Cricket 1899

44 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M arch 23, 1899. T h e follow in g are som e o f the latest h u n d red s:— JANU ARY. 7. J. Phillips, Canterbury y. Wellington (N.Z.) 110* l i . C. J. Eady, Break o’ Day v. Derwent (Tas­ mania).........................................................................231 16. P. F. W arner , L ord H aw ke ’ s T eam v . S. A frica .........................................................................132* 21. J. F. Giller. Richmond v. South Melbourne 146 21.- C. Boxallj Lyttelton v. Hagley Park (Mel­ bourne) ............................................... ............ 207* 21 . C. Gregory, South 8ydney v. Waverley ... 110 21. V . Trumper, Paddington v. Redfern (8ydney) 103 26 M . A . N oble , N .8 .W . v. V ictoria ...........100 27. J. D arling , S. A ustralia v . Q ueensland ... 21 ' 27. G. G iffen , „ „ ... 115 30. H . G raham , V ictoria v . N .S .W .........................124 FEBRU ARY^ • H . Graham, Melbourne v. Richmond ............121 A . Aitken, Melbourne v. Richmond ............103* Clement Hill, Aberdeen v. Scone .....................143 McAlister. Victoria v. N Z .....................................224 C. P. Harvey, I Zingari v. Ladismuth (Durban).....................................................................110 V . Trumper. N S .W . t . N Z ..................................253 L . W . Pye, N .8 .W . v. N .Z ......................................110 — Farquhar. N .8 .W . y. N .Z ........................ ... 119 L . C. Braund, Mr. Tindall’s X I . v. Mr. A B. Tancred’s X I. (Pretoria) .............................124 M ARCH . M . A . N oble , R epresentative X I . A ustra ­ lia v. R est ............................ .....................I ll J. J .K elly .R epresentative X I . A ustralia v. R est .................................................................102 — R eedman , R est v . R epresentive X I. A ustralia ... ............................................... 108 F. L aver , R est v . R epresentative X I. A ustralia .................................................................136 J. D arling ,R epresentative X I. A ustralia v. R est ............................ ..............................105 C. H ill , R epresentative X I. A ustralia v . R est ..........................................................................101 a n s w e r s t o c o r r e s p o n d e n t s . S. S.—Y ou ask which county club has, in our opinion, the most brilliant hi torv. taking everything into consideration and judging from every point of view. If we had time to go into the question thoroughly we should probably say Yorkshire or Notts, or Lancashire, or Surrey, or Gloucester­ shire, or one of the other first-class counties. J. B. W .—Cannot tell you at present. H. A . H .— (1) Nobody knows. (2) N otthat weknow of. W . A . Giddings.—Thanks for letter. Reply in next issue. W . and M. Steele (Demerara). —Many thanks. W e hope that an interview with him will shortly be given in Cricket. F IR S T V I S I T OF A N E N G L IS H C R I C K E T T E A M TO G R A N D C A N A R Y . By A. T. K em ble . Thanks to a sporting invitation from Mr. Alfred L . Jones, head of the well- known firm of Elder, Dempster and Co., Messrs. E. Roper and A. T. Kemble undertook to take a team of amateur cricketers out to Las Palmas, Grand Canary, and the follow ing thirteen sailed on the splendid new ship, “ Sobo,” from Liverpool on the 11th February, 1899: A. T. Kemble, E . C. Hornby, C. L. Jones, A. H . Hornby, H . G. Garnett, W . H ilton, M. E. Ashcroft, K . B. Stod- dart, J. G. Earle, E. H . Garnett, G. A. Kemble, F . 1ST. Darbysbire, with R. L. Neilson as scorer. The team had some ex­ perience of the unpleasant weather exist­ ing at the time, and after putting into Holyhead for the first night, and having a real good tossing for the next two days in a splendid sea boat, they emerged into fine weather, and had a beautiful C.un to Las Palmas, where they landed on Sunday morning, February 19. They were met b y Mr. Fleay, the manager of that fine hotel, the Metropole, who, ow ing to the fact that he had been f o r u p w a r d s o f twenty years as steward and assistant secretary of the Liverpool Cricket Club, was well acquainted with us all, and received and took care of us, and looked after all our wants during the week we spent there in such a manner as to bring forth the best thanks of one and ail on our leaving. Monday was set apart to looking round, and on the Tuesday the first match took place on the ground of the Las Palmas C.C., close to the H otel and overlooking the sea. The ground is all dry sand, without a sign of grass, and, of course, the wicket was cocoa-nut matting, and a very good and true wicket it was. Many of us expected it to play very fast, but it turned out to be just moderately fast; and although a few short balls kicked a bit, the tendency seem«d more to the *■cut through and keep low style.” The out fielding was a little rough, and the fielders were apt to find tne ball bounce over their hands. W ith the light so glaring (there are no trees, and conse­ quently no shade, and the heat in the middle of the day about 110) we expected to drop our catches, but the contrary occurred, as, with the exception of a last left-hand return to the bjw ler, all our palpable catches were held, in contrast to the home team, who, though perhaps quicker on the ground, dropped several catches. I t is only fair to state that the home team (who, by the bye, are all Englishmen) get very little practice, as they are very busy, and they only get a match now and then when an Euglish m a n - o f - w a r touches there; otherwise they play amongst themselves. A. T. K em ble ’ s X II. M.E.Ashcroft,bTonge 40 K.B.Stoddait,b ToDge 0 J. G. Earle, b Tonge 0 E.H.Garnett, b Tonge 1 G. A . Kemble, b E. C. Hornby, st. S., b G. Withers .......... 8 C. L. Jones, b Benson 3 A. H. Hornby, cVines, b T o n g e .................. 51 H.G. Garnett, c Rocke, b B en son..................11 W . Hilton, c Quiney, b Benson ... 15 A . T. Kemble, c Vines, b Tonge ...................32 Tonge ...................10 F. N. Darbyshiie, not o u t .......................... 7 Extras ...........12 Total ...190 L as P almas C.C. W .Tonge,b E.Hornby E. C. Baiker, b Hilton S. Vines, b Hilton ... A . H. Bayliss, b E. Hornby ................... Dr. Milliard, c Jones, b E. Hornby ........... Extras ........... Total ........... G.H.W ithers,b Hilton 13 T. Miller, run ont ... 0 C. Quiney,c E. Hornby, b Hilton .................. 7 S. W ithers,c Ashcroft, b Hilton ................... 3 A . C. Rocke, not out 16 R. W . Benson, c A. Kemble, b Hilton ... 0 B. Blandy, c C. H. Garnett, b Wilson 9 Tonge (a Fettessian Lorett^nian) took seven wickets for 43 against us, and Hilton, seven for 34 for us. The Messrs. Withers are former members of the Liverpool C.C., and while G. H . is the all-round champion of the Islands (golf, cricket, and lawn tennis), S., as a wicket­ keeper, would be welcome in most local teams in England. After the match the team were entertained to a sumptuous banquet at the H jte l Metropole by the home team, Mr. G. H . Withers (captain) in the chair. A great eveniDg was spent, and of the many toasts none was more heartily drunk than that of Mr. Alfred L. Jones, who was ably represented by Mr. W . Seddon. On the Wednesday a lawn tennis match was played on very good concrete courts before a large com ­ pany of English visitors. The Spaniard takes no interest in any of the games, and never comes near them. This was one of the very hottest days (quite 112 in t) e shade), but even without a y drawbacks of concrete or heat, we were eatily out­ classed and beaten by 118 games to 42. The next day a return cricket ma*ch was ^played against odds, and after looking all over a beaten team, we won by seven runs. L is Palmas had seven wickets to go to get ten runs but failed ! A. T. Kemble, b G. Withers .................. 9 A. G. Garnett, b Rocke 9 W . Hilton, lbw, b Baylit-s ................. 8 E. C. Hornby, b G. Withers .................. 6 C. L. Jones, c Head, b R ocke........................ 37 A. H. Hornby, c Mor­ gan, b Rowlands ... 9 M. E. Ashcroft, c S. Withers, b Rocke ... 2 A. T. K em ble ’ s X II. K. B. Stcddart, b G. W ith e rs................... J. G. Farle, b G. W ithers ................... F. A. Derbyshire, b G. Withers ........... G. A. Kemble, b G. Withers ................. E. H. Garnett, not out .......................... Extras.................. ToU l ..113 T.Miller, lbw, b Hilton 11 C. Quiney, c A.Kemble, b E. H ornly ... ... 0 A. C. Kocke, c Stod- dart, b Hilton .. 0 G. H. Withers, c A. Kemble, b E. B o r u b y .................. 9 S. Withers, bStoddart 14 P. Blandy, c Hilton, b fctoddart ...1 8 R.W . Benson, c Earle, b E. Hornby ........... 4 L as P almas . A. Bayliss, b Hilton :8 S. V ues. c Darby- shire. b Hilton ... 12 8. Head, b E. Hornby 8 L. Stroud, c Jones, b E. Hornby ........... 0 C. Stevens, b Hilton 4 T. R. Morgan, c G. Kemble.bE.Hornby 0 J. Rowlands, not out 0 Extras ................... 8 Total . ...1C6 On the Friday the Las Palmas Golf Club was met. The links are up in the hills, over the Hotel Santa C ttalina, and are quite different to English or Scottish links. No grass, and the ground over­ spread with lava, and the putting “ greens” fine-rolled sand. W e were again quite outclassed, although Messrs. Darbyshire and Stoddart played finely. S ingles . Liverpool. ... 16 R. L. Neilson ... ... 0 F. N. Darbyshire ... 0 K. B. Stoddart .. ... 3 M. E. Ashcroft .. ... 14 W . H ilton ...... ... 5 G. A. Kemtle ... Las Palmas. Colonel Cragg S. Withers .......... W . Thomson.......... S. H e a d .................. G. Ewbank ........... W . Stuart ... Liverpool. F. N. Darbyshire K. B. Stoddart ... W. Hilton ........... M. E. Ashcroft ... R. L. Neilson G. A. Kemle b ... 38 F oursomes . Las Palmas. ... ) o G. Ewbank ... ) E. Barker........... ... \ n S. Bead ........... ... f W . Thomson ... ... \ Colonel Cragg... ... ) u W . Stuart........... 2 19 On Saturday the third cticket match was played as follows :— A . T. K em ble ’ s X I. A.T.Kemble, c Blandy b B en son ....................13 A. H. llornby, c and b Quiney ......................75 H. G. Garnett, c Withers, b Quiney 29 C. L. Jones, b Benson 17 M. E. Ashcroft, c Quiney, b Rocke ... 11 E. C. Hornby, G. A. Kemble, and F. N. Darbv- shire did not bat. 3 •Innings declared closeJ. L as P almas C.C. K. B. Stoddart, c Rowland, b Benson 11 J. G Earle, not out .. 6 E. H. Garnett, lbw, b Bayli-s ......................n E xtras........... .*.'.*11 Total (7 wkts)*l84 A. H. Bayliss, b E. Hornby .................. 33 T. M iler, c H. Gar­ nett, b Stoddart ... 19 C. Quiney, c Earle, b H . Garnett ........... 7 S. Withers, b A. Kemble .................. 12 W . R. Gre?g. c G. Kemble, b ti.Garnett 7 P. Blandy, c Jones, b H . Garnett ............ l A. C. Rocke, b H. Garnett ................... j R. W. Benson, c E. Hornby, b H. Garnett 2 L. Stroud, not out ... 12 S. Head, c and b B. Garnett .. S. Rowland Kemble .. Extras .. Total .. b A. ... 1 ... 16 ...116