Cricket 1901

2 0 i CfelCKlCT : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAtafc. J u n e 1 3 , 1 9 0 1 . “ T h e s e a s o n j u s t c o n c lu d e d in M e l ­ b o u r n e h a s b e e n t h e d u lle s t o n r e c o r d , s a y s W o r r a l l in t h e Sydney Referee. T h e o n l y g le a m o f su n & n iu e h a s b e e n o u r g r a n d s u c c e s s e s in t h e in t e r -S t a t e g a m e s . T h e in t e r e s t d is p la y e d i n t h e c l u b c o n t e s t s h a s b e e n in fio it e s im a l. W h a t e v e r lit t le e n t h u s ia s m t h e r e w a s h a s b e e n c o m p le t e l y k ille d b y t h e h y b r id in n o v a t io n o f t h e Y . C . A . , t e r m e d t h e h a l f - t i m e p r in c ip le , o r b a s e b a ll c r ic k e t . I h a v e n o h e s it a t io n w h a t e v e r in s a y in g t h a t i f t h e a b s u r d t h i o g is p e r s e v e r e d in t h e n g o o d - b y e t o o u r g lo r io u s d e t e r m in a t io n a n d s t a m in a — t h e t w o a t t r ib u t e s t h a t V i c t o i ia n s h a v e b e e n c o m p li m e n t e d u p o n p o s s e s s in g b y t h e p l a c e r s , P r e s s , a n d p u b l ic o f t h e o t h e r S t a t e s .” W o b b a l l s u m s u p h is id e a s o f t h e s y s t e m a s lo l lo w s :— “ 1 h a v e w a tc h e d th e sy ste m c lo s e ly , a n d h a v e fa ile d t o n o tic e o n e r e d e e m in g fe a tu re in c o n n e c tio n w ith it . E v e r y p r o p h e c y o f its a u th o rs has b e e n d isp ro v e d , th e ir o n e sto ck sta te m e n t n o w b e in g , * W e ll, w h a t a b o u t a h o t, n o rth w in d d a y .’ F a n c y m u tila tin g a g ra n d g a m e t o g iv e a p la y e r a lo u n g e in th e sh a d e, a n d a n ic e d d r in k ! W h a t w ill b e co m e o f u s ? P e rh a p s in a co u p le o f y e a rs th e V .C .A . w ill se ta b lish a ru le th a t n o m a tch e s b e p a rticip a te d in o f a S a tu rd a y if th e h e a t o f th e su n re g iste rs o v e r 8 5 d e g . in th e sh a d e, fo r th e c o m in g ra ce is so d e lic a te th a t th e y m u st b e n u r tu re d . T h e d r a w b a c k s , h o w e v e r , a re m a n ifo ld a n d p a te n t t o a ll. T h e sy ste m is so c o r d ia lly d is lik e d b y su c h a n o v e r w h e lm in g m a jo r it y o f p la y e r s th a t, fo r th e g o o d o f e v e r y b o d y c o n c e rn e d , I h o n e s tly b e lie v e it w ill b e d is c o n tin u e d .” T h e f o l l o w i n g a r e s o m e o f t h e la t e s t h u n d r e d s :— JU N E . 3. P . W . 8herwell, 8. Ham pstead ▼. U xbridge 130 3. A . J . H oughton, 6. H am pstead v. U xbridge 126 3. C. G . N . M arch, Sht rbom e School v. Incogniti 107 6. W . N ash, Lansdow n v. In co g n iti.....................142 6. G. H . Swinstead, Artists v. baville Club ... 136 6. V . F . b. C rawford , B ubbey v . C amb . U n iv . 122 6. L ille t , W arw ickshire v . E ssex ............121 6. D evey , W arwickshire v . E ssex ............I l l 6. F . M itchell , Y orkshire v . M iddlesex ... 100 7. ±1. G. G abnett , L ancs , v . L eicestershire 139 7. R obson , S omebset v . O xfokd U niversity lb3* 7. E . W . D illon , O xford U niv . v . S omebset 143 7. B abton , H ampshire v . K ent ............ ... 12z* 7. M . B isset , feouTH A fbicans v . D erbyshire 184 7. C. B . F by , S ussex v. N o t t s ..............................170* 7. S. H . Evershed, Inct gniti v. Cheltenham Coll. 100* 8 C. M c G ahey , E ssex v . W arwickshibk ... li.0* 8. C oe , L eicesiebshibe v . L ancashire ............1*8 8. W . A . Btandish, Panther (2) v. A lleyn (2) ... 101* 8. E. Field, Streatham v. Keigate H ill ............118 8. C. P . WUls, U xbnage v. N ondescripts............112* 8. A .H . D .-R adcliffe, U xbridge v. N ondescripts 100 8. E. E. Barnett, Nondescripts v. U xbridge ... 100 8- M . A . W arrick, M ill H ili School v. N oncon­ form ist Gramm ar School ..............................107 8. H.E.Bouch,Incogi<iti v.Baron de W orm ’s X I . 103* 8. E . H. W . Scott. Southgate v. Upper Tooting 101* 10. H .C Kingham ,Colville v.F . W .toargrett’ s X l. 108* 10. A . E . Blake, Colville v. F . W . M aigrett’s X I . 105 10. M . H athorn . S. A fbicans v . C amb . U niv . 239 10. B . B . C ooley , S. A fricans v . C amb . U niv . 1*6* 10. C. B . F ry , S ussex v . L eicestershire ............244 11. F . M itchell , Y orkshire v . bURREY... ... 106* 11. H . G. O w en , E ssex v . D erbyshire ............106* 11. R . E . F oster , W orcester v . G loucester 110 11. WBATHALL, OLOUCKSTEB V. WOBCE8TER ... 120 11. C apt . G beio , H ampshire v . L ancashire ... 249* 12. A bel , S urrey v . Y o r k s h ir e ..............................126 12. V . F . S. C bawford , S ubbey v . Y obkshibe ... 110 12. P . P errin , E isex v . D e r by sh ir e .....................101* * Signifies not out. j A N S W E R S r o C O R R E S P O N D E N T S . R . E. M aihebon .—W ill write. R . E . S .—They have n ot crossed. A is out. L A W S O F C R IC K E T , w ith List of Fixtures and M em o, pages. One Penny each, post free l£d. ^ticket Offices, 168, U pper Tham es Street, E.C. A W H I T S U N T ID E H O L I D A Y T O U R (T H E IN C O G N IT I). Cricketers generally will admit that of all holiday cricket, matches against the schools are under any circumstances the most inter­ esting. Given a combination of these four details : fine weather; a kindly welcome; a good side; and good sportsmen—and by the latter 1 mean men who submit to the little eccentricities of the captain, and the unin­ telligible vagaries of our railway companies without a murmur—and if you cannot get real enjoyment out of school cricket you had better put your implements up to auction and take to Ping Pong. To watch the youthful methods ; to note the combination of head and nerve and muscle which will in the future bring the young cricketer to the front at the ’Varsities and Lords ; to observe what I may call the elan of the players and the enthusiasm of the audience must surely be an irresistible delight even to the most crabbed of veterans. Well, all these things we did and saw and took pleasure in. On Bank Holiday we arrived at our destination, 130 miles from London, in time to stait very soon after twelve o’clock. The boys won the toss, and after losing three or four wickets cheaply pulled themselves together, and we only headed them on the first innings by eight or ten runs. flh e second day I fancy we created a record, at any rate in these latter days, by sending down our first ball at three minutes after ten. At 5.15 we were beaten by 84 runs, the boys collecting just over 300 runs, and dismissing our team for ‘213. At 194 for four wickets the game was open, but the bowlers kept on steadily, and a series of catches creditable to any school team, gave them a thoroughly well- deserved victory. It is, perhaps, only fair to our fast bowler to say that he was somewhat handicapped by the want of a regular wicket­ keeper, aud we also missed our veteran lob bowler, though he sent in his place a most efficient substitute, an Eton Rambler, whose batting and bowling was eminently successful. Early next morning we were on our way, and after a journey, described by the railway company itself as somewhat circuitous and fraught with change, we managed to find the smallest county in England by 12.30. Lunch first and an afternoon’s cricket saw the foundation laid for success, inasmuch as we dismissed the school for a moderate score. Then a thunderstorm: nothing, however, injures that wicket, and the next morning our hitter patted the ball out of the ground on two or three occasions, though we are still left in doubt as to his real powers owing to his declared inability to do more than meet it with the edge. A small incident in the school’ s second innings is worth recording. The ball was apparently caught by mid-off, a very neat one-handed catch, and the batsman retired. As the next man was coming in someone raised a doubt as to the reality of the catch, and here is the curiosity: those of the field who were best posted to see entirely dis­ agreed, and all were equally positive. The umpire, Louis Hall, was appealed to and gave it “ Not out,” and the boy, of course, was recalled and completod his innings. We won by nine wickets. It occurred to me that our first opponents were somewhat above and our second somewhat below their real form, a question which will, however, be decided in the inter-school match next week. Our journey the next morning was comparatively easy in the direction of home, and we secured a one inning’s victory over the gentlemen of a neighbouring county, the chief feature in which was the excellent display of our “ padre,” who scored 90 runs and took seT cn wickets in their first innings at a very small cost. Saturday evening saw us at St. Pan- cras, and it only remains to express our gratitude most heartily to our entertainers. J. E. R. G O LD SM ITH S’ v. L L O Y D ’S R E G I3T E R .- at D u wich on June 8. G oldsm ith s ’. -Played It W . H . M anley, c A . S. H ill, b W o o d ............ W . H . Joanes, c W o o d b Carey ..................... R. R . Henty. b Carey W . S. M uirell, b W ood H . M ayo, run out . . 1 S. K. Best, c Dyer, b C arey............................ 60 W . F. Dray, c A . S. H ill, b Bradshaw . 12 L lo y d ’ s R e g is te r . C. A . Redm an, st best, b Baldw in.....................14 S. A . H ill, c Falkner, C. E. Sykes, not o u t .. W . Falbner, run out A . Baldw in, c M artin, b S tok eb erry ............ R . W indebank, c A . S. H ill, b Stokeberry B 3, lb 2, w 1 ............ T otal ............1 b Baldwin... A . S. B ill, c Best, M urrell .................. W ood, c M urrell, Baldw in ................... Carey, b Sykes ... . M ar’in, st Best, Baldw in .................. 0 Bradshaw, b W inde- b a n k .............................. Dyer, b W indebank .. W arlow , not out Stokeberry, b Murrell Squires, not ou t............ B 8 ..................... Total (for 9 wkts) 102 N A T IO N A L P R O V IN C IA L B A N K v. CO U TTS’ B A N K .— Played at Low er SydeDham on June 6 and 7. C ou tts ’ B an k . Davidson, b Richards 16 Kentish, n ot out Tylecote, b Johm >on... 16 Pegley, b Sym ons Plum er, c Porter, b W ord , b Symons Richards ..................... 4 Costigan, b Porter Percom be, b Sym ons... 38 iJ 1, w 1 Tyler, lbw, b Porter ... 16 D ain, c Cosser, b Porter 11 Total ... Jarrett, b Symons ... 3 N a tio n a l P b o vin cial B a n k . .. 3 .. 0 .. 3 .. 10 .. 2 .119 A . D . Phillips, c David; son, b P lu m er........... 0 R .C .D am ant,b Plum er 3 C R .K .8ym ons,b T yler 6 G. A . Cosser, b T yler 6 H . C. J. M cConachy, b Plum er .....................16 E. W . Arm strong, c Costigan, b Plum er. 0 H . S. Johnson and W . H . Porter did not bat. J . W . Richards, not out ..............................21 W . H . Fear, b Pegley 0 C. Pennington, b D ing 3 B 1, lb 6, w 1, nb 1 9 T otal (8 wkts) 64 N A T IO N A L P R O V IN C IA L B A N K v. C A P IT A L A N D COUN TIES B A N K .— Played at Low er Sydenham on June 8. i'APITAL AND COUNTIES BANK. C. P. W ood, lbw , b Cosser ..................... E.A . Matthews, b Price E.C. H odgett, b Cosser H .A .D art, c Richards, b Cosser ..................... T otal N . C. Cook, b Richards 0 A.Stennett, b Johnson 3 F .J.R obias.b Richards 23 E.J.H ardw ick, c D am - ant, b File ............36 W . H . Gem, lbw , b R ich a rd s ..................... 0 W . Goldie, n o to u t ... 35 A . H . Godfrey, b Pi ice 0 N a tio n a l P ro vin cial B a n k . G. A . Cosser, run out 18 J.W .R ichards,c H ard- E. W . A rm strong, not out ..............................45 J. Price, b Goldie ... 21 H .C .J.M cC onachy,ltw b Goldie ..................... 2 A . D . Phillips, C. Pennington, R. C. Damant, W . Fiie, W . H . Fear, and H . S. Johnson did n ot bat. w ick, b Stennett B 19, lb 1, w 2 . 97 T otal (4 wkts) 163 J. C. L O V E L L ’S X I . v. C R O Y D O N .— Played Croydon on June 8. C roydon . at C. W . W oolcott, b Candler ..................... 3 G . F . Long, b R obin­ son ............................. 3 G. H . Smethurst, c T idy, b R in g ............33 L . W . Fifleld,b R ing 34 C. K . Richer, b R obin- 0 8. J. Ching, c L . L ovell, b Candler ... 17 T otal C. G. taget, not o u t ... 50 J . C. L o v e l l ’ s X I. L . K . W atson, b R obin son ..................... O . Taylor, cL . Lovell, b Robinson ............ C. T. M ahey, c M oun­ tain, b R in g ............ E . H . Balch, b R obin­ son .............................. L eg-byes ............ ...161 K . Robinson, b Balch 20 C. H . M ountain, c Smethurst, b Ching 28 A . M eller, retired ... 3 L . M orris, b Paget ...3 2 J. P. Candler, b Ching 13 I L . L ovell, n ot out ... 6 W . G. Parsons, not out .............................. 8 B 4, lb 1 ..................... 6 Total ...114 E. D . I.ovell, G . A . R ing, J . S. L ovell and H . T id y did not bat.