Cricket 1901

3 9 4 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. S e p t . 5 , 1 9 0 1 . weddiner, which took place last Thursday. Mrs. Hill was Miss Gwynedd Blanche Llewellyn, daughter of Lieut.-Col. Evan Llewellyn, M.P., of Langford Court, near Bristol. I n a match at Broad stairs, between the Broadstairs and St. Peter’s Club and the Visitors, Mr. P. F. Coekett, playing for the Broadstair’s Club, is said to have made 100 runs out of a total of 207, and took the whole of the Visitors’ eleven wickets for fifty runs, eight being clean bowled. The teams played twelve a-side. M b . M a c L a k e n ’s team is now complete, provided that Mr. McGahey can accept the invitation which he has received to accompany it. The names of the mem­ bers of the team are as follows: Mr. A. C. MacLaren, Mr. G. L . Jessop, Mr. A. O. Jones, Mr. H. G. Garnett, Mr. C. Robson, Mr. McGahey, W. G. Quaife, Hayward, Tyldesley, Braund, J. Gunn, Lilley and Blythe. One of the most noticeable points about this team is that it includes no fewer than four leg-break bowlers. It does not include a very fast bowler at all, which is an innovation. C ricketers who are thinking of taking a rest after the season’s work could hardly do better than try one of the tours in the Highlands of Scotland which have been arranged by the General Steam Navigation Company. Inclusive terms are given, and these will be found cheaper than an ordinary traveller could obtain for himself. Full particulars are supplied at the company’s offices, 55, Great Tower Street, E.C. I n recent matches Mr. S. Castle, the well-known London club cricketer, has scored four consecutive innings of a hundred. His scores were as follows :— Charlton Park v. St. Lawrence, at Canterbury... 126 Charlton Park y. Woolwich Garrison at Wool­ wich ........................ *" ........................ 108* Surbiton v. East Molesey, at Surbiton.................107 Charlton Park v. Hampstead, at Charlton..........105* * Signifies not out. I n the list of the fifteen first-class counties in final order, Hampshire and Kent come equal seventh, and are there­ fore practically in the middle. Their records are entirely appropriate to their position, viz., Hampshire, six matches won, six lost, six drawn, no points. Kent, seven matches won, seven lost, seven drawn, no points. All counties above them have a plus percentage, all below them a minus percentage. As Mr. Fry is unable to play for England against Yorkshire at Hastings to-day (Thursday), his place will be taken by Abel. T he Brooklyn C.C. (New York) made 252 for two wickets on August 17th against the Montclair C.C. This is an unusually large score for New York, and is the more noticeable because two men made a hundred in the incompleted innings, viz.:—Mr. B. Standfast 116 not out, and Mr. A. Bevan 110 not out. Montclair only made 41. A NEW and unnecessary word has just been coined by a cricket reporter, says he Globe , who stated that a certain bowler effected a certain batsman’s “ retiral ” to the pavilion. We shall pre­ sumably soon be reading that Jones fell to one of Smith’s “ deliverments ” or that Surrey’s “ collapsal” was really startling. A ccording to the Australasian many alterations were to be proposed in the rules of the Melbourne C.C. at the annual meeting, while marked importance at­ taches to the proposal to increase the members’ roll to 3,000. Considerable discussion is bound to arise, but the general feeling seems to be that a special effort should be made to admit the many estimable citizens who are on the list of applicants for membership. S peaking on Monday at the opening of a bazaar at Morecambe, the Bishop of Bipon said that “ his duties were in Yorkshire, but his birthplace was in Lancashire, and he was pleased to be where the peoples of those active, ener­ getic, and great cricketing counties fore­ gathered for health and pleasure.” T he team which has been got together by Mr. C. I. Thornton to represent the Best of England against Yorkshire in the “ Yardley Benefit Fund ” match at Lord’s on September 12,13, and 14 is as follows:— W. G. Grace, G. L. Jessop, C. B. Fry, K. S. Itanjiteinhji, A. O. Jones, G. W. Beldam, R. B. Phillips (London County), who will keep wicket, C. J. Burnup; Trott, Gunn (J.), and another. A storv is told in the American Cricketer, of Harry Tyers, of Notts, who is now the professional of the Knicker­ bocker C.C., New York. A few years ago a small boy of his was leading an old horse in the roller when the animal suddenly dropped from exhaustion. Harry came up and inquired of the boy how it happened. The latter could offer no explanation, whereupon Harry ex­ claimed to the frightened youth, “ You must have leaned up against him.” M r . J. W. M c K echnie writes:— “ Apropos of the paragraph in last week’s ‘ brief chronicle ’ of the game with reference to the performances of the Surrey 2nd string and its winning form from June 28th last onwards, it is curious to note in contrast that the 1st X I. have not tasted the sweets of victory since Worcestershire succumbed to them on July 20th. It must be many a long day since such a period of non-success dogged the steps of a team which once had a reputation for ‘ win’ or ‘ lose,’ and usually the former. Oh that from the dust of her bowlers’ feet another Lohmann might arise to ‘ scatter her enemies! ’ ” I n 1897 Abel was the only man who scored over two thousand runs in first- class cricket, but Banjitsinhji was only 60 runs short. In 1898 Abel again stood alone, Ranjitsinhji being absent in India. In the very dry season of 1899, Ranjit­ sinhji made 3,159, which was easily a record, while Abel, Hayward, Mr. Townsend and Mr, Fry were all well over two thousand. Last year Ranjitsinbji again made over three thousand, and Abel, Hayward and Mr. Fry over two thousand, while Jessop replaced Mr. Townsend. This year, with four more matches to be played, Abel and Mr. Fry have made over three thousand, and Ranjitsinhji, Tyldesley, Hayward, Mr. R. E. Foster, Mr. A. O. Jones and Mr. C. J. B. Wood over two thousand. It is possible that this year’s list may be increased as Mr. Jessop has 1,934 to his credit. F R I A W A T H A A N D B O B J E A B E L . [O n F rid a y A b el and M r. F r y both brought th eir totals for the season to over three thousand, a feat w hich had p reviously been accomplished b y B a n jitsin h ji alone, although W . G . in 1871 had scored 2,739. O n F rid ay m orning M r. F r y ’s total was 2,902, and A b el’ s 2,943.] T h en the noble Friaw ath a, Stalkin g from his ten t at B righ ton , Turned his eyes to B objeabel, C unning B o b je, little G u v ’n or; Saw him clim b tow ards the mountains, W h ere the w ily B a n jitsin h ji H eld enchained the slim T h ree Thousand, W h o had never owned a m aster T ill the crafty In dian caugh t h im ; T h ough , in prehistoric ages, Once had G race, the great M agician, H eld him b y his tail, but lost him . So in w rath said F riaw ath a, “ I w ill follow Bobjeabel, Cunning batsm an, little F ath er ; T h ou gh he has a lead of fo rty I w ill tear the slim T hree Thousand F rom the hands of B an jitsin h ji. So he entered on his jo u rn ey, L e ft the records far behind him , L e ft the record made for Sussex ; Passed his previous county record, Passed his four successive hundreds, Came unto the h igh er m ountains, W h ere the w ily B a n jitsin h ji H eld enchained the slim T hree Thou­ sand. T h en th e noble F riaw ath a Grasped w ith jo y the slim T hree T h o u ­ sand ; B u t the cu nn in g B objeabel Poked his nose above the m ountains, - Came and held the slim T h ree Thousand, Sayin g, “ T h o u gh you w ere before m e, H e is m ine h y rig h t of conquest.” F illed w ith jo y w as B an jitsin h ji, W h en he looked on Friaw ath a, Saw the G u v ’nor rise before him . “ W e lc o m e !” said he, “ F riaw ath a, W elcom e! little B objeabel, T o a share of m y T hree Thousand. B u t you cannot take him from m e, F o r I h ave a hold upon him W h ich can never be unloosened.” W .A .B . T HE Manager of Cricket wishes to obtain copies of “ Wisden’s Almanack ” for 1864,66,73,74,75,77; “ John Lillywhite’s Companion,” 1865, 66, 67, 68, 70; “ James Lillywhite’s Annual,” 1874. 77, ; Vol. 4 of “ Scores and Biographies.” — 168, Upper Thames Street, London, E.C.