Cricket 1899

S e p t . 189§. c I iicket : a W e e k l y record of t H e g am e . 397 M o re records. The following note on Abel’s performances has been sent by Mr. F . Lepage, but we cannot guarantee that it is accurate:— “ It may, perhaps, interest some of your readers to know that Abel has now scored more centuries for Surrey than anyone else. W . W . Read made 38 centuries, and Abel, with his 167 against Hants, has made 39. He has made four scores of 100 or moie against Warwick and Lancs., three against Hants, Sussex, Leicester, Essex, Cambridge University, and Middlesex, two against Notts, Kent, Yorks, Gloucester, and Australian teams (1886 and 1896), and only one against Somerset, Derby, and Oxford University.” A n g lo -C a n a d ia n writes from St. John, N .B ., Canada:— “ It must surely have been noticed how many new players have made a successful entrance in first-class play during the present season. There can hardly be a parallel in recent times. Suffice it to say that the following eleven of Novi homines would give trouble to most county teams:— Llewellyn (Hants.) i Knox (Surrey) Bernard (Somerset) Pretty (Surrey) Young (Essex) Miller (Surrey) W . M. Turner (Essex) ; Moon (Middlesex) Arnold (Worcester) | Sharp (Lancashire) Vine (Sussex).” From Tonbridge Mr. H . A . L. Rudd writes:— “ In supplement to your article in this week’s Cricket as to schoolboys making two centuries in a match, I may say that R. H . Marriott, the captain of this year’s Tonbridge X I ., performed this feat in a house match. I cannot, however, give you the exact details, but his scores were, I think, 120 and 117. He is a fine and attractive bat, and next to F . V . Hutchins, was the best bat in this year’s team .” V a r io u s correspondents have pointed out that in the list of Australian hun­ dreds given in last week’s gossip, the innings of Iredale against Dr. Grace’s X I . at the Ciystal Palace on July 20, 21 and 22, and of Kelly against Waiwick- shire on August 7, 8 and 9 were omitted. W e therefore give a complete list up to Ihe end of the tour as follows:— S. E. Gregory v. S. of England (Crystal Palace) 124 M. A. Noble, v. S. of England (Crystal Palace) 105* n r a v „ v i „ — n . l M. A. Noble, v. Oxford University ......... ... 100* J. Darling, v. Oxford University ................. 106* C. Hill, v. M.C.C. and Ground ........................ 132 C. Bill, v. Cambridge University........................ ]60 S. E. Gregory, v. Cambridge University.......... 102 J. Worrall, v. Yorkshire...................................... 304 C. Hill, v. England (2nd match)........................ 135 Y. Trumper, v. England (2nd match) .......... 1S5* J. Worrall, v. Leicestershire............................... 100* H. Trumble, v. Derbyshire ............................... 100 M. A. Noble, v. Derbyshire............................... 156 J. J. Darling, v. Derbyshire............................... 134* F. A. Iredale, v. Dr. Grace’s Eleven................. H5 V. Trumper, v. Gloucestershire ........................ 104 J, Worrall, v. Sussex ...................................... 128 Y . Trumper, v Sussex ...................................... 300* J. Darling, v. M.C.C. and Ground ................. 128 S. E. Gregory, v. England (5th match) .......... 117 J. J. Kelly, v Warwickshire............................... 103 J. Darling, v. Middlesex...................................... Ill F. A. Iredale, v. Middlesex ............................... Ill F . Laver, v. Somerset ...................................... 143 J. Darling, v. South of England (Hastings) ... 167 * Signifies not out. The Adelaide Observer is responsible for the following statement:— “ Clem Hill and Trumper have a good deal of innocent fun over the fact that Victor is, by a few months, the younger. The South Australian is quite proud of the fact that he is not the baby of the team, and it is related that when Trumper came in from making his 135 in the test match, Hill shook him warmly by the hand, and said, ‘ Well, boy, I congratulate you most sincerely.’ And the boy replied, ‘ Thank you, Mr. M an.’ ” C r ic k e t e r s who, after the season is over, like to take a voyage as a change from their labours may be glad to know that the New Palace steamers do not run after September 18. “ La Marguerite’s ” season closes on the 13th. T h e following lines are taken from the Adelaide Observer. It is hardly necessary to say that they appeared before the “ test” matches at Leeds, Manchester, and the O val:— THE COWED AND DODGING BRITISH LION. (At the Test Match.) At the British Lion not a foe might jeer, While breath of life he drew; But now ’tis queer how he yields to fear At sight of the kangaroo. On cricket field he will tamely yield, And a roller skulk behind ; With lowered tail, lest his Banji’s bail A hall from E. Jones might find. Like beaten hound— oh ! he will not bound At his foe in open fight; But crouch below his slave “ Barlow,” And pray for the fall of night. His mean cubs yelp round the greensward’s bound, As a jackal’s pack might do, To save the game, and their dad too tame, From the lusty kangaroo. If the poor old beast cannot fight, why then Let him carpet-bag his roar, And slink by night, in his palsied fright, From the sight of a foeman’s score. Let him vaunt, if he will, of his pluck and skill, As the halt and the blind may do ; But never agen, to his sea-girt den, Let him challenge the kangaroo. O n the afternoon of the second day of the match between Bombay Presidency and the Parsis, D. D . Kanga, on behalf of the members of the Parsi team, presented Captain Greig with a bat as a mark of their appreciation of his splendid innings of 181 on the previous day. Captain Greig’s score is a record in Presidency matches, and for all matches of any importance which have been played in Bombay. F r o m M .A .P .:— Mr. Alcock, the secretary of the Surrey Club, sent Prince Christian, at Kissengen, a wire, letting him know the result of the play in the test match between England and Australia. The telegram ran: “ England, 676; Australia, 220—five wickets.” When the Prince had the telegram posted on a tree for the benefit of English visitors, a Dutch official who knows English took the telegram to mean that war had broken out between England and the Transvaal, and this was the news of the fatalities in the first battle. He rushed oil and told the .Roumanian Minister of Finance, who was also staying there, and who was on his way to England to negotiate a loan for his state, and therefore heard the news with the greatest alarm. The Minister told somebody else, and so the report spread, getting more terrible every moment. Crowds gathered round the fateful telegram and discussed it, and the proprietor of the Hotel de Bussie breathlessly informed his guests that war had broken out; he knew it was true, because the Boumanian Minister had heard it by telegraph from his Government. A local paper bettered this in the afternoon by informing its public that, owing to the “ amazing indiscretion of an illustrious personage,” a telegram had been placed before the public which revealed the fatal results of the first encounter. I t isannounced that Prince Ranjitsinhji has definitely arranged to take a team to America, and to play the first match against Philadelphia on September 23rd. Matches may be played against New York, Baltimore, and Toronto. Much has been written about Ranjit- sinbji’s failures against the Australians this season. His scores are as follows :— For S. of England (C. Palace) 8 and 63 ,, England (1st match) ... 42and 93not out ,, England (2nd match) ... 8 and 0 ,, England (3rd match) ... 11 ,, England (4th match) ... 21 and 49not out ,, Sutssex............................... 5 and 15 ,, M.C.C. (return match) ... 92 and 3 ,, England (6th match) ... 54 „ S. of England (Hastings) 15 and 30. Total, 5C9 runs. Average, c6. This, to be sure, is not remarkable, but on the other hand it is not a bad record. The analysis of Rhodes on Friday is worthy to be compared with that of Howell in the first Surrey match, in which he took all the wickets. He has once before this season taken nine wickets in an inningB. The four big performances of the year are as follows:— o. M. R. W . Howell (Australia v. Surrey; 1stinns.) 23‘2 14 i8 10 "Woodcock (Leicester v. M.C.C.; 2nd innings) ............................................. 22 11 28 9 Bhodfes (Yorkshire v. Essex; 1stinns.) 16*2 6 28 9 Bhodes (C. I. Thornton’s X I. v. Aus­ tralia ; 2nd innings) ........................18‘4 10 24 9 Quite in the manner of ancient days a match is to be played at Dover on September 13 and 14 between Four of Surrey v. a Dover eleven at single wicket. The Surrey men are announced as Mr. Pretty, Mr. Jephson, Hayward and Abel. W h at is known as “ the sawdust incident” has attracted much attention. When the storm came on which put an end to further play on Saturday at Scar­ borough, the Australian captain, instead of rushing to the pavilion with the rest of his team, stayed behind to fill up with sawdust the holes made by Jones in bowling. Louis Hall, one of the umpires, and F . S. Jackson, the captain of Mr. Thornton’s team, protested against this proceeding. Darling justified his action by stating that Richardson had done the same thing in the Surrey match, and was, moreover, assisted by one of the umpires. Jackson then withdrew bis protest. It is stated that the M .G.C. is to be asked for a ruling on the point. The same question was raised some years ago at Maidstone