Cricket 1898

D ec . 22 , 1898. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 481 ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. W . G id d in g s .— (o ) W e do n o t k a o w o f o n e . (6) See answer to a. (c) W e c a n n o t. S. K. P latts .— (a) Y our rule, “ the batsman must bave played in at least one-third of the num ber of m atches played,” cannot be m ade to m ean that h^ m ust h a v e '* batted.” I f that was the iuten ion of the framers of the rule they should have s lid ■o in the rule. (&) The man vith the average of 4 * is. of course, higher ia the list than the man w ith 38 57, however few m ay be the innings. L . T . P .—English Teams to America and Canada: — G eoige Parr’s. 1859. won 6, lost 0, drawn 0. Edgar Willuher’s. 1868, w on 5, lost 0. drawn 1. It. A . F i’ zgerald’s, 1872, won 7, lost 0, drawn 1. (W . G . Grace scored 142 v. Twenty-tw o of T oronto, at Toronto.) Bichard D aft’s, ^879, w on 9, lost 0, drawn 3. Gonts. o f Ireland. 1879, won 9, lost 1, drawn 2. E. J. Handers’, 1885, won 6. lost 1, drawn 1. (A . E Newton m ade 129 v. N ew York, at Staten Is­ land. R . T. Thornton m ade 107 v. United Philadelphia, at Philadelphia ) E. J. Sandeis', 1886, w on 8, l* st0,draw n 1. (K . J. K ey m ade 109 v. Gents, o f Philadelphia, at Philadelphia.) Gents, o f Ireland, 1888, w on 5. lo 3t 2, ( rawn 6 . L ord Hawke’s, 1891, won 6, lost 1, drawn 1. (H . T. H ew ett m ade l l i v. Sixteen of New Y ork, at New Y o r k ) Gents, o f Ireland, 1892. w on 4. lost 2, drawn 2. L ord Haw ke’s, 1894, w on 3, lost 0, drawn 2. F. M itchell’s, J895, won 2, lost 2, drawn 1. (N. F. Druce m ade 1*1 v. New Y ork, at N ew Y ork. P. F. W arner’s, 1897, w on 3, lost 1, drawn 1. (J. R. H ead m ade 101 v. Gents, of Philadelphia, on Belm ont Ground.) P. F. W arner’s, 1898, w on 6, lost 0, drawn 2. (F. M itchell m ade 128 and C. O. H . Sewell 122 v. Ontario, at Toronto.) [N ote .—Shaw ’s 18SI-2 team to Australia went vi& Am erica, and played five gam es, winning tw o and drawing three. Ulyett m ade 167 not out v. Twenty- tw o of San Francisco, at San Francisco, 1881.] Lord Hawke's Team in India , 1892-3. wou 15, lost 2, drawn 6. (A . J. L . H ill made 132 v. Eleven o f India, at A llahabad; and F. S. Jackson m ade 109 v. U p-Country Clubs, at Badella.) THE COUNTY QUALIFICATION. With the object of discussing the county qualification rules, most of the counties, at theinvitation of Lord Harris, sent representatives to the meeting at Lord*8 on December 5th. Lord Harris, who was voted to the chair, suggested that the opinion of the meeting might be taken on certain general principles, which, if adopted, could be sent for the consideration of the M.C.C. Committee. To open the discussion he moved: “ That the county qualification rules are at pre­ sent not adequate.” It was soon found that there was a great difference of opinion among' the representatives. Many of the older counties seemed satisfied that if the M.C.C. would apply the rules with de­ cision nothing further was required, but eventually the motion was carried by 17 votes to 7, the large majority being chiefly due to the votes ot the minor counties. The minority was formed by Lancashire, Notts, Essex, Middlesex, Derbyshire, Somerset, and Gloucester­ shire. The next motionwas to theeffect ‘ *that the word ‘ residence’ is incapable of such a precise definition as is required by county qualification rules.” The chair­ man stated that he had tried ia vaiQ to define the word, and that he had, there­ fore, suggested his registration scheme, for which he didnut feel any euthusiasm. The expression, “ settled home,” had been suggested by Notts, in lieu ot “ residence,” but this gave obvious opportunities for cavil over two words instead of one. Various suggestionswere made, such as “ domicile,” which the chairman said was a legal expression which availed nothing, since domicile could be retained after real residence had terminated for a long time. Mr. Ansell (Warwickshire) suggested that a man’s place of residence could be ascertained frompublic rate books or Parliamentary registers of voters. Eventually, as no satisfactory definition was forthcoming, Mr. Pawley (Kent) proposed, as an amendment, “ that the word ‘ residence’ requires some precise definition to make it suitable for county qualification rules.” The amendment was carried by 12 votes to 9. It was then agreed that the various schemes proposed for the regulation of the county qualification and the decision which had been come to by the meetiDg should be referred to a committee con­ sisting of representativesof Surrey, Kent, Lancashire, Yorkshire, Northampton­ shire, and Durhamto act with theM.C.C. Another proposition which was made by Mr. A. J. Webbe was adopted by the meeting. It was to the effect that a player who had represented a county for five years should be qualified for that county for the rest of his cricket career, or until he played for another county. Mr.Darnell(Northamptonshire)moved: “ That this meeting recommends that the committee now appointeddo consider the question of a monetary compensation being given to the county transferring a professional.” He said that Northamp­ tonshire had, by the manoeuvres of other county clubs, lost the services of Bowley, Santall, West, Mold, and Thompson. The chairman said that it was a dan­ gerous proposition, aud the meeting declined to accept it by 13 votes to 8. The minority consisted entirely of the votes of minor counties. CRICKET AT PATIALA. PATIALA v. VISITORS AND P a KSIS. Played on November 5. Brockwell and Mistri put on 252 without loss in Patiala’s second innings. P a t ia l a . Brockwell, b M ehta .. 11 K . M . Mistri, c Kanga, b Bosworth-Smith . 42 H. H . the Maharajah, c Kharas, b Fitz­ gerald........................... 3 K . 8 Ranjitsinhji, lbw, b Bosworth-Sm ith . 28 Badesi Ram , b M ehta 30 Billim oria, b M ehta ... a Hearne, b M ehta ... 3 T otal ............126 M r. Seva Singh, b M eh ti .................... 0 Fecond innings Brockwell, not out, 124 ; K. M. M istri, not out, 106; extras *2.—T otal (no w kt.) 252. V isit o r s a n d P a r s is . R aja Babu, llw , b bon worth- t-'mith ... 0 J. it. Williams, c Bos w orth- Smith, b M ehta ... ... i M u. Mansoor, b Bos- w orth -^ m ith ............ 0 Nanak Ram , not out 2 E x tra s.................... 3 D . D . K anga, c B illi­ m oria, b H eirne ... 40 Bosworth - Smith, b Uearne ... ........... 55 K . K . Kharas, lbw , b M istri .. ... ... 43 Fitzgerald, b Hearne 13 Gazdar, b Brockwell .. 5 P . D . Kanga, sc M an- zoor, b Brockwell ... 0 F. G. Thoyts. c Ranjit- sinhji, b Hearne ... 18 G. Gilson, not out .. 6 Dubash, c Nanak, b H eam e .................... 4 M ody, lbw , b His H ighness....................31 H . Ii. K aur Sahib, b Ranjitsinhji ... . 25 Mehti*. c Nanak, b Ranjitsinhji .... l E x tra s....................23 Total ..22S PATIALA v. UMBALLA. Played at Umballa on November 2 and 3. Patiala won by an innings and 370 runs. The score of the first day appeared in the last issue of Cricket. P a t ia l a . Brockwell, b P earce..........................................................47 Maharajah of Patiala, b Robinson ...................... 9 K . M . M istri, c W ooten, b Cooley ......................255 K . S. Ran j itsinhji, not o u t ........................................257 Badesi Ram , lbw, b W ick ...................................... Billim oria, not o u t ............................. ........................51 Extras ...........................................................14 Total (for * Innings declared U m b a l l a . First innings. S. R o’ inson. b B rockw ell... 12 W ooten, cM anzoor,bH earne 28 Creed, run out ... ... 17 Vandtrbyl, c RanjitM nbji, b Brockwell ............ 4 Corpl. Aris, c R aja Baboo, b Brockwell ..................... 9 Lenny, cE illim oii*,b H eirn e 8 Booth, b Brockwe'I ........... 6 8haw. 0 Brockwell ... 17 Cooley, b H earne................... 4 Harris, b H earne................... 2 W ick, c Mistri, b Hearne . 2 Corpl. Pearce, not out ... 4 Extras .................10 four wickets) *633 closed. Second innings, c M abaiajah of Patiala, b fctearne 4 c Mistri, b Uearne 17 b Brockwell ... 1 c and b Brockwell 20 c and b M ahara­ jah o f Patiala 13 st and b Mahara- j *h of Pati *la 15 c Alistri, b idearne b Hearne c Mistri, b Raja R aboo ............ b Brockwell n * to u t ............ lbw, b Brockwell E x tr a s .......... Total .163 T otal ...100 AT THE SIGN OF THE WICKET. B y F . S. A s h l e y -C o o f e r . CURIOSITIES OF FIRST-CLASS CRICKET. The following list of curiosities is not to be considered complete, as there must naturally be some curious incidents which hare not come to hand, as well as several worthy of inclusion which have possibly never been published. But pains have been taken to make the list as complete as possible, and for much of the information contained in this article acknowledgment must be made to the fourteen volumes of Scares and Biographies Cricket, the various cricket annuals, and the Sportsman. Several other cricket publica­ tions have been referred to, to give a list of which would mean writing a chapter on the bibliography of the game. Suffice it to say that by far the greater part of the information has been obtained from the above-mentioned authorities. Several matches mentioned — e.g., Leicester v. Nottingham in 1789 and M.C.C. and Ground v. Leicestershire in 1873 —although not strictly first-class, have been considered worthy of inclusion. 1!31.— On September 10th a great cricket m atch was played on M oulsey durst, near Ham ton Court, between u .e K ingst n m en and the County uf Surrey, fur twenty-five guineas a tide, which were won by ihe latter. (Could Suirey t oast a county club one hundred and sixty*seven years ago 1735.- I n August K ent and Sussex played return matches, K ent winning at Sevenoaks but losing at Lewes, (I his is, as far as I am aware, the first instance on record o f two counties pJayiDg return matches with each other m the same season.) 1741 — Kent played England in the A itillery Ground Bunhili Eie.ds. Finsbury bquare, London, on 18th. This is the first fully-recorded m atch. Jam es L ove’s famous vertes describe the match, w hich K ent won by one wicket (in 1748 an action o f Jeffrey* v. Parsons was heard before the K ing’s tench, in which the form er sought to recover from the latter a certain sum o f m oney. It appears that two matches took place between K ent and Eng­ land— the dates o f which are not given in the N E X T ISSUE THUR SDA Y J A N U A R Y 26.