Cricket 1899

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Travel by the Electric Ra ilw ay— Trains every four minutes. F a r e 2 d . THOMAS C . JENKIN, G e n e r a l M a n a g e r . HASTINGS & ST. LEONARDS CRICKET WEEK, 1899. TWO GRAND MATCHES W ILL BE PLAYED ON THE CENTRAL CRICKET GROUND, HASTINGS, AS FOLLOWS : — MONDAY, TUESDAY, AND WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4th, 5th, and 6th, SOUTH OF ENGLAND Vm AUSTRALIANS. TaU R SD A Y, FR ID A Y, AND SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7th, 8th, and 9th, HOME COUNTIES V • REST OF ENGLAND. WICKETS PITCHED a t 12 o ’ c l o c k FIRST DAY OF EACH MATCH. OTHER DAYS, 11.30. A dmission to the 0 round, ONE SHILLING. Covered Grand Stand, ONE SHILLING EXTRA. C h e a p F a r e s o n S E .R . a n d L.B. & S .C .R ., a n d E x c u r s io n T r a in s w i l l r u n . TICKETS FOR THE WEEK, includiog Admission to the Ground and Reserved Seat in Grand Stand, price 10s., can now be obtained at the Central Cricket dround, Hastings, where a Plan can be seen; these Tickets must be obtained not later than Saturday, September 2ad. 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T he great success of Bradley and Burnup as bowlers in the Kent match against the Australians at Canterbury last week reminds one that fine bowling rather than fine batting has generally been the cause of the victories of Kent over the Australians in former years. As will be seen by the data given below, Kent have won on five occasions. In 1884, Alec Heame, by his fine bowling, had much to do with the success of his side. In 1886 Wootton was the chief agent in the victory; in 1887 Martin bowled splendidly, but L. A. Hamilton, 117 not out, had much to do with Kent’s success; in 1893 Alec Hearne and Walter Wright got rid of the Australians in the second innings for 60 runs, and Kent won a most unexpected victory. O n Saturday, Abel, Hayward and Fry all brought their totals for the season to over two thousand runs, and have thus not been long in following Ranjitsinhji. The most likely man to be fifth on the list is Townsend with 1,886, while Tyldesley is at 1,612, and Major Poore at 1,551—the latter has only had about half the number of innings of any of the others, and owing to military duties may not be able to play again this season. A b e l has now for five years in succes­ sion made over 2,000 runs in a season. His record from 1895 is as follows:— 1895 ....... 2,057runs ........ Average 44’33 1896 ....... 2,218runs ........ Average 42 34 1£97 ....... 2,099runs ........ Average 44 31 1898 ....... 2,053runs ........ Average 4875 1899 ....... 2,024runs ........ Average 50’6 N o t h in g which has occurred during a season remarkable for great performances with the bat can be compared with the doings of the Surrey team when they went in on Friday against an inn­ ings of 704 by Yorkshire. It was against all theory for them to leave off on very nearly equal terms, for they ought to have been so weary with long fielding as to collapse more or less promptly in the first innings. In the Yorkshire innings Hirst and Wainwright put on 340 in three hours and a-half while they were in partnership ; in the Surrey innings Abel and Hayward went one better by making 448 in six hours—the second highest partnership in first-class cricket, the highest being the 554 of Brown and Tunnicliffe last year against Derbyshire at Chesterfield. A f t e r the splendid stand made by Hayward and A b e l, a collection in the Oval realised £72 14s. for the two Surrey professionals. It has been pointed out that it occurred to nobody to make a collection for Hirst and Wainwright, who had also made a long stand. But quite apart from the fact that the two former were merely flogging tired bowling when their side was in a most comforting posi­ tion, whereas the two latter were fighting against desperate odds, it seems a little hard to condemn a crowd for not starting out on an absolutely new line for them­ selves in which human nature was not to have a place. S ix t e e n years ago an eleven, composed entirely of members of the Le May family, played eleven Lamberts at Horsmonden. On August 10th this year eleven Le Mays played at Lamberhurst against a team got together by Mr. George Angus, and won very handsomely. The score of the match will be found on another page.