Cricket 1901

1 ? 0 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M at 30, 1901. o v e r; five balls then missed the wicket, but the next two each bow led a man. Thus he took eight wickets in ten balls, doing a double hat trick. W hen Maldon g ot Colchester out the second time three-quarters of an hour remained for play and Maldon had to make 49 runs. Tw o wickets fell in the first four b a lls; then E . B. Cheales and Crabbe together made sure of a w in for Maldon b y putting up 49 runs in twenty- five minutes, all run o u t ; Crabbe, 26 not out, and Cheales, 23 not out. Samms took 16 wickets, out of 18, for 34 runs, all clean bow led; one man was run out and one caught off the other bowler. T he scores made b y P. McAlister in ftrst class cricket in Australia this season are as follows : 87, 127, 163, 61, 4, 65, 29 n ot out, 139 n ot out. Total 675 : average 112. H a r r y T eott is second in the batting averages of the South Melbourne C.C. for the past season with 12 innings, 309 runs : average 28'09, most in an innings 73. He is also second in the bow ling averages, with 37 wickets for 780 runs: average 21-08 per wicket. A ve r y good umpire story, says the Adelaide Observer, is told in connection with a recent Easter trip. A t Balhannah a batsman hit the ball into a huge gum tree on the ground (this is not the his­ torical anecdote which appears in England at regular intervals.— Ed. Cricket.), and it lodged in a fork, the fieldsman having to climb for it. The arbiter was asked for a decision whether it was out or a boundary hit. “ I give it five,” he said. “ W hy five?” was the query, “ To save arguments,” came the prompt reply. D e W et is responsible for a good deal, but he really cannot be blamed for the follow ing, which has been appearing in the Australian papers: “ B old without being caught describes D e Wet, but it somehow doesn’t put an end to his innings.” T he East Melbourne C.C. has won the premiership in the Pennant matches at Melbourne without being once defeated. The Melbourne C.C. was second, its only defeat being b y East Melbourne. The record of the w inning club shows that its team averaged 47'23 runs per wicket for the season, while its opponents averaged 16. The same club won the premiership in 1898 and 1899, and was second in 1900. R eferring to the East Melbourne Club’s record the Melbourne A g e says :— “ The table of batting averages has never, in one respect, been equalled by any team in the world, the weakest batsman in the team having an average of 21"25 runs per wicket, and the averages running up from that to 103'66 by Jno. Howlett, who was, however, assisted by four not-outs, whilst P. M ’AHster, who, in point of merit and aggregate runs, was undeniably the bright particular star of the victorious team, only missed a three- figure average by the fraction of a run, although he was only once not out.” “ These extraordinary records present a notable example of what may be accomplished by unity and enthusiasm, for the East Mel­ bourne players, with no professional assis­ tance, have produced these unexampled results by steady practice and dogged deter­ mination, and it may safely be said that no team has ever better deserved success.” T h e East Melbourne averages are as follow s :— Season 1900-1901. BATTING. Inns. Runs. Most in Not Ave­ John Howlett 7 ... 311 Inns. ... 166* . Out. . 4 .. rage. 1C3.66 P. M’Alister ... 8 ... 694 ... 163 . . 1 .. 99 14 FT. Stuckey .. 8 ... 378 ... 134 . . 1 .. 54.00 F. Laver ... ... 7 ... 311 ... 103 . . — .. 44.42 A. Carter ... ... 6 ... 257 ... 129 . . — .. 42.83 S. M’Michael ... 8 ... 3U ... 126 . . — .. 39.25 A. Officer ... ... 5 ... 145 ... 84 . . 1 .. 33.25 J. Horan ... ... 8 ... 229 ... 125 . . t .. 32.74 A. E. Clarke ... 3 ... 63 ... 30 . . 1 .. 31.60 J. Godby ... ... 4 ... 75 ... 32* . . 1 .. 25.00 A. Christian ... 6 ... 120 ... 42 . . 1 .. 21.00 H. Wright ... 6 ... 108 ... 29 . . 1 21.60 F. Collins ... ... 7 ... 85 ... 35* . . 3 .. 21.25 * Signifies not out. BOWLING. Balls. Runs. Mdns. Wkts. Avge. F. Laver ... 1486 ... 437 ... 93 . . 44 .. 9.93 F. Collins ... 1098 ... 342 ... 58 . . 19 .. 18.00 J. Howlett... 502 ... 153 ... 25 . 8 .. 19.12 A. Carter ... 36 ... 27 ... — ... 2 .. 13.50 P. M’Alister 72 ... 17 ... 6 . . 1 .. 17,00 A. Christian 414 ... 219 ... 9 . . 4 .. 64.76 T he sensation of the season in the way of “ latest news ” in the evening papers:— Lancs 36— 7 Lunch A fter Carpenter’s fine innings at L ey­ ton on Monday a collection was made for him on the ground. It realised £33 10s. A. B. S. W hite , a well-known mem­ ber of the Sydney University team is on his way to England. He is said to be going to Oxford University. T he performance of J. E. Raphael and T. Dennis for Merchant Taylors’ School against Kensington Park, on the latter’s ground on the 18th inst., demands more than a passing notice. The two Taylor- ians (both of them by the way Surrey boys), who opened the batting, had made 326 without loss, when the former, who is captain, declared his innings closed. Raphael’s score was 175, Dennis’ 135, which with sixteen “ extras” brought the total to 326 without the loss of a wicket. Raphael’s 175 is a record as the highest individual score for the School, and the partnership another best for Merchant Taylors’ School. Raphael goes up to Oxford University before next summer. ------- In the very next match played by Merchant Taylors’ School, the same pair looked as if they were going to rival, if not to beat, their performance against Kensington Park. As it was, on the folio wingWednesday against the Dulwich Club at Dulwich, they put on 198 for the first wicket. Of these Raphael’s share was 100, while Dennis was unbeaten, having scored 102 not out of a total of 252 for three wickets. Dulwich, who had gone in first, had been dismissed for 155, a moderatejtotal, thanks to the effec­ tive bow ling of Raphael, who took six wickets for 44 runs. Two successive partnerships of over a hundred for the first wicket and two hundreds b y two batsmen in consecutive matches and innings must, one would say, be a double record for school cricket. K . O. G o l d ie , who opened his third match of the season so auspiciously at Brighton on Monday, with a score of 140 for Sussex against Gloucestershire, was the best all-round cricketer in the W el­ lington College eleven of 1899. H e was tried for Sussex last year, but only made 40 runs in five innings, though moder­ ately successful with the ball in the little bow ling he did to the extent of eight wickets in fifty-seven overs at a cost of 154 runs. I t is a pity that he w ill be practically lost to first-class cricket, as he is proceeding to India in the autumn. R. 0 . S o h w a b z , who has made such a creditable first appearance for Middlesex this week is, it is hardly necessary to remind Cricket readers, the Interna­ tional Rugby half-back. H e played by residence for Oxfordshire last year, and the Committee of the Oxfordshire were hopeful that he might captain their eleven this summer. He is an old Pauline and some few years ago had a residential qualification for Surrey. M r . W . F. U mney w rites:— “ 1 see in last week’s Cricket a request that someone should send details or particulars of C. J. M. P ox’s death, if it were true. It is, alas, too true. He died at a hospital at Albury, New South Wales, in April. He had been suffering for some ten days from bronchitis, and was supposed to be doing well, when he died suddenly from heart failure on April 1st. This information is absolutely true, given me b y a near relative.” F or Claygate against Clapham on Monday F. Platt, a Surrey colt, who is now the groundman at Claygate, scored 135, including a six and tw enty-four fou rs; he also took three wickets for twenty-four runs. T he first hundred of the American season has been scored by Mr. W . E. Goodman, for the Philadelphia Summer Team v. Haverford College. H is innings of 103 was somewhat remarkable, as the Haverford captain had declared his innings, leaving Philadelphia only a hour and a half in which to make 178, where­ upon Mr. Goodman and Mr. Bohlen by very determined hitting, put on 120 for the first wicket, having just about sufficient time to finish the match. As it happened the match ended in a remarkable manner. “ W ith but a few minutes to play, says the American Cricketer, Captain Clark joined Tilling- hast, and amid great applause, the score waB supposedly passed at just six o’clock, but it was found, on carefully goin g over the score after the game, that instead of having passed Haverford’s total, Philadelphia had merely tied the