Cricket 1901

1 2 2 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF TH E GAM E . M at 9, 1901. Sussex members of the County Club Com­ mittee, I have again undertaken the collection of subscriptions from this locality, and trust I may again rely on your support, as you are doubtless aware that a county fixture at Hastings is given by the Sussex County Cricket Club Committee upon the understand­ ing that subscriptions to a certain amount are forthcoming from this immediate neigh­ bourhood. Subscriptions of £1 Is. admit to the ground and pavilion for the match at Hastings, and to the ground and pavilion at all matches at Brighton. On receipt of your subscription, a member’s ticket will be forwarded in due course. The net amount of subscriptions and gate money handed to the County Committee for the Sussex v. Lanca­ shire match last year was £159 15s. 8d. T h e report of the Kingston C.C. (Jamaica) shows a slight increase in the subscriptions of honorary members, and a profit of £30 11s. for the past season. A sum of £16 has been spent on the improvement of the ground, chiefly in extending boundaries and planting grass. The club gained the challenge cup, for the second time, establishing a record for Jamaica by winning every match. Forty- two members in all represented the club in first-class matches during the year. The club scored an aggregate of 4,976 runs in these matches against 2,660 by its opponents, the rate of scoring being 19'47 per wicket for the club, and 9-07 runs per wicket against the club. Two hundred and seventy-nine wickets were captured by the club bowlers at an average cost of 8'60 each, while 257 wickets were lost for 17'56 each. T he chief analyses of the above club are as follows :— FOREIGN m a t c h e s .— b a t t in g . No. Times Most of not Total in an inns. out. runs. inns. Aver. C. H. Burton . ... 18 ... 0 ... 529 ... 73 .... 29-38 S. C. McCutchin ... ... 31 ... 3 ... 803 ... 77 ..., 28-67 F. L. Peaxce........ . ... 25 ... 3 ... 497 ... 79 .... 22-59 L. V. Samuel ... ... 18 ... 6 ... 216 ... 42 .... 18-CO E. V. Acton........ . ... 19 ... 1 .. . 293 ... 46 . 17-23 C. E. Marshall . ... 15 ... 0 ... 241 ... 70 .... 1544 G. V. Lockett , ... 22 ... 4 ... 278 ... 52 .... 15-06 BOWLING. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Aver. E. F. Wright ... ... 167-1... 54 ..„ 300 ... 47 ... 6*38 C. S. Morrison ... 151 ... 60 ..,. 243 ... 34 ... 7*14 F. L. Pearce ... ... 322*4... 66 .,.. 722 ... 95 ... 7-60 B y an oversight, it was stated in last week’s “ Gossip” that Mr. J. M . Curwen was formerly treasurer of the Beckenham C.C. Mr. Curwen was treasurer of the Bickley Park C.C. H u g h T b u m b l e ’ s score of 210 not out for Melbourne C.C. v. Hawksburn, on March 23rd (referred to in last week’s “ Gossip ” ), is the highest he has ever made. He was batting for a few minutes less than four hours, and his hits included twenty-five 4’s. With Jacobs as a partner he helped to put on 290 for the sixth wicket, Jacobs’ share of this being 108. D u r in g the first innings of London County on Monday at the Oval against Surrey, Hayes had the unusual record of five catches. Four of these were at slip, and the other in the deep field. He was also responsible for the dismissal of Board, throwing down his wicket. Mb. J essop also vastly distinguished himself on the same day in the same match. He went in when London County had lost five wickets for 75 runs ten minutes before lunch, and completely altered the appearance of the game. At the interval his score was 29, which he had made out of 34, and in a quarter of an hour after the game was resumed he had increased this to 60. An interesting reminiscence is related by “ Short Slip ” in the Sydney Mail. He writes as follows :— I was having a chat with Mr. Phil Sheridan while looking at Sydney v. North Sydney on Saturday (March 23rd); somehow or other the name of Australia’s stonewaller cropped up. We were speaking of the grand partner­ ship of Lyons and BaDnerman in the second innings of a test match at Sydney in Feb­ ruary,11892. Lyons obtained 134 and Banner- man 91, the partnership producing 175. Said Mr. Sheridan, “ I was sitting with Lord Sheffield and we were talking of Alec Banner- man. Said his Lordship, ‘ If I were picking a team to represent the world Bannerman would be my third choice. I would commence with W . G. Grace, then I would take Black- ham; no I wouldn’t, I ’d give Bannerman second place.’ ” O f the bowlers who were placed on the banishment list of the county captains in December, Mold is the first who has been put on in first-class cricket this season. He stood the test at Portsmouth in the match between Hampshire and Lanca­ shire. Of the suspects Lockwood was put on first for Surrey against the Crystal Palace; he also came off without being no-balled—-which was only natural. For the sake of record we may say that in Hampshire v. Lancashire the umpires were T. Mycroft and W . A. J. West, and in Surrey v. London County, Titchmarsh and West. F o u r new men played for Hampshire in the first county match of the season. Llewellyn, the South African cricketer, who did so well against the Australians in 1899, and on other occasions when he has been able to play in good matches during his period of qualification; Captain Greig, who has gained a great reputation in India as a batsman; Smoker, a young professional bowler and batsman, who is thought highly of by Maurice Read—one of the best of ju d g es; and Lieutenant A. G. Hotham, a son of the Naval Governor-in-chief at Ports­ mouth, who has done well for the United Service C.C. T h e changes and chances of the game of cricket were well illustrated on Satur­ day, when a bowler named Cole, who was not thought good enough to go on first for Richmond Town, was tried with the total at 70 for two wickets in a match against Upper Teddington, and promptly did the hat trick, repeating the perform­ ance in the next over. F rom the Sydney Referee :— The clock in the pavilion tower at the Sydney Cricket Ground was a few minutes different from that inside the pavilion on March 23rd. This had a peculiar result, which, in a competition match, might have led to a little unpleasantness. Payten, one of the country team, did not put in an appearance, and his place in the field was filled by a Paddingtonian. W . M‘Dowall fielded for some time, but late in the afternoon he retired to put on the pads in order to be ready to bat should the ninth wicket fall. Within a minute or two to six by the pavilion clock, he went into the dressing-room, removed the pads, and was practically un­ dressed when Fenton was bowled. The umpires and field waited for a minute or so, and then came in on being told how matters stood. By the tower clock “ time ” was not up. A ccording to the Bombay Gazette, the game during the last few years has shown a tendency to deteriorate among European players in Bombay, and there can be no question that this is due in a great measure to the increasing difficul­ ties clubs have in securing good grounds. Bombay cricket has fallen upon evil days, and there is a likelihood that in the course of time the ODly cricket that will be played will be by the Gymkhana and the three native Gymkhanas who are fortu­ nate enough to possess grounds of their own. I t seems that with most of the avail­ able space on the Cooperage being gradually absorbed by the Bombay Im ­ provement Trust for building purposes and only a very small portion left on which it is possible to find pitches, several clubs in Bombay are faced with the alternative of either giving up the game altogether or endeavouring to find a suitable spot for a pitch on the Oval. The outlook for these groundless clubs is certainly none too promising, as even supposing the Oval were large enough to accommodate all the clubs requiring grounds, it is in its present state far too rough for cricket. ‘ ‘ O n e sh o r t ’’ was called for a boundary hit at the Crystal Palace in the match between London County C.C. and Surrey at the end of last week ! G e o r g e L o h m a n n , who is about as good a judge of cricket as there is and who ought to know, is of opinion that the South African team will prove to be a good useful lot when they get used to the conditions, the light, and the turf wickets, that is of English cricket. Lohmann, who is acting as assistant manager to the Hon. J. D. Logan, the prime mover of the tour, will receive a hearty welcome on English grounds by all who remember his really brilliant record as an all-round player. At the same time it is sad to think that ill-health deprived the game of such a great cricketer at his prime. Lohmann, who is not thirty-six till next month, has not played cricket at all for the last two years.