Cricket 1900

M a y 3 , 1 9 0 0 CRICKET ; A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 1 07 Victorians. 11111111)16, bowling to Ike Mills, in attempting to throw up a slow leg-break let the hall Blip rather prematurely, the result being that it went high in the air, dropped midway between the wickets, and, not having sufficient momentum to reach the batsman, stopped dead about a yard outside the crease. Ike was, however, equal to the occasion, and, calmly waiting till the hall stopped rolling, hit it to the boundary for 4, a feat which was greeted with roars of laughter.’ ’ I n addition to its usual contents, the “ Derbyshire Cricket Guide,” which is published by Messrs. Bacon and Hudson, Derby, and compiled by Mr. L. G. Wright and Mr. W. j . Piper, jun., contains biographies of Mr. Arthur Wilson and S. H. Wood. The article on “ Cricket in 1899 ” is written by Mr. Wright, who, commenting on the value of colts’ matches, says:— “ When looking at the results of the sea­ son’s work, there seems little to encourage hopes for the future. But as the history of Derbyshire cricket has been one long struggle, this will not cause much despondency. Endea­ vours will, doubtless, be made to unearth good talent, and if the colts’ match held at the end of last seasonhas introduced a player ortwo who will prove as useful in hatting and howling as Humphries did behind the wicket, it will have fulfilled its object. To show of what value the previous colts’ match was, when the capabilities of Humphries was ascertained, it is only necessary to say that in the six county matches in whichhe played he caught fourteen men and stumped four.” E. H. D. S e w e l l , who has made him­ self so conspicuous in Indian cricket by his consistently high scoring, took his leave of India at the commencement of this month for England. He is to qualify for Essex. L o r d H a w k e is one of the members of the committee of the Sports Club who retire at the annual meeting to-day. With most of the other retiring members he seeks re-election. The meeting takes place at the Club House, 8, St. James’s Square, at 4.30 p.m. E. G. G o a t l e y , who played a fine innings of 60 for the XV . against the X I. of Surrey at the Oval, is only eighteen years of age. Though he is a batsman of the steady type, he plays the ball hard when he does play it. He is a left-hand bowler and far from a bad out-field, as the way he caught Hayes at the Oval last Monday showed. A n examination question (open only to cricketers who have not yet read Mr. Warner’s book ):— “ Give the surnames of the following cricketers who accompanied Mr. Warner on his tours : ‘ Poodle,’ ‘ Pug,’ ‘ Shrimp,’ ‘ Mike,’ ‘ Waker,’ ‘ Martin,’ ‘ Veinou.’ ” T he announcement which appeared in yesterday’s papers of the death of Mr. Frank Grey Soiith, the Manager of the National Bank of Australia, if true, deprives Australian cricket of one of its leading and most charming personalities. As President of the Melbourne Club for many years, it has fallen to him to extend an official welcome to team after team of English cricketers visiting the colonus. Genial in manner, a delightful speaker, he was quite the right man to represent, as he did most fittingly, the premier club of Australia, as well as to uphold the dignity of Australian cricket. He will be greatly missed in all the cricket centres of Australia. I n representative cricket Australian batsmen, it will interest Cricket readers to know, have compiled twenty-two scores of 200 and upwards. Thirte> n stand to the credit <f New Sou'h Walts batsmtn, seven to South Australia, and two to Victorian. Seven were made forand two against New South Wales, one for and five against Victoria, and seven for and one against South Australia. Murdoch, Giffen, and Trumper have each made four such scores. The whole of them are enumerated below :— 321—W . I . Murdoch, N .8.W . v. Victoria, 1882 *2f-6—W . L. Murdoch. Austra ian X I. v. Sussex, 1882 279—W . I j . Murdoch, Australian X I. v. Cumtined X I., 1684 211—W . L Murdoch, Australia v. England, 1884 *SO0—V Trumper, Australian X I. v. Sussex, 18S9 *292—V. Trumper, N.S.W . v. '£asmnnia, 1898 253—V. Trumper, N.S.W . v. New Zealand, 1899 208—V . Trumper, N.S W . v. Queensland, 1899 *298—H. Moses, N.S.W . v. Victoria, 18S8 i 7!—G. Giffen, South Australia v. Victoria, 1891 237—G. Giffen, South Australia v. Victoria, 1891 205—G. Giffen, South Australia v. N .S.W ., 1893 203—G. Giffen, South Australia v. England, 1887 239—P S. M ’Donnell, N .S.W . v. Victoria, 1888 223—P. M ’ Ahster, Victoria v. New Z-aland, 899 219—H. Graham. Australian X I. v. Derbyshire, 1893 210—J. Darling, S. Australia v. Queensland, 1699 206—H. H. Massie, Australian X I. v. Oxford Uni­ versity, 1882 *206—C. B ill, South Australia v. N.S.W ., 1896 200—C. B ill, bonth Australia v. England, 1897 201—S. E. Gregory, Australia v. England, 1894 200-M . A. Noble, N.B.W . v. South Australia, 1899 * Signifies not out. I t may be as well for the critics, who may have yet to comment on this week’s match at the Oval, to point out that the Smith who bowled with such success for the Fifteen against the Eleven is not the left-hander, F. E., of that name, who did good service on occasions some years ago for Surrey. The young cricketer, who came off so creditably on Tuesday, is W. C. Smith, a right-handed bowler. He has been engaged for the last two years at the Crystal Palace, and was put on first to bowl for London County iu the match against Surrey, at the Oval, on Easter Monday. T he annual report to be presented to the general meeting of the Surrey County C.C. this afternoon shows the club to be in a prosperous condition financially. The heavy expenditure consequent on the election of the new pavilion and tavern has been fully met, and the club is now quite free from debt. The following members of the committee retire in rotation and are eligible for re-election:—G. Everett, Sir Reginald Hanson, Bart., K. J. Key, Rev. E. W. Northey, M. W. Marshall, J. Bradley, C. A. Stein, and A. S. Tabor. Messrs. A. M. Latham and W. W. Read have also been nominated to serve on the committee. T h e programme for the Haverford College Eleven, who are coming to Eug- land at the eud of June, is now pretty well completed. Ih e t ur will bfgin with the match against Milvern College on July 2nd, and iu all probability end with that against the Long Vacation Club at Cambridge, commencing on August 2nd. In addition to the match against M.C.C. at Lord’s, tbe young Pliiladelpbians will play Cheltenham, Clifton, Marlborough, Winchester, Char­ terhouse, Haileybury, Eton, Harrow, Shrewsbury, Repton, Rugby, and an Oxford eleven. M r. J o h n P e n n , M.P., who has just been unanimously elected as the first Mayor of the new borough of Lewisham, is the senior of a brotherhood of cricketers. William, the Old Harrovian, and Frank Penn, who did such splendid service for Kent 8nd also for the Gentlemen for some years will be the best remembered of them. Both were fine batsmen of the free type, though the former did not give his attention so long in first-class cricket. In a minor match in 1873, the two brothers put on 201 for the first wicket at the family seat, the Cedars. Both of them played for Kent. M b . G e o h g e H. L o n g m a n , who has just acjepted the joint-mastership of the Surrey Union Foxhounds, Cricket readers hardly need to be reminded, is the well- known Eton and Cambridge cricketer. He was captain of the Cambridge Eleven in 1874 and 1875, and also represented the Gentlemen against the Players about the same time. Born iu Hampshire, he was first identified with that county. Latterly he has lived in Surrey, and has for the last few years been an active member of the committee of the Surrey County C.C. I t may be noted that Arthur Shrews­ bury, who receives half the gate in the Wbit-Monday Notts v. Surrey match at Trent Bridge, has already had a benefit for Notts. This was on June 26th, 27th, and 28th, in 1893, when the Australians played Shrewsbury’s Eugland Eleven at Nottingham. The benefit realised about £600, the actual profit on the match being £190 16s. 9d. A y e b y convenient little diary and note-book for cricketers is “ John Wis- dfcn’s Cricketers’ Note Book, 1900.” It easily fits into the waistcoat pocket; in addition to a diary, it contains many very useful memoranda. T h e new President of the M.C.C. is the Hon. Ivo Blyth, the former o il Kei-t cricketer. He succeeds the Right Hon. Lord Justice Sir A. L. Smith.