Cricket 1897

476 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. D ec . 30, 1897. charger of the Mahar&j ah’s team in which Brockwell was disporting himself in the Lucknow match, according to all accounts, is “ a thing of beauty.” A NEW feature in the programme of the Oxford University C.C. next summer is a match with Essex, which is to be played on the Christ Church Ground on May 23rd and two following days. Oxford’s fixtures for 1898 are May 2, Seniors’ Match ; 5th, Freshmen’s Match; 9th, Twelve v. Twelve; 12fcb, Twelve v. Next Sixteen; 16th, v. A. J. Webbe’s X I.; 19th, v. M C.C. & Ground; 23rd, v. Essex; and 26tb, v. Somerset. All these are at Oxford. Tbe out matches are June 20th, v. Surrey at the Oval; 23rd, v. Sussex at Brighton ; 27th, v. M.C.C. and Ground at Lord’s ; 30th, v. Cambridge at Lord’s. E ven now the date for the Gentlemen and Players match at the Oval has not been definitely fixed. With eight of the first class counties, as well as Cambridge University, engaged, it would seem ridiculous to try and bring it off on J uly 4th as originally fixed. If the Surrey authorities can succeed in inducing Essex to change their match arranged with Gloucestershire for July 7th at Leyton, the Gentlemen will meet the Players on the Surrey ground on that and two following days. But the festive season perhaps will have to fulfil its course before a conclusion is arrived at. For the moment we don’t quite know where A LITTLE bird whispers that W.G. is in the throes of another book. This time * ‘The Master,” so I understand, is covering a wider field than he has as yet hitherto covered. His forthcoming production is to deal with various kinds of sport in most of which, by the way, he has him self been proficient. In any case Cricket readers are pretty sure to find interest in his experiences, which judging by his previous form are certain to be full of anrcdotes of contemporary celebrities, and consequently good reading. A n o t h e r Tom Hearne has been taken, if report be true, into the fold of the Marylebone Club. The T.H. in question lias been appointed groundman at Lord’s and it is understood is to take up that position very shortly. He is giving up the engagement he has held as ground- man at Wellington College to go to headquarters. T h a t indispensable handbook, Wisdtn's Cricketer's Almanack, which has just made i's appearance for 1898, is as full of valu able information as ever. Mr. Sydney Pardon, the editor, is once more to be congratulated on the success which has attended his efforts to produce a complete record of the game. Among the special articles are Mr. Warner’s “ Cricket in the West Indies and America,” Mr. W. J. Ford’s “ Public School Cricket in 1897,” while there is an interesting and appro priate note by the editor on “ Throwing.” A n o t h e r indispensable handbook, James Lillywhite’s Annual, has also just appeared. It contains, as usual, a lot of very useful information which can be found in no other “ annual,” while the season’s doings are fully chronicled. Tne list of ci icket records is comprehensive and complete. B e f o r e the match between Mr. Stoddart’s team and South Australia a gentleman offered certain money prizes for the best performances by South Australians during the game ; including £10 for the best fieldsman. The South Australian players themselves were to adjudge the prizes. The batting and bowling prizes were divided without hesitation, and it was at first proposed to divide the fielding prize between Jones and Drew, who had undoubtedly dis tinguished themselves greatly, but a genius, who had perhaps read the story of Themistocles and the rival captains after tbe battle of Silamis, suggested that as Jones and Hill had already carried off sufficient in the way of batting and bowling prizes, the £10 should be divided equally between the rest of the team. This remarkable proposal was carried out, the only dissentients being Darling and Evans, who handed over their share to a charity. W h a t may be described as the “ inci dents ” of the first Australian match may be briefly dismissed. The action of the Sydney trustees was mistaken, but hardly wicked; the dismissal of McLeod was (as far as can be ascertained at present) law ful,|but not quite satisfactory; the umpire in giving MacLaren “ not ou t” acted to the best of his judgment, which is all that a umpire can do. T h e following is a summary of the receipts and attendance at the New South Wales’ match :— First day ... Second day... Third day ... Fourth day Totals 10,673 32,253 13,949 12,290 69,165 £ s. d. ... 403 8 4 ... 1,412 13 9 ... 522 16 3 ... 391 14 0 £2,730 12 4 Oct. 29.—D. C. Davey, Wanderers v. Albion (Durban) .................................................. Oct. 17.—W . Giffen, West Adelaide v. Sturt ... Nov. 27.—N. F. Druce, Mr. Stoddart’s Team v. Thirteen of Queensland aud N.S.W . ... Nov. 27.—A.C.MacLaren, Mr. Stoddart’s Team, v. Thirteen of Queensland and N.S.W. Nov. 9.—E. H. D. Sewell, Civil v. Military (Ootacamund) .......................................... 136* 127 Nov. 13. —E. H. D. Sewell, Nilgiri News v. Ooty Gymkhana ... .......................................... Nov. 6.—F. O’Flaherty, Queen’s Park v. Albion (Durban) .................................................. Nov. 6 . - S. E. Gregory, X I of N.8.W . v. X V . Dec. 14.—A. C. M a c L a r e n , Mb. S t o d d a r t ’ s T e a m v. A u s t r a l ia .............................................. Dec. 15.— K . S . R a n jit p in h ji , M r . S t o d d a r t ’ s T e a m v . A u s t r a l ia ............... ............... Dec. 16.— J . D a r l in g A u s t r a l ia v .M r . S t o d d a r t ’ s T e a m .......................................................... 190* 146* 143 LUCKNOW v. PA TIALA.—Played at Lucknow on November 30 and December 1. P a t ia l a . R e f e r r i n g to the enormous crowd on the first day of the above match, the Sydney Mail says :— “ As for the crowd on each day, it was even more remarkable than the cricket. ‘ All the world ’—and ‘ his wife ’ were there. There were the Governor, the Premier, the Judges from the Bench, the Bar, the Church—many churches—every profession and business and calling was representedby its leaders. An earthquake on that ground would have emptied the high places of society and the state as no revolution or no political convulsion could do.” The following are some of the latest hundreds:— W . Brockwell, c An drew. b 'I hackwell 85 Kutub Din. b Stanley 2 M. Mistri, b Clarke ... 43 H.H. the Maharajah, b Stanley..................10 Badesi Bam, c Piper, b Stanley.................. 4 Namik Bam, c N ic', b Stanley ..................18 Mr.Williams, bThaek- well ..........................39 L u c k n o w . First inniegs. E. F. Butter, b Brockwell... 13 E. H. Bayford, c and b B rockw ell.......................... 4 Private Stanley, b Mistri ... 6 T. Clarke, b Mistii ............ 0 C. W . Barlow, c Badesi, b B rockw ell.......................... 14 Major F. F. Crawford, c Babu, b Brockw ell...........50 Major O’Donnell, c Brock- well, b Mistri ................. 0 F. A. Andrew, c Babu, b Brockwell ........................... 6 Corporal Piper, c Babu, b B rockw ell........................... 0 C. I. Thackwell, c H .H ., b N a n a k ................................. 6 Private Nice, not o u t... 2 Byes ............................. 13 Mr. Billimoria. b Bay ford ..........................37 Tarachand, c C'raw- foid, b Thackwell... 27 Gokul Chand, b Stan ley .......................... 18 Baja Babu, not out ... 0 Byes ................... 9 Total .292 Total ...114 Second innings, b Brockwell ... 1 b Brockwell ... 2 c Williams, b Brockwell ... 0 b Brockwell ... 5 b Brockwell ... 6 b ’Nanak ........... 7 c Mistri, b Brock well ................... 0 not out.................. 15 c Mistri, b Nanak 32 b Brockwell ... 5 b Nanak ........... 3 Byes ......... 16 Total ... 92 ROSSALL SCHOOL. BATTING AVERAGES. No. Times Most of not Total in an inns. out. runs. inns. Aver. N. V. Jacob.......... .. 14 ... 4 .. 273 .. 74*.. 27 3 L. T. Harper .. 16 ... 3 ... 253 .. 59 . . 19-46 C. R. Darlington ... 17 ... 0 .. 286 .. 69 .. 16 82 P. G. C. Campbell ... 8 ... 2 ... 114 .. 47 . . 16 28 H. F. Adkins ... 10 ... 2 ... 127 .. 37 . . 15 87 D. D. Wilson ... 15 ... 1 ... 160 .. 55 . . 11-43 F. B eecham .......... ... 8 ... 1 ... 64 .. lt . . 914 O. B. W e b b .......... ... 15 ... 1 ... 114 .. 27 ... 814 L. H. Draper .. 8 ... 2 ... 31 .. 7*... 5-16 G. H. Stolterforth ... 9 ... 0 ... 44 .. 22 . . 4-88 F. H. Cowell........... .. 11 ... 3 ... 28 .. 9 . . 35 BOWLING AVERAGES. Wkts. Runs. Aver. F. H. Cowell ... 34 .. 499 . . 14 67 O. B. Webb ... 14 .. 232 . . 1657 C. R. Darlington ... 6 .. 109 . . 18-16 H. F. Adkins ... ... 16 S92 . . 18 25 C. H. Diaper ... ... 6 . . 263 . . 43 83 REVOLUTION IN Cigarette Paper Books EACH LEAF READY TO HAND FOR USE. | a t A L I i t o b a c c o n is t s . 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