Cricket 1900

460 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. Nov. 29, 1900. severely felt in India. When the much talked of tour of Indian cricketers to England was discussed a year or two ago, it was stated that the Maharajah would form one of the eleven, and if he had visited this country in the capacity of a cricketer he would have received an enthusiastic greeting from all players and spectators. ME. J. J. FERRIS. Soon after the war in Africa began about a year ago, Mr. Ferris, who was then living in Australia, was one of the first of the colonials who volunteered. He was occasionally heard of in the course of the war, and was apparently on his way home when he, died on Saturday, November 17th, at Durban. He was undoubtedly one of the very finest bowlers who have ever appeared on a cricket field, and although he had only a short period of success, this success was altogether remarkable. Left-handed, with a charmingly easy and graceful action, he was a most destructive bowler on a queer wicket, while his extreme accuracy made him difficult when the wicket was altogether in favour of the batsman. After a couple of very success­ ful tours in England with the Australian teams of 1888 and 1890, he was persuaded to qualify for Gloucestershire, a move which was, by the cricket world at large, looked upon as a mistake. It was recognised that Gloucestershire was so weak in bowling at this period, that the newcomer would have to do an immense amount of work under very great diffi­ culties, and no one was much surprised when he failed, more or less, with the ball when he represented the county. It was said that he had lost his devil, but the chances are that if he had qualified for Yorkshire or Lancashire he would have for some years met with as much success as ever. With the Gloucestershire team he had practically no chance, and not being able to accomplish impossibilities was soon worn out. To some extent he made up for his failure with the ball by coming out on several occasions as a batsman when runs were badly wanted. When his three years’ engagement with Gloucestershire ended, he was still more than good enough to play for the team as an all round man, but his disposition was such that he could not brook failure, and he returned to Australia, where from time to time he raised the hopes of his friends that he was returning to form again. But he only took part in a few intercolonial matches, and even in club cricket was not very often seen. A good many people were inclined to think that his visit to South Africa, with Mr. Walter Read’s team in 1891, had much to do with his want of success as a bowler on his return to England, for the wear and tear of the tour seemed to have upset him considerably. In the tour itself he was remarkably successful, taking 235 wickets for 1,269 runs, an average per wicket of only 5-91; he had by far the best analysis of any bowler in the team, although J. T. Hearne, Martin and Pougher, who were all in their prime, were included in it. In his first tour in England with an Australian team he took 220 wickets for 14'23 runs apiece, and two years later, on his second visit, 215 wickets at 13’43 runs each. His record for Gloucestershire is as follows:— BOWLING. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Aver. 1892.. . . 6104 .. 206 ... 1,303 ... 46 .. . 2832 1893 .. 432 3 ... 134 ... 1,042 ... 39 ... 26-71 1894 .,... 287-3 ... 93 652 ... 30 ... 2173 BATTING. Most Times in an not Innings. Runs. Innings. out. Aver. 1892 ..... 23 .... 359 .. 47 ..,. 3 ... 17-95 1893 ... 31 ..,. 687 .. 106 0 ... 22-16 1894 . ... 31 . 373 .. 55 1 ... 12-43 BRIXTON WANDERERS. MATCHES PLAYED. Won. Lost. Drawn. Total. MR. W. YARDLEY. Although he was one of the greatest batsmen of his time, Mr. Yardley, who died at Kingston on October 28th, will be best remembered as being the first man who ever made a hundred in the Univer­ sity Match. This was in 1870, and two years later he made another hundred. Naturally, such feats—at a time when hundreds were by no means as plentiful as they are now—were regarded with wonder by other cricketers, and a great future was prophesied for the happy Cambridge batsman, which was to a great extent realised. He was, perhaps, the only batsman who, until tbe advent of Ranjitsinhji, as being at all com­ parable to Dr. Grace. Like him, he was good on all sorts of wickets, and some of his grandest innings were played when other men grievously failed one after the other. For four years (1869 to 1872) he represented Cambridge against Oxford; and as, in addition to being the best bat in the team, he kept wicket very well indeed he was of immense service to the side, of which he was captain in 1871. From 1869 to 1874 he represented the Gentle­ men against the Players, among his best scores being 28 and 39, 51 and 51, and 83. For Kent he played only occasionally, but he generally contrived to be at Canter­ bury for the Week, and also generally made runs there. In later years he was well known as a journalist, dramatic critic and writer of plays. He had from the first shown a liking for the stage, being one of the most prominent members of the “ Old Stagers.” At other games than cricket he excelled, more particu­ larly at rackets and tennis, representing Cambridge against Oxford at the former game in 1871. He was the son of Sir William Yardley, Chief Justice of Bombay, and was born on June 10th, 1849. ______________________ THE EARL OF DARNLEY. A brother of the Hon. Ivo Bligh, Lord Damley, who died at the end of October at Cobham Hall, Gravesend, in his fiftieth year, was in the Eton eleven. He was then known as Lord Clifton. Against Harrow he played in 1869 and 1870, taking three wickets in the first year and six in the second. A fast right hand round-arm bowler, he was often difficult on the rough wickets of the time. As a batsman he was a hitter who did not trouble himself about defence. 1st X I............ . ... 5 ... 8 ... 17 ... 30 2nd X I ... . ... 7 ... 5 8 ... 20 (3rd X I. records are missing.) RUNS SCORED. By Club. By Opponents. Runs. Wkts. Aver. Runs. Wkts Aver. 1st X I. ...5128 .. *33 ... 22*00 .. 5013 .. 250 . . 20*05 2nd X I. ...2868 .. 171 ... 16*77 .. 2465 .. 161 . . 15*31 7996 404 19*79 7478 411 18*19 1 s t X I. AVERAGES. B a t t in g . No Times Most of not Total in an inDS. out. runs. inns. Aver. G. StubVs ... . . ... 10 ... 1 .. 282 . .103*.. 31*33 A. V. Storey .. . . ... 11 ... 2 .. 258 . . 55 .. 28-66 H. E. Hockley . . ... 12 ... 3 .. 257 . . 63* . 28 55 R. J. Burlington. . ... IS ... 3 .. 338 . . 89 .. 28-16 J. Faulkner ... . . ... 21 ... 0 .. 563 .109 .. 2K-80 F. P. Rider ... . . ... 25 ... 2 .. f07 . . 78 .. 26 33 C. G. Smith ... . . ... 29 ... 3 .. 588 . . 98 .. 22-61 Frank Odell... . . ... 29 ... 0 .. 596 . . 82 .. 2055 E. T. Gale ... . . ... 13 ... 4 .. 170 . . 54*.. 18-88 W . A. Gilligan . . ... 16 ... 3 .. *31 .. 60*. . 17-76 H. Mason ... . . ... 24 ... 5 .. 299 .. 42 . 15-73 L. M. Simmonds . ... 10 ... 2 .. 120 ... 31 .. 15 Under ten innings:— A. R. Whitley . . ... 8 ... 2 .. 62 . . 19*.. 10*33 A. E. Veillard . ... 3 ... 0 .. 27 . . 23 .. 9 B o w l in g . Overs. Mdm. Buns. Wkts. Aver. A. V. Storey ... .. 186*1 .. 4S .. 549 ... 42 .. 13*07 W. A. Gilligan _181*3 .. 39 .. 477 . . 34 .. 14*02 H. Mason........... ... 174 3 19 .. 716 . . 30 .. 23*66 Less than 20 wickets:— H. E. Hockley ... 61-2 5 .. 188 . . 16 .. 11*75 L. M . Simmonds ... 122 .. 19 .. 461 . 18 .. 25-61 F. P. Rider ... ... 122 ... 9 .. 505 . . 19 .. 26-67 G. Stubbs.......... ... 130 .. 24 .. 462 . . 16 .. 30 8 2 nd X I. AVERAGES. B a t t in g . No. Times Most of not Total in an inns. out. runs. inns. Aver. A . J. Whyte... . . ... 19 ... 1 .. 516 . . 76 .. 28-66 H. E. Smith... . . ... 10 ... 1 .. 240 . . 54 . 26*66 A. V. Russell . ... 15 ... 1 .. 326 . .112*.. 23-18 E. A . Brymer ... 11 ... 0 .. 198 . . 52 .. 18 C. F. J ones ... . . ... 15 ... 3 .. 158 . . 38 .. 13-66 C. W . Phillips . . ... 14 ... 1 .. 160 . . 41 .. 12 3 P. Carmichael . ... 10 ... 2 .. 86 . . 20 .. 10*75 Under ten innings :— W . H. Robertson ... 7 ... 0 .. 102 . . 46 .. 14-57 H. J. Humm ... 6 ... 1 .. 63 . . 33 .. 126 W. J. Benge... . . ... 8 .. 2 .. 74 32 .. 12 33 A. Constanduros. . ... 5 ... 1 .. 47 . . 13* . 11*75 B o w l in g . Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Aver. P. Carmichael... ... 96-3 .. 12 .. 331 .. 29 .. 11*41 C. F. Jones ... .. 105-4 . 22 ... 318 .. 27 .. 11-77 W. J. Benge ... ... 124 3... 8 .. 496 . . 34 .. 14-05 A. V . Rustell... ... 153 .. 23 .. 481 . . 29 .. 16*58 GENERAL SUMMARY B a t t in g (Ten innings and over) No. Times of not Most Total in an A. V. Storey........... G. Stubbs ........... A. J. W hyte.......... J. Faulkner........... E. P. R id e r ........... H. E. Hockley ... R. J. Burlington .. A . V . Russell C. G. Sm ith........... F. Odell.................. E. T. Gale ........... H. E. Smith........... L. M. Simmonds W . A . Gilligan ... H. Mason .......... E. A . Brymer ... C. W . Phillips C. F. J o n e s ......... P. Carmichael .. B. A . Glanvill inns. out. runs. inn.s. Aver. . 14 ... 3 . ,. 349 ... 55 .. . 31*72 . 11 ... 1 .. . 291 ...103*.. . 29-4 . 19 ... 1 .,,. 516 ... 76 ... 28*66 . 21 .,. 0 .. . 563 .. 109 ... 26-8 , 25 ... 2 ... 6' j 7 ... 78 .. . 26-39 . 1* .,.. 3 ..,. 290 . 63*.. . 26 35 . 18 ... 3 ... 379 .. 89 ... 26*26 . 17 ... 2 ... 356 .,..112*.. . 23*73 . 30 ... 3 ... 615 ... 98 ... 22*77 . 30 ... 0 . 605 .,.. 82 ... 20*17 . 14 ... 4 .. 197 ... 54*... 19 7 . 20 ... 3 .,,. 334 ... 51 .. . 19-64 . 14 ... 3 . .. 211 ... 79 .. . 19*18 . 16 ... 3 .. 231 .,.. 60*.. . 17*76 . 24 ... 5 ... 299 , 42 .. . 15-73 . 21 .. . 2 ... 290 ... 52 .. . 15-26 . 16 ... 3 .. 183 .. 41 .,. 14-07 ,. 18 ... 5 ... 180 ... 38 .,,. 1384 . 13 ... 2 . 110 ... 20 ., . 10 . 10 .,,. 4 .... 28 ... 16 ... 4*66 * Signifies not out. B o w l in g (Ten wickets and over). Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. H. S . P u l l a n .— Many thanks. For “ latter” read “ former.” C. F. Jones ... . H . E. Hockley A . Y . Storey ... . P. Carmichael... W . A . Gilligan W . J. Benge ... A. V. Russell ... L. M. Simmonds . H. Mason........... F. P. Rider ... G. Stubbs........... 133 4 . 642... 5 210-6... 48 . . 135-3... 22 . . 181*3 . 39 . , 124*3... 8 . . 197-3... 29 . 147-2... 25 . 174*3... 19 . . 122 ... 9 . . 134 ... 24 . 201 . 635 . 455 . 477 . 496 . 584 . 524 . 716 . 505 . 476 . 32 16 49 . 33 . 34 . 34 . 41 . 22 . , 30 , 19 . 15 , Aver. 12*43 12-56 12*95 13*78 14-02 14*05 14*24 23-85 23-86 , 26-57 , 31*73