CRICKET.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXII, Issue 147, 22 June 1901, Page 4 (Supplement)

CRICKET.

I have received a very unique cricket record in the shape of a chart issued by Anthony Hordern of Sydney giving all the world's cricket records. A special feature is made of Anglo-Australian cricket, and I have never seen so many cricket facts packed into such a small and convenient space. In the centre of the ■ chart is a photograph of the great I scoring' board at the Sydney ground, with the figures on it of the recent total of 911 put up by N.S.W. against South Australia. Anthony Hordern and Sons have my sincere thanks for the copy. Though the cricket season in England must be well advanced, we have had no news of the doings of the great cricketei's or the counties, with ; the exception of the cable a few days ! ago announcing that Jones and Capt. ! Craig had each made 249 for Notts and Hampshire repectively. The firstnamed must be the famous A. 0. Jones, the Notts amateur, whose batting in 1899 was so good as to warrant his inclusion in the All England team in the last test match. Jones quite justified his inclusion. In 1899 he had an average of 44.69, but last year it dropped to 24.6 G. He is a brilliant bat with admirable punishing powers, a good change bowler and a . brilliant field. Captain Craig's name is not mentioned in the last year's Wisden, and he is evidently a new man. Hampshire has always had a strong military caste in its eleven,! including Captain Wynyard and! Major Poore. '