Cricket 1895

274 CRICKET ; A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J u l y 18, 1895. “ 1 buppoise you mean as to their levelness, condition of tuif, &c. Well ! you know we sometimes play upon matting, which is faster than grass. But to get good grass wickets you want the best turf in the first place, and some care for a few y^ears. It is necessary to use a lot of water, and you must have canvas covers to keep the fierce heat of the sun from burning np the grass in the dry season. The grass wants to be covered so that the direct rays of the sun are excluded, and yet light and air shall come to the turf. The covers are therefore stretched some distance above the ground,” “ Coming back to your personal play, what grounds in England do you think suit you best?” “ Fenner’s at Cambridge, Lord’s, and Brighton, in the oider named.” “ A n d w h o do y o u t h in k th e b e st b o w le rs y o u h a v e m e t ? ” “ I can hardly say. Many are very good, but Mold and Richardson amongst fast bowlers seem to me most dangerous, and of slow bowlers I should unhesitatingly say that Peel is foremost.” “ And what are your best scores ? ” “ Do you mean those played on difficult wickets and at a pinch, or the highest? If the former, my 137 against Oxford Univer­ sity and my innings just completed. In each case the wicket had crumbled badly. (There had been, indeed, a spot near the nursery end which Hearne had found, and from which he had frequently beaten batsman, or wicket­ keeper, or both).” “ By the way,” said Ranjitsinhji, “ will you say that my being so often ^escribed as ‘ Mr. Smith ’ in the papers was no doing of mine, it was in the first place a j oke of one of the half-penny evening papers, which professed to find my name too long and difficult to print, and so it got taken up by a number of other papers, but they are getting used to my correct name now.” So saying, the prince bade me a hearty good- day and departed in a hurry to get his bath, but things were in so ticklish a condition for Sussex just then, that I caught a glimpse of a dark-hued face at the Pavilion window just afterward, and a voice called out “ I do hope they’ll get a four,” and looking up, there was Ranjitsinhji, his anxiety quickly turning into triumph as the final rims were obtained, and the victory, due in so great a degree to his efforts, crowTned the day’s fight. It has not been dwelt upon that Ranjitsinhji is an excellent bowler and a most brilliant field, but these facts are well known to all. Nor have his various performances been set forth in detail, for are not these all written in the book of the chronicles of Cricket ? He is good at other sports; rackets, tennis, shooting, etc., all requiring a keen eye and steady nerves, but has been compelled to relinquish football from the effects of a sprained knee. I t m a y b e s a id h e re th a t a ju d g e o f th e g a m e , w h o s e o p in io n m a n y w o u ld b e re a d y to a c k n o w le d g e as o f th e h ig h e s t v a lu e , c o n s id e rs R a n jit s in h ji as a t p re s e n t th e v e r y b e s t a n d m o s t r e lia b le b a t in th e c o u n try . H is p e r fo r ­ m a n ce s f o r S u sse x th is y e a r re a d w o n d e r fu lly w e ll, a n d i t is d o u b tfu l i f a n y b a ts m a n ca n s h o w so e ve n , c o n s is te n t, a n d u s e fu l a se rie s o f in n in g s fo r h is c o u n ty . T h e lis t r u n s th u s : v. M .C .C . an d G rou n d ... 77 not o u t ... 150 v. N otts .............................. 29 ... 27 v. Lan cash ire ................... 85 ... 46 v. Gloucestershire ........... 19 ... 9 v. Som erset ....................... £5 ... 67 v. M id d le s e x ... ............... 22 ... 64 v. O xfo rd U n iv e rs ity ....... 38 ... 1*-7 n o to u t v. K e n t .............................. 20 ... 58 v. Y o rk s h iie ...... .............. 59 ... 74 • v. H am psh ire ................... 83 ... 41 v. M id d le s e x ...................... 110 ... 72 T o ta l fo r 21 in n in g s (tw ice not out), 1260 Average, 66’31. If any ono is to displace from the head of the averages this year, the grand old man of cricket, it is more than likely that the Indian Prince will be the man to accomplish the feat, and the success of no one, if Grace were not first, would be more welcome to the populace than that of “ Ranji,” as he is colloquially, if not irreverently, termed. Indeed, so far asthe spirit of levity entered into the body of the great B. P., that his name has been popularly translated into “ Rum-gin-and-whisky,” thoughhe is credited with Veto views onmore or less substantial grounds, and is, by some, declaredto have been nearly impressedinto ad- dressinga marsmeeting in the Dome during the present election, a proceeding which would certainly be of great advantage to any candi­ date. Nav, further, the cheap tripper has apotheosiscd himunder thetitle of ‘ ‘ Ramsgate Jimmy,” and this U the price that everyone has to pay i.i England for popularity, for Demos is familiar with his gods. But under the familiarity lies a deep respect which widens into affection, and is after all for better than an enforced and empty servility, and His Highness of Navanagar himself doubtless prefers the widespread and sincere enthusiasm which his performances on the greensward have aroused in England to the vasealdom of the hereditary. chieftainship which he will exercise writh absolute authority at home.- Our portrait is from a photograph by R. H. Lord, Market Street, Cambridge. L O N D O N A N D C O U N T Y B A N K v. L O N D O N A N D S O U T H W E S T E R N B A N K .— Played at D u lw ich on J u ly 9 and 10. L ondon a n d S outh W estern B ank C. W ood, b W e lls, ... 11 R . J . B u rlin g to n , c and b W e lls ...........10 T . A . Phipps, b B ish o p 4 W . W oodw ard, b B ish op ................... 0 H . J. H o llan d , c F in - linson, b B ish op ... 4 F . G oodall, b W e lls ... 0 H . Trim m er, b W e lls 7 W . W ay, b W e lls W . B . T< p, b Bishop lbw , b 16 W . S m ith ’ W e lls .................. E . H ig g in s, n ot out... H . H a lle tt, b Bishop B 9, lb 6........... T o ta l ... L ondon and C ounty B a n k . W . B e ll, b B u rlin g to n 15 P . W . G oodchild, b G oodall ............... 0 P . F . A lle n , b G ood all 0 B . M . W aldock, b G ood all ............... 0 G . H . D u nkerton, b G oodall ... ........... 0 J . A . Bienvenu, b G ood all ............... 2 C. R . Trow ell, absent. F . J. F in lin so n , b G oodall .................. W . R . Pattin son , b G oodall .................. P. W e lls, n ot out ... W . B entley, b B u r­ lin g ton .................. B y e s.................. T o ta l ........... T H E W A N D E R E R S v. C A N E H I L L A S Y L U M .— Played a; P u rle y on J u ly 13. W an d erers . A . H . Behrend, b W in le b a n k ... 45 E . H . S. B errid ge, not out E x tra s S. Colm an, b T h om p­ son ..........................yu H . C. P re tty, c Love ­ lock, b S ho ll ........... 9 G . E . B ick n e ll, b S h o ll 19 G . P . Joy, c and b H odges .................. 94 W .E . H obbs, c Thom p­ son, b Craw ford ... 13 W . B raxto n-S m ith , J . H . Yearsley, E . H . Chubb, and R . H . Barnes d id n ot bat. * In n in g s declared closed. C ane H il l A sylum . T o ta l ...*312 D r. Pope, b Chubb ...1 8 J . Lo v e lo ck ,ru n out... H . C. A d a ir-T h o m p - son, c Berridge, b Colm an ................... D r. K id d , b Y earsley W . Hodges, b Colm an 14 C. B . M oggridge, not out ..........................29 Rev. J . C. Craw ford, not out .................. 22 E x t r a s ...................11 T o ta l ...179 H . B . Sholl, J . S m ith , W indebank, and A . N . O ther d id n ot bat. ___________________________ G O L D S M IT H S ’ IN S T IT U T E (2) v. A L L E Y N ’S S C H O O L .— Played a t D u lw ich on J u ly 13. G oldsm ith s ’ I n stitu te . A . W roe, c H udson, b K n o tt ........................... ...4 W . Fa lk n e r, b M a jo r 12 A . J . A dam s, b K n o tt 1 A . H olm es, lbw , b K n o tt.......................... 6 F H epp install,b M a jo r 1 J. A . T . Good, b M ^ jor 0 W . Joanes. c N ig h tin ­ gale, b K n o t t ........... 3 S. G. Cozens, b M a jo r G . T .W h ite , cChivers, b M a jo r .................. W .O .T horpe, b K n o tt A . B ald w in , not out... E x tra s ................... T o ta l .................. A lleyn ’ * N igh tin gale, lbw , B ald w in ................... 8 Roper, b Good ........... 2 K n o tt, st Cozens, b A dam s ...................26 M a jo r, c Thorpe, b A dam s ...................38 Stanton, b H e p p in sta ll 12 T a lly,c Cozens, b W ro e 1 Cham hieff did n ot bat. S chool . B u llo ck.c H epp install, b H olm es .. Chilvers, not out Jefferies, b W roe H ud son n ot out... E x tra s .. 7 23 . 2 . 4 , 12 T o ta l (8 wkts) 135 L O N D O N S C O T T IS H v. S T A N M O R E .— Played at Stanm ore on J u ly 13. L ondon S co ttish . N . C. Fow lie, c and b H e a d in g ...................97 Y . H . 8eyd, b R o y ... 13 H . P rice -W illiam s, b R o y ..........................31 A . H in e, b B a rn e tt ... 3 J .N . M oser, b W rig le y 37 W . Parm enter, b W rig le y ................... 5 P . L Ibbs, b W rig le y 36 B . H um e, b W rig le y 0 C.C. A llo m , b W rig le y 0 P. C h ild , c H arvey, b R o y .......................... 3 J . H . Sharr, not ou t 6 B 13, lb 3, w l ... 17 T o ta l . ..248 S tanm ore . F . B arnett, b M oser 19 G . G rin lin g , b Fo w lie 10 E . N . Pope, b Fo w lie 16 A . Roy, b Fow lie ... 32 O. W rigle y, b P a r­ m enter ................... 4 D r. A lle n , b F o w lie ... 5 E . K . H arvey, c Ibbs, b F o w lie ................... 2 G .W oodm an, b F o w lie 6 S. Lee -S m ith , b P a r­ m enter .................. 2 T . G. B e rw ick, n ot out 3 J. H ea din g, b Fo w lie 0 B 16, lb 6 ... 22 T o ta l ...121 L O N D O N R I F L E B R IG A D E v. C A D B Y H A L L . - Played a t W o rm h o lt F a rm on J u ly 13. L ondon R ifle B r ig a d e . A . C. Bishop, b Fe n n i A .E . H artn e ll, ru n out 0 J . E . Toone, b Ew ens 64 S. C. H ordern , c and b F e n n .......................... 2 F . M . G ill, n ot o u t ... 21 A . J. Peddell, b F e n n 3 E . C. Paddy, C. E . Law rence, and F . E . Tacey did n ot bat. C ad by H a ll . A . E . P h illip s , c M o ir, b Ew en s .................. 21 W . C. Tacey, not o u t 13 B 10, lb 1, w 3 ... 14 T o ta l (6 w kts.) 164 J.Lid ston e , b H ordern F . M o ir, b Toone E . W rig h t, not o u t ... J. Fenn, c Law rence, b Toone ................... C . M ason, st Paddy, b H ordern ................... M . Ew ens, b H ordern A . Lon g, b H ordern... T . E liffe , b Toone ... 0 A . T u rn er, c H a rtn e ll, b H o rd e rn ........... 0 R . W rig h t, c B ishop, b H o rd e rn C. Brace, b Toone B 1 0 , lb 2 T o ta l ... 0 . 0 12 , 33 S H R E W S B U R Y S C H O O L v. O L D S A L O P I A N S .— P laye d on J u ly 8 and 9. O ld S a lo p ia n s . F irs t In n ing s. Second Innings. C. L . A lexan d e r, lbw , b H um phreys ................... 0 cV ernon,b Fin n e y 78 Sprott, b M oser ...................20 c Stubbs, b M oser 6 J . B u rrou gh , c B an n in g , b H um phreys ................... 9 c C. Fin n ey, b K e n r ic k ...........47 H . B ald w in , b H um p hreys 0 Sub.(A .F.Chance, Esq.).c B anning, b K e n r ic k ........... 6 H . A . R a nth m ell, c Foster, b K e n r ic k .......................... 0 c B an n in g,b K e n ­ ric k ................... 0 S. K eysell, c B an n in g, b K e n rick ........................... 5 c an d b C. Fin n ey 2 R . T . Sm ith, c B an n in g, b K e n rick ........................... 0 c M oser, b L lo y d - Jones ...........17 A . A rk le , c M oser, b K e n ­ ric k .................................. 12 lb w , b Stubbs ... 5 G . Chesney, c O ldham , b K e n rick .......................... 6 st Foster, b L lo y d - Jones ........... 2 H . Leggett, b K e n ric k C. G lover, not out E x tra s ................... T o ta l.................. 0 n ot out... 1 c H um phreys, b K e n ric k 7 E x tra s . ... 60 T o ta l S h rew sbu ry S ch ool . C. V . Beresford, c Sprott, b B u rro u g h 25 H .Stubbs, b A le xa n d e r 4 F . H . H um phreys, c K eysell, b A lexan d e r 15 F . U . O ldham , c Sprott b B u rrou g h ..............28 A . Vernon, b Leg g e tt 86 C. K en rick, c A le x a n ­ der, b B u rrou gh ... 22 H . B anning, c Sprott, b H . L e g g e tt...........21 0 1 12 .. 176 G . M oser, b Leggett... 8 C. F in n e y , c R . T . S m ith , b B u rro u g h 11 H . Lloyd -Jon e s, not out ........................... 8 R . L e N eve Foster, b B u rro u g h ... ........... 1 E x t r a s .................10 Totrfl ........239