Cricket 1897

318 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OE THE GAME. J uly 29, 1897. caught by Mr. Jackson, retired from his w icket. Mr. Jackson, however, called him back, stating that it was not a fair catch. The umpire, acting entirely from what Mr. Jackson said about tbe catch, gave Mr. Jones “ not out.” Despite the unfavourable weather, the Diamond Jubilee match between the Clapton O.C. and Islington Albion C.O. was a great success. After the match the tw o clubs had supper in the Clanton pavilion, and a very enjoyable smoking concert followed. Amongst the visitors were Mr. F. G . Harding, who played for the Albion 54 years ago, and Mr. J. T. Gardner (a member of the Clapton C.C.), who played against them 39 years since — the second season that the clubs met. r The first match of the Canterbury week, which begins on Monday next, Bank Holiday, will be against Lanca­ shire, as last year, while Yorkshire will take the place of the Australians as the attraction for the second match. As Kent will be able to put strong teams in the field, the play ought to be of more than ordinary interest. Amateur thea­ tricals b y the Old Stagers will, as usual, afford entertainment for the evenings. Bands of the Cavalry Dep6t and of the East Surrey Regiment will play during the week. Cheap return tickets w ill be issued during the Canterbury Week b y the London Chatham and Dover Railway, b y the express at 10.5 a.m. from Victoria and 10 a.m. from Holborn, while on Bank Holiday there will be a remarkably cheap excursion from the above stations at 7.20 a.m., the third class fare being only 5s. return. A t the same fare the South Eastern Railway runs an excursion train at 7 a.m. from Charing Cross, call­ in g at Cannon Street, London Bridge, and New Cross. For Norfolk, Shore took all ten wickets against Durham on Monday for 50 runs. Unless I am mistaken Shore took a lot of wickets against the Australians some years ago at Liverpool. H e was tried for Notts, but was dropped. M r . Jackson is the latest addition to the scorers of a thousand runs this season. H e has been preceded b y Abel, K . S. Ranjitsinhji, J. T. Brown, Wainwright, Baker, Mr. Brann and Hayward. W h a t e v e r luck may be in store for them during the rest of the season, the Surrey Second Eleven are going very strongly just at the moment. In each of their last three matches they have scored an innings of over four hundred—of itself substantial proof of the excellence of the wickets at the Oval this year. Their aggregate for these three matches, too, shows no less than 1,303 runs for twenty-four wickets, which gives an average of over fifty-four runs a wicket. Here are the figures: — July 12—Oval, v. Wiltshire .. 411 38 (no wkt.) 449 July 15—Oval, v. Northants... 451 — .......... 451 July 26—Oval, v. H erts.......... 403 (4w. inns, d.) 403 Total ... 1.303 W h ile on the subject of this week’s match at the Oval, referred to supra, the thought occurs that Titchmarsh has had particularly good reason to appreciate the batting strength of Surrey’s second eleven just of late. Last year he bowled twenty overs for Hertfordshire, at a cost of sixty-two runs, without taking a wicket. Nor had he any reason to complain that the Hertfordshire captain did not give him a good trial at the Oval this week. On the contrary, he was not changed until 203 runs had been scored. And his one wicket was got at an expense of 99 runs. R e fe r r in g to the testimonial in pro­ gress to Mr. W. South Norton, of which mention was made in last week’s Cricket, it is satisfactory to find that Mr. G. M. Kelson’s energy has already been at­ tended with success. Lord Harris, Sir W . Hart Dyke, Viscount Oxenbridge, G.M ., H . A. Richardson and G. M. Kel­ son have each contributed five pounds ; P. H . Norman £ 3 ; V. E. Walker £2 2s; Capt. McCaules, J. C. Haslam, E. Case, H . Mackeson, General Denne, Rev. H. B. Biron, Rev. C. Randolph, W . H. Wathen, Capt. Lambert, D. R . Onslow and W . Burrup, each a guinea; Lord Hawke, and Rev. C. D. Marsham £1. F or the benefit of the uninitiated it may be added that Mr. Norton began to play for Kent in the forties and was chiefly instrumental in promoting the present club, which was constituted in 1859. Cheques to the “ Norton Fund ” can be paid in to the National Provincial Bank of Eogland, 291b, Oxford Street, or drawn in favour of Messrs. Kelson and Biron and sent to Mr. G. M. Kelson, Y ork House, Edinborough Terrace, Ken­ sington Palace, S.W . I f it be true, as rumour has it, that Lord Harris has been commissioned by H er Majesty to attend on the K ing of Siam during that monarch’s visit to England, there is a likelihood that he will not be able to give much, if any, time to the cricket or various other functions of the Canterbury week. Kent cricketers, as w ell as their supporters, will, it goes without saying, be greatly disappointed should the Canterbury week be deprived of Lord Harris’s presence and influence, even in the smallest degree. M r . H arry M usgrove , who managed the last tour of Australian cricketers so successfully, is in London if rumour is correct. He is over here with the Aus­ tralian baseball team, who have been recently starring in the United States. The baseballers, who are returning home by way of England, arranged only one fixture for London, and that was at the Crystal Palace yesterday. LORD H awke was presented on Tues­ day, at Leeds, with the testimonial which had been subscribed by Yorkshire cricketers, to shew their appreciation of his services to the county as captain of the team for 15 years. The presentation took the form of a service of plate and a portrait in oils of the Yorkshire captain. A C ontrast ;— Abel, the best hat in the Surrey team, has made 0 and 0, 5, and i in his last four innings. Holland, left out of the team until the last four matches, has made 70 and not out 0, 25 and 2, 0 and 93. M r . A. G. S teel still plays cricket oc­ casionally, and still makes runs. Recently for Liverpool in the annual match against Shrewsbury School, he made not out 56, but in bow ling he is not successful. His brother, H .B ., made 102 in the same match. Lord Harris, a contemporary of Mr. Steel, has made a lot of runs this season, and not long ago scored 100 for Eton Ramblers against Silwood Park. F o r the benefit of the numerous Colo­ nial readers of Cricket, the county cham­ pionship table, up to date, is appended. The exact percentage of points obtained by each county can be ascertained by a mathematical calculation involving the use of deciflaals. The rule is to deduct the losses from the wins, aud calculate the position b y the proportion of points in finished matches. This will afford in­ teresting occupation for long evenings. Per- P. W . L. Finished cent- D. Pts.in games, age. Lancashire .16... 9.. . 1 ... 6 ... 8 ... 10 ... Essex ... .,. .. .11... 5.. . 1 ... 5 .. 4 ... 6 ... Yorkshire........ .18...10.. . 2 .. 6 ... 8 ... 12 ... Surrey i ........ .18..11.. . 3.. . 4 .. 8 ...1 4 ... N otts............... . 11 ... 2 .. . 1 ... 8 ... 1 ... 3... Gloucestershire.. 10 .. / 4.. . 4 . . 2 .. 0 ... 8 ... Warwickshire .. 13... 3.. . 3.. . 7. .. 0 ... 6 ... Sussex ..........11... 3.. . 4.. . 4 .. — 1 ... 7 ..— K e n t............... . 10 ... 2 . . 4 .. 4. .. — 2 ... 6 ..— Hampshire . 9... 1.. . 5.. 3. .. — 4 ... 6 ,..— Leicestershire .. . 8 ... 1 ... 6 . . 1 ... —5 ... 7 ...— Somerset ........ 11 ... 1 .. . 9.. . 1 .. - 8 ... 10 ...— Middlesex.......... 9... 0 . . 4.. . 5 .. — 4 ... 4 ..— Derbyshire . 11 ... 0 .. . 7.. . 4. .. — 7 ... 7 ...— The following are some of the latest hundreds:— July 23. B a ld w in , S u r r ey v . K en t .................234 J u ly 23. 1). h. A . J ep h son , S u r r e y v . K e n t ... 102 J u ly 23. A . J. T u r n e r , E s se x v . Y o r k s h ir e ... I l l J u ly 23. K . S. R a n j it s in h ji , S u ssex v . H a n ts . 149 J u ly 23. W . G . G r a c e , G lo u c s . v . N o t t s . ... 126 J u ly 23. F . M itc h e ll,M .C .C .v .P h ila d e lp h ia n s 133 J u ly 26. J. T . B row n , Y o r k s h ir e v. S o m e rse t 107 July 27. S. M . J . W o o d s , S om erset v. Y o r k s . I l l Ju ly 27. G. J . V. W e i g a ll , K e n t v. P h ila . ... 138* Ju ly 27. K . J . K e y , S u r r e y v . D e r b y s h ir e ... 130* J u ly 26. T hom pson , N orth am p ton v. U . R overs 120 Ju ly 26. H . S. B ush, E astbourne v. W a n d erers 167 J u ly 24. R . C.W illia m s, F in ch ley v.N on descrip ts 123 J u ly 24. C. A d am son , D u rh am v. N orth am p ton 139 J u ly 24. L . P . C ollins. M arl. C oll. v. R eig a te ... 203 J u ly 21. C. J. B . W o o d , W ellin gboro* M asters v. Leicester Ivanhoe ........................139 July 23. A. Page, Authentic* v. Eastbourne ... 191 July 24. Capt. Hamilton, Eastbourne v. Authen. 155* July 24. J. W . Crawfurd, Dulwich v. Sutton ... 129* July 24. H.B. Hayman, Hampstead v. Granville 104 July 24. M. Lucken. Lond. Hospital v. Granville 107 July 24. H. H. Scott, Streat. v. Old Westmins. 107* July 24. R.O.Schwartz, Streat. v. OldWestmins. 101* July 24. A. P. Lucas. Chelmsford v. Incogniti... 100 July 24. E. H. 8 .Berridge, Ealing v. Hampstead 163 July 27. K. S. Ranjitsinhji, Trinity LV. v. Jesus LV. (Cambs.) ...............................107* July 17. LordHarris.EtonRamblers v.Selw’d P’k 100 July 21. H. B. Steel,Liverp’l v. Shrewsbury Sch’l 102 July 82. V, F. S. Crawford, S’y C. &G. v. Kenley 182