Cricket 1898

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Cricket: A WEEKLY RECORD OT THE GAM A. 168, UPPER THAMES STREET, LOUDON, E.C. THURSDAY. SEPT. 22 nd , 1898. IMPORTANT NOTICE! With this issue we 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 , NO V. 24. No. 499.—THURSDAY, DEO. 29. No. 500. -THURSDAY, JAN. 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 e s u lts of the S ea son and A v e r a g e s of the P r in c ip a l C lu b s can be inserted in the Winter numbers, at the rate of 3s. 6d. a column, with a minimum charge of 2s. 6d. $a\)titon #osisitp. The abstract and brief chronicle o f the tim e.— On Saturday two professionals, Douglas Smith, who ayear ortwo ago was thought to be the coming man in the Somerset team, andAtfield (Wiltshire) left England for South Africa. Atfield will again coach the Wanderers at Durban, and Smith makes his debut with I. Zingari. Sib F r a n c is J k u n e acted as umpire in a cricket match lastweek at Newbury. In the course of an innings by each side, not a singleman was out lbw, run out, or stumped. I A M glad to hear that Hulme, the well-known Derbyshire bowler, whose services have, for the last two years, practically been lost to his county by reason of his severe illness, has left the Infirmary at Derby. It is hoped that he will be well enough to assist the county next season, and to that end the County C.C. has engaged him on the ground staff in order that he may not have to do hard work for any local club. T he heat wave continued to affect the peace of mind of cricketers until the end of last week. But on Sunday it fled, and onMondaythewinterbegan, for although for a few minutes it was warm, the ther­ mometer went down to 41 during theday. The following was the maximum from Wednesday, September 14 :— In the shade. In the Sun. Thursday, Sept. 15. 81 116 F nday „ 16. 83 J24£ Saturday „ 17. 81 123 Sunday „ 18. 68 no sun to sr M onday ,, 19. 65 98 W. G. Q u a i f e , the Warwickshire pro­ fessional, was on Thursday last married at Brighton to Miss Phyllis Mary Burgess, daughter of Mr. H. J. Burgesf, of Brighton. Walter Quaife acted as best man. The Warwickshire XI. and the Newhaven C.C. were among the donors of the numerousweddingpresents. W h i l e the heat was at its greatest in London, cricketers in the Stamford Dis­ trict must have been wondering what all the excitement was about. Mr. Fred Coventry sends me the followingreadings of verified thermometers mounted in a Stevenson screen, and read at 9 a.m. daily at Duddington, near Stamford, Northants, September 4th to 8th, 1898 : Tem p, at 1898. 9 a m . M ax. M in. Range. Mean. D eg. D eg. D eg. D eg. Deff. September 4— 65'2 ... 81 ... 51 ... 30 ... 65'3 5 - 67 9 ... 80 ... 55 ... 25 ... 68-9 „ 6—64'5 ... 81 ... 60 ... 21 ... 70'0 7 -6 3 9 ... 85 ... 62 ... 33 ... 67'7 8—74'5 ... 90 ... 64 ... 26 .. 69'3 Means 65'2 83’4 56’4 27 0 69 3 T h e programme of K. S. Ranjifsinbji, after his matches with the Kathiawar team at Poona, was, according to the Bombay Gazette, as follows:—He was to leave Poona on the Thursday night, September 1, for Ahmednagar, to play cricket there, and leave Ahmednagar on the Saturday night, arriving in Bombay on the following morning, where he was to be the guest of Mr. Narayenjee Dwarkadas. On Monday, September 5, Goburdhundas Gokaldas was to give an evening party in his honour at Nepean Sea Road; on the 6th the Honourable Mr. Mehta was to give a dinner in his honour at the Ripon Club. For the 7th a reception was arranged at the Hindu Gymkhana, Bombay, the Prince, later, visiting the Alfred Theatrical Company the same evening. On the 8th he would proceed to Dhrangadra as the guest of the Raja. A t the important tournament held by the Royal North Devon Golf Club, Mr. A. C. M. Croome, the old Oxford Blue, won the silver club medal for the best scratch score, tied for the second club prize under handicap, and on playing off was victorious. T h e future movements of Ranjitsinhji, and the reported arrangements made for a tour by the Maharajah of Patiala, are discussed by Sport (Bombay) as follows : “ I amgiven to understand that beyond accompanying the Kathiawar team on tourto Bombay andPoona, the remainder of his cricket in India will be played at Simla and Patiala, and perhaps one or two matches at Calcutta. The Mahara­ jah of Patiala’s scheme to take a team, including Ranjitsinbji, Brockwell, Hearne, Mistri, and Billimoria, on tour through India, Burmah, and Ceylon, in the latter end of September, is hardly ripe for discussion yet, and I hear from more than one reliable quarter that it is more thandoubtful if thetour is seriously intended. Personally, I believe, the Maharajah will confine his attentions to Simla, which will be the venue of one or two important matches with Ranjitsinhji as the chief centre of attraction.” R e e e r b in g to Harry Trott’s serious illness, the Australasian says:— “ We hardly knew how much we really liked our-one Australian cricket captain until on Monday night the news came that amiable Harry Trott had been stricken with a serious illness. Fortunately, next day brought better news, and those who were most pained on Tuesday morning were most pleased on Tuesday night. Even the sex that don’t play cricket, except perfunctorily in the back-yard—and then with an irritating pre­ dominance of skirt-before-wicket—were as solicitous as the men. I don’t know when the decision ‘ Not out ’ has been more cordially approved. “ ‘ How’s that?’ ” —the games at last were o’er, the rubber won— “ Australia with united voice replied, ‘ Well done! ’ ‘ “ How’s that?’—died out in brief suspense the joyous shout— “ Then trumpet clear the umpire’ s ruling came, ‘ Not ou t! ’ “ ‘ How’s that ? ’—the last appeal of all, which none may flout, “ But may the day be very far away ’ere answered ‘ Out! ’ ” A c o b b e s p o n d e n t in Natal states that Webb, the Hampshire professional, has been engaged for the coming season by the Maritzburg branch of the Natal Cricket Union. A m a t c h , of which the scores appear on page 430, was played on Saturday between eleven members of the Frank family and Kirk Moorside. Mr. R. W. Frank, the well - known Yorkshire cricketer, went in first in each innings, scoring 14 out of 27 from the bat in the first innings, and 51, not out, out of 54 for no wicket from the bat in the second —a truly remarkable proportion. A n o t h e r well - known Yorkshire cricketer, Mr. A. Sellers, who has not been able to play in first-class cricket of late, was in fine form on Saturday. He made 64 for Keithley against Harrogate, putting on over a hundred in partnership with Bairstow, who has occasionally played for the county. A n American contemporary hardly hits the mark when it states that “ the victory of the Philadelphians overCanada was only what we had a right to expect, as we said in these columns last issue, ‘ It is time we showed the Canadians that