Cricket 1898

170 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J une 2, 1898. E n g lis h team s in A u stralia, a n d th at tw e n ty p e r cen t, o f th e tak in gs o f Ihe in te rco lon ia l m atch es sh ou ld b e set apart fo r th a t p u rp ose, a ll p rofits to b e d evoted p ro ra ta b etw een th e A ssocia U ors. Q u e stio n s fo r e x a m in a tio n :— State your reasons for thinking that the dates of benefit matches, as arranged in advance for any season, should be a guide to Old M oore and Zadkiel and other compilers of almanacks. I f a team had to be chosen at the present m oment to represent England, how many members of M r. Stoddart’s Team would be included in it on their form as shown this season ? I f the chances given b y M r. Y . F . S. Crawford when he had made two runs against Gloucestershire had been taken on Friday evening, how m any would Surrey have scored ? “ E nglish is a well o f Saxon undefiled.” Exam ine this statement in connection with (a) the remarks made b y a county cricketer at the end of a match in which not a ball has been bow led; (£) a batsman who has made “ spectacles.” Illustrate your notes b y an im aginary conversation with a representative o f the Press, who has been kept waiting about for several hours, only to find that cricket is after all impossible. T h e fo llo w in g list o f th e lo n g p a rtn e r­ ships in w h ich G u n n a n d S h rew sb u ry (w h o last w eek m ad e 241 w h ile to g e th e r a ga in st S ussex) h a ve b een associated, ap p ears in th e B iig h to n A rgu s :— 1890 Shrewsbury and Gunn .......... Sussex...........398 1891 Shrewsbury and Gunn .......... Sussex...........312 1892 Shrewsbury and Barnes..........Suirey........... 289 1893 Shrewsbury and Gunn ..........Sussex........... 274 1884 Shrewsbury and Gunn ..........Bussex........... 266 1898 Shrewsbury and Gunn ..........Sussex............241 1891 Shrewsbury and Gunn ..........Kent ........... 232 1887 Shrewsbury and Barnes..........Middlesex... 214 1893 Shrewsbury and H. B. Daft ... Lancashire...189 1876 Shrewsbury and R. Daft.Yorkshire ... 183 1887 Shrewsbury and Gunn ..Sussex....................181 1886 Shrewsbury and Attewell ... Middlesex ... 177 1890 Shrewsbury and D ixon.Lancashire... 174 1885 Shrewsbury and Flowers ... Derbyshire... 162 1886 Shrewsbury and Gunn .Gloucester... 161 1889 Shrewsbury and Gunn ..Sussex....................160 1885 Shrewsbury and Scotton ... Gloucester... 159 M b . S. T. C l is s o l d , of whom a short biography appears on page 171, was in the Eton Eleven in 1843, and was thus a contemporary of M r. Haygarth, the well-known compiler of the Cricket Scores and Biographies, who in the same year was in the Harrow Eleven. A s a finish to the season M r. G. L. Wilson, the old Suesex cricketer, strained his leg badly in a Pennant match at Melbourne after taking a wicket for 24 runs. S y d n e y D o n a iio o , who was not so long ago looked upon as one of the coming men in Australia, was recently in the hospital at Brisbane for six weeks with a bad leg, caused by a slip on the pavement. A f t e r a temporary retirement, the A m e r i c a n C r i c k e t e r has made its re­ appearance, with additional freshness. In the issue of M a y 15 appears an obituary notice of M r. Thomas McKean, the late President of the Germantown 0,0. M r. McKean first beoame presi­ dent of the club in 1868, and continued in office until the day of his death, March 16ih, 1898. During all this period he gave his time, influence, and money freely to the support of the game which he loved so well. To his club his liberality was without limit, and it is in large measure due to him that it is to­ day the owner of Manheim, one of the finest grounds in the world. I t is almost time that the tale about the missionary in the Island Paradise of Samoa, who, “ quite recently,” witnessed a match in which 102 batsmen played for wetks, was given a long rest. The origi­ nal story appeared in Cricktt and The Cricket Field at the same time, some years ago. After wandering to America it broke out badly in England tlis winter, and has lately been enjoying a finr run in Australian papers. It has now reached Tasmania, and unless something is done to stop its progress it will turn up in England once more before the end of the season “ as the very latest from Samoa.” D e s ig n for an up-to-date Contents Bill when there is no cricket. SMITH’S I N N I N G S STILL UNFINISHED. I n the copy-books of children (and also in Shakespeare) it is written: “ Sweet are the uses of adversity.” It would be inter­ esting to know what Attewell, George Hearne, and Baldwin think of this state­ ment after reflecting on the weather during their benefit-matches. I n the first innings of Middlesex, at Lord’s on Monday, Mr. K. C. N. Palairet made no less than four catches at slip, two of them quite out of the ordinary run of catches. A l t h o u g h Tuesday was not as bad in the way of weather as some recent days, no play was possible at Lord’s and L ey­ ton, while at Manchester, Leeds, and Nottingham very little could be done in the way of cricket. Yesterday was truly terrible. T h e New South Wales Cricket Associa­ tion has decided to arrange a match for the benefit of “ N e d ” Gregory, who has for twenty years been the caretaker of the Sydney ground, which, chiefly through his energies, has been brought from a mere swamp to its present splen­ did condition. Gregory was, in years gone by, a prominent player in intercolonial matches. One of his performances was to take the wickets of Mr. G. E. Grace, Mr. Bush, and Oscroft for nine runs in a single-wicket match at Bathurst. One of best innings was his 65 not out for New South Wales against Victoria, out of a to ta l o f 116. T h is w a s in 1875, a d ate at w h ich b ig scores w ere alm ost u n k n o w n in A ustralia. T h e averages o f the best k n o w n m en in S y d n e y E le cto ra te crick et fo r th e p ast season are g iv e n b e lo w . T ru m p er’ s re - m a rk a b lea vera g eh a s already b ee n refe rre d to in “ G o fs ip .” No. Times of not Highest ings. out. score. B uds . Aver. Y. Trumper .......... 8 ... 3 ... 191*...1016 ...203-20 M. A. Noble ......... 7 ... 1 ... 146 ... 529 ... 88-16 D. Noonan................. 8 ... 1 ... 98 ... 334 ... 78-00 W. B. Farquhar ... 10 ... 2 ... 148 ... 600 ... 76 00 H. Donnan................. 8 ... 1 ... 200*... 503 ... 71’85 F. Wade ................ 6 ... 2 ... 145*.. 287 ... 71'75 A. C. Banneiman .. 3 ... 1 ... 91 ... 134 ... 67‘00 Pete, W. F.................. 10 ... 4 ... 57*... 386 ... 66-00 Gregory, S. E.............. 7 ... 1 ... 98 ... 3S4 ... 55 66 Iredale. F................... 6 ... 1 ... 9:!*... 263 ... 52-60 L. W. P ye................. 9 ... 1 ... 215*... 420 ... 52'o0 A. C. K. Mackenzie... 8 ... 0 ... 147 ... 409 .. 51-12 G. Youll .................. 9 ... 1 ... 1-.0 ... 338... 47'87 A. Coningham ... ... 11 ... 0 ...151^;. 439 ... 39-90 J. J. Ferris.................. 7 ... 0 ... 63 ... 204... 29'14 * Signifies not out. BOWLING. Buns. Wickets. Aver. G. Pitt ................. 207 ... 13 ... 15.92 8. Austin ......... 543 ... 34 ... 15-9? M. A. Noble......... 534 ... 31 ... 17-35 L. Marsh .......... 3i8 ... 18 ... 17-66 J. Cowlishaw ... 126 ... 7 ... 18-00 J. Rush................ 344 ... 19 ... 18 10 J. C. Wilson......... 453 ... 24 ... 18-67 A. Newell ......... 410 ... 21 ... 19 52 Bowden................. 585 ... 29 ... 20 17 Hannigan ... ... 182 ... 9 ... 20 22 Coningham ... ... 650 ... 27 ... 20"37 In an interesting article in the Argus on Sussex village cricket grounds, Mr. Gaston remarks:— “ It is always a vexed question in rural cricket whether any practical connection can be traced between quantity and quality. It is clear that the quantity of village cricket is on the increase; but is there any advance in quality P,yIt has for many years been remarked as a noteworthy feature in Sussex cricket, when contrasted with Notts or Yorkshire, that whereas these latter counties rely for the flower of their professional talent on men who obtained their training on village grounds, yet in the seaside county, whether there be much village cricket or little, very few rustics ever attain sufficient skill to be able to strengthen the county eleven. If there is an exception to this rule I would mention two in particular, Fred Parris, of Ringmer, and Joe Vine, of Willingdon. When we look down the long list of Sussex professional cricketers of the last twenty years we can trace them all to the towns. Eastbourne produced the Hides, Newhaven the Quaifes, Hastings the Phillips brothers, and Butt; Tate and Humphreys are understood to have learned their cricket on Brighton grounds ; Charlwood, Lillywhite, Howard, and Fillery are supposed to have had wider opportunities than village cricket would afford; while Bean, Marlow, Guttridgeand Bland have been immi­ grants. Likewise most of the amateur batsmen who have rendered such signal service to the county have learned their cricket elsewhere.” T he rumour that N. F. Druce would, in the future, be found in the ranks of Kent, turns out to have been well founded. It is not ceitain whether he will play much county cricket, but what he does play will be for Kent, for which he has now a residential qualification. R1CKET AND LAWN TENNIS CLUB Captains and Secretaries are invited to write for estimate for complete or partial Club outfits for the seasonto H a y c r a ft 9l Son, Lim ited, Sports Furnishers, The Broadway, Deptford, London, S.X.