Cricket 1897

60 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A pril 8, 1897. on leaving school, he devoted himself heartily to the game, particularly in Leicestershire. Many Cricket readers will remember with pleasure the matches he arranged for the latter part of the season, under the name of the Ubique Club. Until illhealth compelled his withdrawal, he was a prominent member of the Com­ mittee of the Leicestershire C.C., and missed very few of the County home matches. W il l ia m B r o c k w e l l , who has just completed a most successful engagement at Pretoria, is back again in England. He was at the Oval on Tuesday, looking particularly fit and well. Abel and Brockwell, by the way, go to Leyton towards the end of next week to coach the rising talent of Essex. Lockwood, who has been fulfilling an engagement at Cape Town, is expected home in about a week. The announcement that George Lohmann was leaving the Cape in the “ Scot,” on March 24, was a “ little too previous.” At any rate, he was still in Cape Town at the end of last month. To Cricketers, the Badminton Magazine for this month will be of interest, if only for the article on “ Cricket in the year of the Queen’s Accession.” To Cricket readers it appeals with greater force from the fact that Mr. A. C. Coxhead the writer, has beena frequent contributor to this paper. Under any circumstances the picture he presents of the game as it was sixty years ago is a striking proof of the development of the public taste for cricket during the course of the Queen’s reign. “ Old JSbor,” in the Athletic News, gives bold advertisement to the fact that no less than seventy-two cricket clubs have paid Mr. F. S. Jackson the compli­ ment of inviting him to be their President! T h e Committee of the Marylebone Club have taken the catering department at Lord’s into their own hands. Rumour has it that all kinds of improvements are in store for cricketers as well as for the public during the coming season. O n l y four old Blues will remain 1 1 form the back-bone of the Oxford eleven for 1897. Of this four, F. M. Cunliffe has been the embodiment during the winter. G. R. Bardswell has been in the West Indies with Lord Hawke’s team and P. S. Waddy in Australia on a flying visit to his family. J. C. Hartley is the other surviving Blue, and it is doubtful whether he will be able to play regularly. C r ic k e t in the West Indies has, according to Mr. Priestley, developed considerably during the two years that have elapsed since the visit of the first English team to the Islands. This is wbat he said to an interviewer. ‘ ‘ At Trinidad they have a splendid new ground and a very fine pavilion, hut so far as the cricket is concerned, it will certainly take some time hefore it can be considered a good wicket. Batting in Trinidad is much improved in the two years, and in their ground bowlers (native), they have two very good men—especially on a wicket that is not perfect, Constantine is a capital hat; in fact, he is looked upon, seemingly, as the best native bat in the West Indies. Crickot in the West Indies is certainly improved— most docidedly so; and if their clubs will only make use of the ground men (native) they will surely be able to put into the field formidable teams.” T h e “ History of the Derbyshire County Cricket Club,” by W. J. Piper, Jun., the official scorer, published by Bacon & Hudson, Derby, at 1/6, will be found extremely useful to Derbyshire cricketers. The history chiefly consists of a complete list of matches, with the scores, from 1871, to the present time, together with short notes. In the bowl­ ing analyses, only the Derbyshire bowlers find a place, which detracts somewhat from the value of the book as a work of reference. There is a curious little mis­ take on page 99, in the scores of the Sussex v. Derbyshire match, at Brighton, in 1881. Ellis was bowled for 0, aud not Greenfield, while Greenfield made 25, not out, and not Ellis. I n an Electorate match at Sydney, on Feb. 13 and 20, Donnan scored 308 in seven hours. He was not out on tbe 13th, and on the following Saturday, the ground on which the match was played was only attended by about 50 spectators, although all the other grounds were crowded. Sydney spectators do not take kindly to slow batting. As a contrast to Donnan’s innings, Jones scored 67, on Feb. 20, in twenty-two minutes. His hits were 15 fours, a two, and five singles. O x f o r d cricket will be well represented in the Inter-University Racket matches to be played at the Queen’s Club to­ morrow and Saturday. A. E. Foster, brother of H. K.. who opposes E. Garnett of Cambridge, in the singles, had an aver­ age of six for Malvern College last year aud ought to leave off the most likely Freshman for the coming season. R. H. Montmorency, who will be his partner in the doubles, has played for the Surrey Second Eleven and in the opinion of many is worth well a higher trial. A week or two ago he represented Oxford against Cambridge at golf. “ How is this for h ig h ?” It comes from Adelaide :— “ Andrew Hutchinson was in fine form at Narracoote with his bat. and within half an hour he knocked up 101 runs out of a total of 152, carrying out his bat. In his score were included 5 fourers and 3 fives. The occasion was a match County against Town.” The local paper naively adds “ his hitting was vigorous and free.” The following are some of the latest hundreds : — Feb. 13.—C. Hill, North Adelaide v. Norwood... 154* Feb. 13.—O’Halloran, Melbourne v. North Mel­ bourne ................................................. 147 Feb. 13.—C. Ross, Melbourne v. N. Melbourne 107* Feb. 13.—J. Quirk, University v. Williamstown (Melbourne).......................................... 133* Feb. 13.—C. Gregory, 8. Sydney v. N. Sydney... 1*9 Feb. 20.—H. Donnan, S. Sydney v. N. Sydney 308 L O R D H A W K E ’S T E A M I N T H E W E S T I N D I E S . (Continuedfrom page 39). T H E A N T I G U A M A T C H (N in th o f the T o u r). P layed at A n tig u a on M arch 11 and 12. L ord H aw k e’ s team w on b y 259 runs. O w in g t o illn e s s a n d a c c id e n ts a m o n g th e m e m b e r s o f th e te a m a r e c ru it fo r th is m a tc h h a d t o b e e n lis te d in th e p e rs o n o f L ie u te n a n t d e R o b e c k . T h e e a sy v ic t o r y w h ic h h a d b e e n g a in e d o v e r A n tig u a b y M r . P r ie s tle y ’ s te a m d id n o t e n c o u r a g e a n y p r o s p e c ts o f a g o o d m a t c h , a n d fr o m firs t t o la s t th e h o m e te a m h a d v e r y m u c h t h e w o r s t o f t h e gram e. A s a g a in s t M r . P r ie s t le y ’ s te a m , E . S a m u e l p r o v e d h im s e lf t o b e th e b e s t b a t o n h is sid e ; h e m a d e 3 0 in th e firs t in n in g s , b u t in th e s e c o n d , w h e n r u n s w e re b a d ly w a n te d , h e w a s r u n o u t b y h is p a r tn e r . T h e o n ly o th e r A n tig u a b a ts m a n w h o d is tin g u is h e d h im s e lf w a s B . R e id w h o m a d e 11 a n d 2 5 . A m o n g t h e E n g lis h ­ m en , P . F . W a r n e r a g a in s h o w e d th a t th e W e 3 t I n d ia n c lim a te a g r e e s w it h h im , a n d in th e s e c o n d in n in g s h e m a d e h is h u n d r e d ; h e w ill in d e e d b e a b le t o lo o k b a c k u p o n t h e t o u r w ith e q u a n im ity . I n th e first in n in g s th e b a t t in g o f L o r d H a w k e ’ s te a m w a s n o t p a r tic u la r ly s tr ik ­ in g , u n til A . E . L e a th a m a n d R . W . W ic k ­ h a m c a m e t o g e t h e r fo r t h e n in th w ic k e t a n d ra ise d t h e s c o r e fr o m 95 t o 191. B o t h m e n p la y e d e x c e lle n t c r ic k e t. I n th e se c o n d in n in g s , W a r n e r o u td is ta n c e s th e o th e r b a ts m e n , b u t L e v e s o n -G o w e r a n d H e s e ltin e w e r e m a k in g ru n s fa s t w h e n th e in n in g s w a^ clo s e d . L ord H awke ’ s T eam . First innings. Second innings. P. F. Warner, b Buckley ... 2 c Pereira, b H. Branch ...........110 G . R . B a r d s w e ll, st Knowles, b Biadbury ... 25 lbw, b Davey ... 18 St. G. M. de Roebeck, b Buckley ........................... 8 c Samuel, b Reid 18 R. Berens, b Buckley........... 2 c Davey, b Reid 5 A. D. Whatman, c Samuel, b Moitt .......................... 3 c Davey, b Buck­ ley ................... 6 H . D G. Leveson-Gower, b Samuel................... ... 26 not out ...........34 Lord Hawke, c Moitt, b Bradbury ............................. 9 C. Heseltine,c and b Samuels 11 notout.................. 26 R. W . Wickham, run out... 44 A . E. Leatham, not out ... 52 W . H. Wakefield, lbw, b Moitt .................................... 6 B 16, lb 2..............................18 B 19, lb 4, w l 24 Total............................206*Total (5 wkts)241 •Innings declared closed. A ntigua . W . G. Davey, c Whatman, b Bardswell .......................17 lbw, b Leveson- Gower ............ 3 B. Reid, c Wakefield, b B ardsw ell............................... 11 c De Roebeck, b Leatham ..............25 E. Pereira, run out ......... 13 run out ...............10 P. J. O’L. Bradbury, b Leveson-Gower ... 1 st De Roebeck, b Leatham ............ 6 J. A . Branch, lbw, b Leve­ son-Gower ............................ 0 c Heseltine, b Warner ..............11 E. Samuel, c Warner, b Wickham ..............................30 run out ............. 3 S. Moitt, c Heseltine, b Wickham ..............................12 c Wickham, b Leatham ............ 1 C. Knowles, c Bardswell, b Warner ............................ o b Leatham ............. 0 J. Joseph, c Warner, b Wickham ............................ 0 not o u t ...................17 H. N. Branch, lbw, b W ick­ ham ................................... o b Heseltine............. 1 T. H. Buckley, not out ... 4 lbw, b Leatham 7 B 6, lb 3, w 1 .................. 10 B 2, lb 2, w 2 6 Total.......................... 98 Total ... 90