Cricket 1901

3 9 2 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. S e p t . 5 , 1 9 0 1 . HASTINGS & ST, LEONARDS CRICKET WEEK, 1901. TWO GRAND MATCHES w i l l b b p la y e d in t h e C ontraI C rlc k o t G round, Hastings, a s f o l l o w s :— THURSDAY, FRIDAY, AND SATURDAY , September 5th , 6th , and 1th , Y O R K S H I R E V m AN ENGLAND TEAM. MONDAY, TUESDAY, AND WEDNESDAY, September 9 th, 10 th, and 11 th, GENTLEMEN v, PLAYERS. Wickets Pitched at Twelve o’clock first day of each Match ; other days at half-past Eleven. Admission to the Ground, ONE SHILLING. Covered Grand Stand, One Shilling extra. Cheap Fares on S.E. and C.R. and L.B. and S.C.R., and Excursion trains will run. TICKETS FOR THE WEEK, including Admission to the Ground and Reserved Seat in Grand btand, price 10s., can be obtained on and after August 19th, at the Central Cricket Ground, Hastings, where a plan can be seen. Tickets for the Week for Ground only, price 58., can be obtained from the Hon. Sec., or at the Central Cricket Ground. 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D A I L Y S E A T R I P S , From FRESH WHARF, LONDON BRIDGE Qm15 D a ily to Southend, W alto n and C lac­ ton. and hack same day, and d aily (Fridays excepted) to F elixstow e, H arw ich, and Ipsw ich, ch an gin g at W alto n . 9 m 3 5 D a ily to M argate and R am sgate and hack same day. 1 0 * 0 m D a ily (F rid ays excepted) to W alton, Southw old and Y arm ou th direct. 2 mQm — H usband’s B oat to M argate and hack every Saturday. 3mOm — Trips round the N ore every Saturday, Sunday, M onday and Thursday, callin g at Southend on Saturdays. Trains in connection on L. T. & S. Railway. All Return Tickets available during the Season. For Time Tables, Tickets, etc., apply at the Piers, and to the COAST DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L td ., 33, Walbrook. E.C. C RICKET Report Sheets, lOd. per dozen, post free. Order of Going-in Cards, 7d. per dozen, post free. Cricket Score Books, 6d. and Is. each; postage, 2d. extra.—To be obtained at the Offices of Cricket , 168, Upper Thames Street London, E.C. L AWS OF CRICKET, with List of Fixtures and Memo, pages. One Penny each, post free Ijd. ' ricket Offices. 168. Upper Thames Street, E.C. Cricket: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 168, UPPER THAMES STREET, L0 I0 0 I, E.C. THURSDAY, SEPT. 5 th , 1901. IM P O R T A N T N O T IC E ! T h e issue of Cricket on the 19th im t. w ill complete the w eekly series foi this season. S ix numbers are issued during the W in ter, from October to M arch inclusive, as fo llo w s:— N o. 587.— T H U R S D A Y , O C T . 31. N o. 588.— T H U R S D A Y , N O V . 28. N o. 589.— T H U R S D A Y , D E C . 26. N o. 590.— T H U R S D A Y , J A N . 30. N o. 59 1.— T H U R S D A Y , F E B . 27. N o. 692.— T H U R S D A Y , M A R C H 27. Subscription for the above series, 1/3 post free. R esults of the S eason and A verages of the P r in c ipa l C lubs can be inserted in Cricket at the rate of 3s. 6d. a colum n, w ith a m inim um charge of 2s. 6d. T o ensure insertion in the follow in g num ber, particulars m ust be re­ ceived not later than the Saturday previous to the day of publication at the Offices of Cricket, 168, U pper Tham es Street, E .C . t e u t o n G o s s i p . The abstract and brief chronicle of the time.— Hamlet. F or Sussex against Kent at Brighton on Friday last Mr. Fry played an innings of 140 which gave him all sorts of records. He became the first batsman of the season to score three thousand runs; he brought his total of hundreds, made in consecutive inrings, up to five, a perform- aince which has never been approached; he brought his total of hundreds for his county for the season to eleven, thus beating Ranjitsinhji’s ten made last year; he beat hiB own record for the county of 2,366 runs in 1899, and also beat the record of 2,824, made by Ranjitsinbji last year. O n Friday, a few minutes after Mr. Fry, Abel also brought his total runs for the season in first class matches to over three thousand, and as he had a start of Mr. Fry when his innings began, and more­ over made more runs, he ended the week with a total of 3,148 against one of 3,042. Thus Abel began this week’s cricket 11 runs behind Ranjitsinhji’s famous record of 3,159 in 1899, but as he only made 2 and 0 for Svrrey against Leicestershire he still wants nine runs. Said Abel to Fry, When Three Thousand was nigh, “ Don’t you find statisticians bore you ?” Said Fry unto Abel, “ Blow the average table ! Don’t mention such things, I implore you.” ------ T h r e e men, RaDjitsinbji, Mr. Fry, and Abel, have now secured over three thousand runs in a season’s first class cricket since the game was instituted, Ranjitsinbji having twice accomplished the feat, with 3,159 in 1899, and 3,065 last year. For twenty-five years Dr. Grace’s record of 2,739 in 1871 was un­ approachable, but it was beaten in 1896 with 2,780 by Ranjitsinhji. So carefully is everything in connection with cricket noted down nowadays that the Evening News gave a time table of the positions held by the two men, who each reached his three thousandth run last Friday. It was as follows :— ABEL. FRT. Hour. Kuos. Runs. 12.45 ........... — ................... 2,948 ). 0 .......... — ................. 2,986 1.30 2,975 ................... 2,992 Lunch .......... 2,990 .................. — 2.45 ........... — ................... 3,026 T h e following is a list of Mr. Fry’s hundreds this season, the last five having been made in consecutive innings :— Sussex v. Notts ................. .. 170* „ v. Leicester 244 „ v. Cambridge University 241 „ v. Oxford University ... 219* Gentlemen v. Players............... 126 Suseex v. M iddlesex................. 116 „ v. Somerset ................. 119* „ v. Hampshire................. 105 „ v. Ycrka ........................ 209 „ v. Middlesex ................. 149 ,, v. Surrey........................ 105 „ v. Kent ........................ 140 •Signifies not out. B y the permission of the Surrey County Cricket Club, a comic cricket match will be played at Kennington Oval to-day (Thursday) between teams captained by Dan Leno and Mr. T. R. Dewar, M.P. The proceeds of the match will be divided amongst the following institutions : The Music Hall Benevolent Fund, the Licensed Victuallers’ Schools, Kennington Lane, and the New Belgrave Hospital for Children, Clapham Road. The band of the Irish Guards will attend, by kind permission of the Commanding Officer, Col. Dewey-Dawson, in addition to which the Police Band of the L Division have been engaged, and the Licensed Victu­ allers’ School Band will also play during the day.