Cricket 1896

1 ?0 CRICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M a y 28 , 1896. A t Singleton (N .S.W .), Adam Mather played against Foster at single wicket, and scored 152 runs. He disposed of Foster for 6 and 0. This must be almost a record. O c t of a total of 278, made b y North Sydney (2) v. University (2) at Sydney on April 4, 84 were extras. On the previous Saturday North Sydney had 46 extras in a total of 260. A t L ord’s, on Tuesday, there was among the crowd a gentleman who seemed to be a Greek. He watched the downfall of the Somerset batsmen with a stolidity which did credit to his ra ce; but when the last wicket fell, he heaved a heavy sigh and said “ Ah.” Then he shrugged his shoulders three times, and walked off the ground. Perhaps he thought it was very odd that so many thousands should pay to see a procession o f batsmen going in and out of the pavilion. I n a one-innings match between the Victoria and N . S. W. Commercial Travellers, J. Trinnick scored 98 runs and took six wickets for nine. Trinnick narrowly escaped being the first batsman to make two hundreds in a match in Australian first-class cricket; for Victoria v. South Australia, in February, 1884, he scored 109 and 89. O n April 8th, Samuel Cosstick, once the best bowler in Australia, died at Maitland, aged sixty. He began to play for Victoria in 1861, and left off in 1876. H is bow ling record reads 2,979 balls, 399 maidens, 763 runs, 78 w ickets; average 9 • 78; with the bat, his average for twenty-five innings was 8’52. In 1865 he was a resident of N .S .W ., and played for that colony against Victoria, taking 8 wickets for 109 runs, and scoring 2 and 21. H e also played against the four first English teams, in ten matches altogether. “ Victoria v. N .S.W . A t the Wickets ” contains the follow in g :— “ Until the Chinese take possession of Australia and make ‘ Fan-tan ’ the national game, the name of Sam Cosstick will be remembered as that of a great player, and a working man who, perhaps, worked harder on the cricket field than any Victorian player who has lived before or since.” Cosstick was a Surrey man, and was b om at Croydon. “ P o o r Somerset,” said a spectator at L ord’s, on Tuesday, “ Poor old Somerset; no luck, and no art.” This is what he said, but if one may judge from his general conversation, he may have meant “ no heart.” T he refusal of Humphreys in the Surrey v. Warwickshire match at Birmingham to reverse his decision after having n o­ balled Lockwood, who had gone through the form of bow ling without “ deliver­ ing ” the ball, has been generally con­ demned. But this seems to be an instance in which the spirit of the law ought rather to be observed than the letter. Already an umpire is supposed to perform the impossible task of watching the bow ler’s feet in case he bowls a no-ball, and, at the same time, watching his arm to see whether he throws. If to this be added the necessity of also watching his hand to see whether the ball has left it, in order that (as the rule directs) he may instantly be able to call no-ball, it would be too ridiculous for anything. If the letter of the law were observed in all cases there would be some curious results. T h e announcement that a marriage has been arranged between Mr. George Kemp, M .P ., of Beechwood, Rochdale, and Lady Beatrice Egerton, third daughter of the Earl and Countess of Ellesmere, will interest a considerable number of Cricket readers. First at Shrewsbury, and later at Cambridge, Mr. Kemp proved himself to be an effective as well as an attractive batsman. He played on a few occasions for Lanca­ shire, but, unfortunately for the county,he practically gave up first-class cricket after he went down from the University. Unless I am mistaken, he represented Cambridge also at lawn tennis. A l t h o u g h it has only two of last year’s team left, the Abbey School, Beckenham, has made a good start this season. In the two matches already played the School Eleven has made 444 runs for thirteen wickets, and got the two opposing sides out for 49 runs between them. In the first match Coombe carried out his bat for 119, and Taff took eight wickets for nineteen runs in ten overs, in the course of which he did the hat trick. In the second match Anderson bowled right through the innings without having a run scored off him, and took six wickets. A . C. M a c la b e n has a younger brother who, from what I can hear, bids fair to uphold the cricket reputation of the family. A correspondent who saw the match speaks highly of the style he showed with the bat for Shirley House School against Abbey School last week. In addition, he was conspicuously active in the field. I t is to be hoped that the “ leetle cheque” which, it was stated in last week’s “ Gossip,” was to accompany the Cup sent b y the cricketers of Montreal as their contribution to W .G .’s testi­ monial is not the mere vision of a heated brain. As a matter of fact the Cup has arrived, but alone. The G.O.M . describes it as very handsome, and naturally appreciates very highly this mark of friendship from cricketers across the sea. M b . G e o r g e R o p e r sends us an account of a match, in which his son was playing, between Eaton Park and Sefton Park (extra X I .) For Sefton Park, F. W . Foster carried his bat right through the innings without scorin g; this must be a very unusual occurrence and most likely it is unique. The total of the innings was 24. W . G .’s innings of 243, not out, against Sussex is his twelfth two-hundred. His number of hundreds has now been brought up to 108. F o r Walham Green against Hounslow Standard, at Hounslow, on Whit Mon­ day, Mr. C. B. Jones in the first innings of Hounslow Standard secured all ten wickets at a cost of 13 runs only, his analysis readin g: 10 overs, 3 maidens, 13 runs, 10 wickets. C. A . Snow in a twelve a side match between London and Westminster Bank and the Three Counties Asylum, took all the eleven wickets of the latter in the first innings. J. S. L o h m a n n ’s record for the Surrey Club and Ground against the London and Westminster Bank will take a lot of beating. Here are his figures :— August 11th, 1892 .. .. 0 August 25th, 1893 .. .. 0 August 28th, 1894 .. .. 0 August 22nd, 1895 .. .. 0 0 May 27th, 1896 .................. 0 Grand total for six completed innings -------. What about the luck of cricket after this ? In face of the sequence of brilliant vic­ tories of the Surrey eleven, the addition of George Lohmann’s bow ling will, to all appearances, come none too soon for them. The famous bowler, who reached England in the Norman last Friday, was to play his first match since his return to England yesterday for the Ockley Club. H e is to reappear in the Surrey team on Monday at the Oval against Somersetshire. O n e of the biggest scores of the season was made b y Warwickshire in their match against Staffordshire. W ith only five wickets down, when the innings was closed, the total was 544. W . G. Quaife made 228 not out. The following are some of the latest hun­ dreds :— C. McGahey, Essex C. & G. v. South W est Ham 145 J. W . Bonnor, South W est Ham y. Essex C. & G. 115 Chatterton, M.C.C. & G. v. Bury & W . Norfolk 108 Davidson, M.C.C. & G. v. Buiy & W . Norfolk ... 142 Haywabd, Surrey v . Gloucestershire ............153* A . E. S toddart , M iddlesex v. Y orkshire ... 100 H . B. H ayman , M iddlesex v . Y orkshire .............152 G. G iffen , A ustralians v . X I. of S outh ............115 J. D arling , A ustralians y . X I. of S outh ... 115 G. H . A . Arlington, Sheffield Park v. Hastings... 154* J. B. Challen, D ’vn Co. Seh’l v. Mr. Fowler’s X I . 174 Sloman, Mr. Fowler’s X I. v. Devon Co. School... 123 E. Briggs, Northants C. & G. v. Kettering............132 G. Soames, Northants C. & G. v. Kettering............122* W . Trask, Leighton and Wiltshire Wanderers.. 145 A . M . Miller, Wiltshire Wanderers v. Leighton 159 T. H . K . Dashwood, Univ. Coll. v. Balliol (Ox.) 107 K . A . Woodward, Univ. College v. Balliol (Ox.) 112 Hayes, Surrey C. & G. v. R.M .C.............................117 A . E. D. Lewis, Panther v. Newhaven ...101* F. P. Francis, Southgate v. Union Bank ... .. 110 E. J. Rodriguez, Emeriti v. St. Charles College... 125* F. J. Nieholls, Hornsey v. Guy’s H ospital... ... 105* D . Ford, Streatham v. Wimbledon .....................107 A . E. S toddart , M iddlesex v . S omerset ............121 B rown , Y orkshire v . M iddlesex .....................203 W . G. G race , G ioucestershire v. S ussex ... 243 E . L . T homas , G loucestershire v . S ussex ... 109 B ean , S ussex v . G loucestershire .....................113 M arlow , S ussex v . G loucestershire ............108 K . S. R anjitsinhji , S ussex v. G loucestershire 114* H . F. W ard , H ampshire v. D erbyshire ... ... 113 •Signifies not out. Several Scores are held over and will appear next week. Scores must reach the Office at the latest by first post on the Tuesday following the match.