Cricket 1900

O c t . 25, 1900. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 443 1 i ,a o ® . s a "S & '3 S 3 eg w a ° 1 ‘S 0 1 ao s 0 E m s ► 53 to — ... 4 ... 4 ... 8 ... 16 .. . -640 5 ... — .. 1 .. . 4 ... 10 ... *588 4 ... 3 ... — .. . 2 ... 9 .. . *562 0 ... 0 .. . 2 .. ,. — .. . — .. . *125 9 7 7 14 37 339, and becoming president in 1886, held the office continuously till the day of his death. The committeefeel that the cluh owes an everlasting deht of gratitude to the late president for the foresight, courage, and financial ability he displayed in the various loan and building projects launched and carried out during his long term of office, the results of which account in large measure for the great strides the club has made, and which now stand as a splendid monument to his memory. In moving the adoption of the report the president said, “ It was with great sorrow that he had to refer to the sudden death of his predecessor, Mr. F. G. Smith, one of tha truest and most energetic friends of every form of manly sport. He had taken deep interest in cricket and football especially, and his familiar figure would be missed by thousands who would mourn him and hold him in grateful remembrance.” T h e competition for the Halifax Cup, which in Philadelphia corresponds to our County Championship, has ended in favour of Germantown with sixteen matches won and nine lost, the percentage being ‘640. The record of the four competing clubs are as follows:— Germantown Merion Belmont ... Philadelphia Lost In a match between Germantown and Merion (Philadelphia) on October 6th, a batsman named Patton was out in a curious manner, says the American Cricketer. Clark pitched a fast one a little less than half way down the crease and the batsman started to hit it to square-leg. The ball, instead of rising to a natural height, kept low, and Patton missed it by several inches, it finally pitching again near the block hole, so that the batsman was “ yorked ” on the second bounce. T he following is the official table showing the positions of the different Counties who qualified for the Minor Counties’ Championship last season. Glamorganshire, Durham and North­ amptonshire are all able to show unbeaten records, though Glamorganshire has Ihe better figures. Plyd. W on. Lost. Dm . Pts. Percentage Glamorganshire 8...5 ... 0 ... 3 ... 5 ...100*00 Durham ........... 8...4 ... 0 ... 4 ... 4 ...100*C0 Northants ...1 2 ... 3 ... 0 ... 9 ... 8 ...lOO’OO Northumb’land. 8 ... 3 ... 1 ... 4 ... 2 ... 60-0j Bucks ........... 8 ... 3 ... 1 ... 4 ... 2 ...6 0 00 Surrey (2nd) ...1 0 ... 3 ... 8 ... 4 ... 0 . . . —*00 Oxfordshire ... 8 ... 2 ... 2 ... 4... 0 . . . —‘00 W iltshire...........10... 2 ... 2 ... 6 ... 0 . . . —*00 Bedfordshire ... 8 ... 3 ... 4 ... 1 ...—1 ...— 1428 Berkshire........... 10 ... 2 ... 5 ... 3 ... - 3 ...— 42 86 Hertfordshire... 8 ... 0 ... 2 ... 6 . .. —2 ...—lOO'OO Norfolk ........... 8...0 ... 2 ... 6 ... —2 ...—lOO’OO Cambridgeshire 8... 0 ... 4 ... 4 ... —4 ...—lOO'CO Staffordshire... 8 ... 0 ... 4 ... 4 . .. —4 ...—100‘00 C a m b r i d g e University has suffered a severe loss by the death of the Eev. J. Porter, Master of Peterhouse. He had acted as Treasurer of the University C.C. for Bome years, succeeding, unless my memory is treacherous, the late Rev. A. E. Ward. Bat apart from his official position, he had always taken a keen interest in cricket, and cricketers visiting Cambridge were always sure of a hearty welcome at his hands. His genial presence as well as his sound judgment and experience will be greatly missed in Cambridge cricket. T h e Committee of 1he Marylebone Club are taking the opinions of the leading cricketers with a view to a more stringent rule on the subject of l.b.w. A semi-official pronouncement would lead to the idea that the County Clubs have been asked to express their opinions on the matter. This would hardly appear to be strictly correct, as I know of one that has not been consulted. The county captains may have been asked to express their views, and I know some of them have. But that is not quite tbe same thing. Which reminds me that the county captains are to have their annual conference at Lord’s on Monday, Decem­ ber 10, the day before the secretaries meet to arrange the programme for 1901. G. H. L o n g m a n , of Eton, Cambridge and Hampshire cricket fame, has just been made Master of the Surrey Union Foxhounds. He had been acting as joint Master, but his colleague, T. H. Bennett, recently died. For the last few years he has resided at Epsom, and taken an active part in Surrey cricket as a member of the committee of the Surrey County Club. In a bookseller’s list of “ remainders ” there is the following entry :— Singh.—My travels in Europe and America: By His Highness the Raja-i-Rajgan Jagajtit Singh of Kapurthala. Four fine plates, 4to, cloth (published 21s.), Is. 9d. Can the distinguished author be the famous cricketer whose name has been dictated to the compositor by somebody who stammers ? T h e following are some of the latest hundreds:— AUGUST. 24. Capt. Greig, Poona Gymkhana v. Poona Brahmins.......................................................... 102 SEPTEMBER. 3. W . R. Gilbert, Montreal v. WestmountUtd. 101* 8. A . W . Jones, Germantown v. Belmont (Philadelphia)................................................. 161 9. A. M. W ood, Belmont v. Germantown (Philadelphia).................................................. 106* 10. Powell, Bombay v. Poona ........................... 116 10. Cheetham, Bombay v. Poona.......................... 116 10. Tomkins, Bombay v. P o o n a ........................... 102 11. Capt. W ood, Poona v. Bombay ................... 103 11. Capt. Bond, Poona v. Pombay ................... 152 11. Mr. Bosworth-Smith, Poona v. Bombay ... 101 26. D. C. Davies, Wanderers (Chicago) v. A Scratch Team .......................... ................... 104 * Signifies not out. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. W . J. W a d ia . —Your kind communications to hand. G. A. C obah .—Y our letter shall receive attention. “ I r is h m a n .” — Shall appear next month. J o h n d e S o y b e s .— There are several instances of first-class matches in England lastiog four days, or at least being spread over four days. In early times all matches were played to a finish, and sometimes lasted as many as five days. R o r b b t N o r b ib .— You will find the desired informa­ tion in a sixpenny book, entitled “ Cricket," pub­ lished by Lawrence and bullen, of London. R b v . G. O. H u g h e s .— W e know nothiog of Prince’s performances. CR ICKET A T POONA. POONA GYM KHAN A v. POONA BRAHM INS — Played at Poona on August 24 and 25. The chief feature of this match was the capital bowling of a young Brahmin named Bandoo, who obtained all ten wickets in the first innings of the Gymkhana. Poona Gymkhana won by 103 runs. P oona G ymkhana . First innings. Second innings. Capt. Greig, b Bandoo . 102 lbw, b Bandoo ... 12 Mr. Sale, c Narsinghoo, b Bandoo .........................36 n otou t.....................11 Capt. W ood, c and b Bandoo 7 not o u t................. 17 Maj or Stanton. b Bandoo... 0 Mr. Sprott, b B andoo......... 1 Mr. Duncan, c Paranjpe, b Bandoo ........................... 4 lbw, b BandoD ... 7 Mr. Gibbs, b B andoo........... 7 Capt. Brogan, b Bandoo ... 4 Mr Drysdale, lbw, b Bandoo 1 Mr. Markham, not out 0 b Joshi...................26 Capt. Murray, b Bandoo ... 0 E x tr a .......................... 1 Total ................163 Total(3 wkts)*73 * Innings declared closed. P oona B bahmins . First innings. Second inniogs. Mr. Narsinghoe, lbw, b W ood .................................. 9 c Brogan, b Drys­ dale ...................13 Mr. K . Joshi, st Sprott, b Greig .................................. 5 c Sprott, bSale ... 11 Mr. Sayanna, b G reig...........16 c 3reig, b W ood. 6 Mr. Bhide, c Sprott, b Sale. 25 st Sprott, b Greig 14 Mr. Bandoo, c Sale, b Greig 0 lbw, b Sale . ... 3 Mr. Saraph, c W ood, b Sale 5 b Greig.................. 0 ' Mr. Eranna, c and b Greig. 0 c Drysdale, b Sale 3 Mr. Paranjpe, st Sprott ... 0 c Drysdale,bGreig 0 Mr. Bapat, c Sprott,b Greig 2 b Greig.................. 3 Mr. Sirdesai, not o u t ........... 9 b Greig.................. 2 Mr. S. Joshi, c Stanton, b W ood .................................. 0 not out................... 2 Extra ......... ................ 0 Extras ... 2 Total ... . 71 Total ... 62 THE PRESIDENCY v. THE PARSE E S —This match was finished at Poona at September 15. The result was a draw in favour of the Presidency. P b b s id b n c y . First innings. Sale, b Mehta ................... 8 Greig. lbw, b Bulsara........... 6 Bosworth-Smith, b Mehta 45 W ood, c Driver, b Poch- khanawalla.......................... 25 Bond, c Mody,b Pochkhana- walla ... ........................... 3 Fprott, lbw, b M eh ta...........11 Tandy, b Bulsara................... 1 Browne, b Mehta................... 4 Drysdale, c Kanga, b Mehta 2 Private Proctor, not out ... 1 Winterbottom, b Mehta ... 0 Extras...........................13 Second innings, c and b Kanaa .84 c Kanga, b Billi- moria ........... 1 8 b Billimoria ... 8 lbw, b D. Kanga 30 Total ...119 lbw, b Billimoria SO b Kanga ...........14 not out...................64 b Mistry ...........15 c Machliwalla, b Driver .......... 55 c and b Kanga ... 1 st H. b D. Kanga 10 Extras ...........39 Total ......... 398 P arsess . First innings. D. Kanga, b Greig ...........68 D. Mody, b Proctor ........... 7 H. Kanga, run out ...........24 K. Mistry.c Sprot,b W inter- bottom .................................. Billimoria, c Greig, b Proc­ to r.......................................... 52 Driver, lbw, b W o o d ...........12 Machliwalla, not o u t...........67 Kharas, c Bosworth-Smith, b W ood .......................... 5 Pochkhanawalla, b W ood... 0 Bulsara, b Proctor ........... 0 Mehta, b Proctor................... 8 Extras..........................15 Total ... ... ..336 Second innings, lbw, b Greig ... 0 not out.................. 5 b W ood ...........23 88 b Greig ...........46 c Sale, b W ood... 4 b W ood ........... 1 c W ood, b Greig 8 not out.................. 5 Extras ... 11 Total ......... 103 POONA v. BOMBAY (Return).—Played at Poona on September 10. B o m b a y . Boileau, b Drysdale... 6 Burney, not out.......... 67 Marshall, b Drytdale 2 Coombs, not out ... 5 Vines, lbw, b Sangdter 2 Powell, c Brogan, b Drysdale .................. 116 Cheetham, b W ood ...116 Brown, b Bond ........... 1 Shonbridge, b Bond ... 0 Tomkins, c Duncan, b Diysdale .................. 102 Anderson did not bat. Extras ... 16 Total (8 wkts) 423