Cricket 1899

34 CEICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M arch 23, 1899. why there is such a want of bow ling in the county.1' “ Y ou generally act as captain of the Kent Second Eleven ? ” “ Yes. It isn’ t a particularly thank­ ful office, because one is subject to adverse criticisms because the bow ling analysis don’t always come out well. The fact is that in second elevens you must try all your bowlers, whatever effect it may have on the result of the match. We have great hopes that the nursery at Ton­ bridge will bear good fruit. Y oung players w ill be regularly coached and will be tried in matches as often as possible. Sometimes we get hold of a very promising young bow ler who can’t field a little bit. One of these humorously said to Mr. Pawley, when he was wanted to play for the second eleven, ‘ Yes, Mr. Pawley, but who is goin g to field for m e ?’ I think that the counties should all agree to have a fixed payment for professionals in winter— say £1 per week. It seems w rong for rich coun­ ties to be able to pay more than others, and it causes great dissatisfaction.” Mr. M cAlpine was strongly in favour o f the Registration scheme proposed by Lord Harris for the regulation o f the county championship. “ I know a man who used to play for a county by resi­ dence,” he said. “ H e went to India, had sons b om there, and now lives in another county which has not a first-class team. In consequence of this the sons are debarred from playing county cricket. But if Lord Harris’s scheme were in force, they would take the position of which they are worthy. I could point out numerous instances in which the present scheme works badly. It seems to me that if a man is with his regiment at a depdt he ought to be able to play for the county in which the depdfc is placed. I like Lord Harris’s scheme in its entirety. In 1896 Mr. M cAlpine was asked to take a team to America. “ But there was a disagreement,” he said, “ among the Philadelphia clubs, and the newer ones formed an association and approached several cricketers in England, with the object of bringing out another team as well as mine. Eventually M itchell arranged to take this team, and as I thought that it would be a bad thing for American cricket if two teams went over, I gave way without hesitation. Such disagree­ ments are no longer possible in Phila­ delphia, for the clubs have all become associated. I greatly enjoyed m y two visits—in 1891 and 1894—with Lord Hawke’s team, and I shall never forget the hospitable way in which we were treated. The reports in the newspapers often delighted us all very much. I remember a graphic description of the team at breakiast time. It was mentioned that one of us received a telegram and that a friend anxiously asked him if any­ thing was the matter, to which he replied, at the same time taking an effeminate cigarette out of his mouth, ‘ M ydeah boy, I. ’s raining in England.’ I also remember an incident which well shows the readi­ ness of Americans to seize upon a point. The newspapers could not get any precise information as to whether we were to play a certain match or not. During a dinner to which we were invited, the gentleman sitting next to me asked me in a casual way whether it was true that we were not going to play, and I replied, just as casually, ‘ N ot that I know o f,’ and thought no more about the matter. In the course of the evening some speeches were made, and the gentleman suddenly got up and said that a gentleman of his acquaintance in the team, whom he was proud to know, had said this and that. We all looked at each other, but it was a long time before I discovered that I was the acquaintance in question.” “ In those days many of the newspaper cricket reports in America were quaint ? “ Some of the headings in large type in the newspapers were decidedly inter­ esting. A few of them were, ‘ Lord Hawke’s team fairly snowed under by heavy batting,’ ‘ Victory perches upon the roost of the American eagle,’ ‘ Not a single screech from the eagle.’ But I think that the newspaper report which amused me the most was the follow ing, as nearly as I can remember it. ‘ Eleven young men boarded a car, which was already crowded, and distributed them­ selves over it with the utmost solemnity, A more depressingly clad company of young men it would have been hard to find. Every man had on a battered old- fashioned straw hat, with a band that was a reminiscence of gaudy colours. Their clothes were baggy and bagged, battered and weather-stained. Their shoes were thick and coarse. They were English, and they looked like gentlemen.’ We were indebted to an American paper for the information that the P iince of Wales only played once in his life in a cricket match. H is side fielded first and he missed two or three chances. When he went in to bat, his middle stump stopped the first ball sent down to him, ‘ and it was a slow lob at that.’ ” “ D id you play much cricket when you were in India ? ” “ N o. I was right up in the jungle and only got a chance of playing in one match. They were exciting times in India when the monsoons came on. Once a friend and I, who lived about a mile apart, had both built a brick bungalow, of which we felt very proud. One day my bungalow was blown down bodily, much to my friend’s amusement, but in the course of the evening a messenger came from him to say that his own building had followed the example set by mine ! ” In other sports than cricket Mr, M cAlpine has done well. H e has had the honourof surviving two rounds in the lawn tennis championships at Wimbledon, and as a Rugby footballer he once played for his county. On this occasion he was asked to play as half-back, though his place was three-quarter. When he arrived on the field it was found that the full-back was unable to play, and accord ingly for the first and only time in his life he had to play fall-back. For mauy years he was secretary and captain of the Maidstone Bugby F.C., but resigned his offices in 1886, when a testimonial was pre»ented to him. About this time he was well-known on the running path. W . A. B ettesw o rth . C R IC K E T IN B U E N O S A Y R E S . NORTH v. SOUTH. Played on February 12, 13 and 14. North won by an innings and 29 runs. N orth . H. J. J. Bury, c Syer, b Ralh .................. 3 W. E. Leach, b Rath 128 H. R. Miles, b Rath .. 6 J. It. Garrod, c Jacot s, b Rath ..................48 E. Traill, e Rumboll, b Rath ......... . ... 5 P C. Bury, b Elliot 23 H . Doming, lbw, b E lliot.......... ...........17 S outh . First inniDgs. J. O. Anderson, e and b Dom ing .......................... 13 F. H. Jacobs, b Fester ... 5 E. L. Rumboll, c 8. Leach, b D o m in g ........... ... 58 R. W . Rudd, b Dori ing ... 2 A . Anderson, c Beaumont, b Gairod ...........23 G. P. Klli.it. \ T r a ill........... 2 R. L. Halstead, i,oi out .. 12 P. M. Rath, c P. l*ury, b F oster.....................................16 P. J. Grant, c Miles, b Dom ing .......................... 1 A Macdi naif?, c Miles, b D om ing ........................... 0 E xtras.......................... 8 J. L. Bury, b Rath... 3 H. C. Foster, b Elliot 27 8. Leach, b Elliot ... 8 J. A . H. Beaumont, not out ... ... ... 0 Extras.................. 17 Total .285 Second innings. c Beaumont, b D om in g ...........35 cTraill.bDom ing 4 c Foster, b Bury 14 c Garrod,b Foster 0 not out... lbw, b Traill b Traill ... c L. Bury, Foster Id 12 4 27 lbw, b D om ing... 2 b Doming ExtIau Total .. ...140 Total ...........116 P. M. Rath, for South, took six wickets for 99; H. Doming, for North, Line wicktts for 131 rues. NORTH v. SOUTH (with Lees). Played on February 14. Lees, of Suirey, scored 72 out of 143 for three wickets, and took seven wickets for 39 runs. N orth . H. R. Mi es, b Rath... 6 H. Dom ing, lbw, b H. Bury, b L ees.......... 4 L < es.......... ...........11 J. H. Beaumont, c j T.. Bury, c Syer.b Lees 4 Jacobs, b Lees ... 4 I S. Leach, b Elliot ... 7 J.R.Gairod,cRum boll, E. Traill, b Lees ... 1 b Lees .......... ... 15 C. Bay. b L e e s ........... 1 W . E. 1.each, not out 36 E xtras................... 6 F. M. Martin, c H al- — stead, b j lliot ... 2 Total ...........96 P. Bury, c Grant, b E llio t.............................. 0 S outh . A . Anderson, not out, 29; B. B. 8yer, c Martin, b Garrod, 19; Lees, b Trail, 72 ; P. M. hath, c Garrod, b H. Bury, 21 ; extras, 2.—Total (3 wkts), 143. E. L. Kumboll, D. AV. Rudd, J. 0 . Anderson, G. F. Elliot. F. H. Jacobs, R. L. Halstead, P. J. Grant, and A . M cdonald did not bat. INDIVIDUAL SCORES OF 300 OR MOKE IN AUSTRALIA. 417* J. Worrall, Carlton v. Melbourne University, at Carlton, February 8th, 1896. 402 T . W arce, Carlton v. Richmond, at Carlton, De­ cember 3rd, 10th and 17th, 1898. 362 Carrington. Mentmore v. West Park, at Mentmore (South Australia), February 20th. 1897. £60+ C. Hill, Prince Alfred College v. St. Peter College, at Adelaide, December 7th and 8th. 1893. 352* F. Laver, Ea*t Melbourne v. St. Hilda, at East Melbourne, February 11th and 18th, 1893. 328* W. Bruce, Melbourne v. Hotham, at Melbourne, January 19th and 26th, J884. 324 R. W . M*Leod, Melbourne v. Etsendon, at Mel­ bourne, February 27th. 1892. 321 W . L. Murdoch, New South Wales v. Victoria, at Sydney. February 10th, 11th, 12thand 13th, 188i. 311 H. Stewart, Collegians v. Melbourne Ciub, at Melbourne, March 27th, 1897. 208 H. Donnan, South Sydney v. North Sydney, at Sydney, February 20th, 1897. 307S. It. Walford, Central Cumberland v. Ryde, at Pairamatta (N S.W .). Novem* er 9th, 1895. 300* L. W . Pye, ( entral Cumberland v. Campbell- town, at Parramatta (N.S.W .), Jan. 13th, U97. * Signifies not out. + Kt tired. A SI RONG TEAM of old Public School Boys require away matches for W hit Monday ai.d other dates throughout season.—Address, “ O. C.” , cire of Cricket, 168, Upper Thames Street.