Cricket 1899

322 CRICKETj: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A ug . 3, 1899. TH E OUTLOOK IN AM E R IC A . B y P e r c y H. C la r k , in t h b American Cricketer. As yet no international matches, with the exception of the annual fixture with Canada, have been arranged for this Pall. In the spring there was some talk about having the Australians over, but they are such a strong team that it is doubtful whether we want them, even if they are willing to come. It would undoubtedly be better to have a team with which we could play a good even game than one like the Australian team of this year, that would be almost certain to give us a bad thrashing. We have had an international match every year now since 1891. There has been a great deal of keen competition for the Philadelphia team, and the action of the committee in choosing the team has been watched with great interest. This year the competition has become keener than ever, owing to the fact that there are more vacancies in the team to be filled than ever before. There is a generation of young cricketers coming to the front who are demanding recognition, and who have earned a right to a trial. The committee cannot overlook these men, and their task this year will be more difficult than it ever was before. Looking back for the last ten years, we will see that every year there were at leaBt seven or eight men who were certain of a place in the team, and there were not more than six or seven other men who were likely to be chosen to fill the other three or four vacant places. This year the outlook is very different. In all Philadelphia I do not suppose there are more than three cricketers who can be said to be sure of a place in this year’s team. King, of course, would be chosen by everybody, as would Scattergood and Bates. Outside of these three there are a great number of others who have played before and who are likely to have a place this year; for instance, Wood, Cregar, Townsend, Coates, H . C. Thayer, Walter Tbaver, Adams, E. D. Brown, P. H. Clark, Noble, H . I. Brown, Graves, H. L. Clark, and Morton. In competition with these men, and driving them hard, we find such cricketers as W . E. Good- mnn, Climenson, Jones, Freeland, Sharp- less, and W . S. Hinchman. Thus for the eight vacant places in the Philadelphia team I have named twenty candidates. I have given this list of names simply to show the number of good cricketers we have here, and to give some idea of the keen competition that will be stirred up among them if an English team should be brought to this country this Pall. There is, however, another reason for bringing over a team, and I am not sure that it is not the most important reason of all, namely, for the sake of having a colts’ match. This match has played an important part in the inter­ national cricket of the last two years, and it is almost entirely owing to the encouragement and opportunities given by this match that such promising young cricketers as I have enumerated in the above list have been developed. If we do not have a colts’ match this Pall the cricket of Philadelphia will be over to a great extent with the end of the Halifax Cup season, on the 29th of July. If we do have a match there will be thirty or forty men playing hard all summer in the hope of being chosen to play in one of the teams in the Fall. I am a great believer in the Fill matches, and it the Cricket Committee of the Associated Clubs lies dormant any longer and allows more valuable time to pass without action on their part in the direction of bringing over an English team, I think they will lay themselves open to just criticism and censure. I believe that owing to the uncertainty in the composition of the teams this Fall and the large number of candidates for a trial, that international matches this year would do more good than ever before; that is, they would do good to a greater number of cricketers. CLAPTON v. SOUTH W OO D FO KD .-Played at South W oodford on July 29. S o u t h "W o o d f o r d . T.Farnfield, b Jenkins 14 H .A.H ants, b Jenkins 11 G. Farnfleld, lbw, b Genders ...................25 G. W iggins, b Cooper 0 H . Farnfield, b Cooper 8 T. Coates, b Cooper ... 3 G. England, xun out... 0 P. Farnfield, c Nelson, b Genders ........... W.Maughfling,notout Wright, b Genders ... A . Feath. b Genders B 4, lb 1 Total... C l a p t o n . S. Genders, c P., b G. F arn fleld...................16 F. Jenkins, b W iggins 17 H. B. Hugill, b T. F arn fleld.................. 6 J. Roberts, lbw, b T. Farnfleld.................. 0 P. Griffey, run out ... 0 J.H.Hugill, b Wiggins 50 C. Nelson, b H. Fam - fie ld ...........................14 E Richardson, c and b P. Farnfleld ... ... 8 A.Renals,bP.Farnfleld 4 W. Cooper, b W right 17 A.J.Chapman, not out 0 B 5, lb 2 ........... 7 T otal...........139 J. C. LO VELL’S X I. v. MALDEN WANDERERS. - Played at New Malden on July 15. M a l d h n W a n d e r e r s . A. G. Rough ,b Candler 23 E. A . Bush, b J. Lovellll6 G.H.H.Briggs,cMoun- tain, b Robinson ... 28 B.H M.Smith,b Flindt 12 C. Nettleton,bJ.Loyell 5 G. H . New, not out... 19 W .St. John Claus, run out .......................... 5 A . Jennings, not out 16 B 13, lb 3 ...........16 ITotal (6 wkts)*240 * Innings declared closed. J. C. L o v e l l ’ s X I. C.H.Mountain,bSmith 13 J. P. Candler, b Bush 30 H. Robinson, b Smith 8 N. West, b 8mith ... 0 J.S.Lovell,retired hurt 0 E. G. Langton, c New, b Smith .................. 3 W .H . Golds,cVickary, b Smith ................... 4 E. D. Lovell, b Smith 10 G. A. Ring,not o u t... 9 S. H. Flindt, b Smith 39 H. Tidy, b Smith ... 0 B 4, lb 2, w 1 ... 7 Total ...118 GOLDSMITHS’ INSTITUTE (2) v. IBIS (2).— Played at Dulwich on July 29. IB I8. H. Froom, b Good ... 0 H.W .Herkins.b Tolley 6 P. Lazzell, b Tolley ... 0 P. Humm, b Tolley ... 2 B 14, lb 2 ...........16 C. Clinton, b Joanes .. E. J. Bogers, b Green A . Alexander, b Green C.Roberts.lbw.b Green H. Dickenson, not out C. Horseley, lbw, b Joanes ................... 0 Total A . R. May, run out .. 39 G o l d s m it h s ’ I n s t it u t e . .. 172 H. Holmes, not o u t... 11 A . Baldwin, c Alexan­ der, b Dickens^ n ... 8 R. L. Whitestone, b Dickenson ........... 0 W . H. J anes, c Clin­ ton, b Dickenson ... 0 S.R.Beat, b Alexander 10 W .A . Stanton, b Dick­ enson ... ...................16 E J. Lander, b Alex- a L d er.........................4 J. A . T. Good, not out 16 B 5, lb 2, nb 1 ... 8 Total (6 wkts) 73 J. C. Green, E. M, Thompson and E. B. Tolley did not bat. CLAPTON v. SOUTH HAM PSTBAD.—Played at Clapton on July 29. S o u t h H a m p s t e a d . W . Couchman, b Dyke 31 P. Slater, b Dyke ... 22 J. Lambert, c Chiches­ ter, b Goodwin ... 22 C. Vandervill, b Dyke 10 T. Orgias.b Chichester 41 A. Houghton c W ig­ gett. b Harding ... 37 P. Gilliard, c Star ley, b Chiches!er ...........14 C. Parrett, c Stanley, b Chichester............ 9 F. Linacott, b Chichester ............ 5 H. Brousman, not out ..............................14 B14, lb l, w l ...1 6 Total .. 221 C l a p t o n . J. L. Tate, not out ... 60 J. Wiggett, c and b Houghton...................11 F. Boys, b Houghton 6 W. Goodwin.b Hough­ ton .......................... 5 H. Chichester, b Couchman ...........26 A. J. Dyke, not out... 6 B yes......................... 12 Total (4 wkts) 125 F. Harding, Dr. Ladell, G. Stanley, F. A . Roddick and R . Walbancke did not bat. LLOYD ’ S REGISTER v. CHAMPION H IL L.— Played at Honor Oak on July 22. L l o y d ’ s R e g is t e r . C.H.Bradshaw, c Har­ vey, b Walker...........31 J. R. Boxall, b Harvey 1 A . S. H ill, b Harvey... 0 J. A . Flower, b Bates 2 S. A . Hill, c and b Sarjeant .................. 24 M. F. Alexander, run out ........................... 5 R. Oliver, b Serjeant A . S. Martin, run out W . Attridge, run out A. J. Barwick, lbw, b Walker ................... J. H. Sandall, not out B 5, lb 9 ........... Total... C h a m p io n H il l . A. Leech, b Bradshaw 9 J.Harvey,b Alexander 1 F. Sarjeant, c Sandall, b Bradshaw .........10 W .Dowdell, b Alexan­ der .......................... 0 H.A.Bates,bAlexander 7 F. Thompson, b Brad­ shaw .......................... 6 A. Spratley, c Oliver, b S. A. H ill ...........11 J.Walker, bBradshaw 4 H. Boyes, b Bradshaw 0 W . Brown, not out ... 11 Total . 59 FOREST H ILL v. NORWOOD.—Played at Norwood on July 29. F o r e s t H il l . F. W oodford, c Black­ ford, b Austin...........20 C. Moore, retired hurt 6 B. Batcheler, c Nelson, b Austin ...................14 C. G. Hill, c Hollands, b Austin ................... 7 C. F. Phillips, b Lewin 4 H . Lanham, b Austin 4 C. G. Welchman, b Lewin ................... 5 E. H. Saberton, b Armstrong ...........20 N. Reichert, b Nelson 5 P. Gibbon, b Hallam 17 F.Skipper, notout ... 23 E x tras................... 8 T ota l...........133 N o r w o o d . F. H. Nelson, b W elch­ man .......................... 9 S. Hollands, b Phillips 3 H.Armstrong.bPhillips 1 W . Austin, not out... 49 F. S. Hallam, b Bat­ chelor.......................... 4 H. Blackford, run out 8 S. F. Hepburn, b Bat­ chelor ................... H . Lewin, b Phillips W . V . Gatty, c W ood­ man, b Phillips ... G. Spencer, not ou t... E x tras................... Total (8 wkts) 100 S. Ellis did not bat. LONDON & WESTM INSTER BAN K v. UNION BANK.—Played at Beckenham on July 24, 25 and 26. L o n d o n & W e s t m in st e r B a n k . A. Podmore, b Christi- son ..........................11 C. A. Snell, c and b Sim on.........................27 C. J. Bowman, not out 100 W.Bradbery,bLondon 35 A. G. Gough, not out 28 B 2, lb 2, nb 1 ... 5 Total (3 wkts)*206 S. Bowman, H. O. Manfleld, L. Pitt-Brook, J. M. Allcock, J. Bradbery and C. C. Simpson did not bat. * Innings declared closed. U n io n B a n k . G. Simon, b Simpson 16 Summers, st Pitt- Brook, b Snell......... 4 Woodbiidge, lbw, b S n e ll..........................26 S J. Chtistison, c and b Simpson ........... 3 Parsons, c Simpson, b 8 n e ll................. 13 W . Simon, c and b S. Bowman .................... 2 W tstoby, st Pitt- Brook, b Snell ... 0 Hughes, not out ... 15 Rot erts, st Pitt- Brook, b Simpson... 18 S!ewart, st Pitt- Brook, b Snell London, not out B 10, lb 2, nb 2 Total......... .. 5 .. 1 .. 14 . 117