Cricket 1897

406 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. S ept . 9, 1897. tunity ; is not a sure catch.” The latter part of the description was doubtless true at the time, but Newham soon began to be noted for the brilliancy of his field­ ing, although there was one memorable occasion, the mention of which ought to have a chastening effect on him, when he and Mr. Brann aud Mr. Blaokman—per­ haps the three best fields in the College eleven—missed catch after catch in the long field, until the stock of excuses with which they tried to propitiate the bowler was positively exhausted. But such things will happen, as all bowlers know to their cost, no matter how good the fielding may be as a rule. For yetr after year while he was at Ardingly Newham was either at the top of the averages or very near to i t ; the team was exceedingly strong in those days, and its matches were talked of outside the bounds of the school, and even of the county, although some of the masters had a curious theory that this was entirely owing to the fame of the school choir. As a field he was always good and always safe, which is not to say that he was in.t active, especially in the cruntry, aud good and safe he is to this day. Fortunately for his hands, he has not been called upon to keep wicket for the county, but he was formerly an excellent wicket-keeper, who seldom missed a chacc-*. About the only time that he was hurt when at the wicket was at the opening of an innings at Ardingly against a strong Loudon club. A hot sun had caked the wicket after the school had made about 120 with a good deal of difficulty, aud the first ba'l of the innings pitched about a foot off the off- stump and hit Newham on the nose, whereupon the batsmen piomptly got out in a hurry one after another, although the wicket­ keeper, after a temporary and necessary absence, pluckily returned to his place and made some catches. The first time that Newham came into prominent notice—it was, perhaps, the very first time that he had ever played against quite first-class bowling—was at Ardingly in a match against the Tillage. Now it was the custom of the village to ransack the county for men to play against the college, and in the match in question Fillery and various other members of the county eleven appeared on the scene. At that time Fillery was one of the pillars of Sussex cricket, especi­ ally iu bowling, and when, after Mr. Newham had played him for an hour or two with great care and had scored about 60, he prophesied great success for the young batsmau an i remarked on his excellent style, everybody felt that he was right. But it was not only at cricket that Newham excelled; he was a splendid full back at Association football, only needing opportunities to become famous. As it was, he played for Sussex as soon as a county team was formed. He was very difficult indeed to piss, while his long kicks were of the greatest service to his sohool. Despite the fact that the forwards always insisted that the whole back division was poor in the extreme, while the backs were equally convinced that the forwards were useless, it was very seldom that a match was lost, for the two divisions worked their hardest to prove to each other that all the credit of victory belonged to them alone. Newham was partuered at full back by Mr. W. Black­ man, who, when one of the best men of the Sussex team was, as cricketers will remember, obliged to go to Australia for the sake of his health, and to the sorrow of all who knew him, died there. Black­ man was a true sportsman in every way, Originally he played as half back at foot­ ball, but when he was warned by his doctor that he was not strong enough to play half back, in which position he was very proficient, he at once promised to give it up. He thereupon, having for a long time wished to play by the side of New­ ham, promptly went full back. And a splendid combination they made. The Sussex secretary is such a famous cricketer that a little tale may be told against him without in the least detract­ ing from his fame. After a match at Old Trafford against Lancashire, in which he had made hay of the Lancashire bowling, he went on, a visit to a friend at a school in Cheshire. Of course he had to go to the nets, where he was promptly bowled by a small boy named Arthur Nicholson— aye, and bowled again, and yet again, to the very great delight of the other boys, who, however,listened to the explanations as to bad light, etc., with all due decorum. But it may be said that if young Nichol­ son had continued to play cricket, instead of going to India coffee planting, he would have been one of the best amateur fast bowlers of the day, for he improved in a startling manner as he got older, perhaps encouraged by this very success against the great Sussex batsman. W. A. B e t t e s w o r t h . CAMBRIDGESHIRE. Matches played, 8 ; won, 1; lost, 6 ; BATTING AVERAGES. No. Times of not Total drawn, Most in an 1 . inns. out. runs. inns. Aver. Watts ......................... . 14 ... 0 ... 375 ... 74 ... 26 78 A. J. Rich ................. . 5 ... 1 ... 104 ... 82 ... 26 00 J. L e e s ......................... . 5 ... 0 ... 101 ... 72 ..., 20 20 P. W . G ra y................. . 3 ... 1 ... 33 ... 25 ... 16-50 Hayward (D.) .......... . 14 ... 2 ... 194 ... 51 ... 1616 R. Swann Mason . 10 ... 1 ... 140 ... 3 J ... 1555 D. Anderson ......... . 15 ... 0 ... 225 ... 36 ... 1500 Bryan ......................... . 14 ... 5 ... 129 ... 44*... 1433 A . C. Hall ................ . 9 .,.. 0 ... 128 ... .Ml ... 1422 W . B L. Hayter......... ,. 9 ... 1 ... 85 ... 23 ... 10 62 G. P. M. Robins . . 4 ... 0 ... 40 ... 21 ... io-oo E. Fisher ................. . 6 . .. 0 ... 59 ... 27 ... 981 F. W . French ......... . 13 . ,.. 1 ... 113 ... 39 ... 9 41 Bellamy....................... ,. 4 , ... 0 ... 35 ... 24 ..., 876 R. D. Anstead ......... .. 4 , ... 0 ... 30 ... 17 ... 7-60 W . Prest ................ . 3 . ,.. 0 ... 18 ... 18 ... 6-00 F. E. Morgan . 3 ... 0 ... 17 ... 13 ..., 566 O’Connor .................,. 14 ... 4 ... 35 . .. 11* .. 3 50 The following plaved in two innings : —L. A. Kent (12i0), P. R. Cornell (3 0J), J. H. Widdicombe (1*50), and H. 8. French (0 53). The Rev. P. Hattersley- Smith played in one innings and scored 101. * Signifies not out. BOWLING AVERAGES. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Aver. Hayward (D.) ... 379 2 ...134 ... 818 ... 50 ... 16 36 O’ Connor .......... 364*2 ...100 ... 847 ... 47 ... 18'02 Bryan .................. 170 2 ... 41 ... 391 ... 2J ... 1955 E. Fisher ........... 14 1 ... 1 ... 78 ... 3 ... 26 00 Bellam y.................. 17 .. 3 ... 47 ... 0 ... — Watts (15-4-28-3), P. W . Gray (8-1-24-1), W . B. L. Hayter (6-0-23-0) bowled in tw > innings, and F. G. Morgau (3-1-13 0), A. J. Rich (3-1-10-0), Rev. P. Hattersley-Smith (4-0-10-0), and P. R. Cornell (6-4-2-11-2) once only.^ LLOYD’S REGISTER v. LINDEN.—Played at Honor Oak on September 4. L l o y d ’ s R e g is t e r . S. A. H ill,b Watson .. 9 C. H. Bradshaw, b Watson .................. 1 P. L. Warlow, b Martin ................... 3 F. B. Wood, c Fletcher, b M artin .................. 6 J. R. Boxall, not out 50 E. Carey, b Martin ... 0 A. K. Dyer, run out... 4 B. M. Clarke, b Carey D. Bennett, c Martin, b Wood .................. E. Wright, b Wood ... G. Fletcher, c Martin, b Wood ................. R. Collard, b Carey ... C. F. Clarke, b Carey H. Martin, c Carey, b W ood .................. F. A. Spry, b Watson 4 M. F. Alexander, run out .......................... l > A . S. Martin, b Fletcher .................. o M. Meloy, b Fletcher 1 Byes.................. 9 T o ta l...........99 H. E. Watson, b Carey......................... 2 E. Cocking, b W ood.. 1 H. E. Williams, not out .......................... 0 W . Wheatley, not out .......................... 0 B 1, lb 2 .......... 3 Total (9 wkts ) 55 C R IC K E T IN IND IA . BOMBAY v. POONA.- 17 and 18. POONA. First innings. Capt. Lowis, b Cheetham .. 9 H. E. Brown, bt Hall, b Cheetham .......................... 1 Fairfax, c Holl ind, b Cheet- -Played at Bombay on Augu&t Second innii gs. run out ........... 1 ham .................................. 18 c H o lla n d , b Cheeth tin 81 Major Bythell, b Clark 1 cWilson,bCheet- him ... ........... 8 Edwards, b Cl irk ........... 0 b uheetham......... 15 Sale, st Hall, b ( heetham... 8 b Cheetham.. 12 Deas, b Cheetham................... 0 b Wilsou .......... (j Bradford, st Hall, b Cheet­ ham .................................. 9 c Hall, b Clark .. 4 > Young, c Clark, b Cheetham 0 c W i l s o n , b Cheeth tin......... 9 Melville, b Cheetham........... 0 n o to u t................. 6 Capt. Addison, not out 2 Extras .......................... 6 Extras ........... 12 Total .......................... 54 Total ... . 20» B o m b a y . First innings. Hall, c Young, b Lowis ... 15 Capt. Holland, c Addison, b Edwards ..........................27 Capt. Ward, c Fairfax, b Browne .......................... 9 Lieut. Vines, b Edwards ... 0 Cheetham, c Sale, b Deas ... 2 Swainson, c Sale, b Browne 26 Lieut. Henderson, b Deas .. 0 Clark, run out ...................17 Lieut. Waters, c Deas, b Browne .......................... 0 Doyle, c Fairfax, b Browne 0 Wilson, not out ................... 0 Extras.......................... 7 Second innings. cMelville,bLowis 4 b Lowis ........... 2 c Browne,b Lowis b D eas.................. c Deas, b Lowis ... c browne,b Low is b Lowis ........... lbw, b Deas n t out.................. 0 b Lowis .......... 8 b Lowis ........... l E xtras.......... 3 Total ...103 Total 63 BOMBAY GY AIKHANA’ S v. PARSEE GYMK­ HANA’S.—Played at Bombay on August 19. B o m b a y G y m k h a n a . T. H. Hall, b Mehta... 0 Capt. H o lla n d , st Khiras, b Davur ... 1 H. Cheetham, c R. Mody, b Mehta ...76 M.R.Jardine, b Mehta F. E. Swainson, c Pavri, b Mehta L. B. Stephens, c Sak- latwdlla, b Davur... F. J. Clark, c Mehta, b Davur .................. T. G. Ward, st Khiras, b Davur .................. T. C. Doyle, c D. Mody, b Mehta .................. R. T. W ilson, b Pavri M. F. Reid, not out ... Extras................... T ota l. P a r s e e G y m k h a n a . S. Spincer,b Cheetham 17 M. oanj ana, st Hall, b Clark.......................... 6 D. Mody, b Clark ... 8 M. Pavri, not out ... 17 N. Saklatwalla, Clark ........... R. Mody, not out E xtras........... 3 24 9 Total (4wkts) 84 K. Khiras, D. Dubash, B. Battliwalla, A. Menta, and P. Davur did not bat.