Cricket 1900

378 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A u g . 30, 1900. useful team can be put in the field. The ground, w ith the watering all the hot weather, is much better than it has beeu for years, and the wickets w ill, it is believed, prove excellent. Two teams w ill be put in the field as often as possible. M r . H a r o l d C . H o b b s writes :— “ I cut the enclosed out o f the Sporting Life last Tuesday, the 2 1 s t :— Hampshire began batting with Robson and Ward at a quarter to five. In the second over, when only a no-ball had been registered, Ward, in playmg forward, hit his foot with the bat, and the ball hitting the wicket, he was out leg before. The episode occurred in the H ants v. K en t match, and I am puzzled b y it. W a s the batsman l.-b .-w . because he hit his leg before he hit the ball ? Or if he had not p la jed forward would he have been given out bowled (since the ball hit the wicket) ? Or, again, is there a m is­ print, or a printer’s error, and if so, where is it P” [W e give it up, bu t no doubt the m istake could be quite easily explained. W e blush to say that we do a little in the way of mistakes ourselves occasion­ ally, like every other paper. T h e mention of mistakes reminds us that the follow ing report of a score appeared in the Stage of A ugust 23rd, in which there is a novelty in the way of givin g ** run out ” to a bow ler :— SHAKESPEARE TH EATRE C.C. v. “ WOMAN AND W IN E ” C.C.— S h a k e s p e a r e T h e a t r e . Palmer, not o u t........... Dickenson, b Ware ... Watts,,b Lake ......... H . Smith,c and b Lake Richardson, b Ware... Riley, b Lake ........... Milner, b W a r e ........... Long, b Ware ... Barton, run out, Ware ........................ W . Smith, b Owtn Extras ................ Total ... Portlock did not bat. “ W o m a n a n d W in e .” Lake, runout, b Dickenson ...........................26 Owen, runout, bDickenson... ........... 1 Ware, c Palmer, b Sm ith........................... 1 Leslie, b Dickenson ... 0 Hawke, b Smith ... 6 Scott, c Riley, b Dick­ enson ........................... 0 Grundy, c Theobald, b Smith........................... 7 Harcourt, b Dicken­ son ........................... Jenkins, run out , b Dickenson ................... Douglas, not out Spiers, st Riley, b Dickenson ........... Extras ................... T o ta l................... I t must have come as a surprise to most cricketers when W . G ., a captain of the very widest experience, caught a tartar on Saturday afternoon. H e declared the London County second innings closed, leaving M .C .C . and Ground to make 187 runs in tw o hours and three- quarters. It was a sporting action on the part of the D octor, who probably argued that if the M .C .C . could make the runs in the time on a queer wicket they deserved to w in. W e wonder whether he consulted M r. Murdoch in the matter, for the old Sussex captain had a similar experience sou e years ago, when, in the same sporting w ay, be declared his innings and found his side beaten. I f a shower of rain had not come very opportunely for the M .C .C ., it was about two to one that the side would be dis­ m issed easily enough. T h e r e were two benefit matches at the end of last week. A t L eyton there was no play at all on Thursday, so that Mead lost his best d a y ; at Brighton, where the weather meant so much to B utt, play began at three o’clock ; never­ theless some five or six thousand people were present. W i t h reference to what he terms the “ new inquisition,” viz., a request from the editors of magazines to literary men and others to answer all sorts of enquiries, M r. Andrew L an g writes in the Daily News as follow s: — Among recusants is a professional cricketer, who plumply declined to contribute to a rag­ bag of this kind. He deserves honour and imitation. But, as even refusals to answer are published, perhaps it is best not to answer even with a refusal. Even that may be photographed, with a portrait of the writer, who is thus advertised in the company which he declined to join. O n Friday, D r. Grace brought his total of J uns for the season up to a thousand, while on Saturday he scored another hundred. H e has only played in 26 innings this year, and has an average of over 40, whereas, last year, in 23 innings he on ly scored 516 runs. O v e r h e a r d on theElectric R ailw a y: First Surrey M an : • ‘ Bet you you can’t tell m e who ’as scored most runs for Surrey during the last fifteen years.” Second d itto : “ W ell, let’s see. W a l­ ter Read ain’t played the last few years, and T om ’Ayw ard ’asn’t been in the Surrey team very long. I should guess A b e l.” F ir s tS . M . : “ W ro n g .” Second S. M . : “ ’Ayward ? ” First S. M . : “ N o .” S econ d S . M . : “ K e y ? ” First S. M .: “ W ron g agin.” Second S. M . : “ W alter Read p ” First S. M . : “ Guess again.” Second S. M . : “ ’Oo was it then ? ” First S. M . : “ W h y , Boyington, of course. H e ! h e ! ! ” [F o r the benefit of our readers we may state that M r. Boyington is the official scorer of the Surrey County C lub.] M r . G e o r g e s H a m b le d o n w rites: A coincidence. In two consecutive matches Somersetshire scored v. Kent, at Taunton, 398 for 20 wicktts. y. Yorkshire, at Taunton, 398 for 20 wickets. Coups de Grace: Sixteen fours in an innings of 110 by “ W .G .” on Saturday last against M .C .C . at the Crystal Palace. “ A SUBBEYITE ” writes from V ege- sack, Germany :— “ In reading your edition of A ugust 16th, I think M r. Francis J. Cunyngbame has made a mistake. In the Surrey v. Lancashire match, played at the Oval near the close of last year’s cricket season, T . Hayw ard made 315 not out. It was made at the same time when J . T . Brown, sen., of Yorkshire, made 300, which is also not included. I believe Abel made 351 one year w h ich is also n ot included.” A correspondent w rites: “ I was looking the other day at tbe score of the match between the Gentlemen and the Players for 1846. O at of the tw enty- four persons engaged in that contest, including the tw o umpires, not one is now alive, I believe, except M r. Arthur H a yga rth .” T h e correspondent who sends us the follow ing score, which was taken from a Manchester paper, is staying at the sea­ side. W e conclude that he has become very sunburnt, because he states, without the trace of a blush, that the score of the ship’s team is indeed “ colossal.” H.M.S. COLOSSUS v. HOLYHEAD.—A t Holyhead on Thursday. The Rev. — . Morgan took five wickets for uo runs. C o lo s s u s . Gr y, b M organ......... 0 Ruse, run out ... 1 Cummins, b Thomas 0 Roe, b Morgan ... 0 Hays, c Bogue, b Morgan ................... 0 Cochrane, b Morgan.. 0 H o l y h e a d . Wilson, run out........... Verinder, b M organ... Dr. Reneric, run out... Pain, not out ........... Total ........... W ilson, b R u se ........... Dr.Fox Russell,c Cum­ mins, b H a y s ........... J. Bogue, b Hays W . B. Thomas, b Ruse O. B. Edwards, lbw, b R u s e ........................... Dr. Jones, b Ruse ... Foulkes, b Cochrane Rev. Morgan, not out H. Jeffreys-Smith, b Cochrane................... Guest, c Hays, b Ruse Extras ........... T o t a l........... D e s p i t e the war, cricket is still played interm ittently iu Natal. One of the most recent matches was between Married and SiDgle, five of the Single and six of the Married being ladies. W e are glad to see that the ladies were put in first, and that they distinguished themselves. The men were, of course, handicapped in the usual manner, batting, b ow lm g and fielding with the left hand. W e are afraid that the reporter of the match, of which the scores appear in the Natal Mercury, may be called upon for an explanation, for, writing of the chief scores made by the ladies, he says, M rs. Rein compiled 23 by correct and pretty cricket; M s s W innie Lawrence made 15 in pretty style, and M iss D ollie Caine scored 13 by good cricket. These subtle distinctions m ay lead him into trouble. C l u b secretaries who have no difficulty in getting their teams together w ill read the follow ing extract from the Madras Times with in terest: — A cricket match was played on the Gym ­ khana grounds this afternoon, and although it was not a match between two regular teams, those who took part in it had a good day’s practice. It was originally intended that the match should be between teams representing the Gymkhana and the Royal Field Artillery ; but only three members of the Gymkhana were present at the start, viz., Major Peter- kin, I.M .S ., Major Hunter and Captain Standage, so that Major Peterkin had to solve the difficulty by getting together as many players (including natives) as he could con­ veniently lay hands upon, and assisted by a couple of gunners, he made up his side. A t a public dinner at H ale, near F a m - ham , M r. St. John Brodrick, M .P ., said there was rather more fun in the old days when he was in Opposition and could bow l a bit, than at the present time,