Cricket 1898

CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A ug . 4, 1898. — it will be noticed that the fielding side were carfeful not to let slip any oppor­ tunity of g e t t iD g a w ick et:— “ Everybody watched the play with breath­ less interest. Would King accomplish the hat trick ? Would Belmont pull the game out of the fire after being so far behind? The ball that was to answer the first question came down the crease like a flash. There was an appeal for l b w , answered by Umpire Bromhead in the negative, and the game went on, Greene succeeding in stopping the next three balls. Altemus then took the ball, and Clark scored a hard-run single, bringing Greene to the critical wicket. On the third ball of the over a sharp appeal was made to Umpire T. Hargraves fori b w, but again the batsman survived, and by snicking the fifth ball of the over, a perfectly straight one, to leg, won the game for his side, a truly hard- fought victory for the Daisies.” T h r e e days after the above match Germantown had another exciting finish. This time they won by a run. Their opponents, Merion, made 166 (H. C. Thayer 41). G. S. Patteson made 41, and R. D. Brown 54 for Germantown, but the tail collapsed. The game was a tie when the last man went to the wicket. Now it happened that P. H . Clark, a Germantown player, was fielding as sub­ stitute in the country. Agaiu I quote from the American Cricketer :— ‘ ‘ It was j ust here that the unfortunate happened. P. H . Clark was fielding in the out-field for Merion, the score was tie, and there was but one wicket to fall. On the second ball bowled to Middleton he hit to the outfield on the fly. The ball was not hit very hard and did not go all the way to Clark. He made an attempt to catch it and succeeded in getting under it, but he was running in so fast that he was unable to hold it, and thus lost the game ftfr Merion. Had Clark held this catch the game would have been a tie, and Merion and Germantown having won less games than Belmont would have had a smaller percentage towards the Halifax Cup than Belmont, and that club would have won the cup. As it is Germantown and Belmont are tie. TTnless this tie is played off Germantown will keep it, because they won it last year. T h e present position of the Philadelphia cricket clubs is as follows :— Won. Belmont................. 7 Germantown ...... 7 Merion ................. 6 Philadelphia......... 3 Radnor ................. 3 Belfield ................. 1 Lost. Percentage. 2 -777 2 *777 3 *667 6 *333 6 *333 8 '111 Playing for an X I. of Sierra Leone v. H .M .S. “ Phoebe ” on 9th July, E. O. Johnson went in first and made 71 not out out of a total of 98. Curiotjs instances of fast and slow scorin g:— July 30.—W . G. Quaife was three hours and ten minutes making his first 60 ; his next 50 runs were made in fifty-five minutes. July 30.—Tunnicliffe was batting for four hours and forty minutes for 84. On July 29th he had made 45 in two hours and twenty-five minutes, so that he hardly varied through his innings in his rate of scoring. While he was batting Yorkshire were doing none too well, so that his slow scoring was very useful to hia side. T he list of scorers of a thousand runs this season is now as follows. The runs required by each player before the match in which he reached the thousand are also appended:— July 15.—Tyldesley, wanted 124 runs. ,, 21.—F. S. Jackson, wanted 38 runs. „ 22.—Abel, wanted 60 runs. „ 23.—Dr. Grace, wanted 179 runs. „ 25.—Storer, wanted 3 runs. „ 28.—Ward, wanted 9 runs. ,, 28.—Mr. Mason, wanted 88 runs. „ 29.—Tunnicliffe, wanted 19 runs. August 3 —W . Gunn, wanted 182 runs. I hold it true whate’er befall, I feel it when I sorrow most: ’ Tis better to have been no-balled for throwing Than never to have made two separate hundreds in the same match. Tennyson (as it might have been written and improved by Mr. Fry). M r . W a r n e r ’ s team for America is now nearly complete, and the following amateurs are included in i t :— P. F. Warner (Middlesex and Oxford University). E. H. Bray (Middlesex and Cambridge Univ.). C. J. Bumup (Kent and Cambridge University). C. O. H. Sewell (Gloucestershire). G. R. Bardswell (Lancashire and Oxford Univ.). G. E. Winter (Cambridge University). F. Mitchell (Yorkshire and Cambridge University). V. T. Hill (Somerset and Oxford Univerity). E. C Lee (Hampshire and Oxford University). B. J. T. Bosanquet (Middlesx and Oxford Univ.). R. Berens (Oxford University Autbentics). J. L. Ainsworth (Liverpool and Marlborough Coll). The team leaves England on August 27th, and will reach Montreal about September 4th or 5th. A tw o-day match will be decided there, and a three-day fixture at Toronto, v. All Canada. Wednesday, September 14th, will be devoted to a visit to Niagara. The matches in the United States are as follow s:— September 16, 17, and 19, v. Gentlemen of Phila­ delphia. September 21 and 22, y. New York (at Staten Island). September 23, 24, and 26, v. Twenty-two Colts (at Hayerford). September 30, October 1 and 3, v. Gentlemen of Philadelphia. M o n d a y la st w as such a rem arkable d a y fo r sco rin g th a t a list o f th e totals fo r the d a y m a y b e in terestin g :—• Runs. Wkts. Avr. Derbyshire v. Hants............. 477 ... 4 ... 119 Essex v. Leicestershire ... 413 ... 7 ... 59 Somerset v. Middlesex ... 375 ... 15 ... 25 Warwickshire v. Yorkshire 333 ... 7 ... 47 Gloucestershire v. Sussex ... 345 ... 10 ... 34 Surrey v. Notts ............. 340 ... 11 ... 80 Lancashire v. K e n t............. 257 ... 11 23 Total for the day—2,540runs for 65wickets, average about 40. I t seems likely that a Canadian team will visit New York this summer for the first time for several years. After playing three or four matches with the best clubs of the city the team will go on to Phila­ delphia. A t present there seems no probability that the Canadians will be able to persuade all their best men to go. T h e follow ing letter reaches me from Cihalliam, Ontario, Canada :— “ In amatch between this place and Detroit, Michigan, U.S., an incident occurred which caused much discussion. The ball was hit, hut not past the boundary agreed upon by the two captains. The umpire at the batter’s end, without being asked, called boundary. The fielders called out ‘ it is no boundary.’ One of the batsmen called to the other to run it out, which they attempted to do, and in trying to make the third run one of them was run out—the one who was called to. The umpire at the bowler’s end, where the wicket was put down, was appealed to, and gave the batsman out. The captain of the in-side claimed that, when the umpire called boundary, the ball was dead, and the batsman could not be put out. Finally, not being able to agree, the two captains tossed up to see whether the batsman should be in or out, and the toss gave him in. Would you kindly say how it should be ? ” There is no law in the land b y which the umpire at the batsman’s end is prevented from calling a boundary, although the umpire at the bowler’s end generally attendsto this. The batsman wascertainly not out. Tuesday morning in a London office. Two Gentlemen. First Gentleman: Seen any of the cricket at the Oval lately ? Second Gentleman: Yes. Went on Friday on purpose to see Lucas. I haven’t seen him since he was in his prime, and they tell me he is as good as ever. Of course he didn’t go in. F. G .: Well, I suppose you went on Saturday then ? S. G .: No, confound i t ! That’s the worst of it. On Saturday I thought “ Shall I, or shan’t I ? ” and as I felt sure he’d get a duck if I did go I stayed away. And he made eighty-five, and they tell me it was one of the finest innings ever seen ! O n the first day of the match between Wiltshire and Monmouthshire, the latter team lost nine wickets for 132. As the eleventh man, P . C. Phillips, did not turn up, the players went towards the pavilion, when the truant appeared. The Wiltshire captain was generous enough to allow Mr. Phillips to bat, although he had far exceeded the time limit. The result was that the last two men put on no less than 87 runs, and practically won the match for their side. Wiltshire lost by three wickets after a most exciting struggle, during which Monmouthshire lost seven wickets for only 41, Overton taking five wickets for five runs in seven overs of which four were maidens. I t is pleasant to find Lord Harris once more among the scorers of a hundred runs. He made 116 on Saturday for Holthfield Place v. Hythe, and was then out, hit wicket. Mr. J. B. Challen is also in great form j ust at present. Last week he made two hundreds for the Devon County School, of which he is the headmaster. P rince Christian V ictor should by this time be on the way to Egypt. He has been selected to join the forces which are now preparing to reconquer Khar­ toum. He was under orders to leave England yesterday, with Cairo via Mar­ seilles as the first stage of his journey. B y the way, an interesting fact in con­ nection with the Prince’s cricket is worthy of record. Since 1894 he has played some hundred-and-twenty innings With­ out one cipher.