Cricket 1899

J une '1 5 , 1899. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 203 CLEMENT HILL GOING TO THE (From a Photo by the Standard Photo Australians leave the field he is as brilliant as ever, as the Sussex men can testify. But he will have other chances of meeting tlie Australians, and it will be indeed remarkable if he does not leave a good impression behind him. I t is very seldom that a man has just managed to miss making his hun­ dred as often as Mr. Fry, who began the season by scoring 98 for Sussex v. M.C.C. His next move iu this direction was to make 81 in his next match, for South of England against the Australians at the Crystal Palace. In his next match he could get no nearer than 69, after which he retired into comparative obscurity, from which he emerged to make 50 in the England ' ------' match at Nottingham, and 85 against Kent. Last week he again made an energetic effort to grapple with his difficulty, but once more the fates were against him and he had to retire defeated after 72 and 94. Let us hope that he is going to bring off the grand coup in the England match this week. thorough trial, for Somerset have not so many good men in the team nowadays that they can afford to lose any man who can score 79 and 68 in a match against Kent on a wicket which occasionally helped the bowlers. Mr. Bernard is a member of the Bristol Bohemians C.C. T h e sixties were much to the front on the last three days of the week: Darling and Eccles each made 60, Wood (Surrey) 61, Dixon and Hirst 63, Troup and Jephson 64, Hayward, Binnon and Alec Hearne 67, Bernard 68, and Rob­ son (Somerset) 69. I h e a r that a young bowler named Supples, who has been tried in one of the colts matches in Kent without meet­ ing with success, has been doing great ___ _______ ______ things this year for a Hackney club. He has taken 37 wickets for about 50 runs, which is not a bad record. He is a left- hand medium pace bowler, and Mr. Pawley or Mr. Kennett McAlpine have doubtless kept an eye on him. A l r e a d y the individual hundreds scored against Australians number more th«i were made in the course of the whole season against the 1896 team. P. H. B. Champain, the Oxford University captain, led the way with 120, and now two Cambridge men—L. J. Moon (138) and T. L. Taylor (110) have joined him. They both made their scores in the same innings, which is a most unusual thing against Australian bowling, even if it is WICKETS. Company.) not unprecedented. Yesterday J. T. Brown of Driffield, with 166, was the first pro­ fessional to place his name on the list. Five Australians have made eight indi­ vidual hundreds during the tour. The complete list is as follows : A u str a lia n s . 8. y . Gregory,v. 8. of England (Crystal Palace) ...124 M. A. N oble, v. 8. of England (Crystal Palace) ...105* M. A. Noble, v. Oxford Univ. (Crystal Palace) ...100* J. Darling, v. Oxford Univ. (Crystal Palace) ...106* C. Hill, v. M.C.C. and G round......................................132 C. Hill v. Cambridge University ..............................160 S. E. Gregory, v. Cambridge University ......... 160 J. VVorrall, v. Yorkshire . ... .................................... 104 E nglish m en . F. H. B. Champain, for O iford University...........120 L. J. Moon, for Cambridge University.................138 T. L. Taylor, for Cambridge University ...........110 J. T. Brown, of Driffield, for Yorkshire ...........166 C o in c id e n c e s at the end of last week: Cambridge University and Australians each made 436 in their first innings on the University ground. G. Brann scored 58 in each innings for Sussex and Middlesex. Alec Heame and IS. I). Bannon each made 67 in first innings of Kent v. Somerset. A f e w details of the partnership of 391 for the first wicket by Shrewsbury and Mr. A. O. Jones for Notts v. Gloucester­ shire at Bristol:— The first hundred runs were made in an hour and twenty-five minutes. The scoring board showed 143 at lunch time. Mr. Jones reached his hundred in two hours and five minutes, and his second huodi-ed in four hours. His total of 250 was made in four hours and a half. Shrewsbury was batting the whole of the day—five hours and a half—and stumps were drawn when he was out. The partnership lasted for four hours and a half, and is the Notts record for the first wicket. S c e n e : A London suburb, to which ‘ ‘ Cricket Editions ” do notoften penetrate. A., B., and C. approach each other from various points, each with an evening paper in his hands. A .: Hillo, you fellows ! What price your Australian bowling now? Cam­ bridge 220 for two wickets! B .: What edition have you got P A .: Extra Special. B .: Thought so ! How’s this for “ Second Extra”— Cambridge 261 for six ? What price Australian bowling nowt C. (who has just come from the City): Don’t get excited. I've got a “ Cricket Edition.” Cambridge 397 for 7. How’s that ? I t may be safely prophe­ sied that if Mr. C. A. Bernard, who made his debut for Somerset laBt week, does not become a great cricketer it will not be for want of a THE AUSTRALIANS GOING OUT TO FIELD. (From a Photo by the Standard Photo Company.)