Cricket 1899

60 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A pril 13, 1899. M e t r o p o l it a n club cricket has just lost an important personality b y the death of E. M . Cockell. Everyone who has had any great experience of London cricket has played at one time or other on the splendid pitch of the Richmond Club in the Old Deer Park at Richmond. F or many years its treasurer, a good deal of the success of the club’s cricket was due to the hearty interest he took in its affairs. H e did an immense amount of work for it, and in a quiet and unosten­ tatious way not always characteristic of cricket managers. H e died on Monday last. I t is now pretty certain that the Australian team will play at Truro on July 7th. The match w ill be against the Western Counties. This will leave only one date—July 20th, 21st and 22nd—to be filled up. O n July 8th, Lord and Lady Harris w ill celebrate their silver wedding. The cricketers of Kent, who have not for­ gotten and never will forget what Lord Harris has done for the county, have arranged to present him with a souvenir, while the ladies of the county will give a silver wedding gift to Lady Harris. T h e report of the Georgetown (Deme- rara) C.C. for 1898 has just reached me. W ith the exception of matches against the clubs of British Guiana and a match against a combined eleven of H .M . ships “ Pelican,” “ Columbine,” and “ Alert,” the club has been obliged to rely on its own resources to keep up the interest of its members. For all that the season has been of great interest, and the club seems to be on a very satisfactory footing. The batting prize fell to M r. G. C. Learmond for the second year in succession; he played eighteen innings, and with a highest score of 104, not out, had an average of 31'6. Mr. H . Vyfhuis, with 53 wickets for 518 runs, average 9'41, took the bow ling prize. I t has been decided b y the Lancashire Cricket League that Cuttell, who last year played as an amateur in the league matches, can no longer be allowed to do so. A f t e r their return match against Griqualand West, the members of Lord Hawke’s team nearly met with a serious accident, as their train did not answer to the brake when it was applied on a steep hill, and running backwards collided with an approaching train. They were all very much shaken, and Mr. Milligan was slightly wounded in the face. T h e follow ing remarks about a point of cricket law, which arose a couple of years ago in the match between Haverford University (TJ.S.A.) and Clifton College, are from Cricket Club L ife (Philadelphia). Lester, the American, while bow ling to Steinthall, noticed that Pilkington, in his eagerness to back up, frequently got outside his crease. So, instead of delivering the ball, Lester brought it back into the wicket, and appealed for “ run out.” But in the meantime the umpire had called “ no-ball,” as Lester had stepped over the crease. The umpire ruled Pilkington not out. According to Rule 16 a player can be run out from a no-ball, but Rule 28 had also to be con­ sidered as to whether the ball was in play when Lester removed the balls, the um ­ pire having called “ no-ball.” A further point to be considered was whether a ball that w asn’t bow led could be a no-ball. C r ic k e t e r s who are beginning to wonder when the weather will be warm enough for them to get a little practice, may possibly find some consolation from the follow ing extract from the River Plate Sport and Pastime :— “ Last Sunday was a real scorcher, and those who were out in the sun at all—cricketing, or boat­ ing, or cycling—felt the full effects of the intense heat, and were able to judge of the feeling at Lucknow when Tenny­ son wrote of it, ‘ Heat like the mouth of a hell.’ The ‘ deluge of cataract skies ’ looks likely to come ere long, for if it does not we shall barely be able to live through the week.” O n e of the loveliest little bits of descriptive writing that I have ever seen occurs in the Magazine of St. Aloysius College, Mangalore, India, a Roman Catholic native school. The College had made 122, and the Mangalore C.C. had lost nine wickets for 54 a few minutes before time, and the Magazine thus describes the end of the day’s play : “ When Mr. Stoddart, the M.C.C.’s cap­ tain, wert in for the last wicket, the game was at an anxious stage for the Aloysians. Mr. Stoddart was not free from disquietude either, for his attention was divided between the swiftness of the bowling and the slowness of the hands of the clock. The hands were waiting for some moments to elapse before marking 6.15, when he suddenly tucked his bat under his arm and marched oft the field with an evident air of relief.” T h e above Magazine abounds in effec­ tive touches, of which a few are given below : ‘1Their battery was so ineffectual that a follow-on was necessary.” “ Messrs. Dawson and H. Morgan staved off utter ruin for their side, the former giving enfeebling exercise to the fielders by his dashing playing, the latter holding the fort for nearly an hour and a half for a not unlucky 13.” “ The two teams crossed bats on the Maidan in the afternoon.” “ Mr. Stoddart retiring discomfited with an oblong O to his name.” T h e y can make runs, these Manga- lorean natives, and their chief batsman, a left-handed player named R. Miranaa, scored 67 not out in one of the matches, while the crack bowler of the team, A. Cjrrea, distinguished himself in one match by “ giving a curve to his fast and accurate delivery that would have roused the admiration o f an American baseball twirler. Our opponents were at such a loss to find the ball that in the first innings Correa took 6 wickets for 8 runs.” T he board which is to control the matches between England and Australia this season is to hold a meeting on April 25th. In our issue of March we stated on good authority that Mr. Stoddart had made up his mind to give up first-class cricket. Two days later a telegram from Mr. Stoddart to “ Wanderer,” of the Sportsman , confirmed our statement. Mr. Sroddart at present intends practically to retire from first-class cricket. T h e follow ing are some of the latest hundreds:— FEBRUARY. 11. V.Trump°r,Paddingtonv.Waverley(Sydney) 260* 11. E. A.Windi-or, N. Tasmania v New Zealand 181 11. C.J.Eady,Breako’Day v.Wellington (Hobart) 121 18. H. Donnan, N. S. W. v. Next X I ....................120 18. F. Iredale, N. S. W . v. Next X I ........................109 26. Y . M. Tancred, Wanderers v. Pretoria ... 101* MARCH. 7. J. T. Hearne, M.C.C. and Ground v. Rest of Punjab ..........................................................121 7. B. S. Bosworth-Smith, M.C.C. and Ground v. Rest of PuDjab..........................................144 9. Brockwell, Patiala v. M eeru t..........................240 APRIL. 3. J. H. Sinclair, South A frica v . Lobd H awke ’ s T eam ...............................................106 T yldesley , L ord H awke ’ s T eam v . S outh A frica ................................................................112 —. D. S. Murray, Calcutta v. Barrackpore ... 153 —. P. M. Robinson. Calcutta v. Y. M. C. A. ... 146 —. F. T. Paine. Calcutta v. Bebar Wanderers... 127 —. S. E. A. Whiteway. Calcutta v. Ballygunge 121 —. H .R . Carrutbers, Calcutta v. Behar Wands. 119 —. S. E. A. Wbiteway, Calcutta v. Olympians 104* —. H. S. Bush (Militaiy), Calcutta v. Civil ... 104 * Signifies not out. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. G. W . R. C ooper .— Sorry that we cannot give you the information you require in this issue. W e may poesibiy find room a little later. INTERCOLONIAL CRICKET. NEW ZEALAND v. NORTHERN TASMANIA. Played at Launceston on Feb. 10, 11 and 13. New Zealand won by 150 runs. N ew Z ealan d . First innings. G. Mills, b Pickett ........... 4 J. Baker, b W in dsor......... 0 L. T. Cobcroft, b W indsor 0 D. Reese, c Westbrook, b W ilson..................................21 HftLusk, c Palmer, b Ham­ mond .....................................83 A. Sims, c and b Windsor... 11 A. H. Fisher, run out ... 29 A. Downes, c Kissling, b Second innings. cSavigny,bW ilson 31 b W indsor...........49 b Pickett ...........35 cWindsor,bPickett26 c Westbrook, b Hammond ... 34 c W estbrook, b S av ign y...........33 b W ilson ........... 3 Pickett .. CfcBoxshall, b Hammond.. F. Ashbolt, not out ......... ET.Upham, b Savigny E x tras......................... Total 74 0 7 ... 0 .. 16 ...245 c and b Savigny b W ilson ........... not out................., b Pickett ......... E xtras.......... Total .. 285 N orth ern T a sm a n ia . First inniDgs. J. H. Savigny, b Upham ... 25 E. A . Windsor, lbw, b Up­ ham ............................... 181 G. E. Palmer, st Boxshall, b Downes ................... 4 H. Wilson, b U pham ......... 18 N. R. Westbrook, b Reese 22 J. Ramsay, c Lusk, b Reese 13 P. Kissling, lbw, b Reese ... 14 C. Shew, c Sims, b Downes 11 C^lamm ond, b Downes ... 1 A. W . Pickett, st Boxshall, b Upham ........................ 12 J. iJetts, not o u t................... 4 E x tra s.......................... 24 Second innings. cFisher, bDownes 6 cAshbolt.bUpham 22 cBaker, b Downes b Upham .......... b Upham ........... b Upham ........... b Downes ........... b Downes ........... c Boxshall, b Up­ ham ................... b Upham not out... Extras Total ...329 Total ... 51