Cricket 1900

M ay 10, 1900. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 123 each other; they could not use the net even if they could afford to do so. And if the net were confined to first-class matches there would be two distinct games of cricket, as far opposed to each other as Association and Rugby football. Already the Australians and the Ameri­ cans, to suit their own convenience, have made certain modifications in the M.C.C. laws, and League clubs in England have done the same thing, and there are ominous signs that th« end of this is not yet. Will the M.C.C., whom we all respect and to whom we all look to pre­ serve the traditions of the game, insist at such a time on a scheme which, if it were carried out, could only have the effect of creating a most unhappy schism ? If, on the other hand, they haveno intention of incorporating their experiment in the laws, what is the use of making it ? O n account of rain there was no play in any match yesterday (Wednesday). A fter batting for three hours and a half against Wadham College, Oxford, Balliol College declared their innings with the total at 500. Thus they scored at about the rate of 143 runs per hour. Their opponents, after such a severe castigation of their bowling, could only make 88 and 95 for eight wickets. The Balliol score is appended :— F . H . M itch ell, b W eb ster ... ............. 28 J . E . T om k in son , c W h ite , b W ebster 152 C . E . P on son b y, b W h ite ..................................3 M . B eD ham -C arter. b M e d le y ........... 12 G . W . B ea d la m , b U e sh er........................ 81 T . F . R . H en ley, nc t o u t ...........................118 P . G . C am pbell, n o t o u t ........................ 83 E xtras ........................................... 24 T ota l (5 t ic k e t s ).............*500 * In n in gs declared closed. E . C . C am eron, A . E . K en n ey H erbert, J . R . L o w , and E . 8 . C lack d id n o t bat. H ayward ’ s scores this season in first- class cricket are: 120 not out, 55 run out, 103 caught at the wicket, and 131 not out. M r. H. D. Swan writes: “ I notice that you give in the list of cricketers serving, or about to serve, at the front the nameof Captain Greenway (Northum­ berland). Captain Greenway is Adjutant of the 1st Y . B . Northumberland Fusiliers, and is at present residing at Hexham-on- Tyne. I believe the Northumberland Committee are looking forward to having his assistance throughout the present season in their county fixtures.” T he following are some of the latest hundreds:— MARCH. 24. N ew ell. W a v erley v . B u iw ood (S ydney) ... 114 24. L . W . P ye, C en tial C um berland v. E . S yd n ey 133 M A Y . 4. C . L . T o w nsend , L ondon C o u nty v . S u rrey 141 5. H a y w a r d , S u rrey v . L ondon C ounty ... 108 6. A . H . T h om p son , M r. T a ylor’ s Side v. M r. H in d ’s Side (C a m b r id g e )................................123* 7. L il l e y , W a r w ic k sh ir e v . S u rrey .............112 7. T . C . G . S an dford , M r. F ish er’ s Side v. M r. L ee’s Side (O x ford ) ..........................................103 8. H a y w a r d , S u rrey v . W a r w ic k sh ir e .............131* 8. Q uaikk (W . G .), W a r w ic k sh ir e v . S u rrey 124* 8. K . J . K e y , M .C .C . v . L eic e ste r sh ir e .............101 I J. £. M ahon , M r . A. J. W ebbe ’ s XI. v. C am bridge U n iv e r sity ................................137 K. S. R anjitsinhji . M r .A. J. W ebbe ’ s XI. v . C am bridge U n iv e r sity .......................158 • Siguiflea n o t ou t. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. E. G. L a n is. —W ill note. C. W . P e r r y .— W ill endeavour to give a reply next H. D. S w a n . —The ball is not dead, as in the cane of an ordinary boundary. The players continue to run. Thanks for the other note. CRICKET FOR GIRLS. An arlicle on “ Cricket for Girls,” which appears in the Qirl'8 Realm forMay, is decidedly instructive. The writer, Miss Ethel Rigby, evidently knows the game thoroughly, and although some of her advice to rising players may seem a little quaint, it may possibly be necessary. We have always advocated cricket for girls—provided that the ball is a good deal less haid than that which is ueed in ordinary cricket. But for girls to use the common or garden cricket ball seems to us an extremely foolish thing, which has not a single argument in its favour. Possibly some manufacturer, who has daughters, will one of these days invent a ball which can be hit to a considerable distance without being hard enough to damage fingers and faces and so forth. In the meantime, girls seem to have de­ cided that the soft-ball game, as played by small boys with a lawn-tennis ball, is beneath their notice, and insist on being knocked about by something which hurts even their fathers and uncles, not to mention their brothers. It is very interesting to learn on the authority of Miss Rigby that “ the stroke which will probably cause a girl the least trouble is the now fashionable pull to leg ! By far the most interesting part of this article in the Qirl'8 Realm is Miss Rigby’8 introduction to it— the occasional use of the word “ batsman ” in the later part gives us an uneasy feeling that the author has been studying a “ cricket guide.” Her description of practice at the nets in the Easter holidays is good. “ While they (the brothers) encase themselves in pads and gloves we are told vaguely to *stand out there, and mind you don’t butter the balls.’ Then one of them proceeds to drive a cricket ball at the various parts of our anatomy, in the most ruthless manner. We see it coming, but we know not how to tackle it. From the net comes a yell of ‘ Now then stupid , stop i t ’—we make one frantic effort, and lo ! the ball has sped through our feet, which we are then told should have been together............................. When they are tired of batting, we are informed that we may come in (and bat) for a little if we like, and accordingly we arm ourselves with a huge bat and stand trembling at the wicket. We dare not ask for pads or gloves—the boys would only jeer; nor is any information as to the correct way of handling the bat vouchsafed to us. The bowler proceeds to bowl us what he calls,an ‘ easy ’ ball; evidently opinions differ on this point, but we manage with difficulty to get out of the way of it. And after a few more of a like nature, which inflict horrible injuries on our person, we are clean bowled and informed that “ girls are no good at cricket! ’ ” YORKSHIRE v. WORCESTERSHIRE. A MATCH .FINISHED IN ONE D A Y. Played at Bradford on May 7. Yorkshire won by an innings and 5 runs. After very heavy rain the wicket at the Park Avenue Ground was so greatly in favour of the bowlers that latsmen could do next to nothing with them. In t-uch a case the side which has the best bowleis generally wins pretty easily, and thi-*match was no exception to the rule. Rhodt s and Haigh were iiresisti- ble; they bowled throughout the two Wor­ cestershire innings. Arnold was the only Worcesterthire man in the first ii nings who could make any headway at all against the two Yorkshiremen, and when the innings closed it was for such a small total that the odds on Yorkshire winning wtre enormous. But they began almost as badly as their opponents, and until Wainwright and Hirst got together at 35 for four wickets no stand was made. A most useful 47 was the lesult of their partnership, and as Haigh put on a few runs Yorkshirehad a Lad of 56,which, as things turnedout, proved sufficiently large enough to enable them to win by an innings. W orcestersh ire . First innings. Second innings. H . K. Foster, c Tunnicliffe, b Rhodes ................... 6 b B aigh ............ 6 Howard, b Haigh................... 0 c Tunnicliffe, b Rhodes ......... 1 Arnold, c Hunter, b Rhodes £0 &t Hunter, b Rhodes .......... 13 Bowley, b H a ig h .................... 5 st B*unter, b Rhodes ...............12 A. W . Fereday, run out ... 0 c Hawke,b Haigh 0 Isaac, st Hunter, b Rhodes 2 cHaigh,bRhodes 12 Bannister, b Rhodes ........ 0 not o u t ........... 4 Bird, b Haigh .................... 0 st Hunter, b Rhodes ... ... 0 W ilson, c Washington, b c Denton, b H a ig h ................................. 1 Rhodes .............. 0 Straw, not out ................. 2lbw, b Rhodes ... 0 S. Gethin, absent................... 0 b Baigh ............ 1 B 3, lb 4 ................... 7 B 1, lb 1 .......... 2 Total... Brown, sen., c Bowley, b W ils o n ................... 2 Tunnicliffe. b Wilson 5 Dentor, b W ilson 0 Washington, c sub., b W ilson ................... 0 Wainwright, c Shaw, b Bannister...................34 Birst, c Bird, b W ilson 24 Haigh, b Bird ...........15 43 Y orksh ire . Total... Rhodes, c and b Ban­ nister.......................... Lord Hawke, c Foster, Bannister.................. Brown, jun., c Bird, b Bannister................. Hunter, not out.......... B 1, lb 3 ........... ... 99 Rhodes Haigh Arnold W ilson Total W ORCESTERSHIRE. lirst innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . (*. M. R. W . ........... 33 6 16 4 ......... l l 'l 4 iO 7 12-3 3 20 4 ......... 11 0 29 3 Y o r k sh ir e . M R. W . O. M. R. W . 4 21 0 1Bannister. 13.5 3 30 4 7 25 5 Bird.. . . 8 2 19 1 O. 10 15 SPEN (ER (2) v. K ENMKG ION (v).-Played at Wandsworth on May 5. bPENCXB. First innings. Second innings. E. C. Elk ington, c and b L o v e ll........... .................... 9 b Damian ....... 4 G. Sturgeon, b Damian ... 1 b Damian .......... 0 E. B . Cross, b Damian ... 2 notout.................. 42 G. Sykes, c Lovell, b R M c o ie .................................. 69 C. A . Marshall, b Damiau... 8 notout ...........40 G. R. Delves, b Lovell ... 0 D. H. Langride. not out ... 1 b Moore .......... 7 A . T. Lane, c Bradbery, b Damian ........................... 5 A . F. Gadsdon, b Love)l ... 1 F. M. Bastow, b LoveU ... 0 b Moore ........... 0 S. E. Langride, c Briggs, b L o v e ll.................................. 5 B 8, wb 1 ................... 9 B 5, lb2 ............ 7 Total... N. Damian, run out J Kahral, b Delves ... E. W . A . Moore, b Gadsdon ................... R.H .M oore,b Gadsdon A.Bradbery,b Gadsdon F. H . Briggs, b Delves .100 K en sin gton . Total (4 \ikt8)10o G. Lovell, b Gadadon A. F. Stoy, b Gadsdon H . Aithur, b 1 adsdon F. Anderson, not cut B 6, lb 3 ................... Total ...........