Cricket 1898

106 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OE THE GAME. M ay 5, 1898. years ago Lyons always went in first for Australian Elevens, and George was booked first wicket down. Now Darling has taken Lyons’ place as pioneer, and Giffen’s mantle has fallen on H ill. Two champions have made way for tw o more champions. But we have really replaced three champions, for Giffen was a double cham jion, and Jones has amply taken his place as a bowler. Was ever colony or country so fortunate ? ” —Adelaide Observer . A t a meeting of the Secretaries of the Philadelphia Cricket Clubs for the pur­ pose of arranging matches for the season, so much energy was shown that one of the secretaries remarked, “ The parlia­ mentary tactics pursued b y the secretaries gathered here to arrange the best lot of games for their club outrival anything in Congress.” From this it may readily be gathered that the meeting was pretty lively. I t is not often that “ F elix” indulges in very flowery language in the Austra­ lasian, but in describing an unfinished partnership of 290 by H . Trumble and H . Graham, in a pennant match, he lets himself go. He refers to the batting of the two men as “ elegant and most entertaining,” and adds that “ the few spectators were roused to quite a glow ing condition b y the exhilarating and attrac­ tive character of the dual exhibition. N ot a solitary blemish rests on the Trumbellian essay.” T he follow ing is the present state of the score in the match between Spain and America, according to the latest advices from M adrid:— A m erica . —First innings. Admiral Sampson, not out, 1mule; Commo­ dore Dewey, retired hurt, 1 very small Spanish Fleet; Extras, a few merchant ships and a Spanish lieutenant, who was going to see his new baby.-—Total, nothing very much. F oe . the sake of record, the analysis of the Essendon bowlers in the famous innings of 1,094 by Melbourne Univer­ sity is given below :— Balls. Runs. Mdns. Wkts. C. Sampford... 240 ... 145 ... 9 ... 1 H. Christian... 312 ... 243 .. 23 ... 1 C. Christian... 228 ... 137 ... 2 ... 1 J. Gaunt 102 ... t9 ... 1 ... 0 W . Griffiths .. 204 ... 137 ... 5 ... 2 M. O’Shea ... 102 ... 88 ... 0 ... 1 G.Washington 201 .. 119 ... 3 ... 3 W. Smith 96 ... 47 ... 1 ... 1 C. Dalton 60 ... 42 ... 1 ... 0 P. B arr.......... 30 . .. 26 ... 0 ... 0 J. Ramsay ... 6 ... 3 ... 0 ... 0 H. Christian bowled two wides, and Washington, Smith and Dalton one each. I t w ill be noticed that all the members o f the team had a trial with the ball. The University cricket ground is prac­ tically a circle, and is 195 yards at its greatest length, and 190 at its greatest width, so that the high scoring owed nothing to a small area. N ot much time has been lost b y J. E. Mason in showing that, though he was out of form in Australia, he is not likely to be left behind in the race for averages this year. Against a strong Blackheath team he made 68 on Saturday, putting on 158 for the second wicket with A. J. Turner, the Essex cricketer, whose score was 96. On the Blackheath side, F. Mitchell cariied his bat for 62. O u r latest war telegrams :— OffMatanzas. I alone saw the match between the Spanish and America at Matanzas. The Spanish bowling was ridiculously short, but their opponents kept a perfect length. OffMatanzas, later. The Americans scored heavily. In the course of their innings, several balls were driven with such force among the spectators that thousands of them were placed hors de combat. Much later. It turns out that there was a mistake made by some correspondents about the accidents to spectators. As a matter of fact, a ball struck a mule, who naturally kicked at it. Hence the confusion. Manila. The Spaniards seem to have had no practice at all, although they knew that the match was sure to come off here. A sa matter of fact they were bowled out neck and crop, while the score of the Americans was the largest so far of the season. TW O W AVS OP LOOKING AT THE RESULT OF AN APPEAL FOR “ KCN OCT.” S u g g e s t e d contents bill for evening papers, warranted to be more attractive than war rumours :— Probable M A GN IF IC EN T INN ING S BY BRANN Tomorrow. T h is month’s Badminton Magazine fitly heralds the opening of the cricket season with an article on the University matches. No one is better qualified or able to write on cricket history than the Hon. B. H . Lyttelton. The subject one would have thought by this time would have been pretty well exhausted. But Mr. Lyttel­ ton’s acquaintance with cricket lore, and his practical knowledge of the game have combined to give a new interest to a topic which is full of agreeable recollec­ tions, reminiscences of great players and replete with historical incidents. H o l l a e d is becoming increasingly popular as a happy hunting grpund for cricket touring parties year b y year. This summer the Castle Cary C.C. is visiting the country below the sea for its fifth annual tour. W . S. Donne, the indefatigable hon. sec. of the club, has issued a very neat, as well as interesting programme, giving full particulars of the matches to be played, with a sketch of the route and other illustrations. The Nederlandsche Cricket Bund, which is responsible for the arrangement of the match list, it goes without saying, will give the Somersetshire Club a hearty welcome. T he team Mr. Donne is personally conducting will b e :—W . S. Donne, W . B. Mackie, H . E. Corner, A. E. B. Birkett, F. W . Cuming, A. Bowerman, W . is h - ford, E. D. Warren, P. T. Ebdon, H . W . Morgan, C. E. A. Dewey, F. T. Franklin, and T. P. Green. The matches are:— JUNE. 28. Hilversun, v. Amsterdam (Amstees C.C.) 29. Haarlem, v. North Holland 30. Haarlem, v. Haarlem (Red and "White C.C.) JULY. 1. Haarlem, v. All Holland* 5. The Hague, v. The Hague 6. Rotterdam, v. South Holland 7. Leiden, v. Leiden (Ajax C.C.)] -•* ^ 8. Leiden, v. All Holland* * Two-day matches. Two or three months ago mention was made in Cricket —the only paper, by the way, which had any intimation that such a scheme was in contemplation—of an invitation sent by the Haverford College to the Harrow School Eleven to visit Philadelphia. There were, of course, great difficulties in the way on this side, and with very great regret the Harrow authorities have been compelled to decline the hospitable invitation from Haverford, at all events for the moment. None the less, the cricket fathers at Haverford are hopeful that an English Public School Team will be seen there in the very near future. A g o o d friend in Pretoria writes as follow s:— In “ Pavilion Gossip” in the February number of your esteemed journal, which reached here this week, a paragraph appears about A. E. Trott, in which there are one or two inaccuracies which I have no doubt you will be glad to have corrected. Trott is credited with carrying out his bat for 215. Your informant is altogether wrong in this point, as Trott was out in every one of the 23 innings he played in and for Pretoria—these including Wednesday matches, which are reckoned very second-rate games, even for this quarter of the globe— and 121 was his highest score, that being made in one of these Wednesday games on November 10th. On the previous Saturday, November 6th, he played his first important match here, in the [league match against the Wanderers, making 120, and for this about £20 was subscribed on the field. In the return match against the Pirates, on January 22, in the same competition, he took 8 wickets for 8 runs, not 9 runs as stated. His analysis in