Cricket 1901

A u g . 1, 1901. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 311 EX MACHINA. Backwards and forwards, and forwards and back, Marking the length o f its double green track, Making the cricket ground level and green ; This is the song o f the Mowing Machine. Hark to me cricketers, hark to my whirr, Hark to my mellow machinery’s purr, Hark to my murmuring all the long day ; I have my work to do, you have your play ; Work at your playing then, — like a machine. Regular, little by little, and keen ; Nerves made of iron, and sinews of steel, Shoulder to shoulder, and wheel within wheel. Shoulder to shoulder, you’ll get at the heart of it. Wheel within wheel is the whole and the part of it. Play with one mind and one end and one aim, Playing together and playing the game, Play it with judgment and play it with skill, Play with good temper, but play with a will, Play it with courtesy, play it with pluck, Play it with something that’s better than luck. If you’d be honest, steal nothing but runs, If you want wins, then take care of the “ ones,” Don’t count your centuries ere they are hatched, Don’t drop your catches until they are catched. Play the game, aiming to make a fight of it, Play—never mind if you’re beaten in spite of i t ; Keen in the contest and straight in the strife,— That is the motto for cricket and life. Nearer and clearer, the stir and the whirr o f it, Further andfain ter the thrum and the hum o f it, Backwards and forwards, now white and now green, That is the song o f the Mowing Machine. Punch, July 17th. GRANVILLE v. CONSOLIDATED GOLD FIELDS OF SOUTH AFKICA.—Played at Lee on July 8. C. G. F. or S. A. _ _ _ First in n iD g s. Second innings. S.Bradshaw, c Sub, b Moore 18 b Lee ................ 0 E. A. Englebach, b Bull ... 0 b Austin .. ... 8 R. Henderscn, not out ... 47 notout................19 W . B. Francklin, b Moore 4 not out................18 G. R. Gardener, b Bull ... 1 W. M. Bradley, b Bull ... 0 A. G. Slack, b M oore.......... 4 cLander.b Austin 16 H. H. Lacey, b Bull .......... 2 b L e e ................... 0 S. 'White, b B u ll................. 0 b Lee .................. 0 A. Tuke, b Bull .................la b Burnett ........... 8 G. C. March, b Austin ... 6 Extras ..........21 Extras............ 26 Total ..........116 G r a . w i i . l e . Total J. A. Johnston, c Brad­ shaw, b Gardiner ... 60 C. D. Mclver, c Tuke, b Bradley................. 6 F. G. Bull, c Hender­ son, b Gardner ... 21 W . Austin, c Gardner, b Bradley................. 2 F. E. Lander, c Engle­ bach. b Gardner ... 2 Dr. J. Moore, c Engle­ bach, b Bradley ...18 J.L . Absolum,b Brad­ ley ........................ 5 F. E. Thomson, b Gardner ................. 2 C. E. G. Lee, c March, b Gardiner .......... 5 S. C. Burnett, e and b Bradley ................. 6 E. F. Debenham, not out ........................ 0 Extras .......... 8 Total ...126 C R IC K E T IN F IC T IO N .* In this book nearly all the illustrations are by “ R ip ,” and are for the most part effective. We fancy that we have seen the frontispiece, b y Lucien Davis, R .I., in another book, but possibly it may only be similar in style. The stories which are the raison tfetre of the bcok, vary considerably in merit; but perhaps “ Playing a Substitute ” is the best, the substitute being a young lady, although we can hardly iimagine two teams so pimple as to be deluded in this way. But in fiction the heroine so often deceives the whole world when she dresses up as a man that the author of this book may readily be forgiven. “ The All England Eleven ” is a w ildly impossible story, but if its impossibility be admitted, it is not at all bad. The author would have us imagine that, in these days when the labourer in the moot out of the way part of the country knows all about the doings of cricketers, an “ All England Eleven ” in which W . G., Haigh, Hunter, Ranjitsinhji, Shrewsbury, Abel, Briggs, Maclaren, Tom Emmett, Tunnicliffe, etc. — a nice mixture—are all impersonated by some lively young amateurs. And nobody finds out the deception. The ladies are well looked after in the book, and there is a fair amount of love-making in which cricket generally plays a part. • T a le s o f th e Stumps. by Horace Bleachley. Illustrated. Ward, Lock & Co. C U R IO S I T I E S * This little book may be said to contain references to all the really uncommon and curious incidents which have taken place in first-class cricket from 1730 to the end of last year. Naturally the incidents have been much more numerous of late years because so much more first-class cricket has been played. The incidents are arranged in chronological order, and may be taken to be as accurate as diligent research can make them. It will be noticed by the student of cricket lore that no reference is made in this book to the marvellous “ first match ” played between Surrey and Middlesex which has been trotted out so frequently during the last two weeks— the match in which nine Surrey men were out for nine runs, whereupon the last wicket put on about a hundired and won on the post. The inference to be drawn is that no remark­ able finish took place. •C uriosities o f F ib st-C la ss C rick e t. By F. S Ashley-Cooper. London : Edmund Seale. 1/- net. HONOR OAK y. LEYTON.—Played at Leyton on July 13. L eyto n . H. G. Lee,b^Jackson... 76 C. Wallace, c Jackson, A. Law, b Harrison J.H.Thorpe,cJackson, b Harrison .......... C. P. Parr, run out ... E.Freeman,b Matting- ley ........................ F. Birch, b Critchley.. A. Bowles, run out ... 10 b Dickason W. D. Parr, c and b Dickason................. S. Mesdtn, bDicksson C. Kellett, not out ... Extras................. Total ...241 C.F.Skipwith.b Kellett V.F.Critchley, c Birch, b Wallace................. 2 M. Jackson, b Kellett 4 W . Young, not out ... 52 H cnor O a k . 8. Dickason, b Law ... 21 G. Harrison, not out 37 Extras.................18 Total (4 wkts) 142 HAMPSTEAD CRICKET WEEK. Hampstead had cruel luckduringtheirannual Week, rain preventing four matches out of the six being playea. Of the two played, the one against Mitcham was drawn slightly in Hampstead’s tavour, but the Old Westminsters inflicted a somewhat severe defeat. It is many years since Hampstead had such a spell of bad weather during their “ Week.” 1st MATCH v. MITCHAM.—Played at Hampstead on July 22. H am p ste ad . Ahsan-ul-Hak, c and b M.-Jackson ... 2 A.R. Trimen, c Robin­ son, b B oxall..........76 F. B . D. Monro, lbw, b M.-Jackson.......... 25 E. E. Barnett, st Bale, bM .-Jackson.......... 8 T. S. Wheater, c Bale, b Hussey................. 7 J. Crosdale, b Boxall... 9 J.G, Q,. Besch, not out 64 G. A. 8. Hickson, c M.-Jackson, b Mc­ Allister ................. 20 H. H. Jennings, c Boxall, b Cole.......... 27 A. J. East, b Boxall... 10 Mohamed - Said, b Boxall ................. 0 B 4, lb 6, w 2 ... 12 Campbell, b Ahsan C.A. Kempson, c East, b Ahsan ................. H. Cath, b Said.......... Hussey, c Jennings, b Hickson ................. Boxall, b Hickson ... Bale, b Ahsan .......... Me Allister, b Hickson M itcham . Total ...260 Sturtivant, not out ... J. Robertson, lbw, b H ickson................. A. Cole, b Hickson ... MacJackson, not out B 9, lb 1 ... Total (9 wkts) 238 2nd MATCH v. OLD WESTMINSTERS.—Played at Hampstead on July 23. H am pstead . C. C. T. Doll, b Murray 53 E. E. Barnett, b Foster 28 A. R. Trimen, c sub, b Murray .......... ... 6 Ahsan-ul-Hak,run out 4 F. R. D. Monro, c Beasley, b Murray... 13 T. M. Farmiloe, b Murray .................. 1 E. L. Marsden, c and b Murray ................... 2 G. Crosdale, c Moon, b Foster ................. G. A. S. Hickson, b Foster ................. H. H. Jennings, not out ........................ T. S. Wheater, b Mur­ ray •• ................ B 25, lb l .......... Total 147 O ld W estm insters . H. O. Beasley, c Tri­ men, b Hickson ... 71 S. S. Harris, c Barnett, b Wheater ..........73 Mohamed Said, c and b Wheater .......... 0 W.R.Moon, b Wheater 18 R.E.Murray,bWheater 0 A.L.Foster,bMarsden 1 J. G. Veitch, b Ahsan 37 E. Colville, not ou t... 3 H. Kemp, not out ... 6 Tucker, b Hickson ... 5 B 12, lb 8 ..........20 Total (.8 wkts.)234 3rd MATCH v RICHMOND.—Played at Hampstead on July 24. Rain prevented Play. 4th MATCH v. LONDON COUNTY.—Played at Hampstead on July 25. H am pstead . Ahsan-ul-Hak,not out 5 F.R.D.Monro,c Smith, b Beloe ................. E. E. Barnett, not out 22 Byes .......... 6 Total (1 wkt) 59 C. C. J. Doll, F. W . Orr, T. M. Farmiloe, E. L. Marsden, T. 8. Wheater, A. R. Trimen, H. H. Jennings, F. R. Spofforth, and G. Crosdaie did not bat L ondon C ou nty . Did not bat. 5th MATCH v. HORNSEY.—Played at Hampstead on July 26. Abandoned through rain. 6 th MATCH v. M.C.C. and GROUND.—Played at Hampstead on July 27. Abandoned through rain. GRANVILLE “ A ” v. AUDLEY HOUSE.-Played at Lee on July 25. A udley H ouse . H. Davis, b Debenham H. W . Le May, b G. Helder ................47 T.H.8ummers, not out 169 C. North, run out ... 11 R. McDermott, c Bur­ nett, b Debenham... 21 A. Eelder, not out ... 16 Fxtras................19 E.Eymer-Jones,cSum- mere, b Godfrey ... 0 F. E. Lander, c Helder, b Leathes.................32 N. Cockell, c Helder, b Summers................. 1 Total (4 wkts) *273 1Innings declared closed. G r a n v ille “ A.” E. F. Debenham, not out ........................38 F. Finch, b Hooker ... 1 S. Burnett, not out ... 4 Extras.................14 Total (4 wkts) 90