Cricket 1898

O ct . 27 , 1898. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF TtlE GAME. 445 Worcestershire, Durham, and Norfolk, at Sheffield, Leeds, and Harrogate. Three matches are to be played against the Austra­ lians—at Sheffield, Bradford, and Leeds. A c o r r e s p o n d e n t wrote a short time ago asking where the motto of Cricket —“ Together joined in Cricket’s manly toil”—is to be found, and a few dajs ago kindly answered the query lurself, as follows:— “ Mrs. Peile thinks you maybe interested in hearing that the quotation, “ Together joined in Cricket’s manly toil,” has been found in Byron’s ‘ Childish Recollections— Hours of Idleness,’ page 377, vol. 1, poetical works, published 1855, by Murray. Alonzo, to -whom the lines were addressed, was the Hon. John Wingfield, of the Coldstream Guards, who was at Harrow with Loid Byron, and who died in his 20th year.” S. G r e g o r y , th e fam ou s A ustralian batsm an has la tely recovered fro m an a tta ck o f m easles. F rom the Philadelphia team which played Mr. Wairer’s team in the first match, the names of Messrs. Patterson, Lester, Coates, Boblen, H. C. Thayer, and E. W. Clark, jun., were misting, while Messrs. Morton, Graves, Townsend, and W. Thayer, played for theColts last year. B if o r e the matches between Mr. Warner’s team and Philadelphia, the American Cricketer made the following remarks about the two sides :— “ Comparing the teams briefly, I do not believe our five best men are as good as the five best Englishmen, nor as likely to score consistently. On the other hand, if the younger players play the game they are capable of, I believe that they ought to make more runs than the other half of Warner’s team. Especially is this true when we take into consideration the apparent superiority in our bowling. Admitting that they are stronger in batting, 1 think that the advan­ tage we have in bowling should quite counter­ balance that; and, indeed, if we make a good start and get hitting their bowling, there is nothing except the proverbial dread of new bowling to prevent our team from making a great many runs. On the whole, it should be a close game with the chances, if anything, in our favor. Of course, this is subject to wicket and weather, which may upset all calculations and throw the scales one way or the other. The rain of yesterday and the weather to-day are a factor which cannot be estimated until the game is begun.” T h e downfall of tie New York team it< thus commented on by Cricket Club Life : “ The innings closed for 49 runs. Ihe j oldest inhabitant hadn’ t seen such a ‘ slump,' and swore it must be the wicket, predicting great results when Cobb, Kelly and Lohmann had their turn with the sphere. But gentle readers, it wasn’t the wicket. It was just mighty good bowling against indifferent batting. The Britishe rs went in on that same wicket and piled up the big total of 419 runs, only two men failing.” A FEW extracts from American papers referring to Mr. Warner’s tour :— We were all out shortly after the luncheon hour for a miserable dawdling, dribbling, drasted and contracted little 94. Winter tried to drive the second ball of Adams’ next over, but sent an easy pop fly to Thayer at mid-on, and made way for Berens. 118-8-6. The Philadelphia Colts have not been beaten. The rain forbade. Possibly they would not have been beaten anyway. At any rate the Colts are real Futurity ponies. Friday they looked like less than 30 cents., but Saturday —oh ! mamma, come kiss your honey boy. It was just a reversal of the pathetic ballad. “ Yesterday I was a daisy. But to-day I ’m a cabbage bloom.” In making the seven necessary for victory, Wint* r lost his wicket. How this handsome Briton must long to get going once. He is certainly good for some runs, but somehow can’t connect with the sphere so far. D e s c r ib in g the weather on the second day of the first match between Mr. Wainer’s team and Philadelphia, tl e Inquirer says :— The rays of the sun hugged and kissed you with unseemly warmth at Wissahickon Heights yesterday afternoon. They brushed your collar away and kind of converted you into a hot water sponge. But they were needed, absolutely necessary as a matter of health, for the scene upon the green in the centre of that human square was damp and dismal, disease breeding and depressing. Our hopes were melting away and the vapours that rose penetrated to the very bone and chilled you through and through. The following extract from the annual report of the Melbourne C.C. adopted at the general meeting of the clnb, held September 10, will be of interest as it relates to the English teamwhich visited Austialia last winter :— “ The visit of the second English Eleven, brought out under the joint auspices of the club and the trustees of the Sydney Cricket Ground, was completed during the season under review. The result of the test matches with Australia was highly honourable to the colonies, victory having fallen to them on four out of the five occasions fixed for these contests. It would be a mistake to accept the suggestions that seem to have been indulged in in the old country, since the issue was ascer­ tained, to the effect that England was not so strongly represented in these encounters as she might have been, for that certainly was not the opinion when the eleven left home, such opinion having been rightly formed on the immediate past performances of the members of the team, and which has been amply justified by the intelligence now received of the decisive defeat they have j ust inflicted on the best eleven England has been able to put in the field against them. Be that as it may, those who finally composed it proved particularly acceptable to this club and to the Sydney trustees, while the entire tour was conducted from first to last on the best of understandings on all sides; it was un­ doubtedly highly appreciated by the general public throughout the colonies, and also afforded considerable enjoyment to the visitors themselves.” M o r e o v e r , if proof were wanting of the financial success of the trip this same report of the Melbourne Club supplies it. Alter sundry payments, amounting to £1,486 15s. Id., in which were grants of £500 to the clubs forming the Victorian Association, and £144 to the association itself, there was a nice little balance of £2,388 14s. lid. to the credit of the club. They order these matters well, too, in Australia. At all events; as some slight recognition of the services they had ren­ dered, the Melbourne executive not only made “ Ranji,” J. R. Mason, and N. F. Druce, the three amateurs of the team not previously holding the distinction, honorary life members of the club, but gave the professional members, as well as JamesPhillips,who accompaniedthe team umpire, a substan'ial bonus of £25 aman. As anything that Bombay Sport says with reference to Indian Cricket is boui.d to be based on reliable infoimation, the following extract from that paper canr.ct fail to interest Cricket readers:— “ An effort, so the rumours have it, will be made to launch an Oriental cricket team, comprising all the best Parsee and native cricketers in the country, on the English public in 1S00. The promoters of the scheme intend approaching H.H. the Maharajah of Patiala with a proposal to captain the team and furthermore to exact a promise from K. S. Ranjitsinhji to play for the team. The presence of an Oriental cricket team in England captained by a Maharajah and in­ cluding at least two princes would draw large gates, so financially there would be no fear ol the team proving a failure. Regarding ii from a cricket point of view, in the Mahara­ jah, K. S. Ranjitsinhji, Jayaram, Mistry, and Pavri, there would be the nucleus of a strong side, and the rest of the team could bo selected from among the best Parsee, Patiala, and Mayo College players. From an educa­ tional point of view, it would do the world’s own good to those participating, and would, moreover, bring prominently before the English public the fact that K. S. Ranjit- fcinhji is not the only first class player India can claim. Jayaram, the Madras cricketer, is quite first class, and given the opportunity in English first class cricket, would be sure to make a name for himself. H. H. the Maha­ rajah of Patiala, too, is a first class player, while Mistry and Pavri would be certain to shape well in good company.” One can only hope that such a tour will leach the standpoint of practical politics. T h e Surrey executive are showing full j.ppreciation of the valuable services ren­ dered to the county by the prince of fasf bowlers, in deciding to give T. Richard- sin a benefit match in 1899. The visii of an Australian team makes theselection <>f next year specially appropriate at Richardson isnoless popularwith Austra­ lian than with English cricketers. W . S. L e e s , the young Surrey cricketer, should by this time be in Buenos AyreSj where he is engaged for the winter. He is due in England again early in April. Hayes,anotheryoungSurreyprofessional, is just off to South Africa for a winter’s engagement. A c c o r d in g to Sport , should the Patiala teamvisit Madras nndamatchbearranged with the combined native eleven, the fol- fuwingwould, inall probability, represent the latter: Jayaram, Sreenevasa Row, Mohun Singh, Narayan Row, Rajagopaul Chari, Subroyalu, Sesha Chari, IVrumal, Thandavaroyan, Vardachar, and Venka- taruthnam. Good ! N E X T ISSUE, T HUR SDA Y , NOVEMBER 24.