Cricket 1899

316 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A ug . 3, 1899. New Pal ce Steamers,Limited. REGULAR SAILINGS FOR MARGATE and RAMSGATE, FROM OLD SWAN PIER, LONDON BRIDGE, BY “ ROYAL SOVEREIGN,” Daily except Fridays, at 9.20 a.m., with special trains from Fenchurch Street Station at 10.28 a m. RETURN FARES, LONDON AND MARGATE, 5s. First Saloon, 4s. Second Saloon, available to end of Season. “ KCHIN00R,” On and after 17th June. “ LA MARGUERITE,” On and after 28th June. “ LA BELGIQUE.” On and after 1st July. T. E. BARLOW , Director and Manager, 50, King illiam Street, E.C. GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO.’S MAGNIFICENT SALOON STEAMERS D A ILY (Sundays included) TO SOUTHEND, MARGATE, and RAMSGATE. From London Bridge W harf, 9.10 a.m .; Greenwich, 9.30 a.m .; or South Woolwich Pier, 9.50 a m. To SOUTHEND, single saloon. 2s.; season return, 3s. MARGATE or RAMSGATE, single saloon, 3s.; there ana back same day, 4s.; season return, 4s. 6d. MARGATE and RAMSGATE Yia PORT VICTORIA. 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A l r e a d y several men have got within a tantalisingly short distance of scoriiig two separate hundreds in a match this season (iu the last issue of Cricket three instances in a week were given) while Major Poore succeeded in performing the feat. The latest additions to the list of the scores of two separate hundreds in a match are Mr. W . L. Foster and Mr. R. E. Foster, whose scores for Worcester­ shire against Hampshire are as follows :— W . L. Foster, c W ebb, b Baldwin... 140 not out 172 R. E. Foster, lbw, b Steele ... ...134 not out 101 They create various new records, for no two men have accomplished the feat in the same match, or on the same days, while the names of two brothers have never appeared in the list before. M a j o r P o o r e has already scored six hundreds this season. These scores are as follows:— June 12, 13 and 14.—Hants v. Somerset, 104 and 119 not out. June 15,16 and 17.—Hants v. Lancashire, 111. June 29 and 30, and July 1.—Hants v. Surrey, 175. July 20, 21 and 22.—Hants v. Somerset (return) 304. July 27, 28 and 29.—Hampshire v. Worcestershire, 122. O f a total of 445 runs made from the bat by Kent last week in the match against Essex, two men, Mr. Mason and Mr. Le Fleming scored 223, while two other men, Mr. Day and Mr. Bumup scored 144; so that the other seven Kent batsmen between them could only account for 78 with two innings apiece. D u r in g his innings against Surrey on Tuesday morning Mr. Bradley made a cut which, if it could only be patented, would speedily become famous. He went boldly for Tom Bichardson (who was bowling at the gasworks end) and cut him into the pavilion, the ball soaring serenely over the heads of the wicket- Ikeeper and the slips. A p r e t t y little bit of fast scoring was done by a boy named M. E. Carey for Christ’s College, Finchley (under four­ teen), against Church End 8chool. He made 46 in eleven minutes, and his innings was composed of an eight and a six (off consecutive balls and both run out), a five, five 4’s, two 3’s, and a solitary single. Two stories in connections with the victory of Australia over England at Lord’s are told in the Australasian. The first is as follows :— “ The scores in the test match were being posted on Sunday morning outside The Argus office while people were on their way to church. The rush of worshippers to the Presbyterian, Congregational, and Baptist churches in Collins Street was at its greatest, and nearly every one of those who clustered about the score-boards had a bible or hymn- book under his arm. It was, no doubt, that fact which led the funny secularist of the crowd to stand on the step, extend his arms, and, in the deep conventional note of the pulpit, exclaim, ‘ Let us give thanks, oh, my brethren, for this great victory.’ ” The second story may or may not be true:— “ The service had barely opened at a lead­ ing Collins Street church on Sunday morning when a worshipper, all smiles, entered, and walking down the aisle, muttered something as he went in a tone sufficiently loudfor those sitting at the ends of the seats to hear. Those at the ends communicated the intelli­ gence to their neighbours, and in a twinkle the whole congregation was in commotion. The clergyman frowned, looked over his book, and frowned again. He was just about to break into remonstrance when the verger, as if divining his trouble, advanced and placed an open hymn-book in front of him. The effect was instantaneous. A broad smile replaced the frown, and the minister went on with the service, heedless of the seeming inattention. When he, later on, ascended the pulpit and read out his text, ‘ There is no peace, faith the Lord, unto the wicked,’ with a peculiar emphasis on the last word, they felt that the rev. gentleman knew as much as any of them. On the fly leaf of the verger’s hymn-book were found the words, ‘ Austra­ lians won by ten wickets.’ ” I n a recent match at Epsom a hit was made in the direction of the boundary, but the ball travelled so slowly that the batsmen would not trust to chance, and accordingly ran for all they were worth. In the middle of the third run the umpire signalled a boundary, but mindful of his many duties also called a short run. We do not know what the scorers did. So ingenious are the native inhabitants of India that it iBnot at all surprising to find that an inventive Hindoo has hit upon the idea of touring the country as a relative of K. S. Ranjitsinhji. For a time he lived in clover, but eventually found himself in the presence of Mr. Justice Wills at the Liverpool Assizes, with the result that he was sentenced to nine months’ imprisonment. “ An Old Harrovian” writes: “ Charles Gordon, Esq., formerly of the Manor House, Elstree, and of Grenville Place,