Cricket 1900

24 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. F eb . 22, 1900. GRASS SEEDS. For Cricket Grounds. THE ONLY SEEDS Used at LORD’S and the OYAL. Price 1 /3 per lb., 2 5 / - per Bushel. C A R R I A G E F R E E . For Tennis Courts. Used at the ALL ENGLAND GROUND. Price 1/3 per lb., 2 5 / - per Bushel. C A R R I A G E F R E E . For Football Grounds. Used at ASTON PARK. Price 1 /3 per lb., 2 5 / - per Bushel. C A R R I A G E F R E E . For Golf Links AND Putting Greens. Used at HOYLAKE, RICHMOND, &c. Price 1 /3 lb. and 2 5 ^ Bushel for Golf. 1/6 lb., 3 0 / - Bushel for Putting Greens. C A R R I A G E F R E E . For Racecourses. Used at NEWMARKET and EPSOM. Price 1 /3 per lb., 2 5 / - per Bushel. C A R R I A G E F R E E . E s t im a t e s g iv e n T o r Q u a n t it ie s . ILLUSTRATED PAMPHLET Gratis and Post Free. CARTERS, T h e Q u e e n ’ s S e e d s m e n , 237,238, &97,HIGHHOLBORN, LONDON. 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C R IC K E T .-W A N T E D , PROFESSIONAL and GROUND MAN, for Club near London; medium bowler preferred ; required to play in matches; wages, 30s. weekly.—Apply by letter, with references, to B ucknall , 2, The Pavement, Northwojd. Cricket: A. WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME 168, UPPER THAMES STREET, LOUDON, E.C, THURSDAY, FEB. 22 nd , 1900. ^ a tn l t o n G o s s i p , The abstract and brief chronicle of the time.— Hamle:. I t is officially announced that in con­ sequence of the war the intended visit of English cricketers to Australia at the end of the coming season will not take place. In a recent issue of Cricket we stated that it would not be possible to begin matches in Valparaiso until after the “ Dieziocho” was over, whatever that may have been. On another page will be found a very interesting account of Chilian cricket, and an explanation of the “ Dieziocho ” by Mr. Lyndhurst Ogden, who is now secretary of the Toronto C.C. Mr. Ogden is an old Charterhouse boy, and when at Cam­ bridge University he was well known as an athlete, winning several prizes. After leaving the University he went to Val­ paraiso, where he became captain of the cricket club. A s o m e w h a t rare manner of getting out occurred in a match between Flores and Hurlingham, at Buenos Aires. A Mr. Elliot was batting, and played the ball to short leg, call'ng for a run. His partner responded to his call, and, colliding with the bowler, could not get home iu time. The peculiarity of the case is that it was not the batsman’s fault, for tbe bowler, Mr. Rumboll, who bowls round the wicket, has a habit of crossing the wicket immediately after the ball leaves his hand, and unless a bats­ man runs very wide indeed, there is likely to be a collision. Immediately the accident happened the bawler called out, “ not out,” and we cannot help thinking that under the circumstances it would have been satisfactory if the umpire had agreed with him. B efo k e the North v. South match at Hobart, Tasmania, C. J. Eady had a batting average of 623, which must be something like a record. His total was considerably helped by two scores of over 200—the first (229 not out) being against Derwent, and the second (218 not out) against Wellington. E n g l is h cricketers may doubtless thank goodness that they have not pennant matches to contend with. What would they think if they had to play in the same match day after day, until they had forgotten what happened when it began p The Southern Tasmanian Association has just amended one of its rules to the following effect: — All pennant matches shall be played out if possible in three Saturdays; if not then finished, the Match Committee shall appoint two afternoons for the completion of such match within the following week, and if such match be not then completed before the following Saturday, the match to be decided on the first innings. If the first innings of either side be not completed within the time before mentioned, then the Match Committee shall appoint such additional days as may be necessary for the completion of such first innings. The third Saturday shall be con­ sidered to be the last day of the match for the purposes of rule 54 of the Laws of Cricket. [All this is doubtless necessary, but what a hopeless state of affairs it is !] A t the annual meeting of the Notts County C.C., at Nottingham, on Janu­ ary 24, it was stated that the income for the past year was £4,404 3s. 6 d., an increase of about £960 on that of 1898. The expenditure was £2,826 6 s. 5d., so that there was a profit on the season of £1,578 2s. 4d. This was transferred to the improvements and ground extension account. A letter from Captain Denison was re id. He s a i d :- “ I wished par­ ticularly to have attended the meeting in order to say a few words about a proposal to alter the law of leg before wicket. The proposed alteration is, to my mind, bad in principle. It would spoil all the play on the off-side, and all on the on- bide, cramp the game, and make it slower, besides making it impossible for umpires to give satisfaction. There is no necessity for it, and if ever it comes to a definite proposal I hope that the Notts County Club will protest against it.” A t the same meeting, Mr. J. A. Dixon made some remarks on the rule about declaring an innings closed. He said tbat he did not think that any cricket reform could be satisfactory which did not make it more difficult to get big sc >res, or which did not shorten the innings in some way or other. He ventured last year to give an opinion that something in the way of increasing ths size of the wicket by a fourth stump would be necessary, and he was of tbe same opinion still. R e v ie w in g the past season in India, the Indian Sporting Times sa y s:—“ The cricket season was, on the whole, un­ eventful, though not free from a couple