CRICKET.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 3, 28 June 1911, Page 8

CRICKET.

FAULKNER. By Cable —Press Amociation—Copyright. Received *27, 9.10 p.m. Capetown, June 27. The cricketer Faulkner was married here, and sailed for Englond, where he qualifies as an amateur for Middlesex or Surrey. He plays as a representative for South Africa in 1912.

TARRANT'S SELECTION.

F. A. Tarrant, whose inclusion in the English team is meeting with opposition at Home, is an Australian, having been born in Melbourne in 1881. He wait to Britain, an "unknown quantity," in 1903, and secured an engagement on the M.C.C. staff at Lord's, with the object of qualifying for Middlesex. His form during his first two seasons in England did not foreshadow a great future, but it was said that in 1907 and 1908 there was 'not a bettor all-round man playing. Originally played for his bowling, it was soon found that he possessed batting powers of a very high order. In 1905, hi« first year in the metropolitan eleven, he made 102 not out for Middlesex against Essex. Next year he took 71 wickets in count)' cricket for 19 runs apiece, easily heading the averages, and in 30 innings he made 889 runs for his county. In 1907 he captured 115 wickets in championship matches at a cost of a little over 15 runs each, and his position on the county batting list was fifth, with 1034 runs, averaging 33 for each completed innings. In the following winter he went to Australia and played against A. O. Jones' English team, heading the Australian batting averages in matches against the English by totalling 310 runs, and averaging 02 per innings. He returned to England in 1908, and Jiecame permanently identified with English cricket as a member of the Middlesex eleven. Last year he was second on the list of batting averages for Middlesex in county championship matches with 1295 runs, an average of 39.24 per innings. He was also second in the Middlesex bowling averages, having taken 11G wickets at a cost of 15.82 runs each.