Cricket 1898

Aro. 4, 1898. CRICKET; A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 321 Cricket: A WEEKLY RECORD OT THE GAME. 168, UPPER THAMES STREET, LONDON, E.G. THURSDAY, AUG. 4 th , 1898. $a\ulton Gossip* The abstract and brief chronicle of the time.— Hamlet. I n a match between Belmont and Merion, Philadelphia, on July 2nd, Mr. H. P. B iily, one of 1j-st year’s Philadelphia team, was severely hurt by a rising ball. While he was stamping about to relieve the pain he happened to step over the crease, whereupon the wicket was promptly put down and the batsman given runout. The Belmont captain at once apologised for the appeal, and begged Mr. Baily to continue his innings. The offer, which was sportsman­ like, was unwisely declined. I n the sixpenny seats at the Oval. Brockwell has j ust been hit on the back of the head by a ball from Mr. Kortright. Pessimist (to his neigh­ bou r): “ There. ’It ’im on the back of the ’ead, you see! ” His Neighbour (optimist): “ Well, w e ll! Batter be ’it on the back of the ’ead, than iu the heye.” B y an oversight I omitted to refer to the remarkable batting in the match played between Cheltenham College and Clifton College, at Clif­ ton, on July 8 th and 9 th. In the first innings of Chel­ tenham the last wicket added 139 runs. This, I believe, is a record stand for the last wicket in a Public School match. After Clifton had declared in their second inn­ ings, Cheltenham were left with 160 runs to win in exactly 60 minutes, and so well did they play up that they actually made all the runs but 9. Out of 26 overs bowled during this innings, only one was a maiden, and 151 runs were scored off 130 balls. I t is becom ing quite the fashion for an innings which has shown promise of pro­ ducing a very large total to be suddenly brought to a conclusion. The following are a few instances of this which occurred during the past w eek:—A t the Oval on Saturday, Lockwood had taken one wicket for 69 ; when he went on for the last time he took six wickets for 19. His analysis for this period was 10 overs, 3 maidens, 19 runs, 6 wickets. Derbyshire had made 210 for five wickets at lunch­ time on Friday at Harrogate. The last five wickets only added 28 runs to the total. A t Old Trafford on Thursday list, Lancashire lost three wickets for 122; the remaining seven put on 26 runs. T he fine performance of C. W . Allen for Haileybury v. Cheltenham at L ord’s on Saturday is worthy of notice in “ Gossip.” He was not put on in the first innings of Cheltenham, but in the second he was tried as fifth and last change, with the result that he finished off the innings in a few minutes. His analysis was 5 overs and 2 balls, 3 maidens, 2 runs, 5 wickets. This remarkable feat gave Haileybury a chance of winning, of which they took advantage in a most praiseworthy manner. O n e of the most noteworthy features of the match was the struggle made by C. H . Smith in the Haileybury second innings to make his hundred. It sremed that he was fated to just miss it, for when only two runs were wanted to win his score was only 95. It was possible to make five runs at this period of the game in three ways : he m ight make a tingle and (provided his partner did not make the winning hit) afterwards hit a fo u r ; he might hit the ball out of the ground; or he might hit a five. The last way seemed about the most unlikely. But by glancing a ball to leg to a spot where there was no fieldsman, and by running hard, he made his five runs amid great cheering. M r . C. L . A. S m ith , who made his de'mt incrranty cricket for Sussex on Monday at Bristol, was b om at Whap- hams, Henfield, on the 1st January, 1879, says Mr. Gaston, in the Argus. His father and grandfather were keen cricketers, and his uncle, Mr. Arthur Smith, has also played for Sussex. F or many years his father, Mr. Charles H. Smith, was the captain of the Sussex eleven. Mr. C. L. A. Smith for several seasons past has played capital cricket for Brighton College. A fortnight ago, for Brighton College v. East­ bourne, he scored 173 not out. T he boys’ X I. at Sunning­ dale School won all their matches except one this season. Two batsmen and two bowlers have done es­ pecially well. Douglas Grahame has been so con­ sistent as a bowler that he was aeked to play for the Surrey Colts-, and took three wickets for 22 runs in the match. T h e last match in the Scarborough Festival, on Sept. 1st, 2nd and 3rd, will be between Yorkshire and Mr. C. I. Thornton’s England X I., instead of North v. South of England, so that Yorkshire will now be en­ gaged on the first and last three days of the carnival. Lord Hawke has accepted, on behalf of his team, an in­ vitation to a banquet duiing the festival. T h eb e was an exciting finish to the match between Belmont and Germantown (Philadelphia) on July 6th. Most of the Philadelphians who visited England last year were included in the two teams. Belmont scored 170, P .H . Clark taking five wickets for 62. When the last German­ town man went iu three runs were still required to win, and J. B. King, who had dismissed the two previous men with successive balls, had fa ir balls remaining in his over. The end of the match is thus described by the American Cricketer At a reception given in his honour in India, K. S. Raujitsinhji was presented with a bouquet and an elegant coffer containing an address. He was also garlanded. The above picture is a forecast of what his next photograph will probably te like.