Cricket 1897

202 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME, J une 10, 1897. weather was not like that of Tuesday, • n i as things turned out there were big crowds at all the three matches on the all important day. On the other hand the rain sadly spoiled the cricket on the seoond day, and kept very many people away, while there was no play at all on Wedneaday. It is greatly to be hoped that the subscription lists will be large, for each of the professionals is very popular with all classes of ciicketers, Mention has been latest performance in the cricket field waB the best he has done for a long time. He went in first for his club against a total of 393 and in 65 minutes his score was 100, not out. Stumps were then drawn for the day. Tatchell was unable to finish his innings as he had to leave for the intercolonial lawn tennis matoh. T h e n ws of the death at Northwood, Winchester, from typhoid fever, of Mr, School and Bruce Castle. He first played in county cricket for Hertfordshire (where his father had a living) b y residence. He began to play for Hampshire in 1894 and lagt year greatly distinguished himself on several occasions—ending the season with an average of 24'3. One of the best and most plucky innings that he ever played— or could wished to have played—was in the famous Crystal Palace match against the Australians last year, when the H, P. BAILY. F. W . BALSTON. J. B. KINO. G. 8. PATTERSON. CRAWFORD COATKS. L. BIDDLE. A . M. WOOD. THE PHILADELPHIAN TEAM OF 1897. made of the matches several times in Cricket. T h e last ten scores of a boy named Mackay, of Kentucky, near Uralla, New South Wales are— 127, 59, 18, 192 (not out), 0, 105 (not out), 55, 73, 97, and 140. Mackay is seventeen years old. T . Tatchel l , one of the best players in the South Melbourne C.C., is also great at lawn tennis. He was chosen, as in many previous years, to representYictoria against New South Wales at lawn tennis. His H . F. Ward, the young Hampshire amateur, who was so rapidly working his way into the front rank of batsmen, was received by everybody with the greatest surprise and regret. It was known that he was ill, but that was all, and nothing serious was anticipated. It was only on May 22nd that he played an excellent second innings of 39 in an uphill game against Lancashire, after playing finely for 40 in the first innings. M r . W ard was b om at Hammersmith, and educated at Buntingford Grammar Englishmen in their second innings were out for 39. Mr. Ward’s score was only 14 notout, buthe stood up to Jones andplayed Giffen when nobody else could look at them, and, to quote Cricket of May 26 last year, “ Although he had the narrowest escape of having his head smashed b y a rising ball, he continued to play very pretty cricket. He was the only man in the I team who was not tied up by the bowlers.” Mr. Ward, who was a good Association footballer, was only 24 years of age, and his'.loss to Hampshire cricket is incalcu­ lable.