Cricket 1898

21 4 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J one 23. 1898 know more about it than anybody el«e. His snake story, too, was inimitable. He used to relatehowthe membersof the team were told that they must expect to find occasional snakes in the outfield in one of their matches. How, when the match had been a long time in progress without any snakes appearing, he had himself to go in the long field. How he had to run a long way after a ball, catchiDg it up just in time to see a snake pop its head out of a hole and swallow i t ! But the charm lay in the telling. George was undoubtedly a born actor. He could assume at will a look of horrified indignation, of infinite wisdom, of childish simplicity, of the blandest innocence. Perhaps his look of innocence was the more irresistible to those who knew him, and when he was in Australia for the first time, the professionals in the team took advantage of it in a clever manner. 'Wherever they went, when they first landed in Australia, the pro­ fessionals were besieged by interviewers, some of whom published such utterly erroneous statements, professedly made by the team, that they resolved to rid themselves of the evil. This proved to be a very simple matter. Whenever a new interviewer put in an appearance he was at once introduced to Ulyett, who was most affable in his replies to questions, and ready and eager to give information which was not asked for. The result was anticipated with great eagerness by the other professionals, and it may safely be said that they were never disappointed. Interviewers soon began to leave them alone, more especially Ulyett. Once, when he was in England—it may have been in London—George was out for a stroll with Tom Emmett. A large party of sightseers passed by them, all looking as solemn as judges, and listening to the remarks of their guide—an exceedingly saintly personage. Without a word, George quietly took bis place among them, taking a vast and at the same time gloomy interest in the proceedings, to the huge delight of Emmett, who, as may be imagined, did not know how to contain himself. It is a thousand pities that Ulyett did not write a book. He would have found no difficulty in filling it or in making it deeply interesting. In the writing, he would have recalled many things which he had forgotten. He might, for instance, have remembered how he and Peate in their palmiest days set forth to sample a new cricketer, who, after meeting with some success elsewhere, appeared at length against Yorkshire on a Yorkshire ground. The new cricketer went out to get some practice and found a very bad wicket (for the weather had been distinctly unpropi- tious for some time), and crowds of York­ shire operatives eager to bowl him out. They were disappointed in this, though they bowled fast enough in all conscience. But presently another bowler turned up. He was left-handed and slow, and possessed a more globular ball than the other bowlers. The new cricketer fancied himself against slows, especially eft-hand slows, and he proceeded to lay himself out to make the most of his opportunity of hitting a good round ball. Somehow or other the hitting did not come off, but the wicket came down two or three times, before yet another bowler appeared on the scene, also with a nearly new ball. This bowler was somewhat deceptive. The ball did not seem to be coming very fast when it left the bowler’s hand, but it had a habit of arriving at (and sometimes in) the wicket with alarming celerity. The crowd looking on were highly amused at the discomfiture of the batsman, who went away wondering sadly what Peate and Ulyett and the other Yorkshire bowlers would be like if mere spectators on the ground could do this sort of thing. When he reached the pavilion he saw the left-hand and the very fast right-hand bowlers beginning to change. Needless to say that they were Peate and Ulyett. The humour of the situation was so obvious that all three indulged in a hearty laugh. W . A . B e t t e sw o r t h . PRESCOTT DIMSDALE’S y. OOUTTS’.-Played at Catford Bridge on June 6 and 7. C outts ’ . 8. B. Pope, not out ... 54 J. L. Davidson, c Brewitt, b Hills ... 0 C. J. S. Hopgood, b Ilsley........................35 H. C. piumer, b Bills 0 H. W . E. Sercombe, b H ills........................ A. E. Tylecote, b Hills E. Tyler, not out Extras................ Total (5 wkts) *128 —. Jarrett, —. Kentish, P. Witherby and H. H. Pegler did not bat. * Innings declared closed. P rescott D im sdale ’ s . L. G. Ilsley, b Pegler 8 F. J. Vaughan, c Pope, H. Brown, b Pope W. H. Coppinger, lbw, b Pope .............. F. E. Hills, lbw, b Tyler... ................. i b Davidson G. Brown, not out ... A. P. Brown, not out Extras................. Total (5wkts) 113 C. Ledger, S. Wicks, C. Bees and L. H. Brewitt did not bat. ST. JOHN’S, LEATHERBEAD, v. ASHTEAD.— Played at Leatherhead on June 11. A b h tead . Rev. F. G. L. Lucas, c Bevir, b Driffield ... 0 R. C. Brookes, b Wil­ liams ........................ 0 K. Maples, c &b Bevir 39 J. H. Femley, c Ed­ wards, b Driffield ... 15 Rev. M. R. Bethune, c T. Thomas, b Bevir 23 C.Osanton,cT.Thomas, b Bevir ................. 0 A Pitcher,b T.Thomas 5 H.S.Liesching.run out 11 H. Filkins, b Bevir ... 2 J. Wyatt, b T. Thomas 0 W . Cook, not out ... 1 Extras................22 Total T. S.Thomas.b Fernley 8 L.T. Driffield, hit wkt, b Lucas .................27 R.H.Williams,not outlOO W. Bevir, b Lucas ... 1 S t . J ohn ’ s . N. Patterson, b Lucas 5 A. P. Boissier, notout 23 E xtras.................13 Total (4wkts) 177 BLACKHEAT3 v. I ZINGARL — Played at , Rectory Field, on June 11. B lack h bath . S. Castle, c Prothero, b Lambton ..........93 J.E.Mason, cProthero, b Cnristopherson ... 45 R. N. R. Blaker, b Weigall .......... ... 7 C.E.Wilson,cShepherd, b Weigall.................69 F. G. Guggisberg, b Lambton................. 8 C. L. Hemmerde, F. M. May and C. E. S. Mason did not bat. * Innings declared closed. I Z in g a r i , Capt. Spurway, b Weigall ................. 9 R. J. H. Arbuthnot, not out ................. 7 G. C. Hubbard, not out ........................ 4 B 15, lb 2, w 4, nb 1 22 Total (5 wkts)*261 Lord Harris, c Mason, b Hemmerde ..........36 H. B. Chinnery,c Hub­ bard, b May ..........32 A. G. Prothero, c Arbuthnot, b Hem­ merde........................ 4 G. C. Cobb.c and b May 1 L. Weigall, b May ... 1 A. Whatman,b Wilson 2 Major Phipps Hornby, b Hemmerde .......... 4 T. Shepherd, c Gug- gisberg, b Hem­ merde ................. C. Lambton, not out.. F. Gore, b Hubbard... S. Christopherson, c Arbuthnot, b Mason W ides................. Total ...106 S IM L A v. OTJTSTATION S: Played on a matting wicket, at Simla, on May 2> and 27. Ranjitsinhji was very successful with both bat and ball. S im la . First innings. Second innings. Mr. French, run out ......... 57 cLannowe,bFox 45 Capt. Wat«on, b Pearce ...41 lbw, b Lannowe 4 Prince Ranjitsinhji, lbw, b Pearce... ... ... ... ... 3 c Creed, b Pearce 60 Lieut. Foulkes, b Pearce ... 0 c Creed, b Pearce 19 Mr. D. Hewitt, c Gosling, b Lannowe ........................ 2 lbw. b Pearce ... 1 Col. Nixon, lbw, b Pearce ..13 c Walker, b Lan­ nowe.................12 Capt. Perkins, c Creed, b Lannowe ........................ 5 b Lannowe..........12 Mr. Crowly, not out ..........13 Mr.Hensman.htwkt, b Fox 26 c Andrees, b Lan­ nowe .............. 0 Major Byttell, c Thornton, b Fox ............................... 0 run out .......... 1 Mr. D. Meredith, st Gosling, b Thornton.......................56 c Lannowe, b Pearce ..........10 Mr. Wrench, c Fox, b Creed 2 not out................ 1 Extras ........................15 Extras............ 8 Total Total ...173 ........ 233 OuTSTATiON3. First innings. Second innings. Mr. Gosling, c Foulkes, b Ranjitsinhji ................. 0 c Foulkes, b Ran­ jitsinhji.......... 6 Mr. Andrees, c and b Ran- ji(sinhji ........................21 cFoulkes, b Ran- jitsinbji ..........23 Mr. Creed, c Foulkes, b Ranjitsinhji .................31 c Watson, b Ran- jitsinbji .......... 0 Maharajah of Patiala, b Ranjitsinhji ................. 9 b Ranjitsinhji ... 0 Mr. Lannowe, c Hewett, b Foulkes ........................ 3 b Foulkes .. .. 1 Mr. Fox, b Foulke3 ..........12 c Foulkes, b Ran­ jitsinhji ..........20 Mr. Lockyer, b Ranjitsinhji 0 c French, b Foulkes ......... 0 Mr, Vanderbyl, b Ranjit- sinbji ...............................60 run out ........... 4 Mr. Walker, b Foulkes ... 0 runout ........... 2 Mr. Harris, b Ranjitsinhji 1n otou t................. 6 Mr. Thornton, not out ... 13 c Bythell .......... 0 Mr. Pearc*, b Ranjitsinhji 0 b FouUes ........... 5 Extras ........................ 6 Extras.......... 1 Total ...160 Total DULWICH v. GRECIANS.—Played at Streatham on June 11. G recians . J. Eastwood, bCryer... 1 W. Galley, b Bang ... 3 F. B. Cole, b Stafford 0 N. Snelling, lun out.. 0 E. Cretchley, c Ellis, H. Garson, b Stafford 3 b Cryer ................. 0 S. L. Fletcher, not out 12 T. W. Richards, b B. Eastwood, b King 9 Stafford ................. 5 B 2, lb 1 .......... 3 W . R. Holman, c — Howell, b Kiog ... 26 Total ..........62 W . W . Gill, b Stafford 0 D ulwich . J. F. Colyer, c and b F.W . Ellis,cSnelling, Cretchley.................41 bCretchley .......... 2 E.J.Heasman,cGalley, H. J. Page, not out... 46 b J. Eastwood.......... 9 F.J.Finlinson, notout 4 H. G. Cryer, b Holman 93 B 8, lb 3 ..........11 W . A. King, c and b — Cretchley................. 6 Total (5 wkts) 212 P. E. Mayo, E. A. Howell, F. E. Stafford, and F. Huntley did not bat. DULWICH v. GRECIANS.—Played at Burbage Road, Dulwich, on June 11. G r ecian s . Williams, b Procter ... 12 C. Banks, c Pulbrook, b Procter................. 0 Lloyd, b Lighton ... 2 T. Scott, b Procter ... 0 F. Paton, b Procter ... 1 C. Manning, b Procter 0 H. Mason,c Hampson, b Reed .................16 Groom, c Simpson, Procter .............. Hook, b Procter Perrin, b Procter E. Pope, not out B 2, lb 5 ... . Total D u lw ich . W . C. Lockhart, b Williams ................. 6 G. H. Reed, c Groom, b Williams ......... 4 S. Simpson, run ou t... 65 R. A. Bendle, b Wil­ liams ... ................. 0 S. Pulbrook, run out... 1 G. Procter, c Scott, b W illiam s................. 1 P. W . Goldring, b Williams................. 2 O.R.Hampson,runout 24 A. Aldridge, c Scott, b Hook .................51 H. J. Lighton, not out 16 L H. bmith, not out 0 B 6, w 1 .......... 7 Total (9wkt s)17