Cricket 1898

J u n e 23, 1898. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 223 City&SouthLondonRailway. To the Oval tn 10 Minutes. T r a v e l b y th e E le ctric R a ilw a y— T ra in s e v e ry fo u r m in u tes. F a r e 2 d . THOMA8 C. JENKIN , G k n k r a l M anager. C r i c k e t : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 168, UPPER THAMES STREET, LOSIDOa, E.C. THUE8DAY, JUNE 23 bd , 1898. $a\riiton The abstract and brief chronicle of the time.— Hamlet. N otwithstanding that the Surrey men came out of the match against Lan­ cashire in a very satisfactory manner, as far as mere result is concerned, after allowing their opponents to give catches with impunity and to score over 360 runs, the performance of the team as a whole was somewhat disquieting to its friends. In the first place, Lockwood, on whom so much depends this season, did not meet with any success at all on the hard wicket, while Richardson was still “ off colour,” and the batting, except during the partnership of Abei and Holland, broke down badly. C oincidences in Notts, v. Sussex :— Shrewsbury made 126 in the first innings of Notts. The total for the first Notts’ wicket was 126. This total was made in two hours and ten minutes, as was also the next 126 runs made. It is a pity that the 126 runs were not made in 126 minutes instead of 130. T he Skinners’ Company have granted 100 guineas, and the Fishmongers’ C jm - pany 50 guineas, towards the £10,000 which the London Playing Fields’ Com­ mittee are trying to raise for the purchase of Prince George’s Ground, Raynes Park, as a playing field for Londoners of the poorer classes. Amongst the donations paid this month, or promised, condition­ ally on the purchase being completed, are: A. Lloyd, Esq., £500; T. Wall, Esq., £600; H. Cosmo-Bonsor, Esq., M.P., £100; R. A. Yerburgh, Esq., £50; Sir John Brunner, M.P., £20; Messrs. Thome Brothers, £21 ; Sir Andros de la Rue, £10 10s.; and Edward H. Cardwell, Esq., Lloyd Baxendale, Esq., and Edward Nettleship, Esq., £10 each. The recent long partnerships for the last wicket have produced a complete list by Mr. A. D. Taylor in the Sussex Evening Times. The following are the partner­ ships of more than a hundred for the last wicket (the tenth) in first-class cricket:— In England. 173 Briggs and Pilling, Lancaslire v. Sur­ rey, Liverpool, July 16, 1885. 157 Parnham and White, X I. of North v. X I. of South, Lord’s, June 14, 1886. 148 Lord Hawke and Hunter, Yorkshire v. Kent, Sheffield, June 13, 1898. 128 Mudieand Sewell, Surrey v. Kent and Sussex, Oval, August 8, 1859. 118 Sewell and C. T. Calvert, Surrey v. Sussex, Brighton, June 21, 1868. 118 Lord Hawke and Hunter, Yorkshire v. Kent, Leeds, May 29, 1896. I ll Ward and Mold, Lancashire v. Leices­ tershire, Manchester, June 2; 1895. 109 Gunn and Hardstaff, Notti v. Derby­ shire, Derby, June 16, 1896. 106 Wootton and Forster, M.C.C. v. Sussex, Brighton, August 18, 1863. 102 D. Denton and Hunter, Yorkshire v. Cambridge University, Cambridge, May 30, 1895. I n A u s t r a lia . 136 J. O’H.lloran and A .F . Jones/Victoria v. South Australia, Melbourne, Janu­ ary, 1, 1897. I ll M. A. Noble and W . Howell; New South Wales v. Victoria, Sydney, January, 1897. 109 H. Howell and A. Newell, New South Wales v. Stoddart’s X I., Sydney, February, 1898 (made in 90 minutes). 100 G .E . Palmer and W . H. Cooper, Vic­ toria v. New South Wales, February, 1882. A ccording to Mr. TayL.r, the longest partnership on record fjr the last wicket is 337 in a match between a scratch team and a wandering club in August, 1895; but eL q u iries were made about it at the time, and the information as to its authen­ ticity was found to be most unsatisfactory. Mr. Taylor gives the following list for minor matches, but some of the scores seem doubtful:— 193 A. G. Brown and G. N. Morrison, Toronto Club v. Trinity College Past and Present, Port Hope, 1882. 194 W . H. Edgarand J. M. Swayne, Oxford Perambulators v. Etceteras, June i, 1885. 192 Ninth wicket—match drawn—-neither bat man out, H. How and K. Whiting, Midland Canterbury v. St. Aubyn’s, New Zealand, November 11, 1882. 189 Walker and Porter, Essex C. and S. v. Manor House, June 5, 1894. 183 In 75 minutes, Rev. L. B. G. J. Ford and C. H. Allcock, Windsor Ilomc Park v. Coldstream Guards, July 28, 1894. 153 R. W . Frank and Wardall, Yorkshire v. Staffordshire, July 4, 1892. 149 Lohmann and Sharpe, Surrey V. Essex, Oval, May-20, 1889. 121 Brown and Hunter, Yorkshire y, Liver­ pool and District, June 22, 1894. 118 Sharpe and Beaumont. Surrey v. Derby­ shire, June 20, 1889. N.B.—Vol. 15 of Cricket contains an announce­ ment that 214 runs were once added for the tenlh wicket in a match at Dublin, but particulars are not given. In the second match played by Ranjit- sinhj i in India he appeared on the side of Simla against the Out-stations. His scores were 3 (l.b.w.) and 60. He also took eight wickets in the first innings for 82 runs, and five iu the SK3ond for 45. While he was batting the crowd was very large, but it melted away as soon as he got out. R eferri ., g to the match between Simla and the Maharaja of Patiala’s XI., of which the scores appeared in last week’s Cricket, the Bombay Gazette says:— “ As regards Ranjit’s play, the remark one heard most often was that it was very much like that of everybody else. One noticed great suppleness and freedom of stroke com­ bined with extraordinary agility in getting down to stop the ball with either hand, but beyond this there was little remarkable. The light wa^ puzzling, however, and the novelty of the matting pitch no doubt disconcerting in a first match, so we may look for a more striking display on Thursday, when the Prince plays for Simla against the Out- stations.” It is the old story, “ A prophet is not without honour save in his own country.” F rom Loomis (California), Mr. A. E. Coates writes :— “ According to custom of late years, I send you a few lines to let you know that cricket is still alive and fairly thriving in California, although it cannot boast the exuberant growth which is a feature of the game in Australia, the Cape, and other British colonies. There, the Briton is at home, and he regulates business and social conditions according to his own genius, while here he is an alien among a people whose ideas and habits are by no means congenial to our national game. There are in California Bome sixteen or seven­ teen clubs, but as these, with some exceptions, are scattered over a territory larger than Great Britain, it is c’ ear that a comprehensive system of inter-club cricket is out of the question, as men who are in most cases barely making a living cannot spare the time and money for long expensive journeys. It is much to be desired that a representative Californian team should visit British Colum­ bia and the Eastern States, but the difficulties in the way of such a tour are immense.” “ During the season of1897,” continues Mr. Coates, “ two of the four clubs in San Fran­ cisco collapsed— though there are 10,000 English in that city—hut the two leading clubs, Alameda and Pacific, are tolerably flourishing, and in addition to a series of matches among themselves, have fixtures with the leading county clubs, Lake, Santa Clara, and Placer to wit. These counties, being within reasonable distance of each other are able, in turn, to visit and entertain each other the city clubs, and very pleasant these meet­ ings are. Placer county has just played a drawn game with a combined city eleven, and will go on tour in the fall, playing a series of matches in Lake and Santa Clara counties, and in . San Francisco, Sbasta and Nevada counties will also probably meet Placer, who are still unbeaten on their own ground, and have lost but three matches out of twenty- two in the last three seasons, winning seventeen.” T he description in a local Californian paper of a match between Placer County and Alameda Wanderers is amusing. It, of course, has headlines, which are as follows:—• T h e F r u i t - P i c k e r s E n c o u n ­ t e r e d a n E n e m y t h a t P r o v e d D e c i d e d l y W o r t h y o f t h e i r W i l l o w . Then comes the introduction:— “ The Encinal city sent up a strong team of cricketers to Placer county Saturday I night to play a two days’ game against