Cricket 1901

F eb . 28, 1901. CRICKET ; A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 25 T he Earl of Galloway, who died on February 7th, formed one of the Harrow eleven in 1853 and 1854, contending at Lord’s v. Winchester and v. Eton, and being on the winning side on each occasion. His name then was Lord Garlies, and he was a very good field. His brother, the Hon. R . Stewart, also played in the same eleven, and is now the Earl of Galloway. H e was a good, slow, round-arm bowler. From the Evening News, Feb. 9th :— In spite of the snow in the streets and the cold in every one’s head, the magazines are publishing numerous articles on cricket. This premature interest in the summer game is not altogether an unhealthy symptom. But it would he very much more healthy if the municipal authorities could devote part of the cricket season to meditations on snow and its removal. O nce more the “ boundary” question has cropped up. In the course of an Electorate match at Adelaide between West Torrens and East Adelaide, Clement H ill drove a ball which stopped a few feet from the boundary. By the time that the nearest fieldsman reached it five rims had been made, and whether acci­ dently or of deliberation the fieldsman, kicked the ball over the boundary. It was agreed that four runs extra should have been allowed, but the umpires con ­ sidered that the kicking of the ball might have been accidental, and accordingly allowed the five runs which had been already made. Under this ruling the fielding side obviously benefited to at least the extent of one run by the acci­ dent— if it were an accident—for, if the ball had been returned in the ordinary way, there would have been plenty of time to run between the wickets for the throw in. In this match, Clement H ill, fresh from intercolonial triumphs, scored 176 not out, the total being 255 for three wickets. I n another Electorate match at Adelaide on the same day the captains of Port Adelaide and West Adelaide a reed that stumps should be drawn at 6.15 instead of 6.40 as required by the laws in force during Electorate matches. At 6.15, Port Adelaide, who had been playing hard for a draw, had lost eight wickets, but in the absence of the two captains, the umpires decided that the match must be continued to 6.30. In the last quarter of an hour Port Adelaide lost another wicket, but declined to send their last man in, claiming that they were entitled to consider the game drawn. A t the beginning of the year J. Darling paid a visit to Adelaide. He stated that his new home in Tasmania is too far away from both Hobart and Launceston to allow him to play in the important matches ; but in the event of a visit to Australia of an English team he would possibly play in the big matches against them. Before Barling left Adelaide a “ complimentary social evening” was held in his honour. Barling has grown a short pointed beard. A t the Commonwealth sports at Sydney on January 4, Victor Trumper won the prize for throwing the ciicket ball, with a distance of 120 yards 1 foot 6 inches. Last year in February Trumper made a throw of 124 yards 10 inches. E b s w o r t h , the young New South Wales player who has been astonishing Australians by the rapidity of his run- getting, is twenty-two years old, tall, and very strongly built. In a recent match between the second teams of New South Wales and Victoria, he took twenty minutes to score his first nine runs, and then proceeded to make 58 more in 32 minutes. W ob RALL describes Marsh, the Aboriginal fast bowler as follows in the Sydney R eferee :—The desire to eee Marsh was very keen. H e has a most peculiar, zig zag run, something like the movement of a snake. His fast ball has a lot of pace in it, though a long way behind Jones’ top. He sent down a lot of fine balls ; but, on the whole, is inclined to be erratic. He got a great reception from the crowd. He was no-balled four times, once for going over the crease. A f t e r the match in which Clement H ill scored his famous 365, not out, the members of the New South Wales team presented him with a framed photograph of themselves, with their autographs prominently displayed beneath it. A s u m of £600 has been handed over to the Bradford Children’s Hospital to found a cotin memory of Lieut. Milligan, the well-known Yorkshire cricketer, who was killed in the Boer War. It is the intention of the hospital authorities to use the cot, when possible, for the children of cricketers. M r. C. M c G ahey has been appointed assistant secretary of the Essex County C.C. in succession to Mr. F. G. Bull, who has resigned. L illet , who has been allotted a benefit match this year b y the Warwick­ shire committee, has chosen the match against Yorkshire at Edgbaston, on June 13, 14 and 15. O n February 14, Mr. E. Maynard- Ashcroft, the Berbyshire cricketer, was married to Miss Em ily Jowett, daughter of Mr. Jowett, of Mellor. I f only as an instance of club enterprize it is pleasant to have to acknowledge receipt of the ninth annual, published by the Granville (Lee) C.C. The fact that the compiler is that keen cricketer, C. J. M . Godfrey (whilom of Sussex fame) is sufficient guarantee for the accuracy of the figures. As the booklet not only contains the full scores of the seventy-three matches played last season by the Granville teams, but also the averages, a list of the best perfor­ mances, as well as the officers and com ­ mittee, its value as a record will be understood. A s a matter of information I may state that the fisrt eleven played 39 matches in 1900, of which eleven were won and. fourteen lost, the “ A ” team 34 matches, winning nineand losingeighteen. Altogether 11,049 runs were scored for Granville, and 13,028 against. T he follow ing notice has been issued by the Secretary of the M .C .C .:— The General Meeting of the Marylebone Cricket Club, to be held on May 1st, 1901, will be made Special for the purpose of placing the following suggested alteration of Law 24 before the meeting, and, if it meets with the support required by the rules of the Club, of passing it into law. THE STRIKER IS OUT. * * * * * * * * * Law 24.—Or, if with any part of his person (except the hand) which is between wicket and wicket, he intercept a ball which would hit his wicket: “ Leg before wicket.” This alteration has been recommended by a majority of the Committee, but having regard, to the fact that the Committee were not unanimous, and that the proposed alteration is one of great importance, they desire that the matter should be dealt with as an open question. For the convenience of members, liulo XX IV . i-i appended: XX IV . The Laws of Cricket shall not at any time be changed, except by a vote of two- thirds of Members present and voting at a Special General Meeting, of which notice shall be given in The Times and two sporting papers, not less 1han two months before the day of meeting. Any amendment to a proposed alteration shall be advertised not less than one. mon'h before the day of meeting. This notice shall state in distinct terms the change in the law to be proposed, and no change shall be declared carried unless twenty Members at least shall vote in favour of it. A c c o r d in g to the Sydney Referee, the partnership of F. A. lredale and Victor Trumper for New South Wales, on January 7th at Sydney, amounting to 148 runs, is the best record for the first wicket the senior colony has made against South Australia. In a match with Victoria it was beaten b y S. P. Jones and A . C. Bannerman, eleven years ago, on the Sydney cricket ground, on which occasion Jones made an even 100. They put on 156 runs for the first wicket. Curiously enough a few days before a new record for the first wicket in Inter­ colonial—by the way they are called since the federation of the colonies Inter State matches—was made on the Melbourne ground a few days before. This was by Harry Graham and S. McMichael, who put on 157 at the commencement of Victoria’s second innings against South Australia. T he stand for the fifth wicket in the same innings by S. E. Gregory and R. A. Buff, when they added 214 runs, has been only once beaten in Australia. That instance occurred at Adelaide last season, when Noble (200) and Gregory (176) put on 286 runs. A more recent fifth-wicket stand of great note is the 206 added by