Cricket 1900

392 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. S e p t . 6 , lD O O . HASTINGS & ST. LEONARDS CRICKET WEEK, 1900. TWO GRAND MATCHES WILL BK PLAYED ON THE Central Cricket Ground, Hastings, as f o l l o w s :— TH U R S D A Y, F R ID A Y , A N D S ATU RD AY, September 6th, 7 th, and 8th, N O R T H v . S OU TH. N o r t h . Mr. A . C. MacLaren, Lancashire Lord Hawke, Yorkshire Mr. A . O. Jones, Nottingham J. T. Brown, Senr., Yorkshire Cuttell, Lancashire Denton, Yorkshire J. Gunn, Nottingham Hirst, Yorkshire Lilley, Warwickshire Rhodes, Yorkshire Tyldesley, Lancashire S o u t h ( Selected from )— Dr. W . G. Grace, London Counly Mr. C. B. Fry. Sussex Mr. I'. L. A . Jephson Surrey Mr. G. L. Jespop, Gloucestershire K. S. Ranjitsinhji. Sussex Mr. A. E. Stoddart. Middlesex Mr. C. L. Townsend Glouct stersbire Abel, Surrey Butt, Sussex Hayward. Surrey Lockwood, Surrey Trott, Middlesex M O N D A Y, TU E S D A Y, A N D W ED N ESDAY, September 10 th, 11 th and 12 th, S U R R E Y and S U S S E X R E S T O F ^ E N G L A N D . S u r r e y > v d S u s sex {Selected from )— K. S. banjitsinhji, Smsex Mr. D. L. A . Jephson, Surrey Mr. C. B. Fry, Bus ex Mr. V. F. S. Crawford, Surrey Abel, Surrey Rutt, Sussex Hayward, Surrey Killick, Sussex Lockwood, Surrey Richardson, Surrey Tate, Sussex Vine, Bus ex B e s t or E n g l a n d — Dr. W . G. Grace, London Counly. Mr. A . C. MacLartn, Lancashire Lord Bawke, Yorkshire Mr. A . O. Jones, Notts. Mr. G. L. Jessop, Glos. Mr. J. B. Mason, Kei.t Mr. A . E. Stoddart. Middlesex Mr. C. L. Townsend, Gloucestershire Hirst, Yorkshire Lilley, Warwick hire Bhoaes, Yorkshire ^ m p iies: TLoms and Carpenter. W ickfts Pitched at Twelve o’clock first day of each Match ; other days at half-past Eleven. Admission to the Ground, ONE SHILLING C overed Grand Stand, One Shilling extra. 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B ligh , came through to the final in the Singles Handicap, and then retired. M r. Bligh is the w ell- known old Cambridge and K en t cricketer. H ow times have changed ! E x t b a c t from a local paper :— “ Dakin then came in and gave the most startling exhibition of hitting ever seen on the ground. In the space of a few minutes he amassed no lets than thirteen runs.” I t is announced that the cricket authorities in Jamaica have come to the decision that they will unite with the other W est Indian colonies in inviting Lord Hafrke to take over a team next January. O n Thursday last K . S. R anjitsinbji, by his total of 220 for Sussex v. K e n t at Brighton, brought his total of hundreds for the season to eleven, and for a whole day he stood alone on tbe pinnacle of fame, as being the only man who had ever accomplished the feat. B u t on Friday he was joined b y Abel who, having previously made ten hundreds, scored 193 at the Oval, for Surrey v. Derbyshire. H ayw ard, with ten hundreds, now stands third. R a n j i t s i n h j i has another record which cannot be approached, this year at any rate. H e has played five innings of over two hundred during the season. They have nearly all been remarkable exhibitions of cricket. One or two of them on queer wickets, and all were made when runs were badly needed. There has never been a man before him who could play like he can play when bis side is in a very tight corner. “ F . G . H .” writes as fo llo w s: “ A t tbe close of the K en t v. M iddlesex match on W ednesday last, M r. Mason displayed an admirable and sportsmanlike act, which was not noticed, to m y astonish­ ment, in those papers— some half-dozen— of which I read the reports. A t five minutes to six— stumps drawn at six o’clcck— when the ninth wicket fell and before the tenth batsman had g o t off the ground, the eleventh man was on his way to tbe wicket, and only half a m inute— I had m y watch in hand to notice the time— had elapsed between the tenth leaving and the eleventh man taking his place at the vacated wicket, and thereby not taking the full two m inutes. Of course, I took it, this was the captain’s orders, to give M iddlesex the chance of winning, which they did, but it m ight have been otherwise had M r. Mason acted according to rule. The spectators were so sensible of the good feeling on the part of that gentleman that a very warm demonstration took place after­ wards in front of the pavilion, tbe public calling for M r. M ason .” O n another page will be found the scores of the first cricket match ever played in Vienna. The technical terms are given in German, as published.