Cricket 1900

O ct . 25, 1900. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME. 445 CR ICK ET A L A RTJSSE. By Arthur A. Sykes in the Captain. There is a quaint foot-note on the immortal match between All Muggelton and Dingley Dell, in Vredenski’s Russian version of Pickwick (illustrated with Phiz’s original drawings). The following is an exact translation of the painstaking commentator’s explanation:— ‘ ‘ The very complicated game of cricket requires some elucidation for Russian readers. It is played with two parties, of which each consists of eleven men. First of all two so-called ‘ wickets,’ or fences are knocked into the ground at a distance of twenty paces one from the other. Each wicket consists of three vertically- planted sticks, on which is set another stick of smaller size. The parties casts lots, and then from one of the sides there go forth with cudgels two players, who stand beside the wickets. Each of them is bound to defend his own fence. With that object, each one measures the length of his cudgel from the wicket, and at that distance digs out a little pit, where he plants the thick end of his club. From the other side there proceed two so-called ‘ haulers ’ (sic Mr. Yv. pro­ nounces this to rhyme with ‘ growlers’), who must endeavour to hit these fences with their ball. The other players of the second party, stationed for observation of the course of the game, are obliged to calculate and return the ball to the haulers, if it flies too far away. When the first hauler hurls the ball at the opposite wicket, there may happen three characteristic events. Either the hauler hits the wicket, or he does not bit it, and at the same time his blow will not be parried by the defender of the wicket; or, lastly, the thrown ball springs far away through the blow of the cudgel. In the first place, the awkward defender of the wicket altogether retires from the play, and in his place there comes a second player from the same party; in the second, the ball is taken up by the other hauler and thrown at the opposite wicket; in the third case, the ‘ haulers’ (Vv. means fielder), stationed for observa­ tion, run after the ball, pick it up and throw it to one of the fences. Mean­ while, in this last case, the defenders of the fences run across a few times from one wicket to the other, taking care at the same time not to disregard the hostile attack. The number of cross-runs made by them is noted down by special markers, and on them alone is based the victory of either side. As soon as one of the fences is knocked down, its defender must im­ mediately leave the play, and his place is taken by one of the same party of ‘ cricketists ’ (sic). When, in this way, all the members of one party have been obliged, one after the other, to leave the game, the turn arrives to the players of the opposite side. The victory eventually is decided by the number of cross-runs made by the ‘ cricketists ’ of both parties. It must be remarked that cricket is the national and most popular game of the English. In many towns special clubs are established for it, and it very often happens that one town there competes with another, choosing from its midst the best cricketists, and ranging them against the champions of the other little place. It is the custom also for wagers of huge sums to be laid on both sides.” Such, without addition or omission, is the literal rendering of our learned Russian’s somewhat verbose, but not too complete, digression on the peculiarities of the ‘ ‘ very complicated ” game. MES A F F A IR E S D E CCEUR. The following extracts are from a short story in the English Illustrated Magazine , by Walter E. Grogan. The writer evidently understands boys’ cricket:— “ It was my last term at the Rev. William Longshaw’s select Academy. After the vacation I was to proceed to Eton. In the halo of this prospective glory shed upon me I affected a seclusion which was taken personally by the rest of the school. They did not resent it openly—my eminence was too oppres­ sively felt; but if I shunned all but one or two favoured chums the others made no undue overtures. I was virtually head of the school. I say virtually because there was another boy above me in the form ; but I was captain of the cricket team, and had an average of over nineteen, and Smith was not even in the eleven. “ It was a week before the end of the term. I had carried out my bat for twenty-five. I felt very elated, and chose to ignore the fact that I had been let off four times by a conciliatory and slippery-fingered field. The evening was warm, very warm in the class-room, and I wandered out into the playing- field alone. On the side opposite our school was another school, a school for young ladies, kept by three old maids, named Trimplet—the Misses Georgiana, Angelica, and Judith Trimplet. The wall of their garden—the Misses Trimplet had nothing so vulgar as a play-ground — formed a portion of the wall of our playing-field. The Rev. William was a devoted admirer of Miss Angelica, and the Misses Trimplet’s young ladies were permitted now and then to grace our matches with their presence. They sat in rows on garden-seats at their end of the field, while the Rev. William kept his pupils very carefully round the scoring-tent, which was as far away as possible. “ For some weeks I had been madly in love with Mignon. I had worshipped afar off in church, I had managed stolen interviews, with the red-brick wall playing propriety between us. To the disgust of the whole eleven, I persisted in going into the long field as long on and long leg, so that I might be near her, which, as I was the recognised point, was exasperating to those who cared more for winning a match than a maiden’s smiles. “ Now I had come to bid farewell. Inexorable fate in the shape of her guardian had determined she should leave six days before the breaking-up. I heard of this through the medium of a short note which I had fielded with a big hit to leg. They ran four, I remember, as the note took some time in finding its way inside my shirt.” STREATHAM. Matches played, 40; won., 21; lost, 6; drawn ,13. BATTING AVERAGES. No. Times Most of not Total in an inns. out. runs. inns. Aver. H. H. S co tt................. . 17 ... 8 ... 678 .. 1C3*... 75-33 N. Miller ................. . 2 ’ ,... 4 ...1154 ...157 ... 67-88 E. Field......................... . 17 ... 2 .. . 661 ...112 ... 44-01 H. L. Dawson ......... . 20 ... 1 .. . 824 ..145 ... 43-36 L. 8. Browne ......... . 14 ... 1 .... 389 ..145 2992 G. S. Cordcroy . 8 ... 2 .. . 179 ... 57 ... 29 83 J. F. W . Hooper .. , 12 ... 0 .... 329 .. 90 ... 27.41 L. D. Bailey................. . 12 ... 1 ... 241 ..116 ... 21 81 H. S. Barkworth......... . 10 ... 4 .... 22 ... 56* . 20-12 A . S. Bailey ......... . 11 ... 0 .. . 198 ... 51 ... 18*00 W . G. L. Powell......... . 9 ... 1 .... 128 ... 37 ... 1337 V. F. F e e n y ................ . 16 ... 1 .. . 191 ... 55 ... 13 64 E. H. Leaf ................. . 9 ... 1 .. . 107 .. 47 ... 16-00 S. Lloyd-Jones ......... . 11 ... 1 .. . 123 ... 53 ... 123 E. P. Pulbrook .......... . 13 ... 4 .. . 69 ... 23*... 766 D. O. Kerr ................. . 11 ... 2 .. . 49 ... 10*... 5-44 W. H . F. Y ou D g........... . 8 ... 0 .... 42 ... 9 ... 525 Less than 8 inniogs R. O. Schwarz ......... . 6 ... 1 .... 188 ... 62*... 37-60 W . J. H a n cock ......... . 5 . 0 . •181 ... 76 ... 36‘JO E. S. B ailey................. . 7 ... 1 . 197 ... 67 ... 32 83 L. A. M. Fevez .. . 4 ... u ..., 124 ... 88 ... 31 00 J. E. Raphael ......... . 4 ... 0 .... 114 ... 57 ... 2850 L. M ortim er................ 4 2 ... 51 ... 27*... 25 50 L . Dashwood ......... . 7 ... 0 ... 128 .. 42 ... 18.28 C. E. Snowdon ......... . 5 ... 0 . 79 .. 50 . 15 80 P. W. Cooper ......... . 4 ... 2 ... 31 ... 13*... 15-50 A. R. "W ilem an......... 5 . 2 ... 36 ... 23 ... 1200 P. G. E athbone......... . 7 ... 1 70 .... 37*... 11 66 H. T. C r o s s ................ . 5 1 ... 33 .,.. 12*... 825 A. K id d ......................... 4 1 ... *3 .... 10*... 766 W. T. H arbord ......... . 4 ,... 1 ... 1. ... 8 ... 500 E. Horncastle ......... . 6 ... 0 . 25 „.. 11 ... r l6 H. T. Thomas ......... 5 .. 0 .... 22 ... 8 ... 4-4 E. B. M ille r ................ . 6 ... 1 ... ib ... 5*... 200 The following also batted :— A . Bailey, 9 G. Burlingham, 2, 20, 0 W . P. Carpmael, 0 F. Corderoy, 2 R. (/. Candy, 0 W . Clarke, 0 N. F. Druce, 4 , 127 K. Fraser, O', 8 A. H. M. Francis, 7* A. E. Fortescue, 7 K J. Key, 79*. 1 G. H. Lyon, 18 N. Lloyd, 8,10*, 0 C. H. Leaf, 0 C. B. Nicholls, 11, 9, 5 P. B. Parker, 17*, 6 H. P. Watters, 7*, 8, 0 H. G. Whitlock, 17, 15, CENTURIES FOR. N. Miller, 157, 109*. 128*, 135*. L . D. Bailey, 116 I E. Field, 112 L. 8. Browne, 145 H. a . Scott, 103* H. L. Dawson, 145 | N. F. ITuce, 127 * Signifies not out. BOW LING AVERAGES. Balls. Mdns. Buns. Wkts. Aver. W . H. F. Young ... 329 ... 6 ... 173 ... 21 .. 8'2! N. Miller................... 1520 ... 34 . 931 . 62 ... 15'Jl L. 8. Browne.......... 1396 ... 40 ... 724 ... 47 .. 15 40 J. E. Raphael ... 510 ... 21 ... 249 ... 16 ... 16 66 H. H. Scott ........... 492 ... 10 ... 269 .. 17 ... 1 82 V. F. Feeny ........... 588 ... 2J ... .00 ... 18 ... 16 66 J. F. W. Hooper ... 1755 ... 57 ... 821 ... 48 ... 17 10 E. Field ................ 792 ... 29 ... 33) ... 18 ... 18a8 H . L. Dawson ... 1075 ... 40 . 612 ... 19 ... 32-21 Less than 8 innirgs E. 8. Bailey .......... 212 .. 6 ... 125 ... 11 ... 11-36 E. H. Leaf .......... 312 .. 5 .. 195 ... IS ... 16-00 A. R. Wileman ... 222 ... 9 ... 125 ... 8 ... 1662 B. O. Schwarz ... 686 ... 17 ... 275 ... 17 ... 16 17 W. G. L . Powell ... 326 ... 12 ... 16f ... 10 ... 16 70 W. J. Hancock ... 297 ... 7 ... 193 ... 6 ... 32'16 L. M ortim er........... 312 ... 11 .. 193 ... 5 ... 38 60 L. Dashwood.......... 162 ... 1 ... 129 ... 2 ... 64*50 A. S. Bailey ........... 186 ... 6 ... 94 .,.l i.. 94 00 H. S. Barkworth ... 78 ... 1 ... 68 0 ... — The following bowled in less than three innings and took wickets N. F. Druce, 3; L. A . M . Fevez, 1 ; W. T. Harbord, 1 ; E. Horncastle, 2 ; G. H. Lyon, 1 ; C. H. Leaf, 4 ; 8. Lloyd-Jones, 2; C. E. Snowdon, 1. The following bowled without success: —W . P. Carpmael, H. T. Cross, K . Fraser, A. E. Fortescue, A . Kidd, N. Lloyd, C. B. Nicholls, E. P. Pulbrook.