Cricket 1901

3 1 0 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A u g . 1 , 1 9 0 1 . A DUTCH ELEVEN IN ENGLAND . For the third time in the history of Dutch cricket, an eleven of Dutch cricketers will cross the North Sea to play a series of matches in England. In 1891 the N .C.B. (the M .C.C. of Holland), started a tour in Yorkshire. The team, was not at its best, as several prominent cricketers were unable to assist; still in the matches played at Hull, Scarborough, and elsewhere, th*-y performed in a way that surprised the English cricketers who met them then. Taree years later they 'invaded England for the second time, making their headquarters in London. A t Lord’s, against the Gentlemen of M .C.C., including Ranjitsinbji, they did not perform too well, but gave a much better account of themselves in their matches against Norwood, Tottenham, Brixton Wanderers, Hampstead, Rich­ mond, and Hastings. Since then, seven years have elapsed, with the result of a natural and increasing development of the game in Holland. Nowadays there are several good clubs, with no lack of all­ round players in increasing numbers, year after year to take the field against their English gu'sts, who come on tour in the land of dykes and water. It is easy to understand that under these conditions, the prominent Dutch cricketers are eager to test their full strength on English soil against English elevens. Mainly thanks to the efforts of Mr. Posthuma, the well- known Haarlem crack, an eleven has been raised and will play the follow ing team s: . August 5 and 6.—Gentlemen of M.C.C. at Lord’s. „ 7 and 8 .- Gentlemen of M.C.C. at Kith. „ 9 and 10.—Gentlemen of Surrey. „ 12 and IS.—London County C.U. „ 14and 15.—Gentlemen of Worcestershire. The players, with Mr. H. S. Isbrucker, President of the Dutch Cricket TJnion, as manager, arrive to-m orrow morning in London. Through the courtesy of the M .C.C. they will practise in the nets at L ord’s to-morrow and Saturday to get somewhat accustomed to thegrass wickets, to which they are strangers, alt the cricket in Holland being played on matting. Of the players, who came in ’91 a n d ’94 to England, Messrs. C. J. Posthuma and J. C. Schroder are the only two to take part in this tour. Mr. Posthuma, of the Haarlem C.C., who will captain the eleven, is still the most prominent bowler of Holland. He bowls left-hand, above medium, keeps a capital length, and com ­ bines his natural leg-break with a good pace. He can, moreover, make the ball break from the off as well as any man. His cff-ball is somewhat slow, and very dangerous. Up to last week, Mr. Post­ huma this season has taken 63 wickets at a cost of 4 6 apiece. He is in great form just now and should be the mainstay of the team. Between him and Mr. S. Beyerinck, of theA jax C.C.(Leiden), there is not much to clioose. Unhappily for the Dutchmen, Mr. Beyerinck leit iu the beginning of this month for the Indies, and still worse, will not be back in time to assist hismates onthis tour. Other bowlers of the team are Messrs. J. Rincker, of the Amsterdam C.C,, a right-hand fast bowler, who has a knack of keeping the ball very low, thanks to his pure round-arm de­ livery, Mr. Hisgen, who will be of great use on sticky wickets, Feith, van Booven, and Coops, another left-hander. The team is much stronger in batting than in bow ling. Mr. Feith, the captain of the Hague C.C., is the best bat, with a sound defence combined with resolute aggressive methods. He was the first Dutchman to score a hundred against English bowling,and has played up to now several gocd innings of 50 and more. Mr. Bourlier, who made this season 126 not out, beating Mr. Posthuma’s record of 125, is a very finished bat, with many pretty strokes on both sides of the wicket. Mr. Beukema, the tennis champion of Holland, is the Jessop of the team. When well set, he scores at a tremendous pace, and hits with a remarkable ease. Mr. Posthuma, who can bat as well as he can bowl, has not yet played up to his form . There is another splendid bat in the team, Mr. Hisgen. An injured knee kept him out of the field during the greater part of the season, so that he only played once or twice. In form he keeps all his rivals at a long distance. Mr. Rincker is the best all-round player of the team. He is a good forcing bat, never in a hurry, and never slow to score off loose balls. Mr. Schroder used to be a good bat and a good bowler, but lost much of his abilities with increasing years. He has been chosen as a wicket keeper, in which department he takes a lot of beating b y other Dutch keepers, which is not saying much. The fielding of the team is the uncertain point. Though all of them are safe catchers, on the rough fields in Holland smart and clean ground-fielding is out of the question. Nimble footed, and with safe hands, the Dutchmen will try to do their level best on the fast English grounds. They are a lot of keen cricketers, Know ing too well their shortcomings, they are com ingtoEngland with the desire, by playing against strong elevens, to pick up some little things they are not aware of yet, and b y that means to still further develop the game in Holland. The follow ing averages will show the doings of the principal players last and this season:— Posthuma Hisgen... Bincker Coops ... Feith ... Hisgen... Feith ... Rincker Schroder Posthuma Bourlier Kool iteukema Dubois ... v Booven 1900. B o w lin g . Buns. .. 398 .. 446 .. 299 .. 333 .. 328 B a t t in g . Runs. .. 495 .. 416 .. 259 .. 133 .. 270. .. 231 .. 173 .. 112 .. 1*0 .. 73 1901. B o w lin g . ‘Wkts. 1*6 83 45 41 34 Highest Total. 105 79* . 72* 42 105 53* . 67 37* . 46 21 Aver. 320 5*31 8-5 922 Aver, 61-7 37 28-7 221 18 17.10 17-3 152 93 73 Runs. Wkts. Aver. Posthuma ... ........ 222 46 4*ff Rincker ........ 210 33 » 6‘£ v Booven ... ......... 94 14 .. 6 f Coops .......... ......... 256 36 72 Feith .......... ......... 158 12 .. 132 B a tt in g . Runs. Highest Total Aver. Bourlier .......... .. 298 126 37’i Feith .. .......... .. 222 74 27-75 K. Beukema ... ... 139 52 1950 Rincker .......... .. 157 38 17-40 Broese v Groenon .. 93 43* .. 15-60 v Booven .......... ... 123 32 15-50 Dubois................. ... 117 35 13 Kisgen................. ... 58 40 . 19-25 Schroder .......... ... 65 19 . 10-80 Kool ................. ... 94 30 9.4 Posthuma .......... ... 55 24 7*9 • Signifies not out. BRIGHTON COLLEGE v. OLD BRIGHTONIANS. -Played at Brighton College on July 26 and 27. B righton C ollege . First innings. Second innings. C. E. Hoffmeister, c Harris, c De 8midt, b b Willis ........................10 Smith ... ... 1 8. C. Williams, b Harris ... 12 cJackson,bSmith 4 Y. L. Aspland, c Sutton, b Willis ..............................13 c and b Harris ... 5 B. H. Billinghurst,b Harris 61 b Smith .......... 7 G. C. Denham, run out ... 0 b Smith .......... 4 G. Belcher, b Willis ..........11 b Harris ... ... 4 L. H. Trist, b Harris..........42 c and b Harris ... 6 G. E. de Smidt, b Willis ... 2 c Henry, b Smith 2 J. D. D. Wickham, b Willis 7 b Smith .......... 0 A. L. S. Rose, c Jackson, b Harris............................... 0 nofl out. 6 A. G. White, not ou t.......... 2 c Harris, b Smith 0 Extras ........................15 Extras.....2 Total .................175 Total ... 41 O ld B rightonians . First innings. Second innings. G. G. Willis, c Denham, b W hite.................................. 24 c Denham,b Rose 7 F. B. Jackson, c Trist, b W hite..................................10 b White ..........27 C. G. Smith, c Aspland, b W h ite................................ 8 not out .......... 16 Rev. C. H. Bond, b Belcher 1 C. N. Barton, c Aspland, b Belcher ........ .............20 bR ose... ... ... 4 C. E. Pease, b W hite.......... 2 R!A.B. Henry, c Denham, b Belcher ...........................13 b Belcher .......... 2 R. W . Harris, c Denham, b W hite..................................33 c White,b Rose 0 L.F.P. de Smidt, c Aspland, b White ........................ 11 not out................. 21 E. W . Sutton, not out ... 4 Rev. G. Howard-Wright, b W hite................................ 0 b R ose.................. 2 Extras ... 11 Extras ... 1 Total..........137 Total (6 wkts) 80 WELLINGTON COLLEGE v. CHARTERHOUSE SCHOOL.—Played at Charterhouse. C hartkbiiouse S chool . G.T.Branston, c Muir, b Pocklington.............23 P.S. Mellor, c Payne, b M u ir......................... 4 R.A. Bence-Pembroke, c Henderson, b Bad- cock ......................... 124 H. N. Forster, c Wes­ ton, b Badcock ... 19 S.C. Denison, c Payne, b Badcock...................15 G. V. Goodliffe and H. Innings declared closed. W e llin g t o n C o lle g e . O. T. Norris, c and b Muir........................67 D. Grahame, b Pock­ lington ................ 30 W.G.W. Garforth, not out ........................24 W. J. H. Curwen, not out ........................ 7 B 12, lb 9,w2,nb7 30 Total (7 wkts) *343 J. B. Fry did not bat. H.C.Carter,bBranston 0 A.H.Muir, b Goodliffe 10 E.C. Bowen, c Forster, b Branston .......... A. B. Pocklington, b Goodliffe................. 4 G.E. Badcock, not out 3 B 9, lb 4 ..........13 A.Henderson, c and b Goodliffe................ 10 V. A. Walker, lbw, b Goodliffe.................11 L. V. P. Weston, b Branston................. 7 R. Lascelles, b Good­ liffe ........................22 M. W . Payne, b Bran- ston ........................ 2 Total ... 91 H.V. Browne, b Bran­ ston ........................ - Second innings ; Henderson, not out, 36; Walker, c Bence-Pembroke, b Curwen, 12; Weston, c Brans­ ton, b Grahame, 10; Lascelles, not out, 2 ; extras, 0. Total (for two wickets), 60. P ORTRAIT MEDALLIONS OF POPULAR CRICKETERS.—W. G. Grace, K. S .;Ranjit­ sinhji, C. B. Fry, C. J. Kortright, A. C. MacLaren A. E. Stoddart, J. R. Mason, G. L. Jessop, Abel, Richardson, Hayward, Lockwood, Heame (Alec).— Price 2 d. each, post free, 3d., or the set of 13, post free, 2d.— M b r b it t a n d H a t c h e r , L t d ., 168, Jpper Thames Street London, E.C.