Cricket 1898

330 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A u g . 11, 1898. as he never met with sudden success, he seldom had more than a few overs. He had certainly a lot to learn, for his idea of bow ling seemed at that time to consist of keeping the ball absolutely straight and of a good length, like so many men who either find out eventually that some­ thing more is wanted than mere accuracy, or else drift into common or garden mediocrity. At the same time there was a good deal more than this in Rawlin. His bow ling had all the devil which afterwards made him famous. H e had a slight break—it was more of a bias than a break—and this, when properly under­ stood, proved to be of very great service to him. It was probably more useful than a pronounced break—and this he never had. The ball seemed to grind against the bat, if it did not hit the bats­ man on the knuckles. Here were all the elements of success, and it only remained for Eawlin to discover the best way in which to turn his advantages to account. H e obviously possessed the stamina without which a bowler very seldom becomes first-class. As a field, R iw lin cared not in the least where he was placed. It frequently happened, when Bates or Peate was bow l­ ing, that a man would cock up the ball a little to the on-side, and Rawlin and Ulyett were more often than other fields­ men selected to stand up close to the batsman, in the way that Boyle stood up for Spofforth. But it was exceedingly seldom that Spofforth ever bowled a ball which could be hit very hard to his man, however good m ight be the intention of the batsman to give him something to remember. The two Yorkshire bowlers were, however, not at all averse to giving their field something to do, and it is a wonder that some of them were not seriously hurt, for it was not at all seldom that a half-volley was given on purpose to tempt the batsman. On one occasion, when a batsman on a curious wicket had put the ball up in a dangerous way when Peate was bowling, George Ulyett stepped up to within a few yards of him. The batsman, who was by nature tender-hearted, expostulated, and pointed out that there might easily be an accident. Ulyett smiled in his cheery way, and said that if there were an inquest he would absolve the batsman from blame. Almost directly afterwards down came a half-volley slightly to leg, and when the ball was returned from the boundary U lyett was observed to be standing afar off. In explanation of this he stated that he had been seriously thinking the matter over, and had come to the con­ clusion that it was hardly right to put the batsman off his game by standing too near to him ! On the other side of the wicket Rawlin was fielding close in for Bates, but not close enough to call for any comment. In course of time a ball was hit with tremendous force straight towards him about breast high. The expression on his face was a study. He made some hurried remark which tended to show that he believed in the Powers above, and shut his eyes, resigning him­ self to his fate. But he caught the ball. W. A. B ettesworth . <2Tomsfpon&ence. MORE RECORDS. To the Editor of C r ic k e t . S i r , —The record-hunters appear to he a hit sleepy just now—perhaps looking through spectacles too much affects the vision. The past week has produced a crop of records of a very interesting character, of which no notice has been taken by any of the cricket scribes (and there are many), whose lucubrations have come under my notice. I may remark enpassant that the cricket writers in the daily press, both sporting and ordinary, appear to be mostly young men whose knowledge of the history and practice of cricket is decidedly thin. Some of them appear to be deeply learned in the matter of birthdays; but interesting points in cricket history pass before them as idle winds that they regard not. Gunn’s 236, not out, is not only his own largest innings, but is also the largest innings ever made against Surrey. The Notts’ innings of -548 (not 574) is the largest score ever made against Surrey. You say that Yorkshire made 589 in 1868, but you have been misled by one of the very few misprints in De Lugo’s book. The score was 389. Surrey’s 536 is a long way the largest score they ever made against York­ shire. Abel’s 114 is the first century he has ever made against Yorkshire. He has now made a century against every one of the thirteen other counties except Somerset. Curiously enough, "Walter Read also made one or more against all the counties but Somerset. No cricketer has yet made a century against all thirteen counties. Surrey’s 536 is the second highest score hit against Yorkshire, Somerset having made 592 in 1892. What a pity it is the Surrey and Yorks match cannot be played under such circumstances as would fully eliminate all those obscure influences which we call luck ! Nothing can be more certain than that neither of the matches between them this year gives even an approximate reflection of the relative merits of the sides. All we can say is that Yorkshire is the better side on a slow wicket, and Surrey on a fast one. Yours faithfully, G. L acy . Sandgate, August 7, 1898. [Our correspondent is right. The paragraph in “ Pavilion Gossip” of last week was based on the total of 589 in Mr. De Lugo’s book, which turns out to be a misprint.— E d .] PANTHER v. MR. A. E. TAYLOR’S XI.-Played at Watford on August 6. M r . A. E. T a y l o r ’s X I. H. C. Scroggs. c Wal­ lers, b Lewis ..........22 F. Marten, b Lewis ... l F. M. May, c Williams, b Lewis .................21 B. H. Goldie, c a 'd b W illiam s.................41 A. E. Taylor, b Lewis 9 Rev.H.Burton, c Bing­ ham, b Lewis......... 33 H. C. Taylor, run out 10 F. Shean, c and b Lewis ................. 8 E. W. Thomas, b Williams.................. o H. S. Adey, c and b Williams.................. 3 E. Robinson, not out 0 .. 5 B 4, lb 1 Total ..153 P a n t h e r . A.Wallers, bH.C.Tay- lor ........................29 W . H. D. Williams, b Marten ................57 A. E. D. Lewis, b H. C. Taylor ................. 0 W.A.Standish, notout 78 R. H. Day, c H. C. Taylor, b Shean ... 4 E. W. Mantle,not out 12 B 9, lb 2 ..........ll Total (4 wkts.) 191 CHISLEHURST v. CRYSTAL PALACE (12 a side). —Played at Crystal Palace on August 1. C r y s t a l P a l a c e . E. Guy Leomer, b C. P. Nickalls ..................135 W. C. Collins, c Bud- worth, b Allen.............13 Rev. K. Clarke, b Nickalls ....................16 Conway Rowe, c Dunn, b Nickalls.................. 5 J. C. Mallam, c Bud- worth, b Allan ... 3 R H. Dillon, c A. G. Gibson, b Allen ... 2 F. C. Barchard, c Nickalls, bBudworth 33 A. B. Capriani, c Lake, b Allen.......... 7 G. Cozens, c and b Dunn.......................26 E. B. Howell, b Allen 11 F. M. Mallam, c Bud- worth, b Nickalls ... 1 R. H. Darke, not out 1 Extras.................32 Total .. 285 C h ts l e h u r b t . S. L. Wilson, lbw, b Clarke .................12 E. D. C. Lake, lbw, b Collins .................25 W. Mortimer, b Turner 14 C. P. Nickalls,b Turner 13 E. C. Norman, not out 26 R. H. Dunn, c F. M. Mallam, b Barchard 9 G. F. E. Allan, b Clarke ........ 3 D. P. D. Budworth, b Barchard................. 1 E. H. Gibson, b Bar­ chard ....................... 0 A. G. Gibson, c Collins, b Clarke ................. 1 J. A. Taylor, c Clarke, b Cosens................. 1 W. Farley, b Collins 0 Extras.................16 Total ...121 BRIXTON WANDERERS v. CROYDON.— Played at Croydon on July 30. B r ix t o n W a n d e r e b s . First innings. Second innings. F. P. Rider, c Archer, b Watson ... .............. 15- F. Odell, b Watson........ 48 not out ................... 10 C. G. Smith, b Paget ... 4 H. Farmer, b Paget ... 11 G. Stubbs, c Paget, b Clarke .................... 10 cSmethurst,bArcher 19 C. W. Phillips, st Biscoe, b A rcher...................... 8 c Moore, b Briscoe 3 H. E. Smith, b Balch ... 9 b Briscoe.................. 0 H. Mason, c Wicks, b Archer ....................... 10 not out .................. 6 W. Livingstone, not out 19 c and b Archer ... 4 A. R. Whitley b Feist ... 0 b Archer.................. 0 W. Yolz, st Briscoe, b Archer ...................... 6cWhitcomb,bArcher 4 B 12, lb 2, nb 4 .........18 W ides ............. 6 Total ...158 Total (6 wkts.) 52 C r o y d o n . J. Whitcomb,b Mason 7 R. Biscoe, c Odell, b Mason .................13 A.E.Clarke, b Farmer 5 T. A. Watson, c Wal­ ker, b Farmer.......... 2 A. R. Moore, cFarmer, b Mason .................11 C.W.M.Feist,bMason 2 J. A. Archer, c and b Mason ................. C. G. Paget, b Stubbs ! G. H. Smethurst, c Mason, b Walker ... C. P. Wicks.not out... E. H. Balch, run out .. Total UPPER TOOTING v. STREATHAM.—Played at btreatham on August 1. S t b e a t h a m . First innings J. A. Rimmington, b C. Attlee ........................29 E. H. Leaf, b S. Attlee ... 26 H. T. Cross, b S. Attlee... 10 H. Whitlock, b S. Attlee 1 V. F. Feeney, b 8. Attlee.. 9 L. Horncastle, b S. Attlee 0 C. S. Cow, b S. Attlee ... 0 E. H. htoddart, b Lindsay 0 G. Levick, c Clover, b Lindsay........................ 2 K. Fraser, not o u t.......... 3 C. Clark, not out ..........21 W. Clark, b Onslow.......... 3 B 8, lb 7, w 1 ... 16 Total.................120 Second innings. b Whistler .........26 notout .................46 b Lindsay .......... 0 b Whistler .......... 9 b Onslow ..........2tf c Lyon, b Onslow... 4 not out ................. 44 c Butcher,b Lindsay 6 B 20, lb 1, w 1... 22 Total (6 wkts)183 U p p e r T o o t in g . R. J. G. BiDgham, W. Standish, jun., Fellowes, Parris and Sharpe did not bat. A. L. Onslow, b Clark 0 L. Y. Harper, b Cow...113 M. Clover, b Stoddart 8 F. H. Lindsay, lbw, b Stoddart................. 0 F. C. Ryde, b Stoddart 6 W. V. Butcher, c Fee­ ney, b Cow .......... 1 C. K. Attlee, b Stod­ dart ........................ 5 J. A. Lyon, b Cow ... S. A. Attlee, c Levick, b Stoddart .......... Dr. Tanner, not ou t... E. F.. Whistler, c W. Claik, b Stoddart ... G. P. .hussell, b Rim­ mington ................. B 14,lb 3 .......... Total ..186