Cricket 1897

444 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. O ct. 28, 1897. W ANTED, Vols. 4 and 9 of Scores and Biographies. Could exchange Vol. 1.—State lowest price to Manager, Cricket , 168, Upper Thames Street, London, E.C. F OR SALE, Vols. 1 to 15 of Cricket, set of W isden’s Almanack, John Lillywhite’s Companion, and a lot of old Cricket Books, Football Annuals, &c.— X ., care of Manager of Cricket, 168, Upper Thames Street, London, E.C. Cricket: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 168, UPPER THAMES S TR EET, LONDON, E.C . THURSDAY, OCT. 28th, 1897. story about the Captain. Two of the Australians flanked him at the luncheon- table at Kennington Oval on the second day of the conquering test match, that scramble in the mud which England won. One of them asked whether he would sooner face Trumble on the sticky wicket or the guns of the Burmese. “ Give me the Burmese,” was the rejoinder. As far as I have been able to learn at present, the chief fixtures arranged for the forthcoming Australian season are as follows :— IMPORTANT NOTICE! Six numbers are issued during the Winter asheretofore, from OctobertoMarch inclusive, as follows:— No. 467.—THURSDAY, OCT. 28. No. 468.—THURSDAY, NOV. 25. 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. The abstract and brief chronicle of the time.— Hamlet. Nov. 12.—England v. N .S.W ., at Sydney. Dec. 4.—N.S.W . v. South Australia, at Sydney. Dec. 11.—Australia v. England, at Sydney. Dec. 25.—N.S.W . v. Victoria, at Melbourne. Jan. 1.—England v. Australia, at Melbourne Jan. 8.—N.S.W . v. South Australia, at Adelaide. Jan. 15.—England v. Australia, at Adelaide. Jan. 22.—N.S.W . v. Victoria, at Sydney. Jan. 29.—England v. Australia, at Melbourne. Feb. 11.—England v. N.S.W ., at Sydney. Feb. 26.—England v. Australia, at Sydney. T h e name of [Ranjitsinhji is'still very much to the fore. Daring the past month his doings in Cambridge before starting for Australia were reported in all the leading newspapers as fully as if he had been Mr. Gladstone or the King of Siam. The Daily Telegraph devoted two long leaders to him in the course of a week, and he had an article in the Windsor Magazine, entitled “ Why I wrote my Book.” bothered with cricket queries. So one can only wait for more settled times before attempting to clear up the point.” A HEADER of Cricket writes:—“ I noticed in one number of Cricket you gave some instances of two men bowling unchanged through the innings. In looking through Wisden’s I noticed rather a striking instance of this. It was last year on July 30th and 31st, at Bexhill, in Earl de la Warr’s Eleven v. the Aus­ tralians match. On this occasion, J. T. Hearne and Pougher bowled unchanged through both innings. Their analyses were :— O. M. E. w. o. M. B. w . Hearne, J. T. 15'3 7 88 6 .......... 26 10 69 7 Pougher ... 16 2 38 4 ............. 25 6 75 3 A c c o r d i n g to the Adelaide Observer, the “ venture of the Melbourne Cricket Club andTrustees of the Sydney Cricket Ground with Stoddart’s team in 1894-95 was so successful from a financial point of view, that each of the contracting parties netted over £3,000.” M r . E d m o n d W a r r e , the headmaster of E t o n College, has written to the Duke of Buccleugh asking him to make the letter public, to state that he declines to agree to allow three days for the Eton and Harrow match instead of two. A n appeal has been made by Lord Harris to employers of labour in Kent, to assist the Kent committee in finding work for promising young players during the winter months. A s p e c i a l committee appointed by the Victorian Cricket Association to inquire into various matters in connection with the game in the colony, has reported as follows:— “ That it be recommended in all future intercolonial (and by consent international) matches that the side which goes in second shall follow its innings if it has scored 200 runs less than the opposite side. “ That an annual interprovincial cricket week he instituted, when teams from the various districts of the colony shall compete, and to conclude with an engagement with a metropolitan eleven. “ That a junior and colts’ match be arranged for the early part of the season. “ That the pennant matches last over three days, and that the pennant committee handi­ cap the teams, such handicap not to exceed four additional players. “ That in view of complaints by press and public definite instructions be given to the association umpires to report as to any waste of time whatever. “ That sight boards be provided on all grounds by the clubs.” T h e committee also considered, but did not report on, the leg-before-wicket rule, widening the wickets, the recon­ struction of the constitution of the asso­ ciation, the advisability of having a paid selector of teams, the suggestion that the Melbourne Club should govern cricket in Australia as the Marylebone C.C. does in England; a proposal that the takings of interclubmatches be pooled and also inter­ colonial matches, and that the three asso­ A CURIOUS misunderstanding has arisen in connection with the date of the next match at Sydney, between New South Wales and South Australia. In July last the Sydney secretary wrote to Ade­ laide to suggest that the match should be played in February. This date was accepted by the S.A. Cricket Association, provided that it did not clash with Mr. Stoddart’s fixtures. The South Australians now find that the match has been arranged for December without their sanction, and the Association decided to stick to the previous date. R e p r e s e n t a t i v e s of the County Cricket Associations in Victoria who met to discuss the want of interest taken in county cricket expressed their opinion that the interest of the game in the country districts had suffered through the governing association in Melbourne making gate money the predominant con­ sideration. A c u r i o u s coincidence in county cricket is pointed out to me by a “ Leicester man ” :— (i) For Leicester­ shire v. Derbyshire, at Leicester, August 9th, 1894, F. W. Stocks had the following analysis:—27 overs, 10 maidens, 57 runs, 3 wickets, (if) For Leicester­ shire v. Derbyshire, at Leicester, July 22nd, 1897, 28-3 overs, 9 maidens, 57 runs, 3 wickets. F r o m the Adelaide Observer :—“ Cap­ tain Wynyard distinguished himself in Burmah eleven years ago, and his breast is decorated with the badges of bravery. One of the 1896 Australian Eleven tells a F ro m one of the Daily Telegraph leaders I quote the following:— “ What a singular freak of history it is which has thus made a young Rajpoot noble­ man the accepted head and champion of the most utterly insular and British pastime which could be named! It is scarcely too much to call Prince Ranjitsinhji this—even in the recollection of other illustrious names like those of Grace, Abel, and Richardson— for, step by step, the lithe, elegant, athletic figure has batted, bowled, and fielded his way to the top of the cricketing tree, and the lovers of the noble game grieve when autumn permits them no longer to rejoice in his wonderful “ glances ” and cuts. This season, it is true, the Prince does not stand quite at the head of the batting score, yet he has not only done very splendid things—many of them a long way over the century—but he has written a book upon cricket which will remain a classic, and which fills up the trivial gaps in his score for 1897 with the bay leaves of literary glory.” W i t h reference to a question in G o s s ip on August 12th whether Major Piercy did not make a hundred in each innings in a match in India, “ King Willow ” remarks in the Nilgiri News :— “ One ought, I know, to be able to answer this right off, as if the gallant C.O. of the Dorsets (whom everybody will be pleased to see has been well enough to join his regiment at the front) ever did accomplish the feat, it was done at Wellington; but though Colonel Piercy knocked up a good many centuries at Wellington I can’t remember he did it twice in one match, and have not time now to look up the file of the paper for the two years the Dorsets were on these Hills. The gallant Colonel, too, bas doubtless too many things to attend to just now with the chance of leading his men into action to care to be N E X T ISSUE, THURSDAY , NO V EM B E R 25.