Cricket 1900

F eb . 22, 1900. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 25 of projects which only ended in disap­ pointment. The idea of taking an Indian team to England was doomed from its very inception, and after more or less desultory discussion, and some severe but thoroughly sound criticism in the Press, the scheme was abandoned. The other disappointment was the much- talked-of visit of Prince Ranjittinhji with an English eleven to India. It is not at all clear even now why this tour was abandoned for the American trip.” A s y s t e m which can hardly be recommended was tried in a recent match in New Zealand between Albion and Carisbrook B team. The match, says the Otago Witness, was commenced on the preceding Wednesday—general elec­ tion day—but neither team was fully represented then. Ten men batted in the Albion first it.i.iiigs, light Ciris- brook batsmen went to the wickets, and the ten Albion men had their second innings. That was as far as play went on the Wednesday. By mutual arrange­ ment, however, an altogether unprece­ dented departure from the lines on which cricket is played was agreed upon, the effect being to make the proceedings rather ludicrous when the match was resumed on the Saturday. In the first instance, the Albion player who was not out in the first innings was accompanied to the wickets by Hlack, who had been an absentee on the Wednesday, and the innings was thus completed. Then the Carisbrook first innings was brought to a conclusion, three men batting who had been absent on the Wednesday. These three having been disposed of, the Caris­ brook turned out again to secure the one wicket which remained in the Albion second innings, and then finally the Carisbrook second innings was taken. F r o m Barbados we have received a letter which we are sure our readers would not like to miss. It is as follows: Barbados, January 19th, 1900. S ir , — I the undermentioned Gentleman write to ask von if you would kind enough to send him a Fixture For (1900 including (in) the W.I.T.). Please send the cost along with letter, and will by that time send the money as soon as I shall get your Letter. So I remain yours B. MAYNARD Boot and Shoe Maker. New Barracks, Xt. Ch., Barbados, W. Indies. T h e ups and downs of the game of cricket were well illustrated in the match at Buenos Aires between Rosario and the town club. To quote from the River Plate Sport and Pastime: —“ To com­ mence with, the home captain had to begin his attack with two change bowlers, this proving eminently satis­ factory, for three good batsmen were dismissed for only half-a-dozen runs. Then again, after getting nine wickets down for but fifty-nine runs, the last two men, Messrs. H. Middleton and L. Jacobs, added fifty runs for the tenth wicket, thus saving the utter collapse that looked more than probable.” T h e same paper describes a brilliant catch in the same match :—“ Fielding at long leg, Lsunda received a hard low catch almost out|of,'reach. Diving at it, he just got it into his right hand, falling over as he did so. The ball, however, rebounded from his hand, but with another extraordinary effort he seized it just before it touched the ground with his left hand, while to the spectators the fieldsman appeared to have made the catch when standing on his head.” T h e Hon. Josceline George Htrbt-rt Amherst, a member for many years of the Legislative Council of Wect Australia, died suddenly on Thursday, February 1, 1900, at his residence, Holmesdale, Dar­ lington, West Australia, at the age of fifty-three. He was the fifth _son of William Pitt, second Earl Amherst, by his marriage with Gertrude, daughter of the late Right Rev. the Hon. Hugh Percy, Bishop of Carlisle, was educated at Harrow and Christ Church, Oxford, and was called to the Bar at the Inner Temple in 1874. In 1885 he was appointed private secretary”:to Sir F. Napier Broome, Governor of West Aus­ tralia, having previously been private secretary to the Governor of Fiji from June, 1881, to September, 1883. He formed one of the Harrow Eleven v. Eton in 1864 and 1865, scorirg 3 in his first year and 85 in his second, Harrow having in those two years been victorious in a single innings. He waB born on June 7, 1846. In the Scores and Bio­ graphies a few lines will be found recorded of this amateur. To think that our Australian friends, who have come so nobly forward to help defend the Empire, should choose this time of all times to barrow our feelings in the most heartless manner ! A writer in the Queensland Sportsman , boldly and without a blush, uses the word century, as applied to a hundred runs, as a verb ! He states that M. A. Noble is the only New South Wales player “ who has cen- turied three times for his colony against Victoria.” It is altogether too cruel. He little knows the magnitude of his responsibility. A c r ic k e t curiosity. From the Madras Times :— Cricketers and spectators should remember that umpires are but human, and, as such, sometimes watch the ball and not the howler or stumper. A very clear case of “ hit wicket ” occurred recently, both umpires hav­ ing to decide “ not out,” as they had both watched the hall which had been hit to long- leg. The batsman actually had knocked all three stumps out of the ground, and yet was given “ not out.” H. D o n n a n has now completed his thousand runs for New South Wales against South Australia, being the first man in his colony to accomplish this feat. For South Australia against New South Wales, George Giffen long ago made his thousandth run. A m e e t in g of the West Indian Selec­ tion Committee was held at the Queen’s Park Hotel, Trinidad, January 17ch, for the purpose of sending a team to England next year. The delegates were: Trinidad, Hon. R. S. A. Warner; Demerara, Mr. S. W. Spros- ton; Barbados, Mr. W. Bowring; Jamaica, Mr. R. W. Bradley; Grenada, Mr. E. M. De Freitas; St. Vincent, Mr. H. Hazell. Mr. Algernon E. Aspinall (secretary of the West India Club in London) was expected to be present but was prevented through indisposition. The chair was occupied by the Hon. Mr. Warner. The following selection was made:— W. H. Mignon (Grenada). C. A. Ollivierre (St. Vincent). L. S. D’Ade (Trinidad). L. Constantine (Trinidad). S. W. Sproston (Demerara). G. C. Learmond (Demerara). P. A. Goodman (Barbados). G. B. Y. Cox (Barbados). W. Bowring (Barbados). H. A. Cole (Barbados). F. Hinds (Barbados). M. M. Kerr (Jamaica). S. Woods. (Trinidad). Burton (Demerara). Reserves: F. L. Pearce (Jamaica), G. W. Livingstone (Jamaica), P. J. Cox (Barbados), and W. E. Goodman (Demerara). Mr. W. Bowring has been selected as captain of the team, and Mr. W. C. Nock, from Trinidad, as manager. I n a match at Sydney on December 23 N. Ebsworth scored 69 runs by means of only eighteen hits as follows : 144444344 444444454. F o u r innings of a hundred have now been scored in succession for New South Wales by M. A. Noble in the Sheffield Shield matches. He made 101 last sea­ son in the second innings against South Australia at Sydney; against Victoria this season he made 100 in his only in­ nings; against South Australia his score was 200 ; and he made 122 against Vic­ toria in the return match. T h e r e has just been published by Messrs. Kent and Fenton, of Asylum View, Upper Caterham, Surrey, an excel­ lent photograph of the late Thomas Lockyer, the famous player who rendered good service to the old Surrey eleve i both in front and behind the wicket. The chief incidents of a brilliant career accompany the photograph, which is published at eigbteenpence. A c A ic k e t e r in want of a pseudonym next season in a match in which he foes not wish his own name to appear rtiight do worse than describe himself as “ Bala- CDomaroo,” the sweetly pretty name of a player who recently took part iu a match at Ootacamund, Madras.