SUMMER SPORT

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 15 February 1933, Page 6

SUMMER SPORT

CRICKET REVIEW NOTES' AND JOTTINGS SEN 10R CHAMPIONSHIP After a break of two Saturdays owing to the Newman Shield and Hawke Cup representative matches, local senior championship fixtures will be continued next Saturday, when Wakatu will commence a match with College at- the College ground ; and the unfinished Old Boys A v. Athletic match will be completed at the Dark. The position in this ■ match is: Old Boys A first innings 146; Athletic, first innings, six wickets for 2G2.

Hawke Cup Retained. Nelson were not exerted at the weekend to account- for West Coast’s challenge for the llawke Cup, the trophy being retained by an innings and 63 runs. Coast’s scores of 83 and 126 on such a good wicket as that at the Bark must have been very disappointing to the team’s followers, but the Nelson attack was far too strong. J. Newman, MeGirr, Freeman and A. Newman were on top in both the Coast’s innings and Were a-very formidable quartet. In Nelson’s total of 272 six batsmen, Neale, Morgan, Ralfe, S. Newman, MeGirr, and A. Newman, scored well, especially Neale (69) and A’. Newman (62). The total compiled during Friday afternoon proved more than adequate.

Wellington Championship. The following are tbe results of Saturday’s matches' in the Wellington Championship : Wellington, 125 for six wickets (declared! and 107 for no wickets, -defeated Institute, 122 and 106—an-outright- win. Kilbirnie, 373, defeated Betone, 262, on the first- innings. Wellington College Old Boys, 195 and 50 for two wickets, defeated Hutt, 107 and 201. on the first innings.

Midland, 324 for four wickets (declared), defeated University, 228 and 105, on the first innings The championship points are Wellington 30, Hutt 22, Kilbirnie 22, Wellington College Old Boys 22, Betone 20, Midland 12, University 12, Institute 2.

Outstanding performances were: Batting. Baker (Midland) “142 Dempster (Betone) * HO Burnette (Old Boys) *B4 Boss (Hutt) ! 73 Roberts (Petone) 68 Warnes (Hutt) 68 Standidge (Midland) 66 Morgan (Wellington) *66 *Not out. Bowling Blundell (Wellington) 6 for 36 Cleverlev (Midland) 6 for 50 Crook (Kilbirnie) 5 for 51 McCann (Ilutt) 5 for 68 Judd (Hutt) 4 for 75 PlUnket Shield Averages. The following is the final Blanket Sitield table:

Dempster’s Thousand. The registration of 1000 runs in a season of cricket in New Zealand is no mean performance. E. W. Tindill recently achieved this distinction, his aggregate receiving a big lift of over 500 runs made on a tour with the Victoria College team. C. S. Dempster, Wellington’s official coach, has again accomplished the feat, bis aggregate of runs being taken past the 1000 mark during his innings for Peptone against Kilbirnie at Kelburn Park oil Saturday afternoon. In senior club cricket this season Dempster lias made 427 runs, including two century scores; in Plunket Shield matches this season lie has made 231 runs; and in other buddies his aggregate is 416 (58, 52, and 58 against llawkes Bay, 29 and .12 against Nelson, and 207 for Town against Country). llis aggregate now stands at 1074, made at an average of 56.52.

New Test Players. This season’s doings of Tobin, Darling and Bromley, the new Australian Test players, are appended : Tobin.—Against M.C.C. 10, 19, 1-119; against Victoria 19, and 19, 1-42, 4-31; against N.S.W. 8 and 61, 166, 0-5 j against Queensland 5 and 47, 3-48, 1-37, 1-30, 0-7. Darling.—Against M.C.C. 45, 6 and 4, 138, 0-11 ; against Queensland 185 and 128, 0-5, 1-4; against N.S.W. 0,2, and 4. 0-50, 0-7, 0-18; against South Australia 150 and 15, 1-14. Bromley.—Against N.S.W. 84, 0-8; against M.C.C. 0.

1928=29 Tests. A synopsis of the Tests played by A. P. F.‘ Chapman’s 1928-29 English team

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against Australia (captained by Jack Ryder) is as follows : At Brisbane—England 521 (Ilendreu 169) and 342 for eight- wickets declared, beat Australia. 122 (Larwood six for 36, and 66 (White four for 7) by 675 runs. At Sydney —England 636 (Hammond 251) and 16 for two wickets beat Australia 253 and 397 (Woodt'ull 68 and 111, Hendry 112) by eight wickets. At Melbourne—England 417 (llatnWhd' 200) : and 1 332'(Stitdiffe 135)' beat Australia 397 (Kippax 100, Ryder 112)• and 351 (Woodfull 107, Bradman 112) by three'wickets.

'At Adelaide —England 334 (Hammond 119 not out) and 383 (Hammond 177) heal Australia 369 (Jackson 164 in his initial Test) and 336 (Ryder 87) by 12 runs.

'Australia 491 (Woodfull 102, Bradman 123) and 287 for five wickets beat England 519 (Hobbs 142, Leyland 137 in initial Test) and 257 (Ilobh.s 65, Leyland 53 not out) by five wickets.

The'“Autocrat” of Lord’s. 'The following sketch is taken from

“Lord's and M.C.C.’ ’a history compiled by Lord Harris and Mr F. S. AshleyCooper. Lord Frederick Beauclerk is the greatest name in the history of the M.C.C. He was the fourth son of the Duke of St. Albans, and thus a defendant of Nell Owynn (Sweet Nell of Old Drury). Not only was he the finest all-round gentleman player in England for many years, but in'matches great and smail his word was law. On the field he was an autocrat—it has been said that his success as a captain was due largely to the fact that, no one dared to disobey him—and it was perhaps due partly to his great skill as a player that his fellow-members deferred to almost his every wish in matters concerning the club’s policy and welfare. So pre-eminent and well-established was his authority that he might have said with the) poet: — ‘I am the batsman and the bat, I am the bowler and the ball, The umpire, the pavilion cat, The roller, pitch, and stumps, and all.”

In forming an estimate of bis character, “other limes, other manners,” should always be remembered. Lord’s, then almost 'in the country, did not occupy a very prominent place in the public eye; everyone, from the “First Gentleman in Europe” (George IV) downward, encouraged money to bo associated with play to an extent known neither before nor since ; instances o! dishonesty were consequently of frequent occurrence, and with Lord Frederick candidly admitting that lie reckoned to make six hundred guineas a year out of cricket (by betting), is it surprising that his conduct should, at times, have been open to criticism? One fears that many a scheme which would .nowadays, cause on to be shunned by right-thinking folk was hatched under his periwig. There was, to express the matter charitably, a side to his character which recalls Horace's description of Achilles —“Irascible, inexorable, keen.” When engaged in a match lie would not hesitate to employ any means which might- assure him of victory, and when (as occasionally happened) he lost an event which be had set his heart upon winning, lie would attempt to bribe Bentley to suppress tbe score. His Lordship was undoubtedly a very fine cricketer, but his scheming was deplorable. In Baxter’s halting rhyme of 1839 he is referred to thus : “My Lord, he comes next, and will make you all stare With his little tricks a long way from fair. Though his playing is fine, give the devil his due, There is very few like him, at the game take it through.” Pre-eminently selfish, lie played for his own glory and not for his side. •‘Do you not think it time for change?” he would be asked timidly by one bolder than the rest. “Yes, J»° would answer cheerily* “I’ll change; ends.” “Ah ! I knew I would get you,” he once-said to Mr Ward. “Yes, My Lord,” was the reply; “but I have scored eighty.” His bowling, the slowest of the slow, was most successful before it was customary for men to run in and bit, but in bis later years Hammond, Saunders, Lambert- and others destroyed his nerve by “giving her the rush.” Lord Frederick was the finest bowler m England whilst still at Cambridge, and, upon being introduced at Lord’s by the Earl of Wincliilsea in 1791, at once made hi s mark in the best company. His bowling (underhand) was remarkably accurate, with an abrupt- rise from the ground. Even to the last be retained his precision of pitch, hut his ability to make the ball “get up and look at yen deserted him. It- was some years after Ins first appearance at Lord’s before Lord l 1 rederick began to be much of account as a batsman. His style, modelled on Beldliam’s, was pretty and graceful. Off-bitting was the chief feature of his batting, but in attemtping to bring pff such strokes be occasionally threw his wicket away by cutting at straight balls. It has been recorded that, in defiance of the bowlers, lie would hang his gold watch on the bails. He made eight hundreds at Lord’s between 1796 and 1809. and as far on as 1824 scored 99 for •\B’s” against England. Lord Charles Russell, near the end of his long life, recalled Lord Frederick “in his neat nankeen breeches and white silk stockings, with another pair rolled over his instep, a scarlet sash round his waist, and a white beaver hat, which lie would dash to the ground if tilings did not go to his liking.” Although in Holy Orders—he was Vicar of Redbourne —Lord Frederick could use most unparsonical language ; but if tbe truth could be known, it would probably be found that Beldham, Lambert, and others often tried to upset him. Lambert, when once bowling to him in a famous single wicket ma*ch, continually bowled wides “to put His Lordship out of temper” ; lie succeeded. His Lordship's career in first-class cricket covered a period of thirty-five seasons. For sixty years he frequented Lord s, and in 1826 he was elected President of the M.C.C. In iiis later years he used to sit in the pavilion as the Nestor of the A | Q Q Lord’ Frederick Beauclerk was also a famous runner and had a reputation as a shot. He won the Gold Medal of the M C C in 1813 as a runner, and took the honours twice at the annual pigeon shooting matches. From his good play, rank, and influence, he became ’-Autocrat at Lord’s and bis name in a match was “Legion.” He was born m 1773 and died in London in 1850.

Won Lost Out- 1st Out- 1st ri ght. Inn. right. Inn Pis. Otago ... 2 TOO 20 .Auckland 1 0 0 2 12 Canterbury 1 1 1 0 12 Wellington 0 0 3 0 0 Only eleven batsmen have averages of over 35 in this- season’s Plunket Shield competition. They are :— Inn. N.O. II.S. Ttl. Avg. Talbot (C) 4 1 117 192 64.00 Kerr (C.) 6 1 196 268 53.60 Tindill (W.) 2 — 106 106 53.00 James (W.) 6 — 108 269 44.83 Mills (A.) 6 — 73 247 41.16 Cavanagh (0.) 5 — 77 197 39.40 Whitelaw (A.) 6 — 81 235 39.16 Weir (A.) 6 1 95 195 39.00 Dempster (W. 6 — 52 231 38.50 Smith (0.) 5 1 52 147 36.75 Page (C.) 5—78 183 36.60 Nine bowlers took ten or more wickets during the series. They were : — Runs. Wkts. Avg. Badcoek (0.) 3T1 21 14.80 Garrard (A.) 220’ 13 16.92 Burrows (C.) 194 10 . 19.40 .Merritt (C.) 415 20 20.75 Dunning (0.) 314 14 22.42 Bush (A.) 252 10 25.20 Matheson (A.] 352 13 27.07 Cromb (0.1 382 14 27.28 Blundell (W.) 363 11 33.00 The Nelson players’ averages playing for Wellington in Plunket Shield matches are: Batting. Inn. N.O. II.S. Ttl. Avg. J. Newman 2 2 22* 32 — II. McGirr 2 — 38 45 22.50 D. Freeman 2 — 7 14 7.00 *Not- out. The above players occupy fourth. eighth and thirteenth places respectively. Rowling. Runs. Wkts. Avg. McGirr 45 4 11.25 Freeman 187 9 GO. 77 Newman 198 8 24.75 These are the first three places.