Cricket 1898

JO LY 7, 1 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 25? C r i c k e t : easily be guessed. It is not altogether easy to awaken the interest of the reader in the account of an innings in which a man makes 141, for the reader instantly remembers that the only scores of 140 iu these matches were made by Mr. Key (143) and Mr. Jardine (140). Captain Trevor is much more convincing when he describes the excitement of a ’Varsity match, as the following extract will show:— The crowd has two methods of shouting at the ’ Varsity match. When a batsman scores a boundary hit, it yells with a sort of hysterical amusement, and follows the cry with a hum of applause; hut when a bats­ man, and especially a prominent batsman, is bowled “ neck and heels,” it screams with a fiendish triumphant j oy. If you are a sup­ porter of the defeated cricketer, you wonder where your friends have disappeared to, for the whole ground seems for the moment to teem with the adversary. I n the same magazine, Mr. Harold Macfarlane describes the “ Reflections of a cricket ball,” which presumably takes its part in a match between the Univer­ sities. For an umpire, who holds it in his hand, thus reflects : “ For three days must I watch a set of over-grown school­ boys peddle about with bat and ball,” a remark which is the more surprising be­ cause the umpire is said to have been a bowler in his time. Perhaps it had never fallen to his lot to bowl at Fenners or in the Parks when Mr. Jackson, or Mr. Steel, or Mr. Woods, or Mr. Palairet, happened to be playing against him. Some notes by Rapier on Scotch cricket expressions are interesting. ago, is enjoying some elephant shooting at Dimansara, the exact whereabouts of which may possibly be known to such of our readers as have made a considerable study of geography. Mr. Hubback succeeded in shooting an elephant whos e tusks weighed 49 pounds, aud me tsured about five feet. A s l ig h t difference of opinion :— A spectator: “ Dear me, dear me. Fancy such a long hit only getting a siDgle! ” Second spectator: “ Long hit your grandmother ! Fancy only getting one from a rotten half volley! ” TnE schools were represented i ( U 1'c w in the University match Eton, 4 men, 104 runs (1 not out), 12 wkts. Uppingham, 3 men, 228 runs, 1 wkt. Malvern, 3 men, 105 runs.. Winchester, 2 men, 15 runs, 7 wkts. The other schools had each one man playing :— Harrow, 28 runs ; Charterhouse, 16 runs; Cheltenham, 28 runs ; Wellington, 2 runs ; Tonbridge, 42 runs (1 not out); Whitgift, 14 (not out both innings); Denstone, 21 runs, 1 wkt. ; Eepton, 109 runs ; Fauconberg, 28 runs. Under the somewhat belated title of “ Stoddart’s Team in Australia, 1897-98,” the Cricket Press, Temple Chambers, has just issued a pamphlet by Mr. Ashley Cooper. The price is 3d. The author reviews the tour in an interesting manner, and gives a short biography of each of the English players. A WEEKLY RECORD OF TSE GAME. 168, UPPER THAMES STREET. LONDON, E.C. THURSDAY, JULY 7 th , 1898. $a\uitott <^ogstp. The abstract and brief chronicle of the time.— Hamlet. T he honour of makiDg the highest aggregate in the University matches now falls to Mr. C. E. M. Wilson, who has beaten the previous best made by Mr. Key. Appended are the three highest aggregates in the series of matches. Mr. Wilson, 13 and 35, 80 and 2,19 and 77, 115 and 10. Total, 351. Mr. Key, 17, 5 and 61, 6 and 143, 64 and 8 not out. Total, 294. Mr. C. W . Wright, 17 and 1 not out, 102 and 29 not out, 16 and 34, 78 and 15. Total, 292. T he University match of 1898 has quite preserved its reputation for pro­ ducing the unexpected. Lee, Bosarquet, and Taylor only got their places at the last moment. Nobody thought that Lee would do much in the way of bow ling; he took six wickets for 31, and two for 26. Bosanquet was chosen for his bowling; he scored 54 in the most lively manner. Taylor made 70 and 15. Again, Eccles, though he gave great promise last year, was quite off colour in 1898, but he scored 109 against Cambridge. On the other hand Burnup and Jessop, the best batsmen on either side, did next to nothing—although Mr.Jessop bowledwell —and Winter, of whom great things were hoped as an all-round man, was almost useless. The only two of the great men in the two teams who played quite up to their form were Wilson and Cunliffe. T h e last county match at Chesterfield, previous to that against Surrey last week, was played against Lancashire as long ago as 1874. On that occasion J. Davidson, the father of the two David­ sons at present in the Derbyshire X I., assisted Derbyshire. A NORTHERN contemporary, comment­ ing on the 88 runs made by Abel in a little less than four hours for Surrey against Derbyshire, at Chesterfield, remarks that “ the popular little Surrey batsman played quite a steady game.” A contrast :— On the first day of the University match, Cambridge completed an innings for 273. On the second day, Oxford made 362, and Cambridge lost three wickets for 49. Total for the day, 411. T he July number of the Badminton Magazine deals largely with subjects connected with cricket. Captain Trevor relates what happened in the second inn­ ings of an imaginary match between the two Universities. The denouement can T he following are the averages in club matches of the best known Melbourne men. It is curious to notethat H. Trumble was quite unsuccessful with the ball. BATTING. Times Most not in an Inns., out. inns. Total. Aver. H. Stuckey . ... 4 ... 0 ... 298 .. 655 ... 163 75 P. M‘Alister . ... 6 .... 0 ... 147 ... 358 .. 59 66 F. Laver .......... ... 4 .,.. 1 ... 145*.. . 166 .... 55-33 J. Harry ........ . ... 3 .... 0 ... 70 .. . 161 ..., 5366 S. M-Michael ... ... 7 ... 1 ... 89 .. . 318 ... 53 H. Trumble . ... 5 .,.. 0 ... 180 .. . 395 ..., 79 H. Graham . ... 5 ... 0 ... 201 ... 876 ..., 7t'20 C. H. Ross........ . ... 6 ... 0 .. 66 .. . 235 ..., 39*16 W. B ruce........ . ... 3 ... 0 ... 62 ... 89 ... 29-66 A. E. Johns . ... 6 ... 1 ... 52 ... 97 .... 24 25 G. L. "Wilson ... ... 6 ... 0 ... 27 .. . 94 ..., 15 66 E. Rush .......... ... 5 ... 1 ... 29}*.. . 609 ..., 152 2 R. B. Houston.. . ... 8 ... 2 ... 84 ... 282 ... 47 Geo. Stuckey ... ... 9 ... 3 ... 81*.. . 248 .... 41-33 D. Sutherland.. . ... 7 ,... 1 ... 138 ... 358 .... 59 66 G. H. S. Trott.. . ... 4 ... 1 ... 87*... Ill ..,, 37 T. Tatchell ... ... 6 ,... 0 ... 55 ... 164 .... i7'33 R. M‘Leod . ... 6 ... 0 ... 55 .. . 161'.. 26-83 J. F. Giller ... ... 3 ... 0 ... 33 ... 64 .... 2133 * Signifies not out. BOWLING. F. Laver.......... Balls. Runs. Mdns. Wkts. Aver. ... 770 ... 350 ... 30 ... 23 ... 1533 A. 8. Carter ... ... 660 ... 340 ... 17 .,.. 19 ... 17 89 G. L. W ilson... ... 975 .... 440 ... 36 ..,. 17 ... 25 tr8 W . Bruce ... 285 ... lt’4 ... 15 .... 3 ... 34-66 Roche (pro.) ... ... 384 ... 1*9 ... 18 ..,. 3 ... 43 T. Trumble ... ... 144 . 87 ... 4 ... 2 ... 43-50 H. Trumble ... ... 496 ... 210 ... 22 ... 4 ... 5250 T. Forman ... 90 .... 62 ... 1 .. 2 ... 31 R. M‘Leod ... ... 504 ... 224 ... 18 ... 6 ... 37 66 D. M‘Leod ... ... 524 ,... 241 ... 20 ... 6 ... 4016 G. H. S. Trott ... 476 ... 276 ... 10 ... 6 ... 46 A ccordin g to a Malay newspaper, Mr. T. R. Hubback, who played with some success for Lancashire a few years Scene. Old Trafford. Sixpenny seats. Polite Old Gentleman (to gloomy Notts man): “ Excuse me, sir, but was that Tyldesley who has just got out ? ” Notts Man: “ It was.” P. O. G .: “ Well, he’splayed a remark­ ably fine innings—remarkably fine.” Notts Man (who has se^n just a little too much of Tyldesley’s fine innings): “ I ’m sure I didn’t say he hadn’t.” I t is not often that the Elstree Masters get much the worst of a game, but on Friday last they were opposed by a team of Old Cliftonians, which included C. L. Townsend; and the result was a big defeat. Mr. Townsend took eight wickets for 36, and then proceeded to make 111 runs. The innings of 205 not out, by Braund, on Monday, for Surrey Club and Ground against St. John’s School, Leatherhead, included half-a-dozen hits out of the ground for 6, and 24 fours. Only three of the members of the University teams were assisting their counties on the Monday after the great match. Mr. Cunliffe played forMiddlesex, Mr. Stocks for Leicestershire, and Mr. Fane for Essex. The Cambridge men, with the exception of Mr. Marriott and Mr. Taylor, were playing against Liver­ pool.