Cricket 1898

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Cricket : A WEEKLY RECORD OF TBE GAME. 168, UPPER THAMES STREET, LONDON, E.C. THURSDAY , SEPT. 15 t h , 1898. IMPORTANT NOTICE! The next issue, published September 22nd, will complete the present Weekly series. Six numbers will be issued during the Winter as heretofore, from October to March inclusive. The dates will b e:— No. 497.—THURSDAY, OCT. 27. No. 498.-THURSDAY , NOT. 24. No. 499.—THURSDAY, DEC. 29. No. 500. -THURSDAY , .TAN. 26. No. 501.—THURSDAY, FEB. 23. No. 502.—THURSDAY, MARCH 30. The six Winter numbers will be forwarded immediately on publication for Is. 3d. The amount must be sent to the Manager of Cricket , at the Offices, 168. Upper Thames Street, London, E.C. R esults of the S eason and A verages of the P r in c ipa l C lubs will be inserted in the remaining Weekly number of Cricket as well as in the earlier Winter numbers, at the rate of 3s. 6 d. a column, with a minimum charge of 2 s. 6 d. $atotiton G o s s ip . The abstract and brief chronicle of the time.— Hamlet. A t Hastings in the match between Rest of England and Sussex and Surrey, the latter team was composed of five Sussex men and seven Surrey men. The Surrey men scored 232 oat of a total of 245 from the bat in the first innings, so that Sussex was responsible for an aggregate of 13. In the second innings Sussex made 64 and Surrey 87—about equal shares. T h e will of George Ulyett, the famous Yorkshire cricketer, who died in July, has been proved at £1,064. T h e last matches of the season saw some remarkable hitting at Hastings. Mr. Jephson made 143 in an hour aud fifty minutes, Mr. Jessop, 112, not out in a little over an hour, while Mr. F. G. J. Ford and Mr. Kortright put on 83 in thirty-five minutes. The last “ not outs ” of the season were Mr. Brann (16), Hirst (35) and Board (16). M b. A rthur Wilson w rites: “ On page 401 of your last issue, in ‘ Answers to Correspondents,’ you say ‘ Mr. Webbe first played for Cambridge in 1876.’ A. J. W . would be surprised to learn this. Did you ever notice that three Light Blues, who each played four years for Cambridge, succeeded one another as captains of E ssex: C. E. Green, 1865-6- 7 -8 ; A. P. Lucas, 1875-6-7-8; C. D. Buxton, 1885-6-7-8.” I t is rumoured that Brighton ladies consider it is a great disadvantage for a cricketer to be tall. He has to stoop so m u ch ! On public form, says Sport (India), the B.B. and C.I. Railway Cricket Club is the strongest side in Bombay this year. Its success has been chiefly due to the excellent bow ling of Kaka, Bhanda, and Masters, the batting of Colabawalla, Patel and Allison, the wicket-keeping of Walcott, and last, but not least, the excellent captaining of Colonel Olivier, to whose knowledge of the game and interest in the Club’s affairs a fair share of the success may be traced. Ranjitsinhji, who must be getting used to seeing his name served up in different ways, appears in the Bombay Gazette as Rane Jitsinghje, which is, J believe, an entirely new rendering. For the four years previous to 1898, the Canadians had always proved too strong for the United States in their annual match. A t last the tables have been turned, and in this year’s match the United States were victorious by an innings, having much the best of the wicket. The scores will be found on page 423. M r . Greig, the well-known Poona bats­ man, has scored over a thousand runs already this season in India. His first 13 innings gave him a total of 1,024 runs, and an average of 78‘76 per innings. At the end of August, Ranjitsinhji was announced to play for the Kathiawar team against Lord Sandhurst’s X I . The Prince was expected to be the guest of the Governor. Many determined efforts have been made to encourage the game of cricket in Scotland, but their success has not been very encouraging. There are so many reasons why the game must con­ tinue to be more or less an exotic in Scotland—among them the climate, the difficulty experienced by small clubs in finding umpires who will take an even moderately fair view of their duties, and the want of level grounds. The latest attempt to foster the game has been made by a Dundee newspaper, which has offered a challenge shield to be competed for by clubs in the district. It is to be feared, however, that competitions may have a detrimental effect on the game, as a pastime. O f 272 matches played in the County Championship, 108 were either drawn or abandoned. Up to the present, Mr. Warner’s team has given a good account of itself in Canada. In the first match, played soon after the cricketers landed, they beat Fourteen of Montreal and Ottawa by 88 runs, without any remarkable scoring. In the second match against Gentlemen of Ontario at Toronto, they ran up a score of 437, Mr. Sewell and Mr. Mitchell each making a hundred. Ontario, on the second day, made 133 and 100 for four wickets. A CORRESPONDENT suggests in a con­ temporary that the old law should be restored, “ by which a batsman was out for stopping the ball with any part of his person which, in the opinion of the um­ pire, should have been pitched in a straight line to the wicket from the bowler’s hand.” The difficulty which would be found b y most bowlers of pitching “ any part of a b tsman’s person ” anywhere whatever, would probably render the law ineffica­ cious. Presumably, however, the ball and not the batsman is to be pitched, and at once several objections present them­ selves. Would the batsman be out, for instance, if the ball was “ pitched in a straight line, eto,” broke back, and caught him on the head when he was standing far away from the wicket ? T h e heat of last Thursday and Friday must have been less trying to cricketers who were in the field than to those who were in the pavilion. A writer in the Daily Telegraph described it as “ a sort of close, damp, limp, stewing, simmering, clammy kind of heat ” —a sentiment which must have met with general approval. The maximum heat iu London on those two days was as follow s:— In the &hade. In the sun. T hursday, Sept. 8 th ... 87 ... 112 F riday, fc!ept. 9th ................................ 91 5 * ...126 * By one authority given as 94. T u b rumour to which reference was made in “ Gossip,” last week, that the Maharajah of Patiala would take a tour­ ing team through India this winter, is partially confirmed by a telegram from Calcutta, in the Madras Times, dated August 23: “ It is likely that the Patiala cricket team will visit Calcutta during the cold weather. As the team will comprise Ranjitsinhji, Heame, and Brockwell, in addition to the Maharajah, the local teams will have their work cut out to make a stand against such a combination. The Behar Wanderers and the Surma Valley teams have also arranged dates for the latter part of November.” In answer to a correspondent who suggests remedies for what he considers waste of time in important matches, the Field says: “ It should be remembered