Cricket 1900

A ug . 2, 1900. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 315 GTorttSpon&tnce. The Editor does not hold himself responsible tor the opinions of his correspondents. W I C K E T K E E P E R S . To the Editor of C r ic k e t . S i r , —Could not something be done for the benefit of wicket-keepers f Why do these men never have their feats chron­ icled every week in the averages, as all batsmen and bowlers have had for years past ? Because, some people would say, they are only ordinary fielders. True, they are; but bowlers are also. Their position in the field is one of the utmost importance, and, to say the least of it, a dangerous one. If these particular men have neither skill with the “ willow,’ nor a tendency to the “ leather,” their achievements are in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred ignored. Such fine performances as those of Huish last year, and of Board and Butt this season have faded into oblivion practically unseen. I sent up lists of wicket-keeping twice last year, and was extremely glad to see they were printed, being, I am sure, interesting to all cricket enthusiasts, and especially to those connected with this particular branch of the game. This season I have enlargened it with byes, and placed them, as much as lies in my power, in the order of merit, to which they have attained. The following are some of the best per­ formauces this year:— Stumped, Caught. Total Byes. ..........0 . B u tt... Board "Whiteside Stedman ... 8 ... ... 8 ... ... 4 3 ... ... 6 ... ...13 5 ... ... 6 ... ... 7 5 ... ... « ... ... 9 4 ... ... 6 ... ...19 6 ... ... 6 ... ...11 I append a further list I have drawn from the beginning of this season to Thursday, July 26:— J *6 & • 00 • 1 1 Points. 1 GO ""be0aj c 3o 00wSt m ►* CU Hunter . 21 .... 20 ..., 33 ... 53 . .. 194 ... 9 24 ... 63 76 Smith 16 ... 13 ... 84 ... 47 ... 156 .. . 7-88 ... 59-12 Board . 18 ... 8..., 40 ... 48 ... 214 ...11*99 ... 56-01 Stedman ... 15 ... 3 .. . 43 . 47 ,... 182 ...12-13 ... 53 87 B u tt.......... . 17 ., 2 . 38 ... 40 ... 130 .. . 7 65 ... 53 35 Carlin 13 ... 8 .. . 80 ... ?8 .,.. 141 ...10 84 ... 47-16 Lilley . 16 .,.. 3 .. 21) ... 32 ... 157 .. . 9 81 ... 4219 Russell . 16 ..,. 6.... 20 ... 26 ... 171 .. .1069 ... 35 31 Huish . 13 .,.. 5 .. 19 ... 24 .;.. 131 .. .10-09 ... 33 92 Whiteside 13 .. 4 . 18 .. 22 ... 109 .. 838 ... 33-62 H. Martyn 8 ..,. 9 .. 12 ... 21 ... 93.. .11-63 ... 29-37 btorer 14 .. . 2 ..., 15 ... 17 .... 130 .. . 9"i9 .. 27-71 Straw . 11 .. .. 1 .. . 18 ... 19 . 128 ...11-64 ... 27-36 A.E.Newton 5 .. . 4 ... 11 .. 15 ... 90.. .18*00 ... 17-00 Hoping that this may catch the eye of some authorities, I remain, Yours faithfully, F r a n c i s J. C u n y n u h a m e . Ross-shire, N.B. July 26, 1900. MODERN HUNDREDS. To the Editor of Cricket. Sib,—I do not know how many indi­ vidual scores of a hundred runs and over have been made in the same innings of a match, but as yet I believe only three or four ? Soon, however, I suppose, a match, or matches, will be played in which every batsman on a Bide will obtain 100 and upwards himself in one innings. When that happens, I suggest that a law is passed or made that all cricket grounds are rolled with a stone crusher or some similar machine, and then batting and bowling will become more on a level, and the noble game in consequence more interesting than it is now. Ta see good cricket, bowling and batting must always be kept equal, and not all one-sided. The poor bowlers have no chance now on “ billiard-table wickets.” Yours, etc., “ AN OLD HARROVIAN.” ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. F rank K ibkby . —There are all sorts of things to be considered—time, place, previous engagements, etc. H. S. E. P.—The cost of inserting a match report ;s 2s. T H E W E S T INDIAN TEAM. THE SURREY MATCH. FOURTEENTH OF THE TOUR. Played at the Oval on July 30 and 31. The West Indians won by an innings and 34 runs. Since they have become thoroughly acclimatis d and us. d to playirg so frequently, and fielding out to so many runs, the W est Indians have vastly improved. Th y occasionally win the toss nowadays, which is a most impoitant factor in the tuccess of any side. For this match Surrey had put a strong eleven into the field, although only three of the regular members of the team were included in it. But on paper, at any rate, the side was good enough to hold its own against anything but a good county team. As thiDgs turned out the Surrey men gave a somewhat depressing exhibition of cricket. The wicket hardly helped the bowlers, and the first two batsmen, Mr. Ollivierre and Mr. Cox, kept together for .two hours and twenty minutes, notwithstanding that Richardson, Brockwell, A r. Dowson, and Mr. Knox were arrayed against them. They both played admirable ciicket. quite up to first-ciass foim , and shewed that they possessed a great variety of strokes; indeed, no fault could be found with their batting. Just before they were separated Mr. Cox reached his hundred, and Mr. Ollivierre seemed to be on the point of following his example when he was caught at square leg for 94, an excellent innings in every way. The partnership had produced 2C8runs. At this period of the game Surrey seemed in for a very long outing, but Mr. Walker, who had gone on as fifth change an i had got rid of Mr. Ollivierre. began to work unexpected destruction, and wicket after wicket fell to him ; he was the man L r whom the pitch bad been waiting, and one was reminded of the surprising success often met with by one of the Australians when his companion? had been absolutely harmless. Mr. Cox kept up his wicket for some time longer, having, like his partner for the first wicket, played a beautiful game, and Mr. Goodman was not included in the debacle which followed on Mr. Walker’s advent as a bowler. The total of 3i8 was satisfactory, but it was not anticipated that it would prove much too large for Bui rey to cope with. But Woods, bowlirg very fast, got rid of Brockwell in a few minutes, and then proceeded to work havoc among the amateurs uiitil six wickets were down for £0 runs. This was, indeed, a start ing opening for a Surrey innings, even though it was not ty any means a representative Surrey team. Of course, the West Indians have learned by experience that an innings is not over until the last man is out, so that th-y cannot have hoped to keep down the average to five runs a wicket. It was Mr. Shuter, the famous old Surrey captain—once more under such untoward circumstances in chaige of a Surrey team—who stayed the c.llaps- as he had so many times done before. In other days he would, perhaps, have walked in at a critical moment like this, sethis teeth, and knocked the bowling all over the field; but although be has lost some of his 4lan he has not lost his nerve, and when stumps were drawn he was still unconquered with 18 to his credit. The total had been raised to 86 for seven tickets, and W oods’ run of success had been completely stopped. On Tuesday morning Mr. Walker, who was not out 2* overnight, stayed in \iith Richardton for some time, during which the cricket was very lively, lu t nothing could stay the onward march of the W est Indians, and the innings closed 211 runs behind. Under these circum­ stances Mr Sproston put Surrey in again, and was rewarded ty success. Brockwell and Mr. Butcher msde a good start, but again there was a collapse, and Mr. Dowson was run out when he was well set. For the second time Mr. Walker playel a good innings, but it was now only a question of saviD g the innings defeat, and even that was not accomplished. It was i triumph for the West Indiins to beat a Surrey team of any kind. W est I n dian s . C. A. Ollivierre, c Barker, b Walker ... 94 P. I. Cox, b Walker ...142 F. Hinds, c Dowson, b Walker .................. 7 L. Constantine, b Wa ker .................. 4 S. W . Bproston, c and b W alker.................. 0 P. A. Uoodman, not out .......................... iJ4 S u rrey . First innings. Brockwell, c D ’Ade, W oods.......................... L.8. D ’Ade, b V\alker 15 W. Bowring.b Walker 1 Burton, b Walker .. 0 W. H. Mignon, b Knox .. ........... 0 Woods, st Stiudwick, b Knox .................. 13 B 10, lb 8 ... 18 Total ...328 D. H. Butcher, b Woods ... F. P. K nox, b W oods.......... H. L. Dawton, b Woods ... K , E. M. Barker, b W oods. E. M. Dowson, run out ... J. Shuter, c Sproston, b Burton.................................. J. W . Crawfurd, c Constan­ tine, b B u rto n ................... L. Walker, not out ........... Rich rdson, b W ools . 8trudwick, b Woods B 8 ,lb 2 ......... Second innings. c Binds, b Bur­ ton ...................2; f’ot out.................. 2 b Woods ........... i b urton ........... lbw, b Woods ... I run out .......... 2' 19 b Burton 13 24 20 0 10 b Woods ... c Bowring, Woods ... b Woods b Burton 38 0 1 Total... O. K nox .. 13 Bichardson 18 Dowson . 13 Brockwell 17 .......... ...117 W est I n dian s . M. R. W., BIS, lb 1, w 1... 20 Total ...........177 5 2 | 2 54 0 | 4 41 0 3 40 C | Barker Crawfurd Walker... 15 M. R. W . I 3) 0 0 14 0 3 72 8 Burton W oods Mignon S u r r e y . First innings. U. M. R. W, . ..1 9 5 53 2 . ... 19 5 48 7 . 2 0 6 0 Second innings. O. M. K. w . ..........261 9 f7 4 .......... 29 3 68 5 ........... 6 2 16 0 Hinds 2 0 6 0 HONOR OAK v. GOLDSMITHS’ INSTITUTE. Played at Honor Oak on July 28. G oldsm ith s ’ Manly, b Harrison ... 20 Falkner, b Mattingley 1 Windebank, lbw, b H arrieon................... 0 Greeo, c Dickason, b H a n iso n ................... 8 Scully, lbw, b Matting­ ley .................. ... 5 Best, c and b Matting­ ley ........................... 7 H onor Burton, Ibw, b W inde­ bank ........................... Critchley, c Manly, b Green......... G. Harrison, b Bullock Ryan, b Windebank... S. Dickason, lbw, b Baldwin ........... H . Gallop, b M urrell.. 60 22 1 0 ... 33 I n stitu te . Murrell, c Ryan, b H arrison................... Medway, b Harrison.. Joanes, b Mattingley Baldwin, c Jackson, b H anison................... I ullock, not out B 1, nb 1 ........... Total. ... 55 O ak . A. Jones, c Murrell, b B aldw in................... 2 Cutbush, b Baldwin.. 0 H. Holford, b Murrell 10 Jackson, b Baldwin... 1 Mattingley, not out... 6 B 6, lb 2 ........... 7 T o t a l...........170 BLACKHEATH v . GRAN VILLE (Lee).-Played at Blackheath on July 28. G r a n v ille . J. P. Clarkson, c sub , b W ilso n .................. 0 F.E.Lander, c Robert­ son, b W ilson... ... 1 W .S.Pate,cRobertson, b W ils o n .................. 20 C. J. M. Godfrey, c Stevens, b W ilson... 4 T. H..Summers, lbw, b Hubbard ... ... ... 15 J.D.Gillespie, c Dixon, b Jacob ...................43 E.J.Brown,b Hubbard 9 H.T.Richardson,cW il­ son, b Marriott ... 18 H.J. Brown,b Marriott 10 T. M. Nelson, lbw, b Marriott ................... 6 A . R. Layman, notout 0 B27, w l, n b 3 .. 31 Total ...157 S. r astle, c Gill*spie, b Richardson ........... J .E.Mat on,c Gillespie, b G odfrey................. C. E. Wilson, c and b Richardson ........... J. E. Stevens, b Pate... C. J. T. Robertson, b P a t e .......................... G. C. Hubbard, c Sum­ mers, b Pate B la c k h e a t h . 15 R. H. Marriott, lbw, b Godfrey ................13 J. T. Dixon,not out... 32 Ed. Mason, c sub, b E. Brown ................12 H. S. Maeon, lbw, b E. Brown ................14 Total (9 wkts) 220 A . H . Jacob did not bat.