Cricket 1901

M a y 9, 1901. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 115 to a public school, where he finds a master who is devoted to the game, who teaches him method— always method. But this isn’t genius by a long way. I mean by genius, making the most of a live ball, not slogging, but attractive cricket, as it is sometimes called. I believe that if boys were taught to defend four stumps their individual character­ istics would assert themselves much more than they do now. Last year I sat in the sunshine at Lord’s with my little daughter and watched one of the greatest batsmen of the day play a wonderfully good innings. His batting was delightful to w a tch ; it was graceful, and no fault could be found with it up to a p oin t; in fact, it was perfect in its way. But his strokes, I found, became tiring and too methodical to watch. I had seen them all before so often, that twice before his lon g innings was brought to an end my pipe went out, and I dozed.” Every cricketer has come across amus­ ing experiences, Mr. Swinstead among them. He tells a tale of a match in which the wicket-keeper approached him after a man had been bowled, and said, “ Well, if we hadn’t got that man out he m ight have got a lot of runs ” — a perfectly natural remark, but very funny when it is examined. A tale is told of Mr. Swinstead that once when he went in to bat at the beginning of a match, the captain of the opposing side said to him, between the overs, “ It’s all very well, you know, but we havep’t got our best bowler yet.” The batsman said nothing but lay low, determined to have a go at that bowler when he came. Presently the best bowler arrived on the ground, and the ball was given to him. Alas, for human greatness ! His captain had to take him off at the end of the third over. W . A. B ettesw o rth . fence, and crashed the panels of a passing cart a farmer was driving. This man, John Huggett b y name, was taking to market a huge Berkshire pig, weighing 482 pounds. The ball buried itself in the stomach of the animal, but being now nearly spent, could penetrate no further. Huggett sworeabundantly and turned back to his farm, but finding the hole closed up turned the pig out into a pasture, and the ball so agreed with it that in a few weeks it gained 29 pounds in weight, and H uggett again took it to market and sold it for £7 11s. 9Jd. The butcher who bought it, on dressing it, found that the gold letters of the maker’s name (W. Cobbett) had defied even the pig’s powers of digestion, and they remained sticking on the coat of the stomach. He cut out this piece of tripe, dried it, had it framed, and for many years it adorned the parlour o f the “ Bull and Pickles,” until the historic house succumbed to the ravages of the jerry builder. There was much more amusement in cricket in those days than in these of championships, average- hunting, leg play, boundaries, ice wickets, and hands-in-the-pockets fielding. Yours obstemiously, S*ndg*t*. G*‘ RG* L*CY. SOUTHGATE v. GRYPHONS.—Played at South- gate on May 4. G ryphons . H.W.Hawking.runout 2 L. 8 . Wells, c Jacob, b Ricketts ................97 G. G. Compton, lbw, b T. Bevingt n .........11 H G. Franfcs, c and b Starky ............... 11 H.Colegrave,cRicketts, b T. Bevington ... 36 M.R.Seymour, b Lewis 6 S outhgate . J.A.Lyon,cJ.Beving- ton, b Ricketts D. E. Lockhart, b Lewis ............... H. L. Scott, b Ricketts A. H. Pollard, b Lewis G. G. Taylor, not out B 5, lb 8 , nb 1 ... 14 Total ...18 F. S. Lewis.bSeymour 1 S.G.C.Starkey,not out 0 Byes ............... 5 T.A. D. Bevington, not out ......................57 A.S. Harris, stFranks, b Wells ............... 1 L. D. Smith, c and b Total (4 wkts) 5 Wells......................24 J. C. Bevington, c Tay­ lor, b Seymour ... 17 H. G. Nowley, W. T. Ricketts, H. F. Bowtrie, A. H. Jacoh and R. S. Dickson did not bat. UPPER TOOTING v. MIDDLESEX COUNTY ASYLUM.—This match was played at the Asylum on Saturday, May 4th, and resulted in a win for U.T.C.C. U pper T ooting . ©omspontience. The Editor does not hold himself responsible for the opinions o f his correspondents. STREATHAM v. WIMBLEDON.—This match was played at Wimbledon on May 4. W imbledon . First innings. F. F. Glennie, c andb Feeny 18 A. L. Foster, b E. Field ... 2 Second innings. not out............... 8 c Lloyd Jones, b A. M. Pollard, b Hodgson............. 2 R. M. Harvey, not out 29 B 6 , lb 3, wb 1 ... 10 R. R. Sandilands, b Todd......................( D. H. Butcher, b Hodgson................77 A. H. Parez, not out.. 41 J. F. More, b Hodgson 6 Total (5wkts) 233 S. A. Attlee, b Todd .. 2 H. Tanner, H. J. H. Bond, G. P. Russell and P. W . Butcher, did not bat. M id d le sex C o u n ty A sy l u m . Leaf... b G. Field E. L. Clapham, b E.Field 0 W. Muir, b E. Field ... 2 W. Holland, not out .26 Morgan, b E. Field ... 6 W. E. Martyn, c and bKey 51 F. C. Pott, b Key.......... 17 notout.. J. T. McSheehy, st Kerr, b Key ......................... 2 b Leaf. A. P. Graves, c Kerr, bKey 1 b Leaf ., Anderson, b Key............ 4 B 7, lb 1 .................. 8 Total... ...137 Leg bye ... 1 Total (4 wkts) 76 S treatham . THE BALL THAT K ILLED THE RAT THAT L IVED IN THE HOUSE THAT BOX BUILT. To the Editor of C ricket . S ir ,—Y ou do wrong to cast discredit on the above. As far as it goes the story is perfectly correct, but it does not follow the ball any further than the oak paling. On the other side o f this was a field, 200 yards across, fenced off from a road by a poBt and rail fence. I was a small boy at the time and was having a cheap view of the cricket, through a hole in the paling, close to where the ball went through. A few yards from this there was grazing, broadside to it, a dun cow, with white hocks, a black tail, and a crumpled horn. The ball struck this cow fair in the ribs and passed right through it, and I caught a glimpse of the distant scenery through the hole. Continuing its way it killed a passing swallow, knocked all the teeth out of a sheep that was trying to browse on a tall thistle, broke a top rail of the E. Field, c Holland, b Foster.....................15 H. S. Barkworth, b Holland ............... 27 H. M. Leaf, b Holland 8 D. O. Kerr, c Morgan, b Holland... ......... 0 K. J. Key, c Foster, b Pott ......................54 G. B. Field, b Holland 18 J. F. Feeney, b Holland 19 W. F. H. Young, b P ott....................30 S. Lloyd Jones, b Graves .............18 E. P. Pulbrook, not out ................... 17 G. Burlingham, b Clapham.............. 1 B 5, lb 1, wb 1, nb 1 8 F. Grint, b Russell .. 5 Dr. Kay, c Harvey, b Russell ................ 3 Dr.Rolleston.b Pollard 7 J. Hodgson, b Sandi­ lands ......................23 J. Paice, c Parez, b Sandilands .........15 Dr. Worth, c Russell, b Sandibank 3 ......... 3 Joseph Hodgson, b Sandilands ......... 5 J. Todd, c Pollard, b Russell ............... 25 T.Acland,bSandilands 2 Jas. Hodgson, not out 6 S. Twigg, run out ... 0 B 6 , lb 1, nb 3 ...10 Total ...104 NONDESCRIPTS v. PALLINGSWICK.-Played at Acton on May 4. N ondescripts . H. H. Cobb, b Hebden 20 P.W.Oscroft,b Hebden 15 W. T. H. Danby, c Luxmrre, b Hebden 32 E. L. Marsden, c Heynemann, bWor- sley ...................... 41 R. Leigh Ibbs, S. S. Pawling, T. S. Wheater and L. Hutchinson, did not bat. G. A, S. Hickson, b Worsley............... 12 H. C. Preston, not out 9 A. B. Osmond,not out 10 B9, lb 1 ............... 10 Total (5 wkts)...149 P a l l in g sw ic k . Total ...215 LONDON AND WESTMINSTER BANK II. v. UNIVER 8 ITY COLLEGE SCHOOL OLD BOYS. —Played at Norbury on May 4. L. & W. Bank. F.W.Newcomb,c Burt, b Westhorp ......... 3 J.H. Herschell, b Wes­ thorp ...................... 5 C. J. Crossley, b Burt 0 R. 8 . Hartree, c Wes­ thorp ...................... 0 S.Bennett, b Westhorp 6 H.E.Power,bWesthorp 18 T. H. Pritchard, c Dart, b Burt ................ 0 T. H. Christopher, b Westhorp ... ... T. D. Brenam, b Griffith-Jones......... W. E. Redington, b Westhorp ......... W. White, not out B 26, lb 2 ... . 0 . 0 . 28 Total U . C. S. O ld B o ys , A.H.K.Burt,bHerschell 1 D. H. Bayley, b Power 14 E. 8 .Westhorp, b Her­ schell ...................... 1 F.Eastman,bHerschell 0 P. E. Dart, b Power ... 12 M.Griffith-Jones,c and b Bennett............... 36 J. Coake, b Power ... 0 O. Griffith-Jones, not out ...................... 20 C. M. Crosseman, c Pritc ard,bBennett 3 F. de Paula, c Bennett 0 C. Burt, absent......... 0 B 4, lb 3, nb 1 ... 8 A. Worsley, b Oscroft 14 A. Anderson, b Oscroft 2 A. F. C. Luxmore, b Oscroft ................10 G. L. Hebden, b Marsden ................ 1 F. S. Heynemann, c Hicksou, b Oscroft 7 F. Furner, c Danby, b Wheater .................. 27 G. Levy, b Wheater 19 W. Sheridan, lbw Osmond............... W.Leveaux,bOsmond C. N. Carvalho, c Preston, b Wheater G. Hardy, not out ... B 14, lb 6 , nb 1 ... Total ..117 BICKLEY v. INCOGNITL—Played at Bickley on May 1. B ickley P ark . Rev. E. Y. Orlebar, b Bouch ............... 11 J.H.Kelsey, cSchwarz, b Bouch ............... 0 W.L.Knowles,b Bouch 0 F. D. Browne, b Bouch 6 C. M. Baker, c Thorne, b Bouch ................ 0 W.J.Chattell.b Hebert 3 W. Phillips, b Bouch 0 I ncogniti , Y.P.Holder.cSchwarz, b Hebert................10 H. D. Carroll, c Cres- dale, b Hebert ... 0 P.Simmonds,bSchwarz 7 W. S. Sidney, b Bouch 3 C. Hurlbatt, not out 18 B 8 , w 1 ... Total 9 , 70 Total , 95 R.S.H.Baiss,c Browne, b C. M. Baker.........54 H. S. Barkworth, b Orlebar ............... 10 M. Torrens, b Hurlbatt 45 H.E. Bouch, c Orlebar, b Baker ............... 15 A. A. Torrens, b Hurl­ batt ...................... 8 F.G. Thorne, bPhillips 33 H. R. Hebert, b Baker 0 C. L. Hemmerde, b Orlebar ............... 21 SirW. Russell, b Chat- tell ...................... 7 R.O. Schwarz, b Phil­ lips ...................... 5 S. Crosdale, c Baker, b Hurlbatt .........31 R. Curwin, not out... 16 B 12, lb 6 , w 4, nb 5 27 Total ...272