Cricket 1900

J uly 19, 1900. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 281 not disgrace themselves or the Colony they represent. Surely there are a sufficiently large number of wealthy sportsmen in the Colony belonging to the different communities who would be prepared to subscribe to any fund which would be necessary before an English tour was undertaken.” “ T here are so many really first-class cricketers,” continues the Ceylon paper, ‘ ‘ among the Cej lonese—Ranjis in embryo —that it is a pity they are not given a wider field upon which to display their powers. Again, a tour by the Colts Club in the old couutry, if a success, would come to be repeated at regular intervals, and would consequently do much to bring about that good fellowship which we are all of us desirous of seeing existing among the different peoples in ihe island. Perera, who made his first century, gave a display of battiEg such as would be appreciated on any of the cricket fields in Eng­ land.” S cene , Leyton. Richardson is smashing up the wickets in tbe Essex second innings. First Spectator (with much feeling): “ Lord, ’ow I’d like to be the umpire at square leg ! ” Second Spectator: “ Well, what if you was ? ” First Spectator: “ What if I was ? Why, you’d be sur­ prised how soon I ’d discover that Tom Richardson was chucking ! ” Second Spectator: “ ’Struth! And to think that we can’t do nothing except to set ’ere and cuss! ” H arry T roit has been declared mentally sound by the medical superintendent at Kew Asylum. The certificate of discharge has been issued, and all lovers of cricket in Australia will hope to see the famous Australian Eleven captain so thoroughly restored as to be able to represent his colony against New South Wales and South Australia next season. Trott, says the Au8tTdlcis%Oj7it has a pen­ sion from the Government, but his is such a peculiar case that steps should be taken, if possible, to reinstate him. R ussell H inchmann , the well-known American player, has, says Cricket Club Life (Philadelphia), had all manner of hard luck this season, and, like last year, cannot seem to get going. In practice he is an attractive bit, has lots of strokes, and seems worth a lot of runs. But blob follows “ blob,” and so down on his luck was he after the Germantown match at Manheim—when he was finely caught by Henry on a really good stroke that he disgustingly remarked that his bat, pads, gloves, etc., were all for sale. But no ! a new idea struck him. He would play on the second team. Alas! Oxford bowler, J. W., who will in all probability make his first appearance in Surrey’s first eleven against the West Indian team at the Oval on the 30th inst. That night, by the way, the West Indian cricketers are to be guests of the Surrey County C. C. at a dinner in the big club room in the pavilion. The Master of the Rolls, the president of the club, will take the chair. N or was Crawfurd’s 100 the only notable performance of the match. On the other side J. Peters distinctly went one better. Not content with carrying his bat through Wandsworth’s first in­ nings for 150 out of a total of 208, he scored 50 out of 150 for one wicket in the second, and was still unbeaten when stumps were finally drawn. The day’s cricket gave him 200 runs without being once out. H istory is repeating itself to-day in Surrey cricket. This forenoon will see E. M. Dowson, of Harrow and Cam­ bridge fame, for the first time representing Surrey, at least iu the County Championship. His father, E. Dowson, it is hardly necessary to add, was one of Surrey’s regular team iu what were called the palmy days of Surrey, that is, in the early sixties. A fine eleven it was, too, as elevens went, that old Surrey team, with F. P. Miller, F. Burbidge, C. G. Lane, E. Dowson, Griffith, Stephenson, Mort- lock, Lockyer, Caffyn, Sewell, and Ceesar. F our of the Eton eleven who opposed Harrow at Lord’s last week have played for the Young Amateurs of Surrey. The four are H. K. Longman (the captain), J. Wormald, C. E. Lambert, and Lord Dalmeny. Two of this year’s Winchester eleven, and two of the best of them, H. C. McDonell and K. O. Hunter to wit, are also Surrey youngsters. Surrey has, indeed, a large share of the principal public school cricketers of this year. T he following tale has recently been going the round of the papers, with S. M. J. Woods as its subject:— “ He was one of the M.C.C. team to visit Hereford last week, and his lively spirits enabled him to play a prank on a military gentleman. Just before the military gentle­ man went in to bat Sammy got behind him and securely fastened a baby’s little bell to the belt of his trousers. Unconscious of what had happened, the military gentleman walked to the wickets, and being promptly called for a sharp run the fielders were some­ what electrified to hear a bell ‘ tinkle, tinkle, tinkle.’ When the batsman got to the oppo­ site end the home captain jocularly remarked, ‘ Is this your usual custom?’ The military gentleman smiled, shook his head, but all he his record against Merion in the Phila­ delphia Cup series was a “ duck-egg ” and 66 balls bowled for 66 runs and nary a victim ! The writer wasn’ t at Haver- ford, and what “ Hinch ” said is lost to history—perhaps ’tis as well. C rake and Buxton. These are names which will be handed down from genera­ tion to generation of Harrow boys as the modern representatives of Horatius Codes, the Roman gentleman who kept the bridge in the face of deadly foes. Bux­ ton had to go in last in the fourth innings of the match against Eton, when 7 runs were required to win, a situation “ of tbe most terrible,” as tbe French would say. He did not fail at the crisis, but kept up his wicket while Crake, calm and col­ lected, made the runs. T he match between Leicestershire and THE LATE COL. A . H . BIBCHAM. THE LATE GENERAL SIB F . MARSHALL. A REMINISCENCE OP THE OVAL. Sussex was in some ways tbe most remarkable on record. It cannot have occurred to anyone that when Sussex went in against a total of 609 they would be leading easily at the end of the match with a couple of wickets still in hand. 1,293 runs were made in the three days for the loss of only sixteen wickets, an average of nearly 81 runs per wicket, and two men on each side did not go to the wickets at all. Ranjitsinhji’s innings was altogether remarkable; the runs were needed and he made them—275 of them in five hours. It is one thing to make such a total at the beginning of a match ; it is another to make it when one’s side goes in against 609 runs. H. E. C rawfurd , who made 163 for the Surrey Colts against Wandsworth at the Oval on Monday, is a brother of the