Cricket 1900

CONTENTS OF VOL. XIX. Answers to Correspondents— 12, 28, 123, 202, 218, 234, 250, 315, 331, 346, 376, 379, 426, 443, 460. Articles— A Hundred Victories .. .. 151 An Indian Native College .. 474 An Odd Cricket Notch, by Key. R. S. Holmes .. .. 38 An Old Sussex Match .. .. 15 Aspects of County Cricket, Some 406 Balls or Overs .. .. .. 375 Batsmen and Bowlers .. .. 405 Changes and Chances .. .. 54 Chilian Cricket and the Dieziocho 31 Comparisons of a Decade .. 22 Cost of the County Season, The 428 County Season of 1900, The .. 390 Cricket a la Russe .. .. 445 Cricket of 1850 Compared and Contrasted with 1900 .. 438 Cricket for Girls .. .. .. 123 Cricket Stories of the War .. 7 Darling, J., goes to Tasmania .. 367 Division of Counties into First and Second Class .. .. 453 Few Words ahout Averages at Cricket .. .. .. 386 Field on Cricket Reform, The .. 85 Future of the County Cham­ pionship, The .. .. 453 Great Men at Cricket .. .. 87 HaverfordCollegeXI.forEngland 45 Haverfordians in England .. 61 How the Guardians beat the Corporation .. .. .. 415 Incidents of Cricket .. .. 407 Incogniti Club in 1900, The. Bv “ R. T .” .......................405 Indian Cricket Grounds.. 45, 50, 62 Initials of Cricketers .. .. 427 International Matches in Paris.. 354 Lady Novelist on the Game of Cricket, A. .. .. .. 139 Mes Affaires de Coeur .. .. 445 Municipal Cricket at Brighton.. 400 Next Year’s Cricket .. .. 464 Notes and Comments .. .. 331 Old Follow-on Rule .. .. 110 On Probabilities '.. .. .. 16 Out with the Boys .. .. 349 Parlous Condition of Cricket, The 260 Practice Wickets in the U.S. .. 47 Provincial Player onPhiladelphia Cricket, A .. .. .. 61 Public School Cricketers in India 75 Question of Boundaries, The .. 338 “ Ranji” in 1900 .. .. 423 Reminiscence of Cricket as it Once Flourished, A .. .. 476 Review of the Season .. .. 420 Revolution in the Game, A .. 71 Reynolds, Extracts from the Life and Times of Frederick .. 414 “ Sailors not in it ” .. .. 396 Shaw and Peel at Leyton .. 119 Some Amusing Club Rules .. 19 Surprises in America .. .. 279 The New Rule in Operation .. 23 The way they do things in America .. .. .. 70 Topical Skit, A. .. .. .. 85 West Indians—An Appreciation 346 West Indian Team for England 44 At the Sign of the Wicket— 4, 20, 35, 61, 67, 83, 99, 116, 131, 147, 163, 179, 195, 211, 227, 243, 259, 275, 291, 307, 323, 339, 355, 371, 387, 403, 419, 435, 451, 468. Averages (Club) — Brixton Wanderers .. .. 460 Cane Hill Claybury Asylum Forest Hill Goldsmiths’ Institute Granville .. 446 427 444 439 462 Averages (Club) (continued)— Hampstead Kensington Park.. Kensington Tour.. London and Westminster Ban! Lovell’s, J. C., XI. Nondescripts Old Citizens South Hampstead (1899) Streatham Surbiton Wanderers Averages (Minor Counties)— Bucks Bedfordshire Berkshire Cornwall Cambridgeshire .. Durham Devonshire Norfolk Herts Shropshire Wiltshire Oxfordshire Glamorganshire .. . Benefit Matches for 1900, A list of 432 446 422 416 319 384 439 7 445 413 389 411 410 404 423 404 411 410 4C4 448 411 410 439 448 Cambridge University— Seniors’ Match Freshmen’s Match v. A. J. Webbe’s XI. . XII. v. XV I.................. v. Yorkshire v. M.C.C. and Ground . v. London County v. Surrey v. Sussex Results and Averages v. Liverpool and District Cambridge v. Oxford Canada v. United States Canterbury Week, The .. Chats about Cricketers— Bates, William .. Buchanan, Mr. David Daft, Mr. Richard Foster, Mr. R. E. Fry, Mr. C. B. .. Heame, J. T. Hearne, Tom Jackson, Mr. F. S. Key, Mr. K. J. .. Lillywhite, Jim .. Painter, John Peate, Edmund .. . Chats on the Cricket Field— Broughton, Mr. R. J. P. De Trafford, Mr. C. E. Francis, Mr. C. K. Grabum, Mr. W. T. .. Harding, Mr. F. G. Heame, “'O ld” George Hemming, SirA.W.L.,G.C.M. Hill, Mr. Vernon T. .. Mallett, Mr. R. H. Nock, Mr. W. C............... Owen, Canon Robert Peel, Robert Perrin, Mr. Percy RoUer, Mr. W. E. Sewell, E. H. D............... Shaw, Alfred Sproston, Mr. S. W. Woods, J. (West Indies) Cheltenham v. Haileybury Correspondence— A. C. Coxhead A Suggestion A Suggestion re L.B. W. Acquaintance with the Rules Alterations and the Deterioratio of Cricket An Old Harrovian 108 118 124 134 149 156, 245 181, 220 197, 230 204, 236 261 267 261 368 332, 342 1 177 289 241 209 161 129 385 49 433 417 33 321 337 17 193 81 65 273 257 449 353 465 145 97 225 305 113 369 401 326 418 390 437 437 412 418 Correspondence (continued)— An Old Sussex Match .. .. 23 An Onlooker for 30 Years .. 219 County Championship Drawn Matches .. .. .. 6 Cricket Coincidences .. .. 370 Cricket Umpires .. .. .. 452 Four Stumps .. .. .. 359 Individual Record Scores 359, 370 Interesting Point, An .. .. 62 Modern Hundreds , . .. 315 Mr. A. P. Wickham and a Query 390 Mr. C. T. Studd .. .. .. 250 Origin of the Hat Trick.. .. 359 Sewell Clan, The.. .. .. 370 Surrey v. Lancashire .. .. 235 The County Championship .. 412 The Making of Catches .. .. 390 The Net Experiment .. .. 115 The West Indian Team .. 23, 130 Wicket-Keepers .. .. .. 315 Wicket-Keeping of 1900 .. 452 Word to Touring Teams in Canada, A .. .. .. 87 X .Y .Z..........................................418 Counties in 1900, The .. .. .. 397 County Championship. Mr. Denison’s proposals .. .. .. .. 455 County Championship, The. (Final positions) .. .. .. .. 394 Cricket (1742-1751), 4, 26, 35, 51, 67, 83 Cricket in Australia— Army v. Bar (Melbourne) .. 86 Australian XI. v. Rest of Aus­ tralia .. .. .. .. 46 Batting and Bowling Averages, 1899-1900 ........................ 44 New South Wales v. Ipswich .. 13 New South Wales v. New Eng­ land XV ............................... 13 New South Wales v. Queensland 13 New South Wales v. South Australia .. .. 14,30 New South Wales v. South Australia Results and Bat­ ting and Bowling Averages 14 New South Wales v. Victoria .. 29 New’South Wales XI. v. X V ... 469 South Australians v. Victoria .. 474 Victoria v. New South Wales .. 46 Victoria v. South Australia 14, 29 Victoria v. Tasmania .. .. 46 * Victorian Veterans v.The Army 100 Victorian XI. v. Combined Country X III. .. . t 13 Cricket in India— Bombay Gymkhana v. Parsee Gymkhana .. .. .. 448 Bombay Gymkhana v. United Service .. .. 351, 426 Calcutta v. Rangers .. .. 19 Elphinstone College v. Wilson College .. .. .. 426 Madras v. Calcutta .. .. 15 Madras v. Combined Natives .. 15 Mangalore College v. Mangalore 450 Ootacamund v. Coimbatore .. 426 Patiala v. Mr. B. N. Bosworth- Smith’s XI. .. .. .. 55 Poona v. Bombay .. .. 443 Poona Gymkhana v. Bombay Parsee Gymkhana .. .. 444 Poona Gymkhana v. Municipal C lu b ....................................333 Poona Gymkhana v. Poona Brahmins .. .. .. 443 Poona Gymkhana v. Southern Maratha Country .. .. 333 Punjab v. Patiala .. .. 19 The Presidency v. The Parsees.. 443 Cricket in South Africa— 3rd Welsh Regt. v. Prieska .. 333 3rd Welsh Regt. v. Glos. M .I... 381 3rdWelsh Regt. v.Nesbit’sHorse 381 Johannesburg v. Natal .. .. 6 - » V V