Photograph by Alexander Ayton jun.Cricket Team |
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This photograph by Alexander Ayton is slightly larger than a cabinet print. It is approx 6 ins. x 4 ins. mounted on card 8 ins. x 5 1/2 ins. |
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Which Cricket Team? Answer: Australia and Scotland
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Question |
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Does anybody recognise the cricket team, or know when the photo may have been taken? It is interesting to see that both umpires, but only four of the players have been identified! |
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Answer 1 |
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Thank you to Michael Bourne who replied: "This is an Australian pre-WW1 touring team." Michael Bourne: September 28, 2007 |
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Thank you to Michael Bourne who e-mailed me again, one day later. Michael wrote: "I have since had time to do a bit more research. Australia and Scotland "The photograph is that of two teams - Australia and Scotland. It was probably taken before the start of a three-day match (but which only lasted two days) played at Raeburn Place, Edinburgh on the 8th and 9th July, 1912. The ground, 'Grange Cricket Club', Raeburn Place, is still in use today. It was usual in those days, as shown in other photos of the period, for members of both sides to mix together when having a commemorative photograph taken. (That wouldn't happen these days). Notice that there are 22 players. The Australians, I am fairly sure, are those with a small white motif on their caps. The dark blazers, although some are slightly different, are probably the blazers of their individual state cricket teams. If the game was played at Raeburn Place. I wonder if that old ivy-covered wall is still there? The Men in Trilby Hats "As for the two men in trilby hats, they are: - Arthur Gregory, team manager, perhaps a bit too old to play by then. - Emery, probably T H Emery, a player in the squad not playing on the day. These two, of, course, are not mentioned on the scorecard. The Men in Trilby Hats "The chap with pads on, sitting down in the front, would be the wicketkeeper for Scotland, J F Gibson, in readiness to field, with Australia batting first. Unfortunately, the Scotland wicketkeeper is not indicated on the scorecard." The Scorecard "Here is the complete scorecard for the game." Michael Bourne: September 29, 2007 |
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Scotland v Australia Result: Australia won by 296 runs Umpires: T Attewell and J Keene Close of play: Australia 1st innings CB Jennings c Gibson b Sievwright 0 ER Mayne b Benskin 11 CG Macartney c Ringrose b Sievwright 0 W Bardsley c Bowie b Sievwright 149 C Kelleway b Ringrose 64 RB Minnett b Sievwright 21 DBM Smith run out 0 GR Hazlitt lbw b Sievwright 0 WJ Whitty b Sievwright 26 JW McLaren b Sievwright 0 +HW Webster not out 0 Extras (b 18, lb 6) 24 Total (all out, 86.2 overs) 295 FoW: 1-0, 2-0, 3-24, 4-196, 5-231, 6-237, 7-238, 8-292, 9-294, 10-295. Bowling O M R W Benskin 24 2 85 1 Sievwright 20.2 3 71 7 Bowie 6 0 25 0 Ringrose 26 8 57 1 Greive 10 0 33 0 Scotland 1st innings RGW Tait b Whitty 4 TA Bowie c & b Hazlitt 11 MR Dickson b Minnett 98 WE Benskin c Kelleway b Minnett 15 AMP Lyle b Whitty 5 JC Murray c Whitty b Minnett 0 W Greive b Minnett 18 J Mushet b Minnett 2 JF Gibson b Minnett 7 RW Sievwright not out 1 W Ringrose b McLaren 0 Extras (b 5, lb 5, nb 1) 11 Total (all out, 55 overs) 172 FoW: 1-4, 2-34, 3-100, 4-119, 5-120, 6-151, 7-158, 8-170, 9-171, 10-172. Bowling O M R W Whitty 16 5 45 2 Hazlitt 10 4 33 1 McLaren 10 2 37 1 Kelleway 6 3 11 0 Minnett 13 3 35 6 Australia 2nd innings CB Jennings b Sievwright 32 ER Mayne c Dickson b Ringrose 44 CG Macartney b Benskin 21 RB Minnett not out 65 W Bardsley c Bowie b Ringrose 45 C Kelleway not out 9 Extras (b 6, lb 3) 9 Total (4 wickets declared, 55 overs) 225 DNB: DBM Smith, GR Hazlitt, WJ Whitty, JW McLaren, +HW Webster. FoW: 1-48, 2-91, 3-103, 4-205. Bowling O M R W Benskin 15 1 89 1 Sievwright 22 3 56 1 Ringrose 16 3 52 2 Greive 2 0 19 0 Scotland 2nd innings (target: 349 runs) RGW Tait lbw b Whitty 18 TA Bowie b Whitty 1 MR Dickson b Minnett 1 WE Benskin st Webster b Whitty 0 AMP Lyle b Whitty 10 JC Murray b Whitty 0 W Greive c Mayne b Hazlitt 6 J Mushet b Hazlitt 1 JF Gibson c Jennings b Hazlitt 0 RW Sievwright c Mayne b Whitty 4 W Ringrose not out 5 Extras (b 4, nb 2) 6 Total (all out, 21.2 overs) 52 FoW: 1-7, 2-10, 3-16, 4-26, 5-26, 6-41, 7-43, 8-43, 9-45, 10-52. Bowling O M R W Whitty 10.2 3 22 6 Hazlitt 4 2 7 3 Minnett 7 4 17 1 |
This scorecard is reproduced with acknowledgement to Wisden CricInfo Ltd. |
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