Cricket 1899

Nov. 30, 1899. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 467 vious season, it has met with even a larger measure of success, and the members have every reason to feel gratified at the result of the season’s efforts. In all, 116 games have been played, 64 of which resulted in favour of the club, while 36 were drawn, and only 16 lost. RECEIPTS. To Balance from Season 1897-98 , Entrance Fees, 259at £3 ,, Junior 72 „ 1 Subscriptions, 2,500 ,, 2 „ Country 5S9 „ 1 „ Junior 283 „ 1 ,, Arrears.............. ,, Visitors............... Locker Account .............. Locker Deposits ............... liar Account .............. Sports Account— Melbourne Bicycle Club £210 0 Scotch College .............. 14 6 League of Victorian Wheelmen .. ... 141 14 £ s. d. .. 512 19 7 3 0 . .. 815 17 0 1 0 . .. 75 12 0 2 0 . .. 5250 0 0 1 0 . .. 618 9 0 1 0 ... ‘*97 3 0 .. 21 10 6 .. 13 13 0 43 18 0 4 18 6 .. 575 0 0 „ M. andM. Board of Works—Debenture Interest .................................................. „ WtBley College Ground ... ,, Football Account.............. £853 18 0 Less Expenses £127 19 2 Paid otherClul s 4c8 5 11 ------------ 566 5 1 „ Carlton Football Club—Loan refunded ,, Australian Eleven-Advance refunded ,, Balance due Bank...................................... 14 5 9 12 8 9 287 12 11 50 0 0 1291 18 7 758 16 10 £11,010 3 5 Cricket Materials intransit... ...............£543 £2,000; M. and M. Board of Works, per cent. Debentures .......................... 1995 Accrued Interest .......................... 9 Sundry Debtors ...................................... 61 EXPENDITURE. By Balance from Season 1886-97 ... , G a d ........................................................ Electr'c Light .......................... Tennis Court Account ............... Tennis Handicap.......................... Autumn Tennis Tournament ... Intercolonial Te .nis Matches ... Bi Hard Tournament ............... Sundries ...................................... Ground Account.......................... Expenses of Matches ............... Ciicket Materials.......................... Concerts ...................................... Printing, Advertising, &c. Wages ...................................... Pavilion K eeper.......................... Lodge Ketptr .......................... Office Rent...................................... Grand Stand—Debenture Interest „ Sinking Fund ... Secretary ...................................... Clerical Assistance ............... Skiltle Alley Account ............... Bowling Account.......................... Water Kates .......................... Sewerage, City, and Lighting Bates Telephone Exchange ............... Contingencies .......................... Suj-p nee Account.......................... Meltouine Football Team Fire Insurance .......................... Warehousemen’s Ground £363 3 1 Less for use of Ground 19 6 £ s. d. 41 14 0 6 18 8 41 16 10 2 16 0 5 2 3 77 14 5 6 12 6 120 12 11 923 12 7 346 4 582 1 100 13 2 9 16 344 8 117 0 65 15 116 13 67.> 0 756 600 3C0 24 0 0 0 4 0 1 10 0 0 0 0 1 10 539 19 0 114 15 0 89 15 10 25 13 ‘2 171 11 11 1 18 10 15 4 4 74 13 6 RANJITSINHJI’S TEAM AMERICA. ( Continued from page 443). IN THE CANADA MATCH. FIFTH OF THE TOUR. Played at Toronto on October 12 and 13. Ranjitsinhji’s team won by an innings and bix runs. C anada . First innings. Second innings W . H. Cooper, b Stoddart .. 6 b Jessop ... 0 T. L. Counsell, b Townsend 13 c and b Robson 37 R. Logan, b Stoddart......... 13 bStoddart... 43 D. W . Saunders, run out ... 0 c MacLaren, b Woods ... 15 W . Tucker, lbw, b Towns­ end .................................. 7 runout 12 M. Boyd, st RobertsDn, b Llewellyn .......................... It c Townsend, Stoddart... b 5 C. Edwards, b Townsend ... 1 not out........... 6 H. B. McGiverin, Lotout . W . R. McMurty, c Llewel- 21 b Jeesop 31 ljn, b Townsend .......... 0 run out 6 J. L. Somerville, lbw, b Townsend .......................... 0 c Bosacquet, Robson ... b 0 J. S McL?a, b Townsend .. 2 b Stoddart... 0 Extras.......................... 10 Extras ... 19 Total .................. 87 Totil ... .. 174 K . S. R anjitsinhji ’ s T eam . B. J. T. Bosanquet, b Cooper ..................30 A. Priestley, c Boyd, b Cooper ... ... 0 C. Rooson, c Mc- Giverin, b Coop r ... 15 J. Robertson.b Soiner- ville .......................... 0 G. L. Jessop, c Saun- <?ers, b Tucker ... 66 A :C. MacLaren, b Mc- Giverin ................. 14 A E. btoddart, not out (3 C. L. Townsend, c Boyd, b McGiverin 28 G. C. B. Llewellyn, not out ..................29 E x tr a s ...................‘22 Total (7 wkts) 267 G. Brann and S. M. J. W o ids did not bat. C anada . First innings. Second innings B. M. R. W . B. M. R. W . Stoddart ........... 95 9 37 2 ........... 40 6 7 3 Bo-anquet ........... 40 5 3 0 . . . . .. 10 0 8 0 Townsend ........... 70 3 33 6 ......... . 55 4 20 0 Llewellyn ...........15 1 4 1 ........... .. 80 6 2 i 0 Woods .,,. 55 3 29 1 Jessop . 140 12 41 2 Robson ... 65 1 28 2 K. S. Ranjitsinhji’s Team. B. M. R. W . B. M. R. W . Cooper ... 90 1 78 3 I Tucker .. 35 1 44 1 McGiverin 130 4 48 2 Counsell ... 55 0 {8 1 8omervilIe 45 0 37 1 ! AVERAGES OF THE TOUR. , Cricket Matches ... ............... , Bowiing Green Accoutt............... , Lacrosse Account.. ............. , Bowling Tournament ............... , Auditors’ Fees .......................... , Furniture...................................... , English Eleven, 1897-98 ............. , Trott’s Testimonial Fund , Gymnasium .......................... , Junior Cricketers’ Dinner . Australian Eleven. 1899 (Advancrs) , M. and M. Board of Works 3| percen Debentures .......................... 337 3 7 0 8 8 2'6 14 10 60 2 17 2 21 0 216 8 149 11 100 0 0 11 11 10 10 0 1277 3 1 1995 0 0 ,, Balance brought down ... LIABILITIES. Balance due Bank .............. Outstanding Accounts £11,010 3 5 ... 758 16 10 ... £758 16 10 ,.. 118 16 5 No. Times Most of not Total in an inns. out. runs. inns. Aver. A. E. Stoddart ... 5 ... 1 ... 2 54 ..,. 74 .. . 58-50 A C. MacI aren ... ... 4 0 ... 231 .. .119 .. . 57 75 K. S. Ranjitsinhji ... 3 .. 0 ... 167 .. 6S ..., 55 66 G. Brann.......... ... ... 4 ... 1 ... 150 .. 137" . 50 00 G. L. Je.-sop........... ... 5 ... 0 ... 201 .. . 66 .. . 40 20 B. J. T. Bosanquet ... 5 ... 0 ... 193 .. . £6 .. 88 60 C. Robson ........... .. 5 .. 2 ... 8* .,,. 41 .. . ‘/8 33 C. L. Townsend ... ... 5 . . 0 ... 96 ... 28 .. . 19 20 S. M. J. Woods ... ... 4 .. 0 ... 48 .. . 38 .. . 12-00 G. C. B. Llewellyn .. 5 ... 1 ... 39 .,. 20* .. 975 W. P. Robertson ... ... 5 ... 1 ... 10 .. . 8*,. . 250 A. Priestley ........... ... 2 ... 0 ... 4 .,,. 4 .. . 2 00 Average of team .. 52 6 1458 149 31’(9 BOWLING. Balls. Runs. Mdn*. Wkts. Aver. G. L. Jessr p ........... 582 ..,. 129 ... 55 .... 24 .... 5 37 G. Brann................ .. 55 ,.. 11 ... 5 .. . 2 .... 5 50 C. Bobson ........... 120 ... 58 ... 3 .,.. 7 .... 8 27 A . E. Stoddait .. .... 661 ..,. 215 ... 68 .. . 22 ..., 9-77 G. C. B. Llewellyn .. 776 .. 245 ... 66 .. 22 ... 11*13 B. J. T. Bot-anquet 389 .. 103 ... 34 ... 9 ..., 11 44 ' L. Townsend .. 225 .... 91 ... 13 .. . 7 ... 13-00 S. M. J. Woods . 465 .,,. 210 ... 29 ..,. 13 .... 16 15 K. S. Ranjitsiobji.... 61 .. 17 ... 8 .. . 0 ... — A. C. MacLaren ,. 20 .. . 9 ... 2 .. .. 0 ... — Team average.. .3353 1088 283 107 10-26 AMERICAN CRICKET OF TO-DAY. By G e o k g e S. P a t t e r s o n . (From the American Cricketer.) I have been asked by the Editor cf The Cricketer to write a few words with reference to the present condition of cricket in Philadelphia, as viewed from the standpoint of the recent international matches. I am well aware that the club house has not the advantages of the field as a standpoint for criticism, and, as I have not seen any cri ket this year other than the international matches, my views, handicapped as they necessarily are, can be of little value. In commencement, let me say a strong word of commendation as to our fielding and bowling. I have never, in previous international matches, seen a better exhibition of fielding given by the home teim than in the (Jolts’ and Manheim matches. So also our bowling was good, both King and Clark bowling consis­ tently well throughiut both matches, with no particular luck, and they, together with Climenson and O’Neill in the Colts’ match, should be fully satis­ fied with their work. Indeed, our bowling seemed better than the visitors’. What we want, however, is a good slow bowler, like Baily was, who can use his head and do something on a sticky wicket, and who, if he be left-hand, will make the ball break from leg, and not go with his arm. There is no bowling in the world as easy to score off as the left­ hander who curls in with his arm. All the batsman has to do is to hit with a straight bat, and the curl will take the ball to the leg sMe. Yet every left- handed bowler we have developed since Billy Lowry (except H. I. Brown for a short time) seems to make a speciality of this curl, and pays no attention to the leg break. O’Neill can break from leg, and he uses his brains when he bowls, aud if he will stop his curve the number of runs made off him in a given number of balls will be divided in two. The contrast of a good slow bowler would make both King and Clark more effec­ tive. As a whole, however, we should be satisfied with the present condition of our out cricket. Our batting in the Haverford aud Manheim matches was distinctively bad, with two or three exceptions. Not that we did not make any runs, but that, as a rule, we did not look like making any. Few of the batsmen seemed to watch the ball. Ia other words, the greater proportion of our bitting lacked class. Various explanations may be cffered of this: that our men were temporarily out of form, and practically have no practice on such a sticky wicket as the Manheiui one. It seems to the writer, however, that the root of the difficulty is a deeper one than that contained in either ot these suggesthns. For apariod of six years the wickets, both match and practice, on the different grounds iu Philadelphii have been getting steadily worse, and are nit to be compared wiih