Cricket 1900

218 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J une 21, 1900. Though Lord Monpon, who died at Florence op Monday, was better known in connection with polo, perhaps, by virtue of the official position he held for some years at Hurlingham, he was none the less a kt en follower and active 6up- prrter of cricket. He succeededto the1itle a few years ago, on the death of his elder brother, Viscount Oxenbridge, who was for many years president of the Surrey County C.C. PEARSON, whose all-round cricket was so conspicuous on the Worcestershire side in the match against the West Indian team at the end of last week, comes from Mitcham. He showed con­ siderable promise for the Surrey Colts a few summers ago and was engaged at the Oval for two or three seasons. Leaving the Oval he went to Worcester and has been there since qualifying for the county. Another Mitcham cricketer of an older growth, Corden to wit, also played for Worcestershire against the West Indians. A correspondent writes: “ Can any of your readers kindly inform me the year in which a batsman, taking part in the ’Varsity match, owing to nervousness, ran the wrong way when his partner called him for a run ? I have consulted many works on the game, but without finding details of the incident. I believe it occurred about ten or fifteen years ago.” M r . W . W illiam s, who assisted Middlesex against Gloucestershire at Lord’s last week, had played for the county once before, viz., against Notting­ hamshire, at Lord’s, as far back as July, 1885. He then bowled twelve balls for ten runs and no wickets. It was in this match that Arthur Shrewsbury played his great innings of 224 not out, Attewell and Shaw being the only other members of the Notts eleven to score over 16. M r . G. W . B e l d a m , who is scoring so well for Middlesex, had a most successful season last year in club cricket, exceeding the century on no less than nine occa­ sions. His chief scores were as follows: 501*, Wanderers v. Pallingswick, August 2. 165*, M.C.C. and Ground v. Merchant Taylors’ School, July 18. 161®, Teddington v. W est Herts, July 29. 147*, Littlehampton v. Surrey House, May 22. 130, Richmond v. Ealing, June 17. 123, Middlesex (2nd X I.) v. Essex (2nd X I.), August 7. 122*, Wanderers v. Ealing, August 9. 105, M.C.C. and Ground v. W est Herts, June 27. 102*, Littlehampton v. Visitors, September 12. * Signifies not out. A s h o r t time ago, Santall, who had been bowling with great success for Warwickshire was taken ill with scarlet fever. Fears are entertained that bis example has been followed by Lilley, who has been ordered by his doctor to remain at home for a time. It would be a crushing blow to Warwickshire if two such good men were placed hors decombat by scarlet fever, but it may be that in Lilley’s case nothing serious is the matter. We sincerely hope that he may be in the field again very soon. S u r e l y a more remarkable innings under great difficulties has never been played than that of Mr Jessop at the end of last week at Lord’s. With a wicket which by the night’s rain had suddenly turned in favour of the bowlers, Mr. Jessop hit out in a manner which he has never surpassed, even on a hard wicket. On Friday morning nine Gloucestershire wickets fell and 149 runs were made. Of these Mr. Jessop contributed 109, the runs made while h? was at the wickets being 120 only. T h e r e were some curious equal double innings in the match between Essex and Yorkshire R eeves................... Young ................... C. J. K ortright... C. McGahey P. Perrin ........... E row n ................... 10 and 10 , 4 „ 4 1 „ 1 0 „ 0 0 „ 0 3 „ 3 T h e r e is also a good deal of similarity between the following scores:— Mead ................................... 0 and 46 Denton.................................. 0 „ 42 Tunnicliffe.......................... 43 „ 0 Hirst ................................... 1 „ 41 not out. I n the match at Lord’s between Hamp­ stead and the M.C.C., Mr. Spofforth, aided by the net and an overthrow, was credited on Tuesday with a hit for eleven. This is the record for hits made under the late revised experimental rules of the M.C.C. M r . J.B. WooD.theold OxfordBlueand lob bowler, has been very successful this season in India as a batsman. His first four innings for Simla were 110, 52 and 143, and 7. He has also done fairly well with the ball. Another Simla batsman with a very taking style who has batted finely is Mr. R. L. Ricketts, whose scores are 22 and 64, 17 and 103. Mr. C. L. Alexander, the old Cambridge Association Blue, and Mr. C. S. Rome, the old Harrovian, are also members of the Simla C .C .; the latter is now in South Africa. From the Indian Sporting Times :— “ Fifty-three innings of 100 have been made in the more important matches in India from May 1, 1899, to April 30, 1900. This number is distributed as follows:—Ben­ gal 12 , Bombay 7, Madras 13, N.-W. P. 9, Punjab 9, Assam 2, and Burma 1 . Fifty of these 100’s have been made by European batsmen, the odd three going to natives. Three of the batsmen in question are at the front, viz., C. Wigram, J. B. Nicholson and W. J. Marsham, while four—E. H. D. Sewell, W. Brockwell, J. Henderson and W. E. Moran, have gone to England. Twenty are military players who, between them, made twenty-three of the fifty-three centuries. Seventeen are old public school players andtwo old Oxford blues. Only two, H. D. Watson and Brockwell, have ever played for a first- class county, but C. Wigram, Greig, Gosling, J. B. Wood and Champain have played occasionally in first-class matches. Eight of these centuries have been made against native teams.” “ T h r e e batsmen,” continues our con­ temporary, “ topped the second century, viz., W . S. Gosling, 220; J. B. Wood, 204; and E. B. T. Studd, 209, not out. The centuries were scoied at the following places:—Calcutta (eight), Simla (five), Ootacamund and Poona (two each), Madras (three), Patiala, Umballa, Cawn- pore, Lahore, Bankipore, Shillong, Kolar, Bargalore, and Rawalpindi (two each), and Yercaud, Naim Tal, Waltair, Bom­ bay, Rajkote, Mozufferpore, Dinapore, Rangoon, Bareilly, Lucknow, and Bel- gaum (one each). From the foregoing list it will be seen that ten centuries were scored in the ‘ Hills.’ The highest in­ dividual innings of the year, W . S. Gosling’s 220, was made at Ootacamund. No less than eighteen of the fifty-three centuries were ‘ not out ’ innings. Eleven of the batsmen mentioned in tbe list are also bowlers above the average, while two are wicket-keepers. Of the fifty-three centuries, twelve exceeded 150, while twenty-two were between 100 and 110. The above details will be interesting as showing the form of the principal batsmen in the different provinces.” W e have received a very interesting book, entitled “ Talks with Old English Cricketers.” The author is Mr. A . W. Pullin (Old Ebor). The book is pub­ lished at 6s., by Messrs. William Black­ wood and Sons. We hope to review it in our next issue. T he following are some of the latest hundreds:— JUNE. 2. Ahsan-ul-Hak, Hampstead v. W est Herts 153 4. Ahsan-ul-Hak, Mr. Mackintosh’s Side v. Mr. Farmiloe’s Side (Hampstead) ...........109 4. T. Farmiloe, Mr. Farmiloe’s Side v. Mr. Mackintosh’s Side (Ham pstea'I).................1C6* 4. E. R. Cruise, M.C.C. v. Kensington Park ... 110 6. W . H. T. Danby, Hampstead v. Charlton Pk. 130* 6. W . S. Hale, Hampstead v. Charlton Park ... 105 9. E. Seaton, KensiDgton Park v. Uxbridge ... I ll 12. C.W ood,L. and C. Rank v.L . and S. W. Bank 100* 13. K. E. M. Barker, Wanderers v. Charlton Pk. 118* 15. H. H. Burton, Goldsmith’s v. London Bosp. 107 16. J. Donaldson, Kensington Park v. Dunstable Grammar School ...........................................102* 16. S. SHverthorne, Panther v. Pallingswick ... 100* 18. J. E. Bill, Warwickshire v. West Indians ... 145 14. T rott (A . E.), M iddlesex v . G loucester ... 112 16. G. L . J essop , G loucester v M iddlesex ... 109 18. A .C .M ac L aren ,L ancabhi re v. G loucester 104 18. B raund , L ondon C ounty v . C amb . U niv . ... 107 18. D. L . A . J kphson , S ubrey v . Y orkshire ... 1C9 18. C. B. F ry , Sussex v . K e n t ..............................110 20. K . !S. B anjitsinhji , S ussex v . K ent ............ 192* 20. W ard , L ancashire v . G loucestershire ... I ll* 20. C. R. H artley , L ancs v . G loucestershire 192 * Signifies not out. ANSWERS 'JO CORRESPONDENTS. D. J. W adia (Bombay).—Sorry that we do not agree with you at all. O xonian . —See “ Field ” for last week. KENSINGTON PARK v. EM E R ITI.-P layed at St. Quintin’s Park on June ' 6. K ensington P ark . R. O. Barnet, b Brewer 7 G.T.Campbell,bStraw- son ...........................50 C.M. Skinner, b Straw­ son .......................... 33 C. Sarel, c Comyns, b Strawson ............... 3 P. Cfreatoiex, c Swaby, b Neame ... ...........56 B. C. Greatorex, b Comyns ............... 1 E m ebiti . C. G. Hildyard, b Comyns ................... 0 A.H.Godfrey,bStraw- son ........................... 0 A .W . Browne, notout 43 F.H .Palmer,stKillion, b N eam e......... ... 12 A. Whittow, b Neame 4 B 15,1b 8, w l,n b 1 20 Total . ...229 H. T.Roberts,cB.Great- orex, b Palmer ... 15 L. A. L. Brewer, b Skinner ...................27 F. M. Killion, not out 44 A.P.Comyns.b Skinner 11 J.Y.Strawson, b Skin­ ner ........................... 0 E.A. O’Bryen,notout 20 B 3, w 1 ........... 4 Total .121 O. J. Houdret, J. T. W right, R. S. Swaby, F, S. Neame and C. Buller did not bat.