CRICKET.

NZ Truth, Issue 99, 11 May 1907, Page 3

CRICKET.

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Humour, ■which is often a lying jade, .says that th© discrimination-- ; exercised by thc Old' Boy's Club m the matter of the distribution of "complimentaries" for its recent dihner to c-otebrate the success of tbe senior porabina'tion 'm . the Senior Championship competitions, may result m One of its . prominent members Agoing .back to 'his old love next season. I pan' hardly credit that those m ..authority ■ would be guilty Of such snobbishness. Jack -Ma;honey returned from a yery : brief .visit to his birthplace (Sydney) /flast week.- The little fellow-spent-'nearly -eiight days at sea and only half that period m the metropolis... When he -left Sydney his father Was almost at death 's door and he expected to hear that the "call" ha'dyconk; when the steamer mtade fast to *the Queen' s . wharf . / lA . remarkable allr-round periorm;_rnoe ha_s been put up m senior cricket; on the " other , side this season by Alex Loudoin who played ffor. Mortdale Am the St 'George Competition, hats scored 996 runs m 17 inniwgs, ayeragihs 58.58 and taken 97 wickets for 71.6 runs, averaging 8.20 per wicket. He bats right hand and bowls left hand. - The; Board of Control's offer of a of -£10,000 as expected, has been accepted by the Marylebone C. C. The amount guaranteed is £1,300, m excess of that received by the M. Ci, C. from the matches of Warner's team, so that the club stands on velvet. ;• . : Vie. Trumper 's recent/ big innings for 21;2.. was sa. veritable leat for, the spact.vi.ofr.s.. It *A7as one "of tho .steadiest'. elisplays of batting he has over (given -.since., reaching . his-zoni-th. Yet the ru<ns . were got m about 1-50 minutes'.' By this perfornranoe Trumper. closed the season m Sydney premiership. matbhes -with- the highest aggregate (945) amd the highest average 85. 9t> per innings. The cost of tho players of the. t'eara wiliich visited Australia under Shaw, Lillywhite and 'Shrewsbury m 1880---81 ' was £250 , each, 'and all expenses, oven washing, stewards' fees, trami and- cab fares. On Sunday the team was providtyl ; with champagne for dinner. In spite .of this each promoter made £700 apiece, v. The! 1883-84.- team resulted m a pirofit of only , £150 each. The 1888 team resulted m a loss ©f £250 to each' promoter. The '87-88 team .lost them £2400. This was owing to th© Melbourne Club bringin-*; out a team at the same time. The MeHbourne Cluib lost £4000. Lord /'Sheffield V team lost him about '£2ooo.' The heavy price paid for. the service of one of the amateurs made a hole m a good part of this. ' The members of, the first team which visited Australia m 18&2 only received £150 per man -and all firstclass expenses pjoid. The promoters Messrs Spiers and Pond, did so well out of the venture that they divided half the .proceeds of the last match amongst the Efaglisihinen-, and offered them. . £1200 to remain another m/bnth, which, owing, to erigacrements irf Enigland, they were not able to do. ' Th© Fftglisihimen who formed tne second team in' 1864 cleared £250 each after all expenses were paid. Sixteen English teams ' have visited Atistrali-a,/ the first m 1*862 and the last m,- 1903. The. ' Marvlehone Club lost over £1000 on the Warner Tour. The receipts from the first test match played by Warner's Team, on ths ,-f 'Sydney Cricket Ground, were/ £4250. Of this £1521 14s 3d weirt to: theM-C.C:. £1521 14s 3d to fhe New South Wales C.A.,iand £J230 ,11s ©d to-,the trustees of the Cricket Ground. , ,