Cricket 1901

8 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME. J an . 31. 1901. F OR SALE.—“ Scores and Biographies ” and early Cricket books.—“ P,” 64. Franklin Road, Harro- C RICKET P IT <JH .-T he Crouch End Playing Fields Company, Limited, have a capital pitch to be let for next season, Rent £50.—Apply, Gko. E. L uck , Secretary, The Facade, adjoining Crouch End Railway Station, G.N.R., N. V ALUABLE COLLECTION of Cricket W orks for Sale; over 600 Vols.—Apply, R ., 19, Queen Street, Redear, Yorks. Cricket: A WEEKLY EECOED OF THE GAME. 108, UPPER THAMES STREET, LONDON, E.C. THURSDAY , JAN . 31 s t , 1901. IMPORTANT NOTICE! Six numbers are issued during the Winter, from October to March inclusive, as follows :— No. 557.—THURSDAY, OCT. 25. No. 558.—THURSDAY, NOV. 29. No. 559.—THURSDAY, DEC. 20. No. 560.—THURSDAY, JAN. 31. No. 561.—1THURSDAY, FEB. 28. No. 562.—THURSDAY, MARCH 28. Subscription for the above series, 1/3 post free. 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Many of them, living in far distant lands, cannot yet have heard of the great Queen’s death, but we are certain that they will all, without exception, receive the sad news with a sorrow as deep and sincere as that which was felt by the vast body of cricketers living within the reach of the telegraph. I t was never to be expected, even by the most enthusiastic, that Her Majesty should take a deep interest in the game of cricket, but the fact that on several occasions she witnessed matches in which her sons participated may be taken as proving that she viewed the game favour­ ably. On another page will be found scores of a match which was witnessed b y Queen Victoria at Osborne. As FAR as can be ascertained, K ing George II. was the first Royal lover of cricket, and every British sovereign since that time has taken a delight in the pastime. Frederick Lewis, Prince of Wales, was the greatest patron with which the Royal Family has yet fur­ nished us. To him, cricket seemed little less than life and breath, and the manner in which he received his death-blow whilst joining in the game, is it not written in tbe chronicles of cricket ? His present Majesty, as is well-known, takes an interest in the game, and has at various times paid several visits to Lord’s, the Oval, and Prince’s. He has, too, occasionally participated in the game. T a s m a n ia n records for long partner­ ships have been put in the shade by G. H . Gatehouse and O. Douglas, the former scoring 247, and the latter 200 not out for Wellington against Derwent, at Hobart, on November 17th and 24th. The partnership produced 370. No two batsmen have previously each put up two hundred in the same innings in Tasmania. The score of the Wellington innings is as follows :— "W ellington . First innings. L. MacLeod, c Bawson (S.), b Bailey (K.) ... 1 M. MacLeod, c Facy, b Bailey (K .)....................16 N. Dodds, c Hawson (S.). b Paton ( D .) ..............(2 K . Burn, lbw, b Paton ,D .).....................................40 G. H. Gatehouse, Ibw, b Hawson (R.) ............247 B. Davies, c Hawson (R.), b Bailey (K .)............ 6 O. Douglas not out...................................................200 F. Dodas, c Burgess, b Bailey ( K .) ......................67 D. McDowall, c Campbrell, b Hawson (R.) ... 0 Extras ..................................................... 42 Total for 8 wickets ... ............671 Derwent scored 294. I t is pointed out by the Sydney Referee that J. J. Ferris (whose death was chronicled in Cricket last November), has a peculiar record in the fact of his having played for New South Wales, for Aus­ tralia, for Gloucestershire, for South Australia, and finally for New South Wales again. The suggested match between New South Wales and the Rest of Australia, to commemorate the Federation of the colonies came to nothing. M r . H a r r y M o s e s , t h e fa m o u s old N e w S o u th W a le s le ft -h a n d b a ts m a n , is v e r y s e ld o m seen o n th e c r ic k e t field n o w a d a y s . H e is, h o w e v e r , o n e o f th e s h in in g lig h t s o f h is c o lo n y a t b o w ls , a n d p la y s in t h e in te r c o lo n ia l m a tch e s . I n a match at Sydney, played in November, between a N.S.W . X I. and the Next X V ., Marsh, the aboriginal fast bowler, was no-balled for throwing by Curran, the umpire at square leg. On the follow ing morning Marsh appeared with his arm in splints, and bow led s s fast as ever. F or some reason or other Curran refused to umpire under these circumstances unless Marsh took off the splint or allowed him to tie out. But as he proposed to tie it to the wiist as well as the elbow, Marsh naturally, and rightly, objected. Curran therefore retired, and another umpire came in. The wearing of splints is an interesting departure, more especially as it will probably be tried in England next season. T h e follow ing anecdote, which we do not remember to have seen before, is told by the American Cricketer :— A town club was playing a village team, and the umpire for the countrymen con­ tinually transgressed by shouting out direc­ tions to the players of his side, so much so, indeed, as to call forth a protest from the visiting captain. The old fellow promised not to offend again, but a minute later one of the batsmen sent a hall into the slips. “ Run it, Jimmy ! ” shouted the umpire. Jimmy ran, and was promptly run out. “ How’s that ? ” cried the wicket-keeper. “ Not out,” answered the umpire. “ Why not ? ” cried the man at the stumps. “ Well, you see, sir, I told him to run ; he hadn’t ought to ha’ done it, so it worn’t his fault like.” F o r Belgrano against Buenos Aires (second teams), Mr. F . Grant scored 79 runs and took all ten wickets of his opponents for 47 runs in the second innings. The total score made during this innings was 155, one of the batsmen scoring over 100, so that Mr. Grant’s feat is somewhat remarkable. A l t h o u g h J. J. Lyons, the famous hitter, has announced to the selection committee of South Australia that he does not feel able to go through the hard work entailed by international matches, owing to injuries, etc., he is well enough to play in Saturday afternoon cricket. He made 83 in a recent electorate match in lets than an hour and a half, his innings including some very big hits. He also scored 98 in another electorate match. B e l o w will be found the score of the first innings of East Melbourne against University (pennant match, played on November 24 and December 1 ):— E ast M elbourne . First innings. S. M ’ Michael, lbw, b Stewart .................. ... 9 P . M ’Alister, c and b Anderson.................. ..1 27 H. Stuckey run out.......... ........................... ... 48 F, Laver, c L. Miller, b Drew .................. ...103 J. Horan, b M ’Lean .................................. ...125 A. Christian, c Osborne, b Drew ........... ... 6 J. Howlett, c L. Miller, b D rew ................. ... 3 A. E. Clarke, c Anderson, b C. Miller ... ... 30 J. Godby, not out .......................................... ... 32 H . W right, c and b Rainey.......................... ... 29 F. Collins, b Rainey ................*................. ... 0 B 47, lb 1, w 5, nb 3 ...................... ... 56 Total ........................... ...568 East Melbourne scored 76 for one wicket in the second innings. University made 117 and 46 for two wickets. A l t o g e t h e r remarkable will be “ The Book of Sports,” which is shortly to be published by subscription in America. It will be a sort of “ Badminton Library ” in one volume and will contain descrip­ tions of cricket and the other chief games and sports. Only 2,000 copies will be printed, and the prices range from $20 to § 100, according to the binding. On a matting wicket W . Morgan, in a junior match, Melbourne, took seven wickets in the first innings for 12, and nine in the second for 13, doing the hat- trick in each innings.