Cricket 1900

424 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. S e p t . 20, 1900. Cricket: A WEEKLY EECOED OF TEE GAME. 168, UPPER THAMES STREET, L0 ID 0 I, E.C. THURSDAY, SEPT. 20 th , 1900. IMPORTANT NOTICE! B y his innings of 126 for South v. North, at Lord’s on Thursday last, Dr. Grace brought his total of hundreds up to 118— havin g m ade three this season. I t was a curious catch by which Mr. Warner was disposed of in the first innings of this match. The batsman drove a ball back to Mr. Ernest Smith, who only succeeded in turning it on to the broad figure of W. Gk, who was batting at the other end. Off the rebound Mr. Smith made the catch, and thus Mr. Warner was caught and bowled. Mb. G e o r g e s H a m b le d o n writes :— “ In a recent issue of Cricket you repro­ duced from Outing a table compiled by Mr. C. P. Green, of Great Malvern, showing the chief scores made by E. Pooley, the old Surrey wicket-keeper, in great matches. I wish to point out that in that table no mention was made of Pooley’s score of 111 for Eleven Players of the South v. Fourteen Gentlemen of the South, at Southampton, September 25th, 26th and 27th, 1865. H. Jupp made 216 in the same innings, which amounted to 482.” A b ig Carnival was held at Hastings on the evening of the last day of the Cricket Festival, for the benefit of the local volunteers and reservists at the front. Over £130 was collected. O n e of the most noticeable of the many cars which took part in tbe carnival pro­ cession was that entitled “ Cricket.” Praise both for the design and production of the car must be awarded to Rev. G. O. Hughes, a gentleman well known in Hastings cricketing circles. Three dozen cricket bats, several pads, stumps, bails, etc., and numerous fairy lamps all helped to make the car one of the best of the day. It was tastefully draped in dark green and gold, the colours of tbe Hastings and St. Leonards Rovers’ Cricket Club, the name of the Club appearing in well- defined letters above the centre of the car. From the Sydney Referee :— Cricket unwittingly misquotes a paragraph by John Worrall from The Ecfree: “ The past season in Australia was the dullest one on record.” . . . It should have been the past season in Melbourne. As a matter of fact, the season in Sydney was quite an excellent one, and the attendances at the club matches were large. M r . B . J. T. B o s a n q u e t played an innings at Twickenham on Monday which reminded one of some of the performances in daj s gone by of Mr. C. I. Thornton, the most famous hitter who ever appeared on a cricket field. Mr. Bosanquet bit ten 6’s and thirteen 4’s in his innings of 158, which was put together in an hour and forty minutes. A n Adelaide newspaper states that although Darling has taken up his resi­ dence in Tasmania, it is quite possible that his services may not be entirely lost to South Australian cricket, as there is some reason to believe that he may return, as he did on a former occasion. Even if he does not return to South Australia he may still be available for Australian cricket, as there is no certainty that in “ going on the land ” Darling intends to give up big cricket entirely. For the sake of Australian cricket, it is to be hoped that he will not retire from the game at the zenith of his powers. F rom Australia I hear that the land purchased by Darling in Tasmania con­ sists of 7,C00 acres, which is suitable for sheep farming. It is said that Darling intends to go in for wheat growing as well as rearing sheep. I t is very seldom that a fieldsman has so many chances of distinguishing him­ self as Mr. Stoddart did last Saturday, With the present isBue of Cricket we com­ plete the weekly series lor the season. Six numbers will be issued during the Winter, from October to March inclusive, as follows:— No. 557.—THURSDAY, OCT. 25. No. 558.—THURSDAY, NOV. 29. No. 559.—THURSDAY, DEC. 27. No. 560.—THURSDAY, JAN. 31. No. 561.—THUKSDAY, FEB. 28. No. 562.—THURSDAY, MARCH 28. Subscription for the above series, 1/3 post free. R e s u lts of the S eason and A v e r a g e s of the P r in c ip a l C lu b s can be inserted in Cricket at the rate of 3s. 6d. a column, with a minimum charge of 2s. 6d. To ensure insertion in the following number, particulars must be re­ ceived not later than the Saturday previous to the day of publication at the Offices of Cricket, 168, Upper Thames Street, E .C . " C R IC K E T " is the only paper in the world solely devoted to the game. T e r m s o f S u b sc rip tio n :—6/- per annum. 7/- post free abroad. Payable in advance. All communications to be sent direct to the Offices of Cricket, 168, Upper Thames Street, London, E.C. $a\uiton (Gossip, The abstract and brief chronicle of the time.— Eamltt. I t is quite a mystery to a good many people why no first-class batsman has tried seriously to copy the methods of Mr. Jessop. Even in club cricket one could hardly point to a man who carries out his methods with any boldness, and yet there must be dozens of quick-eyed young amateurs with quite enough check to be able to do the thing really well. Surely the experiment would be worth a good trial. T h e net results, as far as first-class cricket is concerned, of the first season’s working of the law which empowers the umpire at square leg to penalise the bowler, are that Mold and Tyler have each had two no-balls registered against them. They will no doubt bowl next year as usual. T h e highest individual score of the year was Ranjitsinhji’s 275 for Sussex v. Leicestershire, at Leicester, and the highest total for the innings of a side was 686 by Sussex in the same match. The lowest total for a side was 37 by Hampshire against Lancashire, at Man­ chester. T h e annual sports of the Hampstead Cricket Club were held on the Club Ground at West Hampstead last week, and several good cricketers took part in them. The following is a list of the chief races :— 100 Yards Handicap.—J. C. Toller, 5 yards start, 1 ; B. N. Ash, owes 2 yards, and C. D. D. McMillin 1, dead heat, 2. Won by nearly a yard. Time, 10$ sec. 220 Yards Handicap.—B. N. Ash, owes 5 yards, 1; H. Greig, 15 yards start, 2; C. D. D. McMillin, 10, 3. Won by two yards; a yard between second and third. Time, 23 sec. Quarter-mile Handicap. — B. N. Ash, scratch, 1 ; C. C. Horsley, 35 yards start, 2. Won by a yard. Only two finished. Time, 54f sec. Half-mile Handicap.—C. C. Horsley, 60 yards start, 1 ; B. C. W. Beauchamp, owes 10, 2. Won by twelve yards. No others finished. Time, 2 min. 10£ sec. 70 Yards Veterans’ Race.—J. M. Biggs, 1 ; E. R. Wood, 2. Won by two jards. Obstacle Race.—B. N. Ash, 1 ; Ahsan-ul- hak, 2. Throwing the Cricket Ball.—A. B. Hay­ man, 85 yards, 1. Three-legged Race.—B. N. Ash and H. Greig, 1. Egg and Spoon Race.—C. K. McDonald, 1. Throwing at the Wicket.—H. C. Preston, 1. Running Between Wickets.—H. Greig, 1 ; B. N. Ash, 2. T h e team which was taken by Mr. Priestley to Grantham at the end of last week, must have been one of the strongest which has played against odds in recent years. The list of its members is worth noting, viz., C. J. Burnup, C. L. T o w l s - end, J. R. Mason, B. J. T. Bosanquet, K. S. Ranjitsinbji, A. C. MacLaren, V. F. S. Crawford, Vine, W. G. Grace, jun., F. N. Townsend, and A. Priestley. With such a fine lot of batsmen it was only natural that some big hitting should be seen, and almost everybody made runs in one innings or the other—except Ranjitsinbji. F rom the Sporismanoi last Thursday:— Negotiations were completed yesterday morning for the return to his native county of A. W . Hallam, who for several years has been identified with Lancashire cricket. Prior to a severe illness four years ago, Hallam was looked upon as one of the most romising bowlers in the country, but since ia recovery Lancashire have been so strong in attack that he has practically had no chance. He should prove a most valuable addition to the Notts team.