Cricket 1901

474 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. D e c . 19, 1901. at the Cape, from the mere fact of the great rivalry between the two clubs making both particularly keen to win. The three days’ match, begun on Nov. 23rd, included quite a number of cricketers well known in England. Among them were L. J. Tancred, A. V. C. Bisset, G. Rowe, A. Beid, and J. J. Kotze, of the South African Team this year; Frank Hearne, the old Kent cricketer; J. Middleton, who was over here with an earlier South Africin Team; and F. E. Smith, the slow, left-handed bowler who played for Surrey several sea­ sons, and was last summer en aged with the London County C.C. The veteran, F. Hearne, who made 55 for Cape Town, was the highest scorer of the first day. Thefollowing tables, giving the wicket­ keepers’ records for 1901, have been com­ piled by W. Salmond :— Total No. of of Dis- Matches. Caught. Stumped, missals. Stedman Hunter ..i ... Smith .......... Lilley .......... Butt .......... Straw .......... Huish .......... "Whiteside ... Board .......... Carlin .......... A. E. Newton C. Robson ... Storer 71 43 56 56 52 48 47 22 42 33 26 27 28 16 31 13 13 14 6 13 15 10 5 87 74 69 €8 66 57 53 50 48 46 41 37 Russell (T. M.) 17 ...... 22 ...... 8 G. MacGregor 12 ...... 15 A l t h o u g h the balance-sheet of the Lancashire County C.C. shows a surplus of nearly nine hundred pounds, it at­ tracted a great deal of adverse comment at the annual general meeting last Friday. An important resolution, which was moved by Mr. Stanning, was carried unanimously: “ That, in view of the heavy indebtedness of the club, due to the pur­ chase of the ground, every member of the club, excepting life members, shall from January next pay an annual sub­ scription of 26s., which shall entitle him 1o every privilege of the club, including practice on the ground, and playing in club matches, and that Buie 12 be accord­ ingly cancelled.” T h e International Board for the regu­ lation of the test matches with the Australians next summer has at last been settled. Settled is the wrong word, because even now only one half of it is actually known. It would be more cor­ rect to say the constitution of it has been settled. At last Monday’s meeting of the Marylebone Committee it was decided that the Board should be formed on the lines of 1899, consisting of the president and five members of the Committee of M.C.C., with a representative of six first- class counties to be selected by M.C.C., and the president of M.C.C. to have a casting vote. ------ Y o rk s h ire , Middlesex, Lancashire, Sussex, Warwickshire, and Surrey, as the first Bix counties of this year are each to nominate a representative to serve on the Board, which will be completed by the following nominees of M .C .C .:— Earl Howe (president), the Earl of Lich­ field, W. H. Patterson, Hon. A. Lyttel­ ton, V. E. Walker, and A. G. Steel. O t h e r matters of importance to the game seem to have been dealt with at the same meeting and according to the reports, which one may presume to be official, the committee gave their approval to more than one suggestion purporting to emanate from the captains of the first-class counties. One of these was that the bowling crease should be extended each way ; another, that it is un­ desirable to “ prepare wickets artificially other than by the use of water and rolling.” These, if the newspapers are to be relied on, with a recommendation on the subject of illegal bowling, are to be embodied in a circular to be addressed to the first-class counties. It will be safer, perhaps, in view of what transpired last year, to defer any comments on these points until the circular itself comes before the first-class counties and one can take it as official. A t the request cf Lord Cadogan, the Lord Lieutenant, Mr. F. E. Lacey, the Secretary of M.C.C., has arranged the following matches for an eleven repre­ senting All Ireland, next summer :— MAY. 19. At Crystal Falace, v. London County C.C. 2‘ . At Lord’s, v. M.C.C. and Ground. 26. At Oxford, v. Oxford University. 29. At Cambridge, v. Cambridge University. Sir T. C. O’Brien will be the captain, and the committee of the M.C.C. have decided that Ihe matches shall rank as Barbados, and the other against the first-class. ------ M r. H. D. G. L e v e so n -G ow e r has completed his team, which is to tail for the West Indies in the New Year. It will consist of A. G. Archer, R. A. Bennett, A. D. Whatman, F. L. Fane, E. M. Dowson, B. N. Bla er, E. B. Wilson, F. H. Hollins. E. W. Dillon, B. J. T. Bosanquet, P. H. K. Dashwood, and E. C. Lee. ------ T h e team is to leave England in the B.M.S. “ Atrato” on January 8th for Barbados. Two matches are to be played there, one against Barbados, and the other against the West Indies, and then Jamaica is to be visited. There a match against the Island, as well as in all likelihood one against the West Indies, will be played. After a match at Grenada. Trinidad will be reached on or about March 7th. Two matches in Trinidad, one against Trinidad, the other against West Indies, are on the programme, which will be completed by two matches in Demerara, one against Demerara, the second against the West Indies. This will bring the tour to the end of March, and on April 6th the team will leave for Plymouth, where they should be due a fortnight lal er. T h e finest of George Lohmann’s many brilliant performances for Surrey, and I saw them all—at the Oval at least, writes a correspondent, was in the Yorkshire match at the Oval in 1892. He had been suffering from sciatica and was only able to bowl six overs in Yorkshire’s first innings. At the finish, with a wicket all in favour of run-getting, Yorkshire had 268 to get to win, and with some 130 up for two wickets, and Mr. A. Sellers and Wardall thoroughly well set, a defeat for Surrey seemed cer­ tain. “ Do you think you can bowl again ? ” said Mr. John Shuter to Loh­ mann, who had previously got rid of Ulyett though in great pain. " I will try,” was the reply; and he did to some tune. At all events he took six of the last eight wickets, five of them clean bowled, at a cost of only 26 runs. And Surrey won after all with comparative ease by 72 runs. As a tryer, to my mind, he was without a rival. A n o th e r record for the River Plate was broken on the seventeenth of last month. The credit of this achievement belonged to the Lomas Club, whose 400 for five wickets against Hurlingham is the highest total as yet recorded in a championship match out here, A. An­ derson (112) and B. W. Rudd (67) put on 156 for the first wicket. E v e r y o n e will be pleased to learn that the strain of his responsible position in the South African campaign has not in any way affected Major Poore’s run- getting powers. Like a loyal officer of his Majesty, he celebrated the King’s birthday fittingly by making the highest score of the day (66) for Pretoria against Johannesburg. Dr. G. Thornton, the Middlesex cricketer, was playing for Pretoria on the same occasion. CRICKET a t t h e RIVER PLATE. BUENOS AIRES v. LOMAS A.C. The match between these clubs, played at Palermo on November 11th and 12th, produced a new record for the River Plate. This took the shape of an innings of 221 not out b y H. A. Cowes, for Lomas A C., the highest individual score as yet recorded in the River Plate. Buenos Aires managed to make a draw of it, just saving the match b y time. B.A.C.C. B. B. Syer,lit.wkt.,b Bridger 63 o sub b Bridger... 48 R. E. Hunt, b H. Anderson 71 not out.................18 R. E, H. Anderson, c T. Flint b Macdonald ... ..20 b Bridger .......... 8 D. J. Stokes, c Cowes b Campbell ........................10 b Bridger .......... 6 J. Gifford, run out ..........18 st Halstead b Bridger ..........46 J. O. Anderson, not out ... 21 run out ..........17 R. W . Anderson, c Camp­ bell b Macdonald .......... 0 b Bridger ........... 8 J. J. Dowson, c Campbell b Cowes............................... 0 not out.................. 6 T. V. M. Knox, b Macdonald 0 b Bridger ........... 0 A.StokerjCCampbellbCowes 3 c A. Anderson b b Bridger........ 0 A Virasoro y Calvo b Cowea 0 b Macdonald ... 0 Extras........................23 Extras............10 Total... ..........229 Total (for 9wkts) 166 LOMAS. A. Anderson, c Knox b R. W. Anderson ... 35 J. B. Campbell, b Knox 0 H. A. Cowes, not out...221 R. L. Halstead,cGifford b Knox ... .......... 17 A. Macdonald, b Hunt. 23 E. H. Jacobs, c Hunt b Syer ........................23 P. L. G. Bridger, b B.E. Anderson .................U H. B. Anderson, b R. W . Anderson ... 16 F. J. Coombs, c Syer b R. W . Anderson 2 E. Gitson, c Dowson b R. W . Anderson 0 376