Cricket 1898

426 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. S e p t . 22, 1898. TH E LATE M R . W . H HADOW . Last Thursday night Mr. W . H . Hadow , a famous Middlesex cricketer of the seventies, died at Dupplin Castle in his forty-ninth year. He was the eldest of four brothers, who all played in the Harrow Eleven, and were all distin­ guished cricketers. A. A. Hadow, at the age of forty-one, died in 1894. In the follow ing year, E. M. Hadow died at Cannes; while the fourth brother, P. F. Hadow, who was at Harrow during the time of Mr. A. J. Webbe, happily still survives. Mr. W . H . Hadow began cricket at a very early age, and is said to have made a hundred when he was only twelve or thirteen years old. His first appearance f( r the Eton and Harrow match was in 1866, when he scored 31. He had previously gained a considerable reputation at Harrow as a bat, and not long before the b ig match played an innings of 181, not out— a record for the School a+ the time. Once more he played against Eton, but without meeting with success. While he was at Oxford he played for the ’Varsity in 1870, 1871 and 1872, but although he did well in the trial matches, he, like many other fine batsmen, was always unlucky in the one match in which a man desired to make runs above all others. In 1870 he scored 17 and 0, being out to F. C. Cobden in each innings. In the follow ing year, he made 8 and 0, not out, while in 1872 his scores were 9 and 0—bow led in each innings by W . N. Powys. But despite his failure in each of the ’Varsity matches, his reputa­ tion was so well established, that in his second year he was chosen to play for the Gentlemen against the Players, at Lord’s, having not long before the match made 217 in a Middlesex match on the same ground. H e was not successful for the Gentlemen at Lord’s, but in the corresponding match at the Oval he scored 97. Until 1877 he was one of the best batsmen in the Middlesex team, but in that year he did not take part in any of the matches. In the follow ing year, however, he once more took his place in the eleven, and met with great success, although he only played in a few matches. H is best performance in that year— a performance which it would have been hard to beat—was to make 140 and 44 for Middlesex against the then famous Notts bowlers, Alfred Shaw and Morley, to say nothing of Flowers and Barnes. His 140 was made in four hours. H e also played this je a r at Lord’s for the South against the North, ■which was then one of the great matches of the season, and made 40 and 22, Dr. Grace being the only Southern batsman who made more runs. Mr. Hadow, who was six feet in height, was an adept at many sports. H e was in his college eight at O xford; played for Oxford against Cambridge at rackets in 1871 and 1872; and was a fine tenni. player. The follow ing letter from Mr. David Buchanan, the famous bowler of bygone days, appeared in the Daily Telegraph of Tuesday “ Many cricketers whose day is over will join in the sincere regret expressed b y you in the very interesting memoir in your Saturday’s issue, with reference to the departure from the field of one who, a quarter of a century ago, was one of the foremost batsmen in England—Walter Hadow. It was gener­ ally my lot to be on the side opposing that in which he played, and, speaking as a bowler, I was always inwardly glad when I saw him wending his way to the pavilion. The announcement of his death calls up old memories, and reminds me of an incident which will, perhaps, be remembered by Messrs. V . E. Walker, E. Butter, a n ! others who played in the match, and may be of interest to the cricketers of the present, day. In 1870, in the match Gentlemen of England v. Oxford University—Oxford winning the toss—the first four wickets fell to exactly similar balls, played at iu exactly the same way. The batsmen ran out apparently with the intention of sending the ball into the next county, failed to reach it, and were easily stumped b y ‘ Monty ’ Turner, the ball on each occasion passing some four or five inches outside the top of the otf-stump. The score reads thus :— A. T . Fortescue, st Turner, b B uchanan............ 1 W . H . Hadow, st T urr er, b Buchanan ............ 6 C. J . O ttaway, not o u t ................................................24 B. Pauncefot-*, st Turner, b Buchanan ............ 0 E. F . S. Tylecote, st Turner, b Buchanan ... 0 Curiously enough, the first ball of the innings was a wide. One of three bowled by me in thirty-four of these matches v. Oxford and Cambridge played for seven­ teen years in succession, under the captaincy of the late lamented sterling cricke*er, I. D . Walke*-.” SOME CURIOSITIES OF 1893. January 1. Melbourne. Australia v. Mr. Stoddart’s Eleven. Australia scored 520. January 20. Adelaide. Australia v. Mr. Stoddart’ s Eleven. Australia scor d 573. In the five days, 1,133 runs were scored for thirty wickets. January 22. Cape Town. Western Province v. Garrison. Province scored 470. The highest innings at Cape Town so far. February 2. Maritzburg (Natal). RoyalDublin Fusiliers v. Civilians. 637 runs were scored for seven wickets. Civilians closed their innings at 300 for four wickets, and Fusiliers 337 for three. Capt. Mainwaring (193) and Lieut. Lowndes (117) put on 203 for the first wicket of the Fusiliers—a record ior Natal. February 5. Sydney. New South Wales v. Mr. Stoddart’s Team. 1,739 runs were scored in the six days for forty wickets. The highest aggregate on record. In second innings of New South Wales, A. Newell and W. Howell put on 109 runs for last wicket. February 5. Hobart (Tasmania). Break of Day v. Wellington. C. J. Eady scored 205 out of a total of 338 in former’ s first innings. In the second innings he scored 120, not out. W.G. is the only other batsman who has made two hundreds in a match more than once. February 10. Sydney. New South Wales v. South Australia. In the four days 1,167 runs were scored for forty wickets. It was necessary to have n new ball ten times. February 23. Melbourne. Melbourne Club v. Fourteen of Prahan Trades. C. Over took all thirteen of Prahan wickets for 64 runs. February 26. Wellington (N.Z.). Midland v. Wellington. A. B. Williams scored 115 and 105 not out for the former. February 27. Sydney. Australia v. Mr. Stoddart’s Eleven. In the four days, 1,028 runs were scored for thirty-four wickets. February 28. Pretoria. Pretoriav. A. Bailey’s Eleven (twelve aside). L. J. Tancred carried his bat throngh latter’s innings for 112 out of 220.* March —. Sydney. Newington College v. Sydney Grammar School. Campbell scored 117 out of 22a, and 118 out of 208 for one wicket for Newington. Still, the School won on first innings by 53 runs. Altogether 830 runs were scored for twenty-one wickets. March 5. Sydney. Paddingtun v. Burwood. Trumper and R. A. Mackenzie put on 248 in an hour and forty minutes for Paddington’s first wicket. March 5. Melbourne. Ilawksburnv. Carlton. E. Kush scored 293, including forty-six fours for Hawksburn. March 7. Durban. A. Bailey’s Eleven v. Natal. During the match it was found that the wicket was too long by 3j inches, and that the stumps were placed too far apart. March 19. Adelaide. South Australia v. Mr. Stoddart’s Eleven. In the four days, 1,175 runs were scored for thirty-two wickets. March 23. Melbourne. Melbourne Univer­ sity v. Essendon. University made 1,094, a record for an innings. Essen­ don scored 76, and were beaten by 1,018 runs. F. Miller scored 205 ; E. C. Osborne, 190; E. Feilchenfeld, 176; and H. Bullivant, 139 not out, for the University. The match lasted several afternoons. March 26. Melbourne. East Melbourne v. South Melbourne. Fast Melbourne scored 500 (H. Stucke, 192). March 26. Sydney. Paddington v. Redfern. Paddington scored 4S0 for five wickets. V. Trumper, 133 ; M. A. Noble, 138 ; F. Meagher, 108 April 30. Brent. Brent v. Army Service Corps. G. P. Butcher took five wickets of latter (three in succession \*ith six balls. April —. Ootacamund (Madras) Visitors v. Ootacamund Residents. E. H. D. Sewell scored 225 not out for former. May 19. Oval. Surrey v. Derbyshire. No play at all in the three days. May 19. Bath. Hampshire v. Somerset­ shire. Captain Poore carried his bat through Hampshire’s innings for 49 out of 97. It was his first appearance in county cricket. May 23. Birmingham. Warwickshire v. Surrey. Not a ball was bowled in the three days. Surrey had not a ball bowled in their first two matches oJ the season. May 26. Oval. Surrey v. Gloucestershire. Surrey, who went in second, declared, after scoring 500 for four wickets (D. L. A. Jephson, not out, 166, Brockwell, 105, and Abel, not out, 104). To be continued