Cricket 1900

90 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A p r i l 2 6 , 190 0 . instead of the projected wooden structure, of a most commodious brick pavilion, fitted with shower baths. This naturally cost a a con­ siderably larger sum, but the directors are pleased to state that their policy has been amply justified by results, as the Forest Hill Cricket Club has entered into a lea^e for seven years, under which the club pay a rent of £105 for the first year, increasing by £5 per annum to £125, with the option of renewal for a further period of 21 years at a yearly rent, to be based at the end of each seven years on the financial position of the club. As many of our readers may be interested in the profit and loss account of the above company in its first year it is appended. For the period from DecemVer 22nd, 1898, to March 31st, 1900. Dr. £ s. d. £ 8. d. To Insurance ................................... 0 15 1 ,. Sundry Expenses (Revenue proportion), Stamps,Notices, Stationery. &c.......................... 1 2 8 „ Interest on Mortgage Loan ... 50 3 7 Less addtd to Coat of Con­ struction ................................... 10 0 0 ------------ <0 3 7 ,, Balance being Net Profit avail­ able for Distribution ........... 69 11 3 £111 12 7 Cr. £ s. d. By Rent of G round......................................... 105 0 0 ,, Interest on D eposit................................... 4 7 0 „ Interest on Loan to Cricket Club ... 119 7 „ Transfer Fees ........................................... 0 6 0 £111 12 7 „ Balance being Net Profit available for Distribution ........... ........................... 69 11 3 A fter a little preliminary practice at Leeds, the whole of the Yorkshire team assisted Tunnicliffe in a match at Scar­ borough on Saturday against the Town Club. It was arranged to be played on behalf of the war funds. T he deficit of the Victorian Cricket Association for the past season’s cricket is about £450, and each delegate of the club is to be called on for about £35. W ith reference to the patriotic match at Melbourne, which was to take place on Saturday, March 17th, between the Army and the Yictorian veterans of past Australian elevens, “ F elix” says in the Australasian: — “ During the week most of the old ’uns have had a strike or two at the nets, and if they can only manage to get their second wind they will be all right. I hear that scouts are out reconnoitring kopjes in the Mount Howitt neighbourhood for the purpose of finding old Boyley, who is cutting his way through the scrub somewhere about Mount Howitt. It is to be hoped the scouts will unearth him, or rather unscrub him, in time for the match. “ I am glad to be able to report that the scouts anil black trackers at Mount Howitt succeeded in getting on the trail of old Boyley, and in finally discovering him in the scrub. He sent a wire, stating that he will be in Melbourne to play for the veterans. Being many miles distant from his own residence he had no chance of getting his flannels, and so his telegram rims: ‘ Can you borrow or lend me togs ? ’ I’m afraid mine would be rather too slender in the waist for him.” T he Melbourne players who have been touring in New Zealand had a narrow escape of defeat at Wanganui. They had to make 93 to win on a crumbling wicket, against a good bowler named L. P. Cave, a veteran. Trumble and Mailer were bowled out with the score at 10, and at 45, Cave disposed of Graham, Jacobs, and Russell in one over. Eventually the visitors won by two wickets, a couple of catches being missed at a critical moment. A g a in s t Wellington, Melbourne scored 430, dismissing their opponents for 65 and 67. Their success was chiefly due to the bowling of Trumble and Cave, each taking ten wickets in the match, the former for 46, and the latter for 50. T he resignation of the captaincy of the Notts County Cricket Club by Mr. J. A. Dixon is announced. Through times of difficulty he has retained office for a dozen years, and all Notts players will regret that, owing to continued and increasing pressure of business, he is no longer able to undertake the duties. He will be suc­ ceeded by Mr. A. O. Jones, the choice of whom is sure to be popular. A slight mistake by a compositor in the placing of a full stop makes the Evening Standard say that “ Mr. A. O. Jones has been e'.ected as his (Mr. Dixon’s) successor for a period of twelve years. Mr. Dixon has been one of the mainstays, etc.” Obviously the first sen­ tence should end at “ successor.” A ccording to the Queensland Sports­ man, “ evidences of lack of interest in Brisbane cricket are to be seen each Saturday wherever cricket be visited. Teams are short and spectators few. Why ? ” D. S m ith , the Somerset professional who has been coaching the Greyville C.C. in Natal during the winter, scored 126 in a recent match. The club presented him with a souvenir of the event. Smith has not been abl^ to play in many matches, the war making its presence felt con­ siderably. “ W ell , there’s one thing,” says the Natal Mercury, “ if the Currie Cup is going to be fought out at Kimberley this year, the roads will be open for the teams !! ” T he first hundred of the season at Cambridge was made by Mr. N. O. Tagart. His score of 108 was made for Jesus College against the Crusaders, w hc se team included K. S. Ranjitsinbji and E. R. Wilson, besides two olher old Blues. Ranjitsinbji only made 12. I n a score of 357 by Sydney University against St. John’s, E. C. Heden scored 193 and Cameron 83. The former was only batting for an hour and a quarter. I t is stated that Mr. J. B. Wardill has received a letter from Lord Hawke, who writes that “ there appears to be no hope of sending an English team to Australia next season.” The Australians, as already mentioned in Cricket, had hoped that a team would be sent, even when the M.C.C. declined to take the responsibility. F rom the Queensland Times: — “ Tho Queensland Cricket Association is beginning to assert its authority, not before it was necessary, however. For playing Coningham before his month’s residence was completed, in the electorate match against Toombul, Nundah, after being victorious, lost the match ; and then, again, the above- n imed Association dropped on to the Ipswich electorate club very heavily. I am not aware whether this matter has yet been settled; but this, I learn, was owing to a request from this side for all correspondence re the subject to be produced, and the latter was, I was informed, duly forwarded to the Ipswich headquarters last Tuesday.” T he death is announced of Lord Londesborougb, whose connection with the Scarborough Festival has been so long and intimate. Ever since the Festival was originated by Mr. I. D. Walker and Mr. C. I. Taornton, who took the first teams to Scarborough at the end of the season, Lord Londes- borough took the greatest interest in the Festival, and did hii utmost to make it a success. A correspondent living at Cnelsea wishes to know of a good private cricket club in the neighbourhood. He would naturally like to be able to get practice without going far away. Unless we are mistaken in the name, he is a player whose services would be valuable. Can any of cur readers let us know of such a club ? We referred, in a former number of Cricket, to the fact that E. H. D. Sewell was about to qualify for a county in England. In the Madras Times he makes the following statem nt just before leaving India :— “ As various well-informed, indifferently- informed and badly-informed cricket scribes have informed you, I am off home to qualify for a first-class county with the natural view of p la y iD g for it, if good enough, some fine day. If it concerns anyone they will know the name of the county in 1902, but I can tell tee inquisitive now that it is not Cheshire or Rutlandshire any more than it is Somerset­ shire. 1 go on the “ you never know what you can do until you try ’ motto, and there’ll be some ‘ trying.’ However, we can’t peer into the future without worrying un­ necessarily, hut if I have the good wishes of a small percentage of my readers 1 am more than fortunate.” As a result of playing a malch on three or four consecutive Saturday afternoons, W. Armstrong and W. McCormack were able to put up a remarkable score in a Pennant match between South Melbourne and St. Kilda. The former club in its second innings had lost six men for 56 runs on a very sticky wicket on March 3rd. By the following Saturday the weather bad changed, and when the innings was concluded the wicket was excellent, consequently the two batsmen eacn made a hundred in partnership, and the total