Cricket 1898

22 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME. Ejsb. 24, 18i8. is present. But this will scarcely need proving to those who follow Australian cricket at all closely. In 1896 for instance, totals of 570, 427, 420, 357 and 312 were made in the six big matches. Not often has Australia been able to afford to leave out of her chosen team two such fine batsmen as Harry Donnan and A. C. K. Mackenzie. Donnan has for years been one of the crack batsmen of the New South Wales eleven; he has paid us a visit here, and had a record that would, a few years ago, have been thought a splendid one for a man new to English wickets, though the fine play of Graham in 1893, Darling, Iredale, and Hill in 1896, has thoroughly proved that, at any rate in a dry season, a new man may achieve results of which the most seasoned player might well be proud. In the first match this season between Stoddart’s men and New South Wales he scored 104 and 29, in the second a while back, 41 and 59; and in the first three test matches he was reserve man. Of course, he is not as brilliant or as great a batsman as Gregory, Darling, Hill, or Iredale; but he has any amount of dogged determination, can play the stonewall game to peifection if need be, and withal has no lack of strokes. I should like to see him chosen for the last match, even if it involved the omission of Iredale—so far the least successful of the four men who owe their places in the team to their batting alone. Mackenzie's case is, perhaps, harder than Donnan’s, for Donnan has taken part in the great test matches (he played twice in 1891-2, and again in England in 1896) and the Scoto-Australian has not yet had a chance of doing so. But it seems very likely that he will achieve not only that distinction, but the still greater honour of a place in a team for England before long. Giffen says cf him : “ This young player’s career reminds me of Donnan’s and Iredale’s. Eor eight or nine years he has been going to do something exceptional, but he has not done it. What he has done has been to bat with rare patience, and in excellent style, for useful scores, then to get out when he ought to have been well set. Standing as he does over six feet high, and possessing a powerful frame, he ought, especially as he plays so correctly, to make a great batsman, and I shall not be surprised to wake up one morning and read that he has played a brilliant innings of a century. In Sydney local matches I believe he does hit, and I think it would pay him to take just a few more risks in the important grmes.” Mackenzie would seem to have taken this advice to heart, for he has certainly played a freer game in this season’s matches, although even now he occasionally relapses into the stonewall style. I would like to say that, in my next article or two, I hope to turn my attention to a brief survey of Univer­ sity cricket during the last twenty years or so. J.N.P. DUKE & SON v. J. WISDEN & Co. A case of interest to cricketers was tried at the High Court of Justice (Queen’s Bench Division), on Feb. 7, before the Lord Chief Justice and a Middlesex Special Jury. Messrs. Robert Wallace, Q C., and Montague Lush appeared for the plaintiffs ; Mr. A. T. Lawrence, Q C , and the Hon. Alfred Lyttelton for the defendant company. This was an action for an injunction to restrain the defendants from representing that inferior and cheaper cricket balls manufactured and sold by the plaintiffs were in fact their best classes of goods, and from selling them as such, and from publishing defamatory statements con­ cerning the plaintiffs in relation to their business of manufacturing cricket balls. They also asked for damages. The case for the plaintiffs was that they manu­ factured cricket balls of different qualities, and that the defendants on various occasions, when asked to supply the best class of Duke’s cricket balls, had supplied balls of an inferior quality. The defendants were also manufacturers of cricket balls, and evidence was given that their saleman, while supplying plaintiffs’ inferior balls as their best, had extolled their own manufactures, and said that Duke’s balls wore well, but were too hard. The Lord Chief Justice asked whether it was necessary to try this case out to the bitter end ? Mr. Lawrence said, on behalf of his clients, that they had acted under a misapprehension, and had, immediately they discovered the mistake, taken steps to prevent its repetition. They would give an undertaking with regard to the future, and were prepared to pay the costs of the action. Mr. Wallace, on behalf of the plaintiffs, said that their primary object was not to obtain damages, and they would be satisfied with the defendants’ proposition. Judgment was then entered for the plaintiffs for 40s. and costs. CR ICKET IN IN D IA . BANGALORE GYMKHANA v. MADRAS UNITED. Played on January 21 and 22.—A “ moral win ” for the United. B angalore G ymkhaxa . First innings. J. B. Barstow,b Soobooroya- loo ............................... 0 C. V. B. Davy, c Soobooro­ yaloo, b Rajagopalchari... 21 P. A. Turner, b Narrain Rao 3 Sergt.-Major Rolph, candb Nairaia Rao .................18 runout.. C. E. D. Budwortb, c Ven- l:ataram Chetty,b Rajago- p a la ch a ii............... ... 91 A. Hoare, b Narrain Rao ... 4 E. Newland, b Rajagopala- chaii ...............................28 Second innings. candbSubrayaloo 1 c Captain, b Soo­ booroyaloo ... S3 c Captain, b Soo­ booroyaloo ... 26 b Narrain Rao ... 11 runout................. 0 Wood, b Rajagopalachari... 6 Trevor Boothe, lbw, b Raja- gopalacbaii ................. 0 Kincaid Smith, not out ... 1 R. Hoare, b Narrain Rao ... 11 Extras ... ... .........16 Total........ ...202 c Narrain Fao, b Soobooroyaloo 6 not out................ 2 b Narrain Rao ... 6 c Sreenivatam, b Narrain Rao ... 8 b Narrain Rao .. 38 i-xtras......... 18 Total ...149 M adras Lisles, c Turner, b D avy........................36 Amirthalingam,bDavylC2 S o o b o o r o y a lo o , st Rolph, b Davy..........14 Narrain Rao, run out 48 Seshachari, c Bud- worth, b Davy ... 0 Rajamony, b Davy ... 29 Captain, c and b Davy 0 Kecond innings: Lisles, gam, not out, 40; Extras, U n ited. Rajsgopalachari, not out ........................ Venkatarama Chetty, st Rolph, b Bud- worlh ................. Singaram, b Boolhe Srinivasram, b Davy Extras................. Total ........ 268 not out, 40; Amirthalin- 2—Total 82. PARSEES v. PATIALA. Played at Patiala on January 23. Patiala won by 133 runs. P a tiala . Fiist innings. Brockwell, c Mehta, b Baja 5 Williams, run out................ 3 H. H. Maharaja,, c Mehta, b B aja...............................11 Dadeni Bain, c and b Mehta 18 Mit>tri. c and b Baja .......... 9 Second innings. run rut., b B*j*.......... run out.. ... b Langrana.. b Mebta 163 26 Billimoria.c Kanga, b Baja 100 run out.. Nanak Bain, b Langrana.. 9 c H. H. the Kour Sahib, c Daruwala, b Langrana, .. 14 Trachand, c Mody, b Baja 9 Katub Din, not out ..........21 B«ja Baboo, c Tavaria, b Baj % ............................... 0 Baghlurchund, lbw, b Baja 3 Extras ................. 7 Total.................209 P arsees . First innings. M.H.Sajanna,b Nanak Bain 1 C. J. Tavaria, b Nanak Bain 12 D. D. Kanga, b Brockwell.. 6 Daruwala, Daruwala.. b Daruwala........ c sub.b Daruwala c and b Daruwala c and b Baja ... not out................. E xtras.......... Total...........279 Second innings, b Nanak Bain ... 10 b Nanak Bain ... 12 c and b Nanak B ain ...................46 c Kutub,b Mistri 31 25 C. D. Daruwala,b Billimoria 16 Modi, b Nanak Bain ... ... 13 b Billimoria Dm. B ija I. b Brockwell ... 5 b Nannk Bain ... 12 N.N. Langrana.b Brockwell 0 Dm. Baja II, b Billimoria... 19 A. Mehta, run out.. ... 14 S. K. Kaka, not out ..........16 B. P. Daruwala, b Brock­ well ... ................. 4 N. P. Pantaki, b Brockwell 5 Extras .................11 b Nanak Bain c Kutub,b Brock­ well ................. c Brockwell, b Nannk Bain ... st, b Nanak Bain Total... .. 182 b Brockwell......... 2 not out................. 0 E xtras............ 12 Total........ 173 Avery good eleven might now be chosen in Australia of men who have never yet visited England as members of an Aus­ tralian team. New South Wales has A. C. K. Mackenzie, W. Howell, M. A. Noble and L. W. Pye ; Victoria has C. McLeod, J. Giller and S. McMichael ; South Australia, J. E. Reedman, F. Jarvis and a wicket-keeper in J. Mc­ Kenzie ; while the eleventh man might be chosen from W. A. Windsor of Tasmania A. H. Fisher of New Zealand, M. Roche, of Victoria, and V. Trumper of New South Wales. TRY REVOLUTION IN Cigarette Paper! Books EACH LEAF READY TO HAND FOR USE. | A T A L L TOBACCO N ISTS. N E X T ISSUE , T H U R S D A Y , M A R CH 31.