Cricket 1901

2 9 8 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J u l y 2 5 , 9 0 1 . chance of winning, that he often deprives his side of a victory which a little pluck m ight have brought about. A ll the more reason why the Esher captain should be congratulated on trying to win the match on Saturday against the Eton Ramblers, although as it turned out his side was beaten. Esher declared at 280 for 6 wickets, and the runs were knocked off for the loss of eight wickets. We imagine that both he and his side were satisfied with the result. There was a splendid fight all through, and a defeat under such circumstances was almost as good as a victory. T h e rain which has studiously avoided the London district since about the end of April, although it has fallen heavily in other parts of England at times, has at last come in earnest, but not, it is to be hoped, with a view to assisting at L ock ­ w ood’s benefit match. A t a meeting of the Yorkshire County committee at Sheffield on Tuesday a hope was expressed that Rhodes would decline Mr. MacLaren’s invitation to go to Aus­ tralia with him in the autunin. It is not at all to be wondered at that the com ­ mittee are anxious that Rhodes should remain in England, for there is hardly a cricketer who has done himself justice in England in the season after he has returned from a visit to Australia, and bowlers especially have nearly always suffered from playing all the year round. J t seemed that Dr. Grace’s idea of deciding a first-class match on the first innings if not played out had been dropped, but it was agreed to decide the London County v. Leicestershire match on this system. As we have pointed out before this is distinctly illegal, for law 2, which has not yet been repealed or altered, says, “ The side which scores the greatest numbsr of runs wins the match. N o match is won unless played out or given up.” I n our correspondence columns will be found a letter from Mr. G. Hillyard Swinstead describing an experiment which has been tried b y the Artists’ C.C. This experiment would also seem to be illegal, for law 1 states that “ each side has two innings taken alternately, except in the case provided for in Law 53.” But the fact that Law 53 (about the follow -on ) only applies to two and three- day matches was apparently forgotten by our legislators, and one has to g o a little further to “ One day matches,” N o. 1 and 2, before com ing to the “ case pro­ vided for.” Also for “ One-day matches” Law 2 states that the match, unless played out, shall be decided b y the first innings.” But as a little illegality seems to be fashionable, the Artists’ experiment w ill no doubt pass muster, and receive favourable attention. A c o r r e spo n d e n t asks us to give “ a description showing b y what method the percentages are worked out in the Championship Table,” as he has mislaid the copies of Cricket which have con- ained this description. The thing is very simple. Y ou take the number of matches which have been finished by a county. Then you take the number of matches won and lost, and subtract the latter from the former. Y ou have now got two numbers to deal with, viz., the total n u m b e r of matches finished by the county and another number which results from a subtraction sum. Then you divide the result of the subtraction sum by the number of matches finished, work­ ing the result to two places of decimals, and this is said to be the percentage. You may say that if a county loses more matches than it wins you cannot subtract the losses from the wins, but the re­ sources of arithmetic are manifold. You take 6 from 4 and satisfy yourself by saying that this leaves minus 2, and when you divide this b y the total of matches finished you get minus something else. As we said before,the thing is very simple, not to say amusing—when you have once got the hang of it. T h e death is announced of Mr. Charles Hammond, of Sparright, Storrington, at the age of 83. In the Brighton Argus Mr. A. J . Gaston writes of him as fo llow s :— Charles Hammond is, I believe, the last of the old school of cricketers who played as represented in the well-known imaginary Kent and Sussex engraving of a match at Park Crescent, Brighton. He is represented in the picture fielding at cover-point. /Charles Hammond was the son of the famous old John Hammond, of Storrington, who played for All England and Sussex in the latter part of the seventeenth and at the commencement of the eighteenth century. Charles Hammond played his first match at Lord’s, July 18 and 19, 1842. He played for Sussex from 1841 to 1849. T h e rival “ Content’s Bills ” on the finish of the Sussex v. Surrey match at Brighton, yesterday: — s u r r e y ’ s G R E A T E F F O R T ! F R Y A N D R A N J I S G R E A T E F F O R T TO S A V E SUSSEX. F o r West Herts against Herts Club and Ground at St. Albans, White, the West Herts’ professional, took all ten wickets for 60 runs. The score of the Herts’ Club and Ground was as follows :— H erts C lub a n d G round . D.E. Fenwick, bWhite 15 L.H.H.Boys.c Woods, bWhite ................. 5 Wildera.c and bWhite 16 Dr. J. E. Norman, not out ........................ 2 Extras ..........19 Total ...138 D.T.Cassavetti, c Bur­ rows, b White..........18 G. Lance, b White ... 0 A. Butcher, c and b White .................24 C. S. B. Higgs,b White 30 G. Sheppard, b White 0 C. Pigg, b White ... 2 G. F. Wood,bWhite... 7 T he follow ing are some of the latest hundreds:— JULY. 15. A. B. Cipriani, Incogniti v. Wargrave Hill... 112 17. F .P . Rider, Brxtn.W ndrs. v. J.C.Lovell’s X I. 123 17. E .T. Gale, Brxtn.Wndrs.v. J.C. Lovell’s X I. 100* 18. S h rew sbu ry, N o tts v . G lo u ce ste rsh ire ;... 167* 18. A. O. Jonks, N o tts v. G lo u ce ste rsh ire ... 147 18. K in n e ir, W a rw ick sh ire v . Y o rk sh ire ... 123 18. K in o , L e ic e s t e r s h ir e v . D e b b y s h ir e ............. 143 18. R. M a cd on ald , L eicesterb h . v. D erb ysh . 147* 18. G e e s o n , L e ic e s t e r s h ir e v . D e r b y s h ir e ... 104* 19. W r a t h a ll, G lo u ce ste rsh ire v. N o tts . ... 148 19. H a llo w s , L a n c a s h ir e v. E ssex ...................... 130 19. R. E. F o ste r , W o rc e ste rsh ire v. S u rrey 136 19. T. H orton , NoRTHANts. v. S. A fricans ... 102* 19. C. B. F r y , S u sse x v. M id d le s e x ...................... 116 20. C a r p e n te r , E s se x v . L a n c a s h ir e ...................... 119 20. B ro w n , Y o r k s h ir e v. W a r w ic k s h ir e ... 134* 20. F. M it c h e ll, Y o r k s h ir e v . W a r w ic k s h ir e 116* 20. J. L. Tate, Clapton v. Walthamstow .......... 102 20 J.E.Raphael,M’ch’nt. Taylor’s 8ch.v.H’stead 107* 20. R. L. Turner, Addiscombe v. Forest Hill ... 109 2J. H ir s t, Y o r k s h ir e v. N o t t s ................................ 125 *2. H a io h , Y o r k s h ir e v . N o t t s ................................159 22. T y ld e s le y , L a n c a s h ir e v. M id d le s e x ... 170 23. C . J. B u rn u p, K e n t v. W o r c e s t e r s h ir e ... 102 23. B ra u n d , S o m e rse ts h ire v .H a m p s h ire ... I ll 24. K . S. R a n jits in h ji, S u ssex v . S u r r e y ... 100* * Signifies not out. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. J. L. K e l l y . —For “ had ” read “ hadn’t.” STREATHAM v. BICKLEY PARK.- Bickley on July 20. S tr e a th a m . -Played at H. S. Barkwcrth, b Chattel ................. 0 Murrell,c and b Boosey 47 C. J. Parton, b Chattel 0 H. M . L®af, b Chattel. 28 E. G. Parton, c and b Chattel ................. 40 G. B. Field, c Smith, b Chattel .................26 Y. F. Feeny, run out.. 1 B ic k le y P a r k . D. O. Kerr, not out... 53 A. Wileman, c Bouch, b Chattel................. 4 A. Kidd, c Living- stone, b Chattel ...17 S. B. Feeny, b Boosey o B 8, lb 2, nb 6 ...16 T o ta l.................232 E. R. Bouch, not out.. 51 T. P. Hilder, b E. G. Parton ................. 1 I. M. Nussay, b C. J. Parton ................. 0 E. C. Boosey, run out 3 W. J. Chattel, b E. G. Parton ................. 6 F. W . Simmons, c Kidd, b E. G. Parton 6 G. A. Smith, c Feeny, b Murrell.................18 A .R . Chattel, b Mur­ rell ........................ 0 W . J. Livingstone, b Murrell ................. 5 H. B. N om e, b E. G. Parton .................13 E.Willett, b E. Parton 0 B 4, lb 6.................10 Total ...113 UPPER TOOTING v. WIMBLEDON.—Played Wimbledon on July 20. U pper T o o tin g . D. H. Butcher, c Gore, b Graves .................25 D. C. Bartley, c Fos'er, b Clapham... 13 H. W. Hawkiog, b Foster ................. 8 A. H. Parez,b Holland 54 F. G. Thorne, b Graves 0 E. C. Taylor,b Holland 54 R. M. Harvey, c Ber- thon, b Holland ... 6 W . N. White, lbw, b Holland .................12 J. A. Lyon, not out... 21 H. Tanner, b Holland 0 A.F.Morgan, b Foster 1 B 13, w 3, nb 2 ...18 T o ta l.................207 Second inning: H. W . Hawking, c BerthoD, b Pease, 58: F. G. Thorne, b Ford, 2; W. N. While not out, 62 ; J. A, Lyon, st Gore, b Maxwell-Scott, 0 H. Tanner, c Gore, b Foster, 6; extras, 3.—Tota (4 wkts) 131. W im bledon . W . E. Martyn, b Hawking.................87 J. Maxwell - Scott, c Hawking, b Bartley 1 E. L. Clapham, b Bartley ................. 1 C. E. Pease, b Bartley 1 W. Holland, b White.. 22 J. H. Bprthon, c Tay­ lor, b Hawking ... 16 A.L.Foster, c Harvey, b Bartley ............. D. Forde, c Taylor, b Bartley ................. C. R. Crooks, not out. C.H.Gore, b Hawking P. Graves, b Bartley.. B 14, lb 4, w 4 ... T o ta l.................1 WARGRAYE BILL ^ Wargrave on July 15. W a r o r a v e H il l . INCOGNITI.—Played at W . G. Heasman Nelson ... *......... 4 B. Molloy, c and b Nelson .................11 E. Rodriguez, b Nelson 23 Barnett, lbw, b Nelson 7 Rev. St. John Crane, run out ................. 2 Hinton, c ani b Marks 4 A.Campbell, c Heaven, T otal................. 95 b Marks ................. 0 Second innings : Heasman, not out, 19; Crane, st Cipriani, b Blaker, 0 ; Hinton, notout, 14; Batchelor, b Blaker, 19; Hope, b Heaven, 4 ; extras, 0.—Total (3 wkts) 56. I n cogniti . B.Batchelor,c Orman, bM ark8.................29 W.L.0amson,b Marks 10 A. Eastwood, c Eil­ oart, b Marks... ... 1 Rev. F. B. Hope, not out ........................ 0 Byes ................. 4 D. C. Lee,c Rodriguez, b Samson................. o E. J. Heaven, c Bar­ nett, b Batchelor ... 12 O. Marks, c Campbell, b Batchelor ..........40 Maj or Orman,c Crane, b Batchelor .......... 7 J. Deane, b Samson ... 0 H.R.Blaker, b Samson 18 A. B. Cipriani, b Eastwood ..........112 M.G.Nelson,b Samson 81 H. P. Tillart, c Crane, b Eastwood B. Eiloart, not out . E. Templer (sub), and b Eastwood . B 20, lb 2, nb 3 . Total 40 0 25 ..294