Cricket 1899

122 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M a t 11, 1899. A c o r r e s p o n d e n t sen d s t h e f o llo w in g q u e rie s : — 1. One hail being off, is it sufficient to only knock the remaining hail off to run a man out, or should the first bail he replaced before a man can be run out without knocking a stump out ? [It is sufficient to knock off the remaining bail. The law is not at all clearly worded, but that is what it means.] 2. Is it the umpire’s duty to put the bails on while the ball is in play, or should one of the field? For instance, the bowler in delivering the ball knocks the bails off—• should the umpire make the wi-.ket before the ball is dead ? [The first part of the question is a little mysterious, and I give it up. With regard to the second part of the question, the umpire would sometimes have to be pretty spry if he did.] 3. In a county match, the last man is in. Two runs are required to win ; three balls of the over only have been bowled; time arrives. Are the other two balls bowled, or do they draw in the middle of the over ? [As far as I know such a question 1 as never cropped up in first-class cricket. The over would probably be finished, unless one of the captains was of a legal turn of mind, when there m ight be some excitement, as the laws do n ot deal with “ time.” ] W h e n people who were unable to go to the Crystal Palace on Monday saw in the “ extra specials” that seven of the South of England team were down for about 160, and that only two men had made double figures, they naturally con­ cluded that the new bowlers had proved so puzzling that newcomers were beaten before they could get settled. It was, therefore, surprising to find that six of the seven wickets had been taken by the old firm of Jones and Trumble. In the second innings there was the same tale to tell. I t is so unusual in England for jou r­ nalists who write about cricket to “ go ” for each other that the follow ing extract from a writer in the Madras Times will make cheerful reading :— THE TH IRD ENGLISH TEAM FOK IN D IA. For finest driving quality, breezy assurance, my friend “ The Glide” washingtonposts with the hopper. He has just astonished us with the fact that Ranjitsinhji has got Mac- Laren, Fry, Jackson, Jessop, and Warner for his team in India next cold weather! “ Has got,” brethren, nothing less ! In his interview in the “ Green ’Un,” I think Ranjit ex­ pressed his anxiety to get the above men to come, but I can assure “ Ih e Glide” that the indefinite vocative present participle gerund ablative is quite different to the definite accu­ sative irregular conjunction; in other words, that you don’t always, when running a cricket team, get all the men you hope to—or—and this is equally important—all the men who at first express a willingness or an intention to join the team. A n unpretending but very useful little guide is published by the proprietor of the Hants Advertiser under the title of the “ Hampshire County Cricket Guide.” In addition to the usual contents of such a guide it contains a very long list of good batting performances (over a hun­ dred runs) in Hampshire during 1898, and a very short list—alas !—of good bow ling performances. From the former I find that the training ship “ Mercury ” was fortunate enough in having C. B. Fry, Dr. Bencraft, C. Robson, and C. G. Ward to play for them. As they all, as well as three or four other men, scored hundreds for the club— some of them more than once, notably Fry (3) and Ward (6)— its opponents must have a wholesome awe of it. Captain Wynyard made no fewer than eight hundreds in Hampshire last year. W r it in g from Durban, Mr. C. P. Harvey, the captain of the Zingari C.C., says:— “ The services of Douglas Smith have been much appreciated here, and he has been engaged to come out for next season. I enclose you the averages of the Zingari C.C. (Durban), by which you will see that Llewellyn has taken for the club alone 119 wickets at a cost of 5-81, and his batting average is 22-12. Smith has also done well, and comes out with an excellent average of 22'83, considering the slow run-getting grounds which obtain here. The Zingari have won the same cup for three years in succes­ sion.” I t is said that in first-class cricket Frank Laver has had 56 innings, and never once failed to add to the score. He has only taken 11 wickets in first-class matches, and S. E . Gregory has been his victim five times. G e o r g e G if f e n , gays the Australasian, iB now very close to that select circle of cricketers who have scored 10,000 runs and taken 1,000 wickets. His figures a re:—Runs, 11,341; wickets, 986. F a v e r s h a m was en fete last week, for the centenary of the capture of Seringa- patam was celebrated at Belmont, the country seat of Lord Harris, whose father, General George Harris, was in cornu: and in the battle. For his share in the victory the General was made a peer. “ W h y ,” asks an anxious correspon­ dent of the editor of the Madras Times, “ has Mr. Framjee Patel fixed upon April 1st, 1900, as the date for the start­ ing of the Indian team for England ? ” I n the match at L ord’s, between M.C.C. and Yorkshire, Chatterton and Storer in partnership made 136 out of a total of 188 for the innings. A t Egbaston, Diver made 184 out of a total of 276 for the innirgs for Warwickshire v. Leicestershire. At the Crystal Palace, C. B. Fry, H a j- ward and Brockwell made 172 against the Australians for tbe South of England out of a total for the innings of 246. D i y e r ’ s fine innings of 184 for War­ wickshire v. Leicestershire was put to­ gether in 2 hours, 35 minutes. His first hundred was made in 85 minutes, and his hundred and fifty in tw o hours. H is score is thehighest evermade for Warwickshire. T he schools were represented in the Freshmen’s matches at Oxford and Cam­ bridge as follow s:—Winchester, 5 ; Eton and Cheltenham, 4; Harrow, 3 ; Dulwich, Rugby, Charterhouse, and Malvern, 2 ea ch ; and Eastbourne, Uppingham, Shrewsbury, Stonyhurst, Merchant Taylors, Framlingham, Marlborough, Highgate, St. Edwards, Bedford, Clifton, Westminster, Belfast Academy, Liver­ pool, Weymouth, and H ailejbury, 1 each. A n innings of 64 followf d by another of 69, and a total of eleven wickets for 113 runs was Albert Trott’s record in tbe Sussex v. M.C.C. match at Lord’s— a record very seldom equalled. As an example of the ups and downs of the game, it inay be mentioned tbat for M.C.C. v. Yorkshire Trott made 0 and 1, and took three wickets for 147 ! T h e crop cf “ runs out ” and l.b.ws. for the past week in important matches is a particularly good one. It is as follows : Run out: F. Mitchell, T. A. Higson, K. E. Foster, W . L. Foster, Cuttell, Field, W. S. A. Brown, F. W . Stancombe, C. L. Townsend, Devey, Knight, Agar. L .B .W .: C. B. Fry, W . Newhatn, Parris, C. J. Bumup, Brockwell, O. G. Ratcliffe, A. M. Miller, Newman, W . G. Grace, C. Hill, K. S. Ranjitsinhji, BoarJ, L. Brown, F. Mitchell, Brockwell, S. E. Gregory, G. R. Bardswell. It will be noticed that Mr. Mitchell appears in both these lists, and that Brockwell has twice been l.b.w. The follow ing are some of the latest hundreds:— JANUARY. 28. H. C. Wilson, United A v. Urited B (Napier N .Z ) ..................................................200 28. G. Marshall, United A v. United B ........... 252* M AY. 4. B bockwell , S urrey v . D erbyshire ............... 102 4. W . F. Kattigan, Oxford Freshmen’s Match 119 4. F. Symes Thompson, Cuddesdon College v. Keble (A team) ..........................................112* 6. H. C. Pilkington, Oxford Freshmen’s match 104* 6. W . Trask, Lansdown v. Corsham .................. 106 6. M. A . Noble, Esher v. Thames D itton...........134 6. F. Laver, Esher v. Thames Ditton.................. 101* 6. A. J. Webbe, New Foresters v. Household Brigade ......................................................... 106 6. P. F. Warner, New Foresters v. Housel old Brigade ..........................................................113 9. D iver , W arwickshire v . L eicestershire , 184 9. Braund. Bath and District v. M.C.C............. 133 9. B. E. G beoory , A ustralians v . S outh of E ngland ............................................................... 124 10. M. A. N oble, A ustralians v. South o f E ngland .................................................................116* * Signifies not out. NONDESCBIPTS v. PALLINGSW ICK.— Played at Acton on May 6. PALLINGSWICK. C. W . Yarborough, b Hutcbinson ........... T. L. Lancaster, b Marsden .................. H. D. Valency, lbw, b Marsden ........... B.A .C«<rter,st Hickson, b Selfe .................. E. A. Collins, b Preston i M. La Thangue, b Preston ...................: G. A . Afhby, b Felfe 0 H. G. Rowley, b Selfe 4 H. W . Burnside, not out .......................... 1 D. W . Brewster, Ibw, b Selfe ................... C. H. Clayton, b Selfe E xtras................... Total N on drpcbipts . H. H. Cobb, not out 60 H. C. Preston, b Collins .................. 11 W .T.H.Danby,notout E xtras...................2 Total (1 wkt)l65 R. Leigh Ibbs>, E. L. Marsden, A . A. S. Hickson, D . Hughes-Morgan, H. Morley, F. Y. Selfe, and L . Hutchinson did not bat.