Cricket 1899

CONTENTS OF VOL. XVIII. Aggregate Scores of700 or more in Australia .. .. .. .. 37 Answers to Correspondents— 11, 44, 60, 123, 155, 172, 186, 205, 223, 254, 270, 286, 303, 319, 324, 351, 367,’ 383, 398, 414, 447. Articles — A. E. Johns and the Australian Tour .. .. .. .. 462 American Cricket of To-day, 409, 46 7 Appreciation of the Australians, A n .......................................194 As others see us .. .. .. 356 Australian Cricketers in England 291 AustralianCriticisms on the Team 92 Australian Team of 1899, The .. 8-3 Bowler on Bowling, A .. .. 28 Boyhood of Famous Cricketers, T h e .......................... 123, 335 Chat about the Australians of 1899, A .......................... 389 Coaching and Youngsters in America .. .. .. 71 Considerations of the Australian Team, Some .. .. .. 78 Contrasts .. .. .. .. 424 CountryMatch in South Africa, A 61 County Season, The .. .. 393 Cricket by Compartments .. 454 Curiosities of 1898 .. .. 11 Curiosities of First-class Cricket 14, 29, 44, 51 Darling on the Australian Tour 473 Dead Ball, The .. .. .. 334 English Team in Holland, An .. 410 English Team to Grand Canary, The First Visit of an .. 44 Keats, Facts, and Figures of 1899 423, 439, 455, 471 “ First-class” Fixture, A .. 336 First-class Season of 1899, The 410 First-class Season of 1898-9 in Australia, The .. .. 101 Flowers of American Critic.’sm .. 468 How they got out .. .. 454 Incogniti Club in 1899, The, by “ R.T.” .. .. . . 4 1 4 Is English Cricket Decaying ? .. 355 Jack and the Beanstalk .. .. 139 Jeux de Rois en Exil .. .. 452 Kidnapping of Popper, The .. 54 Ladies’ Cricket Match, A .. 324 Lord Harris and the Children .. 438 Lord Sandhurst and Cri.ket in India .. .. ' .. .. 438 Modem Cricket .. .. .. 407 New South Wales and South Australia .. .. .. 478 Old London Cricket Grounds .. 67 Our Leading Cricketers—Sum­ mary of Five Years with Bat, Ball, and Fingers .. 426 Outlook in America, The .. 322 Prince Ranjitsinhji in 1899 .. 433 Prince Ranjitsinhji’s Tour .. 432 Proposed Indian Cricket Team for England .. .. .. 91 Reminiscences .. .. .. 70 f ussex Records, 1899 .. .. 436 Tasmanian Criticism, A .. 409 The Australian Eleven, by J. Phillips (from Australasian) 463 Veteran Cricketer, A .. .. 441 When I was Captain .. 39, 55 Why the Americans failed .. 468 Australians— v. An England X I. .. 148, 265 v. Cambridge University .. 197 v. C. 1. Thornton’s X I. .. .. 394 v. Derbyshire .. ., .. 239 v. Dr. Grace’ s X I. .. .. 297 v. England.. 181, 217, 249, 287, 352 v. Essex .. .. .. .. 133 v. Gloucestershire .. 281, 361 Australians (continued)— v. Hampshire v. Kent v. Lancashire .. .. 165, v. Leicestershire v. M.C.C. and Ground .. 187, v. Middlesex v. Midland Counties v. Notts v. Oxford Past and Present v. Oxford University v. Somerset v. South of England (Crystal Palace) 123, (Hastings) v. Surrey .. .. .. 140, v. Sussex .. ., v. Warwickshire v. Yorkshire .. .. 157, (Club)— Alma C.C. Averages (Cape Town) Brixton Wanderers Crystal Palace Forest Hill Goldsmith Institute Granville (Lee) .. Grecians Hainault Hampstead Kensington Park.. Leinster London Scottish .. Lovell’s X I., Mr. J. C. Nondescripts Old Citizens Philadelphia C.C. Phoenix Streatham Surbiton Upper Tooting .. Wanderers Biographies— Barnes, W . Darling, J. Davidson, G. Flowers, W ilfrid.. Hill, Clement Jones, Ernest Lambert, W . Mistri, K. M. Poore, Major Posthuma, Mr. C. J. Shrewsbury, Arthur Trumper, Victor .. Windsor E. A. Between the Innings Calthorpe C.C., The Cambridge v. Oxford Cambridge University— v. Australians Freshmen’s Match v. Liverpool and Distric v. M.C.C. and Ground v. Mr. Webbe’s XI. Seniors’ Match v. Surrey v. Sussex X II. v. X V I. .. v. Yorkshire Canterbury Week Chats on the Cricket Field— Carpenter, H. A ... Diver, E. J., Ford, Mr. W . J. .. Glover, Mr. A. C. S. Greatorex, Rev. T. Hayes, E. .. Humphrey, Richard Lees, Walter McAlpine, Mr. Kenneth Noble, Mr. M. A. Pattisson, Mr. W . B. Pawley, Mr. Tom Richardson, T om .. Shuter, Mr. John 3, 19 208 166 336, 329 345 384 233 320 367 272 256 224 173 377 399 303 313 338 206 415 447 458 415 447 443 451 450 473 449 431 464 420 386 400 420 478 464 406 420 431 427 49 405 17 161 277 261 245 129 325 437 309 1 177 35 31 255 197 119 266 240 134 109 235 223 157 149 345 113 469 341 421 453 97 145 213 33 293 373 81 357 65 409 369 229 331 248 360 449 46 448 427 448 71 347 465 46 360 448 427 248 427 55 360 398 308 291 473 150 427 23 Chats on the Cricket Field (continued)— Worrall, J. .. Cheltenham v. Haileybury Correspondence— Abel’s Records Australian Newspapers .. Big Hits .. Boundaries Cricket by Compartments Cricket in Ireland Cricket Etymologies Curious Bowling Analysis Dead Ball, The Drawn Matches Dolphin, The late Canon England v. Australia Griffith’s Four Sixes in One Over Hits out of the Oval .. 360, Kirwan, The late Mr. J. H. Lancaster’ s Performance Promotionof Worcestershire, The Records “ Sawdust Incident” at Scar­ borough, The Slow Scoring and Drawn Games 275, 292, Sport in Cricket Tampering with the Rules Umpire’s Decision, An .. Wicket-keepers County Qualification Cricket Abroad— Baltimore v . Germantown Veterans 477 Bombay Gymkhana v. Kathiawar 425 Bombay Gymkhana v. Poona Gymkhana .. .. .. 438 Bombay Presidency v. Parsis .. 395 Carlton v. hitzroy .. .. 31 Cricket at Yokohama .. .. 459 Cricket in Buenos Aires 34, 4t»0 Cricket in Bermuda .. .. 478 Cricket in Ceylon .. .. 436 Cricket in Chili .. .. .. 465 Cricket in Fiji, .. .. .. 6 Cricket in Germany .. .. 387 Cricket in Gibraltar : .. .. 477 Cricket in Pretoria .. .. 5 Hawksburn v. East Melbourne.. 31 Kolar v. Madras .. .. .. 425 Lord Sandhurst’s X I. v. Kathiawar 4 25 Madras v. Combined Natives .. 2 Madras v. Bangalore .. 2, 466 Maritzburg Zingari v. Durban I Zingari .. .. .. 124 MelbourneUniv. v. Sydney Univ. 74 Napier (New Zealand) “ A ” Team v. “ B ” Team .. il& New South Wales v. Next X I ... 61 North v. South, at Sydney .. 480 Parsee Gymkhana v. Marine Battalion .. .. .. 425 Parsi Gymkhana v. Bombay Gymkhana .. .. .. 335 Patiala v. Bombay Parsis .. 466 Patiala v. Calcutta .. .. 18 W Patiala v. Calcutta Rangers .. 2 Patiala v. Cawnpore .. .. 2 Patiala v. Lucknow Gymkhana.. 2 Patiala v. Meerut .. .. 61 Patiala v. R. Smith’s Team .. 53 Poona v. Kathiawar .. .. 425 Press v. Parliament, at Sydney 13 Pretoria v. Pirates .. .. 5 Rest of Australia v. Representa­ tive Eleven .. .. .. 38 Simla v. Patiala .. .. .. 466 South Melbourne v. North Mel­ bourne .. .. .. 31 St. Kilda v. Melbourne .. .. 31 United States v. Canada .. 416 Derbyshire— v. Australians .. .. .. 239 v. Essex .. •• .. 233, 304 v. Hants .. .. .. 156, 337 v. Lancashire .. .. 206, 282