Cricket 1901

440 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. O c t . 31, 1901. W ANTED “ 'Wisden’s Almanack,” 1864-68 inclu­ sive, 74 to 78 inclusive; Yols. III. and*IV. of “ Scores and Biographies.” —Manager of Cricket , 168, Upper Thames btreet, 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 lw o o d , 16, Ennerdale Road, Rich- mond-on-Thames. C r i c k e t : A WEEKLY RECORD OF TEE GAME. 168, UPPER THAMES STREET, L0SD0I, E.C. THURSDAY, OCT. 31 st , 1901. IM P O R T A N T N O T IC E ! S ix num bers are issued during the W in ter, from October to M arch inclusive, as follow 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. 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 s u lt s of the S e a s o n and A v e r a g e s of the P r i n c i p a l C lu b s can be inserted in Cricket at th e 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 th e d ay of publication at th e Offices of Cricket , 168, U pp er Tham es Street, E .C . $a\uiton <§osstp. The abstract and brief chronicle of the time.— Hamlet. One cannot help regretting that the worst features of partisanship seem to have asserted themselves in native cricket in India, as the following extract from the Times o f India will show :— A cricket m atch w as b ein g p layed on the H in d u G ym khana ground on Septem ber 29th betw een the team s of th e H in du G ym kh an a and the Parsee B aron et Club. E v e ryth in g w en t sm oothly in the m orning, b u t in the afternoon there appears to have been some dissatisfaction at the decisions giv en b y the H in d u um pire, as a resu lt of w h ich a large num ber o f Parsee spectators, m ostly school­ boys, m ade a rush at th e um pire, w ho w ould undoubtedly have been severely handled had it n ot been fo r D r. P a v ri (the captain of the Parsee team ), M r. P u n d em ath T e lan g (the captain o f the H in d u team ), M r. Setlur b arrister-at-law ), and others, w ho interfered and saved him from rou gh treatm ent. One of the boys threw a cocoanut at the head of M r. Setlur, who also received a blow from a yo u n g Parsee, given b y means of a stump. The football authorities in England have an effectual way of dealing with such cases which merit the most severe treat­ ment. I t is a pity indeed that the best match of the cricket season came to a premature conclusion under such unfortunate cir­ cumstances. The following comments on the game are from the pen of a valued correspondent in Bombay :— T h e H indus scored 119 runs in the first innings, of w hich Baloo m ade 36, and Talpade 16. P a v ri for the Baronet C .C . bow led in his old style, and took six w ickets for 48 runs. T h e Baronet C .C . scored 104 for eigh t w ickets, and then the gam e w as in a v e ry excitin g state. T h e H indu um pire gave a decision of “ run out ” before he w as appealed to, w hich excited the crow d of spectators— chiefly schoolboys— w ho rushed into the field, and forced the um pire to leave th e field. T h is um pire had p reviously given four w rong decisions, all in favo u r of th e H indus, and m atters came to a clim ax w ith his last decision before an appeal was m ade, although in the last case there was no doubt the bats­ m an w as out. Bapasola, for th e Baronet C .C . scored 34 runs in excellent style, and R a ja, ju n ior, 12 not out b y v e ry careful cricket. Purshotm an, fo r the H indus was v e ry effective w ith the ball, ta k in g five w ickets for 42 runB, and Baloo got three for 38. O n e of the best performances in Indian cricket was recorded in the middle of last month. The credit of it belonged to the Hindoo player, B. Jayaram, and O. T. Studd, of Eton, Cambridge, and England cricket. The occasion was a match between Bangalore Wanderers and Belgaum, and their respective scores were, Jayaram, 214 not out, and Studd, 109. C. T. seems to have been having plenty of cricket in India just lately. A portrait and biography of Jayaram appeared in Cricket of March 31, 1898. I t is requested that all communications relating to the Incogniti O.C. B h a ll be sent to the new Hon. Sec., J. E. Raven, 4, Plowden Buildings, Temple, E.O. Secretaries arranging matches are par­ ticularly desired to take note of this. T h e South Herts Golf Club has just placed in its panels a fine work of art, executed by one of its members, Mr. G. Hillyard Swinstead, R.B.A., the well- known artist and Middlesex cricketer. The work, which is in relief, portrays golf under sixteenth century conditions, representing that intense moment when the match is all square and one to play. That Mr. Swinstead is still full of cricket is shown by the fact that he made over teven hundred runs and took seventy wickets last summer. A reproduction of his golf relief, I believe, appeared in a recent number of Golf Illustrated. T h e annual meeting of County Secre­ taries, for the arrangement of the first- class fixtures for 1902, will be held, as usual, on the second day of the Cattle Show week, which is to say, Tuesday, December 10th. The following dates, already agreed upon, will be of assist­ ance to some secretaries, perhaps, in the completion of their programmes :— July 8.—Lord’s, Oxford v. Cambridge. „ 7.—Lord’s, Gentlemen v. Players. „ 10.—Oval, Gentlemen v. Players. „ 11.—Lord’s, Etonv. Harrow. ,, 28.—Lord's, Rugby v. Marlborough. „ 30.—Lord’s, Cheltenham v. Haileybury. A noth er addition has recently been made to the list of old cricketers who have settled down to school work on their own account in Surrey. The latest recruit to the ranks is Mr. C. J. M. Godfrey, the whilom fast bowler of Sussex. In conjunction with Mr. P. W, S. Brabham, of Trinity College, Dublin he has taken Burstow School, in Horley, with the object of preparing boys for the Public schools and the Royal Navy. Horley is only twenty-five miles from London, and is in one of the healthiest districts in the South of England. Bur­ stow School, which stands in its own grounds of twelve acres, contains three large playing fields, one of which has been specially laid for cricket. C. J. M.’s successes at Audley House, Lee, should be the best testimonial for his new venture. As a good deal has been written and said with regard to the promise of W. Armstrong, who is regarded as one of the most likely of the coming cricketers of Australia, it is worthy of remark that his name figures prominently more than once in the annual report of the Melbourne C.O. just to hand. Hemade two hundreds last season, 155 not out against Deniliquin District and 109 against St. Hilda. His 155 was not the highest score of the year, for the M.C.C., as Hugh Trumble and W. Bruce both outdid it. His bowling record for M.C.C. was also among the beBt, showing 17 wickets for an average of 17-64. M r . B o s a n q t je t ’s team reached home safely on the 23rd inst., after an absence of some seven weeks. Their cricket, it must be admitted, was dis­ appointing, a result due mainly to the fact that two or three of the batsmen of whom most was expected, did little or nothing.^The one really good performance with the bat was in the first match against Philadelphia, and their score of 190, as the wicket was, certainly was worthy of all praise. The team, with the one exception of F. Mitchell, who came home by an earlier steamer, to enable him to embark in time for return to active service in South Africa, arrived at South­ ampton in the American liner, “ St. Louis,” on Wednesday night of last week. They all speak in high apprecia­ tion of the hearty welcome they received everywhere. T h e following is a list of the principal matches arranged for the Australian season just begun:— November 9, England v. SouthAustralia, Adelaide. November 16, England v. "Victoria, Melbourne. November 23, England v. New South Wales, Sydney. November 23, Victoria v. South Australia, Mel­ bourne. November 30, New South Wales v. South Australia, Sydney. November 30, England v. Queensland, Brisbane. December 14, England v. Australia, Sydney. December 26, New South Wales v. Victoria, Mel­ bourne. January 1, England v. Australia, Melbourne. January 10, New South Wales v. South Australia, Adelaide. January 16, England v. Australia, Adelaide. January 25, New South Wales v. Victoria, Sydney. February 35, England v. Australia, Sydney. letruary 22, England v. Australia, Melbourne. March, England v. Victoria, Melbourne. The date for match at Adelaide, England v. South Australia, has to be fixed. A . H , M e h t a , the Parsee cricketer, is, it is said, and presumably on good authority, coming to settle in England