SPORTING INTELLIGENCE

Evening Star, Issue 12881, 2 August 1906, Page 7

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE

AUSTRALIAN CRICKET. Press Association—By Telegrapn— Copyright Air C TT P Vi August 1. Prtll- + ’a- ?,- d ’ a ? es -P r esident of the Lncket Association, is using his efforts to pvolve a way out of the present deadlock. of the suspended players to-day and is hopeful tfifit an earlv settlement will be effected. - ; - BOOKALAKERS’ FEES. Press Association---By Telegraph—Copyright. MEIjBOURNE, . August 1. In an appeal case, Colman v. the Vic•v Club, in which plaintiff contested the power of the club to 'charge bookmaker fees, the Full Court decided that the by-law dealing with the matter was invalid, and gave a verdict for Colcln') intend to appcal to the High Court. - A GREAT BATSMAN. The following appreciation of the Surrc7„cr;ick ’ Ha.yward, is from the pen of B- J. T- Bosanquet : The most striking feature of the season u wonderful form displayed P-Y Hayward. It is no Exaggeration to say that the famous Surrey batsman has proved himself to be batting as well as, if not better than, ever. If possible, he added to his reputation, and, to my inmd, he has shown himself to be uneven greater player than before, and for this reason : In previous years, great player as he has always been, he has always seemed to put rather too much restraint unon himself, and has never ~uite developed to the full those powers pf attack of which we know him to be possessed, and of which he has given us occasional glimpses. It mav be urged that so much has depended upon him_ in times past that he was not justified in taking any risks, and to a certain extent this has been the case. On the other hand, it must be remembered that attack is often the best form of defence; that a player with the hitting power which Havward has always possessed can afford to take a good many risks. As a matter of fact, Hayward is ope of the biggest hitters before the nublip, and has been for years. I have seen him make hits that would do credit to any man, and many a ball has that powerful wrist sent out over the Oval not to mention other grounds. These powers of hitting have, however, too often been subordinated to his magnificent defensive ability, and there have been times when the latter has prevailed where the former would have been the better poliev. and would have been much more to the advantage of his side. One can sav this now, -as such things are of the part, and are over and done with. For several years past it has been said that Tom had seen his best days, and was beginning to fall off. Each time he has confounded the critics, but never to such a degree as in 1906. This year has given us a rejuvenated Haywajd. an aggressive and Quick scorer on all wickets, a master of the bowling whatever its quality, a monument of stability blessed with imperturbable coolness, and withal a strong and determined hitter, almost a Jessopian Hayward. He has before this made as many runs by this period of the season, but never has he mad© them by such superb and masterly cricket, such an admirable combination of unique defensive powers with safe and yet brilliant hitting. It has never made any difference to hirn that his comrades should fail, and leave the whole burden on those brawny shoulders. The “Atlas” of Surrey cricket has won many a' match single-handed, and baa many a glorious achievement to hjs name- To none will he ho able to look back with greater Batisfaction than the double performance which stands -to his credit in the match against Notts. His 144, not onti out of 825, will compare with anything that Has ever been done in cricket,. ©veh with George Hirst’s performances of recent years. To cap this with another century serves to render the performance even more remarkable, but can scarcer- add to its merit. This performance should go down to P'steritv as ope of the finest in the annals of the game, and stands out as the greatest of the many great things ’ Hayward has accomplished in the nast.' May it be an augury of many m~re in the future. The wise man (who is unable to play regularH will be he who does not choose ihe Surrev match for one of those in which to take part. Verb sap!

OHEBS. . At the Otago Ohefa Club’s rooms last night Mr David Forsyth, tenior club chamr piqn and ex-.champion of New Zealand, gave Ah exhibition' of simultaneous play 1 at chess; encountering singleJjnnt|fjd fouptesn ppnor pehts. Mr Vonli game? to 6J by hi? opponents. Air Asher, who won bis KWO in half an hour, is quite a newmorar of., the club. HARRIEfeS. The Thrpe-rnilo C'rojß-Rpuntjy Handicap of the St. Andrew wa? decided over the Cliffs course yesterday afternoon, la spite of the heavy nature pf the grpund, some very performance? were put up. The wipner, A. Dope (Bsee), ran 4 welbjudged race, big |gnj©' fojr the distdncg -rwhich was ratjjer (here than thred PiiJas—h§iflg J7jnjn 49sec. The scratch men (A. Rutherford pd A. Strutheiej ffrhjied second and third raspectively, bpth close up to the winner. Tjijf fallowing wet? the f)x placed mep. with actual time fpf the'face • —A. Bone (17min 49sec) 1, A. Rutherford (17min 52sec) 2, A. Struthers (18mih) 3, P'. Scott (18mm 23scc) 4, J. Ryan (18mm 49s«c) 5, J. Robin (I9niin 3sec) 6. .‘ " The tpiloyvjiig tpam‘liave beep chosen to represent the South Canterbury irareiets in the mter-club championship pf"'Otago and Southland, to be held in Dunedin dii August. 11—Malthus, T. Qiaughtoh, ‘ W. Walsh, W- Myers, R. A. Sinclair, and A. E. M. Rowland. As the Hew Zealand Metropolitan Trottrog Club intend tip give £5,0C0 for a four days’ meeting in November, the New Zealand Trotting Association lost night decided to abandon their'proposed Exhibition meeting.