Cricket 1899

416 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME, S ept . 14, 1899, UNITED STATES Y. CANADA. From the American Cricketer , by arrangement. Played at Toronto on August 7 and 8. United States won by 34 runs. Few teams that have represented the United States in recent years lacked the confidence of cricketers so much as the one that was selected to represent the States in the annual match against Canada, which was played in Toronto on August 7th and 8th. Unfortunately, tiie best side could not be gotten out, and the one that was chosen was looked upon as fairly strong in batting and fielding, but in the bowling department they certainly did not have a superabundance of talent. Most of the men made their first appearance in international cricket, and when it is considered that they met the strongest team the Canadians could possibly put in the field, their victory by 34 runs was a most commendable performance, which was gained by excellent cricket. When the match started on Monday morning the weather conditions were nearly perfect, whilst the pitch prepared for the contest was all in favour of the batsmen, and the “ Fates ” were kind to the visitors when their captain won the toss. Graves, the young Germantowner who made a century against the Canadians ; last year, with Hinohman, of Merion, started ' the innings for the United States, facing the attack of Lang and McGiverin. The start was far from being an auspicious one, but as the game progressed it was soon seen that the United States representatives were in fine form with the willow, and they were not retired until the score board showed 206. H. C. Thayer batted in brilliant form for his 50, whilst Graves followed him closely with a well-played 37. Goodman, P. H. Clark, and O’Neill, with 22, 21 not out, and 21 respectively, aided considerably in the run- getting. The Canadians were quite confident of passing their opponents’ total, and Captain McGiverin deputised Cooper and Saunders as the first pair, Clark opening the attack from the pavilion end, whilst Bates sent them down from the club-house wicket. Both of the Canadians played themselves in carefully, and despite the frequent changes in the bowling, they kept increasing the score at a very rapid rate. With 45 up Cooper was missed by Mason when his individual score was 20, and this proved a rather expensive error. Saun­ ders was the first to go, being caught and bowled by Hinchman, and for a time the wickets went quite rapidly, Hill being the only one to make much of a stand. When stumps were drawn for the day the Canadians had scored 190 with a loss of eight wickets, leaving the match in a very even state. Upon resuming play the next morning the pitch was still in fine condition, and there was no telling what the remaining wickets of the Canadians might total. Clark opened from the club-house end, and off his first ball McMurty was caught by Bates for nothing, making nine down for 190. McGiverin joined Baber, who played out the over from Clark, and off the first ball of the next over the captain was let off at the wicket before he had scored. After this he hit round at a lively pace, and the United States total was passed and 16 to the good registered before the last wicket fell. After a short inter­ mission Hinchman and Graves opened the second venture for the United States, and the latter was soon gotten out when he had only scored 7. F. H. Bates took his clubmate’s place, and, with the Merion crack, settled down to play the steadiest kind of cricket. The runs came very slowly, both men seeming to be over-cautious. Hinchman was the first to go, and Thayer took his place. He at once started in to score, and, with Bates, gradually increased the total until the score shjwed 86, when Bates was caught by Laing for a valu­ able innings of 38. At this point play was stopped for luncheon, and upon resuming Clark and Thayer were the batsmen. The former were soon gotten out with the tele­ graph reading 94-4-4. Mason took the Germantowner’s place, and let Thayer do most of the run-getting. Quite a good stand was made, but when Thayer was caught at the wicket the Canadians seemed to have somewhat the best of it, as the visitors had lost five of their best wickets for 130 runs. Goodman stayed long enough to make 12, and O’Neill batted nicely for 16. Scattergood and Freeland were each out for a duck, and when Climenson joined his captain the chances of the United States winning were slim indeed. He proved a surprise, not only to his own team, bat the Canadians, and in the nerviest sort of way kept up his wicket, whilst Mason assumed the aggressive and scored very freely, especially off of Mcaiverin. The last wicket carried the total to 219, the captain going out on a catch by Hill for 51, whilst Climenson carried his bat for a most useful 11. This left the Canadians the task of making 204 runs to win—by no means an easy undertaking. As in the first innings, Cooper and Saunders opened for Canada, whilst the bowling was entrusted to Clark and Climenson. Cooper was let off at the wicket before he scored, but the pair was not destined to make the stand they did in the first innings, Saunders being bowled “ crop and heels ” by Climenson when he had scored but 6. Chambers took hi3 place, and he also fell a victim to the young trundler, and the Canadians’ chances were growing much slimmer. The wickets for awhile were gotten quite rapidly, and with the exception of Cooper, who made 38 in the luckless sort of style, and Hill, who played nicely for 30, none of the others were able to master the attack of the United States bowlers. With the contest in a most forlorn condition, Captain McGiverin andForrestermade a splendid stand for the last wicket, and for awhile it looked as though they might pull their team out of the hole ; but the desired separation was at last se­ cured when Clark clean bowled Forrester, and the United States team was victorious for the first time in Toronto since 1891. For the United States Clark did by far the best bowling in the firstinnings, whilstinthe secondClimen­ son and O’Neill proved themainstays for their team. McGiverin did the best work with the ball for Canada, and also with the bat, whilst Laing, who a few years ago seemed to have our batsmen at his mercy, was played with the greatest of confidence. In the field the visitors far outclassed the Canadians ; at times their work was truly brilliant, although it was marred by some few missed chances. U n ited S t a t e s . First innings. Second innings. W. S. Hinchman, c Saun­ ders, b McGiverin .......... 6 b Lyoa..............19 N. Z. Graves, c Lyon, b c McGiverin, b McGiverin........................87 Laing .......... 7 W . E. Goodman, c Lyon, b c Lyon, b Mc- McGiverin...................... 22 Giveria ............12 H.C.Thayer,cBater,bLaing 50 c Saunders, b Laing .......... 32 F. H. Bates, lbw, b Golding- c Laing, b Gold- ham ..................................12 ingham ............38 J.H.Mason,lbw,bMcGiverin 17 cHill,bMcGiverin 51 J. H. Scattergood, c Saun­ ders, b McGiverin .......... 6 b Laing ........ 0 P. H. Clark, not out ..........21 b Goldingham ... 4 W .L . Freeland,c Chambers, st Saunders, b b Laing ......................... 1 McGiverin ... 0 W . P. O’Neill, c Golding­ ham, b Lyon ....................21 b Goldingham ... 16 S. G. Climenson, c Mc­ Giverin, b Lyon .......... 0 not out....................11 Extras ........................ 13 Extras..............29 C a n a d a . First innings. W. H. Cooper, b Clark 40 D. W. Saunders, c and b Hinchman....................... 45 A. G. Chambers,b Climenson 15 P. C. Goldingham, b Clark 14 J. M. Laing, b Climenson... 11 H. C. Hill, st Scattergood, b Clark..............................28 G. S. Lyon, b Clark .......... 7 J. H. Forrester, c Climen­ son, b Bates ................. 1 W. C. Baber, c Freeland, b O’Neill...............................13 W. E. McMurtry, c Bates, b Clark............................... 0 H. B. Mc3iverin, nit out... 21 Extras ........................25 Second innings, c Scattergood, b O’Neill .......38 b Climensoi ... 6 bClimensm ... 3 c Goodman, b O’Neill .......... 2 b Climen3on ... 3 st Scittergood, b Bates.............30 run out ........... 1 b Clark................. 7 c and b O’Neill... 8 c Hinehman, b Clark ....... 18 not out .......39 Extras....... 14 Total........................222 Total .. 169 U n ite d S t a t e s . First innings. Second innings. B. M. R. W. B. M. R. W. Laing .. 93 1 69 2 ... ... 100 2 41 3 McGiverin .. 100 3 68 5 ... ... 105 6 49 3 H ill.......... .. 50 2 32 0 ... ... 20 1 9 0 Goldingham ... 40 1 24 1 ... ... 55 3 32 3 Lyon......... 4 0 0 2 ... ... 80 3 46 1 Baber ... 25 0 10 0 C a n a d a . First innings. Second innings. B. M. R. W. B. M. R. W. Clark .. 165 9 65 5 ... ... 82 1 47 1 Bates .. 105 4 45 1 ... ... 15 0 12 1 Climenson ... 90 4 38 2 ... ... 120 3 58 3 O’Neill ... ... 63 1 9.2 1 ... ... 60 2 39 3 Hinchman ... 50 2 27 1 ... Total ...206 Total ...219 KENSINGTON PARK v. J. A. LYON’S X II.— Played at St. Quintin’s Park on September 9. K ensington P a r k . C.M.Skinner,cButcher, b Whistler ......... 1 W . G. M. Sarel, c Butcher, b Yonge ... 9 P. G r e a to re x , st Butcher,bSandilands 53 F. H. Palmer, b Yonge 0 A. B. C. Francis, c Ambrose, b Blunt... 14 A. P. Comyns, b Blunt 4 C. H. M. Tbring, c Am­ brose, b Sandilands 18 J. A. L y o n ’s XI. E. Bendle, b Lomas ... 32 R. F. A. Orr, not out 39 Dr. E. W . Stoker, b Sandilands .......... 0 J. Greatorex, b Sandi­ lands........................10 G. T. Campbell, c and b Blunt ................. 3 Byes .................15 Total ..198 H. Lomas, b Campbell 46 F.G.Yonge,b Campbell 21 C. N. Ambrose, b Skinner ................. 7 G. E. W. Money, c Greatorex, b Skinner 18 R. R. Sandilands, b Palmer .................44 S. H. Blunt, c Sarel, b Skinner .................12 A. W. Cochrane, G. Washington and L. R. T. Frere did not bat. E.F.Whistler.c Camp­ bell, b Palmer ... 4 D. H. Butcher, not out ........................ 19 J. A. Lyon, not out... 1 Byes .................27 Total(7 wkts) 199 KENSINGTON PARK v. BECKENHAM.—Played at Beckenham on September 2. K en sin gton P a r k . S.A.P.Kitcat,cK.Sten- ning, b Mossmann... 44 W. G. M. Sarel, c Aste, b Christopher.......... 5 F.J.Nicholls. c Collard, b Christopher.......... 0 A. Batter, b Collard ... 0 C. M. Skinner, b Christopher .......... C.H.M.Thring,cBoyle, b K. Stenning.......... 9 G.T.Campbell.cCurwen b K. Stenning......... 2S B ecken h am . 3 L. Frere, c Bruce, b Curwen ................. P. Greatorex, c Boyle, b Curwen................. J.Greatorex, c Collard b Curwen................. S. C. Talbot, not out J. R. Bowden-Smith, b Mossman .......... Byes ... ......... Total ...122 A.K.T. Bruce, b Camp­ bell ........................30 J.K. Stenning,st Frere, b Campbell .......... 0 B. W. Stenning, b Skinner .................32 R. Curwen,b Campbell 1 H .E.G.Boyle,cNichoils b Skinner................. 5 J. S. Christopher, not out ........................11 W . S. Mossman, b Campbell................. 6 D. A. Collaid, b Campbell................. 0 H. Z. Baker, not out 0 Byes ................. 5 Total (7wkts) 90 H. Aste, P. W. Wheeler, and A. R. Colyer did not bat.