Cricket 1899

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All subscriptions to be sent direct to the Offices of Cricket , 168, "Upper Thames Street, London, E.C. $atotiton Gossip, rhe abstract and brief chronicle of the time.— A c c o r d in g to the Tasmanian players who were so B“verely beaten by New South Wales, Noble’s bow ling was a great surprise to them. He was very deceptive, the ball came much slower than was anticipated from his style of delivery, and finally it curved away. The ball is said to have at times screwed like a corkscrew. It is interesting to note that aft>r frightening the Tasmanians out in the first innings, Noble was unsuc­ cessful in the second, only taking one wicket for 60. In H . Macdonald, of Mhow, the Bombay Presidency has a cricketer much above the average, if there is any merit in figures, says Sport (B om bai). His last eight innings have realised 565 runs, and were made as fo llow s:—32, 56, 102 not out, 98, 22, 26, 140 and 89. This consis­ tent scoring was accomplished in out- station cricket. I n the match between the North and South of Tasmania, Windsor scored 24 and 105 not out, in addition to taking four wickets for 62 in the first inningi and six wickets fcr 77 in the second—a splendid record. It will be remembered that Windsor was so ill during the winter that it was feared he would have to give up cricket entirely. H . D onnan took seven hours and twenty-tive minutes to make his 160 not out for New South Wales against South Australia. Donnan carried his bat through the innings, a performance which has, I believe, only once been equalled in inter-colonial matches. This was when Alec Bannerman made 45 not out for New South Wales v. Victoria, at Mel­ bourne, in 1890. T h e Governor of Natal was a spectator at a crii ket match between the Garrison and Zingari elevens, says a Natal news­ paper. During the innings of 1 Zingari Mr. A. Hime got fairly on to a full- pitched ball to leg, and it travelled rapidly towards the boundary. Striking the cycling track hard, it bounded towards the Governor’s cariiage. His Excellency, occupying a seat nearest the Oval, was struck on the arm with some force, but as he continued to watch the game, and treated the incident lightly, he was apparently not injured. I t is reported, says the Sydney Mail, that Noble will remain in England after the Australian tour to practise dentistry. Also that Kelly w ill remain in England to keep wicket for a southern county. I t is not characteristic t f newspapers to very deeply sympathise with a batsman who gets out for a duck, and Sir Augustus Hemming, the Governor of Jamaica, is therefore the more to be congratulated on receiving the condolences of the K ingston Weekly News Letter. His Excellency was