Cricket 1901

408 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. Sept. 12, 1901. GENERAL STEAM NAVIGN, 00. L O N D O N A E D IN B U R G H . 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 *Seamew ,* one o f the finest and fastest steamers on the Coast , is now on the route. TOURS IN THE HIGHLANDS. Including 1st 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 suitableto the ordinary tourist. 6-day Tour ... £3 14 6 113-day Tour ... £6 12 6 9-day Tour ... £5 0 0 16-day Tour ... £7 19 6 12-day Tour ... £6 5 6 |17-day Tour ... £8 5 0 6s. less if the Lord o f the Isles coupon is not required. Note.—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, 2d. City & SouthLondonRailway. To the Oval from Moorgate Street, Bank, and London Bridge Stations. Travel by the Electric Railway— Trains every 3 or 4 minutes. THOMA8 C. JENKIN, G e n e r a l M a n a g e r . BELLE STEAMERS. DA ILY SEA TRIPS, From FRESH WHARF, LONDON BRIDGE Bm l5 D a ily to Southend, W alto n and C lac­ ton and back same day, and d aily (Fridays excepted) to F elixstow e, H arw ich, and Ipsw ich, changing at W alto n . 9 m 3 5 D aily to M argate and R am sgate and back same day. lOmOm D a ily (Fridays excepted) to W alton, Southw old and Y arm ou th direct. 2 mQm — H usband’s B oat to M argate and back every Saturday. 3 mOm — Trips round the N ore every Saturday, Sun day, M onday and T h ursday, 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 GROUNDS and TENNI8 COURTS made, and old ones improved; specifications made out for clubs by M. Lowe, Landscape Gardener, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs. C RICKET Report Sheets, lOd. per dozen, post free. Order of Going-in Cards, 7d. per dozen, post free. Cricket Score Boone, 6d. and Is. each; postage, 2d. extra.—To be obtained at the Offices of Cricket , 168, Upper Thames Street London, E.C. 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 z e l w o o d , 16, Ennerdale Road, Rich- mond-on-Thames. L AWS OF CRICKET, with List of Fixtures and Memo, pages. One Penny each, post free ljd. Cricket Offices, 168, Upper Thames Street, E.C. P ORTRAIT MEDALLIONS OF POPULAR CRICKETERS.—W. G. Grace, K. S. Ranjit­ sinhji, C. B. Fry, C. J. Kortright, A. C. MacLaren, A. E. Stoddart, J. R. Mason, G. L. Jessop, Abel, Richardson, Hayward, Lockwood, Hearne (Alec).— Price 2d. each, post free, 3d, or the set of 13, post free, 2s. 2d.— M e r r it t a n d H a t c h e r , L t d ., 168, Upper Thames Street, London. C r i c k e t : i WEEKLY RECORD OF TEE GAME. 168, UPPER THIMES STREET, L0 ID 0 I, E.C. THURSDAY, SEPT. 12 th , 1901. IM P O R T A N T N O T IC E ! W ith the n ext issue o f Cricket w e w ill com plete th e w eekly series for this season. S ix num bers w ill be issued d urin g 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. 688.— 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. 592.— T H U R S D A Y , M A R C H 27. Subscription for the above series, 1/3 post free. R e su lts of the Season and A v era g es of the P rin cip a l C lubs can be inserted in Cricket at the rate of 3s. 6d. a column, w ith a m inimum 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 d ay of publication at the Offices of Cricket, 168, U pper Tham es Street, E .C . SatotUonO^ojsatp. The abstract and brief chronicle of the time.— Hamlet. O n Saturday, August 31st, Abel brought his total of runs for the season to 3,148, which was eleven runs less than the famous record made by Ranjitsinhji in 1899. On the following Monday and Wednesday Abel only scored 2 and 0 against Leicestershire, so that he still required eleven runs to equal Ranjit- sinhji’s record. At Hastings last Thursday he scored five, and thus was still four runs behind. But in the second innings of the England Eleven on Saturday, he at last beat the previous record easily by scoring 69, not out, so that he ended the week with a total of 3,224. He had then played in 64 innings, Ranjitsinhji in 1899 having played in 58. Mb. J essop , who had scored 1,934 runs up to Wednesday evening last week, brought his total for the season to over two thousand on the following morning, so that his name is now to be added to those of Fry, Abel, Ranjitsinhji, Tyldes­ ley, Hayward, R. E. Foster, A. O. Jones, and C. J. B. Wood. There is very little chance that this list will be increased. T he complete list of scores of more than one innings of a hundred this season is as follows :— T w elv e.— C . B . F ry . N in e.— T yld esley. E ig h t__K . S. R an jitsin h ji. Seven.— A b el and P . M itchell. S ix .— Carpenter, R . E . Poster, and W . G . Q uaife. F iv e .— C . J . Burnup, Capt. J . G . G reig, C. M cG ah ey, L . C . H . P alairet, and P . P errin. F o u r.— Braund, V . F . S . Crawford, Ire ­ m onger, G . L . Jessop, K in g , K in n eir, W ra th all and H irst. T h ree.— G . Brann, B row n , H . G . G arnett, H ayes, A . O . Jones, D r. R . M cD onald, J . R . M ason, W ard , P. F . W arn er, and C . J . B . W ood. T w o .— G . W . Beldam , B . J . T . Bosanquet, B o w ley, D evey, E . W . D illon , J. D ouglas, F . L . Pane, T . S Fish w ick, K . O . G oldie, W . G unn, M . H ath om , H . B . H aym an, H ayw ard , A . H earne, H olland, D . L . A . Jephson, K illick , L ew is, L ille y , L lew ellyn , W . W . Low e, A . C . M aclaren, F . M archant, R . E . More, Robson, E . M . Sprot, T. L . T a ylo r, A. J . T u rn er, W a in w rig h t, L . W alker, and L . G . W rig h t. A ccording to the Daily Telegraph the Kaiser has suggested a novel way of settling disputes : “ The Kaiser,” says our contemporary, “ went into every detail connected with the Dover Harbour scheme, and had everything carefully ex­ plained to him. Speaking of the expense, he said : ‘ You have got lots of rich people in Dover. They ought to help you. You can surely get round them.’ ‘ We have, of course, great difficulties to contend with, Sir,’ said one of his Majesty’s guests. ‘ There are the railway com­ panies, whose interests, they think, are affected.’ ‘ Why don’t you fight them ? ’ responded the Kaiser, in fun. *You must fight them somehow ! Fight them at cricket, or any way you like, as long as you fight them! Go at them ! ’ ” O n Friday last, Apted, the well-known head groundman at the Oval, had an opportunity of sampling his own wickets. He was playing for the Surrey Ground Staff against the South Western Railway Staff, and after the Railway had scored 94, he went in first for the Ground Staff. It would have been a shocking thing if he had been obliged to retire to the pavilion with a duck’s egg, explaining that the ball shot, or kicked, or what not, but he was spared this misfortune, for he carried his bat through the innings for 48. But his cup of joy was not full to overflowing, for despite all his efforts he could not secure the victory of his side, who could only make 89. For five mortal overs Apted was yearning to get the ball, partly that he might make the six runs required to win the match, and partly that he might bring his own score to fifty, but the fates were against him, and he could not get the over. T hehe was a fine race against time at the Crystal Palace last week when London County were playing Forest Hill (12 a-side). The latter had scored 219, leaving two hours’ batting to the home team, for whom Mr. W. L. Murdoch and Mr. W. G. Grace, jun., set about the task of making the runs with such vigour that seven minutes before time they had accomplished their object without being separated. Mr. Murdoch scored 115 and Mr. Grace, jun., 101, the total being 226 for no wicket. I n a match between Marlow and a scratch team at Danesfield Park last week, the scratch team had scored 60 for the loss of two wickets. Mr. C. Langley then dismissed five men in an over, the last eight wickets falling for an additional three runs. Marlow scored 149 for two wickets.