Cricket 1898

366 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME. A ug 25, 1898. T H E A M E R IC A N S A N D Mu. W A R N E R ’S T E A M . The follow ing remarks upon the com ­ position of the Philadelphia team, which w ill be opposed to the English visitors in the autumn, are from the American Cricketer '.— The Ssptembar cricket this year will be extremely important. Tne Canadian match on August 29th and 30th will doubtless produce some good cricket. The Canadians having won the last three games, and deservedly, too, our men w ill doubtless make a special effort to regain their lost laurels. The Balmont- Germantown deciding game, now fixed for September 3rd and 5th, will doubtlets excite more interest than any local contest for years, and will be a fine preparation for the English games. Assuming both sides are represented by their full fctrengl h, I am willing to risk the prediction that Germantown will keep the cup. Our players should therefore be in good trim to meet Warner’s team, which, according to present information as to its composition, should make a close match for our representative eleven, no matter how the formidable colts may treat them. As to the composition of our team, I believe the time has come when the committee will find it hard to choose between the veterans of the last ten years and some of the rising genera­ tion. What an interesting, but im­ possible, event would be a match between Wood, Coates, K ing, Cregar, H . C. Thayer, Etling, Patterson, E . W . Clark, Noble, Baily, and Brown, for example, on the one hand, and Scattergood, A lf Morris, Biddle, Wistar, Bates, Morton, Graves, Pearson, Townsend, Freeland, and Percy Clark on the other ! I would not like to have to pick the winner. But, of course, for present purposes a combination of the two elements is the best, though I fancy different critics will feel quite differently, not only as to the general principle, but also as to the application to particular cases. Probably the above list includes every name which may reasonably be considered for inter­ national purposes, and of these I regard the follow ing as certain: Soattergood, Percy Clark, K ing, Noble, and Wood. As almost certain I would &dd Biddle, Coates, and Harry Thayer. The balance o f the team would, of course, have to be chosen chiefly from the bowling point of v iew ; on this account I would prefer Morton to Townsend— if he is not as reliable as a batsman he would make up by his brilliant fielding. A slower right- hand man would then be needed, and the choice would lie between Patterson, Baily, and Bates. Probably m y cricket educa'.ion inclines me toward Patterson, who, it goes without saying, if in form, is the first choice. Even on this year’s form I would prefer him to Baily. As an all-round man Bates is, however, this year better than either, and the com ­ mittee would make little mistake in choosing him, especially as I believe the present tendency is towards the younger plajeis. With fi*ur bowlers, K ing and Percy Clark in addition to the last two, the last place should probably go to a batsman, and I would pick Graves. Un­ equalled as a fielder, he has shown wonderfully good cricket at times, and I think is as likely to score against Warner as against K . L B. A. Of course, this arrangement leaves out Cregar, E . W . Clark, Pearson, Preeland, and Brown, but I think properly. Cresrar’s bowling should not be needed ; E. W. Clark is not in good form (spite of a couple of valu­ able not outs), particularly in b ow lin g; Brown is not a good fielder (and I believe the above team would win largely by its fielding) ; Pearson and Freeland are both comers, the former, I believe, notably so, but neither is quite deserving as yet, though they m aybe another year. KENSINGTON PA RK v. LESSN ESS PA R K .— Played a t St. Q uentin’s Park on A ugust 20. L essness P ark . R . H . S. Baiss,not out 100 J . Shuter, c H ildyard, b W hittow ............ 83 J . W . N unn, c W hit­ tow, b P alm er............62 C. A Sm ith, c W hit­ tow, b L evick...............25 B 2 3 .........................23 T o ta l..............*233 R . H ayter, E. W . B yrde, N. E. B ellairs, F. K. Chater, A . H . Bostock and L . E. W est did not bat. ♦Innings declared closed. K ensington P ark . R . F. A. Orr, c Chater, b A lexander ............ 4 C. G. H ildyard, b S m ith ..............................17 C. H . M . Thring, c H ay ter, b Sm ith ... 17 P. G reatorex, b Sm ith 0 F. H . Palm er, b Sm ith 4 C. M . Skinner, c H ay- ter, b Sm ith ............ 4 T. H . C. Levick, b S m ith .............................. 32 J . L . Nicholson, b Sm ith ..................... 0 F. K endall, b Sm ith 3 A. W , W hittow , not out ............................... 9 J . C. Wood, b B ellairs 5 B 4 ..................... 4 99 ARK LE Y v. R A D L E IT .—Played at A rkley on A ugust 20. R adlett . A. Troustell, b Booth... F. W atson, not out ... J J . Lubbock, b Booth .. G. H aw kins, b Booth C. L . P art, b Booth ... W . G ilbert, c W . Rob- gon, b Scanlon............ G. B ill, b Scanlon W . Fowler, b H am ­ m ond ............................... G. W . Hammond, b F orfeitt ... ... ... 13 J . H . Robson, run out 20 A . S. Farm er, b W at­ son ... ... ............ 21 Rev. C. H . Farm er, retired hurt ............ 8 G. Dumbleton, c Fow­ ler, b W a tso n ............ 0 H. Booth, b F o rfeitt... 5 W . H. Robson L . Deacon, b Scanlon 0 S. Saunders, c Blizard, b D iim bleton............ 0 F. J . F orfeitt, run out 6 B 16, nb 1 ............ 17 Total 73 G. P. Blizard,b Deacon 32 C. E Booth, c W atson, b Lubbock . . . . 2 E. L . M ansbridge, st H aw kins, b Deacon 5 J . Scanlon, not out ... 0 B 13, lb 3, wb 1, nb 3 20 Total (9 w kts.)...126 did not bat. CLAPTON v. HORN SEY.—Played a t Clapton on A ugust 20. T. D. Crump, b Nolloth 4 S. L . Clarke, b D yke 14 W . E. M anning, b Bishop .....................32 E. D. A yliog, c H ugill, b Bishop .....................51 H . S. Crompton, b H u g ill............................ 0 H. Collingridge, c Boyton, b Bishop ... 8 H. Collett, st ElkiDg- ton, b N olloth............ G. H art, b Nolloth ... 11 E. Robins, absent ... 0 R . A llison, c Chi­ chester, b Nolloth 1 J . T. Thompson, not out .............................. 1 B 2, lb 3, wb 1, nb 2 8 Total ............139 9 C lapton . Chichester, b A llison... 48 Nolloth, c A yling, b T hom pson..................15 Bishop, b Allison ... 30 Boyton, c and b Clarke 23 Benale, not o u t ............ 7 Dodson, D yke, H ugill, Attenborough and E lkin g­ ton did not bat. > -'4 Genders, c Clarke, b A lliso n ..................... 0 B 18, lb 2 ............20 ©orregpontiaue. To the Editor o f C r ic k e t . S i r ,— The following further facts relative to Notts’ recent great score against Surrey may be interesting. While Surrey has scored innings of over 500 runs nearly twenty times (over 600 eight times), such an innings has only been scored against her on four occasions, twice by England, in 186*2 and 1866, and twice by Notts, in 1882 and 1898. The two innings of England were the first on record in any cricket, and are further memorable— the first for the no-balling of Willsher, and consequent modification of Law 10, and the second for W . Gr. Grace’s first century, 224. This score of Dr. Grace’s was the first double century against Surrey ; Shrewsbury accom­ plished the feat in the above-mentioned match in 1882; Mr. Matthews had done it for Gloucestershire in the early 70’s, and Gunn’s is the fourth. I believe that no innings of 500 was scored against Notts until last year, but I am far from my books, and am writing from memory. I am, yours faithfully, A. C. COXHEAD. Aldeburgh, 16th August, 1898. Total .143 M R . W A R N E R A N D H IS T E A M F O R A M E R I C A . The follow ing letter from Mr. Warner, announcing the composition of his team, appears in the American Cricketer of August o th :— London , July 7th , 1898. D ear M ason ,—I can tell you the names of my team, which was definitely fixed up a day or two ago :— P . F. W arner (M iddlesex). G. R . Bardsw ell (Lancashire). C. J . Burnup (Cambridge U niversity and K ent). C. O. H. Sew ell (G loucestershire). E. H . B ray (M iddlesex). F. M itchell (Y orkshire). E. C. Lee (Oxford U niversity and H am pshire). B. J . T. Bosanquet (Oxford U niversity). G. E. W inter (Cam bridge U niversity). R . Berens (Oxford A uthentics). J . L . Ainsworth (Old Carthusians). Yernon T. H ill (Som erset). As I said before, F. S. Jackson will probably be in Philadelphia at the time of the matches, and if so he will play for us. Bardswell, Mitchell, and Hill have all been to America before, but I have been, through various causes, unable to get any of my last year’s team, though I have again asked more than half of them. The batting of the side will be very strong. Every man on the side can bat, and with Bosanquet, Lee, Ainsworth, Winter, and Hill the bowling has plenty of variety. I hope the war will be over by the time we arrive. It ought to be, as you have been giving the Dons beans all along the line. I have been in capital form lately, and making lots of runs. We are looking forward to our trip anxiously. We leave Liverpool for Montreal on August 28th, and play matches in Montreal and Toronto, arriving in Phila­ delphia, September 15 (morning), and playing there September 16. You will find us, I am confident, a nice lot of men, and I can only hope we shall be as popular as my last team.—Yours sincerely, P. F. W arn er