Cricket 1894

QBICRET s A WEEKLY RECOED OF fHE GAME; JULY 12, 1894 NOTES ON DUTCH CRICKET. By J oh n B. H a tt . The time is drawing near for the visit of the Dutch Eleven to the South of England, and, as cricket in Holland is wrappea in a certain amount of obscurity, it may be well, in the interests of readers of C r ic k e t , to throw a little necessary light on the subject. My notes will be as concise as possible, for, when the season is waxing to its height, editors of cricketing papers grow chary of space. I may begin by stating that several years must yet run before cricket in Holland reaches its majority. Deventer, a place of some importance in the line between Zutphea and Zwolle, claims to be its birthplace. However this may be, the stripling quickly showed signs of a healthy vitality. Clubs were started in most of the leading towns, first and foremost amongst them being the Hague C.C , which, until quite recently, held undoubt d supremacy. At intervals during the last ten or twelve years, a stimulus has been given to the game by the advent of English teams. Lord Sheffield, ever ready to foster the interests of cricket, took an eleven over in 1888. It would be useless to chronicle the doings of the differ­ ent English Elevens, beginning with the Rev. G. F. Warner’s pioneer team in 1881 and ending with the Yorkshire Wanderers in 1893. Suffice it to say that, while in club- matches matters ha\e naturally gone very much in our favour, in the representa’ ive matches against All Holland the results will, I fancy, show in favour of the Dutch. The Dutchmen paid their first visit to England in 1892, when I arranged a series of matches for them—Hull, East Riding, Scarborough, Yorkshire Gentlemen, etc., and, taking into consideration certain adverse conditions, they did fairly well. From personal experience, I can say that they have made very great strides during the last two years, and I feel sure that they will give a good account of themselves in the South. It is a pity that, owing to previous engagements, they will not be able to follow the example of the South Africans (who have also to fall j back upon cocoanut-matting at home), and have a few days’ practice on our wickets before they begin. Cricket affairs in Holland are under the control of a central state-registere d body called the “ Nederlandsche Cricket Bond.” Its committee of management arrange the details of all the matches, and by it an English professional is engaged to go the round of the different clubs affiliated to the Union. There are two competitions— one for first, the other for second-class clu b 3 , running through the whole season. The first-class clubs are the Amstels (Amster­ dam), Rood-en-Wit (Haarlem), The Hague and Hercules (U trecht); the second class, Leyden C.C., Ajax (Leydefi), Excelsior (The Hague), and Yolharding (Amsterdam). Par­ ticulars of some of these competitive matches will be found below. Rotterdam, Schiedam, Delft, and other towns play matches, but do not enter into the competition. Coming to the present season, our neigh­ bours have suffered even more than we have from the weather, and several matcnes have been abandoned without a ball being bowled. The great difficulty in getting grounds con­ tinues. The Hague C.C. ha? lost its little ground, and is driven back to the Maliebaan, the great cavalry drill-ground, while the Amstels C.C. is reduced to practising on a wooden pitch covered with cocoa-nut matting. Most of the matches are being played either at Heemstede, near Haarlem, or at Leyden, where town and gown have joined together in securing a new ground— in both cases, cocoa-nut matting is used. Eyken senr. and Van der Berg are the principal losses. Two new bowlers are much spoken of, Solomon, of Amsterdam, who is, I believe, not uuknown in South African cricket, and Van de Putte, a youngster of sixteen, from Delft, who bowled with extraordinary success in tbe North and South match. I now give some details of the principal matches played so far. Readers must remember that, for obvious reasons, bowling has the upper hand in Holland, and the scores on our Eng'ish turf would be probably twice as large. The Ajax (Leyden) C.C. v. Leyden O.C.— Played at Leyden on April 22nd. Ajax C.C., 79 and 40 (J. de Groot 37 and 18*) ; Leyden C.C., 63 and 38 (C, de Groot 38 and 3).i Leyden C.C. v. The Hague C.C.— Played at Leyden on May 3rd. Leydon C.C., 85 (Wagener 23); The Hague, 200 for four wickets. Two wickets fell for 6, then Feith and Eyken junr. got together and raised the total to 119, of which the latter contributed an extremely cautious 13. Feith, whose style impressed us so favourably last year, hitting out with great vigour, raised his own score to 104 before being bowled. Then Bourlier and Erp Taalman Kip added 69 without further loss. The Hague C.C. v. Hercules (Utrecht) C.C.— Played ab Leyden on May 6th. The Hague, 120 for 6 wickets (Erp Taalman Kip 34*, H. Van den Bosch 18). Rain then came down heavily and the match was abandoned, to be replayed later. Excelsior (The Hague) C.C.v. Leyden C.C.— Played at the Hague on May 6. Leyden C.C., 71 and 79 (Van Gogh, 22) ; Excelsior, 29 and 47. De Lange took six wickets for 17 in tbe first innings of the Excelsior. Amstels (Amsterdam) C.C. v. Rood-en-Wit (Haarlem).—Played at Heemstede on May 13th. Rood-en-Wit C.C., 80 (Hoeffelman 25); Amstels C. C., 116 (Schroder 37, Proost 29). Neither side had its full strength. Rood-en- W it were last year’s champions. For the Amstels Van der Berg had five wickets for 38, Rincker 5 for 23, and, for Rood en-Wit, Po?thuma six for 34. North of Holland v. South of Holland.— Played at Leyden on May 14th (Whit Monday). North, 61 and 81 for seven wickets ; South, 29. The South were without C. de Groot, Eyken, Van den Bosch, and Van Oosterzee, whilst tbe most important absentee on the side of the North was the fast bowler, Tromp de Haas. The outstanding feature of the match was the bowling of Van der Berg for the North, seven wickets for 11, and of Van der Putte for the South, nine wickets altogether for 26. Van der Berg also made the highest score of the day, 22, and his success, on the eve of his departure for the Indies, was very popular. Amstels C.C. v. The Hague C.C.— Played at Hesmstede on May 20th. The Hague, 66 (Bourlier 23); Amstels, 71 (Schroder 23). For the Amstels, Solomon had eight wickets for 24. For the Hague, Taalman Kip six for 23. Rood-en-Wit ^Haar’ em) C.C. v. The Hague C.C.— Played at Heemstede on June 3, The Hague, 11 (of which Bourlier, playing right through the innings, made 7 ); Rood-en-Wit, 240 for nine wickets. Of this total, Post- huma, hitting out in splendid style, made 120 not out, the highest individual innings, I believe, yet made in Holland. He received valuable assistance from Van Manen and Menten. For the Haarlem club Posthuma took four wickets for 4, Tromp de Haas three for 5. In 1891 the Hague second eleven made only 7 (2 runs and 5 byes) against Leyden. Ajax (Leyden) C.C. v. Volharding (Amster­ dam) C C.—Played at Leyden on June 3. Ajax, 43 (J. de Groot 27), and 97 for eight wickets— innings closed— (Jongeneel 49); Volharding, 63, and 79 for five wickets (His- gen, 53*). Hisgen’s hard-hit innings in­ cluded four hits for 6. Hercules (Utrecht) C.C. v. Amstels C C.— Flayed at Hilversum on June 17. Amstel3, 133 (Provost 39, Solomon 24, Van der Linde 19) ; Hercules, 46 and 16. Solomon took eleven wickets for 24, and Sikman seven for 26. The present month will be a busy one in Holland, ag our friends will be hard at work getting into form for their English trip, the most ambitious move they have yet made. Posthuma, Tromp de Haa*, Feith, de Groot senior, Bourlier, Schroder, Sikman, Van der Linde, are certain of their places in the team, while for the other vacancies and as reserve men, the choice will lie between Ej ken junior, Van den Bo; ch, Menten, Van de Putte,Van Oosterzee,and one or two others. Their merits will be fully tested in the remaining competition-matches and in other important fixtures, such as Universities v. Rest, Home v.Colonial-Born,etc., etc., which are down for July. I hope in an early issue to give a description of these matches and of the characteristics of the various prominent players. C R Y S T A L P A L A C E v. H O M E P A R K .— P layed at H om e P ark on July 5. H om e P a r k . P rince C hristian V ictor, b T urner ... 11 R ob . M itchell, b C osens .....................26 L . Ford, b Cosens ... 5 C. M. W ells, lbw, b fle m in g .....................15 A. A . Som m erville, c Cosens, b F lem ing 0 C. H. Allcock, c and b Flem ing ............32 C. M. W oodbridge, n ot ou t .....................20 G . T. M ount, c Bick- nell, b F lem ing ... 7 P .V . Broke, b C osens 1 A. M. G oodh a rt, b Cosens ................ 0 C. P aice, b Cosens ... 8 B 20, lb 2 .............22 Total C rystal P a la c e . .. 147 F irst Innings. S. C olm an, b W e lls ............ 8 E. G. T urner, c Som m er­ ville, b W 'e lls ..................... 7 Capt. F lem ing, c G ood­ h art, b W e lls .....................10 G . E . BicknelJ, b W ells ... 0 J. D ives, b W eils ............ 0 H. Baker, c and b W ells ... 9 F. C. B arch ard, b A llcock 0 J. C. U m ney, c M ou n t, b A U cock ..................... P. Currey, b W ells ... G. Cosens, b W ells ... S econ d Innings, b M itch e ll............10 c M ount, b M it- ch e il............ ... 3 b W ood bridge ... 16 st W ells, b F ord 30 A. W . G ardner-W oolloton, n ot ou t .............................. 2 B 7, nb 3............................. 10 T otal ..................... 61 b W e ’ls ............ 7 c B rooke, b M it­ ch e ll..................... 7 b M itch e ll............19 B 4,1b 2 ... 6 T ota l ... 98 C R Y ST A L P A L A C E v, B IC K L E Y PA R K .- P layed at B ickley Park on July 7. BlCKIiEY G . R . Clarkson, b U m ney .....................24 M. G. N elson, c M it­ chell, b U m ney ... 36 H. E . B ouch, c M it­ chell, b N elson ... 30 T. P. H ilder, c W ool- loton , b U m ney ... 1 G. C. Booeey, noc o u tll3 C. V . D. D avy, b U m ney ..................... 3 P ark , C. T . B oosey, c F lem ­ ing, b U m ney ... 1 E . F ish er,c Cipriani, b F lem ing ............63 E . M .Baker, b F lem ­ ing ............................. 0 W . J. L ivingstone, b M itch ell ............19 E . R . B ouch, lbw , b U m ney .................... 5 B 14, lb 7,nb 2 ... S3 C r yst a l P alace . T otal .. 318 A . W . G. W oolloton, c T . P. H ilder, b H. B ou ch ............................. 4 Capt.Flem ing, b D avy 1 A. J. L . P ayn e,c H . E. B ouch ..................... 1 C. M itchell, c Fisher, b H .E . B ou ch ...........39 F . H. N elson, b D *vy 12 F. D. P aw le, n ot out 18 D r. W .F .U m ney, lbw , b Davy ..................... 4 A. B . C ipriani, c and b D avy ..................... H . B aker, c and b H. E . B o u c h ............ F . B ellam y, lbw , b D avy ..................... A. S olom an, b H. E. B o u c h , ..................... B 3, lb 4 ............ T otal 96 T h re e D ozen O r d e r of G oin g - in C ards w ith latest im provem ents, together w ith W ooden Case for hanging up in P avilion or tent, sent on receip t o f 2/9 by th e M anager o f th is Paper, 41 St. A ndrew ’s H ill, D ootors’ C om m on s, E .C .