Cricket 1898

10 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J a n . 27, 1898. and that his innings was duly timed hy a Mr. A. Meeler, a gentleman at that time well known as a good fast bowler in suburban cricket. The record, therefore, must stand as a genuine performance. “ Allow me also to point out a record of two centuries in a minor match, which has evi­ dently escaped the watchful eye of Mr. F. S. Ashley-Cooper. “ Mr. C. I). Long, on August 9th and 10th last, for the Cheshire Gentlemen v. I Zingari, scored 132 first innings and 136 in the second innings. "Will collectors of curios kindly note f ” Me. F. S. A s h l e y -C o o pe r sends de­ tails of Mr. P. A. Fryer’." extraordinary scoring for the Wellingborough Grammar School Masters in 1897, which are sure to be of interest to Cricket readers. Mr. Fryer, I may add, entered the school in 1881, then eleven years of age, and leaving in 1889 went up to Cambridge, where he graduated in 1892. He then returned to Wellingborough as a master, where he has remained ever since. He was in the School Cricket X I. five years, and in the School Football X I. for the same period. For three years he was in the Jesus College Cricket X I., ob­ taining top average and aggregate the last year. During his last two years at Cambridge he was in the College Foot­ ball X I., and he has since been a member of the Corinthians, Casuals and Norfolk County at football, and has played regu­ larly for Norfolk at cricket. S cores f o r W e llin g b o ro u g h M a sters, 1897. May 8, v. Wo’laston Park, at Wollaston, 8. May 15, v. Bedford Town, at Wellingboro’ , 1. May 22, v. Burghley Park, at Wei ingboro’, 1S1 (I five and 20 fours). June 2, v. Mr. E. Scriven’s XI., at Northampton, 306 (2 sixes,4 fives, 25fours, 18 threes and 22 twos). June 5, v. Bushden, at Wellingboro’, 21. June 7, v. Wollaston Park, at Wellingboro’, 56. June 12, v. E. Scriyen’s X I., at Weliingloro’. 31. June 22, v. W, J. Marsham’s XI. at Wellingboro’, 19 June 26, v. Bedford Town, at Bedford, 239 (8 sixes and 15 fours). July 3, v. Leicester Boslyn, at Welliagborj’, 274 (5 sixes and 25 fours). July 19, v. Bushden, at Wellingboro’ , 81 (9 fours). July 21, v. Leicester Ivanhoe, at Wellingboro’, 47. Grand result:—12 matches, 12 innings, 0 not out, 306 highest score, 1,216 runs, average 101'33. May his shadow never grow less ! T h ro u g h the courtesy of the Derby­ shire, Warwickshire, Northumberland and Northamptonshire clubs in altering fixtures made at the meeting of county secretaries at Lord’s, the Surrey Com­ mittee have been able to change the date arranged for Gentlemen and Players at the Oval from July 7 to June 13. Surrey will play Derbyshire, at Derby, on August 29, instead of June 13; War­ wickshire, at the Oval, on September 1, instead of August 29. The matches of Surrey second, at the Oval, with North­ umberland and Northants, have been altered from June 15 to June 2, from Juno 13 to June 9 respectively. C. V . D a vy, whose all-round cricket was of such excellent service to Bickley Park a few years ago, has been very much in evidence both with bat and ball in Madras just lately. At the end of last month he did two notable perfor­ mances. The better of the two was for Mofussil against Madras, in which match he scored 80 out of a total of 214, and took eleven wickets for 104 runs. The other was for the Madras C.C. against the Combined Natives. In this he dis­ missed fourteen batsmen for an aggregate of only forty-six runs. In the first inn­ ings of the Natives, nine of the ten wickets fell to his bowling. In the recent match between the Behar Wanderers and the Maharaja of Patiala’s team, says the Bombay Gazette, Mistri, the well-known Parsi cricketer, now on the Maharaja of Patiala’s “ staff ” bowled a fast ball whichwas distinctly seen to pass between thebatsman’s legs andthewicket. The off bail, however, dropped. Mr. Lyall, who was umpiring, gave it notout, as in his opinion, which was supported by the bowler, the ball had passed clear of the stumps. Therewas nothing to account for the bail falling off. The batsman had not played back, so he could not have touched the wicket with his feet or ba t; the wicket keeper was well clear of the stumps, he picked up the ball clean and there was absolutely no breeze at the time. D u r in g the second innings of the Australians in the first big match, Rich­ ardson bowled for an hour and a half, without a rest, and had a hundred runs hit off him, without takihg a wicket. F r o m the reports of the first Australia match in the Australian newspapers, it is clear that in the second innings McLeod was bowled by a full pitch by Richardson, and that Bannerman called no-ball. McLeod, who is slightly deaf, did not hear this and, thinking he was out, walked away. The ball went off the wicket to Druce in the slips, who returned it to Storer, with the result that Storer pulled up a stump. As the laws stand, Phillips had no choice but to give the batsman run out. But the situation is none the less unsatisfactory. J ac k H a r r y , who was on the profes­ sional staff of the M.C.C. in 1896, has accepted a post as groundman to the West Brighton Bowling Club, Victoria. It is said he will no longer play cricket. T h e batting of G. L. Wilson, the old Sussex cricketer, for the Melbourne C.C. has not been very noteworthy this season, but he has often been useful as a fast bowler, his last performance being to take five wickets for 61 in a Pennant match. S cene . Anywhere and everywhere. Time. The present. First Cricketer : “ Have you read what Ranji says about MacLaren ? ” Second Cricketer: “ Yes. Greatest batsman on earth, and so on. Have you read what MacLaren says about Ranji ? ” F .C .: “ Yes. Finest cricketer in the world, and so on.” S.C.: “ And Box—” F .C .: “ And Cox—” p Q |(together): “ Are satisfied.” T he team chosen to represent New South Wales in the matches against V ic­ toria and South Australia was as follows: T. W. Garrett, F. A. Iredale, S. E. Gre­ gory, T. E. McKibbin, H. Donnan, M. A. Noble, A. C. Noble, A. C. Mackenzie, W. Howell, J. J. Kelly, V. Trumper, L. W . Pye. B elow will be found the list of the big matches in Australia, with results as far as known:— OCTOBER. 28-Stoddart’s Team v. South Australia. Drawn. NOVEMBER. 6—Stoddart’s Team v. Victoria. Stoddart’s Team won by two wickets. 12—Stoddart’s Team v. New South Wales, at Sydney. Stoddart’s Team won by eight wickets. 13—South Australia v. Victoria, at Adelaide. South Australia won by nine wickets. 25—Stoddart’s Team v. Combined Queensland and New South Wales, at Brisbane. Drawn. DECEMBER. 10—Stoddart’s Team v. Australia (first match), at Sydney. Stoddart’s Team won by nine wickets. 27—Victoria v. New South Wales, at Melbourne. 31—Stoddart’s Team y. Australia (second match), at Melbourne. Australia won by an innings and 55 runs. JANUARY. 8—South Australia y. New South Wales, at Adelaide. 14—Stoddart’s Team v. Australia (third match), at Adelaide, Australia won by an innings and 13 runs. 22—New South Wales v. Victoria (return), at Sydney. 29—Stoddart’s Team v. Australia (fourth match), at Melbourne. FEBRUARY. 4—Stoddart’s Team v. New South Wales (return), at Sydney. 11—Vittoria v. SouthAustralia (return),atMelbourne. 18—New SouthWales v. South Australia (fifth match), at Sydney. 25—Stoddart’s Team v. Australia (return), at Sydney MARCH. 4—Stoddart’sTeamv.Victoria (return),at Melbourne. 11—Stoddart’s Team v. South Australia (return), at Adelaide. The following are some of the latest hundreds :— Nov. 20.—H. Trumble, Melbourne v. Hawksburn 115 Nov. 20.—J. J. Shepherd, Manley v. Redfern (Sydney).................................................... 252* Nov. 20.—V. Trumper, Paddington v. South Sydney .................................................... 125 Dec. 1.—Jayaram, Bangalore v. Madras ......... 132 Dec. 4.—H. Stuckey, East Melbourne v. Carlton 298 Dec. 4.—P. McAlister, East Melbourne v. Carlton 147 Dec. 4.—L. W. Pye, Central Cumberland v. East Sydney............................... ..........215* Dec. 4.—Moysey, Melbourne v. South Melbourne 122 Dec. 4.—E. Hush, Hawksburn y. N. Melbourne 148* Dec. 3.—J. J. Lyons, Vestibule v. Stock Ex­ change (Adelaide) ...............................108* Dec. 29.—F. A. Jones, Madras v. Ordnance ... 130 Dec. 25.—R. E. Frith, Madras v. Ordnance ... 142 Dec. 25.—E. H. D. Sewell, Octacamund v. Gymkhana .............................................100 Dec. 25.—F. A. Jones, Madras v. Natives......... 128 Dec. 11.—J. Worrall, Carlton v. East Melbourne 144 Dec. 11.—E. Bush, Hawksburn v. N. Melbourne 187 Dec. 28.—J. B. Mason, Stoddart’s Team v. Bendigo X V III.........................................128 Jan. 8.—A. E. Stoddart, Stoddart’s Team v. Ballarat X V in .........................................Ill Jan. 1.—C. M c L eod , A ustralia v . S toddart ’ s T eam ................................................................112 Jan. 14.—J. D arling , A ustralia v . S tod ­ dart ’ s T e am .......................................................178 Jan. 14. — A . C. M ac L abkn , S toddart ’ s T eam v. A u s tr a lia ............................................. 124 ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. H. P. W a rre n (King Williams Town).—We have tried our best to obtain the information you require, but at present without success. C an an alan dia.— A list of scorers of two hundreds in a match appeared in the issue of Crickct for Nov. 25. Post free, 2jd., from the office, 168, Upper Thames Street, E.C. In te re ste d . —We regret that we cannot find room for the names of the members of previous Eoglish teams touring in Australia. Most of them can be found in Dr. Grace’s “ Cricket,” and also, of course, in “ Wisden,” or “ Lillywhite.” N E X T ISSUE , T H U R S D A Y , F E B R U A R Y 24.