Cricket 1899

46 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M arch 23, 1899. 1896.—Tasmania v. Victoria, at Hobart, January 26th, S8th, 29th and 30th. For the former C. J. Eady scored 116 and 112 not out. D. M’ Leod made his first appearance for Victoria and scored 107. Eogland v. Australia, at Melbourne, March 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th and 6th. No less than 63,649 people paid for admission to this match, this being arecord for theColonies, and the receipts amounting to £4,003 14s., a record for the world. England v. South Australia, at Adelaide, March 28th, 29th, 30th. and April 1st and 2nd. Eng­ land scored 609, A. Ward making 219, Mr. F. G. J. Ford 105, and J. T. Brown 101. No less than 309 runs were scored from G. Giffen’s deliveries in the fir^t innings of England. Sussex v. M.C.C. and Ground, at Lord’s, May 9th. 10th and 1th. K . S. Eanjitsinhji made his first appearance for Sussex and scored 77 not out and 150. Nottinghamshire v. Sussex, at Nottingham, May 16th, 17th and 18th. W . Gunn made 219, Mr. R. H. Howitt 118, and R. Bagguley 110. Nottinghamshire won by an innings and 378 runs, their t >tal being 726. A . Shaw delivered 501 balls during the innings. Gloucestershire v. Somersetshire, at Bristol, May 16th, 17th and 18th. Mr. W . G. Grace scored 288, this being his hundredth century ia first-class matches. M.C.C. and Ground v. Derbyshire, at Lord’ s, May 20th and 21st. For the former F. Martin obtained four wickets with consecutive balls. Surrey v. Cambridge University, at the Ov*l, May 23rd. 24th and 25th. F. C. Holland (171) aud R. Abel (16S) added 306 runs to the score f. r Surrey’s third wicket. Gloucestershire v. Kent, at Gravesend, May 23rd, 24th and 25th. A t lunch time on the third day only an innings each had been com­ pleted, yet Gloucestershire won by 9 wickets. Mr. W. Grace scored 267 and 73 not out. Yorkshire v. Cambridge Universi'y. at Cam­ bridge, May 3oth,31st and June 1st. D. Denton (77 not out) and D. Hunter (45) added 102 runs for ihe county’s last wicket. Gloucestershire v. Middlesex, at Lord’s, May 30th. 31st and June 1st. By playing an innings of 169 Mr. W. G. Grace completed his thousand runs before *he end of May, his age then being forty-six. Lancashire v. Leicestershire, at Manchester. May 80th, 31st and June 1st. A. Ward (75 not out) and A . Mold (57) added 111 for Lan­ cashire’s last vicket. Essex v. Leicest rshire, at Leyton, June 3id, 4th and 5th H. Pickett obtained all ten wickets ia the first innings of Leicestershire at a cost of 32 runs. Lancashire v. Kent, at Manchester, June 6th, 7th and 8th. f . H. Huish, in trying to escape being run out in the first innings of Kent, fell and broke his collar bone. Sussex v. Somersetshire, at Brighton. June 6th, 7th and 8th. For the western county Mr. S. M. J. Woods made 2i5 in two houis and a- half out of 282 obtained whilst at the wicket. Su»sex v. Middlesex, at Brighton. June 13th, 14th and 15tb. Messrs. T. C. O’ Brien (202) an R. S. Lucas (185) added 338 runs for the fifth wicket of the latter. ( To be continued ). ©ormpottOcnce. THE LATE CANON J. M. DOLPH IN . To the Editor of C r ic k e t . D e a r S ir,— 'The follow ing may be of interest for next month’s Cricket: — Canon J. M. Dolphin, who died on February 3rd last in his sixty-first year, was in the Marlborough Eleven o f 1856, and subsequently in that of Oxford in 1860. His most notable achievement was an innings of 62 for sixteen Under­ graduates v. England against the bow ling o f Grundy and Oaffyn. The late Justice Chitty, though chiefly famous as an oarsman, was no mean cricketer. Although not much of a bat he excelled as a wicket keeper, and was four years in the E ton Eleven, 1844-47, captain the last year, and subsequently kept wicket for Oxford in 1848 and 1849. Yours truly, J. D. BETHAM . Btamsmoor, Yorkshire. BOUNDARIES. To the Editor of C r ick et . D ear S ib,—"Would it not be a good idea if the M.C.C. were to establish some distance for boundaries ? In this country and the colonies where new grounds are continually being made, and where space is no object, boundaries are invariably criticised as being too close or too far, as there is no standard to work up >n. While, if a rule were adopted giving some stated distance from a centre point between the wickets (to be followed at option) it might have a tendency towards making grounds more uniform, and new clubs would know exactly how many acres to buy. I would be much obliged if you could give me about what distance this should be. Yours very truly, G. C. SAULEZ. 181, Fuller Street, St. Paul, Minn. To the Editor of C r ic k e t . D ear S ir , —W ith reference to a para­ graph which appeared in Cricket of January 26th, in which it is stated that A. E . Gibson, who went to India with Lord Hawke’s and Mr. Vernon’s teams, made 154 in a Ceylon match, I expect it was the similarity of the initials which made you mix up A. E. Gibson, the well- known Incog., and my brother, A. L. Gibson. My brother was in the W in­ chester X I . in 1894, 1895, 1896 (vide Wisden’s and Lillywhite’s), and he made the 154 referred to in the paragraph. A. E. never was out here that I know of. Again, I do not think our grounds out here are much against small scores; matting on rolled gravel and mud makes a perfectly true pitch, and once you get used to the pace run-getting is b y no means difficult. Centuries have been often made out h ere; I can remember quite half-a-dozen in the last three years, L. H. G »y among them. And my brother’s score was not made in an important m atch ; in fact, it was barely more than a p ick -u p—Over v. Under Thirty. Cricket flourishes out here; there are several excellent grounds, and some of them boast good grass wickets, viz., at Colombo, Darrawella, R idella, Newera Eliya, and Kandy. But the matting generally is better out here, ow ing to the difficulty of getting good turf. Here at Matale we have a very good matting wicket, nearly as good as our famous wickets at Winchester (with all respect to Jimmy Wootton). Though planting doesn’t leave much leisure time, yet we get a lot of cricket on the whole, and some rare good matches, too. Colombo, Dimbala, Dickoya, Kandy, and Matale can also place good teams in the field, while the Colts (of whose twenty-fifth anniversary you had an account some time back), the Nondescripts, and the Malays all play the game exceedingly well, especially the Colts. This by no means exhausts the list of clu b s; there are several native teams in Colombo and other places, and nearly every planting district can muster an eleven at a pinch. The same old story ; you cannot separate an Englishman in any clime from the finest of all games. As a constant reader of your admirable paper, I trust you will find room for this letter in some future number. Believe me, V ery truly yours. G. H. GIBSON. “ Wiharegama,” Matale, Ceylon, February 23rd, 1899. Alec. Watson’s summer catalogue for 1899 can be obtained, post free, from 35, Oxford Street, Manchester. 'Bottles 1 /li 2/9 4 /- E ujman S ons &Co. (X____ -- ^_____flSj FOR ACHES AND PAINS RUB IN Elliman’s For Rheumatism, Lumbago, Elliman’s „ Sprains, Bruises, Fresh Elliman’s Cuts, Elliman’s „ Sore Throat from Cold, Elliman’s ,, Cold at the Chest, Elliman’s „ Neuralgia from Cold, Elliman’s „ Chilblainsbefore Broken Elliman’s „ Corns when Painful, Elliman’s ,, Cramp, Stiffness, Elliman’s „ Soreness of the Limbs Elliman’s after Cycling, Foot- Elliman's ball, Rowing, &c. Bottles 83 d., Is. lid., 2s. 9d., 4s. 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