CRICKET.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 319, 19 February 1910, Page 10

CRICKET.

THE VISITING AUSTRALIANS. SOMETHING ABOUT THEIR RECORDS. W. W. Armstrong (Victoria) has been playing first-class cricket since 1809. In the 1900-1 season lie batted with great success, and the following season, in the second test match against A. C. MacLaren's eleven at Melbourne, he pat on 120 for the last wicket, in partnership with R. A. Duff, a stand which undoubtedly wo nthe game for the colonials. He got a place in Darling's 1902 eleven, and averaged 26, alto capturing eighty-one wickets for 17 rune apiece. He was also a member of the 1906 team for England, and beaded the batting average with 48, taking 130 wickets at the average cost of 17 runs. His averages for the last three seasons in Australia have been 85, 85 (highest m inter-State games), and 73. He is a fine batsman and a dangerous bowler. Bowling from a great height and keeping an excellent length, he has great command over the

ball, and, with a deceptive flight end break from leg, is always difficult to hit. He is easily one of the finest allround men now playing cricket in any part of the world, and could command ! a (place in any representative team. He was a member of the last Australian team in England. W. Bardsley (New South Wale*) first appeared for his State in 1903-4. In two appearances in 1905-6 his best ef- | fort was 64 against Queensland, 101, , lowed in 1906-7 by 107 against West Australia. He scored a century on the i occasion of his first appearance against j an English team —108 in the second innings of New South Wales, in February, j 1008. He was one of the most brU- \ liant members of the last Australian eleven. He is a left-handed batsman, with careful defence and a number of scoring strokes. C. Kellaway (New South Wales) has been very prominent lately, scoring a century in the match against South Australia, and being amongst the leaders in the Turner benefit against I the Rest of Australia, which concluded a few days ago. He is a fine bat, and also a bowler of some merit. Facy (Tasmania) is one of the island

1 State's best men. He is chiefly notable | as a fast bowler. N. Dodds (Tasmania) is a useful wicketkeeper and a free bat. He got 81 against Victoria in 1908, and in all inter-State matches in the season 1907-8 secured an average of 21 per innings. A. J. Hopkins (New South Wales) has been known as a good all-round player since his first season, 1899-1900, when his average was 35. In the 1901-2 season he made 117 against Victoria, and went to England with the 1902 eleven. He was also a member of Darling's 1905 team and averaged 29. His inter-State average in 1906-7 was 56. He went to England last year with the Australian team. Whitty (New South Wales) made his first trip to England last year. He performed consistently, his batting and bowling figures being both creditable. E. R. Mayne (South Australia) is a reliable bat and change bowler. His first appearance in inter-State cricket was in 1906-7, when he averaged 28 for the season. In 1907-8, for South Australia, he made 74 against A. O. Jones' I eleven, and in all matches during the I Australian 1907-8 season averaged 41.