CRICKET.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 942, 8 October 1910, Page 12

CRICKET.

p|,: ; J:;:PEQGEESS AT; THE:BASIN,; jS::;--:,: : ;tßf The Breakeb.] v pTn»VMatch AVickets.;; V'^''"•"'■ •::-;.'Both, 'senior:'and -junior' competitions £;; open" to-day." At: the. Basin- three senior Si-fixtures'will, be played; At the',' end of 'g.-last week;the. condition/of the Basin Be- ;,:-. servo''shoVed that Saunders, had; a ;very 's:difficult;iask ahead of : -him in preparing ©:.wickets for the.'matches to be played to:>;diy.; To;Vemovo- the bumps and; hollows I;S;with which the ground .is.richly endowed, tewateiv as;:well,-as-- ; th'e persuasion 'of, a; ps,three-ton \ roller, ■ was.. essential.: In applir. fe.'ances for- watering tho Basin.ground is !,'«:..exceedingly-deficient and the groundsman (v-.-had to miikewhat play he could with the, S : ;one-inch:hose at his .command. Happily pXrain/came-to; end • his perplexities, and; |if]i"rince'. its .'"'coming- he has made wonderful L"|-progress.,;:Four match,wickets now. stand. r>V in witness to his painstaking: endeavours. feiThey. all? look .'well y a'nd 'the main match (0-wicket: in- 1 ' particular "has-':-.every. appeai> [;:•.: arice of being a really good one; Any, bowl : iivier who gets, "work" : on the.-ball, at' the :V:j;Basin to-day .will: have, to bring, it .along i.;.sfwithhim. Bythe'lookofthings he will not ,;;; get.', much' assistance from the wicket.- If : -he depends \on inequalities in .their for- ;,.': ination :he is; liable:.to■ bs.;disappointed..

;.> By the way, Saunders seems to be a man 1- hard to':,beat -at', taking out hummocks,; |.:. arid-lifting; up.' hollows.. ,:Tho'-: way ~he i":'in'anipula'tes;pitchfork, hose, and roller in i.. conjunction;is.really ;an interesting;study. t^JheStirvLast Saturday.;: ;; : ; : ; -.: f-;i;- : ::The; iey-nbto-:of; the;.rathery gay'-.'; day p."which marked the'opening of /cricket praci3tice at the■ Basin-Eeserve'"last Saturday |-:waa\enthusiasm.-:its: presence; was to';be. C.;„ 'noted; everywhere;in the:attitude;of play|£iers satellites^:;:old -and young: i:?;-shared equally, .in'ithe inspirating iriflu-: [/..'ierices ofjthe day. A feature -in the .pro- [.;:. ,'ceedings."'was.' the.:,ubiquitous small boy | ; :-:|who;,set up .his. extemporised'cricketing :•;':'; gear. in various; odd corners; arid: practised t:V;with. infinite zest, unmindful, of the-peril"' f.';.: ■ to "which- he -/-'exposed-.: unwary ; .passers-by.; [--./The;club; players; practising at the nets, |r: were, not less ..enthusiastic: than .their-ju-; v. venile contemporaries,' and all things con-/ I'.-'Bidered, remarkedly good form:was.showfffci/by both:batsmeri- lat> ; f::; ; ter in particular : 'made,. ari■'■: advantageous p! showing,: for althoughiballs; travelled ji'.-.ward'" with 'tolerable, frequency,; it' .was; in; Vi ."' of^^:rapidly-falling wickets.' [■/.':The summer 'game.could.hardly have had'. K'ff.B'.'niore propitious - opening' and. ; there is. i,' : every reason to;look to'a- season', f":" -of iprogress' ; and,improve'irient;. :; s/:4'.-'.:::

;/ : ,-;jWatchingfthe .Coach; ;;!;;;V ; '■/. f;;.'',^ ? ,To .Saunders,, the,! new'x'oacli,: the, ~day! (;!:!■, orought'fsbmetbing of: a triumph..;;■ -His ~:,;!bowling,; : as;he passed: fromj.the,; territory one.'cl'nb,to-another, was observed, with'! Eff:, interest-by '.sVnumerbua" body ; of .spectag:,,: -tor's.';,V:!W.herever, be !went" the. Australian, |f':;',Tiad': : .a !coniet'sitail 'of,; admirers'; in tF;;:;;wake, ;;.whose meinbersrrjinged .frdni -the i lwrb'-wbrshispin'g. l t;S;.bf Tlie;rAnstralia'n!vbbre j^jSnp^well: against ;:the' tider, ; of /popular' 'ad-, SWJmiration.'-and.was'.nOt.a whit disturbed ; in c€;!'the !e'asy! nonchalance, of liis i: bearing. - ; ; :: ;;.-;!>:: Saunders!,'is:. to :play \.on ::Saturday : for K::ti!e ; Hutti,team.! will 'not beat! his o;;best,''for, he is suffering !from a slight; |v.';;strain.to'ibis back, doubt his name pv\ : will.atone 'for; any deficiencies'in his-de.-. and; assist.him ; 'in /.dismissing the fV;!!:players.who.have"to'stand up tb.his-at-' ;:;';''■.;;!'!::.; %±^-fo : M^ :: .r ; : ;.:;,.;! i^ ; . : :>. : , ; - : '■;';.-!-:'! p';,-;-:!The t baiting averagfls of a".few'of. the |!!;!:! leading. ■'■ players ■; in.', \ :cricket!'. on ; feiAttgust; 28- were:—.,;v-''■■:.■••:- ■•:'--' ; ,^^V"'; ; v!'--;v!- ; AV.' f : S:J;-T:' Tyldesley : „;.,;« !_2:,;i58 .2031 48.35 F; ; Hutchings Xi '■- 32 2?. 144! 1201.; 40.03 RqlV Tarrant ::.-...1....' 37; ; 2. 142V1340-38.28 H- : 'Ji!B.! Hobbs ..:.L:.'■■ 50. 3 133,'1548•• 32.93 PS 'Ci :B.. LleWellyn ;..:! 37'.-.2 '107'{1114 ■ 31.82 $g£XB,. Le\Cputeur.;; "19. : .1;. 160;^4?G:;!27;55 fo.::;y." At:that:iim'e the-bowling:averages ;Vrere fc headed by;D.:W. Carr with 52-',wicketsi at. \'M 10.71, :W..!C^Smitb!2lo at 12.40,Vand. \]fa Hearne'' 89 at 13.20. >.'':■ P..: E; Xe, Couteur taken 67:!' at 15:53, 1?: : -Tarrantll5:at: i;f ;:15.73, C. B. ■ Llewellyn, 143: at 18.65, and 'J; :b'.if;Lord, ; HawkeV.,; retirement ,:from:!firsts. !',!;1 class;!!;'.'cricket!:' ,; was:r/'announced';)!;, by f&catile: !'6ome r :time- ago. 'i. He; 'V isi-..-- fifty ..old, ; ; :has!.';captained t'iVshire'for 26' years, has .played in. many fi k: ]coimtiks,'-. including AustTalia;(in : ::lßß7-B,' iS:,when:as':the''Hon. , .;,.M. < B;;Hawke,-!he.cap r India,' Africa, the: United : :the Arso gentine, ! thev West' Indies,!;; arid; Canada. fcjj'iTri 'Lord;. HawkeTthe .high .position.- at-:,v;:';;tained-.'by.-Yorkshire- in the county bhamv s ;-.;piohship.-'for-:many ; ;years is in : no small l;t!' iieasureVdue. ;. !";;,;;■' -■' : -.- '!v;!' -' ''AU' •;>'.■ '•- ■; -'; 3^'tCiyiiised*<M6t^tfs.;-;!!-';:^V":. : JvV/l'-.?/ ; ;:- j;&'-?it'is!ari old:cricket tradition!;that when '■;> jgbowler!is disabled the over'must, if pos-1 ifysiblß, bev:completed.:.: ; Our. rude"!forefathbatting -used - to: revel'>'in- .their ::-:' : '', o PP or t lln i' : y>' al >d, thrashjthe,.perfunctory! :;;:.;■ slows to,:the:boundaryj;;but manaers!have \ when! Sharp,. after! straining :!:;;'his; leg in! the Lancashire v..Sydney .match, vf:,;ti"undlcdr-this ill-treated word -now findsK&an .use—three; balls'-to, Smith; | ; :.>:,the':bstsman;politely ■ interposed -,his•"bat'i ;;!; : !:.without fattempting ..to score.!;.: There isj j; "'sppareritly :no;, longer. : ,any. necessity:'for J -!'!-,::!performing ;what, if;it is recognised to: be. !■;!ia-mere ceremony ) .-inust'also be:a,farce; ;,£:: nnless :it' is feared that in -leagues ,;.and f;,:.-places where they'still cling to.the rigour & : K;;of.;the.gamei a fraudulent:bowler might. f. v'saye his side, by. opportunely',falling lame Sp^n 1 the list;"bverV-rr''Th"e'!:Pield.":'-;-. : --.' : ,;','!.;,".:'

:T|ie Umpired:*:;.'.; : ;V^:-'-:: : 'v ; - ; \;:;; ; : ; .;..-;'■' '■■? '•'On.Thnrsday,"July U, whilst Dean, of .Xancashire.-.was. bowling to' C: B. L L. Hoo'man and,: Eairservice' in' the first, innings ;o:i ; ;Kent,;!.W.'.'A//J..West/: the-;square-leg umpire, stood :at point, owing- to:theSfact, : that.: the: 'bowler.: :had, placed .four' men' ; close' in ■ on: the (leg-side. * In . recording this,.-:- "Cricket" -aptly. ..remarks;, that '"There is everything to recommend the .course adopted by West, quite ajiart: from :the';factf that it cannot 'be comfortable tp .umpire in a ,'crowd." ; ':-_■'.:.:■* :The;Laff:H.;J/H;;'Scott.;;';/';:.;;;- .'';.•' ' "Concerning'; the death of the world-fa--mous cricketer H. J. H. Scott, "The Bulletin" remarks:—"He was';much better,; -known:as 'Twopenny?: Seott, a.nick-name' which ho : earned, through his' fondness for patronising the 2d. bus during his two visits to" London; with -. the' Australian eleven in 1881and:|88G.' He'was ; captain' 'of the. latter team.' In Scott's-day four ; "balls were-.,delivered to thoc-over, and Twopenny', was the. hero, of an oft-told' incident at a Yorkshire match; .when'the .crowd howled for -one Wade;:to bo put. on to bowl. Scott pasted him in his firstover to the tune of 6, 6, 4, ,6—22 off four : balls. 'Twopenny' was one of.'.a'.famous triangle of: Melbourne C.C.i amateurs, fßilly' Bruce and J. W. Trumble' being the other sides." .' . . ;.: v ■'Australiana. ••..''..-;.-'..',• ■■;. /:':'",' , VN.S.W. Cricket Association, has'"decided-' :to retain Alec. Bannerman; as "coach" for another scmoii, and to lift his emolu-' m'ent from £&X\n : £& 10s.' per' week. However (says the "Bulletin"), the employment ;of-a "coa:h". ; ; ; is '.of little use' unless '-the' association selection committer .supplements Bannerman's efforts by giving colts a chance in "big" cricket; and the/association would, act reasonably if.it reconV mended that' the• selection committee should consult with "tho coach" in choos-, -ing representative-teams for the season.' :, E. L. Waddy mode a : good start by' slashing up 107 against Marrickville XV: on a recent Saturday. Last season this smiter was a prolific run-getter, and, judging by'his form on this occasion, the -scorers are;likely to be kept extra busy this season also. But' one can never tell; .which in just':as well, as there is a lot of charm-in uncertainty. E. P. Waddy, a brother,-and'Noble'-also-patted'up 40 and 28 respectively; while Trumper, Cot;ter, and Warren Bardsley all made ducks. Et-was ever, thus,':.,. ; -. . Grade cricket commences in Sydney : ssith 13 first-grade clubs, and 18 in both '"■'ond and third grades,"