Cricket 1898

J u l y 28, 1898. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. S05 Cricket: J WEEKLY EECOSD OF IBB OAME. 168, UPPER THAMES STREET, LOHDOH,E.C. THURSDAY, JU LY 28 t h , 1898. ^afctiton (gcfistp. T ie abstract and brief chronicle of the time.— Ham let. There -were two curious collapses in Friday’s cricket. A t the Oval, Hampshire had made over 300 runs for five wickets 8gainst Surrey, when Lockwood suddenly {rot rid of the last five men for 27 runs. Kent had msde over 200 at Leyton g a in s t Essex for the loss of two wickets, but ow ing to the bow ling of Young eight men were out at 247, and the total only produced 280. TnE 199 made by Mr. Hill for Hants v. Surrey at the Oval, is up to the present the highest score of the season. The pre­ vious best was 180 by Mr. Troup, in June, for Gloucestershire v. Notts at Bristol. L ast Thursday the race for the second place in the “ thousand runs ” competi­ tion was in a most interesting position. It was almost a question of batting first. Storer only had to make three runs, but he was not playing in a match until the follow ing Monday. Shrewsbury and Abel did not bat on Thursday, and Brockwell only made 18, bringing his total to 946. It was, therefore, left to Mr. Jackson, who was not out at 56 at the end of the day to follow in the foot­ steps of Tyldesley, who had already scored his thousand runs. On Friday Abel made 111, and so took third place, and on Saturday W .G ., who had ap­ parently not been in the running, came in a good fourth. On Monday, Storer promptly made the three runs which he required. In a match at Tonbridge between the Wanderers and the home club five hun­ dreds were made, all by well-known men. The hundreds were by Mr. J. Le Fleming, 102; Mr. L . J. Le Fleming, 113; Rev. W . Rashleigh, 101; Mr. S. Colman, 107; and Mr. H . B. Richardson, 109. Proxime accesserunt! A. J. L. Hill, 199, Hants v. Surrey. E. A. English, 98, Hants v. Surrey. S. M. J. Woods, 95, Somerset v. Yorkshire. Dr. J. E. Barnett, 98, Holmes3ale v. Hornsey Wan­ derers. R. N. Douglas, 194, I Zingari v. UppiDgham School. Capt. H. H. Harington, 183, 2nd Lincolnshire Regi­ ment v. 2nd Black Watch P. Mitchell, 188 not out, North and Ea*t Eidings v. Mr. Stannlrg’s Team. Devey, 92, Warwickshire v. Derbyshire. According to the Literary World , cricket enthusiasts will be interested to learn that Prince Ranjitsinhji has written a cheap popular work on the recent tour. It will appear almost immediately, with illustrations from photographs, under the title of “ With Stoddart’s Team in Australia.” The Melbourne Ciicket Club has deci­ ded to distribute £500 of the profits from the late English tour amongst the senior clubs whose revenue suffered in conse­ quence of the attractions of the inter­ national matches. A v e r y close parallel:— In June, 1690, Lockwood made 168, caught, and 36 not out, for Surrey v. Leicester­ shire, at Leicestfr. In July, 1898, Dr. Grace made 168, caught, and 38, not out, for Gloucestershire v. Notts. O n Thursday last, J. T. Tjldesley was presented by the professionals in the Lan­ cashire team with a writing-case, as a mark of their satisfaction that a member of the team had been the first cricketer to score a thousand runs this season in first- class cricket. Through the Sportsman, Mr. C. P igg has made an appeal on behalf of Tom Pearce, the old Hertfordshire cricketer, who, after a long illness, finds hims°]f unable to support his wife and family. Subscriptions may be paid to Messrs. Marten, Part and Co., St. Albans. Another man has to be added to the list of bowlers who have taken a hundred wickets in their first season of first-class cricket. The new-comer is Rhodes, who took his hundredth wicket on Saturday in the match between Yorkshire and Somr rsetshire. Tw o drawn matches. A contrast:— Notts v. Gloucestershire, 654 for 24 wickets. Four-and-a-half hours’ cricket on Friday. Surrey y. Hampshire, 1,003 for 25 wickets. Three hours’ cricket on Friday. A CURIOSITY : —Mr. Perrin was batting for three hours and five minutes for Essex against Kent before he made his first boundary hit. S om e years ago, Mr. E. Roper, the very popular secretary of the Liverpool C.C., was one of the best batsmen in Lanca­ shire. H e can still play cricket. Last week he made 136 for Liverpool against Warrington. A short time ago, Mr. A. G. Steel, without any practice, made only four short of his hundred for the Liver­ pool C.C. H is Excellency Lord Sandhurst, the Governor of Bombay, played in a match at the beginning of the month on his private ground at Ganeshkind. He only made 4 and 2, but took six wickets for 28. On July 4th, Lord Sandhurst gave a garden party, to which all the principal families, European and Native, were invited. The new portrait of Lord Harris, by Professor Herkomer, was on view, and attracted a great deal of atten­ tion, for Lord Harris as a Governor was universally popular. M r . A. E. Windsor, the best medium pace bowler in Tasmania, has been so ill, as the results of a cold, that the doctors have ordered him to go to a warmer climate. As the journey will entail con­ siderable expense, Tasmanian cricketers have bestirred themselves to provide funds for it. In the first-class averages Shrewsbury and Rhodes are still “ at the top of their respective trees,” as a descriptive writer on croquet has lately put it. There have been some curious freaks in the way of scoring during the past week : W.G. scored 168 in the first innings of Gloucestershire v. Notts; the score next to bis was 37. Mr. Woods made 95 in the second innings of Somerset v. Yorkshire; the next score was 27. Mr. A. J. L . Hill made 199 for Hants v. Surrey (first innings); next score 52, and the third score 23. Mr. Jackson made 160 for Yorkshire v. Gloucestershire; next score 36. Mr. Evershed made 153 for Derby­ shire v. Warwickshire ; next score 24. For Northumberland v. Cambridge­ shire, the Rev. E. W . R. Walters, an old Ardingly boy, went on to bow l third change, and took five wickets in seven overs (two maidens) for only 12 runs. D r . E . M. G race has appeared in a new idle. He was captain of the Second Eleven of Gloucestershire against the Wiltshire County C.C. H e was not afraid to put himself on to bowl, but only took one wicket for 63 runs. As usual, he went in first, and scored 31 runs in his only innings. The match between Mr. W . M. Low e’s team and Wellesbourne, on the ground of the latter club, ended in a tie in each innings. Each side made 172 in the first innings, and 110 in the second. On Saturday last Mr. C. P. Foley, the Middlesex cricketer, was asked to play as a substitute for Cupar against the Grange (Edinburgh), at Raeburn Place. He had to field out against a total of 268 for six wickets, and distinguished himself during this period by missing two catches in the long field. When he went in to bat, however, he soon made up for his mistakes, and by some of the most brilliant batting ever seen at Edin­ burgh, put up 82 out of 117 for the first wicket before he was out. From Mr. J. C. Davis I have received a programme of the smoking concert of the Paddington (Sydney) C.C., which won the premiership in Electorate matches last season. In the course of the evening a presentation was made to Victor Trumper b y the members of the club, as a recognition of his splendid and con­ sistent scoring. I notica that several well-known cricketers were among the performers at the concert, including A. C. K . Mackenzie (who sang a senti­ mental song) and M. A. Noble. CoMMENTiNGon the improvementwhich is said to have taken place of late in Scotch cricket, Scottish Sport says:— “ If it be urged that some clubs have gone back a bit, we can point out that such is the common experience of all,