Cricket 1899

396 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. S ept . 7, 189§. New Pal ce Steamers,Limited. REGULAR SAILINGS FOR MARGATE and RAMSGATE, FBOM OLD SWAN PIER , LONDON BRIDGE, BY “ ROYAL SOVEREIGN,” Daily escept Fridays, at 9.20 a.m., with special trains from Fenchurch Street Station at 10.28 a.m. RETURN FARES, LONDON AND MARGATE, 5s. First Saloon, 4s. Second Saloon, available to end of Season. “ K0HIN00R,” On and after 17th June. “ LA MARGUERITE,” On and after 28th June. “ LA BELGIQUE.” On and after 1st July. T. E. BARLOW, Director and Manager, 50, King William Street, E.C. GENERALSTEAM NAVIGATION CO.’S MAGNIFICENT SALOON BTEAMEBS DAILY (Sundays included) TO SOUTHEND, MARGATE, and RAMSGATE. From London Bridge Wharf, 9.10 a.m .; Greenwich, .30 a.m.; or South Woolwich Pier, 9.50 a.m. To SOUTHEND, single saloon, 2s.; season return 8s. MARGATE or RAMSGATE, single saloon, 3s. there and back same day, 4s.; season return, 4s. 6d O S T E N D . CHEAPEST & MOST COMFORTABLE ROUTE. 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THURSDAY , SEPT. 7th, 1899. IMPORTANT NOTICE! The last of the Weekly numbers for the Summer will be published on September 21st. Six numbers will be issued during the Winter as heretofore, from October to March inclusive. The dates will be :— No. 527.— THURSDAY, OCT. 26. No. 528.— THURSDAY, NOV. 23. No. 629.—THURSDAY, DEC. 28. No. 530.—THURSDAY, JAN. 25. No. 531.— THURSDAY, FEB. 22. No. 532.—THURSDAY, MARCH 29. Subscription for the above series, 1/3 post free. ^atotiton Gossip. The abstract and brief chronicle of the time.— Hamle'. The record of the Australians is now as follows :— Matches played, 35 ; won, 16; lost, 3 ; drawn, 16. Darling has won the toss 14 times^and lost it 21 times. Since and including the England match at Manchester on July 17 the record of the Australians is :— Played 15, won 4, lost 2, drawn 9, only three of which can be said to have been in their favour. Including the representative matches in this tour they have played 9 matches against counties, won 2, lost 2 and drawn 5— two in their favour. T h e following amusing letter appeared in the Scarborough Post last week:— S ir , —When, like yesterday, the weather prognostics are deadagainst our time-honoured carnival, what must we do ? The players have posted down to dear old Scarborough, ripe for enjoyment after a hard season’s work, and spectators are waiting in thousands to witness their holiday efforts, j'vMight I suggest that the Scarborough Committee should hire Croueste’s Champion Circus on the wet afternoons, and that the rival teams should there give us an exhibition of the wicket or broomstick game, so popular on the sands. The effect would be heightened if the opposing elevens emulated the attractive­ ness of the Pierrots by appearing in fancy costume. Such matches would naturally not count in the season’s average, but, to give the performances an appearance of reality, col­ lections should be made at frequent intervals for deserving professionals, the limit to be fixed at £132 10s. (no bowling feats to count). Yours truly, A. P. ROWE. lT,is reported, on the very worst possible authority, that Ranjitsinhji, having lost the toss for Sussex eight times in succession, will take as his motto, “ Heads you win, tails I lose” ; and as a second motto, “ W e get there all the same (generally).” Since making his 357 not out against Somerset, Abel has scored this year at the Oval, 100 against Cambridge University, 88 against Sussex, 195 for the Players against the Gentlemen, 91 against Kent, 112 against Middlesex, 193 against York­ shire, 178 against Lancashire, 167 against Hampshire, and 94 against Warwickshire. Altogether he hasmade 1,895 runs this year at the Oval. ------- F rom our special correspondent at Rgnnes:— As far as the match has gone, victory seems assured for the Dreyfus team. Unfortunately the umpires who have been engaged are not neutral, and they let the bowlers of the other side go over the crease as often as they like, while they no-ball the Dreyfus bowlers on the slightest pretence. It was tLought by the Mercier combination that their batting would be so strong as to paralyse the bowling. The two great batsmen on the side were said to be Mercier and Bertillon. The former, who is a slogger of the type of Jessop when he is most aggressive, but without a particle of his skill, hit wildly at every ball, but could not manage to touch a single one of them ; the latter would outbarndoor W . G. Quaife or Noble, with the difference that while they make a lot of runs, he cannot break his duck. Needless to say, both men were the laughing stock of the spectators. The side has no bowlers worth speaking of. Both in batting and bowling, Dreyfus’ side is exceedingly strong. In Labori it has a Jones and a Trott combined, while Demange gets a good deal of work in. Picquart is a splendid bat, as safe as Ranjitsinhji, while Dreyfus himself, Erey- statter, and one or two others play an admir­ able and straightforward game. Everything points to a victory for the Dreyfus team, but the umpires may step in and give the most shocking decisions. T h ese is a rumour that in a recent country match the bails were found to be of soft india-rubber. This opens up all sorts of possibilities in the way of saving matches. If this sort of thing became general it would hardly be necessary for some teams to play a twelfth man in the shape of an umpire. N o th in g in Ranjitsinhji’s record for the season is more remarkable than his consistency. It will be seen from the following details of his scores month by month that when he really got going in June he hardly ever played a single figure innings; even in May he was consistent:— May.— 8 and 63, 17 and 0, 34 and 44 not out, 27 and 17, 30 and 51, 13. June.—42 and 93 not out, 43 and 46, 120 and 9, 178, 8 and 0, 107, 85 and 58 not out, 40 and 197, 11. July.—55 and 6, 30 and 62, 38, 21 and 49 not out, 174 and 83 not out, 36 and 22 not out, 5 and 15, 92. August.— 3, 80 and 78, 154, 86 not out and 42, 54,48 and 161, 102, 57 and 70,72 not out. This shows that in fourteen innings in July he played two single figure innings, and only one in August in thirteen. His consistency is quite remarkable. Mb. N . P. H a m il t o n B r o w n , editor of the British Realm , has published an ex­ cellent portrait of the 1899 Australian cricket team from a recent study by Messrs. Gunn and Stuart at Lord’s. Those who are interested in the doings of the team now have an opportunity of purchasing a capital portrait. It is pub­ lished at 6d.