Cricket 1897

412 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. S e pt . 9, 1897. HASTINGSfi ST. LEONARD’S CRICKET WEEK, 1 8 9 7 . TWO GRAND - MATCHES W ILL BE PLAYHD ON THE CENTRAL CRICKET GROUND, HASTINGS, AS FOLLOWS :— THURSDAY, FR IDA Y, AND SATURDAY, SE P T E M B E R 9 th , lO th, 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.) B a k er (Lancashire) SOUTH. Davidson (Derbyshire) Gunn (Notts.) Hallam. (Lancashire) Lilley (Warwickshire) Peel (Yorks.) A. Ward (Lancashire) Dr. W. G. Grace (Gloucester) Mr. G. Brann (Sussex) Mr. N. F. Druce (Surrey) Mr.W. L. Murdoch Mr. C. L. Townsend (Gloucester) Mr. S. M. J.Woods (Somerset) Abel Brockwell Butt Martin Richardson (Surrey) (Surrey) (8ussex) (Kent) Surrey) MONDAY, TUESDAY, AND WEDNESDAY, S E P T E M B E R 13th , 1 4 th , a n d 15th , G E N T L E M E N v . PL A Y E R S T E A M S - GENTLEMEN. Dr. W. Grace (Gloucester) Mr. G. Brann Mr. A. 0. Jones (Notts.) Mr. F.W. Milligan (Yorkshire) Mr. F. Mitchell (Yorkshire) Mr.W. L. Murdoch (Sussex) PLAYERS. Mr. H. C. Stewart (Kent) Mr. C. L. Townsend (Gloucester) Rev. A. P. Wickham (Somerset) Mr. S. M. J. Woods (Somerset) Mr. C.W.Wright (Notts) Abel (Surrey) Attewell Notts.) Baker (Lancashire) Brockwell (Surrey) Brown (Yorkshire) Davidson (Derbyshire) Umpires : THOMS Gunn (Notts) Lilley (Warwickshire) Peel (Yorkshire) Richardson (Surrey) A. Ward (Lancashire) & CARPENTER. Wickets pitched at Twelve o’ clock first day of each M atch; other days at half-past Eleven. Admission to the Ground, ONE SHILLING. Covered Grand Stand, ONE SHILLING extra. C h b a p F a r e s on S.E.R. a n d L B . a n d S.C.R., a n d E x c o r 8IO n T r a in s w il l r u n . All communications to be addressed to the Hon. Sec., Saxon Chambers, St. Leonards. HOWTO PLAYCRICKETWELL. READ The Cheapest and Best Book on Cricket HOW TO BAT. B y W. J. F ord . HOW TO BOWL. By T om R ich ardson . HOW TO WICKET-KEEP. By M. C. K em p . 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New and secondhand. Before pur­ chasing write for list.— H e a t h f i e l d , Lauderdale Buildings, Aldersgate, London. Cricket: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 168, UPPER THAMES S TREET, LONDON, E.C , THURSDAY, SEPT. 9 th , 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 dates will be :— No. 467.-THURSDAY, OCT. 28. No. 468’.—THURSDAY, NOV. 26. No. 469.—THURSDAY, DEC. 30. No. 470.—THURSDAY, JAN. 27. No. 471.-THURSDAY, FEB. 24. No. 472.—THURSDAY, MARCH SI. 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. bd. To ensure insertion in the following number, particulars must be received not later than the Saturday previous to the day of publication. Pa\)tlt0lt #0S£tjp. The abstract and brief chronicle of the time.— Hamlet. On Saturday morning Mr. A. 0. Mac- Laren, who was last week presented by the members of the Lancashire Eleven with a spirit stand as a mark of their appreciation of his batting, left England for Australia on the Orient Line s.s. Oruba. Mr. MacLaren, as readers of Cricket know, is to be married at the conclusion of the Australian season to Miss Powers. A c o r r e s p o n d e n t says that when bowling left-hand round the wicket in a match in Surrey, his left foot was behind the bowling crease and within the return crease, but that his right foot was placed to the left of the return crease. For doing this he was promptly no-balled. Village umpires often make a mistake about this, despite the fact that the rule is very clear :— “ The bowler shall deliver the ball with one foot on the ground behind the bowling crease, and within the return crease, otherwise the umpire shall c a ll‘ No B a ll!” ’ The other foot may be in the next parish if the bowler can put it there. M r . E. H o r n c a s t l e writes as follows: “ Your statement in this week’s ‘ Gossip’ that Brann made 120 runs in thirty-five minutes for Surbiton v. Streatham last Satur­ day is not correct. The real facts are these, viz :—Brann went in at four o’clock and took an hour and fifty minutes making his hun­ dred, and in the remaining forty minutes he added sixty-five; so where a hundred and twenty in thirty-jive minutes comes in I don’t know. As I saw the whole of his innings I can vouch for this being correct. “ Yours truly, “ E. HORNCASTLE.” I n answer to the appeal of the honor­ ary secretary of the Wiltshire C.C.C. to back up the county team in their action in refusing to allow Steeples to play for Monmouthshire against them on the ground that he had already represented Derbyshire, the M.C.O. committee have decided that the question cannot be argued, since, according to the rules, no player can play for two counties in the same year. But inasmuch as Steeples has played for two counties this year—pro­ vided that Monmouthshire is a county in a cricketing sense—there still seems something to be settled. F r o m Winnipeg, Mr. Fred Palmer, the honorary secretary of the Norwood C.C. writes:— “ A very important match took place here on July 24th, being the semi-final for the Manitoba Cricket Championship, between Portage la Prairie and Dragoons, winners for District No 3. The way our cricket is run, in brief, is as follows:—The province is divided into districts, and the winners of each district have the right to play in the finals at Winnipeg during Fair Week. In the first innings Portage made the very good score of 125, and the Dragoons followed with a total of 94, which gave the former team a margin of 31. The Portage then went in again and secured 56, which left the Dragoons to make 88 to win and only forty-five minutes in which to obtain the runs needed. The chances were considered very great agains t them making the runs, but the game was forced to such an extent that by 6.30 they had 87 to their credit, and this made a tie. The excitement was at its highest from the commencement of the last innings. The umpires gave the match a tie, but there was some doubt as to who should claim awin. However, by mutual consent, the game is to be replayed, and we expect a very keen match when these two teams meet for the semi­ finals. I should he glad to see an opinion from you in Cricket." It is not quite clear whether in making the 87 runs the Dragoons lost all their wickets. If they did the game was