Cricket 1897

170 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. May 27 , 1897. could foretell where the ball was going from the way in which Martin shaped at it must have an amount of intuition far greater than that possessed by most cricketers. But somehow or other the ball goes towards the boundary, and generally pretty fast. T h e list of big scores made thus early in the season by men who have beaten their record in first-classcricketwith them is as follows:— May 12,P. F.Warner, 108not out, M.C.C. v. Yorkshire „ 10and 11 , N. F. Druce, 227not out, Cambridgev. Mr. Thornton’sXI. „ 11 and 12, J. A. Dixon, 268 not out, Notts v. Surrey. „ 13, K. S. Ranjitsinhji, 260, Sussexv. M.C.C. „ 13and 14, Abel, 250, Surrey v. Warwickshire. ,, 20, Storer, 160not out, M.C.C. v. Kent. ,, 21, H. C. Stewart, 142, Kent v. M.C.C. I t is announced that Mr. Stoddart has definitely arranged to take out a team to Australia on Friday, Sept. 17. The members of the team will be the guests of the Melbourne C.C. and the Sydney cricket ground trustees. W h a t have the Surrey people been doing to “ The Shadow” ? Someone must have been getting up against him to judge by the following paragraph:— T U R K E Y AND GREECE. The “ Neue Preie Presse” (Vienna) to-day says it is not believed that the Ottoman Government will persist in its demand for the restoration of the old Oval— Surrey, 70 for 4. To show there is no deception, I may add the above is reproduced verbatim et literatim from the Globe of Thursday last. How was the aggregate of the Surrey v. Sussex match last week for a record at the Oval? In any case, 1,207 runs were scored on Thursday and two following days for 35 wickets. The best perform­ ance of the kind that I can recall at the moment is:— 1,160for 30wickets. Gentlemen of Surrey y. Gentle­ men of Philadelphia, July 20,1889. U n d e r any circumstances the high scoring at the Oval, so far in Surrey matches, represents a performance quite out of the common, considering that the conditions have not been of the most genial for cricket. The result of the four matches in which Surrey figured, to the end of last week, is as follows : | 197 + 78: 275 ) _ 560 560 j — Leicestershire ... . Surrey ................... Essex ............... 316 + 244 (8wkts): 560 \ _ 1ftno Surrey ............... 199+ 269 (7 wkts): 468 J~ Warwickshire .............. 153 + 227: 880 J _ qfi2 Surrey ..................... ... 602 : 602 J Sussex ........................... 232 -f 232: 464 i 12 a 7 Surrey ............... 295 + 448 (5wkts) : 743 j ~ This gives an aggregate of 4,052 runs for 130 wickets. Prom Queensland comes the news that Mr. Stoddart’s Australian team has been finally selected— in other words, it occurs to Queensland critics that the following would make a good team:— Stoddart, Ranjitsinhji, Jackson, Lilley, Richardson, Hayward, Peel, MacLaren,Storer, Hearne, and Ward. O f a total of 184 made in a first-team match at Adelaide no less than 56 were byes. Jones was bowling, and the various wicket-keepers who tried their hands could not take him. C. T. B. T u rn e r, now settled at Bris­ bane, has been coaching the Queensland team for the Inter-Colonial match against New South Wales. It is suggested that Turner’s services should be retained as coach. T h e pennant match between North Melbourne and Fitzroy, which was to have taken place on April 10, was not begun owing to the fact that somebody had forgotten to bring a new ball. There were two old balls, said to be quite fit for use, on the ground, but Fitzroy refused to play with them, and claimed the match. Such is life— in Australia. T h e first match entered upon by Giffen’s Australian team was played on a matting wicket, with a blanket under­ neath. T h e f o l lo w i n g a r e s o m e o f t h e la t e s t h u n d r e d s :— M ay 20—B aker , L ancashire v . H ampshire ... 140 M ay 20— S to re r, M .C.C. v. K e n t ................... 160 M ay 21 —H . C. S te w a rt, K e n t v. M .C.C. ... 142 M ay 21—B rockwell , S urrey v . S ussex .......... 131 M ay 21—A bel , S urrey v . S ussex ................... 144 M ay 24—P eel , Y orkshire v . L eicestershire .. 115 M ay 24—B aker , L ancashire v . N otts .......... 153 M ay 24—A . E ccles , O xford v . M r . W ebbe ’ s X I ................................................................. 102 M ay 24—W . L . M urdoch , S ussex y. C ambridge U n iversity ............................................. 105 M ay 24—G. B rann , S ussex v . C ambridge U n iversity ........................... . ........... 1-26 M ay 24—B agshaw ', D erbyshire v . S urrey ... 114* M ay 19—A . M . Miller, W ilts Wanderers v. Mr. Laverton’s X I ......................................... 109* M ay 21 -Shrew sbury, Notts v. Northam pton­ shire ..................................................... 168* M ay 21 —D aft, N otts v. Northamptonshire ... 103* M ay 18—C. E . W ilson, Uppingham School v. S. Christopherson’s X I....................... 130 M ay 19—D . S. Darvell, Tonbridge School, Masters v. Boys ... ........................... 116 M ay 24—M ajor Spens, United Service v. Ham p­ shire Rovers ............................. .......... i n M ay 22—Capt. Spurway, W oolw ich Garrison y. Incogniti ............................................ 112 M ay 22 —D r. Rotherham , Cane H ill Asylum v. W anderers ............................................. 107 M ay 11 —J. Gifford, Em eriti y. St. Edm unds C olleg e..................................................... 120 * M ay 20—J. Gifford, Em eriti v. St. Charles C o lle g e ..................................................... 157 M ay 22—H . B. Hubbard, W hitgift W anderers v. Crystal Palace ... ................... 100 M ay 19—A . E. Stoddart, Hampstead v. Stoics 105 M ay 19—W . Danby, Ham pstead v. Stoics ... 101 * A pril 10—H arry, East M elbourne v. South M el­ bourne ..................................................... 150 * Signifies not out. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. H. L. Estrange Ewen. The score of Charl­ ton v. Melbourne University (922) was in Cricket of March 26, 1896. It can be obtained at the office. H ampstead P ostmark . We cannot take notice of anonymous postcards, even if we can decipher them. W . S. B lacker . Your letter has been forwarded to Mr. Foley. E. T emple . Will try to let you know next week. T. V. B arney .—Thanks very much. You are quite right. MITCHAM v. LLOYD’S REGISTER.— Played at Mitcham onMay 22. M it c h a m . T. Patching, b Carey 40 R. M. Freeman, Wood ........ F. Henty, bWood A. R. Harwood, Martin, b Wood W. Russell, lbw, Wood ........ E. Nash, b Wood F. Adamsjbw,bWood G. W. Harwood, not out .....................i B. Burgess, b Carey... W. Level, b Carey ... G. Hudson, b Wood Extras............... Total ........ 1 5 L lo yd ’ s R e g is t e r . C .F. Redman, lbw, b E. Carey, b Level ... 6 C. H. Bradshaw, c G. Harwood, bHudson 9 A. K. Dyer, b Henty 17 J. A. Flower, not out 2 Extras...............10 Total (8wkts) 85 Level ....... ........ 25 S. A. Hill, b Hudson 1 J. R. Boxall,c G. Har­ wood, b Patching ... 12 P. L.Warlow, bPatch­ ing .................... 0 F. B. Wood, c Adams, b Hudson . A. S. Martin andM. F. Alexander did not bat. SOUTHGATE v. ST. MARY’S HOSPITAL.— Played at Southgate on May 22. S o u t h g a t e . E. P. Sugden, b Page R. F. Grose, c Cox, b Wingate.............. L. D. Smith, c Win­ gate, b Page ........ A. L. Kemp, c Gonin, b Scrimshire 47 H. B. Ford, b Scrim- B. T. Banker, b Cruise 9 G. B. Adams, b Cruise 2 B 7, lb 1, w 1... 9 Total ...*161 S. W. Scott, not out... 79 F. C. Barry, W. T. Ricketts, and H. Chatterton did not bat. S t . M a r y ’ s H o s p it a l . B.B. Cruise,b Chatter­ ton .............. ... 19 A.B.Hobbs.b Ricketts 0 P. J. Scrimshire, b Ricketts ............... 0 H. M. Brown, b Ricketts .............. 6 H. Walton, c Ford, b .Total Ricketts .............. 15 W. A. Cox, W. S. Page, and B. F. Wingate did not bat. * Innings declared closed. W. F. H. Vaughan, notout ...............19 Hon.B. B.Wilbraham, cChatterton,bRicketts 0 B. W. Gonin, not out 6 B 19, lb 1 ...20 . ... 85 LONDON AND COUNTY BANK v. UNION BANK.—Played at Dulwich onMay 20and 21. U n io n B a n k . S.H.Anson,bRobinson 19 H. M. Whaite, c Jack­ son, b Ingram........ 21 S. J. Christison, c Cumings, b Ingram 0 W. Simon, cand b H. L. Hearsum ........ 28 N. H. Hughes, b Robinsan.............. 3 G. Simon, c Silver, b Hearsum...............23 S. Thacker, not out... J. C. Robertson, re­ tired ..................... F. Spelman, c Bien- venu, b Hearsum... S. Pearson,bHearsum J. Small, candbBien- venu..................... B 3, lb 2........ Total........ 114 L ondon a n d C o u n ty B a n k , C. R. Trowel, run out 8 H. E. W. Ingram, b Christison ........ 0 A. A.Yeoman, not out 2 Byes............... 6 J. Hearsum, b Christi­ son .................... 20 H.L.Hearsum,bAnson 13 A. Jackson, b Anson.. 5 E. F. Robinson, b Anson .............. 1 J.A.Bienvenu,bAnson 6 Total..........87 F. G. Cumings,notout 26 A. Silver and P. F. Allen did not bat. HAMPSTEAD v. CHRIST’S COLLEGE, FINCH­ LEY.—Played at Finchley onMay 22. H a m pst ea d . R. Leigh-Ibbs, run out 17 A. L. Gray, c Rowden, b Marsh ...............26 D. J. Drake, not out.. 5 Byes ...............15 R. Matthews,bFore... 22 G. Gwyther, b Marsh 38 H. Whinney, c Med­ way, b Marsh........ 17 J. C. Toller, st Davies, b Fennell.............. 13 A. Reid, c Rowden, b Total ... *203 Fore.................... 50 J. Dickson,J. Ash and F. Geoghegan did not bat. *Innings declaredclosed. C h r is t ’ s C o l l e g e . J. F. Marsh, not out... 82 T. T. Phillipson,bAsh 0 O. H. Davies, c and b Ash .................... 38 L. H. Fennell, c Ash, bDixon .............. 2 G. F. Rowden,cLeigh- Ibbs, b Reid ........ 4 S. W. Fore, not out... 0 Byes ............... 7 Total ...133 H. D. Smith, J. H. Archer, A. Medway,F. Ashdown ajid P. T. Currie did not bat.