Cricket 1900

248 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J uly 5, 1900. THE NEW PALACE STEAMERS, L id . Daily Sailings from Old Swan Pier, London Bridge. “ ROYAL SOVEREIGN .’’-D a ily (except Friday, 29th June), at 9.20 a.m., for MARGATE and RAMS­ GATE. “ KOH-I-NOOR.” —On and after 23rd June, at 8.60 a.m. ( L'uesdays and Fridays at 9.20 a.m.), for SOUTHEND and MARGATE. Special Trains from Fenchurch Street fetation to Tilbury, 9.45 and 10.28 a .m .; St. Pancras. 9.40 a.m. “ LA MARGUERITE.” —On and after 27th June, Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, to MARGATE and BOULOGNE Tuesdays to OSTEND and Back. Sundays to SOUTHEND and MARGATE. Special Trains from Fenchurch Street Station to Tilbury, Mondays Tuesdays and Wednes­ days, at 6.15 a.m .; Thursdays and Saturdays, 8.9 a.m .; Sundays, 9.35 and 9.45 a.m. Special Train from St. Pancras to Tilbury, Saturday 8 a.m .; Sun ay 40 a.m. R etu n F ares : - London and Margate. 1st Saloon, 6s.; 2nd Saloon, 5s.; St. Pancras 6d. extra. Return Tickets available till the end of Season. Bolougne, 14s. return, available 3 days ; 16s. return, available till the end of Season. Ostend, U s. 6d. return, available till end of Season. T. E. B arlow , Director and Manager, 50, King W illiam Street, E.C. General Steam NavigationCo., 5 5 , G R E A T T O W E R S T R E E T , E.C. From Irongate and St. Katharine’s W harf (Tower Bridge). L O N D O N A N D E D IN B U R G H . Wednesday and Saturday, Fares : Chitf Cabin, £1 2s ; Fore Cabin, 16s. Return Tickets (available for the season), £1 14s. and £1 4s. 6d. L O N D O N A N D O S T E N D . Wednesdays and Saturdays, returning Tuesdays and Fridays, Fares : 7s. fid. or 6s. Return, 10s. fid. or 9s. L O N D O N A N D B O R D E A U X . Every Saturday, Fares: Chief Cabin, £2 10d.; Fore Cabin, £1 15s. Return, £4 and £3. The magnificent new steamship “ Birondelle,” 3,500 tons measure­ ment, 3,000 indicated horse power, fitted with electric light, and replete with every convenience for passen­ gers, is now running on this Station. P Y R E N E E S A N D B A C K (Cook’s Tours). Including hotel charges, provisions on board ship, rail and carriage drives, etc., 11 days’ tour, 9 guineas ; 18 days’ tour, 13 guineas. The most interes ing tour of the same duration out o f London. G. S. N. Co.’s Illustrated Guide free. By Post 2d. FRANK SUGG, 32, LO R D S T R E E T , LIVERPOOL. (Lancashire County, Players’, and All England X I.-there­ fore Practical.) Write for Catalogue, FREE. A ll Orders executed same day Carriage Paid. T h r e e G o o d L i n e s . The County. “ Sugg- cess.” K lynker. 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To the Oval from Moorgate Street, Bank, and London Bridge Stations. Travel by the Electric Railw ay— Trains every four minutes. THOMA8 C. JENKIN, G e n e r a l M a n a g e r . T HE Editor of Cricket wishes to purchase Volumes 3 and 4 of “ Scores and Biographies,” “ W isden’s Alm anack” from 1864 to 1878, “ John Lillywhite’s Companion,” before 1869,1870,1872, 1874, “ Football Annuals,” 1868,1872, “ James Lillywhite’s Annual” for 1874. Cricket: A WEBK I T RECORD OF THE OA ME. 168, UPPER THAMES STREET, LOIDOI, E.C. THURSDAY, JULY 5 th , 1900. $atulton Gossip. The abstract and brief chronicle of the time.— Hamle\ I t is stated that Mr. F. S. Jackson, the famous Yorkshire cricketer, who has been in South Africa with the Imperial Yeomanry, has been invalided home, haviDg recovered from fever. May the rains of this uncongenial summer fall lightly upon his head. T hanks to their surprising good for­ tune in being put in first when they lost the toss, Derbyshire, on Thursday and Friday, made the highest total ever scored against Essex. This was 508. A footballer writes:—“ It does not seem to have been noticed that Hamp­ shire, in playing Mr. L. H. Gay and Mr. G. B. Raikes, are including the two rival University goalkeepers of some years ago in tbeir team.” I n the last match of the season played by the Ootacamund O.C., Mr. O. T. Studd, the famous old Cambridge Blue, scored 187 out of a total of 364 (36 byes). He also took 3 wickets for 13 runs, going on last change. T he rain falls on rich and poor alike. In other words the big counties are not all getting things entirely their own way just now. I n ‘ ‘ Pages from a country diary ” in this month’s Badminton Magazine a writer, whose name is not mentioned, tells a delightful tale of an umpire, and what is more, tells it w ell:— “ Our village,” he says, “ was playing a team of miners from the West Riding, who were resolved to win, hy fair means if possible, hut by foul ones if necessary, and finding themselves outclassed they soon adopted the latter course. Their captain, a fierv-faced, bandy-legged littleman, presently resorted to the simple and ingenious device of placing his crooked limbs together and stand­ ing in front of his wicket whenever he saw a straight hall coming. After this had happened once or twice, the bowler naturally appealed, and the umpire, a burly, phleg­ matic innkeeper, very properly gave the man ‘ out.’ The scene which followed was inimitable, and I shall never forget it. Advancing half-way down the pitch, and glaring at the umpire as if he would eat him, the batsman shrieked, ‘ Does thoo me-a-an to sa-a-y ar’m oot ? ’ ‘ Aye, ar doos,’ phleg­ matically replied Boniface. ‘ Weel, then, ar sa-a-ys thet thoo’s nabbut a ------ leear,’ retorted the Geordie, absolutely stamping with rage. ‘ Mebbe, ma la-a-d, mebbe,’ said the umpire, coolly striking a match on the seat of his trousers-a gesture at once indicative of unconcern and contempt—‘ hut thoo’s gat to gan for arl that! ’ ” The Badminton Magazine also contains an article on Fielding by Mr. H. D. Leveson-Gower, and another on Gentle­ men v. Players, by Mr. Home Gordon. T he final match for the premiership in the Pennant matches at Melbourne took place at Hawksburn on April 28th and May oth, between Hawksburn and E*st Melbourne. The former won by 25 runs on the first innings; they played eight matches, winning six and losing two. W orrall writes as follows in the Sydney Referee: — The past season in Australia wasthe dullest one on record. It was absolutely lifeless. Almost every match was played to a beggarly array of empty benches. The public apathy extended to the Intercolonials, and even those games were devoid of snap. I think, however, that the asphalt around the M.C.C. is, in some measure, responsible for the non-attendance of the public. It is no joke to be on that asphalt when the sun is 100 degrees in the shade. There was also a great lack of dash in the batting, and very few new bowlers are showing any promise. And,'to cap all, the V.C.A. is over head and ears in debt. Perhaps the next season will witness a much-needed improvement, and a serious effort put forth to make the game more attractive. W ith reference to the fielding in Pennant matches, “ F elix ” eays in the Australasian: — “ I may state that throughout the Season the ground field­ ing has been sound in the main, but in catching there has been notable remiss­ ness, and it cannot be said that any fielding team is deserving of being termed first-class when the percentage of chances missed is so high as it has been in some cases during the past season. The American baseballers can teach us a lot in catching.” F rom the Queensland Sportsman :—“ It was in Melbourne years ago, and Alec Bannerman was stone-walling as usual. He had been in for half-an-hour, and had not made a run. Then someone in the middle of the crowd yelled, ‘ Steady, Alec, for Heaven’s sake! ’ This con­ vulsed the crowd, and even Alec smiled.”