Cricket 1899

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E r n e s t S m it h made his reappear­ ance in the Yorkshire team last Thurs­ day, scoring 48 runs in his best style, which is always attractive, and although he was not put on to bowl until MacLaren and Tyldesley were well set he took five wickets for 90 runs. In the only other match which he had played for Yorkshire—against Hampshire on June 1, 2 and 3—he made 32 runs, and took five wickets for 68 runs in the first innings. It is a pity that he has had no chance of playing against the Australians, who do not seem to be particularly fond of fast bowling. W h e n in their second innings on Saturday at Old Trafford the Yorkshire­ men had made it absolutely certain that the match must be drawn Denton began to get near to his hundred. It seemed, however, probable that he would not have time to make the runs, for when only a minute or two remained he still wanted 11 runs. Mr. MacLaren then put himself on to bowl and gave Denton some admirably judged full pitches to leg, with the result that he was able to make three boundary hits, and stumps were drawn immediately after the over. There are, no doubt, a few people who will consider Mr. MacLaren’s action as most reprehensible, but it is hardly likely that many Yorkshire cricketers will write to the papers condemning him for un­ sportsmanlike conduct. C a p t a i n B r a d f o r d , who, after a long absence abroad, made his reappearance in the Hampshire team against the Australians was no-balled at Southamp­ ton for throwing, once by Pickett and once by White. The Captain has fallen on hard times, for there must be dozens of men playing in first-class cricket with an action far more open to question than his, who have never been marked out for destruction by an umpire. T h e running out of Worrall in the second innings of the Australians against Hampshire was one of the curiosities of the Australian tour. A ball was played towards third man by Trumble, who started to run. When he had got about half-way up the pitch he discovered that Worrall had not started. So he turned to go back. But at the last moment Worrall ran for all he was worth, and the two Australians raced up the pitch together, arriving at the crease at about the same moment. Meanwhile the ball had been thrown in at this end to the Hampshire wicket-keeper, who, although he did not take it cleanly, had lots of time to pick it up and send it to the other end. As Woirall had not beaten his companion in the race home he was of course the victim. R e s u l t s of matches between the Aus­ tralians and Warwickshire:— 1886 Edgbaston, drawn. 1888 Edgbaston, Australians won by inns and 150r. 1890 Edgbaston, Australians won by 132 runs. 1893 Edgbaston, Australians won by ten wickets. 1896 Edgbaston, Australians won by inns, and 60 r. 1899 Edgbaston, Australians won by nine wickets. Or six altogether. The Australians have won five, the county none, and one has been left unfinished. M r. A. D. T a y l o r writes:—Frequent reference has been made of late in the columns of Cricket to Mr. O. B. Pry’s curious persistency of running into the nineties, but failing to register the cen­ tury. It may prove of interest to point out that during the season of 1896, Mr. C. J. Burnup compiled scores of between 90 and 100 on no fewer than six occasions in all matches of that year in which the old Blue participated : — 98 Seniors’ Match. Cambridge. 92 Cambridge Univereity v. C. I. Thornton’s X I. 93 )|Cambridge University v. M.C.C. 94 Blackheath v. Beckenham. 92 Blackheath v. Granville. A n interesting question comes from Pittsburg, Pa., U .S .A .: “ Is it legitimate for a wicket-keeper to use a base ball glove (such as used by a ‘ catcher’ ) for wicket- keeping P It is argued by some cricketers that a wicket-keeper hampers himself thereby for stumping purposes, and, therefore, it should be left to the dis­ cretion of the captain of his side. Others argue that a wicket-keeper is bound to use the regulation wicket-keeping gloves or no gloves at all. The first argument seems feasible, but in support of the second, could not the opposing side rightfully object to its use P Kindly give me a decision on this point.” There is no such thing as a regulation wicket-keeping glove, and, as a matter of fact, every wicket-keeper has his pet style of glove. The laws would not prevent a wicket-keeper from wearing hedging gloves if he felt inclined to do so. C r ic k e t says three H . C . Kings in India is worse than two J. T. Browns in York­ shire. Divil a bit. You take it from me that Madras cricket could do with three more H . C . Kings.— Madras Timet.