CRICKET.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1252, 7 October 1911, Page 12

CRICKET.

BUMMEB ON THE DOORSTEP. AND ALSO THE BAILIFF. [Bi The Bbeaeise.] -.' Winter has gone, and spring is already packing up to more on to other climes and other people. Summer is already on tho doormat, jmpaitiently awaiting the calendar's permission, to enter, for the calender says summer'shall arrivo with the demiso of October and tho dawning oi November. The season , of tho "mudded oaf" is quietly breathing its last for the year, and the annual rejuvenation of tho ''flaraifillcd fool" ia at hand. . Cricketers' interest is growing yearly in Ifew Zealand, though from timo to time we hear of some province being ia temporary trouble. However, if enthusiasts look carefully to the cricket of the boys and the youths it is only a matter of timo when, all will come well and our voice tnay be heard in the crioket din. At present Wellington has a troublous ma to navigate, but it would be sheer pessimism to think that our' barque will . be wrecked by the way. She'll get to port ■all right if the crew stick to her. Ifs a certainty she'll drift to the rocke if they abandon her. Our big controversial subject this season 'is tho levy. The levy proposal is to-be i overhauled shortly, and wo 11 leave it ait ; that in ths meantime. Tho financial cup- ' board is' a little bare just now. and a good many "authorities" are <m tho warpath. Let's hope that from the army _ot the j genus theory-carpenter'a man with an 1 . idea will bo produced. Wellington can do Iwjfli a few ideas, and if they are good notbody will ask where dhey_ came from. Tho ■■levy affair is am interesting question, but in view of all the circumstances we shall tide a wee. All that one hopes is that the association will givo us a strong clear lead to play to, for, if we cannot look to them for a lead, whom can we look to? Mighty things depend on the coming meeting. \ -. I.Tho Helpinrj Hand. "I heard to-day," said a Wellington ■cricketer at a meeting on Wednesday : night, "that Hawke's Bay was ,£IBO to the bad. But," ho added, "they have a man • there who will help thorn. That's what we want here. Ho (the man) said if you , find tho .£BO I will give you the jGIOO. ■ They got ,£9O, and of course the balance '.will be foithooming." "I suppose !he (tho man) has put ,€IOOO , into cricket in H-awke's Bay," remarked ''another cricketer who was at the meet-jm-f, "A thousand would not neariy cover it," «stmo the chorus. Long may this enthusiast live. (Australia's Cracks in Form, From Australian, files ono gathers the pleasing and interesting fact that a good number of tho. Australian oracks are in form this season; Tho dashing Trumper taa been playing brilliantly. At Marrickville last week he knocked up a eensa-: tional 112,' not out. C. G. ■ Macartney Btrung together 90 in good stylo at Hurst.ville, and C. J. v .Tester mado a similar •score for TJiiiTcrsity against West Maitland. Trumpcr's innings is described as .'.a bright performanco, and while Cotter, was, making 19 up 31. His century took 78 Tiinutes,. and at the conclusion ;■ bo was 112, not.out,-obtained in 1 hour 20 minutes. He hit fifteen fours, and a fine sixer off Cutler. His innings was particularly fine, tho runs being mado with a minimum of effort. Ho gave one hard chance. ■ E. A. Duff was at the ground, ' biit on. injured h'flnd prevented him from 4 batting.;. '<jisoj: .■"."■ ■■■■' V '~: " -"■ Macartney, too;,'. ; nas struck farm early. Of a mater, played just before tho last mail left, "The Keferee" says: "Warren Bardsley's team found the new oval at Hurstville not quite to their liking—from, ■ a batsman's viowpoint. The only player to perform creditably was tho little Gordon, all-ronnd.er, C. G. Macartney, who hit up 90 out of 152 in very quick time. His seoro included four 6's. His innings, though not devoid of chances, showed that . he was very little short of the form displayed at the conclusion, of laet season. Emery, 19, was the only other player to rench double figures. Bardsley went first ball to S. M'Keszie. C. Kelleway (7) played A. London on ,to his wicket, and S. E. ; Gregory was bowled by H. Hatfield for 5."

M.C.C. Team at Play. i The M.C.C. team for Australia played an All-England Eleven ohosen by tho Earl of Londesborough at Scarborough. Wcoley, Kinncar, Iremonger, and Foster stood out ■of tho M.C.C. team. Lord Londesborough's side had first use of the wicket, and put up a good.total of 301, to which the M.C.C. could only respond with 190, J. B. Hobbs carrying his bat right through the innings for a grandly phyed 117 not out. Tho following , were the eaores made by the other ten men of tho Marylebone side;— George Gunn, I; C. P; Mead, 11; W. E. Rhodes, 0; J. Vine, 19; J. W. H. T. Douglas/0; E. J. Smith, 10; S. P. Barnes, 0; J. W. Hitch, 12; R. Strudwick, 2; and P. F. Warner, 5. Bowling for the Earl's team, Leveson-Gower Tepresented South Africa, captured 4 for 36, and F. E. Field secured five for 9G. At a second try the Earl's team ran to 258 for seven wickets, when the try was closed. E. H. Spooner notched 91, and G. L. Jessop delighted everyone with 3. lively contribution of 13G. Barnes took two wickets at a cost of SO runs, Hitch four at a cost of 96, and the remaining ticket fell to Douglas for 33 runs. In their second venture the M.C.C. ran up 333 for live wickets. Gcorjre Gunn mado 37, Hobbs 84, Mead 43, Rhodes 85, and Hitch 0. Tho game was drawn.

One of the World's Bost—F. R. Foster. Frank E. Foster, tho Warwickshire cricketer, who is a member of tho Alarylebone team which is to play Australia, is coming in lor a great deal of wclldeservod praise J. B. Hobbs, the Surrey cricketer, describes Footer as one of tho best all-round cricketers tho world hae seen. A note on Foster appears in the latest Sydney "Keferoe." "It is clear that Foster is a great player all round," says tho "Keforce," "ior the critics in England are unanimous in sinking hia praises. Tho young amateur apparently is not alone a fast left-hand bowler of tho Hirst type, and a very lino batsman, but ho is one of thoso raro players fitted by temperament to perform at his best in the biggest, matches and at the strenuous periods. These high opinions of the Warwickshire captain have roused our curiosity. It is a rare pleasure to watch and to study a player capable of rising to heights in.the crises of tho game." The Game in Trouble Elsewhere. Tasmania's crickot outlook is not all a rosy dronm this season, and, liko New Zealand, Tasmania's finances aro not robust. One writer across the water reports that tho outlook for tho game in tho island .State is by no means favourablo, and it is feared that unless some , very forward policy is decided upon tho sport will jonguish. There aro no successors in view to fill the gaps caused by the retirement of Kenny Burn and C. .f. Eady. Tho question of getting a euitablo coach has never been tackled in a sorious niftnnor, and it would feem that the association itself is not enthusiastic about tho movement. Finance, eeems to bo the bear in the path of crickot's progress in Tasmnnia, and there is said to bo a lackadaisical spirit amongst tho players theraeclves. Some Hot Bowling. King, of Leicestershire, never did anything to equal his great bowling in the final stages of the match against Yorkshire at Leicester. A thunderstorm and sunshine combined helped to mako tho pitch favourable to King, and after Wilson and Drako had made 35 runs between them, the other batsmen could only put on 5 runs. King claimed eight wickets for 17 thus, and took tho last six v.-icketa without having a run scored off aim. Another fine bowling performance xaa F. It. Foster's six wickets.for 37 mns :n tho Warwickshire-DorbyshiTo inatch. i-'ield, also of Warwickshire, has likewise lioen busy, as represented by Mb five for ,'il and seven for ftt in tho match against T.nncasliire. Iremongor's sis for G7 in tho Xotts v. Derbyshire match, and Fielder's seven for 43 in the Kent v. Somerset game were other worthy performances with the ball in the middle qf August