Cricket 1901

458 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. Nov. 28 , 1901. Iredale (118), all got hundreds. This is the first instance of five batsmen all getting into three figures in a big match. T h e following proposals to be put before the Annual General Meeting of County Secretaries onDecember 10th. The object, of course, to secure uniform time in County matches for commencing and drawing stumps. “ 1st day, commence at 12 o’clock ; 2nd and 3rd days, com­ mence at 11.30 a.m., stumps to be drawn at 6.30 p.m. (unless arrangements are made before tossing to draw earlier on the 3rd day, but in such case play to commence at 11 a.m. or 11.15, as the case may be to make up for the earlier draw).” T h e following is a list of the principal Public School cricketers of the year, who will be at one or other of the two great English Universities next season. J. B. Raphael, the Oaptain of the Merchant Taylors’ eleven, and as everybody knows or ought to know is up at Oxford, and doing brilliant things as one of the three- quarters in the University Rugby fifteen. OXFORD. J. Lang, Fettes. P. S. Mellor, Charterhouse. R. Lee, Haileybury. S. M. Toyne, Haileybury. P. V. Boughey. Haileybury. R. S. Bridge, Cheltenham. L. D. Brownlee, Clifton. J. D. Craig, Shrewsbury. H. A. Randell, Bradfield. V. H. Cartwright, Rugby. J. M. Cruickshank, Rugby. J. L. Stocks, Rugby. R. 8. Graham, Radley. J. D. Graham, Tonbridge. G. Marshall, Winchester. R. C. W . Burn, Winchester. W. H. B. Evans, Malvern. C. H. Alston, Malvern. R. Rogers, Malvern. J. E. Balfour-Melville, Malvern. CAMBRIDGE. P. G. Broad, Uppingham. C. J. E. Peshall, Haileybury. H. C. McDouell, Winchester. K. R. B. Fry, Cheltenham, J. 8. Robertson, Cheltenham. L. W . Shoof, Cheltenham. J. B. Waters, Loretto. 8. Horsley, Loretto. C. Stagg, Clifton. E. C. K. Esdaile, Lancing. R. Lascelles, Wellington. G. E. Badcock, Wellington. V . A . Walker, Wellington. 8. Y. P. Weston, Wellington. E. W. Mann, Harrow. A. Buxton, Harrow. R. E. Lambert, Harrow. L. C. G. Nash, Harrow. E. J. Mann, Marlborough. I n view of the annual meeting of County Secretaries to be held at Lords, on Tues­ day, December 10th, it may be of use to repeat the dates fixed for the principal matches of next year in London. July 3.—Lord’s, Oxford v. Cambridge. July 7.—Lord’s, Gentlemen v. Players. July 10.—Oval, Gentlemen v. Players. July 11.—Lord’s, Eton v. Harrow. As far as I can hear the exact date for the commencement of the Scarborough Festival has not yet been fixed, though August 28th, would seem to be the most likely arrangement. The three fixtures will b e :— M.C.C. and Ground v. Yorkshire. Gentlemen v. Players. and a match against the Australians. T h e Hon. G. W. Lyttelton, who cap­ tains the Oppidans against the Collegers, at tbe annual football match at the Wall, at Eton, next Saturday, is a son of Yiscount Cobham, and consequently a nephew of the Hon. Edward and Alfred Lyttelton. Like his two uncles last named, he is a good footballer as well as cricketer. He played at Lord’s against Harrow in 1900, as well as last summer. This winter he is keeper of the field for Eton. B. C. C o o le y , a member of the South African team which toured in England and Scotland last summer, has been scoring well since his return to Natal. In the opening match of the season on October 18th, at Durban, he contributed 65 not out to the Colonial Borns’ score against the Home Bom. D. C. Davey, one of the first South African team which visited England, represented the Home Born. F o r a player, who is now in his forty- second year, and taken such a long and active part in important matches, George Giffen’s performance for South Australia, in the opening match, against Mr. Mac- Laren’s team on November 13th, was in every way remarkable. His bowling, indeed, was perhaps, more than anything else, the faster, which contributed to South Australia’s brilliant victory. Thir­ teen wickets for 93 runs was his full record for the match. In Cricket , of February 22, 1900, was given a complete list of Giffen’s doings in first-class cricket up to a certain date. In view of the recent performance of the grand old man of Australian cricket, it will be of interest to reproduce them as showing what he had done, at least, up to the end of 1899. G. GIFFEN’H BATTING. No. Times Most of not Total in an inns, out runs. inns. Aver. Combined Aus. X I.’s ... 6 ... 1 .. 94... 53 . . 18-80 Aus. X I.’s in England..268 .. 16 ..6806...180 . . 23-03 Aus. X I.’s in America 10 .. 0 .. 406... 96 . . 40*60 8. A. v. England..........10 ... 2 .. 655...203 . . 69-37 Test Matches in Aust. 30 ... 0 .. 850...161 . 28 38 Smokers v. Non.-Smokers, Lord’s, 1884 .......... 2 ... 0 ... 21... 15 . . 10*50 S. A. v. Victoria ..........44 ... 2 ...2187...271 . . 62-07 S. A. v. N. 8. W ............34 ... 1 ...1214...205 . . 36-78 Rest of Aus. v. Aus. XI. 6 ... 1 .. 196... 67 . . 39-20 Total ... 410 23 11329 271 29*27 G. GIFFEN’S BOWLING. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Aver. Combined Aus. XTs 368'8.. 74.. 371 .. 28 ..13-25 Aus. X I.’s in Eng. 4813-3. .1641 . 9889 ..£32 -.18-68 Aus. X l.’sin Amer. 144 ... 29 ... 408 ... 14 ..29 14 S.A. v. England...... 4061. .101 ...1039 .. 38 ..27 34 Test Matches in Aus. 768'1. 247 ..1783 .. 70 ..2547 Smokers v. Non- Smokers, Lord’s, *84 7 .. 2 ... 18 .. — .. — S.A. v. Victoria .. 1688-1..427 ..39S8 ..206 ..1935 S.A. V. N.S.W. .. 1059-3. .260 ..2714 ..102 ..26-60 R. of Aus.v.Aus. X I. 87-2.. 10 .. 303 .. 10 ..30-30 Total .. 9091-2 2791 20513 1000 20 61 A M e e t in g of the 2nd Division County Captains will be held in the Pavilion at Lord’s on Monday, December 9th, at 3.30 p.m., to select the umpires for 1902, and to consider the proposals coming forward for settlement at the annual general meeting of the Associa­ tion the following day. The proposals will be found in another place. The meeting of 2nd Division County Secre­ taries to arrange fixtures for next year will be held at Lord’s on Tuesday, December 10th, at 11.30 a.m. W h e n the umpire ceases to trouble the cricket millennium will be very near at hand, that is certain. It was not unlikely that he would come to the fore in the present visit of English cricketers to Australia, and he has. It was recently announced that Mr. MacLaren had written to the Cricket Associations of New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia, insisting on the right to appoint one umpire for each match. Victoria and South Aus­ tralia offered no objection to Mr. MacLaren’s ultimatum. This decision they subsequently reconsidered. Mr. MacLaren gave the State Associations an assurance that the county captains in his team will support the claim of the next Australian eleven to appoint their own umpire for the tour. VICTORIA and South Australia are not, it appears, to play a return match after all this season. The only convenient date, so it would seem, is in the week after the Englishmen sail for home, which is in the latter part of March. By that time the interest in cricket in Adelaide has practically subsided, and under the cir­ cumstances the South Australians deem it advisable to give up all idea of the return, which would have been played in Adelaide. T h e following list will show what first- class cricket matches are to be played during the current Australian season :— November 9, England v. South Australia, at Ade­ laide. South Australia won by 233 runs. November 16, England v. Victoria, at Melbourne. England won by 118 runs. November 22, England v. New South Wales, at Sydney. November 22, South Australia v. Victoria, at Mel­ bourne. November 29, South Australia, v. New South Wales, at Sydney. December 13, England v. Australia, at Sydney. December 26, New South Wales v. Victoria, at Mel­ bourne. January 1, England v. Australia, at Melbourne. January 10, South Australia v. New South Wales, at Adelaide. January 16, England v. Australia, at Adelaide. January 25, Victoria v. New South Wales, at Sydney. January 31, England v. New South Wales, at Sydney. February 14, England v. Australia, at Sydney. February 22, EDgland v. Victoria, at Melbourne. March 1. England v. Australia, at Melbourne. March 14, England v. South Australia, at Adelaide. T h e programme for the Australian team, who are to come to England next summer, may be said to be now practi­ cally complete. As was stated in the last number of Cricket, the list will be found very much on the lines of the last tour. Applications for several new fixtures have been received among others from the Eastern Counties, from more than one cricket centre in Lancashire, and from Scotland. The only difficulty is to find available dates, and this will probably be found insuperable in view of the five test matches and the heavy card of county and other first-class fixtures which have to be carried out.