Cricket 1900

274 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J u l y 19, 1900. much room for improvement at present, as is only natural. '1here is a good deal of difficulty in getting satisfactory umpires, who are, of course, always amateurs. “ Have the West Indian cricketers in England done as well as you antici­ pated ? ” “ Yes. I think that they have quite played up to their form. They have had the most wretched luck in the matter of tossing, and a team which nearly always loses the toss is very greatly handicapped. It seems to me also only natural that the fact that they have to play for six days every week, and have to go such long journeys between the matches must tell on them very greatly, since at home they only play on the Saturdays as a rule. And, again, the weather has been so wet and cold until lately that it must have affected men who are accustomed to very great heat. On the whole, I think that they have given quite as good an account of them­ selves as could possibly be expected; if they had had a little luck at the beginning of the tour they would have done even better. Their experience can, however, hardly fail greatly to improve and stimulate West Indian cricket.” “ Were you able regularly to keep up your acquaintance with English cricket while you were in the West ladies ? ” “ Yes. There is a weekly mail, so that one sees the daily papers and Cricket. I was, moreover, here for a few weeks in the summer of 1897 on a visit, but in other years I could only come in the autumn. I am afraid that first-class cricketers have degenerated in some ways during the last few years. They now require an interval for tea, and their fielding appears to me to be certainly not as good on the whole as it wa*. One hardly ever sees a long innings without an easy chance or two dropped by a fieldsman who seems bored by the proceedings, and so is not qui'e ready to pick up anything which c mes his way. I most sincerely hope that no alteration will be made in the l.b.w. rule, for I am sure that it would make play slower. Men would very soon adapt themselves to the altered circumstances when the wickets were good, and would never let the ball hit their legs, and would take no risks which might get them l.b.w., but when the wickets were bad the effect would be disastrous. As far as spectators are concerned there seems no doubt to me that they go to see batting and not bowling, and I think the leason for this is a natural one, viz., except when you see the wickets absolutely from end to end, it is impossible to appreciate the niceties of the bowling.” A few years ago Sir Augustus related his reminiscences of what occurred in the famous match at the Oval in September, 1865, between Eighteen Gentlemen of Surrey and United South of England, when Dr. E. M . Grace created a tumult among the crowd by bowling Jupp with an exceedingly high lob. Since he has been over here this summer he has had the opportunity of comparing his recol­ lections of the mcident wi'h those of Dr. E. M. Grace. “ I saw him at Bristol the'other day,” he said, “ and we talked over the affair. We agreed that it was during the luncheon interval that the conversation turned on the way in which Jupp had been sticking in without making any runs to speak of. Somebody said that in a country match he had seen a man pitching a ball in the air so that it should drop on the wicket from a great height. E. M. said, ‘ I’ll try that my­ self after lunch.” He did so and Jupp hit the first ball for 2, the crowd seeing no objection whatever. Jupp hit at the second ball and missed it, but the third ball bowled him and there was an awful row, although if Jupp had gone on scor­ ing it is quite certain that the crowd would have enjoyed the situation. As it was they rushed on to the wicket and hissed and hooted. Eventually they were cleared off, but E. M. insisted on his right to finish the over in the same way and did so, whereupon there was a renewal of the uproar. I. D. Walker then said that he thought E.M . had bet­ ter drop his new style, and there was an end to the episode, which was very amusing to us while it lasted. I can perfectly remember seeing E.M . take up a stump, and saying that if anyone touched him he would have the middle stump on his head. E.M. however told me the other day that he did not remem­ ber saying anything, but that he had a vivid recollection of pulling up a stump and marching iuto the pavilion with it.” W . A. BETTIlS WORTH. LONDON AND WESTM INSTER BAN K v. UNION BANK.—Played at Norbury on July 9 and 10. U n io * B a n k . E. A . Stevenson, b W illson ...................26 S. H. Anson, b Snell 22 L. B Grey, b W llhon 10 G. Simon, b Willson .. 0 A. D. B. Seel, c Pitt- Brook, b Simpson ... 0 S. J. Christison, b Simpson ......... . 0 E. Robertson, c Pitt- Brook, b Podmore... 9 E. R. Summers, not out ........................... W . 8imon, c sub., b Podm ore................... H. J. Sedgwick, b Sim pson................... A. Saj-se. b Simpson B 15, lb 7, w 2 ... 24 Total L. and W . B a n k . A. G. Gough, not out 2 B 9, lb 9 ...........18 Total ...10J) H.O.M infield, b Anson 24 i C. A . Snell, b Anson 12 W . Bradbery, b Anson 14 I C. J. Bowman, not out 18 J.M. Allcock, cChristi- j son, b G. Simon ... 12 j E. A . Wilson, C. C. Simpson, L . Pitt-Brook, H . S. Baker and A Podmore did not bat. LONDON AND WESTM INSTER BANK v. IBIS. —Played at Herne Hill on July 7. I b is . W . L. Roberson, b P od m ore.................. 14 C. S. Marshall, not out 65 E. White, b Simpson 16 E. Buckland, lbw, b Snell ......................... 6 G. Lewis, c Bowman, b Gough ...................48 E. Sparrowhawk, andb Bowman ... 2 F. Symmons, c Simp­ son, b Bowman ...12 H. Oranfleld, not out 5 B 11, lb 8, w j ... 24 Total (6 wkts)*192 E. Dewey, P. Mously, and W . W right did not bat. * Innings declared closed. L ondon an d W estm inster B a n k . 5 C.A. Snell, b 8ymmons A G. Gough, lbw, b W right ... ... 9 W .Bradbery,b Wright 4 C.J.Bowman.b Wright 15 H .O.M anfield,notout 41 C C. Simpson, b Sym­ mons ......................... L.Pitt-Brooke, not out 4 Leg-bye i ........... 8 INCOGNITI v. TICH BORNE PA RK .—Played at Tichborne Park on July 11 and 2. I ncogniti . W. E. Harrison, b Smoker 53 b Smith ...........18 E. Rodriguez, b Smith ... 0 c Jennings,bSmith 9 G. E. W . Money,b Smith .. 3 runout................... 7 G. Vanderspar, bSm ith ... 88 c Godwin, b Clark 21 St. C. K. M. Stobart, c Smoker, b 8mith ...........30 ru n ou t.................... 9 W .P. Carpmael, c Jennings, b Clark ...........................18 b Smith ............. l T.O. Bett, c Smoker,b Clark 1 b Smith ...........18 C.M . Tuke, c Smith, bCiark 3 c and b Clark ... 0 A. R. Malden, c Godwin, b Clark ........................ .. 4 b Clark ........... 4 C. 8. W . Cobbold, b Smith 0 not out........... 2 Rev.G.A.Johnstone,notout 4 c Godwin,bSmith 0 Extras........................... 6 E x tra s........... 8 Total M. Read, c Carpmael, b Bett ...................216 F.Freemantle.c Tuke, b Cobbold................. 19 Capt. Stainforth, st Carpmael,bHarrison 14 Smith, st Carpmael, b Stobart .................. 87 W . Jennings, b B ett.. 17 C. A . Elgee, b Stobart 0 ...160 T ichbornb P a r k . Total 97 H. Smoker, b Bett ... A. Blundell, c Cobbold, b Stobart................... P. Hobson, b Bett ... D. Clark, not out ... B. Godwin, c Tuke, b Stobart ................... Extras................... Total ...379 INCOGNITI v. N O R TdAW PLAC E.-Played at Potter’ s Bar on July 10. I ncogniti . T. A. D. Bevington, c Poland, b Kowley . 33 E. A. Parke, b Hall ... 16 L. H. W . Trjughton, b H ighley.................59 J. C. Bevington, c Bailey, b Rowley ... 4 H.R. Hebert, c lover, b Hall ........... 0 Capt. H. W. W. Wood, Total lbw, b Hall ...........15 N o rth aw P la c e . S.C.Skarratt,cPoland, b Row ley...................14 H. W . Dillon, not out 21 A K. Lofts, b Highley 7 R O. Lee, st Bailey, b C attell................... 0 A. B. Ci'iriani, not out 16 E xtras......... ... 19 ...204 Rev. F. W . Poland, bt Cipriani, b Beving­ ton ......................... 18 Rev.H. Highley, b Lee 12 P. Lofts, b Hebert ... 15 L. Bailey, b Hebert ... 23 Rev. R. H. Cattell, b Bevington ... 16 G. T. Warner, c W ood, b Lee..........................15 A. Clover, b Beving­ ton ........................... G. Browne, run o u t... Major Talbot, b Lee.. Rev. F. J. Hall, b Bevingt >n ........... A. B. Rowley, not out E xtras................. Total . ______________________...127 LONDON SCO rriS H V. UN IVERSITY COLLEGE SCHOOL.—Played at Brondesbury on July 14. U n iversity C ollege S ch ool . C. H. Arnold, lbw, b Bennett ...................29 N. M. Binney, b Bennett ... .........11 G. Wanstall, c Stuart, b Cope .................. 23 FL A. Mi ton, run out 0 C. E. Brandon, b Cope 7 H. L. Browning, b C o p e ..........................11 J. A Morley, c and b P. Child .................. 8 L ondon S c o ttish . D. Jones, b P. Child 0 W . A. Goodchild, b Cope ......................... 8 A. D. Gaye, not out 12 J. Garner, c Drum­ mond, b C op e......... 4 B 8, lb 3,' w 1, nb 1 13 Total . ...126 A. Kinross, b M iltjn 44 R. Cope, b Arnhold ... 22 P. Child, b Milton ... 6 C. Koe Child, b Good­ child ..........................30 J. Lamont, b Brandon 14 T S. Taylor, not out .. 27 W . J. Cooper,b Binney 9 R. A . Bennett, Binney ................... o R. J. Stuart, b Gaye 20 N. J. M ircus, not out 12 B 13, lb 3 ...........16 Total (8 wkts) 200 AR K LEY v. PO ITERS BA R.—Played at Potters Bar, Herts, on July 14. P o tters B a r . A . K . Lofts, c Long, b Johnson .................. 0 H. Payne, b Johnson 2 P. Lofts, b Hammond 21 C. Smith-Ringham, c Drew, b Johnson ... 0 H. Joy, b Johnson .. 0 S. Salmon, b Ham­ mond ........... ... 1 R. Goodacre, c Ham­ mond, b Robson W . Smith, b Ham­ mond .......................... P. Booth, not out ... A . Wagataffe, b Ham­ mond ................. A . Temple, st Long, b R obson................. B 13, lb 3 ........... Total... , 50 Total (5 wkts)108 j C. S. J. DougUs, H. Crossley, T. H. Christopher* I and A. Podmore did not bat. G. W . Hammond, b Temple ................. 2 A . S. Farmer, c P. Lofts, b Wagstaffe 0 H. Williams, c Pajne, b A. Lofcs ... 46 W .H . Rot)son,c Payne, b J o y ..........................27 W . G. Long, c Booth, b A. Lofts ...........40 E. G. Drew, b A. Lofts 3 A r k l e y . G. P. Blizard, b W ag- staffe........................... Rev. H. G. Elton, not out ........................... L. Josling, bt P., b A. L o fts ................... J .ScanIon,b Wagstaffe J. Johnson, b A Lofts B 11, lb 6 ... . Total ...143