Cricket 1897

396 CRICKET: A WEEKLYifRECORD OSfTHE GAME. S e pt . 2 , 1897. HASTINGS & ST. LEONARD’S CRICKET WEEK, 1 8 9 7 . TWO GRAND MATCHES W ILL BE PLAVBD ON TUB CENTRAL CRICKET GROUND, HASTINGS, AS FOLLOWS :— THU RSDAY, FR ID A Y, AND SATURDAY, S E P T E M B E R 9 th , 10th, a n d llth , N O R T H y . S O U T H . T E A M S NORTH. Mr. A. 0. Jones (Notts.) Mr. F. W . Milligan (Yorks.) Mr. C. W. Wright (Notts.) Attewell (Notts.) Baker (Lancashire) Dr. W. G. Grace (Gloucester) Mr. G. Brann (Sussex) Mr. N. F. Druce (Surrey) Mr.W. L. Murdoch (Sussex) Mr. C. L. Townsend (Gloucester) Davidson (Derbyshire) Gunn (Notts.) Hallam. (Lancashire) Lilley (Warwickshire) Peel (Yorks.) A. Ward (Lancashire) SOUTH. Mr. S. M. J.Woods (Somerset) Abel Brockwell Butt Hayward Richardson (Surrey) (Surrey) (Sussex) (Surrey) Surrey) MONDAY, TUESDAY, AND WEDNESDAY, S E P T E M B E R 13th , 14th , a n d 15th, G E N T L E M E N v . P L A Y E R S (Teams will be duly announced). Wickets pitched at Twelve o’clock first day of each Match ; other days at half-past Eleven. Admission to the Ground, ONE SHILLING. Covered Grand Stand, ONE SHILLING extra. C h k a p F a r e s o n S.E.R. a n d L.B. a n d S.C.R., a n d E x c u r sio n T r a in s w il l b u n . TICKETS FOR THE W EEK, including Admission to the Ground and Reserved Seat in Grand Stand, price 10s., can be obtained at the Central Cricket Ground, Hastings, where a plan can be seen; these Tickets must be obtained not later than Wednesday, September 8th. Tickets for the Week, for Ground only, price 5s. can be obtained from the Hon. Secre­ tary,or at the Central Cricket Ground. Carriages 5s. per day, and Is. extra for each occupant, exclusive of driver. All communications to be addressed to the Hon. Sec., Saxon Chambers, St. Leonards. HOW TOPLAYCRICKETWELL. READ The Cheapest and Best Book on Cricket HOW TO BAT. By W. J. F ord . HOW TO BOWL. By T om R ic h a r d s o n . HOW TO WICKET-KEEP. By M. C. K em p . 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Before pur­ chasing write for list.— H e a t h f ie l d , Lauderdale Buildings, Aldersgate, London. The first innings of Somerset and Sur*-; rey, at Taunton, were curiously alike in the way of scoring. Each innings may be divided into four periods. In the first period both sides took three wickets before ten runs were scored; in the second, the score was taken to about 20 for three more wickets; in the third period, two stands were made on each side for the seventh and eighth wicket; and in the fourth, the innings was quickly wound up. A list of the totals at the fall of each wicket is appended, the periods above mentioned being divided o ff:— S o m e r se t . 1 2 3| 4 5 6 1 7 8 1 0 0 6 |16 19 21 |45 92 | S u r r e y . 1 2 3 1 4 5 6 1 7 8 1 5 8 8 | 8 8 19 |55 88 1 Cricket: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME 168, UPPER THAMES STREET, LONDON, E.C . THURSDAY, SEPT. 2 nr , 1897. IMPORTANT NOTICE! The last of the Weekly numbers for the Summer will be published on September 16th. Six numbers will be issued during the Winter as heretofore, from October to March inclusive. The six Winter numbers will be forwarded immediately on publication for Is. 3d. The amount must be sent to the Manager of Cricket, at the Offices, 168, Upper Thames Street, London, E.C. Results of the Season and Averages of the Principal Clubs will be inserted in the next number of Cricket as well as in the earlier Winter numbers, at the rate of 3s. 6d. a column, with a minimum charge of 2s. 6d. To ensure insertion in the following number, particulars must he received not later than the Saturday previous to the day of publication. $a\uLton # o s s t jp . The abstract and brief chronicle of the time.— Hamlet. T h e attention of cricketers at the end of last week was concentrated on the two matches Surrey v. Somerset and Lan­ cashire v. Notts, for the position of Lan­ cashire and Surrey in the county cham­ pionship was very pretty indeed. If Lancashire beat Notts they would win the championship, provided that Surrey lost to Somerset, while if Surrey beat Somerset and Lancashire lost to Notts, the issue would be postponed until Surrey met Sussex. Again, if Surrey made a draw with Somerset, and Lancashire— but, really, there were so many “ ifs” that it is needless to go into them in detail. I f there were not undisputably a charm about the game of cricket, which those who do not play it cannot possibly un­ derstand, it would be difficult to account for the pleasure which men take in batting at practice in some of the parks—- Regent’s Park for example. The method of procedure is Bimple. You choose a spot for a wicket which would make Pearce or Apted weep; you stick up a net and put in your stumps, taking oare that the stumps at the bowler’s end shall be at least twenty-five yards away from the wicket; for preference it should be placed on a sudden rise, or in a deep hollow in the ground. You have about four bowlers and a batsman. The latter never gets within a foot of nine balls out of ten—this is a mild estimate—-but he has nevertheless been known to keep up his wicket for half an hour before one of the bowlers is fortunate enough, not to pitch the ball straight, which would be useless, but to pitch it on some lump from which it turns into the wicket. Then the same performance is gone through by another batsman. Meanwhile everybody concerned thoroughly enjoys himself. M r . J ohn B. H att , in sending a report (which will be found on another page) of a match played in Kirkwall, says:— ‘ 1The enclosed will probably interest you and Cricket readers, as illustrating sport in Ultima Thule. You will see that the honour of the Surrey county was upheld by its worthy president, Sir Richard Webster, who is staying here for the shooting season with the Graemes, of Graemeshall.” W ith reference to a remark which appeared in “ Between the Innings ” last week, Walter Sugg reminds me that, since the Derbyshire match at the Oval in May, his thigh has been sprained, and that to bowl has been an impossibility. Mr. Evershed has asked him several times if he has felt fit to go on to bowl. Ix will, of course, be objected that as Surrey has beaten Lancashire twice, it is difficult to see how Lancashire can accu­ rately be called the champion county, despite what the tables may say. On the other hand, if, for any reason, Lanca