Cricket 1900

A ug . 9, 1900. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 329 U n d e r the patronage of the Minister of Commerce, the committee of the Paris Exhibition have arranged an inter­ national cricket competition to be played in Paris. The following is the pro­ gramme :— CRICKET. P R O G R A M M E . 4 et 4 ao&t. —Match entre line equipe franrai.se et une equipe beige. 11 et 12 ao&t. —Match entre une equipe franchise et une equipe hollandaise. 19 et 20 ao&t. —Match entre une equipe fran- ^aise et une equipe anglaise. PRIX. Dans chaque match, 1’equipe victorieuse recevra un objet d’art; en outre, tous les joueurs ayant pris part a l’un des trois matches recevront un souvenir. A c c o r d in g to tbe Sportsman, however, the programme seems to have been modi­ fied, and the French Athletic Union has arranged a series of international matches in connection with the Exhibition Sports, viz., August 11th and 12th, v. Holland; August 19th and 20 th, v. Devon County Wanderers; A ugust 29th and 30tb, v. Notts County Amateurs. The inter­ national matches will probably all be played on the Municipal Velodrome at Vincennes, in the Exhibition Grounds, where an excellent pitch is in course of preparation. T he Ceylon Observer continues its labours of last year and again gives the averages made in the colony exactly in the same way as is done with the first class averages by English and Australian papers. For the first half-year of the year’s cricket the chief averages are as follows :— BATTING. No. Times Most of not in an inns. out. inns. Total rnns. Aver. C. Fraser ......... ... 10 ... 0 . 143 .. 417 .. 41-7 Dr. M onument .. ... 6 . . 0 . 120 .. 233 .. 38-8 W . H. H ow arth.. ... 9 . . 1 . . 62 .. 280 . 35*00 D. de Saram......... ... 10 .. 1 . 105*.. 281 .. 31'2 8. de Saram ......... ... 8 . . 0 . .109 .. 213 .. 30-4 A. L. Qibson ... 11 .. 1 . . 55*.. 278 .. 27-8 C. E. Perera......... ... 10 .. 1 . .106*.. 234 .. 26-00 A. T. Pollocks .. ... 15 .. s . .102*.. 308 .. 25 6 W . Brock ......... ... 5 . . 2 . . 29*.. 76 .. 253 E. Weerasuriya .. ... 11 . . 1 . 100 .. 251 .. 25-1 P. G aisford.......... ... 6 . . 1 . . 81 .. 125 .. 25-00 BOWLING. Overs. Mdns. Buns Wkts. Aver* F. Balkwill........... ... 127 . . 32 ... 273 .. 32 . 853 W . F ran sz........... ... 82 .. 25 ... 136 ... 16 85 B. Ludovici ... 224 . . 81 ... 394 ... 45 8-7 W . E. Gratiaen .. ... 54 .. 12 ... 147 ... 15 .. 9 08 H. A . Peiris ... 51 .. 12 ... 92 ... 10 .. 9-2 A. A . Pillans ... ... 187 .. 63 ... 372 ... 40 .. 9.3 E. R. Waldock ... ... 112 .. 31 .. 254 ... 27 .. 9 4 A . J. G. Field ... ... 106 .. 29 ... 250 ... 26 .. 9-6 S. de Saram ... 42 .. 12 ... 108 ... 11 ..9 8 HUNDREDS OF THE SEASON. Jan. 27. A . T. Pollocks, Railway v. Sports Ciub 102* Mar 2. C. Fraeer, D.M.C.C. v. D.A.C.C.............117 Mar. 14. E . Weerasuriya, Royal College v. "Wes­ ley College ...........................................100 Mar. 23. C. Fraser, D.M.C.C. v. D.A.C.C.............143 April 7. S. de Saram, Nundescripts v. Sports Club ..................................................109 April 7. D. de Saram, Nondescripts v. Sports Club .................................................. 106 * June 17. Dr. Momiment, H.M.S. “ Eclipse” v. Sports Club ................................. 120 June 22. C. E. Perera, Colts v. Mr. Alston’s X I. 106* * Signifies not out. A t the end of June, says the Sydney Referee, the old Intercolonial cricketer, Mr. Joe Davis, received a surprise packet from England, in the shape of an illu­ minated address, in the following terms: “ We, the members of the Whitcomb Wanderers Cricket Club, desire to express our heartfelt thanks to Joseph Davis, Esq., for the very valuable assistance during the season of 1899, by which the club was enabled to establish a capital record. We also unanimously hope Mr. Davis will enjoy the best of health for many years to come, and that when next visiting the Mother Country he will again renew his acquaintance with the many friends he left behind.” It was signed by the presi­ dent and other officers of the club. SCENE : A match in which the West Indians are playing. Ruminating spectator, to a friend :— “ There’s Sammy Woods, and this yer Woods, and ’Arry Wood, and S. H. Wood and C. J. B. Wood. Why these yer Woodses ’uld make ’arf a county team, and a good ’arf at that.” F rom the Sydney M ail :— For some time past tbe South Australian Cricket Association has been in communi­ cation with A. M’Beath, of Sydney, with a view to engaging him as a bowler for this colony. Clem Hill was impressed with M’Beath’ s style when playing against him in Sydney last January, and approached M’Beath with the object of securing him. He reported a conversation which passed to the cricketing authorities here, and they took the matter up, and it was thought cer­ tain that M’Beath would accept the terms offered. On Saturday, however, Mr. Cres- well received from M’Beath a letter declining the offer. T h e information in the above para­ graph is amplified by the following remarks in the Sydney Referee :— “ A M’Beath, the left-hand, bowler, who made a successful first appearance in big cricket for the colony last summer, was recently offered a position in Adelaide, but has decided, in view of increased remuneration, to retain his engagement at the Sydney Cricket Ground.” [Our contemporary does not state whether M’Beath is a professional or an amateur.] M ore international matches! A cricket team of the Standard Athletic Club will go to Antwerp to play a match against the Antwerp Cricket Club on August 15th. The Standard Athletic Club has won the championship of France this year, which had been held by the Albion Cricket Club for the last three years. There seems something strangely familiar about the words “ Albion ” and “ Standard.” N ever before has an August Bank Holiday brought worse weather than on Monday. There were seven first-class County matches in the programme, and in five of them not a ball was bowled. At Canterbury cricket was played for fifty minutes, and at Taunton for two hours. The total of runs for the day was 147 for thirteen wickets. I n addition to this there was a West Indian match, in which play lasted for twenty minutes, four minor county matches, only two of which were begun, play lasting for four hours altogether, a match between a minor county and the M.C.C., in which six overs were bowled, and two first-class county second eleven matches, in neither of which a ball was bowled. Altogether, a remarkable record for a holiday’s cricket. J ust after the tents had been put up at Canterbury on Friday night, such a heavy storm arose that the whole lot of them were blown down, while on Monday the refreshment tent was again brought to the ground. P ossibly the only man who was quite satisfied with the weather as well as his own performance on Monday was Albert Trott, who had the pleasure of taking all ten of the Somersetshire wickets in the first innings for 42 runs in 14 overs and 2 balls. But for the way in which he was treated by Mr. Vernon Hill he would have had a still more remarkable analysis. I n a northern contemporary the score of a player in a local match appears as We have heard of half-fifteen in connection with lawn tennis, but at pre­ sent we must regard the half, as applied to cricket, as an innovation, unless, in­ deed, the Bank Holiday had something to do with it. B ut for untoward circumstances over which he had no control Mr. C. J. Eady, the famous Tasmanian cricketer, would have gone to South Africa as a volunteer. E xamination question: If you were captain of a county team which was 148 runs on with only one wicket down, and if there was only an hour and fifty minutes to play on a queer wicket (as in the case of the match between Yorkshire and Essex) against which of the following counties (if any) would you venture to declare your innings closed: Sussex, Gloucestershire, Kent, Lancashire, or Worcestershire ? A ccording to the very latest informa­ tion from Paris (Tuesday) the cricket match which was arranged to take place on August 11 and 12 will not be played. The Dutchmen have scratched because they could not take their best team. D uring the match between Liverpool and District v. West Indians, Mr. Con­ stantine, when he had made a single, was given out in a remarkable manner. A ball sent down by Mr. Burroughs, the old Cambridge blue, lodged in Mr. Con­ stantine’s leg guard. Mr. Kemble, the District wicketkeeper, rushed up and picked the ball out, the umpire giving the batsman out, but, as according to the new rule, he was not out, he was, of course, allowed to resume his innings.