Cricket 1899

A ug . 17, 1899 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 351 Club : its Diamond Jubilee, 1839—1899.” Collectors desirous of obtaining a copy can do so only through Mr. Taylor him­ self at Clifton Villa, West Brighton. The book is very neatly got up and contains records of Sussex cricket which are as complete as human ingenuity can make them. F bank W . R alston , the wicket-keeper of the last Philadelphian team which visited England, and now a most con­ sistent scorer in the “ Daisies” eleven, has received his commission as second lieutenant in the army. His appointment comes as a result of his good record made in Battery A during the late war with Spain. So popular was the Australian match at Canterbury that on Thursday, Friday and Saturday the crowds were the largest on record for the Week. The numbers are as follows :— Number paid. Total. Monday ................... 5,101 ........... 6,260 Tuesday ................... 3,723 ........... 6,481 Wednesday ........... 1,243 ........... 2,099 Thur day ................... 13,110 ........... 17,021 F riday.......................... 6,165 ........... 7,711 Saturday ................... 2,415 ........... 3,383 Grand Total 31,767 ........... 41,955 A t the beginning of the month an eleven of the Belmont Club started from Philadelphia on a tour through Canada and the Middle West to play the follow­ ing :— August 7th. Cleveland Cricket Club. August 8th. Detroit Cricket Club. August 9th. Chatham Cricket Club. August 10th. Hamilton Cricket Club. August lllh and 12th. All Toronto, at Rosedale. August 14th. Ottawa Cricket Club. August 15th. McGill University. August 16th and 17th. All Montreal. August 18th. Quebec Cricket Club. The eleven is a very strong one, repre­ senting .Belmont’s full strength, and is composed of the following men:—J. B. King, E. M. Cregar, C. 11. Hinchman, W . S. Hinchman, F. L. Altemus, E. K. Leech, H . P. Statzell, G. T. Morgan, A. M. Wood. F. Morgan, G. W . Statzell and E. B. Watson. E n g l a n d ’ s total of 576 at the Oval is the highest everobtainedin a “ test ” match in this country, beating the 551 by the Australians, at the Oval, fifteen years ago. It has once been exceeded in the Colonies, the Australians scoring 586 in the match at Sydney in December, 1894, which, owing to an opportune fall of rain, Stoddart’s team won by ten runs. The 676 is the biggest score ever made against the Australians in any match in Eugland, the previous best being 558 by Lord Londesborough’s eleven at Scarborough in September, 1886. J. B. King didn’t get a single German­ town wicket on the Fourth, says Cricket Club L ife (Philadelphia). He bowled 78 balls for 55 runs and nary a wicket. It was certainly an unusual record for the “ demon,” but throughout the month King has been most unsuccessful with the sphere. Some time ago, in pitching a base ball, he hurt his shoulder, and his bowling arm has, temporarily at least, lost its cunning. But as a batsman he improves every day, and the general verdict is that he is to-day the best bat that this country ever produced. The teams which were chosen to play in the international match between Canada and the United States on August 7, 8 and 9 at Toronto, are as follows :— U n ited S tates : P. II. Clark, W . L. Freeland, N. Z. Graves, jun., F. H. Bates and W . P. O’Neill, of Germantown; H. C. Thayer, J. H . Scattergood ani W . S. Hinch­ man, of Merion; W . E. Goodman, S. G. Climenson and J H. Mason, of Philadelphia, with J. N. Henry (Germantown) as substitute. C anada : H. B. McGiverin, M. G. Bris- towe, A. G. Chambers, W . H. Cooper, J. H. Forrester, P. C. Goldingham, J. 41. Laing, G. S. Lyon, H. C. Hill, I). W . Saunders and W . E. McMurtry, with J. L. Counsell, W . C. Baker and J. L. Summerville as substitutes. I f one may judge from the following remarks in the Australasian some of the local newspapers in India must be extremely enterprising: — “ We present our readers with portraits of Major Wardill, the manager, and Mr. J. Darling, the captain, of the Australian team,” announced a leading Indian newspaper. The Major, according to the picture, is a youth of some twenty summers of the type common in tailors’ fashion plates. Old Indian officers who have been fighting and dying (from dyspepsia) for a quarter of a century look enviously at the young exquisite, and say, “ What! that a major; must be a ripping good country for a soldier.” About Darling’s portrait there can be no mistake at all. It is too obviously a left-over advertisement block of one Professor Kichard, an electric healer known in Melbourne. The paper— having, I suppose, looked up its reserves in medical blocks and fashion plates—announces that portraits of other Australian cricketers will appear in future issues. C apt . G beig , who last season scored a great many runs in India, made 178 for Poona Gymkhana against Ahmednagar on July 22. F kom India I leam that the eleven which was to represent Bombay Presi­ dency against the Parsis on Aug. 12 and 13 was likely to include most of the following :—Captain Greig, Mr. Jar- dine, Lieutenant Douglas, Mr. H . Cheet- ham, Mr. Bond, R.A., and Mr. B. J. B. Stephens, Lieutenant Wood, West Yorks Regiment, Mr. Sinclair and Mr. Raikes. The match was won by the Presidency, but of course I have no details of it as yet. I f the Australians are perfectly satisfied with the net results of the matches against England this season, it is quite cer'ain that Englishmen will not begrudge them their satisfaction, for if the five matches prove anything, it is that cricket in England can still more than hold its own. But the impossibility of getting a definite result from the matches without playing them out or doing away with the follow-on rule is more than ever evident after the last two games. F o k t h e b e n e f i t o f o u r f o r e i g n a n d c o l o n i a l r e a d e r s , t h e C o u n t y C h a m p i o n ­ s h i p t a b l e ( u p t o t o - d a y ) is a p p e n d e d : — Pts. Finished Per- P . W . L . D . in g a m e s ce n ta g e Y o r k s h ir e ...............25 ..1 3 . 3 . 9 10 16 .. 62 50 L a n c a s h ir e ..... 21 .1 2 3 . 6 ... 9 15 .. 60'00 S u r r e y .........................20 .. 7 . 2 1 1 .. 5 9 .. 55*5 > M id d le se x ............. 14 ... 9 3 .. 2 .. 6 12 .. 50 0 ) S u s s e x ........................17 ... 5 4 8 .. 1 9 .. 11 11 E sse x .........................1 7 ... 6 . 5 6 1 I t ... 9-C9 N ottn .........................1 3 ... 2 .. 2 .. 9 .. 0 4 .. — W a rw ick sh ire 14 ... 2 ... 4 8 .. — 2 6 .. — 3 3 ‘3 * H a m p s h ir e ..... 15 .. 3 .. 5 .. 7 ... — 2 8 ..— 25 00 G lo u ce ste rs h ire .1 7 ... 4 ... 6 ... 7 ... — 2 10 ... — 20 00 K e n t ... ... .;,1 4 .. 3 . . 7 ... 4 . . — 4 10 .. — 10 0 > W o rce s te rsh ire .. 10 ... 1 .. 4 .. 5 .. — 3 5 .. — 60 00 L e ice s te rs h ire . 16 ... 2 ... 8 .. 6 .. — 6 10 ... — 60 0 ) D e r b y s h ir e .............15 ... 2 ... 8 .. 6 ... — 6 10 ... — 60*00 S o m e rse t .............. 14 .. 1 8 .. 5 ... — 7 9 .. — 77 77 T h e fix tu re . L a n ca sh ire v . K e n t (M a y 22. e tc .), a b a n d o n e d w ith o u t a b a ll b e in g b o w le d , is n o t re ck o n e d in th e a b o v e , w h ils t th e m a tch , W a r w ic k ­ sh ire v . K e n t (M a y 25, e tc .), w a s p o s tp o n e d u n til t o d a y ( A u g u s t 17, e tc .). T h e o ffic ia l m e th o d o f c a lc u la tio n is as fo llo w s : A p o in t is r e ck o n e d fo r ea ch w in a n d a p o in t d e d u cte d f o r e a ch d e fe a t. U n fin ish e d g a m e s a re le ft o u t o f th e r e ck o n in g e n tir e ly , a n d th e c o u n ty w h ic h d u rin g th e sea son sh a ll h a v e o b ta in e d in fin ish ed m a tch e s th e g re a te st p ro p o r tio n a te n u m b e r o f p o in ts is r e ck o n e d th e c h a m p io n c o u n ty . T h e following are some of the latest hundreds:— J U L Y . 22. C a p t. G r e ig , P o o n a G y m k h a n a v . A h m e d ­ n a g a r ..........................................................................................178 A U G U S T . 7. A . E . S to d d a rt, H a m p ste a d v . S . H a m p s te a d 154 8. R . O . S ch w a rz , I n c o g n iti v . L a n sd o w n ... 201* 9. A . E . S to d d a rt. H a m p ste a d v . G n a ts ...............126* 10. F . G . J . F o r d , M fD nLRSR X v . G l o u c e s t e r ... 15H 10. F . A . P h il l ip s , S o m e r se t v . S u ss e x ...............163 10. S . M . J . W o o d s , S o m e r se t v . S u ssk x .............109 10. M a j o r R .M .P o o r e , H a m ps h ir e v . L e ic b b t e r 157 11 K il l ic k . S u sse x v . S o m e r s e t .................................. 117 11 W a in w iiig h t , Y o KSHiaK v . S u r r e y ...............228 11. B ir s t , Y o r k sh ir e v . S u r r e y .............. ...............I8ti 11. R . O . S ch w a rz, I n c o g n iti v . E x m o u t h ...............140 11. W . G . G r ic e , L o n d o u C o u a ty v . E a lin g .. 100* 12. A b e l . S u r r e y v . Y o r k s h ir e ....................................193 12. H a y w a r d , m u r r e y v . Y o r k s h ir e ..........................273 12. Q u a if e (W .G .), W a r w ic k v . W o r c e s t e r . 119* 12. C . B . F ry -, S u ss e x v . S o m e r se t ..........................162 12. C a p t . E . R . B r a d f o r d , H a n t s , v . L e ic e s ie r 102 12. H . H . M a r r io t t , .L e ic e st e r v . H a m ps h ir e 101 * 12. S . B o w m a n , L .a n d W . B a n k v . C o u tts’ B a n k 121* 12. J .M .C a m p b e ll, C ry sta l P a la ce v .N o r b u r y P k . 131 12. A .E .S to d d a r t, H a m p s te a d v . L .a n d W .B a n k 130 12. F . d e L . S o lb e , B ick le y P * r k v . B la ck h e a th lu(.* 12. K . R o b in s o " , J . C . L o v e ll’s X I . v . B .W .C .C . 129* 12. .T. G iffo r d . K e n n ir g to n P a rk v . G r y p h o n s ... 105 14. H a y w a r d , E n g l a n d v . A u s t r a l ia ............. 137 14. F . S . J a c k s o n , E n g l a n d v . A u s t k a l ia ... 118 14. H ir s t , Y o r k sh ir e v . H a m p s h ir e .............. . 131 14. E S m it h . Y o r k s h ir e v . H a m p s h ir e ...............129 15. W . T ro u p , G l o u c e st e r sh ir e v . W a r w ic k 108* 15. F .H .B .C h a m p a in . G l o u c s s t e r v . W a r w ic k 123 16. S . E . G r e g o r y , A u s t r a l ia v . E n g l a n d ... 117 — . A . B ro w n , B r o o k ly n v . K in g ’s C o ., S t. G e o . 100* * S ig n ifie s n o t o u t. A N S W E R S T O C O R R E S P O N D E N T S . C . P h il c o x .— W e a re g re a tly o b lig e d . G e o r g e H . B la k e (D o n ca ste r) — T h a n k s . W e h a v e seen a ll th e a n e c d o te s, e tc ., b e fo r e . M o s t o f th e m h a v e a p p e a re d in Cricket . GRAN VILLE (Lee) v. HARPENDEN.—Played at Lee on July 28. H a r p e n d e n . W .H .M arsh, b Austin 18 F. Fie.d. b Godfrey 73 F. H. K. Mardall, b Austin ................. 20 L.R.Glover, c Lincoln, b Godfrey.................. 20 C. E. 8ell, c Summers, b Brown ................... 0 B. Jarman, b Godfrey 6 J .W .K idman,cMorri8, b H avers.................. 28 A. J. Higgins, b God­ frey ........................... 8 F. H. Wilkinson, c Godfrey, b Brown 3 A. E. Bandy, b Havers 23 J. M. Sharpe, not out 4 B 6 , lb 3 ........... 9 Total ...212 P. P. Lincoln, c Sharp, b Bandy .................. 8 W. Morris, b Bandy .. 35 L. R. Havers, b Field 44 C. J. M. Godfrey, b Glover ...................69 G r a n v i l l e (Lee). W . Austin, not out ... 79 T. H. Summers, b Sell 3 F. E. Lander, not out 15 B 14, lb 8, w 1, nb 1 24 Total (5 wkts.)277 E. J. Brown, K. Perks, F. E. Glover and A . R. Layman did not bat.