Cricket 1898

M at 26, 1898. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 156 the scoring-board, they even won’t allow us to watch the match, and the players refuse to be interviewed. It is impossible to gain any information as to the state of the game. It is disgraceful. Santiago de Cuba. I saw Admiral Cervera, the captain of the Spanish team, to-day. He has just arrived here, with some of his men. It seems that their bowlers were altogether too good for the American batsmen, who were completely deceived by the pace of the ball. Santiago de Cuba , later. I doubt very much whether the Spanish captain has arrived here after all, as some correspondents have affirmed. Bois de Boulogne , Paris. Persistent rumours are current to the effect that the Americans took twelve Spanish wickets at Hayti, or somewhere else, and had lost two themselves by doubtful decisions, when the day’s play ended. [There is evidently some mistake here, for, unless the Spaniards are allowed to play thirteen men, they cannot very well have lost twelve wickets. It is, probably, another lie, and it is time that respectable journals put a stop to this sort of thing. We never allow such reports to appear in Cricket .— E d .] B y the courtesy of the proprietors of the New Y ork Washington we are enabled to state that the follow ing important news will appear in that paper to­ morrow :— The Washington London correspondent telegraphs from that city that the town is wildly excited by the report that an American, named Mangrove, has been caught in the out­ field. It had been hoped that Mangrove would score heavily with his cutting, which is of the variety known to connoisseurs as the “ cable ” cut. T he follow ing are some of the latest hundreds:— May 3.—E. H. D. Sewell, Married v. Single (Ootacamund) ...............................101 „ 4.------- Bayley, Single v. Married (Oota­ camund ............................................. 103* „ 9.—J. Bingham, Southv. North (Tasmania) 104 „ 18.—W. N. Roe, Elstree Masters v. Gentle­ men of Herts......................................101* „ 18.—W . S. Hale, Hamstead v. Stoics..........141* „ 19.— Tom lin, L eice ste rsh ire v . Lancs. ... 106 „ 19.— T u n n ic liffe , Y ork s, v . G lo u ce ste r 107* „ 20.— W a rd , L an cash ire v . L eice ste rsh ire 115 ,, 25. — Shrew sbury, N o tts v . Sussex ............154* „ 25.—G unn, W ., N o tts v . S u sse x .................... 125 • Signifies not out. A N SW E R S TO CORRESPONDENTS. J. S cobell . —You could write to Messrs. Hawkins and Co., Brighton; or to Mr. R. W. Thomas, 41, Cheapside. J. C. G lover .—It is too‘late now to call attention to the performances. A. G. C oxhead .—We do not know. T H E P U B L I C S C H O O L S I N 1898. ( Continued, from page 131.) In addition to that excellent all-round cricketer, C. L. A. Smith, who captains the eleven again, B r ig h t o n has C. C. MacLeod, D. H . R. Gifford, F. L. King, and L. F. P. de Smidt remaining of the eleven of 1897. In addition to the following members of the second eleven, R. B . Umfreoille, a likely bat and good field, G. Wallis, a good bat and promis­ ing change bowler, A. C. Brown, a good field, who can also take wickets, and C. W. Selby, B. F. Blois, a useful medium-pace bowler, and A. Maltby, a left-hand medium-pace bowler, as well as good bat and field, may train on. Altogether the eleven are likely to render a good account of themselves. MAY. 26. Brighton College, y. Dolphins* JUNE. 2. Brighton College, y. Blue Mantles 4. Brighton College, v. Dulwich College 8. Brighton College, v. Crystal Palace 11. Brighton College, y. Beddington 16. Brighton College, v. M.C.C. 2t. Lancing, v. Lancing College 25. Brighton College, v. Dolphins* JULY. 2. Brighton College, y. St. Paul’s School 14. Eastbourne, v. Eastbourne 25. Brighton College, y. Old Brightonians+ * Half-^ay matches. + Two-day match. E t o n has only two old choices remaining: H . O. Pilkington, the cap­ tain, and O. H . Marsham. Still there are several very likely players coming on, so that the prospects are after all not b o bad. Lord F. Scott, Longman, Wor- mald, all good Eton cricket-names, are promising batsmen. P. Lorraine bids fair to train on as a bowler. As a wicket-keeper, Findlay is likely to be very good, if Bis hands will only stand the hard work. The bowling looks weak, but on the whole the chances are better than might be expected. MAY. 28. Eton, v. Liverpool 31. Eton, v. H. W. de Zoete’s XL JUNE. 4. Eton, v. New College 31. Eton, v. Free Foresters 16. Eton, v. Oriel College. 18. Eton, v. Eton Rumblers (2) 20. Eton, v. M.C.C. 24. Winchester, v. Winchester* 29. Eton, v. Eton Ramblers JULY. 2. Eton, v. I Zingari 8. Lord’s, v. Harrow* * Two-day matches. The prospects at R tjg b y would seem to be moderately good. C. S. Hannay, the captain, hopes to have a fairly strong batting side. The bowling is generally, at such an early period of the season, something of an uncertainty. Still there is no lack of promising talent, and the eleven afford hopes of developing into a fairly good all-round combination. MAY. 27. v. Liverpool 31. v. New College, Oxford JUNE. 9. v. Oriel College, Oxford 11. v. Balliol College, Oxford 13. v. Free Foresters* 23. v. Old Rugbeians* 27. v. Butterflies* JULY. 8. v. M.C.C.* 16. v. Rugby Club 27. v. Marlborough College* • Two-day match. W e l l i n g t o n has lost W . M . Turner, one of the best public school all-round players of 1897, as well as P. B. W ar- burton, its most reliable bowler. Still H . W . Atchison, the captain, is not without hope that he w ill be able to get together a fairly good working side. The Charterhouse match this year is to be played at Wellington. The Hailey­ bury match will this time take place at Haileybury. MAY. 28. Wellington College, v. Berkshire County JUNE. 4. Wellington College, v. I. Zingari 11. Wellington College, v. Free Foresters 25. Wellington College, v. Old Wellingtonians JULY. 8. Haileybury, v. Haileybury* 16. Wellington College, v. Charterhouse 23. Wellington College, v. M C.C. * Two-day match. M .C .C . A N D G R OU N D v. K E N T . Played at »Lord’s on May 23 and 24. Kent won b y 180 runs. There was a tail to the M.C.C. team of which few first-class teams have ever shown the equal. On paper the bowling was strong, for J. T. Hearne, the successful, was playing, in addition to Rawlin and Roche. As it happened, Hearne did not come off ; in fact, he only took three wickets in the two innings of Kent, and had 111 runs hit off him. On the other hand, Roche did much better than usual, and Rawlin was in good form in the second innings. It is seldom that Kent shows up well in the M.C.C. match, but brilliant cricket by Mr. Mason in both innings, and by Mr. Marchant in the first innings, as well as a very steady and well played 56 by Alec Hearne, brought about a very different state of affairs. Mr. Mason not only distinguished himself with the bat, but going on to bowl in the first innings, with the total at 65, took five wickets for 8, including those of most of the tail. Alee Hearne and Martin also did finely with the ball. K ent . First innings. Ssooad innings. Heame (A.), b Heame ... 55 b Rawtox ... 18 J. R. Mason, b Roche..........39 c Peacock, b Rawlin ... ... 99 L. J. Le Fleming, c and b Heame...............................11 b Rawlin ............ 1 Easby, c Peacock, b Roche.. 15 c May, b Roche... 15 Hon. J. S. Tufton, b Roche 1 c Peacock,bRoche 1 G. J. Y. Weigall, b Roche.. 5 b Roche .......... 5 F. Marchant, b Roche ... 43 b Heame ..........12 Martin, c Carlin, b Roche... 7 bRoche .......... 0 Wright, c Poore, b Roche... 0 b Rawlin .......... 0 Hunt, not out....................... 0 not out................. 5 Huish, b Roche ................. 0 b Rawlin .......... 5 B 12, lb 4 ................ 16 B 15, lb 5 ... 20 Total .................. 192 Total ...162 M.C.C. First innings. Second innings. C.P.Foley,cHui8h,bMartin 27 cHeame,bMartin 9 H. B. Hayman, b Martin... 5b Hearne ............23 Maj. R. M. Poore, st Huish, b Martin ........................ 2b Martin ............10 Thompson,cHuish,bMason 23 cWright,bMartin 6 Rawlin, b Wright ..........12 cWeigall,bMartin 2 F. de L. Solb£, b Mason ... 0b Hearne ........... 0 F. B. May, b Wright......... 0b Heame ........... 0 H. O. Peacock, b Mason ... 0b Hearne ........... 15 Carlin,cLeFleming.bMason 5b Heame ............ 2 Ilearae (J. T.), c Heame, b Mason.......... ................. 1 notout.................16 Roche, not out ... .......... 5b Heame ............ 1 B 2, lb 1 ................. 3 B 5, lb 2 ... 7 Total .................... 83 Total ... 91 K ent . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Heame, J. T. 34 13 772 ............ 18 8 34 1 Roche .......... 29-1 9 728 ............ 25 19 73 4 Thompson ... 5 4 30 ............ 8 4 15 0 Rawlin......... 12 3 240 ............ 14*3 7 20 5 M.C.C. and G round . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R.W . O. M. R. W . Heame, A .... 11 3 220 ........... 10*1 3 24 6 Martin............. 17 7 253 ........... 16 5 34 4 Wright............ 12 2 252 ........... 8 3 19 0 Mason.......... 52 1 8 5 ......... 2 0 7 0 Cricketers who feel the need of a change of air and climate after their recent unhappy experiences on wet wickets may be reminded that the General Steam Navigation Co. will run their usual coastwise and continental excursions during the Whitsuntide holidays. C RICKET AND LAWN TENNIS CLUB Captains and Secretaries are invited to write for estimate for complete or partial Club outfits for the season to :— H a y c r a ft 6c Son, L im ited, Sports Furnishers, The Broadway, Deptford, London, S.B.