Cricket 1900

M a y 3, 1 9 0 0 . CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 1 0 9 CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY SENIORS’ MATCH. Played on the University Ground on April 30, May 1 and 2. Drawn. In weather which was not at all propitious for cricket, this match did not produce any remarkable play on Monday. Until lunch time the game was carried on under fairly favourable conditions, but a heavy shower then came down, and when play was resumed at half-past four the bowlers had to use a wet ball and did not very greatly distinguish themselves. Some pretty good batting was shown by Tagart, Sewell, and Allen. When stumps were drawn Mr. Blaker’s side had lost nine wickets for 225. On Tuesday consider­ able progress was made. With the excep­ tion of W. P. Robertson, Mr. Stanning’s side found that the rain on the wicket during the previous day had been too much for them; Robertson, however, played excellent cricket. In their second innings Mr. Blaker’s side nearly all made runs, the captain himself and G. G. Heslop putting on 89 for the first wicket in three-quarters of an hour, thus giving the other men a good deal of en­ couragement. At the close of play five wickets were down for 165—254 runs on. This lead was increased by 126 yesterday morning, Mr. Stanning’s side thus having to make 381 runs to win. They set about the task with delightful vigour, the captain and R. D. Anstead completely mastering the bowling, and putting on runs with great quickness for the first wicket. Stanning was absolutely master of the sitation, and as he was well backed up by C. J. Robertson, Anstead, and W. P. Robertson, a victory seemed only a question of time. As things turned out a few minutes more would have brought about this result. M b . B la k e b ’ s S id e . R. N. R. Blaker (Jesus), c Palmer, b Alexander ... 37 bCollett ... 49 G. G. tleslop (Clare), b Fal- c C. J. Robertson, mer .................................. 0 b Alexander ... 49 N. O. 'lagart (Jesus), b cW .P.Robertson. Palmer .......................... 57 b Juhnson 2 C. A. 8. Sewell (St. Cathn- line’s) c Johnsi n,bPalmer 50 bC lajton .. 32 J. Gilmau (Jesus), b Palmer 0 c W .P Robertson, b ( layton ... 14 H . S. Keigwin (Peterhouse), c Palmer, b Alex- b Palmer ........................... 1 mid r ........ 18 W .K .P.H rench(Pem l roke), c Stanning, b Alexander.. 7 c a id b Clayton .. 30 J. Allen (Pembroke), c c Stanning, b I^Anstead, b Clayton .. ... 38 Cautley ... 18 E. W . N. W yatt (Clare), c c Palmer, b Caut- Palmer, b Alexander ... 0 l»y .. 1. F. W . H. Weaver (Claie). c c W P.R *b r*s>n, Clayton, b Palmer ...........30 b » l»yti»n ... 19 E. E. Apthorp (QueenV). st W.P.Robertson,b Clayton 30 n otou t.. ... 18 G.Scott (Emmanuel),not out 5 b Cautl y ...........16 E xtras........................... 6 Extias ... 12 Total ................. 261 M b . S tanning ’ s J. Stam ing (Trinit}), b Weaver ............................ 4 R. D. Anstead (( brist’s), c Apthoip, b Allen ...............18 P. k . Johnson (Trinity), c Apthorp, b Hf s lo p ..............17 P. H. Keeton (Emmanuel), b Weaver ............................ 5 C. J. T. Bobertson (Em­ manuel). b Heslop .. . 25 W . P. Robertson (Trinity Hall), b Weaver .............. 6 1 G. F. Collett (Pembroke), b W y a tt................................... 0 C. W . Alexander (Trinity), st Apthorp, b Allen... . 11 E. B. Noel (Trinity), lbw, b Weaver ..............................10 F. D. Cautley (St. John’s), b Wyatt ................. 5 L. J. Clayton (Pembroke), not out.................................... 6 H.R.Palmer (Trinity Hall), c Heslop, b Scott ............ 5 B 2, lb 1, nb 1 ............ 4 Total .................... 172 Total . 291 S id e . b Allen ......... 12* c Allen, b W yatt 51 not out.................. 89 lu n o u t................ 0 c Gilman, b Allen 4 1 b Scjtt...................34 c Sewell, b Wyatt 4 B 15, lb 4, nb 1... 20 Total (6 wkts.)...374 Mb* B la k k b ’ s S id k . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . Palmer ... ... 37 12 109 6 ........... 6 2 21 0 Clayton ... ... 24 3 2 76 2 ........... 26 4 90 4 Alexander ... 16 2 46 3 ........... 37 12 108 2 Cautley ... ... 4 1 5 0 ........... 7 2 21 3 C.J.T.Robertson 4 0 19 0 ........... Collett .. 5 0 25 1 Johm on 5 2 14 1 Mb. S tan n in g ’ s S id e . O. M. R. W. O. M R. W . Weaver ... ... 27 7 60 4 ........... 16 4 58 0 Allen........... ... 22 8 51 2 ......... 24 5 51 2 Heslop ... 13 3 31 2 .......... 14 1 59 0 W yatt ... 14 5 16 2 ........... 29 8 104 2 Scott.......... ... 8*3 4 10 1 ........... 17 2 49 1 Blaker 3 0 23 0 Weaver and Heslop each delivered a no-ball. M.C.C. AND GROUND v. NOTTS. Begun at Lord’s yesterday. It was but natural that extreme interest should be taken in this match, which in the ordinary way attracts very little attention, for cricketers were all anxious to know whether their ideas about the working of the new scheme originated by the M.C.C. were right or wrong. The M.C.C. had decided to try a revolutionary experiment. A net thiee feet high was placed around the playing area. This was to form a boundary, and as the avowed subject of the experiment was to discourage boundary hitting, a hit over the net was only to count three. On the other hand it was arranged that every hit which did not go over the net should be run out, and two runs allowed for it in addition to those already made if the ball reached the net. In the M.C.C. annual report the committee stated “ if the bail hit the net two runs shall be added to the batsman’s score, in addition to those actually run.” l’hus cricketers were considerably surprised when they dis­ covered that after the ball hit the net it was still in play. The opinions of cricketers in general was almost unanimous that the scheme could not be worked with tmcce-s, as it penalised the hitters very severely. It was at once pointed out that when a hitter was at lhe wickets tue fieldsmen were placed much nearer to the boundary than lor a bats­ man of the Bannerman type, and th.it the ball when hit by the former would be promptly picked up and returned, whereas the field would have a long way to go before they could get to a ball hit into the net by the latter. In the first day’s play it soon be­ came evident that the experiment is not l.kely to have an abiding home on cricket grounds at large. A magnificent hit to square leg by Dench—it pitched into the orchestra stalls of the grand stand—counted as three, while a poor hit produced five or even six. Bi^; hits by batsmen lor whomthe field isalways placed deep were found to yield but three runs, the ba 1 being readily picked up by the fieldsman close at haud. It was also pretty obviuus ihat the tieldsmen had the worst of it, for, after all, tne batsman hj,s done his share of tho proceedings when the bail becomes dead, whereas the fields­ man has to return to his place. It was clearly indicated also, during the partnership of Mr. A. O. Jones and Mr. Gioves, that the scheme would work very hard on the fieldiug side when two batsmen managed to obtain a complete mastery over the bowling. It is trying enough even now in such a case for the field, but they would be in a state of absolute collapse after a very long partner­ ship if the experiment became law. It must not be forgotten that in the days when everything was run out, very few men played in more than one first-class match a week, and that those who played regularly—members of theAll England Elevens—seldom had to do very much in the way of fielding, the batsmen who were opposed to them being a very mixed lot. The M.C.C. have made their experiment with the sole object of furthering the interests of the game; we heartily with that the results of the first day’s play in the Notts match had been such that we could congratulate them on the success of this experiment. It is not necessary to describe the day’s play, which was carried out under such unusual conditions, except to say that the wicket was not in favor of run-getting. N o tts . 47 A . O. Jones, c E. Bromley-Davenport, b Trott G. J. Groves, c and b YouDg .................. 28 W. B. Goodacre, b Young ................... 0 Dench, lbw, b Trott... 29 Carlin, c and b Relf . 23 Ma8on,c Russell, bRelf 15 M.C.C. an d G bound . Guttridge, c Somerset, b Trott ................... 0 Gunn (J.), not out ... 53 Iremonger, b Hearne 31 J .C.Smith,c Carpenter b Y o U L g ...................21 Wass, b Young........... 0 Extras ................... 2 Total .. 249 A . F. Somerset, not out] ... Ru»sell, c Carlin, b W ass................... Hearne (J. T.), Groves, b Gunn Young, not o u t... B 1,1b 6 .. 24 6 C. W . W right, b Wass 0 G. Brom ey-Martin, b W a s s .........................10 Hearne (A.), b J . Gunn 2 Carpenter, b J. Gunn 6 Trott (A. E.), c Carlin, b Gunn ................... 7 E. Bromley-Marlin. b W a ss.......................... 32 Relf, b Gunn ........... 3 N o tts . First innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . Young ... 20 2 7 48 4 Relf ... 10 5 17 2 Trott ... 34 11 111 3 ^Hearne(A) 4 2 6 0 Hearne (J.)24 7 65 1 Young bowled a no-ball. Total (9 wkts) 110 RIVER PLATE AVERAGES. Cricket is played with enthusiasm in the Huenos Aires district, and despite the small numbers of the British colony (for the foreign element in Buenos Aires despises any exercise more exciting than a walk on the promenade), the members of the numerous clubs contrive to get a great deal of pleasure out of their national game. Below will be found the averages tor the seas )n in the whole of the club matches; it will be noticed that Mr. J. O. Anderson has scored over a thousand runs, which is, we believe, a record for the River Plate district. He three times made over a hundred. BATTING. No. Times of not Highest Total inns. out. score, runs. Aver. Scorers of 1000 runs and over— J. O. Andtrson......... 27 3 ... 155*...1005 ... 41*87 Scorers of 500 runs and over— A. Anderson ......... 24 ... 3 ... 142*... 744 .. 35*4*2 R. W Rudd ......... 19 ... 2 ... 104 ... 561 ... 33 00 E. L. Rumboll.........29 ... 1... M ... 762 ... 27*21 Scorers of 300 runs and over— Licey ...................... 15 ... 5 ... 98 ... 415 ... 43 50 A. J. Symons ......... 16 ... 3 74*... 475 ... 36*53 J. R. Garrod ......... 11 ... 1... 73 .. 333 ... 33 30 B. F. R. Bedford ... 13 ... 1... 137 ... 388 ... 32*33 E. U. Drabble .......... 13 ... 0 ... 100 ... 389 ... 29 92 G. F. Elliot................. 17 ... 2 ... 63 ... 365 ... 24 33 r*. B Syer................. 26 5 ... 53*... 383 ... 18 23 A. Macdonald .......... 24 ... 3 ... 60 ... 356 ... 1695 BOWLING. The bowlers, on the whole, had a fairly good time. It is pleasing to find that, although the only bowler who was unearthed last year was Mr. W . B. Spray, who heads the averages, many youngsters show considerable promise. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Aver. Over 50 wickets: W. B. Spray ... 2*7 2... 99 ... 451 ... 55 ... 8 20 H. A. Cowes ... 211-3 ... 61 ... 447 ... 52 ... 8 59 W. A. Campbell 221 1... 44 ... 5>4 ... 69 ... 9 38 T, V. M. Knox 341 ... 94 ... 764 ... 76 ... 10 05 R. A. Brooking 281 ... 113 ... 558 ... 54 ... 10*33 H. Lucas......... 258 ... 56 ... 693 ... 50 ... 13*86