Cricket 1900

416 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. S ept . 13, 1900. too, fairly surpassed him self. H e played the insidious lobs like a batsman born, having really a very passable idea of defence and when to pick out a ball to hit, a capacity that, all said and done, is the basis of the first-class cricketer. The Councillors thought they would never get him out. B u t M r. Fred Blaker winked cunningly. H e has a way of winking. “ I know a ball that w ill get him ou t,” he whispered to his captain. So his captain put him on, and M r. Blaker sent up the grounder previously described, w ith disastrous results to the batsman. M r. Blaker’s wink was quite alarm ing. M r. Collins got oft' several sturdy smacks, and the Guardians began to discuss whether their score would reach the immense total of one hundred. They thought it would not, when on ly ninety was on the board, and only M r. Marx and M r. Stringer remained to bat. Some­ how or other, the rest of the team did not expect much of M r. Stringer. But the Fates were in a remarkably benignant m ood w ith that gentleman. F or fear of exaggerating, we should not like to say how many times he escaped being caught, while M r. M arx, not so far removed from his cricketing days as the other players, made several good strokes. 100 was actually reached, and w ell passed too, before the wicket fell. Great was the jubilation. There was a flutter in the cricketers’ tent. The wondering spec­ tators then had the spectacle of M r. M ayston running full speed across the field, followed b y four others of the Guardians. To see M r. M ayston runnin? is a sight for the gods ! The runners made straight for M r. Stringer. H e turned and he dodged, but they cn ig h t him and hoisted him shoulder h igh . And so, struggling aud protesting, but still beam ing with conscious pride, M r. Stringer was borne triumphantly along. Then came the lunch, which in its way was a remarkable lunch. F or there sat down to it at least fifty gentlemen to whom speech-making is as the breath of life, and je t the speeches made were so brief that the reporters did not have time to get out their notebooks to record them . Some of us wondered w hy it was that a member of the GuardiaDs’ team was so eager in offering the Councillors whisky and heavy cigars. I t dawned upon us that there m ipht be something sinister in his motives. But the Council had taken an oath of abstinence, and they withstood the seduction m anfully. For all that, they found the Guardians’ century too much for them . Everything went well while the M ayor, M r. G rin- stead, and M r. B u tt-Th om pson were at the wickets, for all three batted adm ir­ ably. A s an enthusiastic spectator said, “ N ow this is what I call class.” But the M ayor and M r. Grinstead were both bow led at the same total, and M r. B u tt- Thompson, after m aking a sensational drive down the length of the ground, also succumbed. This was the signal for a general collapse, wickets falling with alarm ing rapidity, as M r. Jarvis held catch after catch. The Captain of the Guardians, too, M r. Galliers, was keeping wicket, and he brought off a catch as smartly and cleanly as if he were Butt himself. The Guardians could certainly arive the Councillors points in fielding. N ine wickets were down for 71 runs, and there was only M r. Carden to bat. N ow M r. Carden is such a wonder as a Coun­ cillor that there were many who believed him capable of w inning the match off his own bat. But not even M r. Carden could win a match unless someone stays to help him , and he had only made one when the other man came out. The Guardians had won b y 39 runs. They took their victory with a wonderful amount of self-control. Y e t they were decidedly pleased at turning the tables, for last year the Corporation won decisively. The match m ight have ended there and then, but it was early yet, and, having got up to the cricket ground, and with a lot of people looking on, the Guardians and Councillors were going to have their full day’s cricket. So the Guardians went in to bat again. They did not do nearly so well as in their first innings, for w ith the M ayor com ing off as bowler, and the bow ling, b y common consent, improved all round, the wickets fell fairly rapidly. The only thing in the innings was the good b a ttin g 'o f M r. Jarvis, who atoned handsomely for his failure in the first innings. It was six o’clock before the last of the Guardians was out. Six o’clock had been the time previously settled for draw ing the stumps, but the enthusiasm of the cricketer was on those oivic dignitaries. They could not tear themselves away from that wide stretch of smooth green turf. The Council wanted to bat again, and, for h a lf-a n - hour longer, the game was resumed. W h at happened could not affect the result, but that extra half-hour gave the players all the satisfaction of stolen en­ joym en t. Presently the shadows of evening fell over the ground, and Alder­ man M artin and M r. H . Spooner, who had stood all day umpiring, had to enforce their authority and bring the game to a close. And the cricketers went home rejoicing. “ I say, gu v’nor,” said the irreverent son of a Guardian, “ don’t you let it out that I ’ve been coaching you. Y o u don’t do m e any credit.” W e append the score of this famous v icto ry : — B r ig h to n G u a r d ia n s . First innings. Mr. E. Jarvis, c Tester, b Swift ................................... 0 Mr. H Mayston, b S w ift... 1 Mr. F. J. bill, b Smith ... 25 Mr. G. Coop ^r, b Blaker ... 27 Mr. G. J. <alton. b S w ift... 8 Rev. vv .N.P. Beebe, c Butt- Thompson, b Hlaker Mr. F. Collins, jun., c Bur­ berry, b Holloway ...........17 M r.C. J. Galliers,b Swift .. 0 Mr. A . E. Mellor, b Swift... 4 Mr. J. htringer, b Holloway 10 Mr. E. M. Marx, not out ... 16 W id e s........................... 3 Second innings. Total ... .. 114 b Holloway......... 25 b S w ift................. 8 b The Mayor ... 6 cTeste^bMcClean 7 lbw, b McLean .. 0 6 b S w ift................. 6 c McClean, b The Mavor b Holloway... b 8 w ift......... not out........... b The Mayor W ide ... T o ta l...........i B r io h to n T o w n C o u n c il . First innii.gs. Second innings. The Mayor (Alderman Staf­ ford), b J a rv is ................. 15 not o u t ............... 8 Cr. Tester, b H ill................... 1 ^r. Grinstead. b Collins ... 29 cJarvis,bMayston 3 Cr.Butt Thompson,bCooper 12 Cr. Rwift, b Collins ... 6 b Cooper ......... 6 Cr.Mc-lean.cJarvis bCollins 5 Cr. Holloway, c Galliers, b Cooper ................ ... 3 bM ayston ......... 6 Cr. Burberry, c Jarvis, b Collins . ................... 0 Cr. Blaker, c Hill, b Collins 0 Cr.Penfold.c J^rvis,bCooper 2 Cr. Carden, not out ........... 1 W ide ........................... 1 W ide ........... 1 Total ...................75 Total (3 wkts) 24 STREATHAM v. GRANVILLE [(Lee).—Played at Streatham on September 8. S tr r a t h a m . R. O. Schwarz, not out 62 B 12, w 1, nb 1... 14 Total (3 wktgj*262 N. Miller, not oat ...137 H. S. Barkworth, c Clarkson, b Pettman 34 E. Field, b B u ll...........17 H. L. Dawson, b Bull 0 J. E. Raphael, E. H. Leaf, E. G.Corderoy, S. Lloyd-Jones, Dr. Young, andD. O. Kerr didnot bat. • Innings declared closed. G r a n v il l e . J.P. Clarkson, b Miller 60 P.P.Liocoln,cCorderoy b Dr. Young ... 37 L. B. Havers, b Dr. Young ................... 3 C.J.M.Godfrey,notout 16 F. G. Bull, c and b Dr. Young ................... 0 J. A.Johnson, b Miller 7 F. E. Lander, lbw, b M iller......................... 9 F.C.Thompson.bMiller 3 A.O.Pettman, b Miller 0 B 1, w 1 ........... 2 Total (8 wkts) 137 T. Johnson and A . R. Layman did not bat. LONDON AND W E S TM IN S T E R BAN K . Played, 28; won, 17 • lost, 2 ; drawn. 9. Runs for 3 t 80 for 168 wickets, average 21 90; runs against 2,9 >1 for 252 wickets, average 11*71. BATTING AVERAGES. No. Times Most of not Total in an inns.out. runs. inns. Aver. W . Bradbery ........... 24 ... 6 ... 614 ...118* .. 34 11 H. O. M anfleld........... 18 ... 2 ... 415 ...lfO*.. 25 93 A. G. Gough ........... 19 ... 5 ... 363 ... 93 ... 2585 E. A. Willson ........... 17 ... 7 ... 242 ... 32*... 24*20 C. J. Bowman ........... 26 ... 6 ... 491 ... 78*... 24*65 C. C. Simpson ........... 15 ... 4 ... 224 ... 42 ... 2)*36 C. J. Douglas ........... 12 ... 1 ... 21* ... 51 .. 19 36 A. Podmore ... 9 ... 5 ... 60 ... 18* . 12*50 L. Pitt-Brook ........... 17 ... 2 ... 179 ... 44 ... 1193 C. A. S n e ll................. 16 ... 2 ... 152 ... 26 ... 10 42 B a k * r .......................... 4 0 ... 18 ... 11 ... 4*50 BOW LING AVERAGES. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkta. Aver. Baker ................... 77 4 ... 20 ... 197 ... 22 ... 8 95 W illson ................... 301*5 ... 74 ... 745 ... 78 .. 9 f5 P dmore.................. 174*1 ... 55 ... 377 ... 36 ... 10*47 Hnell ................... 100 2 ... 6 ... 393 ... 35 ... 11*50 Bowman.................. 60 3 ... 13 ... 152 ... 13 ... 11*69 Sim psoa................... 223*6 ... 54 ... 566 ... 4b ... 12*35 HAMPSTEAD v. MALDEN W ANDERERS.— Played at Hampstead on September 8. H a m p s te a d . H. B. Hayman, c Ed­ wards, b Green ..144 H. Greig, c Payne, b Smith ................... 4 E.E. Barnett,c Howell, b Payne .................149 Ahsan-ul-Hak,c Carey b Green ...................32 W . S Hale, c Green, b E d w ards...................57 J. G. Q. Besch, E. L. Marsden, and A. B. Osmond did not bat. *Innings declared closed. M a l d b n W a n d e r e r s . A .J. Green, b Marsden 21 I . J. Marcus, st Cros A. J. Judd, b Hale ... 5 ' ' ' B. H .M . Smith, lbw, b Marsden ...................25 G. Howell, b Marsden 1 G. Payne, b Hale ... 8 Edwards, b Marsden 8 B. Evann. b Marsden 0 A. G. Rough, c Hale, b Marsden ................... 9 G. Crosdale, b Green... 3 C. D. D. McMillin, run out ...........................31 R. Leigh Ibbs, not out 8 B 30, lb 1 0 ........... 40 Total (7 wkts) *468 dale, b Ahsan ... ... 2 S.H.Shoveller, not out 6 C. M. Carey, b Ahsan 1 B 9, lb 2 ...........11 Total 92 Printed and Published for the Proprietor by M erritt * H atcher , L td . 167. 168, and 1C9, Upper Thames Street, London, B.C., Sept. 13th, 1900.