Cricket 1898

Nov. 24, 1898. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME. 461 men v. Players match at Lord’s. Alto­ gether he had K2 wickets for 1,332 runs at the Oval (average 16‘1); on other grounds 52 for 906 (average 17'4). The disparity here is not nearly as marked as in the case of the batting figures; but there is a disparity. J.N.P. (To be continued). AN ATTACK UPON CRICKET. Thefoliowingdiatribeagainstthepublic playing of cricket matches appeared in The British Champion of September 8th, 1743. The article, which was reproduced in The Gentlemen's Magazine, is nowgiven verbatim, literatim, et “ punctuitim” : — OF PUBLICK CRICKET MATCHES. In Diversions, as well as Business, Circumstances alter Things mightily, and what in one Man may be decent, may in another be ridiculous; what is innocent in one Light may be quite the contrary in another; neither is it at all impossible that Exercise may be strained too far. A Journeyman Shoemaker may play from five o’Clock on Saturday in the Afternoon till it is dark at Skittles, pro­ vided he has work’d all the rest of the Week. Yet I can’t say but it would shock me a little, if I sawhonest Crispin tipping against aMember of eitherHouse of P---- -------1. All Diversions, all Exercises, have certain bounds as to Expence, and when they exceed this, it is an Evil in itself, and j ustly liable to Censure. Uponwhat Reasons are all the Laws against Gaming founded ? ire not these the chief, that the break in upon Business, expose People to great Dangers, and cherish a Spiiit of Covetousness, in a Way directly opposite to Industry ? The most whol- some Exercise, and the most innocent Diversion may change itsNature entirely, if People, for the Stke of gratifying their Humour, keep unfit Company. I have been led into these Reflections, which are certainly just in themselves, by some odd Stories I have heard of Cricket Matches, which I own, however, to be so strange and so incredible, that if I had not received them fromEye-Witnesses, I could never have yielded to them any Belief. Is it not a very wild Thing to be as serious in making such a M itch as in the most material Occurrences in Life P Would it not be extremely odd to see Lords and Gentlemen, Clergymen and Lawyers, associating themselves with Butchers and Coblers in Persuit of these Diversions ? or can there be any thing more absurd, than making such Matches for the sake of Profit, which is to be shared amongst People so remote in their Quality and Circumstances ? Cricket is certainly a very innocent, and wholsome Exercise; yet, it may be abused, if either great or little People make it their Business. It is grossly abused, when it is made the Subject of publickAdvertisements, to draw together great Crowds of People, who ought all of Hem to be somewhere else. Noblemen, GentlemenandClergymen, have certainly a Right to divert themselves in what Manner they think fit; nor do I dispute their Privilege of making Butchers, Coblers, or Tinkers their Companions, provided these are qualified to keep them Company. But I very much doubt whether they have any Right to invite Thousands of People to be Spectators of their Agility, at the Expence of their Duty and Honesty. The Time of People and Fashion may be indeed of very little Value, but, in a trading Country, the Time of the meanest Man ought to be of some worth to himself, and to the Com­ munity. The Diversion of Cricket may beproper in Holiday-Time, and in the Country; but upon Days when Men ought to be busy, and in the Neighbourhood of a great City, it is not only improper but mischevous in a high Degree. It draws Numbers of People from their Employ­ ments, to the Ruin of their Families. It brings together Crowds of Apprentices and Servants, whose Time is not their own. It propagates a Spirit of Idleness at a Juncture, when, with the utmost Industry, our Debts, Taxes, andDecay of Trade, will scarce allow us to get Bread. It is a most notorious Breachof theLaws, as it gives the most open Eacouragement to Gaming; the Advertisements most impudently reciting that great Sums are laid ; so that some People are so little ashamed of breaking the Laws they had a Hand in making, that they give publick Notice of it.f + The Advertisements are publish'd, it is supposed , by the Alehouse—or Ground-keepers , for their own Profit. CRICKET AT SIMLA. SIMLA v. PATIALA. Played onOctober 7. Drawn. S im l a . First inning*. French, cM unzoor, bN anak 13 Second innings. M unzoor, b Nanak ............11 W igram , c M istri, b Nanak 22 b N^nak ..............26 F ou lk38, c Ranjitsinbji, b N a n a k .................... ... 3 Bosworth-Sm ith, c M un­ zoor, b Nanak .................... 41 Creed, b Nanak ..................... 0 N ixon, c W illiam s, b Badesi 23 b Nanak D. N . Younghuaband, c Bil­ lim oria, b Badesi ............ 2 Andrus, c and b Nanak ... 4 flensm an, c W illiam *, b c W illiam s, b Bil­ lim oria ........... 23 b Nanak ... 10 N tnak. b M istri 2.’ 4 Billim oria D . G. Campbell, c K our Sahib, b N anak.................... Bythell. b Nanak ............ R. Egerton, not out ............ Extras ............................. 16 b Billim oria ... 2 b Nanak . . 6 c Nanak, b B illi­ m oria ............ 3 c and b Billim oria 14 not out ........... 15 c Billim oria, b Nanak ............ 2 Extra ............ 1 Total ...................145 P a t ia l a . First innings. K . S. R anjitsinbji, c and b Foulkes ... .................65 Mistri, run out .....................38 M aharajah of Patiala, c W igram , b Egerton............ 4 Badesi Ram , b Hensm an ... 0 Billim oria, c Hensm an, b W igram .............................50 M unzoor, b W ig r a m ............ 7 Nanak Ram , candb W igram 2 W illiam s,c Creed, b Foulkes 0 Tarachand,cN ixon,bFoulkes’ 1 Haja Babu, c and b W igram 2 K our Sahib, not o u t ............ 6 Thorpe,cAndrus,bH ensm an 1 E xtras ............................. 4 CRICKET IN PRETORIA. ECLECTIC v. UNION. Played at Pretoria on Sept. *24, Oct. 1 and 8. Drawn. U n io n .— First innings, *33. Second innings. T otal . 139 Second innings. b Foulkes ... 21 c Creed,bW igram 17 b W igram ... c Yountfhusband, b lou lkes ... 0 c and b Foulkes 14 not out ............ 4 b Foulkes ... ... 0 not ou t.................... 1 1 cN ixon ,b Foulkes 0 V .M .T an cied,b Seccull 33 F. N. Townsend, c A. B. Tancred.b 8eccull 53 G. K otze, c Essel-n, b M acArthur .......... b7 Joe W allach, not out . 28 W . hi. Niemeyer, st B. W allach, b M ac­ A rthur ..................... 0 R. J. W ebb, c M ac­ Arthur, b Seccull... 7 G .b.R obinson,run out 0 I). G. Hafner, run out 9 V . K otz*, st B. W al­ lach. b .MacArthur.. 1 B 3, lb 10 ............13 T otal (8 wkts) *181 E . W . Dawes and C. W . M unnik did not bat. w innings d‘ clared closed. E c l e c iic . First innings. Second innings. W . A. Tindall, c V . Kotze, b Niameyer ...........113 b N iem eyer ... 0 H G. M ortim er, b Nieineyer 4 b V . M . Tancred 0 C. Van Leenhof, b V . K oize i G C.M acArthur,bN iem eyer 0 ru n ou t................... 8 B. Tancred. b Ni. m eyer 10 noto u t .................110 L. Esseleu, b Niem eyer ... H A . W . Seccull, b Nieineyer 17 b G. K o iz e ............33 ti. W allach. b H afner............ 3 b V. M , Tancred 20 »*. £1.Brain, lbw , b N iem tyer 40 b Niem eyer ... 0 C. F. W . Jeppe, not out ... 6 John Berrange, c G. K oize, b Niem eyer ..................... 1 B * 2 ,lb l .....................23B 7, lb 5 ... 5 Total ..227 T otal (6 wkts) 183 SOUTH HAMPSTEAD. M atches played. 46 ; won. 15; lost, 19; drawn, 12. Runs scored for Club. 7.261 for -( 6 w icnets; average, 17 88. Against, 6,777 runs for 459 w ici ets ; average! 14 76. ^ B A T T IN G A V E R A G E S. .. 403t> .. 39 50 .. 32-11 .. 29 90 .. 22-75 .. 22-28 .. 21-38 .. 16*66 .. 15-10 .. S4"86 .. 14 .. 13 30 .. 12 10 77 6-42 6 52D 4-09 32 85 , 8-12 6 40 5-80 . 5-60 . 3*50 . 3*14 . 2-80 . 1-85 , 1-8* No. Times Most «.f not Total in an inns. out. Runs. iuns. T. B O rgi*s................. .. 12 . 0 .. 596 .. 201 . F . W . T e w ................. .. 14 ... 3 .. . 444 ...181 . rf.T . K obeits ... ... 19 .. 5 .. . 553 ... 6->* W . Couchman ... . 16 . 3 ..,. 427 .... 85 . J. T . Lam bert ... ... 12 .. 1 .,,. 329 ...191 . R. G. Pollock ... ... 3 ... 1 .... 273 ... 67 . H . W . broi m an... ... 27 ... 2 ..,. 557 .... 75 . C. A . Vandervell... .... i0 .. *2 ..,. 385 ,...103*. C. W . Pfeiffer ... .... 12 3 ... 150 ... 24 . H . Scholey .................. ... 11 ... 1 .... 151 ... 34* R. Connew ................. ... 18 ... 3 ... 22* ... 4) . H . Potter ................. ... 17 ... 3 .,.. iy6 ... 87 . A . J. H oughton .. .. 16 ... 3 ... 173 ... 38 . P. B . Gilliard ... .. 14 ... 3 ... 132 ... 27 . W. J. W helan ... .... 2 i ... 4 ... 212 ... 35*. R. G. Philpott ... . 11 1 ... 116 ... 35 . F . C. Bariett ... i5 ... 3 ... 255 ... 77 . A. T . Doughty ... ... 2* ... 1 ... 2*8 ... 28 . J. T . W atson .. 20 ... 2 ... 194 ... 31 . H . B. C u rtis.......... ... VO ... 6 ... 90 ... 25 . J. Linscott ............ ... 13 ... 3 ... 60 ... 30 . R. G. T a y lo r.......... ... 11 ... 1 ... 52 ... 25 . A . E. H ill ............ ... J3 ... 2 ... 45 ... 16 . Under ten ionings W . H a n w ell................... 8 ... 1 ... 230 ...112 . K. V ick re ss............ ... 9 ... 1 ... 65 ... 17 , E L> WrovH . ... ... 5 ... 0 . .. 32 ... 15 . M . L. Tucker ... 7 ... 2 ... 29 ... 20 . G. Taylor ............ ... 6 ... 1 ... 28 ... 14 , F. Banrier ............ ... 4 ... 0 ... 14 ... 9 . N . Defries ............ ... 8 ... 1 . .. 22 ... 6 D . H ope.................... ... 5 ... 0 . .. 14 ... 7 . W. G ait.................... ... 7 ... 0 . .. 13 •v 5 A . G. Salmon ... 6 ... 0 . .. 11 ... 4 Total ...180 T otal ...4 C. W . Pfeiffer A . G. 8 ilm on .. F. W . Tew ... A . G. Philpott H. P o tt»r .......... H. B. ‘ urtis ... I . B. Orgias ... W . J .W i elan .. W . Gait ............ P. B. Giliiard .. A. T . Doughty A . J. Houghton J. T . W atson ... W . Couchman C. A . Vandervell * Signifies not out. B O W L IN G A V E R A G E S. Overs. Mdna. Runs. .. 1841.. .. 33 . .. 42 4 ... 63 . 51 , .. 2681 L... 67 12 ... 52 . .. 110 . ... 265*2. ... 45 . ... 317 2. ... 52 ... 146-1 ... 59 .. 33 .. 78 ... 7 ... 77 ... 12 ... 18 391 .. 93 .. 123 .. 167 . 147 .. 669 ... 317 ... 185 ... 268 ... 667 ... 159 . 864 ... 194 ... 506 ... 215 . W kts. ... 60 ., ... 14 .. ... 14 . ... 17 ... 12 . ... 53 . ... 23 . ... 13 . ... 18 . ... 37 . ... 10 . ... 54 . ... 12 . ... 24 . ... 10 . Aver. . 651 . 6-64 . 8-71 ,. 982 . 1225 . 12-62 .. 1378 .. 14-23 .. 1433 .. 1532 .. 15 90 .. 16 .. 1616 .. 21-08 .. 21-50 N E X T ISSUE, T HUR SDA Y , DECEMBER 22.