Cricket 1897

34:2 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A ug . 12, 1897. “ H o t! Very hot indeed, so much so that it is common during a long innings to see a batsman slake his thirst with water ! But although the heat is intense, it is a dry heat, and we do not find that Englishmen who come out as strangers to the climate suffer much from it. We wear very big hats in which we generally place fig leaves, which can be pulled on the ground. With a hit well filled with fig leaves one can stand the sun, but if one were to field in a cap it might be impossible to wear a collar for some days afterwards. The season lasts from November to February when it is hot all the time. In the winter it is sometimes so cold, that when I have been wading in the water while engaged in snipe shooting I have h id to break the ice at every step, in the early morning.,, “ Why don’t you persuade a team of English amateurs to visit you ? ” “ We have thought about it often, and we hope that a famous Yorkshire amateur will take out a team to visit us in January and February next. At present I can say no more as nothing is settled. If English amateurs came out they would be received with open arms every­ where, and would, of course, be our guests. They would be feted and be made members of every club. There would be gala perfor­ mances at the theatres, and, in fact, I think our visitors would enjoy themselves, and I am certain that they would be delighted with Hurlingham. It would be possible for them to arrange matches at Monte Video, Rosario, a flourishing town of Sante Fe in the Argen­ tine Republic, Chili and Rio Janeiro, although there might be some difficulty in arranging matches with Rio on account of the qu iran- tine. I iniy say that Buenos Aires is one of the healthiest places in the world.” “ What is your big match of the season?” “ North v. South. For the last five years the northern provinces of Buenos Aires have sent down a team to play a week’ s cricket — two days at Palermo, two at Hurlingham. and two at Flores. When I tell you that the dis­ tance is over a thousand miles, and that travel­ ling isby no means like it is in England, you will see that the northern men must be particu­ larly good sportsmen to undertake such a journey. Northern cricket owes a very great deal to W . E. Leach, who played for Lanca­ shire some years ago; he generally brings down four or five of his brothers, all old Marlburians, and all the family play excellent cricket.’ * “ Do you pay the North a return visit ? ” “ N o; because there are no grounds there suitable for matches. Indeed, it is wonderful that the North team can play so well when* they visit us. They come down about a week before the matches begin to get as much practice as possible, and I think they have beaten us twice in the last five matches. A year or two ago the Buenos Aires team went to Chili to play a few matches, and it would be quite worth the while of an English team to undertake the same trip, which offers great possibilities in the way of excitement and wonderful scenery. The journey takes about three days and a half, and the distance is, roughly speaking, about 1,200 miles. I regret to say that I was unable to go with our men, as I was homeward-bound. The first part of the journey was by train. The real excitement begins when the Andes have to be crossed on mules. As there is an excessively cold wind on the mountains at midday, it is necessary to begin the ascent at about 3 a.m. It is supposed to take fourteen hours to get to the top of the road, but our team found obstacles in their way, so that by the time the descent began they were pretty tired. On the Chili side of the mountains the snow had melted, and the mules floundered about considerably, while their riders occa­ sionally tumbled off into the soft snow. Two or three ladies went with the team. Among them was Miss Pakenham, the niece of the then British Minister, and Mrs. H. M. Mills, whose husband, a member of the team, used to play jn England. One of the ladies was thrown off her mule at the begin­ ning of the asce it, and positively refused to mount again, pluckily making the rest of the journey on foot, holding the hand of one of the guides. But no accidents happened of anything like a serious nature. One of the drawbacks of the journey was that the party were unable to wash for three days and a half. At Valparaiso four days were passed. The hospitality which the visitors received was unbounded, and there was a constant round of gaiety. One of the incidents of the visit was the serving up of milk-punch at an entertainment in glisses, each of which held half a gallon ; but this is a detail.” “ Do you get plenty of good practice ? ” “ We get as much practice as we want, and without being really good it is very fair. The year before last we had a professional from England for the first time, through the agency of Mr. Sam Carlisle of Manchester, who sent us out Lord— possibly he is the present Warwickshire pro­ fessional. At any rate his bowling proved of the greatest service to us, and an impetus was given to the game which has continued to increase. The younger players finding that they could get professional bo jvling became much more enthusiastic, going out for practice three or four times a week. We are always pretty certain of finding a few men at the nets. The time for practice is four o’clock to half-past seven, after which it gets dark all at once, for we have no twilight.” Before he went to South America, Mr. Gif­ ford was once playing in a match between Mr. Aubrey Patton’s X I and Westgate, “ al­ though,” he said, “ it was put down in the papers as M.C.C. v. Westgate. T. C. O’Brien, Jack Dale, and Woof and Clarke, an old Middlesex player, were playing. At the end of the game we only wanted one to tie, when Patton came in to partner me for the last wicket. It was most exciting. Woof had the over to Patton, who played one ball all right, but the other came back a little and j ust took the off bail. This was as far as I remember, the only close finish in which I have been actively concerned, and in this I could’nt get the ball at the last. I should like to say, that I might not have been able to play this year in any first-class cricket if it had not been for the kindness and thoughtfulness of Mr. Perkins.” W . A. BETfESWORTH. -Played at Dulwich DULWICH v. FOREST HILL on August 7. F o r e st H il l . B. Batchelor, b Pearse 5 F. Woodmin, c Hoas- C. Phillips, b Pearse... 15 W. L. Pearce, b Pearse 5 W. R. Williams, b Pearse.......................23 C. 8. Douglas, c Long­ ley, b Tregellas ... 29 C. W. LsMay, c F. Huntley,b Phillips... 1 C. B. Squires, c Finlin- son, b Tregellas ... 8 man, b Pearse......... 6 W. Arendt, c an . b Phillips ................. 9 S. Simpson, not ou ... 13 C. Engelbach.b Pea.ce 8 B 7, lb 4, w 2, n j 1 14 Total ...136 D u l w ic h . R. Longley, b Phillips 24 L. Phillips, c Arendt, b Squires................. 0 J . F . C o ly e r, b Batchelor,................30 S. E. Huntley, run out ........................32 F. Huntley, not ou t.. 40 E. J. Heasman, c William*, b Phillips 0 F.J.Finlinson, notout 12 B 10, w 1 ... 11 Total (5 wkts.) 149 C. P. Tregellas, E. White, A . Anderson, and T. R. Pearse did not bat. DULWICH v. HORNSEY.—Played at Crouch End on August 2. D u l w ic h . R Longley, b Clarke .. 1 H. Darby, b Clarke... 42 A. Anderson, b Clarke 0 C.P.Tregellas,bClarke 7 A. R. Colyer, not out 22 E. Adams, c Dempsey, b Clarke ... B 8, lb 10 L. Phillips, b Clarke . 0 J.F.Colyer,c&b Clarke 11 P.B.Calcott,c&bClarke 11 F.G.Finlinson,run out 21 F. Huntley, b Clarke... 0 W. C. D. Turner, c and b Clarke .................10 Total Second innings—P. B. Calcott, b Sloper, Finlinson, run out, 2 ; W. C. D. Turner, not out, 25 ; A. R. Colyer, c Nich >lls, b Swinstead, 11; E. Adams b Swinstead, 0—Total 44. H o r n se y . 15 .. 18 ...158 F. G. B. A. Clarke, b Darby 6 A. E. Nicholls, b Darby 17 L. Tubbs, b Turner ... 34 G. H. Swinstead, b Phillips .................19 S. W. Tubbs, c Adams, b Darby ................. 4 A. E. Turberville, b Darby........................ 0 E.W.Nicholls,cAdams, b Darby ................. 0 E. W. Ayling, not out 28 W. E. Manning, b Tregellas................. 9 E.W.Sloper,b Phillips 2 C. Drayson, b Darby.. 1 J. Dempsey, b Darby 1 B 3, lb 1, nb 1 ... 5 Total ... ..126 EMERITI v. HEGEOLERE CASTLE.—Played at White Oak, Highclere, on July 30 and 31. E meriti . First innings. Second innings. J. Gifford, c Rendall, b Cave 7 c Wright, b Free­ mantle ........... 7 D. A. Rasbotham, b Cave... 0 c Wright, b Free­ mantle ..........19 J.Dean,c Cave,b Freemantle 50 b Cave.................21 E. V. Acton, c Rendall, b Cave ......... ................. 7 c Rendall, b Cave 3 T. L. Moore, c Wright, b Freemantle....................... 5 b Freemantle ... 4 C. V. Fox, b Cave................. 0 c Freemantle, b Evans .............29 J. G. O’ Brien, c Rutherford, b Cave............................... 0 b Cave.................20 A. C O’ Bryen, not out ... 30 c and b Cave 2 J. B. Hatt, c —, b Cave ... 0 n jto u t................ 3 A. P. Comyns, c an1b Free­ mantle ............................... 1 b Evans .......... 0 R. E. O’Bryen, b Cave ... 5 b Cave................. 0 C. Bullen, c Cave, b Free­ mantle ............................... 4 b Evans .......... 5 B 2, lb 1 ................. 3 B 6, lb 6 .. 12 Total .................112 Total ...125 H ighclere . C. W. Wrighc, lbw, b A. H. Evans, b J. G. Fox ........................45 O’Brien ................... 2 C. R. De la Sails, c Cave, b J. G. O’Brien 2 Dean, b Acton ... 10 J. A. Rutherford, c A. H. E. Hoffmeister, c O’ Bryen, b Comyns 32 A. O’ Bryen, b R*s- Capt.W. Strafford,run botham .................75 out .......................... 8 Freemantle, c Bullen, H. Wentworth, c A. bF ox........................ 1 O’Bryen, b Hatt ...21 F. R. Wilkinson, c D. H. Sanday, not out 6 Acton.bJ.G.O’Brien 33 B 6, w 1, nb 2 ... 9 B. H. Rendall, b J. — G. O’Brien .......... 6 T o t a l........... 253 EMERITI v. LANSDOWNE. July 26 and 27. E m e r it i . First innings. J. Gifford, b Miller ..........36 D. A. Raibotham, b Trask 21 J. Dean, c Heathcote, b M iller...............................19 J. L. Moore, c Hignell, b Traslr ft C. V. Fox, b Scobell 2 C. H. Verstrume, b Scobell 9 A. M. Comyns, c Bristow, b Miller ........................ 5 J. G. O’Brien, not out ... 12 J. Smart, run out................. 3 C. Bullen, c and b Scobell... 2 Rev. C. H. Tate, absent ... 0 —Played at Bath on Second innings, c Awdry,b Scobell 54 b Scobell ..........18 c and b Scobell... 23 lbw, b Cassan ... 0 b Scobell ..........21 c and b Scobell... 5 not out . 19 c Awdry, b Trask 9 b Cassan .......... c and b Cassan ... c Macdonald, b Sc >bell .......... B 6, lb 3 ... Total ..........114 LAN8DOW NE. Total .. 164 S. R. Hignell, c Moore, b O’Brien................. 2 W. Trask, c Gifford, b Rasbotham ..........12 W. E. Bristow, lbw, b Rasbotham .......... 5 S. D. Pears, c Bullen, b Gifford................. 9 C. S. Awdry, c Moore, b Rasbotham......... 65 G. Scoball, b Fox ...105 A. L. S. Macdonald, c O’Brien, b Rasbut- ham ........................ Capt. Lloyd, c Smart, b Fox........................ A. R. P. Miller, b Ras­ botham ................ J. C. Heathcote, b Fox E. J. P. Cassan, not out B 4, lb 4, w 1, nb 3 Total ......... 240 Second innings : W . Trask, not out, 27 ; Captain Lloyd, not out, 13 ; W 1, nb 1. Total, 42.