Cricket 1899

F eb . 23, 1899. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 2§ unfortunate enough to be run out without scoring in a match between Kingston and Garrison and Kensington and Melbourne. To his rescue comes the K iogston news- papir with the follow ing remarks : — “ Sir Augustus Hemming proceeded to the wickets with the plaudits of the spectators in his ears, but he was evidently a little too sanguine, for as his partner made a short hit he attempted to Bnatch a run and was stumped ere he could retrace his steps. As he retired with a duck’s egg, naturally discomfitted thereby, he received another round of applause, and this in some measure must hare been compensation.” W hen New South Wales went in to make 310 against Victoria in the last innings of the match, it was considered even betting that they would accomplish their task. But Trumble with his second ball bowled Donnan, and before a run had been scored got Noble caught in the slips. When Trumble bowled Mackenzie with the total at 9, it was pretty clear that Victoria was going to be the vic­ torious side, and in the end they won by 190 runs. A v e rse from the Australasian :— When the running batsmen stumble, Or at one another mumble, Perhaps the fieldsmen make a fumble, And the crowd begin to grumble. But when the batsmen sad and humble See their wickets quickly tumble, As the ball comes with a rumble Till the stumps are in a j umble, Then the bowler’s Hughie Trumble. A ccording to the Sydney Mail, the follow ing “ laws for umpires” are taken from a scoring-book in use by one of the electorate clubs at Sydney. They are distinctly qu ain t:— “ To allow two minutes for each man to come in when one is out, and ten minutes between each hand to mark the ball that it may not be changed. They are sole judges of all outs and ins, of all fair and unfair play, of frivolous delays, of all hurts, whether real or pretended, and are discretionally to allow what time they think proper before the game goes on again. In case of a real hurt to a striker they are to allow another to come in and the person hurt to come in again, but are not to allow a fresh man to play on either side on any account. They are sole judges of all hindrances, crossing the players in running, and standing unfair to strike, and in case of hindrance may order a notch to be scored. They are not to order any man out unless appealed to by one of the players.” In the evening edition of the Madras Mail for January 13th there is an account of a cricket match between the Bangalore Gymkhana and the Plague Bacilli Hunters. The downfall of one of the batsmen of the town club is thus des­ cribed in the score :— Capt. Carr-White, blown out .. .. 0 Now, is this a mistake by a compositor or is it some entirely new way of getting out in India ? 1 ^ UT a total of 56 n a le by some ladies against gentlemen in a m ttih at Durban, no fewer than 33 were byes. The highest score on the side of the ladies was made by the last batswoman, who carried her bat for 8. A u st r a lia n newspapers state that Noble, when fielding at point in the match between New South Wales and Victoria, had the sun in his eyes at both ends. One of the sung (it is said) was caused by the reflection of the other sun from the handles of a bicycle. T h e story which was related in last month’s Cricket of the gentleman in India whose soft felt hat was responsible for a catch, has lately turned up again in a new guise. This time the fieldsman is a soldier in India, the spike of whose helmet pierced the ball when it descended, and held it safely. This is an ingenious idea. T h e committee of three who are choosing the Australian team must have had a very difficult task, as there are many men of about equal merit. In addition to the first nine, the followinghave, according to Australian critics, great claims to p la y : Trumper, Iredale, Donnan, Mackenzie, McKibbin, Giffen, Howell, Giller, Graham, Johns, and Jarvis. Nobody mentions Lyons, Bruce, Pye or Eady. The latter has not been fortunate this season until quite recently, but it is pretty certain that if he came to England the experience which he gained during the last visit would bring him out as one of the best men in the team. On another page will be found the names of the team as practically decided upon. T h e follow ing anecdote is taken from the Australasian : “ When Trumble had taken eight wickets for 37 in the second innings of South Australia v. Victoria, a little eight-year old boy in the reserve said, ‘ Trumble is the best bowler I ’ve ever seen in my life ! ’ ” T a sm an ian cricketers are naturally unhappy that none of the players of the colony can be included in the Australian team this yeai, and their opinion is fairly, if a little stiffly, voiced by the Tasmanian Mail, as follows : — “ Someone, even a little more of a novice, from Queensland, or VVestralia, or Tasmania, or a New Zealander would do far more to popularise the team and give it its cos­ mopolitan interest, than where they are as now all chosen from the two larger colonies, or three at the best, and even from the financial point of view, the ever-important ‘ gate ’ standpoint, this may therefore be worth con­ sideration. It is too late for this year of course, but things are now growing a trifle stale in these tours, and it may be worth the while of promoters to consider the suggestion that in future years the unvarying monotony may be departed from with advantage from more than one point of view, and from both the British and the Australian outlooks. G eorge G iffen was out first ball twice on the same day in the match between Victoria and South Australia— the first time in his ii'e. On the Monday he was not out 18. On the Tuesday morning he played forward to his first ball, from McLeod, and was caught at mid on. In the follow -on he was promptly bowled b y Trumble. It may be mentioned that the wicket, which had been perfect, was so affected by the rain on the night as to be exceedingly difficult. ------- W it h a keen appreciation for the niceties of the English language, a native daily newspaper in Calcutta thus writes of the cricket in one of the schools: “ The gymnastic master patrols the students of the Zillah School at Jalpai- gur, every afternoon in cricket play; and, perhaps, some of the players are by this time up to the mai k of challenging a match.” A variation of the name of the Indian gentleman to whom I referred last month, appears in Sport, of Bombay. It is “ Rsjogopallachari.” The same gentlemen has also recently turned up in print in England as “ Rajagopanlebaari.’ E. G. H a ye s , the young professional who did excellent service for Surrey on occasions last summer, has been appar­ ently having a good time of it this winter in South Africa. H e has been fulfilling an engagement at Cradock’s, Cape Colony, and his performances up to the 16th of last month, of which details are given below, will show that he has been successful, more particularly with the ball. 0, and 10 wickets for 29. 161 (retired), and 4 wickets for 13. 32 and 0, and 12 wickets for 91. 30 (retired), and 7 wickets f*r 23. 51, and 6 wickets for 43. 25 and 12, and 10 wicketa for 61. The ground at Cradock is absolutely bare of turf, being simply hard sandy soil— hard as a brick. Naturally, the glare is rather trying, but the climate, though it is more often 100 degrees in the shade than under, seems to have suited Hayes who speaks, highly of the jolly time he has had, with plenty of riding, driving, and shooting. F rom an interesting description of the Junior Trophy Room at Manheim (Phila­ delphia), which appears in the American Cricketer, I take the follow ing: “ The only other piece of furniture in the room is a good-sized oak table, as simple as it can be, but as solid as a butcher’s block, and quite as heavy. It is carved on the centre o f the massive top as fo llow s: ‘ Presented to the Junior Trophy Room , as a remembrance of Robert R. Pease, by old friends, A. d . 1896.’ On this table I noted the current number of the American Cricketer, the English paper Cricket, and the old reliable Ledger I n the match between Lord Hawke’s team and Fifteen of Johannesburg, Mr. Milligan accomplished the rare feat of taking three wickets in the first over in the first innings of the home team. Only two of the wickets were taken with successive balls. T h e Rev. E. S. Burrows w rites: “ I notice a slight misprint in the account of