Cricket 1894

JAN. 25, 1894 CKICKET; A WEEKLY EECORD Of' THE GAME, 13 least, was extraordinarily deadly. H ie eighth made a slight stand, but the total was only 24 when the professor proceeded to the wickets. He was a man of some resource, though his knowledge of the rules was limited. He had, however, to face the attick of the demon, and determined not to b3 beat. The first ball passed perilously near the leg stump, the s cond likewise; on the approach of the third, which he had a shrewd suspicion was straight, he dropped his bat, glance 1 about him wildly, and with lean Ciceronian fingers held the bails on with his hands ! The ball struck the centre of the middle stump, and produced no effect, so tightly had tne professor hold of the bails in his nervous clutch. On appeal he was given “ out,” and we expected to see him retire in due course. Not so our friend. He pro ceeded to prove to the umpire, a grinning Iris-hman, that logically he could not be out, a-i he had cot teen bowled, no bail having fallen off, but the umpire stuck to his guns, and we held, and still ho’ d he was right, for though stiictly speaking no la*v covers the case (for he had not obstructed the field), the umpire is the sole judpe of unfair play, and we made a good maik against this one in our cricket diary. Poor profesEor ! the grass is green over him now ; we hope in other regions lie still argues the point in Ihe spirit, and is still, as of old, unconvinced; but if many professors of logic played cricket, a new set of laws would be required, and our friend the country umpire would certainly be out of place. Either of these three cases were questions for discretion, and would have been not unwc rtby of his brother of first- class m .tcLes, who is not, on the whole, more deserving, or more accurate, despite his experience. Indeed no me re ludicrous case has occurred of recent years than whe n Mr. Foley was given out at Lord’s last summer for “ handling the bail,” a decision so mai i'e?tly absurd that Mr. Murdoch cour­ teously rc called Mr. Foley from the Pavi ion to resume Li-i innings. One last country incident, and we have done. A pentWman who passes a good deal of his t-me in France, once got up a team to play a match agai st an eleven ofFrenchm n in the neighbourhood of Dieppe. Ih e umpire on the side of tbe Gauls was a retired officer of the Police department. Tl.is individual, with whom he struck up a great friendship, was, like most Frenchmen, wildly enthusiastic, and could hardly Le restrained from himself taking part in tbe match, instead of delivering impartial judgment. The last over of the match the ball was hit over a sort of hill into a thickish undergrowth of wood, and could ro t be found. As they were leaving, the police officer besought the gentleman to give him at least “ un petit souvenir de la guerre” in the shape of another ball. None was however foithcoming, so he was appeased, though on’y partially, with a handsome “ pcur boire.” 'Ihe next year our friend was wandering home on his way from Bri tany, and thought to revisit the scene of lest year’s battle. There sure enough was the “ £ous-officier ” diligently engaged in the brushwood. To the question as to whether he had found the ball, he replied, “ Helas, non, mon ami, mais je le cherche toujours ! ” And like many an undiscovered thief of Lis earlier days, that ball is we fancy still at large in the country, and will not be found by that umpire, search be never so wisely. On the whole, it maypafely be said that many less deserving classes exist than the country umpire, and if, as one of their body once remarked, when called up^n to respond to the toast of cricket, what he likes is “ Fairation, Fairation— with just a slight leaning towards his own side,” on the whole they discharge the duties of a difficult position conscientiously and well. C E IC K E T IN I N D I A . TH E PAR SEES v. TH E M ADRA S U N ITED N A T IV E S. The Parsees played a one-day match with the Native United Club, which is the largest native club in Madras, on January 2, and easily defeated them by an innings and 19 runs. H eavy rain fell on Sunday, rendering the wicket soft and treacherous. This accounts for the small scores made on both sides ; the bowlers carrying all before them. M istry’s bowling was a feature of the match. He took eleven wickets for 12 runs, and perform ed the hat trick. Bapasola, the other Parsee bowler, got ten wickets for 24 runs. F or the Natives Rajagopal Chari took seven wickets for 35. N atives . First Innings. Second Innings. Vijiargavalo, st Kanga, b Mintry............................. 0 st Kanga, b Bapasola ... 0 8ubramyulu, c Kanga, b Bapasola ........................ 0 c Raja, b Bapa­ sola .................. 0 Balabristuam, c Raja, b Mistry............................... 3 b Mistry ............. 1 Rajigopal, b M istry.......... 1 b Mistry ............. 2 Jay* ram, c Engineer, b B»pasola ........................ 1 b Bapasola ... 1 Rajamani, c Machlivala, b Bapasola ................ ... 5 c Patell, b Bapa­ sola .................. 6 Se6ha Chari, mn out......... 1 not out ............ 1 Appadorai, b Mistry.......... 0 b Mistry ............. 0 Bajigopal Chari, c En­ gineer, b Bapasola ... 4 b Mistry ............ 0 Pattatiramia, st Kanga, b M istiy............................... 1 b Bapasola ... 2 Bichibatoo, c Uachlivala, b Bapasola........................ 6 b Mistry ............ 0 Bajnvaiu, not out .......... 1 b Mistry ............ 0 Extras ........................ 2 Extra .......... 1 Total Machlivala, c Baja- valu.b Subramyuiu Judge c Subramyuiu. b Rsjagoral Chari Mody, not o u t.......... Reporter, not out ... Exiras................. Tctal ............ , 14 Total ................ ?5 P arse * s Kanga. c Rajagf pal, b Raj«gopai ehari ... 9 Shroff, c Rajavalu, b Rpjag- pal Chari ... 3 R*ja, c Bajigopal LiQ»ri,tSut'rHmyulu 0 Engineer,cRajagopal, b fcajagopai Chari .. 22 Mistry, b Rajagopal Chari........................ 6 Spencer, b Rajigopal Chari....................... 0 Bapasola, c and b Rujagopal Chaii ... 6 Patell did nob bat. PARSEES v. MADRAS CLUB. A good match, begun on December 29, and finished on the following day. The result was a draw. M a d r a s . Ellison,b Machi)iwalal29 Dewing, c Kanga, b B apasola................ 22 Waro, b Mechiliwala 10 McFarlane.bPapasola 8 ..................... ... 5 b ... 1 b First Inninfs. King, b Machiliwala 2 Sewell, not out.........87 Capt. 1 horohill, c and b Machiliwala 2 Boome, c Kanga, b Mody .................13 Extras.................12 Firth, b Mistry ... Hill, c Spence r, Mietry .......... Reynolds, lbw, Total .........£69 Bapasola......... In the Second Innings, Eliison scored c Engineer, b Bapasola 6, Dewing, c Bapasola, b Mibtry 5, Ward, b Bapasola 9, McFarlane, b Bapasola 16, Firih (not out) 13, Reynolds (not out) 9 ; extras 1. Total, 59. P a r se es . Speccer. b Boome ... 0 Kanga, c Dewing, b Boome ................. 2 Machiliwala, bPoome 0 Judge, b Reynolds ... 31 A. Mody, b Boome ... 30 Mibtry, c Ward, b Reyno d s ................. 0 Bapabola, c Bill, b Ellison .......... ... 41 R. Mody, b King ... 49 Engineer, lbw, b King................. ... 18 Patel), c Ellison, b King................. ... 13 raj*, not out ... ... 5 Extras.......... ... 19 Tctal ... ...211 GENTLEMEN v. PLAYERS. BY J. N. PEN TELOW . (Continued from page 483, Vol. X II.) This Lord’s malch in 1857 was a very close and good one. Against the attack of Messrs. V. E. Walder, Marsham, and Alfred Payne the Players were out for one short of two hundred, Ctesor making 46 and George Parr 32. The Gentlemen’s total fell five short of this, Mr. Reginald Hankey hitting brilliantly for 70, and Arthur Haygarth carrying his bat for 53, an invaluably steady innings. The second innings of the Players realised 122 — John Lillywhite heading the score with 36 (not out). The Gentlemen wanted 128 to win, but were all out for 114, of which Mr. E. T. Brake made 53, a very fine effort; and so the Players won by thirteen runs. Willsher’s bowling met with considerable success in this match. At the Oval in 1858, “ Ducky ” Diver of Cambridge, said to have been the best long-stop in England, first appeared for the Players, who won a good game, in which the batting of Mr. C. G. Lane (47 and 18), Mr. V. E. Walker (17 and 51), Wisden (42 and 46) and John Lillywhile (14 and 49, not out) and the bowling of John Jackson were the leading features, by three wickets. Richard Daft re­ presented the Gentlemen in this match, and scored 38 in the second innings. The Gentlemen were ignominiously de­ feated by 285 runs in the Lord’s match. Jackson, Stephenson, and Tinley played sad havoc witli their wickets; and the Players ran up 299 in their sccond innings— “ Ducky ” Diver 65, Wisden 58, Lockyer 34, Bell 33, Parr 25, Grundy 23, and extras 42. There was another good score from the Players at the Oval in 1859, and the amateurs were defeated by an innings and 25 runs. The famous Robert Car­ penter, probably, all things considered, the greatest batsman of the period between George Parr’s decline andW.G.’s manhood, made his bow for the Players, and, going in first, scored an excellent 44. Parr was, however, top scorer with a splendid 73 ; while John Lillywhite made 35, and there were five other double­ figure scorers, tl.e total reaching 278. Though Mr. W . II. Benthall, who had scored well in the University match a week before, made 32 and 7, Mr. A. Rowley, another new man, 47 and 6 (not out), and Mr. J. II. Hale, still another first year man, 6 and SO, the amateurs in general failed against the attack of Jack­ son and George Parr. At Lord’s the Gentlemen again suffered defeat, this time by 169 runs. Thanks to 56 by Jemmy Grundy, and a timely stand for the tenth wicket by Brampton and John Jackson, the pros.’ total reached 226. The Gentlemen scored 164 (P. P. Miller 53), Stephenson and Jackson bowl­ ing well. Then the Players made 167 (H. H . Stephenson 41); and the Gentle­ men failed before Willsher and Jackson and were all out for 60. Mr. Arthur Haygartli, tbe last of the Gentlemen who had played in the days of Mynn and