Cricket 1898

478 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. D ec . 22, 1898. T O SECR ETARIES. — Illum inated Presentation Addresses, Neat and Artistic, M ounted and Fram ed, from £1 Is , com pleie. Show Cards and other Ornamental w ork.— A h T iS T , 71, Park H all Read, East Finchley. F O R S A L E .—A num ber o f Cricket Books, inclu­ ding “ Scores and B iographies” “ W isden’s Alm anack,” “ Cricket,” “ John Lillyw hite’s Com­ panion,” “ Jerks in from Short-Leg,” “ Bolland’s Cricket N otes” (1851), “ Nyren’s Cricketer’s T utor,” “ Fred Lillyw hite’s G uide for 1865,” and early years, “ Football A nnuals” from earliett date.—F .C ., care o f Cricket, 168, U pper Tham es Street, E.C. T H E E ditor of Cricket wishes to purchase Volum e 4 “ Scores and Biographies,” and “ W isden’s Alm anack ” for 1875. NA T IVE GUANO . "IJEST and Cheapest M anure for Lawns, Cricket and Tennis Grounds and all Vegetables, Fruits and Flowers. Price, £3 10s. per ton in b a g s ; 2 ton lots carriage paid. 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The dates for the three remaining numbers being:— No. 5 0 0 .-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., or 6s. post free per annum; 7s. post free abroad. The amount must be sent to the Manager of Cricket, at the Offices, 168. Upper Thames Street, London, E.C. Cricket: J WEEKLY RECORD OF TBE GAME 168, UPPER THAMES STREET, LOHDOI, E.C. THURSDAY, DEC. 22n d, 1898. ^a\)tlton The abstract aud brief chronicle of the tim e.— ffamlsi. G. L. W i l s o n , tbe famous old Sussex cricketer, was somewhat unfortunate during the last Austialian season, but he has begun the present season in great form. Towards the end of the afternoon of October 15, he went in for Melbourne v. South Melbourne, and was content to keep up bis wicket, his score at the end of the day being 28. Cricketers who remember Mr. Wilson’s vigorous style of play will be interested in learning that bis 28 was made in an hour and six minutes. Meanwhile, H. Graham had played a splendid innings of 141, and was still not out when the day’s play ended. On the 22nd, the partnership was continued, until Graham was dis­ posed of for 177. It produced 113 runs. Wilson carried his bat for 12/5, the last hundred only taking him a little over two hours. I n the Pennant matches at Melbourne on October 15 to 22, there were two interesting occurrences. Fi zroy had to go in against a total of 469 made by Eist Melbourne, and lost five wickets for 8 runs, although in the end they made 68, with two men absent. Carlton had to make 393 against Hawksburn, and accomplished their task for the loss of one man, who was run out. The two not outs were Brooks, 141, aud Warne, 140. T h e following paragraph from the Sportsman, referriug to the Football League, will be interesting at thepresent moment to cricketers, who are pondering over the desirability of the registration of players:— “ PLAYING FOE TRANSFERS.” A discussion ensued upon the “ playing for transfers ” question, which has been brought into prominence owing to an allegation made that a certain footballer had purposely played badly in order that his transfer fee from the club he was serving should be reduced. Mr. Sutcliffe, of Burnley, -who was not at liberty to disclose either tbe name of the player or the club, said that the letter was now in the hands of a certain club, and he would ask that club to produce it before the League committee. A LETTER will be found on page 477 from Mr. H. Da Costa, referring to scores made by Tasmanians in important matches. R e f e b b i n g to the financial outlook of the East Melbourne Cricket Club, “ Felix,” in the Australasian, says :— It ib to be regretted that the financial outlook is not as bright as the cricket outlook. Public support to football fell off season after season, and besides this, the advent of English teams caused the intercolonial and pennant matches to yield nothing. Nay, when Stoddart’s team was here in 1894-5, the result was a call of £36 by the V.O.A. to meet expenses of intercolonial matches. In 1892-3, from the V.C.A. and pennant matches the club got £128 19s. 2d.; in 1893-4, £187 10s.; then 1894-5 came, tbe call; in 1895-6, £10 had to be paid for entrance into the new association; 1896-7, n il; 1897-8, nil from intercolonial and pennant matches, and donation from the M.C.C. of £62 10s. K . M . M is t b j, theyoungParsi batsman who, in partnership with Ranjitsinbji, put on more than 450 runs in the match in India, in wbicli the record score for the country was made, scored 42, 106, not out, aud 255 in the last thiee innings of which I have any note. An amusing incident took place during the match at Hobart, on October 18, says the Tasmanian Mail, between Buck­ land and Beltana. One of the players of the latter club, who does not often appear ou the field, wasbatting. Hemade a vigorous bit at the ball, and started to run. Half-way down the pitch be dropped his bat, but instead of keeping on and getting in bis crease, stopped aud returned for his bat.. His partner yelled at him to go on, saying that he would be run out. “ No fear,” siid the other, “ they can’t put me out; I called ‘ barley,’ ” and after proudly picking up his bat, he walked into his crease and commenced batting, and remained there to the end with 9, not out, to his credit. E l e c t o r a t e matches in Brisbane are governed by a stringent pet of rules. Iu one of the matches, between North Brisbane and Valley, the latter declared at 196 for six wickets. North Brisbane had made 195 for seven wickets when time was called, and tbe game declared drawn. But it seems, according to the Queensland Sportsman, that with only two runs to win, time was called at 5 30 p.m., whereas, according to the rules, play should not ceate until 5.45. Valley claim that, as on the previous Saturday play terminated at 5.30, it was correct to observe the same hour until 1be match was completed. A STORY is told in Cricket Club Life of a match in America. It was necessary that tbe visiters should be dismissed for a veiy small score. Accordingly, J. B. King and Pacey were put on, and told to do their very best. King soon found an ugly spot, and was more of a demon than usual, for he took nine wickets for four runs. The total was only seventeen luns off the bat, and Pacey took the remaining wicket. He always referred to that game as one where “ me snd Mr. King rattled ’em all out ard won the game ’ands down.” A CRICK ETER in Brisbane has offered to award a medal to the player who makes the highest number of duck’s eggs during the season. It is said that the competition is likely to be very keen. N E X T ISSUE T HUR SDA Y , J A N U A R Y 26.