Cricket 1899

A tjg . 3, 1899. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 317 1 South Kensington, died on July 27th, 1899, at the residence of his son at St. Dunstan’s, Woburn Road, Bedford, aged 84. He was a celebrity at cricket in his youth, and one of the best in the then famous Clapton Club, being a capital hitter, a slow round-armed bowler, good field, and an energetic cricketer alto­ gether. In 1843 he was asked to assist the Gentlemen v. the Players in then- annual contest at Lord’s, but could not come. A few lines about this famous amateur will be found in the “ Cricket Scores and Biographies,” Yol III., p. 75. T h e last five innings made b y W . G. Quaife against Hampshire are as follows : —Not out 178 ; not out 136 ; 99 ; not out 117; not out 207; total for one com­ pleted innings, 737. U n d e r the title of “ The Maharajah of Patiala on the Frontier ” a book has been written by Shumshere Singh, his High­ ness’s private secretary. In his intro­ duction the author disclaims any attempt at literary polish, and states that he confines himself to describing “ the hard work undergone by the Maharajah in the Frontier wars, and the high honours which followed.” Everyone knows that the Maharajah is the Indian Prince who engaged Brockwell and J. T. Hearne to coach his team. Ir the weather continues to be fine the Canterbury Cricket Week, which is now to close upon us, can hardly help being a greater success than ever. The Lanca­ shire match has become so popular that it is retained on the programme, while the Australians, of course, make their appearance duiing the Week. It is very teldom indeed, even in bad times, that the Kent eleven does not appear at its best at Canterbury, and this year, with a fast bowler who commands respect everywhere, and a good many useful changes, and with a very strong batting team, the famous old county ought to give an excellent account of itself. T h e Old Stagers will open their 58th season at the Canterbury Theatre on Monday evening with “ A Golden Wedding,” a one-act comedy by Eden Phillpots and Charles Groves, and Sidney Grundy’s adaptation of Alexandre Dumas’s well-known comedy, “ A Mar­ riage of Convenience.” This programme will be repeated on Thursday, while on Tuesday and Friday the programme will comprise the first productions of “ Sylvia’s Exchange,” anew and original comedietta by Mr. Lawrence Olde, O.S., and “ The Philanthropist,” a three-act comedy by Jerome K . Jerome and Eden Phillpotts. A t Belmont, Faversham, on Saturday, Lord and Lady Harris celebrated their silver wedding. The proceedings took the form of a garden party, and the attendance numbered close upon 500. During the afternoon the ladies of the neighbourhood gave Lord and Lady Harris four silver gilt fruit dishes; the tenants, a large embossed silver salver and an illuminated address; the East Kent Yeomanry, a large silver bow l; while other presents were received from the villagers of Throwley and the em­ ployees on the estate. Lord Harris made a suitable reply, in the course of which he said that all these signs of kind remembrance and affection made himself and Lady Harris very happy among old friends. Many letters of congratulation were received. A little earlier in the month Lord Harris scored 103 not out for Band of Brothers v. Royal Artillery. T h e list of hundreds made by English­ men against the Australians is still increasing, and is now as follows : — F. H. B. Champain, for Oxford University ... 120 L. J. Moon, for Cambridge University ...........138 T. L. Taylor, for Cambridge University ...........110 Brown (J. T., Driffield), for Yorkshire ...........166 Hayward (T.), for England, at Manchester ... 130 Hearne (A.), for Dr. Grace’s Eleven ...................168 Braund, for Dr. Grace’s Eleven ...........................125 Hayes, for Surrey .................................................. 131 C. B. Fry, for Sussex..................................................181 Killick, for Sussex .................................................. 106 M e a n w h il e the Australiaans are not standing still, and their list of hundreds is as follows :— AUSTRALIANS. S. E. Gregory, v. S. of England (Crystal Palace) 124 M. A. Noble, v. S. of England (Crystal Palace) 105* M. A . Noble, v. Oxford University ...................100* J. Darling, v. Oxford U niversity.......................... 106* C. Hill, v. M.C.C. and Ground ................ ... 132 C. Hill, v. Cambridge U niversity..........................160 S. G. Gregory, v. Cambridge University ...........102 J. Worrall, v. Y orkshire..........................................104 C. Bill, v. England (2nd match) .................. ... 136 V. Trumper, v. England (2nd m atch)...................135* J. Worrall, v. Leicestershire........... ...................100* H. Trumble, v. Derbyshire ...................................100 M. A . Noble, v. Derbyshire ...................................156 J . J. Darling, v. D erbyshire................................. 134* V. Trumper, v. Gloucestershire ...........................104 J. Worrall, v. Sussex..................................................128 V. Tiumper, v. Sussex .......................................... 800* J. Darling, v. M.C.C. and Ground ...................128 * Signifies not out. W e are indebted to Mr. Francis Cunynghame for the following interest­ ing statistics of wicket-keeping duiing the present year up to Saturday last:— Stumped. Caught. Total. Huish ........... ........... 3 ... ... 47 ... ... 50 Butt ........... ........... 6 .. ... 34 ... ... 40 Lilley ........... ........... 8 ... ... 28 ... ... 36 Board ........... ........... 15 ... ... 20 ... ... 35 H unter........... ........... 7 ... ... 27 ... ... 34 Smith ........... .......... 4 ... ... 30 ... ... 34 W ood ........... ........... 4 ... ... 30 ... ... 34 R u ssell........... ........... 8 ... ... 25 ... ... 33 I n a recent match at Great Yarmouth a ball was bowled which hit the batsman on the heel of his boot, with the result that a piece of leather was broken off and driven un to the wicket, knocking off a bail. On appeal the batsman was given out, the umpire doubtless considering that the piece of leather was a part of hig dress. But, as we said a week or two ago with reference to a piece of a bat, we fail to seo how a piece of leather can be an article of a man’s dress when he is not actually wearing it—and he certainly was not wearing it when it hit the stumps. O n Monday Albert Trott, when playing for the M.C.C. against the Australians, had the pleasure of hitting a ball over the pavilion at Lord’s, a feat which, I believe, has never before been accomplished. The ball went just over the roof, hit a chimney behind it, and disappeared for the time being. The bowler was Noble, who had the satisfaction of disposing of Trott a minute or two afterwards. Trott had already made two or three enormous hits in the same innings to get his eye in. T h e following pathetic appeal from Mr. E. H . Maycock, Cardiff, will find an echo in the hearts of many of our readers : — “ Please give an example in your next how the proportionate percentage is arrived at in the county championship table, as I and many others are quite unable to make it out. For example :— Points. Percentage. K ent..........................................- 3 ... — 33 33 Warwickshire ... —3 ... —100*00 How do they get at this ? ” [With regard to the abjve question, we have often pointed out that only mathematicians of great cleverness—such as Senior Wranglers—ought to venture to grapple with the problem which has baffled Mr. Maycock. And yet it is very simple when you get into the swing of it. The worst of it is that whenever you start afresh to work out the percentages you forget what you did the last time to arrive at a satisfactory conclusion, and we may say that it was only after a desperate struggle that we found how it was done. The way to set about the matter is this :—You take a county. You subtract the number of matches lost by it from the number of matches won. Suppose that the result is 5, and that 16 finished matches have been played. You divide the result of the subtrac­ tion sum by the number of matches finished— that is to say, you divide 5 by 16, and, if you understand decimals, you get your percentage. If Mr. Maycock wants to know why this arrangement gives the percentage, we must most reluc­ tantly refer him to some Cambridge professor or other. It is much too hot for ordinary mortals to puzzle out such things.—Ed.] A t lunch time on Monday Banjitsinhji wanted three runs to complete his second thousand, but immediately after play was resumed he made a hit for three off Trumble. He has now twice reached the second thousand in a eeason, the first time being in 1896, when his total was 2,780, the highest ever made. In that year he scored his two thousandth run on August 6th, so that he is now well ahead of time. T h is week some more names have to be added to the list of scorers of a thousand runs. The complete list up to to-day is now as follow sEanjitsinhji (over 2,000), Abel, Hayward, Townsend, Noble, Tyldesley, Jackson, J. T. Brown, Alec Heame, C. B. Fry, Storer, Mitchell, Brockwell, Major Poore, Perrin, W . G. Quaife, Trumper, Ward, Bumup, Shrews­ bury, W . Gunn, Danton, Tunnicliffe and Darling. Meanwhile, the next men who