;• ' AND BARDSLEY. " ] 3 When the 190! l -Australian Eleven left ;ior ' - r 1 , 1 ? the. Sydney "Referee" commented as I fo.lows"Taking .one consideration with * another, it is a very solid team all round, and, , barring accidents, one feels quite hopeful of its , - prospects. Compared with tho i 2. 1900 team, it has tho confidence of a far greater number of Australians* and its doings < •Vr 0 followrd tlinn wero those j of Mr, J. Dnrling s Inst tenm." Those con-, i !' elusions have accurate, and tho laurels , ' ?» • • t F/hove' gone to the players under , !.mt ea^ c . rs^1 P- A. i\oblr, who retained Ihe Ashes' for Australia. In spite of tho « »- jct -_seos°n,'the.batting 'has .been/up to the \ best Australian, standard,'and tho fielding has ] been-keen and rrliablo, all through as coiii- \ p™ with the 1905 .combination, . » I , batting honours havo been carried off j ? left-handers; Ransford and 1 © Bardslej, who have eclipsed all previous re- » cords for an initial visit" to. England., Ex- , a eluding tho",first visit of 1878, when Charles , i. -Bannerman headed the. averages, V. Ransford \ is the second batsman to-top tho. batting list •, 1 on his first tour. > Tho other occasion was in s 1893, when H-. Graham tjerformed the feat. Of tho remaining tours, W. L. Murdoch was on . t top on' four occasions—lßßo.-1882, 1884, ■ and , 3 1890 G. Giffen 1880, P. M'Donnell 1888, S. „ Gresory 1890, J.- Darling 1899, V. Trumper 1 1902, and W. W. Armstrong 1905. With the s exception of Murdoch, no'batsman has obtained j the pnde of position more than/once,' and men • of the calibre of Noble, Hill, Lyons, Ittdale, j - and H. Trott have failed to reach tho coveted - position of the-veterans. ' f , Armstrong has repeatedly shown , his worth ; with the, baf> but he has not j equalled his 1905 performance. V. Trumper ■ came with a late run after many disappoint--2 ments.' M. A.: Noble, while hardly so effective t with the bat, has mado up this-deficiency ,by • Ills splendid leadership, which has " silenced j many of his critics in the: early; stage:of tho tour; ,'P. A; M'Alister,-. tho ,'Vict'orian' captain, lias hatted consistently without doing anything ? sensational. His many Australian admirers 11 who. considered lie should havo been chosen earlier for a Homo tour will no doubt be i e satisfied with;. his success. Hartigan, the ' ; Queenslander, has , not found the wickets to „ his liking,'and ho has ■ overdono his forward 1 ' play. - 1 < C. G. Macartney has mado several useful 1 t scores, and has proved one of the safest fields ' i on the side. A. J. Hopkins was out of'tho 1 running; for somo timo owing to an accident. ' S. E. Gregory reserved his batting powers, for 1 the Tests." , . / - . i ' 'Of the bowlers, the manager, F. laver, would j have seenrod more wickets but for his accident ' in tho Fifth Test. Laver has always performed 1 better in England than in Australia. W. W. ; Armstrong has again undoubtedly proved the 1 all-rounder of the team, but in the minor 1 9 matches was well supported by Whitty and 1 O'Connor.; C, G.'Macartney and A. Cotter took ' part in the big cricket with more success than tho two South-Australians. ■ The former player 1 has put up'a creditable all-round performance ■ 'j for a first tour. ;. •/; 1 ' The numbor.of drawn games'havo only been 2 exceeded on one occasion, viz.V 1886,-which can ! 1 be. accounted .for by. tho number of matches I spoiled by rain/ This'is tho first tour'of an i i-Australian Eleven under the auspices of the " -Board of Control, which body-iis now on firmer V ;ground than formerly. Tli? financial aspect * 'of.'.the tour will no doubt bo awaited with | • interest. ' ■ ' ■