Cricket 1899

A p r i l 20, 1899. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 75 D r . W . S e lb y C h u r c h , who has been appointed to the high office of President of the R oyal College of Physicians, will be jjratefully remembered in the annals of Harrow cricket. A contemporary of Bob Lang, he was in the School Elevm of 1853, and though not fortunate him­ self at Lord’s, had the satisfaction of assisting to defeat Eton by more than an innings. H is medical career, it need hardly be added, has been of considerable distinction. He is senior physician at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital. T he “ Ormuz,” with the Tenth Aus­ tralian Team on board is due at Naples to-m orrow , and Marseilles on Sunday. It is quite on the Cards that some at least of the party may leave the steamer at Marseilles and come overland, with the idea of seeing something of Paris when they have the chance. A change has been made in the head-quarters of the team, which will this time be at the Inns of Court Hotel, H igh Holborn. O ne of the two recent dates in the Australian programme has been filled up by the arrangement of a tw o-day’s match at Truro, on July 7th and 8th. In all probability it w ill be against Lord Bobarte’s England Eleven. It is probable that the Australians will fill up the only date now remaining open (July 20), with a match at Kendal. This would give them an opportunity of enjoying the lovely scenery of the lake district. T hough the weather has interfered considerably with the practice at the Oval, Mr. K ey and most of the Surrey cricketers who happened to be in London at the lime were very busy yesterda) afternoon. In the course of the next few days test practice w ill no doubt be in full swing. In this several well-known Public School cricketers of 1898 w ill b f taking part. On the 28th and 29th the First Eleven are to play the Next F ou i- teen at the Oval, and as both tides will be in full strength the followers cf Surrey should have two days of good cricket before the county season begins, which w ill be on May 1st. I t will interest a number of Cricket readers, Incogs in particular, to know that the H on. J. S. tidal, the Attorney- General for the Fiji Islands, and as keen a cricketer as there is, which is saying something, is on his way to England. H e left Australia on March 17th by the Messageries Maritimes steamer, so should be nearing home by this time. His son, A. U. Udal, who was at Winchester, is now at the Boyal Military College, Sand­ hurst. The follow ing are some of the latest hundreds:— MARCH. 4.—K . Burn, Wellington v. Derwent (Tas­ mania), unfinished ..................................192* 4 . —T. W arne, Carlton v. University {Mel­ bourne), unfinished .................................. 110* * Signifies not out. THE MESSAGE. [On Friday night one of the headlines on the contents bill of the Echo was as follows : “ M e ss a g e f r o m W .G . t o t h e r e a d e r s o f t h e ‘ E c h o .’ ” The ‘ ‘ message’’ turned out to be that “ Dr. Grace commissions me to tell the readers of the Echo that he has walked over the football ground this morning. If no more rain falls it will be in excellent condition for playing to-morrow.” ] I had a message to send them,— To them who the papers read ; But 1 had my letters to finish, And they had gone home to feed. To feed on the football journals— Oh, so cheap and yet so dear !— ’Twere vain to wri e to the “ Standard,” The “ News” or the Times,” I fear. I had a message to send them— So simple, so true, so neat— I longed for a Pressman to hear it, To bring it out in his sheet. I planted it one spring morning On a man, for an “ Echo ” par, Though, perhaps, I preferred the splendour Of the “ Evening News ” or “ Star.” I said, “ If 'twere fiDe in the morning, And rain did not fall before night, The crowd would by no means be weary Of the Sheffield and Derby fight.” Then I thought of official duties, So mighty, so full of care, And I tenderly left my message In the hands of the Pressman there. And I saw him grow sadder and sadder, When he found I would say no more; Sadder than men with duck’s eggs ; Sadder than sad sea shore. But I knew that at last my message Would appear in the “ Echo ” Late, Though it wasn’t a message on cricket.— For that I ’m content to wait. ETON RAMBLERS. MAY. 20. v. Hai’eybury 22. v. Silw od Park 22. v. (Jheveley Park, Newmarket * 31. v. Christ Church, Oxford * JUNE. 3. v. Westminster School 10. v. Mr. Miller-Hallett’s X I. 17. v. Home Park, Windsor 23. Eton, v. Winchester * 26. v. Woolverst one Park, Ipswich * 28. v. W est Kent, Chislehurst 29 v. Eton 29. v. Eton (2) 30. v. Koyal Artillery, W oolwich * JU LY. 3. Oxford v Cambridge + 5. v. Btckenham 8. v. Uxtridge J2. v. Household Brigade, Burton’s Court* 13. v. Balliol College, Oxford 14. Eton v. Harrow * 17. v. Alderehot Division * 19. v. Green Jackets, Winchester * 22. v. House of Commons, at Kingswood Warren, Epsom 22. v. Esher 28. v. Boyal Engineers, Chatham * 31. v. Malvern College* AUGUST. 2. v. Bev. S. B. James’ X I., Malvern * 7. v. Epsom * 16. v. hand of Erothers, Maidstone * 18. v. Mote Park, Maidstone* 21. v. blue Mantles, Canterbury* *8. v. Bourton Yale * 30. v. Heythrop Hunt, Chipping Norton Junction * * Two-day matches. + 'lhree-day match. MR. A. M. MILLER’S X I. v. MR. R. W . AWDREY’S XI. Played at Trowbridge on April 17 and 18. Mr. Awdrey’s team won by 68 runs. This match, in which Ricbardscn and Lockwood made an appearance, was chiefly remarkable for the stand made by E. T. Shorland and C. H . Ransome against the tw o Surrey bowlers, who, however, did not seem to be greatly exciting them­ selves. In the second inni\ngs Lockwood gave a sample of his real form. The weather was much too cold for the match to be enjoyable. Mb. B. W. Awdry’b X I. First innings. E. B. Noel, b Shorland ... 17 F.S.Grav.ht wkt,b Shorland 4 G. E. W inter, c B. Usher, b S n a r t .................................. 6 Lockwood, c B. Usher, b fcrnart ................................. 2 P. W . Bradford, b Smart... 10 C.C. Gouldsmith,b Lavert« n 17 F. H. Bumphxeys, cM iller, b Smart ...........................10 B. D. Slater, c T. Usher, b Shorland ..........................29 B. W . Awdry, c B. Usher, b Smart ......................... 12 Bichardson, not out ...........15 C. C. Bradford, b Shorland 0 Extras ......................... 9 Second innings. st Stancombe, b Smart ........... 5 b Bantome........... 3 b Shorland........... 4 c Usher, b Laver - ton ...................14 b Smart .......... 52 c and b Miller 0 18 Total ...132 b Smart st Stancombe, Smart c T. Usher, b Shorland........... 7 not out ........... 0 c and b Bansome 2 Extras......... 9 Total .. 187 23 Mb. A. M. Miller’s XI. First innings. C. Laverton, b Bichardson 4 E. T. Shorland, c Winter, b Richardson ........... .. f9 C H.Bansome,b Humphreys 34 F. W. Stancombe, b H um ­ phreys .................................. 4 B. Ush*r, b Humphreys ... 0 Smart, b Humphreys........... 9 A . M. Miller, c B. W . Brad­ ford, b Lockwood ...........28 B. Batch, b Lockwood ... 0 li. E. Mackay, b Lockwood 2 T. Usher, not out.................. 0 H. Chaloner, b Humphreys 1 Extras................... Total ........... Second innings, b Loekwocd ... 1 c Awdry. b B. W . Bradford.. ... 17 b B .W . Bradford 5 b Lockwood ... 18 b Lockwood ... 0 b Lockwood ... 0 b Lockwood ... 2 abtent................... 0 not out.................. 10 b B .W . Bradford 0 c Awdry, b B .W . Bradfoid........... 0 Extras ........... 5 .. 143 Total ... 58 M b . Awdby’ X I. First innings. Second innings. O. M. B. W . O. M. B. W . Laverton ........... 13 4 24 1 ............ 6 0 14 1 Shorland .15*2 5 26 4 ....................... 19‘o 5 38 2 Sm art................... 16 1 43 5 ............ 21 6 54 4 M iller.................. 7 1 18 0 ............ 5 1 11 1 Bansome .. ... 5 2 9 0 ........... 3*1 1 l l 2 M b . A. M. M iller ’ s X I. First innings. Second innings. O M.B . W . O. M.B. W . Lockw. od .......... 12 1 44 3 .......... 14 4 33 5 Bichardson......... 18 3 49 2 .. ... Bumphieys . .. 14 1 46 5 ... .. B. W.Bradford . 12 3 20 4 A U S T R A L I A N C R IC K E T T E A M A FIRST MATCH in ENGLAND, CBYSTAL PALACE, M ONDAY, TUESDAY, and WEDNESDAY, May 8th, 9th, and 10th. (CRYSTAL PALACE. LONDON COUNTY CRICKET CLUB. Secretary and Manager, W . G. Grace. OPENING MATCH. SOUTH OF ENGLAND AUSTRALIANS. MONDAY, TUESDAY, atd WEDNESDAY, May 8th, 9th, and lith . One Three day. days. Numt ered seats in coven d stands 5b. Od. 10s. 6d. Unnumbered on r t sei ved side of ring 2s. 6d. 6s. id. May now be had at Crystal Palace or any of the usual agents.