Cricket 1901

346 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A u g . 15, 1901. A b e l , Tyldeeley, M r. C. B. Fry, K . S. Ranjitsinbji, and Hayward have now all scored over two thousand runs this season. I t is announced that Mr. H . G. Gar­ nett, who has batted so well for Lanca­ shire this season, has promised to accom­ pany Mr. MacLaren to Australia. Mr. Garnett, who now disputes with Kinneir the pride of place as the best left-handed batsman in England, did not play in first-class cricket until last year, and then only once or twice. But this year he has scored nearly 1,600 runs in first-class cricket. M b. H . S. J o h n sto n e , who scored 131 and 103 not out for Hastings against the Old Carthusian’s last week, is one of the most popular club cricketers at Hastings. H eholds the record score for the Hastings ground (227 not out), and has made three or four hundreds this season. In former days he was in the front rank as a foot­ baller. H e is a captain in the Volunteers. A n “ Old Harrovian ” sends the follow ing note : “ The Rev. Edward Miller died on Wednesday, August 8th, at his residence, 9, Bradmore Road, Oxford, at the age of seventy-Bix. Educated at Winchester and at New College, Oxford, he graduated B .A ., after being placed . second-class Lit. Hum in 1847, and was elected a Fellow of his College. He held the rectory of Bucknell, Oxon, from 1879 till 1891. Since 1896 he had been Wykehamical Prebend of Bursalis in Chichester Cathedral. H e formed one of theWinchester Eleven in 1843, contending that year at Lord’s against Harrow and Eton, with some success. M r. J o h n J e n k in s w rites:— “ Some time ago you asked the question when William Pilch died. I have been to Canterbury this week, and I find he died January, 1882, and was buried at St. Gregory’s, Canterbury, near his famous uncle.” A c o r r e spo n d e n t asks : —“ Would you be kind euough to insert this query in your columns ? Suppose a bowler started to run, but some time before he reached the crease he saw the batsman right out o f bis ground and threw the ball at the wicket, intending to run him o u t; sup­ posing the ball missed the wicket, and w ithout touching anyone or anything, went to the boundary, what would the umpire signal ? It would not be a no-ball, as the umpire would see by the bowler’s action in stopping his run some time before he reached the crease that it was not meant for a ‘ ball ’ ; it would not be byes, as it was not a ‘ ball,’ and it would also be rough on the wicket-keeper if it was given b yes; it would not be a wide as it was not a ‘ ball ’ ; nor would it be runs to the batsman as he never touched it. What would it be ? ” The umpire would signal four no-balls. Rule 35 says: “ . . . when the bowler is about to deliver the ball, if the batsman at his wicket be out of his ground before ctual delivery, the said bowler may run him o u t; but if the bowler throws at that wicket, and any run result it shall be scored ‘ no-ball.’ ” As the ball went to the boundary four runs would result. D u b in g the last three days of last week there were several innings of between two and three hundred in matches of more or less importance, viz.., Ranjit- sinbji’s 286 not out (Sussex v. Somerset), Mr. L. Walker’s 224 (London County v. M .C.C.), Mr. C. C. T. D oll’s 224 not out (M.C.C. v. London County), Thompson’s 247 (M.C.C. v. Cambridgeshire), and Mr. H . T. Gillett’ s 204 for Gentlemen of Surrey v. the Dutch team. Mr. L. C . H. Palairet was perilously near to two hundred with his 194 (Somerset v. Sussex). A g a in the nineties have been pretty much in evidence—witness Braund’s 94, Hayward’s 97 not out, Sharp’s 96, Mr. Palairet’s 194. I n its way the second innings of Sussex is perhaps the most remarkable on record, for it was played when the county had to wipe off a balance of 324 runs on the first innings. The score as it stands is worthy of a place among the curiosities of cricket. It is as follows :— Second innings. C. B. Fry, not o u t ........................119 Vine, c Braund, b Cranfield...........49 K. S. Hanjiteinbji, not o u t ..........285 B 2, lb 1, w 5, nb 5 ..................13 Total (one wkt).................466 A t the end of the performance of the “ Old Stagers” at Canterbury last Saturday, Miss St. John, as the Spirit of Kent, presented several Kent and Surrey cricketers with a medal. Am ong them were Messrs. Ms son, Bradley, Day, Dillon, Baker, Blaker, Jephson and Crawford, Alec Hearne and Abel, although some of them were not at hand to receive their reward. I t is not a little curious that before Mr. Brann embaiked on his career of triumph for Sussex a fortnight ago he had prepared himself for his reappear­ ance in first-class cricket by playing in three club matches. He met with no great success. M b. W . W . O d e l l , who bowled so finely for Leicestershire against War­ wickshire, has for a long time played for Warwickshire Club and Ground without doing anything of note with the ball. Even for his club, the Old Edwardians, he has not played with marked distinc­ tion. But see the paragraph above. I t is to be feared that a cycling acci­ dent will keep Mr. S. A . P. Kitcat out of the field for some time. He was riding in the neighbourhood of his home at Esher when he was thrown on to his head by one of those mischances to which the most expert cyclists are always liable. T h e cricket team from Buenos Aires which went to R io Janeiro to play a few matches seems to have met with redoubt­ able opponents. W ith reference to the tour the follow irg notes appear in River Plate Sfrort and Pastime of July 17 :— On Friday, July 12, -we received a cable from the captain of the Buenos Aires cricket team that is on tour in Brazil, informing us that in the first day’splay of their two-day match with San Paulo, the latter had scored the respectable total of 211 runs, against which our men were only able to reply with 92, and in their second attempt did even worse with 30 for the loss of five wickets. Evidently our batsmen had not sufficiently recovered from the voyage to do themselves justice. Our next advice, received on Saturday, was that the Buenos Aires side had lost their San Paulo match by an innings and eight runs, so their last five wickets evidently did a hit better than the first five, and managed to put on a hundred runs. Monday morning brought us the news that Buenos Aires had gone in first against the powerful Rio combination, and scored 10] runs, against which the home side had replied with 119 for the loss of only four wickets, so things do not look very rosy for our men. Later advices inform us that the Bio eleven were finally dismissed for 228, which leaves our men with a deficit of 117 to wipe off to save the innings defeat. A WRITER in a country local paper says : “ There has lately come into my possession the identical pair of boots worn by the late George Parr on his first appearance at L ord’s. Needless to say I shall treasure them much, and preserve them in perpetuity under a glass case in my collection of cricket curios.” Verily, there appears to be no end to cricket “ curiosities.” F o r the Goldsmith’s Institute “ A ” team against New Eltham at New Cross on August 10, Mr. P. Henty scored 10 fours, 2 sixes, and a 2 from 13 consecu­ tive balls bowled to him, making a total of 54 runs in 9| minutes. H e had been sent in to hit, as New Eltham had scored 160 for 7 wickets (innings declared closed). Goldsmiths’ won, as when time was called their score stood at 206 for 8. R a n j it s in h j i , C. B. Fry, F. Mitchell, and J. T. Tyldesley, have each scored seven innings of over a hundred this season; W . G. Quaife, six; and Carpen­ ter, Perrin, and Abel, five. E. H . D . S e w e l l , who is qualifying for Essex, made 200 not out (including 32 fours), and took 6 wickets for 25 last Saturday at B roxboum e for Essex Club and Ground. For the C. and G. his figures to date are 1,130 runs for 16 innings, and 61 wickets for 543 runs, and in all matches for the season 1,930 runs for 41 innings and 159 wickets for 1,700 runs. ------- T h e Barbados Cricketer’s Annual for 1900-1 has just reached us, in its seventh year of publication. It contains the full scores of all the matches played in the colony, and is a complete epitome of Barbados cricket. It is edited and com ­ piled by Mr. J. Wynfred Gibbons. HE CLASSICS OF CRICKET: The Young Cricketer’s Tutor. By John Nyren. 16mo, 180 pages, and Frontispiece representing Lord's Cricket Ground in 1833. Price, 1/-; pOBt free, 1/2 .— Cricket Offices, 168, Upper Thames Street, London, E.C.