Cricket 1899

J an . 26, 1899. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 11 I n a Pennant match at Melbourne the Carlton C.C. put up a total of 658 for four wickets against R chm on d on December 3 and 10. The only m in who made more than a hundred in the total was T. Warne, with 314 not out. In the same round of Pennant matches, East Melbourne made 666 for nine wickets, which was increased to 689 by the last wicket (H. S'uckey 175, and P. Liver 114). The Carlton innings ultima'ely closed for 880. Warne was caught for 402. A m o n g well-known Australians who have made good scores in recent club matches are the follow ing :— K. Burn 60, C. Gregory 203, M. A. Noble 72, A. C. Bannerman 39, L . W . Pye 244 and 119, H . Donnan, 76 and 95, T. W . Garrett 72, F. Iredale 49 and 63, A. Coningham 133, F. Laver 62 not out and 114, S. E. Gregory 108, V . Trumper 69 not out, M. A. Noble 43 not out and 267, not out, W . Bruce 93. C. McLeod 189 not out, G. L. Wilson 31, H . S uckey 175, Worrall 53 n ot out, T. Warne 402. M en tion has been made of a remark­ able performance of L?es in the River Plate. The engagement of the young Surrey professional forms a new and promising departure in cricket in Buenos Ayres, as he is the first professor who has gone out from England, specially retained to coach the local cricketers. That the game is boom ing to some degree in those parts is shown b y the invitation to Lord Hawke to take a team of Eoglish amateurs this winter to the Plate. The Yorkshire Captain has expressed a hope of being able to accept the invitation anon. T h e Public School Match between Cheltenham and Haileybury is to be played at the Palace this year. An alteration of the usual date is responsible for the move. There was just a chance that Rugby and Marlborough might also have to be played away from L ord’s for once, ow ing to the same reason. Happily this has been avoided b y the joint action of the Middlesex and Surrey executives. W ith this view the grounds for the M id­ dlesex and Surrey fixtures have been transposed. The first match will be played at L ord’s on June 27th, the return at the Oval on August 3rd. A reference to the F iji scores on page 5 will show that the Hon. J. S. Udal still keeps up his form. In a letter he refers to F iji cricket as follows :— ‘ 1There has been a dearth of ‘ men-of-war ’ this season to give us opportunities of foreign matches. The only time we played a com­ bined team from three ships we beat them, as you will see. The Eijiain natives can, however, muster a fairly strong team, and a native team from Bau (the old native capital), played us a match which we won easily. Earlier in the season, they played an unfinished game with us, in which they held their own. I think they would render a good account of themselves with any naval team in Australian waters, and would, I fancy, dispose of the much-vaunted Samoan cricketers. And this, too, without the crack fast bowler—Tui Vanna (who did such execution in New Zealand, ia the team I took up there in 1895), who has unfortunately strained his arm badly. I hope soon to be in England mysflf, on ‘ leave,’ and to see a little home cricket for a change.” A n antiquarian, who has been studying the history and records of Babylon, in­ forms me that he thinks he has made an important discovery. He says that after very careful research he is of opinion that Gagrat, Mistry, and A. H . Hemo, three well-known native Indian cricketers, may possibly be descendants of the Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, of the time of Daniel. As a proof that he has some foundation for his opinion, he adds that the latter three gentlemen were noted for the amount of heat which they could put up with, and it is well known that native Indian cricketers have the same charac­ teristic. Once more John Wisden’s Cricketers’ Almanack has made its appearance, and once more it is full of invaluable informa­ tion. In addition to the usual contents, which no cricketer can afford to pass by, there is to be found in the book a note on “ throw ing,” by the editor, Mr. Sydney H . P ardon ; a list of the bowlers o f a hundred wickets, by Mr. Gaston, and a series of letters from prominent cricketers on the subjects of high scoring and the law of l.b.w . In these, the writers, as is only natural, advocate for the most part improvements which would suit (or have suited) themselves better than other peo­ ple. To suggest any improvement in the c jntents of the Almanack would puzzle the ingenuity of a literary Edison; but if the editor, in his mercy, would abolish the Ixxxviii’s and x lv ’s of the introduc­ tion, he would, we are sure, receive the grateful thanks of thousands o f his readers. W ITH O U T clashing in any way with the contents of the above book, James L illy- white’s Cricketer’s Annual is as interesting as ever. It includes no special feature, for the reason that the usual subjects leave not an inch of space to spare. T he follow ing are some [of the latest hundreds:— NOVEMBER. 12,19. L. W . Pye, Central Cumberland v. Leich­ hardt ..........................................................244 12. C. Gregory, South Sydney v. Burwood...........203 12. W . S. Duff, North Sydney v. Redfern...........136 19. A . Coningham, Glebe v. Paddington ...........133 12. W . A . Richardson, East Sydney v. Waverley 127 12. R. A. Duff, North Syney v. Redfern ...........123 12, 19. J. C. Wilson, Central Cumberland v. Leichhardt ..................................................100 13. J. G iller , V ictoria v . S outh A ustralia .. 116 13. J. WORRALL, VICTORIA V. SOUTH AUSTRALIA 104 14. H. Stuckey, V ictoria v . South A u stralia 134 16. L. W . Pye, Incogniti v. Imps (Sydney) .. 119 26. Lieut. Bush, West Kent Regiment v. Olym­ pians (India)..................................................174 26. C. C. Cameron, Ballygunge v. Honrah Uni­ ted (India) ..................................................105* 26. S. E. Gregory, Waverley v. Glebe (Sydney) 108 DECEMBER. I. W . Brockwell, Patiala v. Lucknow Gymkha. 163 1. K. M. Mistry, Patiala v. Lucknow Gymkha. 190 3. C. McLeod, Melbourne v. St. Kilda ...........110* 3. H. Stuckey, East Melbourne v. Hawksburn (Melbourne).................................................. 103* 3. D. Sutherland,N. Melbourne v. S. Melbourne 122 Warne, Carlton v. R>chmond...........................160* 3. M. A. Noble, Paddington v. East Sydney ... 267 3. V. Trumper .......................................................... 113 3. A . Coningham. Glebe v. Waverley (Sydney) 107 6. W . Bro^kwell, Patiala v. Cawnpore ......... 133 10. A . Edgington, Madras v. Bangalore ...........104 10. Choonilal, Hindu Gymkhana (B.mbay) y. Popat W a d y .................................................. 106* 10. V. M. Tancred, Law and Civil Service v. All Comers (Pretoria) .................................. 100* 10. H. Stuckey, East Melbourne v. Hawksburn 175 10. F. Laver, East Melbourne v. Hawksburn ... 114 10. F. Giller, South Melbourne v. North Mel­ bourne ...........................................................149 10. C. McLeod, Melbourne v. St. Kilda ...........189* 10. T. Warne, Calton v. Richmond (unfinished) 314* 11. F. A I redale , N. S. W ales v . T asmania ... 193 11. V . T rumper , N. S. W alks v. T asmania ... 292 11. L. S. Bhandare, Hindu Gymkhana (Bombay) v. Lord Ripon C C........................................ 101 14. V . M. Tancred, V. M. Tancred’s Team v. Commercial (Pretoria) ...........................114 17. F. N. Townsend, Pietoria v. Pirates ...........100 21. H. D onnan , N. S. W ales v . S. A ustralia 160 22. C. H ill , S. A ustralia v . N. S. W ales ... 109 24. J. W orrall , V ictoria v. N. S. W ales ... 109 21. Sergt. Green, Secunderabad Gymkhana v. Bombay Parsees.......................................... 107* 29. S. Warden, Calcutta Rangers v. Howrah ... 132* 29. Van 8omeren, Staff Corps v. British Services (Rawalpindi)..................................................102 29. A.Edginton, Madras v. BingiloTe Gymkhana 104 29. Colonel Nixon fin a Peshawar match ........... 107* 31. F. T. Paine, Calcutta v. Behar Wanderers (unfinished) .................................................. 120* 31. H. R. Carruthers. Calcutta v. Eehar W an­ derers (unfinished) ...................................100* JANU ARY. 1. F. L aver , V ictobiav . S. A ustralia (return) 1S7* 8. J. D arling . S. A ustralia v . Q ueensland 210 10. C. H ii . l , S. A ustralia v . N. S. W . (return) 159 11. M. A . N obls . N. S. W ales v . S. A. (return) 101 * Signifies not out. C U R IO S IT IE S OF 1898. Compiled from Cricket. ( Continued from pzge 471). Nov. 4.—Umballa. Patiala v. Umballa. Patiala scored 633 for four tickets. A record for India. Dec. 12.—Sydney. New South Wales v. Tasmania. New South Wales scored 839. The record for an innings in Australia. Dec. 17.—Melbourne. Carlton v. Richmond. Carlton scored 880 (Warne 402). Dec. 17.—Melbourne. East Melbourne v. Hawksburn. East Melbourne scored 689. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. “ A n ‘ interesting ’ i . eader .” —Many thanks for taking so much trouble over so little. It is impossible to n »te everything. “ H .H .B .” —It is not correct that some seasons ago Surrey won the championship without losing or draw­ ing a single match. (See Lillywhite's Annual, 1898, page 18, for complete list.) G eo . W hiley (Kimberley).—These are the follow­ ing instances duiing the time you mention of thefirt-t innings being declared in first-class c r ic k e t I n 1896: by Australian? v. Eleven of the South, at Eastbourne, and by M.C.C. and Ground v. Oxford University, at lo rd ’s. In 1897 : by Essex v. 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