Cricket 1901

J u n e 2 7 , 1 9 0 1 . CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 2 3 3 F o r Broadwater against the Hampshire Rovers F . C. Holland, the Surrey pro­ fessional, scored 200 out of 293 for the first wicket, the innings including two 6’s and thirty-one 4’s. The score of the Broadwater innings is as follows :— B r o a d w a t e r . H olland (F.C .) cB ru t- B . Tatham , n otou t ... 9 ton, b T r e v o r ...............2C0 E xtras....................... 8 M . Gillett, n o to u t ...149 — H .K em ble, c and b R . T otal (2 w kts) *368 Foster ....................... 2 * Innings declared closed. The Hampshire Rovers made 124. A c o r r e s p o n d e n t writes : “ There is a slip in last week’s C ricket in the note taken from the Bombay Gazette about public school cricketers in India. Only about tw o or three of those men­ tioned are in Madras , meaning thereby South India and Madras Presidency generally, and the list omits H . C. King, an Old Marlburian, and I believe one or two others I cannot at this momeut M r. W . S m i t h , who, after doing well for London County this season, took six wickets for 49 in the first innings of Cambridge University against Surrey last week at the Oval, was educated at Beccles College, of which Mr. A. K . H ockey is head master, in 1890, 1891,1892, and 1893, and learned his cricket there. He has played regularly for Oxfordshire, the county of his birth, both at cricket and Association football, at which he is a good centre half-back. While he was at Beccles he helped the school to win the Suffolk County Senior Football Cup in 1891 and 1892, and also played for Suffolk in 1892 and 1893. It will be remembered that the name of Mr. G. L . Jessop first became known to the world b y his big scores made when he was a master at Beccles College. M r. F r a n k f o r t M o o r e , the novelist, has been interviewed on the subject of cricket by a representative of the D aily M a il. When asked b y the interviewer how Mr. J. M . Barrie shone in cricket Mr. Moore replied: “ He doesn’t shine in cricket. H e is too fond of leg hits. And he turns round to th em ! Besides, he always wants to go in last. That is in­ variably m y aim also. In one match I stipulated that I should be the last bats­ man— a good player can always dictate his own terms—but I found that Barrie had made the same request the day before I had. Next year I beat him ; I gave six months’ notice to the captain that I must go in last. I did g o in at last— and came out at the first ball. I t was unkind of Barrie to laugh.” M r . F r a n k f o r t M o o r e related to the interviewer a story of a University man who on one occasion assisted the Authors’ team. H e cornered Mr. Conan D oyle in the pavilion. “ I think,” said the university gentleman, ‘ ‘ we managed between us to run up a pretty fair score, M r.------ er; I really forget your name.” “ My name is Conan Doyle,” replied the doctor. “ Precisely,” apologised the university gentleman. “ Now, Mr. Doyle,” he asked in a confidential whisper, ‘ *do you really write things ? ” “ Yes,” admitted the author. “ That is, when I can spare a little time from cricket.” “ How interesting ! ” exclaimed the univer­ sity gentleman. Presently he met Mr. Barrie leaving the field. “ Are you really an author, Mr. Barrie?” he asked, with emphasis on the “ really.” “ W ell,” replied “ Thrums ” in his quiet, droll way, “ sometimes I think I am. At other times I am not so sure.” “ How interesting ! ” With which observ­ ance he turned to Mr. Frankfort Moore. “ Sorry you didn’t hat Mr.—er—h’m ! I didn’t quite catch your name.” “ Moore,” explained the author of a score of novels and half as many plays. “ Ah, yes,” said the university gentleman. “ I needn’t ask you whether you write, Mr. Moore, for your ‘ ‘ Lalla Rookh ’ ’ is one of my favourite books! ” But we are afraid that that tale about “ Lalla Rookh ” has been told of every Mr. Moore since the poem was published. B y scoring 117, not out, for Warwick­ shire against Derbyshire at the end of last week, W. G. Quaife placed his name on the list of the few men who have made a hundred in three successive innings, his two previous hundreds being 118 not out, for Warwickshire v. Yorkshire, and 108 for London County v. Cambridge University. This 117 against Derby­ shire is his fourth hundred in his last five innings, his record for these innings being 177 (Warwickshire v. Lancashire) (Warwickshire v. Essex), 118, not out, 108, and 117, not out. A n old story of the son of K ing Koffee, of Ashanti, is again goin g the rounds. It is to the effect that when the b oy was in England at school, he was observed to be watching a game of cricket, with a very unhappy expression on his face. Someone asked him why he did not play, to which he replied. “ I have pla y ed ; it hurts ! ” A t Gravesend on June 19th, 593 runs were made iD a match between Cobham and Gravesend, the former scoring 212, and the latter 381 for five wickets. The entire period of play was five hours. A t one time while Gravesend were in 221 runs were scored in an hour and five minutes. A s far as we know the only match of any importance which has had to be abandoned this season without a ball being bowled is M .C.C. and Ground v. Glamorganshire, which was fixed to take place on Wednesday and Thursday last w e e k at Cardiff. M r. C. T. S tu d d , the old Cambridge cricketer, made 101 on May 27th for Nilgiris v. Coimbatore, at Ootacamund, Madras. He also took four wickets for 59 runs in the first innings, but in bow ling he waB outshone by Dr. M . E. Pavri, the Parsi cricketer, who was in England a year or two a g o ; he took three wickets in the first innings for the same side for 29, and five in the second for 30. There was a gentleman named Shunmoogum on the side of the Nilgiris — this seems somewhat of a novelty in the way of names. The weather in the above match was beastly, and the representative of the Bombay Gazette thus comments upon i t : Many a fine drive for boundary was baulked by the leather dropping into a virtual “ duck pond,” which the Hobart Park, especially the cricket portion thereof, presents after a heavy shower of rain, and very many chances were lost in consequence of the slippery state of the ground......................It is a strange and notable fact that whenever a big cricket is arranged, the Clerk of the Weather spoils everything. Perhaps he is no cricketer! U p to Saturday night, no other name had been added to the list of scorers of a thousand runs, which was still comprised of Hayward, Abel, Tyldesley, Mr. Jessop and Mr. C. J. B. Wood. But Mr. M c­ Gahey had reached 904, Mr. A . O. Jones 902, Carpenter 926, Mr. F. M itchell 861, and W . G. Quaife 867. O n Tuesday morning Mr. C. B. Fry required 193 runs to complete his thousand for the season, and made them in about four hours. His three biggest scores of the season are 170 not out for Sussex v. Notts at Trent Bridge, 244 for Sussex v. Leicestershire at Leicester, and 241 for Sussex v. Cambridge University at Brighton. His last seven innings for Sussex have been 55 and 170 not out, 244, 17 and 62, 88, and 241. B y his success against the Worcester­ shire team at the end of the week, Albert Trott brought his total of wickets to 94, but no one else seemed to have a chance of being reckoned with Rhodes as the taker of a hundred wickets by yesterday evening. T a t e bowled for Sussex through both innings of Kent in the match at Ton­ bridge, and, aided b y the sun, which on Saturday had dried the wicket just enough to make it deadly, came out with the follow ing record :— Overs. M dns. B uns. W kts. First innings ............ 40*5 ... 15 ... 83 ... 7 Second in n in g s............15‘6 ... 4 ... 36 ... 7 T h e annual general meeting of the Cricketers’ Fund Friendly Society is to be held at “ Lord’s ” H otel on July 8th, at 7.30 for 8 p.m . The president, Mr. W . E . Denison, will as usual take the chair. L a s t Wednesday, June 19th, E. H . D . Sewell, who is qualifying for Essex, went in first for Chiswick House v. Incogniti at Chiswick, and carried his bat for 147, the rest of the side only scoring 49 between them from the bat. O f the six Incogniti men who were out he caught four at lon g-off and long- on. F or Essex Club and Ground this season his scores have been 100; 3 6 ; 183 ; 125; 14; 9 ; 5 1 ; 101; or 619 for eight innings. H is total for the season in all matches is 957 for 14 innings.