Cricket 1901

26 6 C i l l C i t E T : A W E E K L Y fe E C O fe D O t T H E G A M E . J uly l l , 1901 T h e Senior Administrator of Southern Rhodesia—a summary of whose speech at the opening of the third session of the Legislative Council on Monday last appeared in several of the daily papers of yesterday—will be familiar to cricketers as well as footballers of the early s;xties as W . H. Milton. At Marlborough he was in both the cricket and football teams, and, if I remember rightly, played for England in the first Rugby inter­ national match between England and Ireland at the Oval. He captained the South African cricket term which came to England. P a r s o n C b a w f o r d has still another boy pretty certain to make his mark in important matches presently. This is his third son, “ Jack.” Playing for St. Winifred’s School, Kenley, at the end of last week against St. Ann’s, Redhill, he tcored 117 and took nine of the ten wickets for no runs! T h e total of 140 made by Tyldesley for Players v. Gentlemen on Monday, has only once been exceeded by a Player in the match at Lord’s, viz., by J. T. Brown la s t year with 163. Three years ago W. Gunn scored 139. N o t the least of the many remarkable things which have happened this season was thecollapse of the Gentlemen atLord’s on Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Warner and Mr. Fry put on 105 for the first wicket and the latter and Ranjitsinhji had brought the score to 203, when against the bowling of Lockwood and Hirst there began a sudden breakdown which ended in the whole team being cut for an addi­ tion of but 42 runs. T h e annual general meeting of the Cricketers’ Fund Friendly Society was held on Monday evening at Lord’s. Mr. W . E. Denison, the president, was in the chair, and in presenting the balance- sheet for 1900 he showed that the Fund had a net prcfit of £149 2s. 3d., against £178 10s., which was accounted for by the fact that there were five death allow­ ances instead of two. Their balance in hand was £232 3s. 4d., against £568 10s. Id., but they had invested £485 9s. in Great Northern Debenture stock, making their total investments over £6,000. Donations realised £153 11s. 6d., subscriptions £155 8s., while the sick allowances were £146 2s. 7d., superan­ nuation allowances £100 13s., and the death allowances £75. A t the invitation of the president Lord Harris made some remarks on the position of professionals as a body. He said that it was with feelings akin to disgust that he read in an evening paper towards the close of last year thewords, “ The taintof profes­ sionalism.” A more unjustifiable expres­ sion had never been used. There was no taint in professionalism at cricket, what­ ever there might be at other sports, and it had only tended to raise the game to a higher level, contributing to give an amount of pleasure, interest and excite­ ment which there would not otherwise be, though perhaps the Gentlemen might bowl a bit better. (Laughter.) He would not say whether the game had improved or not, but the professional had evidently taken care to raise himself. On their part, they had been glad to provide in many cases better dressing-room accom­ modation and increased pay. W ith regard to the financial position of the Society Lord Harris said that:— He scarcely considered it received the sup­ port it might do; possibly their secretary was too modest to get all the advertisement he might. (Laughter.) At any rate, only six of the first-class counties (Middlesex, Kent, Notts, Yorkshire, Warwickshire, and Glouces­ tershire) subscribed. Still, they had the satisfaction of knowing if they really had a bad year, or a series of bad years, there were many counties and individual patrons of the giane who would come forward to assist. He sincerely trusted that the actuarial statement was such that they might regard with satis­ faction, and, bearing in mind what he had j ust said he must coincide with the feeling of confidence which theirpresidenthad expressed. I ndian cricketers are certainly coming to the front in England. For the last yearortwoMr. Ahsan-ul-Hak has been one of the most useful men in the powerful Hampstead teamand,whenbatting against St. Bartholomew’s Hospital he scored 180, his innings including a six (out of the ground) and twenty-four fours. The total of the innings was 328, and the Indian batsman made about two-thirds of the runs while he was in. T he following are some of the latest hundreds :— JULY. 4. T . L . T a y lo b , Y o b k s h ib e v. L e io e s tb b s h ib e 113 4. F .M it c h e l l, Y o b k s h ir b v . L e ic e s t e r s h ir e 122 4. E . R .W ils o n , Cam b. U n iv e b . v. Ox. U n iv eb . 118 4. K in n e ir , W a b w ic k s h ib e v . S d b b ey .............145 4. H . G . G a r n e t t, L a n ca s h ib e v . S u ssex ... 110 6. L o c k w o o d , S u b b ey v . W a b w ic k s h ib e ... 100* 6. K . S. R a n jits in h ji, S u ssex y. L a n c a s h ib e 170* 6. Golding, West Heits v. Arkley ................... 129* 6. B. R. Sandilands, Upper Tooting v. Surbiton 122 6. C. J. Parton, Streatham v. Bickley Park ... 148* 6. Ahsan-ul-Hak, Hampstead v. St. Bartholo­ mew’s Hospital ..........................................180 6. P. Perrin, Tottenham v. C lap ton ...................133* 6. C. McGahey, Tottenham v. Clapton ...........168* 6. P. W . Hale, Old Citizens v. Panther ...........107 8. K in n e ib , W a b w ic k sh ib e v L eicestebsh ibe 132 8. C. B. F b y , G e n tle m e n v . P la y e b s ..................... 126 8. T y l d e sl e y , P l a y e b s v . G entlem en .............140 6. C. H. M. Thring, Kensington Park v. Gry­ phons .......................................................... 146* 9 W . P. R o b e b ts o n , C am bbidge U n iv e b b ity v . L ivebpo o l an d D is t b ic t .......................103 * Signifies not out. NONDESCRIPTS v. CHELMSFORD.—Played at Chelmsford on July 6. C h elm sfobd . A. S. Blew, c and b Pawling ...................56 R.L. Whittaker, c sub., b T rim e n ................. 3 J.L.Martin, b Pawling 28 W .H i liard, not out... 50 A. P. Lucas, c Bar­ nett, b Matthews ... 36 J. C. Tabor, not out.. 60 B 2, lb 10, w 1.. 13 Total (4 wkts) *246 TH E COUNTY CH AM P ION SH IP . U p t o Y e s t e r d a y N i g h t , J u l y 10 th . J. D. Dixon, W . S. Kevan, Capt. W . Ushbome, A. L. Furneaux, and Harrison did not bat. ' Innings declared closed. N on d escb ip tb . W . T. H. Danby, st Tabor, b Harrison ... 82 R.F.Chaldecott, c Hill­ ia rd ^ Tabor ...........15 R. Matthews, c and b Whittaker ...........45 S.S.PawliDg, st Tabor, b WhittaBer ...........26 C D.D. McMillin, run out ......................... G. S. Hickson, c Hil­ liard, b Whittaker L.Hutchinson, not out Extras.......... Total (6 wkts) 172 R. Leigh-Ibbs, A. R. Trimen, A . Eiioart.^and E. E. Barnett did not bat. LUDGROVE (2) v. W A RW IC K HOUSE.—Played at Ludgrove on July 8. L u d g b o v e (2). A . R. Curtis, c Peek, b MacNellan ........... 3 C. R. Birkbeck, b Mac Nellan ................... 0 R. L. Benson, not out. 51 T. Holland-Hibbert, b Burne.......................... 0 R. Hunter, b Burne ... 2 R. F. Burrell, b Burne 10 C. R. Abel Smith, b Draffen ...................13 H. W . Fortescue, c Macallum,b Draffen 1 F. B. Lyon, b Draffen 0 H. Hollins, c Brand, b Burne ...................13 R. O. Bridgeman, c Macallum, b Burne. 0 Byes ................... 7 Total 90 S. Hattersley, c Curtis, b H. H ibbert........... 3 D. MacNellan, retired 88 T. Macallum, b Smith 9 C. Robertson, b Smith 15 B. Peek, c H. Hibbert, b Smith ................... 0 U. Brand, b Lyon ... 10 D. McNeilan, b Smith 7 W a b w ic k H ouse . P. Dalziel, c Birkbeck, b Lyon ................... F. Burne, b Lyon ... G. Pitt-Lewis, not out B. Draffen, c Hollis, b L yon ........................... Lb 1, w 1 ........... Total ...153 DR. W . J. SEWARD’S X II. v. MR. E. W H ITE’S X II.—Played at Colney Hatch on July 6. D b . W . J. S e w a b d ’s X II. W . Snowden, c Coven- ton, b H. Ricketts... 12 J. Creasey, run out ... 12 W . Pitherise, b Cater.. 35 Dr. R. S. Dickson, b Rowley ...................86 Dr. A . Ricketts, c Maude, b F. S. Lewis 43 Dr. C. S. W . Cobbold, c H. Ricketts, b F. S. Lewis...........................33 T. Farey, c Maude, b Rowley ................... 5 M b . E. W h it e ’s X II. A . Cherry, c and b F. S. L e w is ...................26 A . L. Ford, b F. S. Lewis........................... 0 J. Russell, b W . T. Ricketts ................... 9 T. R. Lewis, run out.. 14 Dr. W . J. Seward, not out ........................... 2 B 9, lb 7, w 2 ... 18 Total ...295 Plyd. W on Lost Drn Yorkshire ...16 ... 14 ... 0 ... 2 , Middlesex ... 5 ... 3 ... 1 ... 1 , Lancashire .. 15 ... 8 ... 4 ... 3 Sussex ...........10 ... 6 ...3 ... 1 Surrey ...........13 ... 6 ... 8 ..4 Warwickshire 10 ... 4 ...2 ... 4 Notts ...........10 ... 8 ... 8 ... 4 Hampshire ... 8 ... 2 ...3 ... 3 Eesex ...........11 ... 2 ...3 ... 6 Worcestershire 12 ... 4 ...7 .. 1 Somerset ... 7 ... 2 ... 5 ... 0 Gloucester ... 12 ... 2 ... 6 .. 5 Kent ...........10 ... 2 ...6 ... 2 Leicestershire. 10 ... 1 ...8 ... 1 Derbyshire ... 9 ... 0 ... 6 ...3 Per cent, to finished Pts. .. 14 .. 2 .. 4 .. 3 .. 3 .. 2 .. 0 ... -------- .. —1 ... —20 00 .. —1 ... —20*00 . —3 ... —V7-27 10000 50 00 3338 33*33 33?3 —3 —8 —4 —7 - 6 .. —42*85 .. —42 85 .. —50*00 .. — 77*77 ..—100*00 F. S. Lewis, c Farey, b Cobbold...................bH G.Q.Roberts,bCobbold 2 G. H . Cater, c Bicketts, bC obbola...................20 J. C. Bevington, c Seward, b Cobbold.. 0 H . F. Bawtree, st Pitherese, b Cobbold 44 H . J. Ricketts, c Crea­ sey, b Cobbold...........26 I. G. Rowley, not out 37 W . T. Ricketts, c T. Lewis, b Creasey ... A . S. Harris, st Pith­ erese, b Cobbold ... A . W . D. Coventon, b Cobbold ........... J. H. Lewis, c Pither­ ese, b Cobbold R. A. Maude, not out B 5, lb 2 ... ........... Total ...244 CLAPTON v. FINCHLEY.—Played at Finchley on June 29. F in c h le y . Wheatley, b Dyke ... 1 B. Owens, c & b Hale 20 Hubbard, b Dyke ... 0 A . Owens, b Dyke ... 29 Smith, c Dyke, b Hale 4 Armistead, c Brown, b H a le ........................... 0 W indsor, b Hale........... C Stokes, c sub, b H ale. Fifleld, b Hale ........... Parkes, b D yk e.......... Harris, n o t o u t ........... B 10, nb 1 ........... Total . 19 14 . 11 . 115 J. H. Douglas, Windsor ................... W . H. Nolloth, run out P.W . Hale, b Stokes... J. J. W iggett, lbw, b Stokes ................... C. Brown, c Harris, b Stokes ................... H. Boyton, c 13.Owens, b Stokes ................... C la pto n . A . J. Dyke, c Parks, b Windsor ........... 0 A. Benals, c Stokes, b W in d sor................... 0 A . Rogers, not out ... 0 B 9, lb 2, nb 1 ...1 2 Total , 62