Cricket 1893

jAtf. 26, 1893 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OP TEtE GAMfi. 8 OUR LADIES’ MATCH. Perhaps jou might like to hear about our ladies’ match which we played one afternoon in the holidays. We had played the Village and the neighbouring clubs, and so the suggestion that we should wind up with a match between the ladies of the establishment, headed by the cook, and the menservants, was received by great enthusiasm, especially by the ladies. We could not muster a full team, so we played nine a side: but this was quite enough for a “ raar bit o’ foon,” as our north- country professional termed it. We, the gentlemen, had broomsticks, and had to field left-handed, and winning the toss, decided to bat (or rather broom­ stick) first. The professional and I be­ gan the batting, and the first over was bowled by the cook, the captain of the ladies’ eleven. She is a stately and rather portly lady, and her delivery is novel and somewhat terrifying to an un­ offending batsman. She advances solemnly half way up the pitch (it was decided not to no-ball the ladies),wearing a very fierce expression and throws the ball at the wicket with all the force she can muster. She certainly was effective, for the first three batsmen (our professional, my brother, and myself) only made 13 runs together. Then the footman came in. He is a good cricketer, very keen, and with a good and, as his method of playing feminine bowling showed, an adaptable style. For, as the bowling at one end consisted wholly of daisy-cutters, he adopted a daisy-cutting method of defence. Holding his broomstick flat along the ground, he scooped the ball round to leg, rather as though he were brushing crumbs off the dining room table, and as the bowler, although she tried hard and came far up the pitch, had not the strength to heave the ball over the broomstick, he doubtless would have made a great score, had not the stroke been indignantly barred by a chorus of female expostulations, such as “ What a shame,” “ Oh! yer mustn’t do that now,” etc. The footman then took to playing With one hand, but unfortunately hit his wicket. The innings closed for 39, the footman scoring 16. Then came the turn of the ladies, whom we began by holding rather cheap, treat­ ing them to some overthrows, wides, and byes. But presently we found that they were making more runs than we expected, for it was difficult to get wicketsunderthe rules of cricket as expounded by the cook. The cop score—8, was made by a laundry- maid from the West Highlands, who had never seen a bat before in her life, and who made her runs without a smile, or moving a muscle of her face; but she carried out the cook’s injunction to get in front of her wickets, and so escaped being bowled. The scullery-maid made 6 not out, having been urged on by her captain, who said, “ If you don’t make some runs, I won’t speak a kind word to you for a week.” But the crack of the ladies’ side was the kitchen-maid, who unfortunately was bowled for a duck. When she returned to the tent the cook said to her-, solemnly, “ Whatever can you expect when you didn’t do as I bid you ? I told you to get in front of you wicket and then you can’t get bowled and they daren't give us out leg before- because they can’t see where your legs are. Now you must take the conse­ quences.” At this point the rain came down and we had to leave the match unfinished, but as the ladies had made 37 runs for seven wickets it was voted a draw in their favour. As my brother and I had to go back to school, we weren’t able to get a return match played. D. 0. M. ELEVEN TATAS v. PARSEE GYM ­ KHANA. This return match was played on December 20 on the Parsee Gymkhana Ground, and the home team in spite of its being strengthened suffered an even heavier defeat than before. Winning the toss, the Tatas by some very even batting took their score to 169 for 8 wickets, when their captain declared the innings closed. The Gymkhana batsmen tried to force the game, as they had some hard hitters amongst their number, but were all out for 101. Going in again they made 48 without losing a wicket, Daver hitting hard for his runs. D. J. Tate was in residence at Cambridge University some few years ago, and was above the average of athletes there. He has played for the Surrey Club and Ground occasionally. E leven tatas . First Innings. A.B.Tata, c Banaji, b P. D a v e r................... 0 B. D. Tata, run out... 43 D. J. Tata (capt.) b Banaji ...................19 P.K.Tata, c D lvecha, b E. Daver ...........21 H. J. Tata b P. Daver G S.K. Tata, c Mehta, b Banaji ...................17 B. D. Tata did not bat P aesee G ymkhana . First Innings. It. J.Tata, c Chothia, b P. Daver ...........16 N. D. Tata, b M elita 18 G. K. Tata, not out... 10 N. B. Tata, not o u t .. 9 Extras ... ...........15 Total.. 109 B. Mehta, c N. D., b B. Tata .................15 S. M. Garda. c B ,b S . T a ta .......................... 2 E. N. Daver, b S. Tata......... g M. P. Chothia (capt.} b B. T a ta ................. 9 K. E. Bflmji, not out 51 P. H. Daver, c and b B. Tata .................. 0 P. M. Dalai, run out 0 H. E. Bam ji, b B. T a ta .......................... 4 D. K. Kharas, b B. T a ta ..........................12 J. S. Banaji, c F., b B. T a ta ]................... 0 P.H. Divecha, st N.D. b B. Tata ........... 0 Total 101 In the Second Innings H. Mehta scored (not out) 12, and E. N. Daver (not out) 36.—Total 48. ELEVEN TATAS v. PARSEE GYM­ KHANA. Played at Bombay, on December 11. E levrn T atas . A.B.Tat»,bP.H.Uaver 13 B. Dos Tata, c H. Bam ji b P.H.Daver 2! D. J. Tata (capt), not out .......................... £8 S.K . Tata, b E. N. Paver .................. 1 N.D.Tata,cGandevia, b E .N . Daver........... 1 F. K. Tata, b Kharaa 10 G. K. Tata, c and b Kharas .................. 0 N.B. Tata, b Kharas R. J. Tata, b P. H. Daver ................... B. Dad Tata, b P. H. Daver ................... R. D. Tata, b P. H. Daver ................... Extras ........... Total ...149 S. B. Garda, b B. Doa Tata ... .................. 3 K. E. Bam jee, b Dos Tata ... ...............11 E. N. Daver, b S. K. T a t a ......................... 5 M. B. Chothia (capt), c 11. D. Tata, b B. Dos T a ta ................. 6 D. D. Dubaeh, c B. Dad Tata, b B. Dos l a t a .......................11 D. K. Kharas, b B. Dos Tata... ... ... 12 P arsee G ymkhana . H. E. Bamjee, c B. Dad Tata, b B.Dos T a ta .......................14 F. H. Daver, c G. K. Tata.b B. Dos Tata 10 J.D. Mahalaxamiwala b B. Dos Tata ... 4 B. M. Gandevia, run out ........................17 J.C.Lalkaka, not out 17 Extras ............ 7 Total ...117 The annual dinner of the Dulwich Cricket Club will take place at tho “ Criterion,” on Saturday next. HONG KONG v. SHANGHAI. One of the eleven who represented Shanghai against Hong Kong in the last fixture in which the late Captain J. Dunn took part, has been good enough to send us a complete score of that match,which was played at Shanghai on October 3 and 4. It has not, as far as we know,appeared in any English paper, and our correspondent has taken the trouble to send us the score in MSS. The match has a sad interest from the fact that most of the Hong Kong eleven lost their lives on their home­ ward journey by the foundering of the P . and O. s.s. “ Bokhara.” The detailed accounts in the Shanghai weekly papers could not be pro­ cured, as owing to the disaster to the steamer every copy is out of print. The score and the Hong Kong bowling follow. S hanghai . First Innings. W . H. Moule, b Low son... 2 A. P. Wood, c Dawson, b L ow son...........................25 Second Innings cD aw 8on,bHum- ford ................... l.b.w., b Don- egan.................. b Mumford b Donegan........... F. J. Abbott, b Lowson ... 10 P. W allace, b Low son ... 4 A. J. H. Moule, c Donegan b L ow son .......................... 10 b Dunn C. S. Bail?, c Jeffkins, b Low son ........................... 0 b Mumford... J. Mann, b L ow son........... 7 ru n ou t........... W . B. Robertson, b Mum­ ford ..................................11 b Mumford... D. W. Craw ford, b Low- son .......................... ... 2 c 78 . 53 , 0 I A. G. H. Carruthers, not out .................................. 30 A. P. Nichol, c Lowson, b Donegan ........................... 2 B 1, l.b. 2 ................... 3 Burnett, Mumford b Mumford...........20 not out B ... ... 12 ... 6 T o t a l................... 112 Total ... 202 H onq K ong . First Innings. Second InniDgs. Dr. Lowson, b B a rff...........10 c Mann, b Carru­ thers ........15 Q. M. Sergt. Jeffkins, b Carruthers ......................13 c Mann, b Carru­ thers ........12 Capt. Dunn, b Carruthers 10 b Carruthers ... 0 Sergt. Donegan, b Canu- t h e r s ................................... 0 b Carruthers ... 2 Lieut. Markham, c Abbott b Barff................................... 0 l.v.w., b Nichol 19 Lieut. Boyle, c Mann, b B a r ff.................................... 5 b Carruthers ... 4 Capt. Dawson, c A. J. H. Moule, b N ichol ............ 7 c Robertson, b Barff................... 2 G. E. Taverner, b Carru­ thers .................................... 7 b Carruthers ... 16 C. Wal’ace, l.b.w., b Carru­ thers .................................... 9 b Carruthera ... 2 J. Burnett,b B a rff.............. 0 not out .............. 0 Sergt. Mumford, not out 0 b Carruthers ... 2 L b ............................ 5 L b 4, nb 1 ... 5 Total ................... 78 Total... 79 B O W LItfd ANALYSIS. S hanghai . First Innings. Second Inning?. O .M .R . W. O. M. R. W . Low son ........... 37 19 66 8 Donegan ........... 21 8 25 1 ......... 12 2 34 2 Mumford ........... 18 11 18 1 ........ 23 5 68 6 Taverner... 2 0 14 0 Jeffkins ... 7 2 22 0 C.W allace 2 1 4 0 Dunn... 11.3 0 45 1 Boyle......... 2 0 9 o B oyle bow led a no ball. G. L. W ilson , the Sussex Amateur, who has bean in Australia, is in England again. A. T. B. D unn , the Old Etonian, was married on the 5th inst. to Miss H. M. Malcolmson, at Cockfosters, near Barnet. G. G tffen and J. J. Lyons put on^80 runs for the first wicket of Norwood, against^Hind' marsh, at the Oval at Adelaide on December, G . A. L ohmann and Maurice Read arrived safely at Cape Town some days ago, in the “ Tartar.” The effect of the voyage, it is said, has already been to proiuce a marked improvement in Lohmann’s health.