Cricket 1899

58 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A pril 13, 1899. after playing on two consecutive Satur­ day afternoons, Melbourne bad scored 377 and Carlton 168 for four wickets. Then came the Inter-colonial matches, wet days and what not, until on February 18th even Melbourne cricketers were surprised to find that the match was being con­ tinued, and that Carlton, having increased their score to 271, were beaten on the first innings. T h e South of England team, which will oppose the Australians on May 8th, 9th and 10th, at the Crystal Palace, iu the first match of their tour, will be chosen from the follow ing players : W . G, Grace, K . S. Eanjitsinhji, J. E. Mason, C. B. Fry, C. L . Townsend, G. L . Jessop, Abel, Hayward, Lockwood, Brockwell, Board, and Heame (J. T.). I t is reported that Captain T. B. Sellar has made a hundred in each innings in a match for his regiment against the Agra enabling Fitzroy to lead by 13 runs on the first innings. In the first innings of Hawks- bum E. Farley carried his bat right through the inniDgs for 110 (not out) out of a total of 192. B r o c r w f . l l scored 240 out of a total of 451 for 7 wickets for Patiala v. Meerut. The home team made 47 and 119, their wickets falling to H eam e and Brockwell. The important news in connection with the counties may be summed up as follow s: L a n c a s h ir e . —Webb, the Middlesex player, will be qualified in June. Hallam hopes to be able to play again. S u ssex . —Ranjitsinhji will be able to play. In addition to the usual programme, second eleven matches will be played with Hampshire. L e ic e s t e r s h ir e .— H. H. Marriott may be able to play regularly. S u r r e y . —The second eleven will play Hampshire second. T h e number of cricketers resident in India who have played for a first-class county is not large (says the Indian Sporting Times) their names being as follow s:—W. Troup and A. H . Newnham (Gloucestershire), B. N. Bosworth-Smith (Middlesex), M. E. Jardine (Middlesex), C. C. Pilkington (Lancashire), H . D . Watson (Middlesex), A. E . H ignell (Worcestershire), and A. P. Douglas (Surrey). We may have omitted to include one or two names in this list. A f t e r referring to the batting of Trumper in the match between New South Wales and New Zealand, in which he scored 253, the Sydney Mail says:— “ Trumper is a long way the best batsman in this colony on present form, and no one can gainsay that statement. In two intercolonials he has got into the two hundreds, and in one of them missed reaching the 300 by eight only, and then he was not out. His record for this season is—In club cricket, 34, 37, 15, 113, 103, 260 not out; in intercolonial, 292 not THE CRICKET GROUND AT LAS PALMAS, GRAND CANARY. Gymkhana, but I have no details. Indian newspapers still seem to have their doubts as to whether Captain Wynyard ever accomplished the same feat in India, but there need be no doubt in the matter. F r o m the Australasian : — A curiosity in cricket occurred on Saturday in the match between the second elevens of Hawksbum and Fitzroy. Nine of Fitzroy had fallen for 103, leaving them 89 behind. Just as the ninth wicket fell, Blundell, the last man, was seen hurrying from Toorak Station. Seeing that he could not reach the ground in the two minutes allowed by the rules, several fieldsmen started off tLe ground, and were out as far as the gate. Blundell, hurried on by a whistle from his captain, ran along the Orrong Road, and Ivo Evans, the captain of the Hawks, on noticing this, acted like a true sportsman by calling his men back to the field and allowing Blundell to bat. This concession was much appreciated by the Fitzroy fellows at the time, and much more bo later on. For Blundell and M’Kirdy did the trick on their own account by adding no fewer than 102 for the last wicket, thus N o tts . —Colts’ match is to be played at the end of this month, instead of Easter as usual. G lo u c e s t e r sh ir e .— W .G . will play when he can get away. E s s e x .— Ayres is qualified to play. Second eleven matches will be pia) ed with Middlesex second, Hampshire second, and Hertfordshire. D e r b y s h ir e .— Hulme hopes to be able to play. Mr. S. H. Wood will be the captain of the team. H a m p s h ir e . —Mr. E. I. M. Barrett will not be available on account of absence abroad. Captain Wynyard may be able to play more frequently. A Becond eleven will oppose Surrey second, Sussex second, Essex second and Middlesex second. M id d l e s e x .— M r. H B. Chinnery may play by residence. M r . Warner may be captain. Mr. Stoddart may not play regularly. There is nothing special to note in connec­ tion with Yorkshire, Warwickshire, Somerset and Worcestershire. out, 68, 0,4, 19, 0, lo, 23, 253, the Bannerman benefit 42, and in the colts’ match 11—an aggregate of 1,289 for 17 innings, twice not out, average a fraction under 86. He is one of the few batsmen who, getting set and having a fair total on the board, continue piling up the runs, as though they were just com­ mencing, taking no risks, but playing the correct game right up to the hilt and right out to the finish. This very fact prevents him being written down as one unlikely to carry the spectators to enthusiasm. He is like Murdoch, GifEen, Shrewsbury, and Abel rather than Massie—though he hasmuch of his wrist power—McDonnell, MacLaren, Lyons, or Sid. Gregory, but he will in due course get as many runs as they do, and perhaps be a worse thom in the sides of his opponents than they are or have been.” T h e follow ing is from the Adelaide Observer :— “ Cricket on Yorke’s Peninsula, like else­ where, often depends on the umpires. In a match recently the umpire gave a man run out. The batsman looked astounded, but was too true a cricketer to dispute the decision.