Cricket 1898

CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M at 26, 1898. he was on a visit to the Raja of Rutlam he bowled to his Highness for a time, and then stood behind the wickets, giving very useful hints to the young Raja as to how particular strokes were to be made. He then took the bat him­ self, and treated the people to a marvel­ lous display of his performances with the willow, batting in a style never up till now seen in India. After the game was over, Ranjitsinhji, in the course of a conversation with a friend of the Raja’s, spoke in very high terms of Rutlam Raja's proficiency in cricket, and guaran­ teed his Highness becoming a first-class cricketer in two months under a proper coach. Ranjitsinhji added that he was ‘ astonished at the Rajah Sahib’s magnificent hitting,’ and congratu­ lated his Highness on his having acquired so much skill in the game.” H . B o y l e , the famous old A u s­ tralian bowler, has re-visited the scene of so many of his triumphs at Melbourne. H is home is now iu Gippsland. D u r i n g the Easter holidays, Clement H ill formed one of a party representing the Old Norwood C.O. (Adelaide), which was disbanded this season on account of the new Electorate scheme. The team played two matches up country. H ill’s scores were 69 and 20, while m t e fc rt match he took 4 wickets for 14, and in Ihe amend, 4 for 29. T h e first of the amateurs in M r. Stoddart’s team to appear in first- class cricket at home this year is M r. Mason, who made a splendid beginning by scoring 39 and 80, and taking five wickets for eight, in the first innings, against the M.C.C. for his county. M r. Stod­ dart, M r. Druce, and M r. MacLaren have yet to make a start, while K . S. Ranjitsinhji may or may", not be in England again before the end of the season. I f Oxford University had made one more run against Essex they would have saved the follow on. Possibly they were not over anxious to make this run, but it was cer­ tainly cutting things rather finely. BOWLING. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Witts. Aver. A. E. H. Evans .. 1582 ... 40 . . 459 .. 29 .. 15 82 V. Hugo.......... ,. 77 ... 17 . . 246 .. 15 .. 1640 G. Giffen.......... .. 1472 ... 41 . 361 .. 19 . 19 00 J. Reedman ... .. 112 ... 18 . . 403 .. 19 .. 2121 F. Jarvis............. .. Ill .. 22 . . 352 .. 15 .. ?3"46 J. J. Lyons ... .. 37*1 ... 11 . . 108 ... 6 .. 18 00 E. Jones.......... .. 20-4 ... 6 . . 58 .. 9 .. 6-44 C. Hill .............. 9 .. 1 .. 32 . . 1 .. 32-00 A SHORT time ago, a certain N on­ conformist divine was asked to become vice-president of a local cricket club. He promised to accept the post if certain conditions were fulfilled. These con­ ditions were so quaint that they have provided P u n c h , with three delightful G o in g home, after leaving L ord ’s, on Tuesday. Enthusiast: “ Which of these two ’Earnes which were playing to-day are to have his benefit nf xt Monday ? ” H is Friend : “ ’Taint neither of ’em. It ’s George Hearne. He plays for M.C.C.” Enthusiast: “ So does Jack Hearne.” H is Friend: ' ‘Yus. But so does Alec you see. Enthusiast: “ A h ! So he does ! ” ! SPECTATOR OF THE FUTURE— IF LAST WKEK S W EATH E* 1 A SPECIMEN OF W HAT IS COMING. A l l w o r k a n d n o p l a y . — The umpire’s part.— P u n c h . T h e averages of the best-known Ade­ laide players in Electorate matches this season are as follows:— BATTING. G. Giffen.......... W. F. Giffen ... C. Hill .......... F. Jarvis.......... A. E. Green ... J. C. Reedman J. J. Lyons ... V. H ugo.......... G. 8. P. Jones.. E. Jonu.......... o. of Times Total Most in nns. notout. runs. an inns. Aver. 5 ... 1 ... 300 .. 161* .. 75-00 8 ... 1 .. 374 ... 147 .. 5342 3 ... — ... 144 .. 63 .. 48*00 6 ... — ... 221 .. 73 .. 36-83 4 ... — .. 135 .. 66 .. 33 75 8 ... 1 ... 210 .. 64 .. 30-00 6 ... — ... 169 .. 68 .. 28-16 7 ... 2 .. 139 .. 58 .. 2780 8 ... — ... 175 .. 58 .. 21-87 8 ... — ... 60 .. 22 .. 2000 • Signifies not out. verses, entitled “ Cricket for Angels.” The first verse, which follows below, is singularly appropriate for the present moment, when matches are played under difficulties:— “ Pray, cricketers, remember, if you want to play with me, How you carry on your little conversations, You must give up wicked swear-words and abjure the big, big D, And moderate your hasty exclamations. Should a ball rise unexpectedly and take your wind away, This is no excuse for making such a pother; You must bear it like a Christian, for I cer­ tainly sha’n’t play If there’s an: “ Bother jr stronger language than T h e M ’s were considerably to the front in batting during the matches at the beginning of the week. M r. Mason made 39 and 80, M r. de Mm tfzum a 80, not out, and 31, and Mead 38, Mr. Marchant, 43 and 12, Mr. Murdoch 20 and 49, M r. M illigan 38, Mr. More 27. This is not bad in a low scoring week. M r . J o h n D a v id s o n , who died at Eastbourne on the 22nd of April, was, it is said, probably the oldest living Harrovian. He entered the school in 1819, and was in the school cricket eleven of 1822 and 1823. H e was afterwards captain in the Second Life Guards, and was, according to T h e H a r r reckoned the best amateur wicket­ keeper of his day. A m o n g the recipients of birthday honours were Keneton D ig b y and K . Muir-Mackenzie, both of whom have received the honour of K.C.B. E . E. D igb y was captain of the H m itow School cricket at 1355; Wfwr Mackenzie wan, in bis time, one of the best all-round athletes at Charterhouse School. He was certainly a good football player, as well as, if memory serves, a useful cricketer. I t was bad enough when the weather prevented a single ball from being bowled in the match beween Surrey and Derbyshire, at the Oval, last week, but when the same thing happened on the first three days of tins week, the feelings of Surrey men were too deep for words. To begin the season with two unplayed matches and a beat­ in g is a record which it is to be hoped will never be equalled. B y far the longest partnership of the year up to the present is the 241 by Gunn and Shrewsbury for Notts v. Sussex at Brighton. The partnership quite revived the memories of former days, when the two famous Notts batsmen almost invariably made a large score at Brighton. The runs were made in about four hours and a half. O u r war telegrams:— [ f r o m o u r s p e c i a l c o r r e s p o n d e n t s .] N e w Y o r This is a trying time for correspondents. The scorers will not give us the analysis; the committee will not have the runs put up on