Cricket 1901

312 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME. A u g . 1, 1901. GENERAL STEAM NAVIGN, CO. L ONDON & ED I N BURGH . WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY from each end. FARES :—Chief Cabin, 2 2 s .; Return. 3 4 s .; Fore Cabin, 1 6 s .; Return, 24s. 6d. The i Seamew ,’ one o f the finest and fastest steamers on the Coast , is now on the route. TOUR S IN THE H IGHLANDS . Including let class passage to Edinburgh and back, carriage of bicycle, full table d’hdte meals on board, hotel accommodation (with board) in the Highlands, and Trip, 1st class, via Loch Fyne and the Kyles of Bute, from Inveraray to Glasgow, by the magnificent Royal Mail Steamer Lord o f the Isles, with dinner on board and carriage of bicycle. These tours have been designed primarily to meet the wants of cyclists, but are equally suitable to the ordinary tourist. 6-day Tour ... £3 14 6 1 13-day Tour ... £6 12 6 9-day Tour ... £5 0 016-day Tour ... £7 19 6 12-day Tour ... £6 5 6 | 17-day Tour ... £8 5 0 6s. less if the Lord of the Isles coupon is not required. N o te . —These inclusive fares are at the rate of about 10s. 6d. per day, or less than the cost of simply staying at a fairly good hotel. For route map itineraries and all information apply to General Steam Navigation Co., 55, Great Tower Street, E.C. Illustrated Guide free on application; by post, 2 d. KENT COUNTY CRICKET CANTERBURY WEEK. KENT E S S E X , ON AUGUST 5th, 6th & 7th. KENT SURREY , ON AUGUST 8th, 9th & 10th. Admission, ONE SH I LL ING . Cheap Fares from all Stations. Band ^ Royal Fusileers ON Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday. G R H N D B M L - L - S At ST. MARGARET’S HALL, ON Wednesday & Friday, 7th & 9th Aug. H AVE you heard of Lord Marmion ? If not, read the new amusing book, “ The Demon Eleven and Other Cricket Stories,” by Charles Igglesden. To be obtained of all booksellers, or of Messrs. Simpkin, Marshall and Co., London; price, Is. 6d. in cloth, Is. in boards.— [A b v t .] City& South LondonRailway. To the Oval from Moorgate Street, Bank, and London Bridge Stations. T r a v e l b y th e E le ctric R a ilw a y — T ra in s e v e ry 3 o r 4 m in u te s. THOUAS G. JENKIN, G ihibal M akageb . F OR SALE.—“ Scores and Biographies,” Vols. 1 to 4, complete set of Cricket Newspaper, 19 vols., Wisden’s Almanack, 1878-1901, inclusive, in excellent condition.— H a zelw o o d , 16, Ennerdale Road, Rich- mond-on-Thames. T HE Manager of Cricket wishes to obtain copies of Wisden’s Almanack ” for 1 864,66,73,74,75,77 ; “ John Lillywhite’s Companion,” 1865,66, 67, 68, 70 ; “ James Lillywhite’s Annual,” 1874, 7 7 ,; Vol. 4 of “ Scores and Biographies.” — 168, Upper Thames Street, London, E.C. BELLE STEAMERS. DA ILY SEA TRIPS, From FRESH WHARF, LONDON BRIDGE 9 . 1 5 Daily to Southend, Walton and Clac­ ton and back same day, and daily (Fridays excepted) to Felixstowe, Harwich, and Ipswich, changing at Walton. 9 m 3 5 Daily to Margate and Ramsgate and back same day. 1 0 . 0 . Daily (Fridays excepted) to Walton, Southwold and Yarmouth direct. 2mQm —Husband’s Boat to Margate and back every Saturday. 3mOm —Trips round the Nore every Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Thursday, calling at Southend on Saturdays. Trains in connection on L. T. & S. Kailway. All Ketum Tickets available during the Season. For Time Tables, Tickets, etc., apply at the Piers, and to the COAST DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L t d ., 83, Walbrook, E.C. C r i c k e t : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 168, UPPER THAMES STREET, LOIDOI, E.C. THURSDAY , AUGUST 1 st , 1901. $atotlton <§oastp. The abstract and brief chronicle of the time.— Hamlet. T h u h s d a y last will long be remembered as the day of the great thunderstorm, when, according to the experts, a three month’s ordinary supply of rain fell in a few hours. Of the six county matches which were to be played, a commencement could only be made in one, Sussex v. Hampshire at Brighton. In London the storm was tremendous, and parts of the Oval, where Surrey were to play Y ork ­ shire for Lockwood’s benefit, were deep under water. T h e weather forecast for the day for London and the South was “ north westerly and northerly w inds; a few local showers, but fair generally.” This was not exactly a triumph forthe meteoro­ logical experts. O ne of the most remarkable things in connection with the storm was the way in which many of the would-be specta­ tors at the Oval, who had managed to obtain front seats in the open, stuck to their positions for hours. To protect themselves they made use of newspapers, handkerchiefs, andanythingelse available, but they must, one and all, have been soaked in about three minutes. T he total of hours during which, in the ordinary way, cricket would have been possible in the six county matches was roughly about 108 for the three days. The time which was actually available was as follows : Thursday, 5J hours ; Friday, 6| hours : Saturday, 10 hours.— Total, 21J hours. C a p t a in G h e ig and Lieutenant E. I. M. Barrett may almost be said to have had last Thursday’s cricket all to themselves, for they scored 214 of the 360 rung made during the day from the bat, Captain Greig being at the wickets for two hours and three quarters, and Mr. Barrett for three hours and a quarter. O f the six county matches arranged for the last three days of last week, only two were commenced. Surrey v. Y ork ­ shire, Essex v. Leicestershire, Kent v. Notts, and Worcestershire v. Somerset being abandoned without a ball being bowled. P l a y during the Hampstead week was limited to two days, the matches against Richmond, London County, Hornsey and M.C.C. having to be abandoned. T h e manifesto which was issued by Phillips after he had no-balled Mold in the Lancashire and Somerset match at Old Trafford, has brought out aletterfrom W . A. J. West, an umpire of even longer standing than Phillips. West naturally claims that the umpires who have passed M old’s bow ling have just as much right to their opinionsasPhillips, andhe objects that the majority of the critics have endeav­ oured to convey the idea that, that *1while some umpires have not had the courage of their opinions, others do not know their business — all because one man differs from the majority.” W e s t makes the follow ing statement in his letter:— Let me here say that I stood as umpire in the match that Lancashire played against Hampshire at Portsmouth this year, and, after watching Mold with the greatest care all through the game, I came to the conclusion that his action was perfectly fair and above suspicion. My colleague at the opposite end was of the same opinion. I have gone further, and asked all the umpires that have met Mold this year and last, and, with two exceptions, Phillips and White, they expressed the opinion that Mold was perfectly fair. A su b sc r ib e r writes from Yokohama : “ A naval gentleman said here the other day that it is absurd for an umpire to