Cricket 1895

418 CRICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. S ept . 19, 1895 the years that I was in America the game made great strides in popularity, and clubs are increasing daily in numoers, and the quality of the cricket is really high.” “ Did you find (I suppose you did), that the College men came up quite ignorant of tne game ?” “ Of course as a coach my main difficulty lay in the fact that cricket is not at pres nt a school game in America, and on joining the College most of the siudant’s were entirely ignorant of the game, and the use of the bat and the ball.” “ How, then, did you get on with them?” “ Most of my coaching was done during the winter in a shed specially constructed for the purpose. This shed is *110 ft. long by 30 ft. broad, with a glass roof well protected with netting, the walls also being protected by can­ vas and nets.” “ W hit sort of a pitch had you in this show r” “ For the wicket we had a clay floor with matting over it, and I can assure you that it played as well as an out-door wicket.” “ Did you play and bowl for the College ?” “ I played in all matches except inter­ collegiate and was usually successful both with bat and ball.” “ Bowling at your great pace, I should think that the post of wicket-keeper to you is not to be eagerly desired?” “ Well, perhaps it is not quite all ‘ bear and skittles,’ but you ought to ask Wniteside, our stumper, about that.” “ I suppose, like Jim Phillips and other men who have played in two countries, you are strongly in favour of touring elevens ? ” Yes, certainly ; my experience in Phila­ delphia during the two visits of Lord Hawke and his team could not fail to convince me of the great good which accrues to the cricket loving colonies by a visit from the home c runtry.” “ And the same theme applies to the return calls ? ” “ Yes, I have every reason to think that visits from the younger countries of really representative teims not only increases the interest in the game in our English centres, but gives a fillip to cricket in the country sending home the teams ” “ A sa bowler, what are your views on the bat and ball discussion ? ” “ Well, it is all a matter of opinion. So far as I know, when bowling I always consider the bat too big, but when batting my opinions are entirely otherwise.” “ Well, there are plenty who agree with you ! ” “ Seriously, however, I think that the bat and the ball are fairly evenly matched, and if on hard, good wickets the bat has the advantage, this is fairly compensated when our variable climate turns out a bowler’s wicket.” “ What do you think have been your best performances with the ball ? ’ ’ “ Perhaps those v. Surrey, Essex, and Notts this year, and Notts last year.” “ Have you ever taken all the wickets in one innings ? ” “ Yes, last season. I took all ten wickets ‘ clean bowled ’ for Uppingham v. The Presi­ dent’s Eleven of Past and Present.” Woodcock’ s merits as a cricketer are not entirely confined to the bowling department, for he is a much improved bat, and has a lot of good strokes of the scoring sort, as is proved by his scores of 33 for Leicestershire against M .C.C., and 36 against Surrey in May of this year. Woodcock is as keen a cricketer as one would wish to see, and when bigger games permit, nothing pleases him so much as to play for his old village club, whilst any youngster who shows promise does not fail to get an encouraging word from this thorough cricketer. He is still a young man, and many years of active work may be looked for from h im ; for, looking at his sturdy pro­ portions, it is difficult to call to mind another player of equal physical development. No wonder that the ball comes from his hand as if shot from a catapult, or that he needs care­ ful play when the ground allows the ball to travel at full speed. At times he seems to frighten even seasoned players, but while so fast, the fairness of his delivery is rarely questioned. Our portrait is from a photo­ graph by J. Wilson and Sons, Leicester. CLAPTON. MARIIIED v. SINGLE,—Played at Clapton on September 14. M arried . J.H. Douglas, b Canby 5 R. R. Bruce, not out 96 F. A. Bishop, b Thoro­ good .................... 2 H. Richardson, c Robinson, b Canby 2 J. H. Milton, c Dod­ son, b Canby........ 3 H. E. Swift, ht wkt, b Canby ............... R. H. Walbancke, b Thorogood ........ 1 S. Meadows, b Canby 0 Dr. I.adeer,bRobinson 0 H. King, run out ... 2 Dr. .Tones, b Canby ... 5 B 19, lb 1 ........20 Total 12 SINGLE. W. W. Thorogood, Bishop .............. 29 J. H. Robinson, b Bishop .............. 18 F. A. Boys,c Douglas, b Bishop.............. 0 S. Genders, c Swift, b Bishop............... 0 A. Dodson, J. A. Attenborough, E. J. Richardson, W. Saward and F. M. Harding did not bat. R. Canby, not out ... 13 W. Cambridge,not out 20 B 2, lb 1, w 1 ... 4 Total (4wkts.) 81 GRANVILLE (Lee) TOURISTS v. REST.-Playad at Lee on September 14. R est . First Innings. Second Innings. A. S. Johnston, b Godfrey... 6 W. S. Pate, b Bull ........ 8 c and bGodfrey 3 L. R. Havers, c Lincoln, b Bull ........................... 9 E. Rymer Jones, c Layman, c Lander, b God- b Godfrey ..................... 6 frey.............. 7 J. Wilson, junr., b Bull ... 1 L. R. Glover, b Godfrey ... 0 not out............. 13 A. Davis, c and b Bull ... 11b Morris .......... 8 J. A. Johnston, not out ... 2 H. W Edwards, b Godfrey 0 c aud bGodfrey 8 T. L. Passmore, b Godfrey 0 c Glover, b Mor­ ris .............. 0 G. Helder, b Bull.............. 2 not out............. 1 Extras ................. 14 Extras............. 6 Total............ 1 C. J. M. Godfrey, b Passmore.............. W. Moms, c Pass- more, b Havers P. P. Lincoln, b Pass- more ..................... Perch, b Passmore ... J. Moore, b Passmore B. F. Gordon, b Pass- more ..................... , 62 Total ... 46 R18TS. H. T. Bull, c Helder, b Passmore ........ 14 F. E. Lander, c Pass- more, b Jounston ... 21 S. Ellis, b Johnston... 29 F. E. Glover, nut out 14 A. R. Layman, c Hel­ der, b Johnston ... 2 Extras.............. 8 Total ...137 BROADWATERv. ROYaL A ilL li .iRY COLLEGE —Played at Godalming on September 14. B roadwater . Capt^E. G. Wynvard, Capt. Bunbury, lbw, b c Gordon, b Wilson 19 W. D. Marshall, c Van Someren, b Gordon 10 J. R. Spyers, b Gordon 46 E.C. Mor<launt,cAmes, b Van Someren ... 9 G. O. Smith, b Wilson 5 A.J.Campbell,runout 1 T. R. Henderson, st Festing, b M;Ewan 34 Van Someren........ Y, J. A. Berners, not out 35 N. F. Fairtlough, c Gordon, b Van Someren .............. 5 M. Marshall, b Van Someren ............... 3 B 13, nb 1 ........14 Total ...198 R oyal M ilitary C ollege . R. O’H. Livesay, c Smith, b Mordaunt 12 R. A. Cassels, st Buu- bury, b M. Marshall 71 W. W. Van Someren, c Campbell, b Mor- dauut ...............20 C. G. Ames, st Bun­ bury, b M. Mirshill 33 K. Wigram, b Mor- dauut.................... 0 F. Wilson, b M. Mar­ shall .................... 4 H. Barstow, b Mor­ daunt .............. 1 R. Gordon, b M. Mar­ shall ..................... 4 J. L. Festing. not out 10 K. Money, bMordaunt 8 J. S. McEwau, c Wyn­ yard, b M. Marshall 1 B 1,1b 5 ........ 6 Total ...170 CR IOK ET IN IN D IA . BOMBAY PRESIDENCY v. PARSEES. Instituted in 1892 by Lord Harris, then Governor of Bombay, and Mr. J. M. Patey, the matches between the Presidency and the Parsees have taken a position among the most interesting events of the Bombay season. More than ordinary interest was attached to the last match played at the beginning of this month, and each day there was a very large and fashionable company, including His Excellency Lord Sandhurst. Spencer won the toss for the Parsees, and naturally took the innings. Mistry and Cagrat put on 64 for the third wicket, but otherwise the display was very moderate, and the whole side were out for 132. The Presidency, in their turn, did not begin too well, for Jardine, the old Oxford captain, was bowled for only five runs. When Reynolds was out for 27, Greig and Poore became partners, and by the end of the day they had raised the score to 161, Greig, not out, 72, Poore, not out, 56. On the following morning the score rose quickly, until after 180 runs had been added for the partnership, Greig was bowled. He had made 94 by perfect cricket, with nothing like a mistake. Poore was still not out with 100 to his credit when the innings was closed, with the total 264 for four wickets. In a minority of 1S2 the Parsees began their second innings with Mody and Machliwala. Mody was caught with the total at 59. but his partner saw five more batsmen go before he was out at 125 for a brilliantly hit 81. The last three wickets only added nine, and ultimately the Presidency won by nine wickets. Sinclair, who is an old Reptonian, took eleven Parsee wickets for 77 runs. Score:— P residency . M. R. Jardine, b Billi- mora..................... 5 H. Reynolds, cGagrat, b Bapsola................. 27 J. G. Greig, b Billi- mora....................... 94 Capt. R. M. Poore, not out ..................... 100 C. C. Luard, b Writer 1 C. G. Carnegy, not out 12 Extras .............. 25 Total (4 wkts) *264 * Innings declared closed. H. E. Browne, B. J. B. Stephens, R. L. Sinclair, H. Anderson, and B. K. Hair didnot bat. Second Innings: Jardine, b Writer, 0; Reynolds (not out), 1; Luard (not out), 4. Total (for one wicket), 5. P arsees . First Innings. D. E. Mody, c Jardine, b Anderson ..................... 4 B. C. Machliwala, st Ste­ phens, b Sinclair ........ 0 K. M. Mistry, c Stephens, b Sinclair .....................50 B. D. Cagrat, b Sinclair ... 40 D. D. Kanga, c Jardine, b Sinclair .....................10 D. C. Daruwalla, b Hair ... 7 N. C. Bapasola, b Sinclair... 0 S. B. Spencer,b Hair........ 0 E. R. Gazdar, c Luard, b Hair ........................... 1 D. N. Writer, c Browne, b Hair .......................... 0 B. M. Billimora, not out ... 8 Extras Total... ... 12 ...132 Second Innings, c Anderson, b Poore ........ 10 c Carnegy, b Sin­ clair .............. 81 c Jardine, b Sin­ clair .............. 3 b Sinclair ........ 0 c Carnegy, b Sin­ clair .............. 0 b Sinclair ........ 24 b Reynolds........ 2 not out.............. 6 b Sinclair........ 0 b Reynolds........ 2 c Hair, b Rey­ nolds.............. 0 Extras........ 7 Total ...135 C RICKET Report Sheets, lOd. per dozen, post free. Orderof Gotng-In Cards, 7d. per dozen,postfree. West’s Pocket Scoring Book, 1/2 each, post free.—To be obtained at the Office of Cricket, 168, Upper Thames Street, London, E.C.