Cricket 1897

10 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J an . 28, 1897. the noticeable improvement in Jones’s all-round cricket: “ ‘ He has improved,’ ” says Darling, “ ‘ as a bowler and as a batsman too. Mark me, if the crowd will only leave him alone he will make a lot of runs in Australia. Bowling as fast as ever he keeps a better length, and to my mind was the most useful bowler we had.’ ” “ Any suspicion of throwing?” “ 1Not a bit. The English papers wrote a lot of nonsense about him. Harry Trott was a grand captain, and his 143 at Lord’s was a splendid innings.’ ” ‘ ‘ They say you did not hit as much as was expected.” “ ‘ No. The wickets were too tricky. It was right enough when the lefthanders were bowling to me, but it was too risky with the righthanders breaking from my leg side. You could never be sure how much or how little the ball was going to do. Still, I have learnt a lot. One sees cricket iu so many phases in England, and there is always some­ thing to learn.’ ” D arling ’ s opinions of some of the English cricketers who have been mentioned as likely to accompany Mr. Stoddart to Australia next winter, will be read with interest on this side as w ell: “ ‘ Well, Kar.jv is a wonder. Syd. Gregor)- is clever at getting the ball round to leg, but Kanjy is just about as clever again. It is marvellous how he does it. And his off- play is perfect; in fact, it is a treat to watch him placing the ball as it suits him between mid-off and cover, cover and point, or point and third man. I don’t know how we are going to get him out on our fast true wickets. Palairet and Jackson are both fine batsmen who should score here, and Mason is a good all-round player. I don’t fancy Jack Hearne’s bowling will be very deadly, al­ though he will keep down the runs ; but Tom Richardson is sure to be as difficult as ever to play. There will be a lot of runs made in the next season’s test matches.’ ” A n Irish cricketer of, in bis day, many parts, passed away since the old year went out. The Hones have played a very prominent part in the development of the game in Ireland during the last quarter of a century and even more. Of a capable brotherhood, Leland was certainly not the least capable as an all­ round player. As a wicket-keeper he was above the average, as his selection by Lord Harris to fill that important position with the team he took to Australia in 1878-1879 will show. He was in addition a good bat as his brothers were. But he was a good all-round sportsman in the highest sense. The committee of the Ploenix C.C., of which he had been for many years a member, only paid him a fitting tribute in placing on record their high value of his services to the club. D r . E. B akrett , the stonewaller of the seventh Australian team, is just as difficult to get out as ever, to judge by the scores attached to his name already duringthecurrent Australian season. Last month, in quick succession, he made two hundreds, 158 not but for the Melbourne Club against the University, and 105 for ll.iwtl.t.rn'ng .inst Brighton. T he opportunity for an exceptional performance with the bat comes so rarely at the end of an innings that it is quite refreshing to be able to record something out of the common to the last batsman on a side. F. W. Ninham occupied this position in a match for Mount Barker against the Meadows in South Australia early last month. He rose to the occasion most worthily. The tenth wicket added 140, of which Ninham’s score was 104 not out. As he did not go in till 5-25, and stumps were drawn at 6 o’clock, he must have scored at the rate of three runs a minute ! The ground, it may be added, was of a goodish size. His figures, which included two fives, fifteen fours, con­ tained a number of singles, so that he could not have let off many balls without scoring. L ast Friday a complimentary dinner was given by the Notts County C.C. to Mr. H. Turner, who has worked for 25 years on behalf of the club. I t is feared that the Park Avenue cricket ground at Bradford may be lost to Yorkshire cricket. The committee have urgently appealed for funds to enable them to retain the ground. The following are some of the latest hundreds:— Nov. 14. J. Giller, South Melbourne v. North Melbourne .......................................... 107 Nov. 14. H. Stuckey, East Melbourne v. Mel­ bourne ................................................. 143* Nov. 9. C. McLeod, Melbourne v. East Mel­ bourne .................................................. 124 Nov. 14. Warne, Carlton v. St. Kilda (Mel­ bourne) ......................... ................... 128* Nov. 21. Dr. E. A. Barratt, Hawthorn v. Brighton (Melbourne) .................. 105 Nov. 21. L. H. McLeod, Wellington v. Break o’ Day (Tasmania) .......................... 145 Nov. 21. J. Savigny, Launceston v. Cornwall (Tasm ania).......................................... 132* Nov. 21. N. F. White, University y. South S yd n ey................................................. 101 Nov. 28. A. Coningham, Glebe v. N’th. Sydney 174 Nov. 28. A. C. Mackenzie, Paddington v. University (Sydney).......................... 105 Nov. 28. C. Evans, Glebe v. North Sydney ... 101 Dec. 5. C. McAllen, Derwent v. Break o’ Day (Tasmania).................................. 103 Dec. 5. C. W . Butler, Break o’ Day v. Der­ went .......................................... 120 Dec. 10. G. Giffen, Australians v. Fifteen of Tasmania .......................................... 104 Dec. 12. E. H. Leak, Port Austral v. South Adelaide .......................................... 125* T. Walton, Huonville v. Port Cygnet.................. 188* H. Lusk, United v. North Shere^(Auckland) ... 116 L. Pitt, Kirribilli v. Standard .......................... 125 V. Thompson, East Melbourne v. Richmond ... 228* S. McMichael, East Melbourne v. Richmond ... 211 C. Holland, W illoughby v. 8t. Peters A ............. 112* C. Watts, 8t. Peters A v. Willoughby .......... 137 T. Howard, S.G.S. v. St. Ignatius .................. 114* J. H. Rose, Bushies v. Boggabri.......................... 103* Tompkins, Bowdens v. South Suburbans (Adelaide) ......................................... 150 Minnes, Bowdens v. South Suburbans (Adelaide) ......................................... 108 E. Leak, for P. Australs v. South Adelaides ... 125* E. Kayser, for North Sydney IT. v. St. George 109* G. Giffen, Australian X I. v. Tasmania ........... 104 •Signifies not out. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. F e a t s , n o t F a c t s . —You have omitted to sign your name. CU R IO S IT IE S OF 1896. The following will supplement the list which appeared in Cricket of December 31st last. JUNE. 7. Alameda, California. D. Hearfield carried his hat through innings for California, scoring 92. 27. New York. Crescent Athletic (one short) were dismissed by New Jersey Athletic for four runs. JULY. 11. Antigua v. St. Thomas. Antigua scored one run. 17. Brooklyn (U.S.A.). J. B. King, of Belmont, clean bowled all the wickets of Manhattan for 28 runs. A. C. Copeland carried his hat through Manhattan’s innings for 22, out of a total of 52. 18. Philadelphia. L. Mallinckrodt carried his bat through Baltimore’s innings against Belfield for 55, out of a total of 77. ^ 19. California. H. Richardson scored 200 not out in a total of 343 for Pacific v. California. The highest individual score in California. AUGUST. 1. Philadelphia. G. B. Warder and C. S. Newhall put on 208 for first wicket of Germantown v. Spaten Island. 22. New York. J. Forbes carried his bat through New Jersey Athletic’s innings v. Manhattan, scoring 42. 29. Chicago. Bateman, for St. George's, took five wickets of Cicero with con­ secutive balls. SEPTEMBER. 5. Boston (U.S.A.). Devlin carried his bat through Boston’ s innings v. Rock­ land for 25 out of 62. 12. Philadelphia. W. W. Noble and G. S. Patterson scored 111 for first wicket of Germantown v. Philadelphia. 19. Chicago. G. F. Yates, for Oak Park, took five wickets of Douglas Park with consecutive halls. DECEMBER. —. Donald (Victoria). C. Arkins, for Clericals v. Trades, took all ten wickets for 36 runs. 12. Melbourne, v. Thompson (228) and S. M. Michael (211) put on 315 runs while together for Hiast Melbourne v. Richmond. OBITUATIY. In his fiftieth year, Henry Draper, a cricketer who represented Kent oc­ casionally between 1870 and 1880, died recently at Bromley, Kent. He was born at Penshurst on February 12, 1847. He bowled fast round and batted well. Formerly he was a cricket ball maker with Messrs. Duke and Sons, while of late years he was known as a good umpire, and was for several seasons nominated by Kent as umpire in first- class matches. He was also for some time engaged as coach at Tonbridge 8chool. N E X T ISSUE, THUR SDAY , F E B RU A R Y 25.