Cricket 1896

58 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A pril 9, 1896. "W h e n it is remembered that George Giffen is the only other Australian who has taken the whole of his opponent’s wickets in first-class cricket, the merit of J. Carlton’s performance for Melbourne against South Melbourne, in the middle of February, will be better appreciated. After the long run of heavy scoring in Melbourne just before, it was refreshing to come on a Saturday with the bowlers in evidence. On this occasion South Melbourne were all dismissed for 91, and the whole of their wickets fell to Carlton at a cost of only forty runs. Altogether he bowled only ninety-two balls, and no fewer than seven of the ten wickets were clean b o w l e d . ------ A SCORE of 195 in a total of 234 from the bat pre-supposes one cricket triton among a lot of minnows. This was the record of the South Australian smiter, J. J. Lyons, in a stockbroker’s match at Adelaide on St. Valentine’s Day. The fixture was Stock Exchange of Adelaide v. the Vestibule, the Hall in which general business is transacted between the meetings of the Exchange. Lyons is a member of the Vestibule, and the game really resolved itself into the Stock Exchange v. Lyons. The Vestibule, otherwise J. J., who went in first, mide altogether 242, of these Lyons’ contribu­ tion was 195, and the next highest score was 13. The great hitter made his first hundred in forty-two minutes and his 195 in an hour and twenty-five minutes. This I may add is the highest score he has ever got. Among his hits were thirty-eight fours. T h e following is from the Nilgiri News, an Indian journal to which I have had frequently to refer in this column :— A cricketer, well-known on the Nilgiris a year or two ago, whom I believe we shall soon have the pleasure of welcoming hack, writes to me from Salem as follows: “ A curious thing happened at cricket practice here last "Wednesday evening. I was howling lohs and hit—not the wicket, but a sparrow-hawk that happened to fly across the pitch. Ball and bird came down together in the middle of the pitch. The ball was dead, hut the bird was found to have a broken wing only. It was helpless, andwas killed to put it out of pain. It was in 1847 (according to “ Cricket” by “ W.G.” ) that a swallow was killed by a cricket hall, bat such accidents must be extremely rare, and I think you will he interested in the incident that occurred here.” The above will probably bring to mind an incident of a somewhat similar character duly recorded in Gossip of June 15, 1890. It occurred in the early part of the match between the Second Elevens of Surrey and Yorkshire at the Oval on June 12 to wit. It will be best perhaps to reproduce the details as they were given at the time. Sharpe, who was playing the howling of either Bedford or Foster, in driving a ball past extra cover point, knocked over a sparrow which had been flitting over the ground. Just for a time it was stunned by the hit, a hardish one, which sent the ball to the boundaxy. Under the care of the ground superintendent, S. Apted, who removed it to the pavilion, the little bird quickly recovered. After a time it was set free, and away it flew as chirpy as ever. T h e President of the Yorkshire County Committee has during the week suffered a severe loss by the death of his brother, his honour Thomas Ellison, C mnty Court Judge of the Sheffield, Rotherham and Glossop County Court District. It was only a fortnight ago that the Regis­ trar of the same Court, Mr. W. R, Wake, a personal friend of the late Judge, and in his day a well known cricketer, as I had occasion to mention, died in an equally sudden manner. Judge Ellison was born in 1818, and had held the posi­ tion of Cjimty Court Judge for thirty- three years The deceased was much beloved by all who practised in his Cjurt, and like the other members of his family, universally respected in the Sheffield District. He died in London on Tuesday morning after a very brief illness. L ord H aw k e ’ s team, to judge by the elaborate accounts of the entertainment in the South African papers, must have had a high old time of it on the occasion of their match against Mr. J. W. Logan’s team, on March 6th. The Laird of Maffesfontein, as Mr. Logan is called in South Africa, played a very prominent part in getting Lord Hawke and his merry men out there, though this is only one of many forms in which he has shown his interest in the development of the game. “ The Laird,” as I had occasion to remark at the time, was in England last summer, and it goes without saying, took the opportunity to witness some of the best matches in London. He has a son, who according to rumour, is not unlikely to turn out a good player. T h e uncertainty of the game of cricket could hardly have been more forcibly illustrated than in the relative scoring recorded in the intercolonial matches between South Australia and Victoria and South Australia and New South Wales. In the first at Melbourne, thanks to a long spell of wet weather, thirty-one wickets only realised an aggregate of 417 runs. At Sydney when the mail left New South Wales were wanting 70 to win and at the time thirty-one wickets had also fallen. The conditions were very different, and with the ground in favour of the batsmen instead of the bowlers, the con­ trast was naturally very pronounced. At all events the thirty-one wickets in this case were accountable for a collective total of 1131 or an average of over thirty- six runs. NOTTS COLTS MATCH. Though the opening day’splay presented only one notable feature in the excellent performance of Mr. A. 0. Jones, who carried his bat through the first innings of the eleven, on the whole the Nott’s Colts match, played as usual on the Trent Bridge Ground, on Easter Monday and Tuesday was fairly successful. The game ended, just on time, in favour of the eleven, who won by six wickets, due in great measure to the fine batting of Mr. Jones and Gunn. The weather was delightfully fine, and runs, compared with the first day, came more quickly, the improvement in the rate of progression being due to tha hardened condition of the wickets. Of the Cjlts the pick as all round players are, P. Bagguley (who in the second innings stayed in an hour and a half for 20), Widdowson, Watson, Gunn, Wass, Dench, Mr. Warner, and Horley. Gunn is a nephew of William Gunn, and bats and bowls left arm. Wass has a high delivery, with plenty of pace, and Hawley, who is going out to one of the American clubs, looks like developing into a first-class bowler. The attendance throughout was fairly large, and the keenest interest was taken in the progress of the match. Scores and analysis :— T he XX II. First innings. Second innings. A. Whiffing, b Hardstaffe... 3 st Pike, b Jones... 2 A. E. C. Watson, b Hardy 3 st Pike, b Hard­ staffe ..........10 P. W . Cadman, b Hardy ... 0st Pike, b Hard­ staffe .......... 3 F. Gunn, b Bennett ......... 9 st Pike,b Jones... 9 H. T. Well8,b Hardstaffe... 1 b Jones ......... 0 F. Hawley, b Hardy ......... 1 c Carlin, b Jones 2 W. James, c Hardy, b Hardstaffe....................... 4st Pike,b Jones... 8 W . Whillock, b Bennett ... 0b Hardstaffe ... 10 S. Chambers, c and b Bennett ........................ 1 b Bennett .......... 2 C. R. Odell, b Bennett ... 0 st Pike, b Jones... 0 W. Widdowson, c Pike, b Flowers ........................ 4 b Flowers ..........20 T. Oates, c Jones, b Flowers 4 b Jones................. 1 W . A. Dexter, c Bennett, b Flowers ........................ 0b Bennett ........... 3 P. Bagguley, b Hardstaffe 5 b Jones ..........20 C. E. Dench, b Hardstaffe 4 b Hardstaffe ... 6 H. W. Dexter, c Pike, b Hardstaffe........................ 9 b Bennett ..^ ... 2 F. Gorley, run out ......... 4 c Gunn, b Bennett 7 T. Wass, b Hardstaffe ... 0 cHardy,bBennett 1 W. Robinson, b Hardstaffe 9b Hardstaffe ... 0 T1 Carter, b Hardstaffe ... 8runout ........... 3 W . B. Warner, b Hardstaffe 0b Hardstaffe ...14 W . Marshall, not out.......... 0not out.................. 1 B 8, lb 1 ..........9 B 8, lb 1 ... 9 Total... N otts . First innings. Daft (H. B.), b W ass......... 5 A. O. Jones, not o u t ..........40 Gunn (W.), st James, b Wass ............................... 0 Flowers, c Chambers, b Warner ........................13 J. A. Dixon, c Oates, b Warner ........................ 5 Bagguley (R.), b Gunn ... 3 Carlin, b Dench ................. 0 Pike, b Gunn........................ 1 Hardy, b Gunn ................. 0 Hardstaffe, c Gunn, b Whiffing ........................ 3 A. R. Bennett, b Whiffing 1 Byes................. 3 Total ......... 133 Second innings. b Whillock..........14 c Bagguley, b Dench ..........48 b T. W ells..........30 not out.................20 cDench,b Hawley 13 not out................. 7 Byes. Total.................74 Total (4 wkts) 139 BOWLING ANALYSIS. C olts . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M.R. W. Hardstaffe ... 241 13 28 10 ... 16 9 19 6 Hardy................. 17 11 13 3 ... 5 4 1 0 Flowers ... 13 6 17 3 ... 8 3 21 1 Bennett ......... 12 6 11 4 ... 33*220 44 5 Daft ... 2 2 0 0 Dixon... 5 2 14 0 Jones ... 16 6 23 8 N otts . First Innings. Second Innings O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Wass ....................11 6 10 2 .................. 711 Hawley ........... 8 3 9 0 .................. 7*3 Dench.................. 8 3 7 1 .................. 627 Odell .................. 6 2 6 0 Warner ........... 6 2 10 2 Gunn ................. 6 2 4 3 Chambers ........... 5 0 16 0 Whiffing .......... 4-30 9 2 P, Bagguley... 8 4 13 0 Whillock ... 7 2 10 1 Gorley ........... 7 4 12 0 H. Dexter ... 7 1 15 0 Robinson ... 7 4 9 0 T. A. Wells... 4 0 19 1 Widdowson ... 6 0 24 0 Cadman........... 4 0 5 0