Cricket 1899

A pril 13, 1899. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 61 N e w Z e a la n d . First innings. Second innings. ~ " , R. W . B. M. R. W . 53 2 61 3 69 1 9 0 38 2 ............ 60 9 1 ............ 96 Westbrook 24 Pickett bowled a wide, Westbrook bowled two and Wilson one no-ball. N o rth ern T a sm an ia . Pickett ... Windsor Wilson ... Palmer ... Hammond Savigny... B. M. 108 5 84 108 . 42 96 27 170 42 102 6 First innings. B. M. R. Reese ... Upham ... Fisher ... Ashbolt... Downes... Sims ... 102 2 ... 170 11 ... 108 5 ... 72 1 ... 132 4 30 0 W . Second innings. B. M. R. W . !!! 90 7 26 6 Upham bowled two no-balls. NEW ZEALAND v. VICTORIA. Played at Melbourne on February 17,18 and 20 N e w Z e a la n d . Second innings, c and b Laver ... 7 b Laver ...........10 c and b Worrall... 7 not out;.................59 c Honeybone, b Tarrant ...........19 $ First innings. Baker, c Laver, b Murray 56 . Reese, st Honeybone, b Worrall ...........................88 H. B. Lusk, c and b Worrall 12 L. T. Cobcroft, c Graham, b Murray I. Mills, lbw, b Laver.. 5 31 A . Sims, c Murray A. Downes, Murray C. Boxshall, Laver M'Michael, c Graham, c Worrall, j J_javer.......................... \ F. Frankish, b Worrall fk F .*0. Ashbolt, c Laver, K Murray E. Upham, not out , * Extras ........... Total b Laver ........... 6 c M*Michael, b T a rran t........... 0 - lbw ,b Armstrong 26 st Honeybone, b Worrall .......... 14 iun out ........... 2 Extras ... 3 ...........317 V ic t o r ia . Total ...153 J. Worrall, b Frankish 36 S. M 4M ich a e 1, b F ran kish ................. 12 H. Graham, c Downes, b U ph am ...................31 F. Laver, c Baker, b Reese......................... 30 OH. Stuckey, c Boxshall, / b D ow nes.................60 W .V f Armstrong, c Downes, b Reese ... 6 P. M'Alister, c and b Downes ................224 N e w Z e a la n d . W . Murray, c Upham, b Downes ...........92 G. L. W ilson, b Downes G. Honeybone, b Up­ ham ........................... F^Tarrant, not out... Total >2 rt. N ew S outh W a le s . O. M. R. W. Coningham... 19 3 81 3 Marsh . Hopkins Poidevin Noble ... M 'Kihbin N ewell... Howell... 11 13 5 50 0 1 58 2 0 38 0 N e x t X I. O. M. R. W . Farquhar.. 6 0 30 0 Richardson 4 0 23 0 M*Beath O. M. R. W. .21 6 62 2 .1 5 4 46 3 .1 3 5 24 0 .1 8 3 56 1 Pye ... . Trum per. Donnan . O. M. R .W . ,15 6 42 1 , 6 3 13 1 , 1 1 0 0 NEW ZEALAND v. NEW SOUTH WALES. ' Played at Sydney on February 24, 25 and 26. New South Wales won by an innings and 384 runs. The match between New South Wales and New Zealand, played at Sydney on February 24th, 25 th and 26th, was remark­ able chiefly for the high scoring of Trum­ per, and the effective bow ling of Howell and McKibbin. It was chiefly to this trio that New South Wales was indebted for its decisive victory by an innings and 384 runs. In the first innings of New Zealand, Howell took five wickets for 22, in the second one, M cK ibbin seven for 30 runs. Trumper was at the wickets five hours, and though on the first day, in making his 81, he gave two chances, and should have been run out, there was only one flaw in his subsequent batting, a chance at 249. He hit thirty 4’s. N e w S outh W a lk s . b Pye, c Frankish Upham .................... 4 Duff, c Ashbolt, b F ran kish.................... 0 Trumoer, lbw, b Cob­ croft ............................253 Farquhar, c Fisher, b Reese................. ...110 M. A . Noble, c Box­ shall, b Frankish ... 37 Poidevin, b Reese ... 69 N e w Z e a la n d . Iredale, c Ashbolt, b M iles......................... 31 C. Gregory, not o u t... 40 Evers, b Downes M K ibbin, lbw, Downes ........... Howell, run out E x iras........... Total ... First innings. R Baker, b Howell ... .. Reese, c and b Noble .. Lusk, b Howell .......... Laver ... Murray ... Tarrant... Wilson ... W orrall... Armstrong Graham... First innings. B. R. 168 61 144 71 72 33 102 46 215 60 18 12 18 13 M. W . 16 Second innnings. B. R. M. W . 11 Cobcroft, b Howell G. Mills, run out ... 168 , 96 24 V jt s : V ic t o r ia . B. R. M. W . ...282 127 13 4 Ashbolt... Cobcroft... Sims Downes Upham ..276 135 9 2 Frankish ...222 127 7 2 Reese ...........192 113 6 Baker B. R. M. W . 80 53 1 0 18 5 1 0 12 13 0 0 18 16 0 0 ^Downes, b Howell ........... \ Ashbolt, c Farquhar, b Pye Fisher, lbw, b H ow ell......... Boxshall, run o u t ................. I |Frankish, b Noble ........... 'Upham, not out ................... Extras .......................... Total.......................... NEW SOUTH WALES v. NEXT XI. CHARLES BANNERMAN’ s BENEFIT MATCH. Played at Sydney on February 17 and 18. N e w S outh W a le s . V. Truirper, c Poide­ vin, b Hopkins ... 42 H. Donnan, c W . S. Duff, b Coninffham 120 M. A. Noble, c Marsh, b M ‘Beath ...........18 W . Howell, c Richard­ son, b Hopkins ... 18 W . B. Farquhar, c Kelly, b Noble ... 6 C. Gregory, c Howell, b Noble .....................19 A. Coningham, c Pye, b M'Kibbin ............. 19 R- A. Duff, c Kelly, b Trumper ....................50 A. Hopkins, c Howell, b M 'Kibbin ... ... 13 * Innings declared closed. N e x t X I. F. Iredale, c W . S. Duff, b Coningham 109 L. Pye, not o u t...........13 A . Newell, c R. A. Duff, b Coningham 7 E x tras...................26 Total (6 wkts) *353 L. O. S. Poidevin, c and b M ‘Kibbin ... 71 W . S. Duff, b Pye 1 W . A . Richardson, b Howell ...................17 A . Diamond, not out 33 A. M ‘Beath, not out 16 E xtras................... 5 Total (8 wkts)*250 Second innings, b Howell ... 17 c and b M ‘Kibbin 3 stEvers,bM‘Kib- bin b M ‘Kibbin c Iredale, b M'Kibbin c Farquhar, b M'Kibbin b M'Kibbin run out ........... not out ........... b Pye ................... stEver8,bM 'K ib­ bin ................... Extras........... Total N e w S outh W a l e s . O . M . R . W . Upham . Frankish . Fisher Downes . 30 2 110 34 3 131 16 0 62 27-3 7 105 A *h bolt... Cobcroft.. Mills ... M. R. W . 4 113 2 0 19 0 0 24 1 0 5 1 N e w Z e a la n d . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . P ye........................... 15 9 26 1 ............. 4 2 5 1 H ow ell................... 18 12 22 5 ............ 13 4 20 1 M'Kibbin ........... 13 2 32 0 ............ 17 23 30 7 Noble ................... 16.1 3 40 2 M 'Kibbin bowled six no-balls. CRICKET IN INDIA. PATIALA v. MEERUT. Patiala won by an innings and 285 runs. The chief feature of this match at Meerut on February 24 and 25 was the fine batting of Brockwell, the Surrey player. Patiala closed their innings with seven wickets down for 451, of which Brockwell’s share was 240. P a t ia l a . Williams, not out Extras . Total... Maharaj a of Patiala, Johnstone,bWilliams 8 Brockwell, run out .. 240 R. E. Mistri, c Cooper, b Hobbs ...................62 Badesi Ram, bHobbs 1 Billimoria, c and b Hobbs ...................75 Kour Saheb of Patiala, c and b H obbs........... 6 Manzoor and Raja Babu did not bat. M beru t . First innings. Rev. Kirwan, b Hearne ... 6 J. T. Hearne, c and b Hobbs .................. 22 Nanak Ram, not out 21 5 11 Mr. Edwards, c Manzoor, b B rcck w ell.......................... 11 Mr. Pearson, c Nanak Ram, b Hearne ........................... Mr. Halliday, c and bHeame Mr. Johnstone, b Hearne ... Capt. Hobbs, c Nanak Ram, b Brockwell ... .......... Mr. Fitzgerald, b Brockwell Sergt. Cooper, run out Mr. Williams, not out Second innings, c Mistri, b Brock­ well ................... Mr. McLaughlin, run out.. Extras ......................... Total ................. c Billimoria, b Heame ........... not out................... c and b Hearne... b Brockwell c and b Brockwell 30 absent................... 0 c and b Hearne... 4 c Brockwell, b Nanak Ram ... 16 b Nanak Ram ... 0 Extras...........12 Total ...119 A COUNTRY MATCH IN SOUTH AFRICA. The following very amusing account of a match played at Nylstroom on February 27th appears in the Pretoria Press . In the private letter which accompanied the report, the correspondent said:—“ A cricket match in these regions is so rare an event that a great deal of real interest is aroused.” Majuba Day found Hartingsburg and Nyl­ stroom doing battle at clicket—just for fun, and the glory of—well, anything you like. This is not a description of the game itself, for that is beyond my powers—it is merely the relation of a few incidents that may prove beneficial to those who wish to excel, in order to gather a team for Hartingsburg journeys had to be taken to outlying hamlets scattered promiscuously around the country, and many devices were used to win the consent of likely players. •At such times truth is used with commendable economy, for failure means no cricket; but the end justified any questionable details. At six o’clock on Monday morning an im­ patient youth approached one of the visitors with a«few questions. “ Are you playing?” “ Yes.” “ Who is your captain F” “ I don’t know.” “ What time is it?” “ Six.” “ What time does the match begin?” “ Nine.” “ Don’t you think we had better be going to the cricket ground, so as to be in time ? ” “ No, I am going back to bed.” The match began shortly after ten, and two gentlemen kindly consented to umpire. They showed a strong aversion to standing any­ where near the wickets, and an utter contempt for M.C.C. rules. Batsman, to the umpire, who is somewhere out in the country :— “ Give me block, please.” “ E h ?” “ Give me block.” “ What block?” “ I want centre.” “ How do you do it ? ” Batsman applies to the bowler, and gets what he wants. Presently, as happens in all well regulated games, the bowler yells “ How’s th at?” “ What do you mean ? ” “ Hang it, I want to know if that man ia out or not ? ” “ Which man? ” Temporary suspension of game while views are being expressed. To avoid blood­ shed the players took turns at umpiring, and religiously gave each batsman the “ benefit of the doubt,” and also of every certainty; so