Cricket 1895

S e p t . 1 9 , 1 8 9 5 . CB ICKET: A W EEK LY RECORD OF THE GAME. 4 2 5 hero. It is interesting to note that lie is one of the trio whom The Iris h F ield looks upon as, with pretty equal claims for the distinction of the best all-round cricketer in Ireland. The other two, I may add, are L. H . Gwynn and B. Hamilton. Anyhow, Lambert, according to The I ris h F ield , has a good chance of achieving a double record for Irish cricket of making 2,000 runs and taking 200 wickets. Up to the middle of last week he had scored 1889 runs and taken 191 wickets. T h e victory of the Canadian Eleven over the United States in the recent match at Toronto, would, of course, have been of far greater intrinsic merit had the American team been anything like repre­ sentative. Still, Canada’s success is note­ worthy if only for the fact that it is the first since 1886, when the United States were in a minority of 97 runs at the finish. In another way this year’s match will be specially memorable. It is rarely indeed that the hat trick is recorded in a game of such importance. The credit of a unique performance in this match rested with Canada. The last three wickets in the first innings of theUnitedStatesweretaken by J. M. Laing with successive balls. S in c e their institution in 1892 the contests between Bombay Presidency and the Parsee Cricketers have developed such rapidly-increasing interest that even in the short space of four years the match has reached a popularity unattained hitherto in India by any display of the kind. On the testimony of an old Indian cricketer too the play all round in the last game was worthy of the exceptional interest it evoked. The partnership of J. G. Greig and Captain Poore, which realised 180 runs for the third wicket of the Presidency, I am assured on the authority already named, was productive of some of the very best possible cricket. Greig, of the Royal West Lancashire Regiment, according to my informant the finest bat inlndia,and CaptainPoore,of the Seventh Hussars, who was formerly A.D.C. to Lord Harris, played the bowl­ ing with great care, and got the bowling into a knot never seen before— “ A finer exhibition,” so writes my correspondent, I have 'never seen in this country, and I have seen and played cricket for over twenty-five years iu various parts of India.” T h e New Budget lias gone one better than the other illustrated journals in its treatment of our Grand Old Man. Not so long ago, I mentioned that the G. O. M. had been photographed in over a hundred positions by Mr. Hawkins of Brighton, or rather that the cricket pho­ tographer alone had over a hundred negatives of W . G. And now the New Budget has celebrated the Century of Grace by devoting three pages of its last week’s number to a representation of The Master in a hundred different styles. A hundred runs in the hour with eighteen in the field, would, under any circumstances, be accounted a pretty good performance. But the two young Surrey professionals, Street and Holland, put this quite into the shade by their scoring for the South of England Eleven against Eighteen of Plymouth last week. In thirty-five minutes, indeed, they put on 120 runs, which I think represents about as remarkable a bit of gentle tapping, to use R. T.’s expressive phraseolgy, as has been recorded even this season, memorable as it has been for run getting. The wicket on the Plymouth ground is as many Cricket readers know, as good as they make them. But all the same, this sort of scoring is of the ‘ ‘ blooming hard and blooming often ” character. C r i c k e t readers will be interested, I am sure, to learn that an old Contributor, Mr. Percy Cross Standing, has broken out in a new place, this time as a per­ petrator of verse. His volume, entitled “ Chateaux en Espagne,” just published, has everyone will be glad to learn too, received favourable notice. As the St%r found out, Mr. Standing, though only twenty-four years of age, has employed a peculiarly varied experience. “ It was,” so says “ the S ta r man, he who put into shape the views of the L abor Elector during the dock strike. After assisting largely in the production of C r i c k e t during which time he also acted as Secretary of the Richmond Athletic Association, he went out to the Indo Chinese Peninsula, where he was fortunate enough to witness the Franco-Siamese war from beginning to end. At the present time he is utilising the little leisure he has in the pursuit, of his duties on a Hull newspaper, in the preparation of a volume of literary and political essays, for early publication. L ’ENVO I TO CRICKET. From Sketch. The year is waning to its close ; The blood-red autumn leaves Cover the summer grass beneath The gaunt pavilion eaves. Retiring CricKet yields her place To Football’s rising sway ; Come, umpire, in thy long white coat, And take the stumps away. Triumphant Grace has run his course, Though still to memory dear Lingers the record of his feats And England’s hearty cheer; But the goal-posts are a-painting, And Cricket’ s had her day. So, umpire, in thy long white coat, Come, take the stumps away ! The verging year brings chilly air As Time unfolds his scrolls, Congenial to the duller day The ampler football rolls. The parting umpire waves his hand; He ends where we begin ; Come, craftsman, here are last year’s marks, Deep drive the goal-posts in ! J. W . M. I H A V E great pleasure in giving pub­ licity to the following letter from Capt. J. P. Green, explaining the action taken by the Belmont C.C. in cancelling the arrangement it had made for a tour of English amateurs in the States this fall, rather than that the game should suffer by the presence of two English combina­ tions in America at the same time. No one who knows Captain Green, and the influence he rightly wields in American cricket, could for a moment doubt that his good offices would be used to prevent this double visit, which would certainly have affected the high reputation American cricketers have always enjoyed for upholding the best traditions of the game. Here is what the genial captain says :— In your issue of August 22nd, I note a word of congratulation—in which all true cricketers must share—upon the fact that the recent con­ troversy that had arisen in cricket circles in Philadelphia had been amicably settled, and that as a result only one team of English amateurs would play in the United States this fall. Those of us who are old cricketers felt that the game would be ruined, if the heated and unseemly quarrels that often arise in other athletic sports should be transplanted into this pastime ; and that its chief charm, outside of its test of physical skill and intellectual calibre, lay in its kindly spirit and the genial associations that clustered around it And believing that their preservation lies far be­ yond and above any special club advantage, we cannot regret any concessions that have been made to restore the entente eordiale, and put International cricket matters where our visitors will meet the full strength of Phil­ adelphia, and be cordially welcomed by all the leading clubs. As it has, perhaps happily', fallen to the lot of the Belmont Cricket Club to become the peacemaker in this con­ nection, and yield one of the three matches to be played htre, for the benefit of another organization, it is but fair to that Club tint this fact should be generally known; and while it has no regrets on that score, but on the contrary feels that its action in this respect has been dictated by a spirit of true fealty to the game, we think it should receive the full credit to which it is entitled, for the sacrifice it has made. I should be glad if you would insert this in your paper, as during the negotiations con­ nected with the proposed visit of two teams to Philadelphia, this fall, the attention of many of the leading English amateurs was unavoid­ ably drawn to the differences then existing; and while in these negotiations the utmost care was taken that no personal antagonisms should develop, it will no doubt be pleasant to them to know- that some of us at least are try­ ing to worthily uphold and maintain the spirit and traditions of the game. D U L W IC H C R IC K E T C L U B (12-aside).— P layed on S eptem ber 14. U nder T h ir t y . T . C . S tafford, b Jon es 16 L . P h illips, retired ... 33 E .W . L ig h ton ,c L ock ­ hart. b D a rb y ............. 2 F . E . H u ish , b D arby 7 S. E . H u n tley ,c P . C al- co tt, b C row ther ... 21 W . A . K in g , e P . C al- cott, b C row th er ... 3 E . W h ite, b T regellas 3 F . H u n tley, b L ock h a rt 5 J . B row n , b C row th er 4 C. Joh n son , b B .H ea s- m a n ...................... ... 2 W .E .C la y to n ,b M a y o 27 P . B . L ig h t, n ot ou t... 12 B yes 11 1-b 2, w 1 14 T otal O ver T h ir ty . P . B . C alcott, b H u ish 2 H . D a rb y ,lb w ,b H u ish 12 B . H easm an, b H u ish 3 J . C row ther, b H u ish 0 O . Jon es, c L ig h t, b H u ish ......................13 W . C. L ock h a rt, b H uish ...................... 1 F . J . F in lin son , b S tafford ......................10 M . C alcott, b H uish,.. 4 C . P . T regellas, b Huish ................. 2 E . J . H eastnan, n ot ou t ............................... 23 R . E . M ayo, retired ... :}0 E .H .H ea sm a n ,b W rig h t 0 B yes 1 1 ,1-b 3, n -b 1 15 Total 115