Cricket 1901

472 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME. D e c . 19, 1901. C RICKET GROUND (Private), ■with excellent pavilion, situated in Bouth London, and within easy distance of the City, to be Let on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, or Fridays during the coming season.—For full particulars, apply to H. M. V y a l l , 28, High Street, Bromley, Kent. 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. W ANTED “ Wisden’s Almanack,” l»64-68 inclu­ sive, 74 to 78 inclusive: Vols. LEI. and IV. of “ Scores and Biographies.” —Manager of Cricket , 168, Upper Thames Street, E.C. W ANTED, “ Wisden’s Almanack” for years previous to 1880.— R e v . A. H . L. H a s t lin g , B. James’ Rectory, Wednesbury. C r i c k e t : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 168, UPPER THAMES STREET, 10ID0I, E.C. THURSDAY, DEC. 19 th , 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 . 6 8 9 .— T H U R S D A Y , D E C . 19. N o . 590 .— T H U R S D A Y , J A N . 30. N o. 691.— 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 e 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 fo llo w in g num ber, particulars m ust be re­ ceived not later than the Saturday previous to th e day of publication at the Offices of Cricket, 168, U pper Tham es Street, E .C . $a\niton Gossip. The abstract and brief chronicle of the time — Hamlet. T h is is how Mr. MacLaren discoursed on the merits of his team to an inter­ viewer at Perth (Western Australia), the first stoppage of the “ Omrah” in Australia:— “ I t is all rot, ’ ’ he said, ‘ ‘ for certain people in E n glan d to say th a t the team is n ot repre­ sentative. I t includes seven m en w ho played in th e last test m atches in E n glan d . Stoddart could not say th at of h is 1894 and 1897 teams. I n h attin g lies our strength, and I shall he v e ry m uch surprised if our side fails to score. I should like to have brought R a n jitsin h ji, F r y , and R . E . F oster w ith m e, bu t the tw o form er failed me after practically prom ising to jo in , and F oster from the first was a doubtful starter. I n the h ow ling departm ent w e have tw o left-han ders in G unn and B ly th e , w h ile I am lookin g forw ard to B raun d’ s leg-curlers trou blin g yo u r batsm en. B am es, although unknow n to A ustralians, is a really good man. I w anted a fast howler, and rather than b rin g one o f the old cracks lik e R ichardson or B rad ley, who have gone stale, I chose B am es, who is quite fresh to yo u r batsm en, and should do w ell against them . H e is not as fast, how ever, as either of th e other trundlers m entioned. T h e first bow ler I w ould have chosen fo r A u stralian -wickets w as A . E . T ro tt, w ith h is great variety of deliveries, bu t I w ant to beat the A ustralian s w ith E nglishm en if possible, and not w ith E nglishm en assisted b y A ustralians. A great deal has been said a^out H irst and Rhodes, who w ere prevented from jo in in g the team b y the Y o rk county officials. H irst is a better man now than ever he was, w hile his b o w lin g has shown w onderful im prove­ m ent, Rhodes, however, is not the m an for A u stralian w ickets, and, although a good trundler; would probably have been treated w ith scant courtesy b y A u stralian batsm en.” Two good performances in the way of run-getting were recorded in River Plate Cricket in the early part of last month. The better of the two, perhaps, was that of a young player, H. A. Cowes, who took out his bat for 221 not out for Lomas C.C. v. Buenos Aires C.O. on November 9th. According to the River Plate Times this constitutes a new record for the River Plate. The previous best was Mr. J. R. Garrod’s 217 against Flores, which together with Mr. J. O. Anderson’s score of 209, against the now defunct Retiro A.C., are the only three occasions on which over two hun- died have been scored at the River Plate. T h e other notable score was made by E. P. Ayling, who carried out his bat through the imiinga of Belgrano v. Hurl- ingham, making 171 out of a total of 290 for 9 wickets. Helped by C. M. Belton, he produced a new record for the country. The pair put on 166 runs for the last wicket, which is the highest number of runs put on by the last two batsmen in a match at the Plate. In the early history of American cricket the Newhalls played a very conspicuous part. The Young America C.C., the first club in Philadelphia, was founded by Dan, Charlie, George, and Walter New- hall, the last of whom was killed in the Civil War. Three of the brotherhood, Charles, Dan, and Robert, have been over here with the Gentlemen of Philadelphia, and will be well remembered as all­ round cricketers of more than ordinary ability. The score of the match between Eleven Newhalls and the Baltimore C.C. in another part of the paper will show that the family name is likely to be worthily upheld in the future. More thanoneof the younger generation showed promise of inheriting the fraternal skill to no inconsiderable extent. F. T. H a ck , who scored 33 and 114 for South Australia v. Victoria, at Adelaide, in the last week of November, had a brilliant record in Australian cricket in the season of 1899-1900. He had the best batting average in first-class matches. S u r r e y Cricket readers will be inter­ ested to hear news of H. B. Richardson, who did good service for the county during the short time that he was able to devote to first-class cricket over here. This was in 1899when he played thirty-one innings for Surrey, with, in the result, the veryrespectableaverageof 22-53. Unfortu­ nately for Surrey cricket the requirements of his business recalled him to California at the end of that season. That he is still full of runs may be judged from the fact that he scored 103 not out for a team of San Francisco cricketers against Burns Valley, at Lower Lake, California, on September 8th. D u r in g his career in first-class cricket J. J. Lyons, the South Australian “ smiter” who has just retired from the game, scored 7,329 runs at an average of 25-63 per innings. He averaged 27-88 against New South Wales, 43'57 against Victoria, and 27'07 in test matches against England. He visited England three times. He has made six hundreds for South Australia v. Victoria. H e n ry , the aboriginal fast bowler of Brisbane, regarded by many as the fastest bowler in Queensland, perhaps in Austra­ lasia, was married at the end of October. His wife’s father is said to have been a Prince of the Logan tribe. Henry, like Marsh, the aboriginal, who has bowled with success for New South Wales, is also a well-known runner. So many batsmen have of recent years scored two separate hundreds in a match —both in first-class and other cricket— that the performance of Captain A. C. Richards in making 101 not out and 185 for E Company against A Company, of the 2nd Hampshire Regiment, at Barber­ ton (South Africa), on October 30th and 31st, has been somewhat overlooked. Perhaps the most remarkable thing about the feat is that in neither innings did any other batsman make double figures. Very few men, indeed, have scored a hundred in an innings without one of their companions reaching double figures, and we should imagine that to do this twice in the same match is a record. Captain Richards scored 286 out of 311 from the bat—an altogether extraordi­ nary proportion of the runs. As a curiosity we append the scores made by E Company in the above match:— E C om pany . First innings. Second innings. Capt.A.C.Richards, not oat 101 b Ashby ......... 186 Pte. Kenxick, b Ashby ... 2 c Collins, b Pain- Corpl. Inggs, b Farmer . .. 0 ter ■................. b Farmer .......... 5 0 Sergt. Pragnell, b Farmer. ... 0 b Ashby .......... 6 Corpl. Crease, b Ashby .. 0 b Farmer .......... 1 Pte. Brown, b Painter ... 0 b Painter .......... 0 Pte. Gray, b Ashby ... . ... 0 c Ashby,bFarmer 8 Pte. Prior, b Painter ... . 2 b Budden .......... 0 Pte. Miller, b Painter... . ,.. 0 b Painter .......... 0 Sergt. Haines, b Painter . ... 0 not out................. 0 Pte. Sims, c Chandler, b Painter ........................ 1 b Budden .......... 5 Byes, &c.................. ... 8 Byes, &c. ... 16 Total .......... ...114 Total ...221 I f it were not that interviews in Australia with celebrities do not invari­ ably give an idea of what the celebrities actually said, Englishmen would be inclined to wonder at some expressions attributed to Mr. MacLaren on his arrival at Perth, Western Australia. To state that “ It is all rot for certain people in England to say that the team is not representative,” and then almost in the same breath to add that “ I should like