Cricket 1898

J unk 30, 1898 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME. 241 City&SouthLondon Railway. T o the Oval In 10 Minutes. T ravel b y the E lectric R a ilw a y— Trains every fou r m inutes. C r ic k e t : F a r e 2 d . THOMAS C. JENBJN, G k v b r a l Majtagkr. TESTIMONIAL. A CUSTOMER writes— “ The Merryweather Garden Hose supplied nearly ten years ago is still in use, and is most satisfactory.” Largest Makers of High-Class Hose In theWorld. Write for Price List and Sample, also Pump Catalogue, Free by Post. Ask for Catalogue of Garden Pumps and Fittings, 40 pages, 600 illustrations, post free. The ends of the Bose are sealed , protecting the canvas pliesfrom rotting , giving the Hose quadruple life. Made on the same lines as the Hose used with their celebrated Fire Engines. MERRYWEATHER’S, 63, L ong A c r e , L o ndo n , W.C. 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Joel’s team against the Press at Barnato Park, he took eight of the latter’s ten wickets, six of them clean bowled. Besides this, he made the only double figure on the side, carrying out his bat for 30 out of a total of 69. More than one other cricketer known in England figured in the match. For the Press G. Beves, whilom of Notts and Sussex, was the second highest scorer. He bowled, too, unchanged during the innings, and one of his four wickets was that of E. A. Halliwell, the stumper of the South African team, who was out for a duck. S . - — ■ L o h m a n n , it will interest his many friends to know, is permanently settled in the Transvaal. Cricket, as a pro­ fession, will know him no more, for he has settled down to steady work iu the shape of a good appoiutment in the Johannesburg Waterworks, a subsidiary company of Barnato Brothers. He writes, too, that his health is fairly good. Cricketers in the old country will heartily wish him long life and good luck. F o r the purposes of record it may be mentioned that the men who have received their “ Blues” this year, and will play in the match which begins to­ day (Thursday), are:—Oxford: B. D. Bannon, F . W. Stocks, B. J. T. Bjsan- quet, E. O. Lee. Cambridge: G. E. Winter, T. L. Taylor, A. T. Coode, A. E. Hind and H. H. B. Hawkins. All the old Blues retained their places, including H. H. Marriott, who had gone down. v playe this season at the Oval, iu which they have scored 1,868 runs for the loss of 33 wickets—an average of 53'37 runs per wicket. They beat Gloucestershire by an innings, their own score being 500 for four wickets; against Oxford they made 424, and won in an innings; they made 468 against Middlesex, and the draw was greatly in their favour, while their total against S imerset was 446 for 11 wickets. They won by 9 wickets. I n the first three matches Brockwell scored 105 against Gloucester, 119 agaiust Oxford, and 135 against Middlesex. Iu 1894 he very nearly did the same thing iu the first three home-matches, his scores being 108 against Essex, 103 against Yorkshire, and 93 against Sussex. B it he made three hundreds at the Oval in that year before the end of June, and before the end of the season he increased this total by one. O n Thursday last four men made between 80 and 90 runs at Tonbridge — S. M. J. Woods. 88; Alee Hearpo, 86 not out; and G. Fowler and W. H. Patterson each not out, 83. This is something of a curiosity. F r i d a y , June 24.—No play at Ton­ bridge (Kent v. Somerset), Brighton (Sussex v. Oxford University), Lord’s ( M .C .C . v. Cambridge University), South­ ampton (Hampshire v. Essex), less than three hours at the Oval (Middlesex v. Surrey). Saturday, June 25.—No play at Glou­ cester (Lancashire v. Gloucestershire). Monday, June 27.—No play at Brad­ ford (Yorkshire v. Essex), twenty-five minut'is at Lord’s, an hour at the Oval. C harles B F ry Was no-balled at Brigh­ ton bv Phillips, the umpire, for throw ing; When Oxford went in, With two hundred to win, Charles tried lob s—his true penitence showing. S till another innings of over a hun­ dred has been scored at Madras by Mr. E. H. D. Sewell. For Madras v. Yercaud he made 5 and 180. B elow will be found the season’s averages of the best-known players iu Tasmania:— B atting . Times Most Inns, not Runs, in an Aver, out. inns. K. E. Burn......... 14 ... 3 ... 801 ... 138*... 72*81 C. J. E ady......... 14 ... 1 ... 623 ... 205 ... 47 92 W. Abbott.......... 4 ... 1 ... 139 ... 77 ... 46 33 C. McAllen......... 14 ... 4 ... 425 ... 167 ... 42 50 J. Bingham ... 12 ... 1 ... 403 ... 121 .. 37 09 G.Gatehouse ... 12 ... 1 ... 402 ... 119*... 36 54 W. H. G ill.......... 5 ... 3 ... 68 ... 27 ... 34'00 S. Hawson.......... 3 ... 1 ... 68 ... 33*... 34 00 B owling . Balls. M. R. W. Aver. W. Richardson 634 .... '25 .. . 295 ... 23 ... 12-82 C. J. Etdy......... 2213 . .. 84 ... 922 ... 70 ... 13-17 J. Bingham ..1944 ..,. 93 .. . 721 .. 53 ... 13 60 L. H. Macleod... 113 ... 2 . 83 .. . 6 . .. 1660 W . Abbott ... 66 . .. 0 .. . 64 ... 3 ... 1800 K. E. Burn ...8 61 .. . 29 ..., 3)2 .... 21 ... 1866 •Signifies not out. C om m en tin u on the bowling of Jones, the famous South Australian, the Daily Telegraph makes a particularly neat remark, which will be appreciated by all cricketers, whether they are of opinion that Jones throws or not. “ Interviewed when he arrived home after the tour of 1896, Darling ventured the statement that Jones’s bowling in England was perfectly fair, and that no objection was taken to it except in the newspapers. Knowing what they said among them­ selves about Jones’s bowling, one must conclude that English players when in company with the Australians were very reticent.”