Cricket 1898

162 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J une 2, 1898. adjourning until the evening. But cricket before breakfast is rather trying, and I don’t think that I should care to try the experiment again if I went back to India, There is no dew in the early morning, so that the ground is as dry as a chip. In one of my Indian matches, a bowler wore a long shirt, which flattered about in the strong breeze. Once he started to bow l to me, and went through the action of bow ling, but the ball disappeared. I was absolutely bewildered, and began to won­ der whether I had lost m y senses, until it was discovered that the ball had been bow led into the shirt, which had been caught b y the wind at the critical moment. The umpire, a soldier, called ‘ no ball.’ I thought it ought to be a wide, but I have never heard of a prece­ dent for such a case.” “ Have you played anywhere else in the EaBt ? ” “ I went to Ceylon with a team from Singapore and played three matches there, sll on grass wickets— one on a hill at Radella, and two at Colombo. We were to have played the Ceylon Colts, a team of natives, some of whom are sa;d to be good, but they had a row on at the time with the Colombo Club, and as a punishment were not asked to play us. I may say that we were the guests of the Colombo Club, so that they could arrange what matches they liked.” “ Y ou mentioned Singapore. Did you get any cricket there ? ” “ Yes, I was there for some time. At Singapore the wicket is fearfully slow, for it rains practic illy every day. But the ground itself is quite one of the best in the E ast; it is situated on the sea-front The rain does not prevent cricket from being played, for it takes the form of tropical showers, listin g a few minutes. On the average it rains about 250 days in the year at Singapore. Occasionally—very occasionally— there has been a drought las'ing for about three weeks. This would stop cricket altogether, for it would be impossible to bat on the wicket. The season can never be said to end or begin, for although there is a close time of about two months, there is no variation in the seasons; Christmis Day and Midsummer are just the same as far as the weather is concerned, and the temperature is always about 85 degrees, night and day. It is very trying work to take part in a match, for after making 20 runs a man is in a bath of perspiration; in fact it is like playing ia a hothouse. But it is very difficult to score on account of the extreme slowness of the wicket, so that one doesn’t nften get a chance of overexerting oneself. Tuis reminds me that I once won a bow ling prize at Singapore. E very half- year a ball is given to the bowler who has the hest average, and as in a match against an Eighteen I managed to get nine or ten wickets I came out at the top of the averag03, and received a prize ball with a silver plate upon it.” *•Isn’ t there a difficulty in finding opponents in Singapore ? ” “ O f course one sees the same people in matches pretty often. But there is an annual intercolonial match between Singapore and Penang. The trip to Penang is very pleasant, and is made on one of the P. and O. or British India steamers. In the year that I went there we continued our voyage to Perak. Perak is a great cricketing state. A t Taiping, the capital, the cricket club owns a very good player in Captain H . L. Talbot, who used to play for the Incogs.” W . A. B e t t e s w o r t i i. 8UNNIN3DALE SCHOOL v. TEMPLE GROVE (EAST SHEEN).—Played at Sunningdale School on May 25. S unningdale S chool . First inniDgs. 8econd Innings. P. P. W. Andrews, b An- c Carter, b Chap- derson............................... 5 m an................. 3 J. C. W . Damant, c Whitall, c Stanfield, b An- b Anderson...................... 4 C. A. L. Payne, c Orde, b Anderson ..........................29 D. Grahame, ht. w kt, b Whitall ........................ 8 G. F. Conna’-Rowan, c Reade, b Chapman . . . . . . 0 A. G. Culme-Seymour, c Chapman, b Reade ........ 10 b Chapman Y.D.S. Williams*, cWhitall, b Andcrsoa........................10 not out J. S. StraDge, c and b An­ derson ............................... J. L. R. Fane, run out M. Kemp-Welch, not out... R. B. Walker, c Robertson, b Anderson ................. Byes........................ derson b Chapman c Wilkinson, Chapman c Robertson, Carter 11 not out Bye Total ., T emple C W, Orde, b Grahame 7 F. Rawle, b Grahame 5 A. J. Carter, c I’ayne, b Williams ..........28 J. P. Gibbs, b Grahame 0 S. Wilkinson, b Fane 2 K. Robertson, c William*, b Fane ... 2 Y. Stanfield, b Williams 2 . 81 Total (6 wkts.) : G rove . M. Anderson, b Gra­ hame ........................ B.C. Reade,c Williams, b Grahame .......... J. Whitall, run out ... W. Chapman, not out B 5, lb 1 ... Total , 58 NONDESCRIPTS v. EALING.-Played at Ealing on May 21. E aling . E. Littlejohn, c Corke, bSe’fe ... ...........14 A. F.Nepean,cEiloart, b Selfe ................... 23 F. G. Jolly, b Selfe A. Littlejohn, b Selfe W.G. Allcock,st Cobb, b Corke ................. C. S. Wetenhall, b Corke....................... A. G. Anketell, lbw, b S.-lfe........................ 1 H. L. Swaby, b Selfe.. 2 E. M.Martin, c Pearce, b Preston................12 E. Roche, c &b Preston 16 M. A. Jaques, not o jt 1 Byes .................14 Total , 91 N ondescripts . H. n . Cobb, b Allcock 16 H. C. Preston, st Ne­ pean, b Allcock ... 0 , F. J. Goodall, st Ne­ pean. b Roche........ 10 L. Corke, cWetsnhall, b Koche ................. 4 F. V. Selfe, run out... 0 A. Eiloart, b R >che... 0 E.W.Meeres.b Allcock B. C. Pearce, c E. Littlejohn, b Roche A. D. Hordern, c A. Littlejohn, b Roche R. D. Davies, not out. Byes ................. Total (9 wkt«.) 37 N. J. Grice did not bat. FOREST HILL v. ADDISCOMBE. — Played at Addistombe on May 21. F orest B. Batchelor, c Purser, b Kennard .......... 0 C. S. J. Douglas, c Roberts, b Purs.r ... 23 S. B. Goldsmith, c and b Kennard ......... 0 Dr. Parii, b Purser ... 9 H. A. Hookfr,b Purser 2 W.R.Williams,cFiint, b Kennard .......... 2 H ill . L. O. Cockell, c andb Kennard................. 1 J. G. Trotter, run out 4 C. J. Welchman, c Allen.bE.Wiltshire 30 W.M. Bradley,notout 12 G. H. Bacon, DPurser 0 Extras................. 1 Total , 84 A ddiscombe . P. Allen, c Bradley, b Welchman ......... 0 E. Wiltshire, c Gold­ smith, b Bradley . 13 C. Kennard, b Welch­ man ........................ 2 H.P.Roveits,cDouglas b Welchman ..........10 A. Wilrsbire, c Gold­ smith, b Brailey ... 0 J. Grant, c Welchman, b Parri ... ... ... 8 J. H. Purser, c Parri, b Welchman.......... T.F.Pt-rriu,cBradley, b Wrelchman.......... G.A. Martin, b Welch­ man ........................ S. Purser, not out ... H. A. Flint, c Gold­ smith, b Bradley ... Extras................. Total ..........( OLD CITIZENS v. PALLINGSWICK.-Played at Acton on May 21. O ld C itizens . P. W. Hale, b Hay- craft ........................22 W. G. Banly, c Hay- craft, b Lockner ... 40 J. H. Barnett, c Lan­ caster, b Lockner ... 4 E. E. Dent, b Budien 21 L. Mirylees, c Lux- more, b Haycraft ..* 1 S. A. Kyffia, c Lux- more, b Lockner F. W. Bensted, c Rowley, b Budden R. C. Cole, c Lux- more, b Lockner ... J. E. Adams, not out H. H. Lavington, c Milsom. b Lockner J. F. Cole, did not bat B 7, lb 1. w 2 ... •Total (9 wkts)120 P allingswick . A. H. Milsom, b Cole 6 |E. A. Collins, not out F. S. Heynemann, c A. F. C. Luxmore, not Adams, b Hale ... 14 J. S. Haycraft, b Cole 5 H. V. Bate, b Cole ... 0 out ........................ 7 B 3, lb 1, w 1, nb 2 7 Total (4 wkts) 47 H. W . Burnside, H. A. Budd^n. R. M. Lockner, P. L. Lancaster, and H. G. Row’ey did not bat. *Innings declared closed. LLOYD’S REGISTER v. BANSTE \.D.—Played at Banstead on May 21. B anstead . D. B. James, b Carey 17 E. Gilbert, c Dyer, b Wood ................. 0 C. H. Ransome, c and b Carey .................35 C. Bentley, b Carey ... 13 W. J. Ford, c Brad­ shaw, b Carey......... 11 N. Alston, c Martin, b W ood........................ 6 A. Johns, c Spry, b Carey ................. E. W. Holden, lbw, b Carey........................ A.Child, c and b Carey H. A. Nibbs, c Spry, b Carey ................. J. Wr ght, not out ... Extras................. Total L loyd ’ s R egister . C. F. Redman, b John* S. A. Hill, c James, b Bolden ................. E.Car6y, c and b Johns J. R. Boxall, c Bentley, b Johns ................. F. B. Wood, c Ran- sline, b Johns.......... A. S. Martin, b Johns C.H.Bradshaw, not out M. F. Alexander, b Johns ................. F. A. Spry, c Bentley, b Johns ................. A. K. Dyer, b Johns S. A. G. Nash, run out .......... .......... Extras................. Total . 45 UNIVERSITY COLLEGE SC300L v. MILL HILL S .HOOL.—Played at Willesden on May 25. U niversity C ollege S chool . M. P. Griffith-Jone8, c Croggon, b Roberts . 11 D. Price-Williams, c and b Butcher.......... 9 R.Price- Williams,lbw. b Butcher................. 0 G.A.Ti8dale,b Butcher 6 H. A. Milton, b Spicer 15 O. P. Griffiith-Jones, b Spicer ................. 0 M ill H ill W. A. E. Pearce,, b R, P-Williams .......... 6 J. D. Mitchell, c and b R. P-Wil iams.......... 7 W. S. Young, b D. P- W i'liam s................ 8 D. E. A. Morrison,c O. G-Jones, b D. P- W illiam s................ 15 A. E. Davis, b R. P- W illiams................. 2 R. H. Dodds,c Walker, b R. P-Williams ... 0 C. H. Arnold, c Darke, b Spicer ................. N. H. Walker, cMorri- son, b Spicer.......... R EI.Mackie, c Dodds, b Spicer ................. A.8.Webley,b Roberts F. 8. Goodwin, not out B 2, w 1 ................. Total .......... S chool . J. Butcher, b R. P- Williama................. A. J. R. Roberts, c Goodwin, b D. P- Williams................. A. D. Spicer, not out. J. F. S. Croggon, b D. P. Williams .......... H. C .Darke, run out. B 1, w 1 .......... Total .......... DUNSTABLE GRAMMAR SCHOOL v. KENSING­ TON PARK.—Played at Dunstable on May 28. D unstable . L. C. R. Thring, Orman, b Hawks- worth ................. H. White, b F. Wood J. H. M e t c a lfe , c Thring, b Hawks- worth ................. T. A. Giddiogs, b Hawksworth .......... E. C. Green, b F.Wood W . F. Brown, not out A. P. McDonald, b F. W ood.................... 3 J. Healing, bF. Wood 15 W. Hes.dtine, b J. W o o l.................... 0 E. L. Hyde, b J. Wood .............. 1 H. Holoway, run out 0 Byes .............. 4 Total , 70 J. G. Donaldson, lbw, b White .................11 J. R. Wood, retired ...104 C. H. M. Thring, st Metcalfe, b Brown 67 K ensington P ark . E. O. Powell, not out 74 Major C. F. Orman, not out .................33 Byes .................21 Total (3 wkt8.)310 T. Shaw, H. D. Nicholas, Hawksworth, F. Wood, W. W . Marshall and L. Somerville did not bat.