Cricket 1900

1*2 U K IC K E T : A W E E K L Y RECORD OF TH E GAME . J an . 25. 1900. It is not a thing of sweet reasonableness when propelled by a bowler of the type of Jones, or of C. J. Kortright. But a cricket ball is quite enough in the trdinary way for an afternoon’s enjoy­ ment yA batsmen in such hands. It is fortunate that, as a rule, they are free from such an additional cannonade as was experienced by the players in a match between Malvern and Williams- town, at Melbourne, on D« cember 16. Bu t the story had better be told as it appeared in the Melbourne Sportsman : — During the practice of the local garrison artillery, parts of two shells, known as gas checks, or plugs, came away at the discharge of the big guns, arid careered all over the cricket ground. Malvern were batting, and those who were not at the wickets were look­ ing on, as usual, amongst them being Mr. H. fehepherd, the hon. sec. of the Malvern Club, who told me ot' his unpleas «nt experience. “ The first plug I noticed in the air directly after a gun had gone off,” said Mr. Shepherd; “ but 1 did not know what it was.” At any rate, he assured me that it took a lot of the picket fenc -5 away, went across the tennis court, near the pavilion, tearing away the wire netting, and tinaily bringing up against the outer fence, almost knocking out a strong post, and with it some pickets. lhe second pitched just in front of the caretaker’s cottage, took a wild course across the turf, j ust missing an out fieldsman, tore away a lot of the picket fence not far from the pavilion, and passed through the outer !’•nee, doing a good deal of damage to that also. And but for the presence of mind of a spectator a youth would probably have been killed, for immediately after he had been dragged away from where he had bten stand­ ing the missile tore the fence away. It was a ii‘ibty experience for th we on the ground, the account naively aids bv w*y a conclusion. Ol' tLe unhappily many 8 -id expeiicncts of the momentous campaign in South Africa, nothing, to my mind, is in a way 8 idder than the brief record which came under my notice in the casualty list last week: “ Major F. F. Crawford, of the Army Veterinary Department, died on January 16th at the base hospital, Pieter- maritzourg, of dysentery.” To fall a victim to disease when actually within striking distance, and when everyone was yearning to get within touch of the enemy—well, it seems to me fate could hardly have worse luck in store for a soldier. To a large number of Cricket readers F- F. Crawford’s cricket record will be lamiliar. He played for Kent in the early eighties, but not for long, as his military duties engaged the most of his time. Tnough absent for several years on active service, he never lost touch with the game, and Indian as well as South African cricket had in him a hearty supporter. His interest in Cricket, the paper, never flagged, aud haidly a month passed without our receiving some item or items of cricket chat. He was the source of that very amusing little story which appeared in “ Gossip ” some time during the summer of 1898 in which W. Troup and “ W. G. Grace, M .D .,” were the principal figures. T h e death is announced of John Thewlis, the elder, a famous old York- seire cricketer. He was the uncle of Ephraim Lockwood, and one of his best performances was in partnership with h im ; the two Yorkshiremen put up 176 for the first wicket against Surrey, in 1868, at the Oval. Thewlis played for Yorkshire for fifteen years, and also represented the All England Eleven and the United Eleven. T h e grounds which have be-*n selected for the Yorkshire matches of 1900 are as follows : — Sheffield Surrey, Sussex, Derbyshire and South Africa. Leeds:—Middlesex, Notts, Warwickshire and Norfolk. Bradford :—Lancashire, Gloucestershire, Worcestershire and West Indians. Harrogate: -Essex (2nd XI.) and Lan­ cashire (2nd XI.) Hull:—Hampshire. Dewsbury:—Somerset. Scarborough :—K<nt. Huddersfield :—Leicestershire. Barnsley:—Surrey (2nd XI.) THE LANDING OK THE PILGRIM MAJOR. [ “ There can be no question, therefore, but that there was sufficient ground for the rumour that the brilliant cricketer (Major Poore) has been with us in America with the object of purchasing mules at New Orleans for use in the South African campaign. That he should have come thus unheralded, and departed as noiselessly, need not be looked upon as very strange, when it is considered that had his mission here been advertised the price of mules would straightway have gone upwards in a canter.” - Brooklyn Eagle.'] Reporters’ hearts beat high, Each editor thought to boast That of what he said, this Major shy, His paper had made the most. But a heavy blight came down Each journal’s office o’er, When rumour said that the bird had flown To the wild New Orleans shore. Not as the Cricketer comes He, the tall warrior, came, With sound of metaphorical drums By The Organ of the Game. The Brooklyn Eagle roared From his nest by the Hudson’s foam, For he felt that the wily batsman scored O’er the bowler (as well as at home). A man with well-cut hair, With a glove upon his hand— Why had he come in the winter there, Away from his childhood’s land ? A man with fearless eye ; He would have told the truth— ’Twas gall to see him passing by With the brazen cheek of youth. What sought he thus afar ( r precious stones or jewels— This wealthy boss, this man of war?— He sought a thousand mules ! W. A. B. T h e following are some of the latest hundreds:— NOVEMBER. 11.—K.Burn, Derwent,v. Wellington (Tasmania) 3*51 17 —V. T rumper , N ew S outh W ales v . S outh A ustralia ... .......................................... 165 18 —H D onnan .N e w S outh W alesv . Q ueens ­ land ... ................... ................. 113 18.—V. T rumpsr , N ew S outh W ales v . Q ueensland ................................................. 2<"8 18 —M A. N oble . N ew 8 outh W alesv . S outh A ustralia ........................................... 200 18.—S. E G regobv . N ew S ouih W ales v . Sou i h A ustralia .......................................... 176 23.—Beg. bawaon, Wellington v. Derwent (Tasmania^ ... ................................... 116 24.—B G raham ,V ictoriav .S outh A ustralia 118 *5.—M. S. Morgan The County v. The Town (Victoria) .......... . ................. 113* 27.-F .T . H ack ,S outh A ustralia v .V ictoria 115 DECEMBER. 9. - C. J Eady. Break o’ Day v. Derwent (Hobart, Tasmania^ 229* 27.—Balu. Mr. Desais’ XT. v. Mr. Beaman’s X I (Begaum, Indi>*) ... 100 27 —Nar jya'ia Row. Mr. Reynolds’ X I. v. Mr. Scott’* X I. (Chppauk, India) .................. 102 29.—Capt. D eling, Madras v. Behar Wands.... 158* JANU ARY. 2 —Moran. Ca’cutta v. M adras.......................... 118 3 —K. P. Vital How, MedicalCollege v. Madras 100 * * Signifies not out. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. R. H. B all .—Seethe November issue of Cricket for the performances to which you refer. CR ICK ET IN TA SM AN IA . DERWENT v. WELLINGTON. Played at Hobart on November 4, 11, 21, and 23. The following is tho full score of the match between Wellington and Derwent. Burn, who was not out 21 on the first day, was eventually out for 361, scoring him­ self nearly one-half of the total made by Wellington. The captain of the Derwent eleven was G. II. Bailey, who came over to England as a member of the first Australian team in 1878. W ellington . K. Burn, c G. Bailey, b J. Bud-on 361 O. Douglas, c Dodds. b K. bailey ..............20 W . Ward, c Burgess, b K. Bailey ..............61 G. Gatehouse, lbw, b Downie ... 31 L. Macleod, lbw, b Reg. Hav* son ... 39 E Free, c G. H. Bailey, b t eg. Hawson ... 49 D. Macdonald, c Beg. Baws->n,bJ.Hudson 61 M.Macleod,cK Bailey, b Paton .. ........... 5 B. Brooke, b J. Hud­ son ........................ .1 2 J. Harp-r, c Dodds, b K. Bailey.................. 3 G. Gerrand, not out... 4 Extras ................ 27 Total 673 D erwknt . G. H. Bailey, b Ward 25 K. Rurgess, st Free, b W ard.......................... 2 H. E. Downie, lbw, b Haip-r ................... 5 K. Bailey, b Harper ... 7 he^-. Hawson. st Gate- hou e, b L. Macleod 116 N Dodds, b Brooke ... 32 A. Bingh tm ,c L. Mac­ leod, b Bro )k e ......... 5 S. H*W 8 >n, c an 1 b G erran d................. D. Paton, run out ... J. Hudson, not out ... S. K . Chapman, c bub, b Burn ................... Extras ................. Total ........... 5 S. Hawson.. 25 ( hapman ... 4 D Paton N. D.ulds H. B*iley W . Ward K. Bum J. Haiper L "• W ellington . O. M. R. W. R. Hawwon 33 7 102 2 H. Downie 23 3 99 1 Binghim ... 4 0 J. Hudson 12*11 1 63 0 0 6 0 36 5 130 1 8 0 37 0 33 3 110 2 D erwent . O. M. R. W. 6 0 20 2 45 0 18 1 16 1 55 2 Macleod 16 0 91 1 B. Brooke bowled two widea. O. M. R. W . B. Brooke J Gerrand 6 1 McDowall.. 3 0 O. M. R. W . 14 2 44 2