Cricket 1898

443 CftlCKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. O ct . 2 7 , 1898. Frank Sugg's Football Cat loguefo r 1898-1899 now ready. Do notfail to see it. SHIRTS, fiannelette, any kde ign or colour, 26/- doz., |warranted fast colours and I unshrinkable. Special Fibre Matting Cloth, 30/- doz. The indestructible, special value, 40/- doz. KNICKERS, strong serge, '7 /-, 28/-, 38/- doz. “W hite S wansdow n,14/-,20/-, 36/- doz FRANK SUGG, The P ra ctica l F ootb a ller, L O R D ST R E E T . .L IV E R P O O L . C R IC K E T .—For Sale, the Valuable C iicket I ollec- tion o f the late T . Padviick, Esq , Benhill, com prising Rare Books. Engravings. P iin ts; cornpM e catalogue post free.— Address, M r. A l f r e d J. G a s t o n , 333, D itchling Rfce. Brighton. F O R S A L E .-A num ber of Cricket Books, inclu­ ding “ Scores and B iographies” *4W ieden’s Cricket,” “ John Lillyw hite’n Com panion.” “ Jerks in from Short-Leg,” “ B olland’n Cricket N o tts’’ (1851), “ N ym en’s Cricketer’s T utor.” “ Fred Lilly- w bite’s Guide for 1865,” and ea-ly ye»J^, “ Foot! all A nnuals” from earliest date.—F.C., care < f Cricket , 168. U pper Tham es Street. E C. W A N T E D —Volum e 4 “ Scores and Biographies,” “ W isden ” for 1875, volum e 9 o f Cricket.— Low est prices to N o. 151, Crickrt Office. W A N T E D 'lO P U R C H A SE .— “ Scoie* aud Bio­ graphies,” vols. 8 ai.d 12.—Rev. A . B . L. B a r t l in g , 22. Tipping Stieet, Stafford. Cricket: A WEEKLY KECOED OF TEE GAMi. 188, UPPER THAMES STREET, LOHDOR, E.C. THURSDAY, OCT. 27 th , 1898. IMPORTANT NOTICE! Six numbers are issued during the Winter, from October to March inclusive. The dates for the five remaining numbers being:— No. 498.—THURSDAY, NOT. 24. No. 499.—THURSDAY, DEO. 29. No. 600.—THURSDAY, JAN. 26. No. 501.—THURSDAY, FE13. 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. ^a tiiU on T he abstract and brief chronicle of the tim e.— Tfftnnlf I t is suggested in Bombay that »n annual matchsliculdbe arrangedbetween the Hindoos and the Presidency. The Hindcos are not as strong as tbe Parsis, but they could turn out a fairly good team, and such a match would without doubt greatly encourage cricket among tlcui. W i t h reference to the appearance of K. S. Ranjitsinhji on a Bombay cricket ground, Sport (Bombay) pays :— “ The famous batsman was not altogether seen to the best advantage, as a badly strained leg and a bout of fever handicapped him to no inconsiderable extent, yet, withal, he gave a wondrously fine exhibition of scientific batting, and his remarkable wrist play and hitting all round the wicket will live in the memories of all who were fortunate enough to witness it. As a bowler Ranjitsinhji, ihough, perhaps, not first-class, is still one to be reckoned with, and I doubt if we have many better in India at the present time. His advent in Bombay brought on the nearest approach to cricket fever I have yet seen in India.” I t is said that George Giffen has no intention of retiring into private life at. present, and that he has been through a course of training lasting for three months to prepare him for tbe matches in the coming Australian season. H;s training chiefly takes the form of exceed­ ingly long and rapid walks. T h e question of the follow-on rule has again come to the front in Australia, and at a special meeting of the New South Wales Cricket Association the following resolufion was adopted :— The Follow-on Rule (200 runs).—That the proposal to amend the follow-on rule be recommended to the favourable consideration of the Association. A r r a n g e m e n t s have been made to send a Tasmanian team to Sydney in December to play against New South Wales. A return match is to take place at Hobart in 1899. The annual match spainst Victoria is to be played at Hobart. Mb. H. W. d e Z o e t e , the Cambridge Blue, won the chief trophy at the autumn meeting of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club at St. Andrews. Mr. de Zoete has shown great improvement in golf during the last year or two, but it was a con­ siderable surprise to the many famous competitors at the meeting when he handed in a card of 80, which equalled the score made by Mr. Muir Fergusson last year. On the following day Mr. de Zoete went round in 81 in a match. T h e new honorary treasurer of the Essex County C.C. is Mr. C. R. Higgins, who succeeds the late Mr. C. M. Tebbut. T h e Old Trafford cricket ground has been purchased by the Lancashire county committee for £25,000. The purchase includes the old and new grounds and five acres of land in addition. A r e c o r d in Saturday afternoon cricket at Brighton was made during the past season byMr. A. Collins, an amateur who represented Sussex on several occasions in 1895 and 1896. His total number of runs was 1,072, made in 17 innings (eight iimes not out), giving him an average of 119'11. This is somewhat curious, as his highest score was 112. The several inn­ ings were as follows : 67 not out, 2, 68 not out, 26, 112, 112, 62, 100 not out, 44, 65, 44, 66, 78, 50, 62, 70, and 45 not out. Whether this is a record for Saturday afternoon cricket pure audsimpleinEng­ land it would be difficult to say, but in any case Victor Trumptr must have beaten it in Australia. T h e Rev. Bentley Roscow writes : — “ In looking through my back numbers of Cricket, which I prize very highly, I notice a lapsus linguce, or better calami, which has probablybeen brought to your notice before now in your averages of old Light Blues who have made 200 or more in the University matches {vide Cricket, of Thursday, July 7th, of this year, page 252). You give G. O. Smith’s average as 55'50 (222 runs for four innings). But in one of those four innings he was not out (making 51 not out in the first inn­ ings in the 1895 match), so this would make his average 74, i e., top of the list, instead of second to Lord George Scott. Forgive me if this has already been corrected. W ' in d s o r , the best all-round man in North Tasmania, has greatly benefited by bis stay in Adelaide, where he was sent after suffering a severe illness. It is hoped that he will be able to play as well as ever this season. F r o m the Madras Times :— Then Foulkes, the little Yercaud amateur, took guard. He whumped the first hall over the moat, which had been dug round the ground, and then setting his teeth, he went for every hit of leather thrown at him. He actually scored 54 on the on side without getting a single run on the o ff! I t is said to be the intention of Mr. A. Bailey to fake a strong team of South African cricketers to play a series of matches in India. A t the conclusion of the first match of the tour of Mr. Warner’s team, the Englishmen gave an exhibition of batting for the encouragement of the Canadian cricketers. They all went in for h itt iD g , and the local team became somewhat de­ moralised in the field. The score was 142. C a n a d i a n s are in hopes that Mr. Warner will next year take a team to play matches in Canadawithout going to the States at all. The tour would begin at Halifax and end at Winnipeg. T h e Directors of the Crystal Palace have boldly entered upon a new venture, which has taken the cricket world by surprise. A newCricket Club has been formed under the title of “ The London County Cricket Club,” with Dr. W. G. Grace as its Manager and Secretary. Sseveral important matches, which will presumably be considered as first-class, havebeen arranged for next season. The new club has not been institutedwith the idea’of interfering with any existing first- class county clubs. It seems probable that Dr. Grace will still continue to play for Gloucestershire pretty regularly. A t a m°etirg of the committee of the Yorkshire County C.C., the following matches for next year were arranged :— At Sheffield, Surrey and Essex, and (pro­ bably) Hampshire. At Leeds, Kent and Lancashire. At Bradford, Middlesex and Notts, and (probably) Leicestershire. At Huddersfield, Gloucestershire. At Dewsbury, Derbyshire. At Harrogate, Sussex. At Scarborough, Warwickshire. At Hull, Somerset. The Colts match, Yorkshire v. Notts, will take place at Barnsley, and the matches with N E X T ISSUE, T HURSDA Y , NOVEMBER 24.