Cricket 1897

460 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. Nov. 25, 1897. W ANTED, V olf. 4 and 9 of Scores and Biographies. Could exchange Vol. 1.—State lowest price to Manager, Cricket, 163, Upper Thames Street, London, E.C.___________________________________________________ F OR SALE, Vols. I to 15 of Cncket, set of W isden’s Almanack. John Lilly white’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 THAM ES S T R EE T , LOUDON, E.C. THURSDAY, NOV. 25 th , 1897. IMPORTANT NOTICE! Six numbers are issued during the Winter nsheretofore, from October to SIarch inclusive, as follows:— No. 46 7 .-THURSDAY, OCT. 28. No. 468.—THUUSDAY, NOV. 25. No. 469.—THURSDAY, DEC. 30. No. 470.—THURSDAY, JAN. 27. No. 471. - THURSDAY, FEB. 24. No. 472.—THURSDAY, MARCH 31. The six Winter numbers will be forwarded immediately on publication for Is. 3d. The amount must bo sent to the Manager of Cncket, at the Offices, 168, Upper Thames Street, London, E.C. $a\)tlton <£osstp. The abstract and brief chronicle of the time.— Hamlet. O n e o f the b est o f recen t p erform a n ces in India was the innings of 195, not out, by Mr. E. H. D. Sewell, for “ The Rest ” against the Liardet League Cup Holders at Octac imund. The score made by Mr. Sewell’s side was 254, and included only one other double figures In the s ime match Mr. Sewell took 6 wickets for 8 runs. I t seems to be the general opinion in Victoria that the first team which will represent All Australia against Mr. Stoddart’s team will be almost entirely made up of men from New South Wales and South Australia. F o r really “ fetching ” names it would be hard to beat those of the players in some of the college matches in India. Ia a match between Pachaiyappah’s College and the Christian College, at Madras, the following gentlemen performed with more or less success: Messrs. Rangana- tham Chetty, Veeraragaevulu, Runga Charry, Gopala Charry, Thanikachallam, and Perushottam. L . W . P y e , an account of whose doings appears in this issue of Cricket, put on i.o less than 436 runs for the third wicket in partnership with J. C. Wilson in a match between Central Cumberland and Hawkesbury District. When the score was at 534 for three wickets, the opposing team went on strike and re­ fused to play any more. The Central Cumberland score is appended :— C e n t r a l C u m b e r l a n d . L. W . Tye, run out .. 239 Sundiies .................. 66 y . Mil'er, cand b Smith 32 __ T. Docker, b Harris .. 2 Total (3 wkts) . 534 J .C.W ilson, b P^idevin 195 T om A e m it a g e , the old Yorkshire pro­ fessional, has been out of the asylum for some time, and has played this season with the Pullman Club, U.S.A. He appears to have entirely recovered and, though aged considerably, can still play with a good straight bat, and has made several good scores this season. A m a t c h had been arranged between the Chicago C.C. and the St. George’s C.C., and the captain of the former team allowed Mr. E. Wadsworth, a Toronto cricketer, who was staying in the city, to play against his team. Wadsworth took all teri Chicago wickets for 26 runs ! One of his victims was Dr. E. R. Ogden (who plays under the name of “ Wilmot ” ) the captain of the last Canadian team which visited England. I append the Chicago score as a cu riosity. CHICAGO. W . E. Rooker, b Wadsworth ........... 3 T. O. Stokes, b W adsworth.................. 1 H.F. Harrison, b Wadsworth ............ 1 O. Tolley, not out ..................................24 E. “ W ilm ot,” b Wadsworth ...........11 J. S. Lewis, b Wadsworth .................. 0 C. P. Ogden, b Wadsworth ................... 1 G. Campbell, b W adsworth................... 6 G. A. Aithurs, b Wadsworth ...........18 E. Simonds, b Wadsworth .................. 1 E. J. Ogden, b W adsw orth................... 0 Extras .......................................... 8 T ota l.........................74 A r e m in isc e n c e of the visit of Mr. Warner’s team to America. From Cricket Club Life. “ The bell had rung, the ground was cleared, the umpires were waiting, when the captain stepped out of the dressing room, padded and gloved to walk to the wicket, a little girl with a kodak appears in front of him with ‘ Please, sir, won’t you stand still while I take your picture ? ’ ‘ Certainly I will, but you must be sharp, for don’t you know they are waiting for me.’ ’ ’ D u r in g the short stay in Ceylon of Mr. Stoddart’s team, K. S. Ranjitsinbji was followed about by admiring crowds of Sinhalese, who expressed great dis­ appointment at not being able to see him bat. He has, it is said, promised to play in Ceylon on his return. Before he left the island he was presented with an address by the members of a native cricket club. J o n es , the fast Australian bowler, began the season in a remarkable manner by taking six wickets for one run in 30 balls (six to the over), for North Adelaide against West Torrens. Below will be found the details of his analysis :— W . ..W . |....... \ ..W .W . |.... W W | .. ..l G e o r g e G ie f e n , w h o has a n n ou n ced his u n altera b le in ten tion n o t to p la y in first-cla ss crick et this season, m ade 64, n o t ou t, in his first clu b m atch , an d 98 in his secon d clu b m a tch . T h e following remarks in the A ustral- asian, by “ Felix,” who generally knows what he is talking about, are somewhat disquieting :— “ We say, ‘ Oh, Ranji is in the team, and therefore it cannot possibly be a financial failure.’ But siippose some of the loading players in Australia stuck out for big sums for playing in the test matches, and suppose the promoters could not see their way to give these big sums, the result being that the cracks would not play—where would the firancial success of the tour be f Big mone­ tary demands by our cracks of Australia are quite possible, especially in these days, and so the mere statement that 1Ranji is in the team ’ must not be accepted as sufficient to make the tour a financial success beyond all doubt. I sincerely hope there is no truth in the rumour that excessive demands are being made by certain players. They were remu­ nerated very handsomely indeed last time Mr. Stoddart came, and it would be a thousand pities if the success of the test matches, and therefore of the tour, were spoiled by absence of leading players through altogether unreasonable sums being required for taking part in the test matches.” M r . J. G. D a v is , the secretary of the Chicago Cricket Association, after return­ ing from a tour in Canada with the Wanderers C.C., played eight innings with the following very curious results. It will be noticed that he scored 331 runs and was only once out. 61, not out...In 2nd wicket.. 5 wickets fell 40 „ ...„ 3rd ,, ..9 „ „ 12, out ...„ 3rd „ ... ■> 25, not out... „ 5th „ ..8 „ „ 79 „ 1st „ ...8 „ „ (sideout) 33 „ ... „ 3rd „ ...4 „ „ 54 ,, ...,. 2nd „ ...All out 27 „ ...,, 2nd ,, .. 7wickets fell I n an interesting chat about bowling, “ Felix” thus humorously refers to George Giffen :— “ Perhaps if he hadkept himself on a bit longer now and then he might have got a wicket or two more, but let that pass.” l'KOM the Nilgiri Neiva I take the following list of scorers of over two hun­ dred runs in India;— R. H. Dewing ... ................ ... 226 H. H. Prince Christian Victor... ... 205 R. M. P o o re .................................. ... 202 —de Salis .................................. ... 268 H. C. King .................................. ... 204 E. G. Wynyard .......................... ... 237 E. E. Eicke .................................. ... 229 C. Mitchell .................................. ... 24? S. S. Doeg .................................. ... 223 A. D. Wilkins .......................... ... 218 Badesi .......................................... ... *219 * Signifies not out. A m ong famous Australians who began the season well are:—Coningham, six wickets for 14, and an innings of 47; Donnan, 28 ; Jones (bowling at a medium pace) fourteen wickets for 48, and (at his usual pace, if not faster than usual) 6 for 1; McKibbin seven wickets for 53. G. Giffen 64 not out and 98; Worrall, 59. T h e report of the committee of the Kent County C.C. is not quite as satis­ factory as could have been wished, for the county had a very unsuccessful season. Nevertheless, the receipts so considerably exceeded the expenses that about £750 was paid out in connection with young players and the improvements on the Canterbury ground. Mr. Marchant, who for years has been the captain of the team, under circumstances of the greatest discourage­ ment, has at last persuaded the Committee to accept his resignation, though they did so with great regret; he is to be succeeded by Mr. Mason. The county N E X T ISSUE, THUR SDAY , D ECEM BER 30.