Cricket 1900

M a r c h 29, 1900 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 43 match against some very good players; while J. P. H. Allan, who is sixteen years of age, took six wickets for 18 against Mentone College. A tough ish team of the Melbourne Club was touring in New Zealand in the middle of last month. Tney proved themselves far too strong for Auckland, who were beaten by an innings and 385 rung. Our old friend Hugh Trumble was very much on the spot. Besides taking six wickets for 54 runs, he was the highest rungetter on the side with a score of 135. I t will be gratifying intelligence to a large number of Cricket readers to learn that the authorities at Haverford College, Philadelphia, have determined to send over another team to England. It is hardly necessary to recall the success which attended iheir first visit here in 1896. As then, they will play most of the leading Public Schools as well as the Gentlemen of the M C.C., and if possible, the University L.Y.C. at Cambridge, and a vacation team at Oxford. The party are due to arrive in England on June 28th or 29th, and to leave on or about the 8 th of August. Their idea this time is to limit their programme to gome twelve matches. O ne of the Augtralian papers points out that S. E. Gregory, the New South Waleg captain, has led bis colony against Victoria in four matches, in each of which he has had the good fortune to wiu the toss. S.E G. completed his thousand runs in intercolonial matches with Vic­ toria in the game finished at the end of January. He has played thirty-five innings, with one not out, and has been leg-before-wicket four times, stumped three times, and run out three times. S u ssex cricket has recently received a useful addition to its active workers in the person of Mr. Prank Townsend, the old Gloucestershire cricketer, father of C. L. He was one of the best amateur players in the seventies. He has settled down at Bexhill, and is taking a great interest in the game there. Local cricket cannot fail to benefit much by his prac­ tical experience as well as his enthusiasm in everything relating to sport. T he Baling Club is proposing to hold high revel on April 30th. The occasion is the opening of a very fine and large new cricket pavilion erected to meet the increasing requirements of the club. To celebrate the event in becoming style, the committee are arranging a dinner to be held on the evening. I n the Cambridge University sports on March 12, Mr. A. E. Hind, who gained his “ blue ” last year, is reported to have done the hundred yards in 9f seconds, which would be equal to record. But whether this time will be confirmed is another question. Mb. B. J. T. B osa N qukt , last year’s Oxford Blue, represented his University in the billiard matches. O n e of the companies of the Cold­ stream Guards, says an Australian paper, was ordered in Lard Methuen’s first battle to storm one of the kopjes held by the Boers. The captain was a bit doubtful whether the men would start at it clean away, and j ust as the advance was sounded a sbell came hurtling down, and ploughed, without bursting, into the loose veldt earth. The nearest Tommy gave a side­ long glance at it, and muttered—“ Bliiny, if I’d only had my —— bat here I ’d have hit that for six ! ” M b . B en n et B u r l e ig h , the war cor­ respondent of the Daily Telegraph , in a telegram from Bloemfontein, dated Sun­ day, March 25 (12.30 pm .), stated, “ Much interest in being taken iu the military athletic sports, which begin on Wednesday next, at the Ramblers’ Club Grounds. The events include a cricket match ; but, despite the rains, the hard red soil is very bare.” O n January 20th, Henty, the old Kent wicket-keeper, died. For many years he was the regular wicket-keeper for the county. W it h referencetothe remarks published in the last issue of Cricket regarding the date of establishment of their firm, Messrs. Duke and Son, of Penshurst, write as follows:—“ Will you allow us to say that 1760, the date we give in our lists, &c., is the date when the present style of the firm (Duke and Sjn) was adopted, at which date the manufacture of cricket balls and bats was commenced asa businessby itself. Previous tothattime the family combined boot making with that of cricket ball making, as of course comparatively few cricket balls were up to then required, the game being played practically by the nobility and gentry only.” Mr. Haygarth, in Scores and Biographies (Vol. xiv., p. 1008), makes the following statement concerning the establishment of the firm “ The ancient and well-known firm of Duke and Son, the celebrated manufacturers of cricket bats and balls, &o., of Penshurst, Kent, has been in existence considerably over 200 years, during which period no less than five generations of Dukes have been occupied in manufacturing cricket materials, which are used in all parts of the British Empire.” From the above it will be seen that although members of the Duke family made cricket balls upwards of 200 years ago, the firm —Duke and Son—was not established until 1760. W e have received a few additions to and have made some corrections in the list of cricketers who are either at the front, or about to go to South Africa :— Major Poore (staff). Captain B. G. Wynyard (Welsh Regiment.) Mr. F. S. Jackson (4th Battalion Royal Lancaster Regiment of Militia). Mr. J. J. Ferris (with Col. Byng’sS.A. Light Hcrse). Mr. F. W. Milligan (atMaclutsiFort, Bechu- analand). Mr. J. F. Byrne (Warwickshire). Ur. A. Conan Doyle (for hospital work). Mr. R. P. Lewis, the old Oxford and Win- Chester wicket-keeper (City’s Own). Mr. R.W. Fox (Oxford and Sussex), Dragoons. General N. G. Lyttelton (commanding in the North of Natal). Captain W. C. Hedley (17th Field Co. R.B.) Mr. G. Kemp, M.P. (the old Cambridge and Lancashire amateur). Mr. G. Hornby, son of Mr. A. N. Hornby (22nd Cheshire Regiment). Mr. E. A. Halliwell (the well-known South African wicket-keeper, war correspondent at Mafeking). Mr. A. J. Turner (R.A.) Col. Baden-Powell (beseiged in Mafeking, formerly hon. sec. Old Carthusians C.C. and F.C. in India). Mr. R. O’ H. [jvesay. Mr. E.I.M. Barrett (2nd Lancashire Fusiliers). Lieut. A. H. de Boulay (at the front). Mr. H. G. Pechey, hon. sec., Esher C.C. (Imperial Yeomanry.) Mr. C. B. Pechey, Esher C.C. (Imperial Yeomanry.) Captain Barton. Colonel Spens. Lieutenant H. W. Kettlewell, of last year’s Somerset Eleven. Wounded in the Modder River-Paardeberg-Roberts-Cronje action. Mr. W. E. Sprot. Captain Bradford. Mr. A. T. Jones (Shropshire). Lieutenant H. P. Paton (Loretto XI.) Mr. W. L. Foster (with Lord Methuen at the Modder). Mr. L. J. Le Fleming. Mr. H. W. rtudd. Prince Christian Victor, with General Buller, aide-de-camp. Colonel Frank Rhodes (was besieged in Ladysmith), in the Eton XI. Mr. C. Heseltine, the Hants fast bowler (Hampshire Yeomanry). Mr. F. Mitchell (Yorkshire). Mr. Kenward, the Derbyshire cricketer of last year. Mr. Alan E. Cheales (Leicester Imperial Yeomanry), played for Marlborough twice v. Rugby at Lord’s, and later for Lincoln­ shire. Captain Lord George Scott, Oxford, (with Lord Roberts). Mr. H. B. G. Austin (with Paget’s Horse), was chosen to accompany the West Indian cricket team to England. T h e following are some of the latest hundreds:— JANUARY. 29.—W . Murray, Victoria v. Tasmania ...........104 30.—M. A . N oblb , N ew S outh W ales v . V ictoria .................................................. 165 —.—W . Brockwell, Mr. Badesi Ram’s X I. y. Mr. McGowan's X I ........................................ ... 160 —.—W . Brockwell, Mr. Badesi Ram’s X I. y. Mr. McGowan’s X I ...............................................103 FEBRUARY. 10.—0. Gregory, Combined Electorates y. Paddington (Sydney)......... ................. 161 10.—K . E. Burn, W ellington v. New Town (Tasmania) ................. . ...........................107 10.—G. Gatehouse, W ellington y. New Town ( Tasmania) ........... ...........................106 10.—Dr. Ramsay, Esk y. Cornwall (Tasmania) .. 115 10.—R. McLeod. Melbourne v. South Melbourne 126 17.—J. O. Anderson, Lomas y. Quelms (Buenos Aires) .......................................................... 158* *Signifies not out.