Cricket 1901

50 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME. A p r il 11, 1901. out before I had scored, and in the second I ought to have been, but although the ball, after hitting my leg, crawled on to the wicket, it did not move fast enough to remove the bails. In that match my slow ball was hit for ten—the only ten ever heard of in a county match I believe. 8 . H . W ood hit it to the boundary (the net was then in use) and ran four. As two were added for the boundary this made six. But the fieldsman in throwing in missed the wicket and the ball went to the other boundary. The batsmen ran two, and two were added for the boundary.” It was in a match against the Austra­ lians that Mr. Bumup had the distinction of making his first hundred in first-class cricket. The match was Kent v. Aus­ tralians in 1896, and the score was 101. “ I was missed about a hundred-and-one times, too,” he said. “ I remember that they put them down one after the other. The pace of J ones surprised me immensely at first, for I had never previously played within yards of i t ; when you became used to him you could see the b ill clearly enough, although playing it was quite a different matter. The most exciting match that I ever played in was also against the Australians at Canterbury. This took place in 1899, when we won b y a wicket. I remember it all the more because I took eight wickets in the two innings, and I don’t think I have taken a couple since then. The ball curled a lot in the air, and for some reason or other which I c%nnot explain, I could not bow l a ball which was a bad length. There is a bit o f a hill at Canterbury, and I was bow l­ ing with it on my right, so that the ball went away to the off. They kept playing at them, and then leaving them alone, and lastly had a go at them, generally being caught in the slips. I suppose that I enjoyed this match more than any other in which I have played, for nobody could have expected less than I that I should get any wickets. During the match I was fielding at point when a catch came to me. It was a ‘ balloon,’ and I stood still and looked at it, with the result that both Weigall and Du Boulay went for it. They came into collision, and Weigall’s face was very badly hurt indeed, but despite this he went in at the crisis of the game, with only Blythe to follow him, and won the match for us.” A t Association football Mr. Burnup has made a big reputation. He was one of the best forwards ever turned out by Cambridge, and he also represented the Corinthians, the Casuals, the Crusaders, and Old Malvernians. As the crowning point of his football career he was chosen to play for England against Scotland, the highesthonour which canfall to an Associa­ tion player. With regard to present-day football he said: “ Y ou get much more knocked about in college cup ties than in matches against professionals. As soon as a professional looks at you the referee blows his whistle, but in college cup ties, the referee lets everybody do pretty much as he likes, with the result that although there are no fouls, there is some very hard charging indeed. Pro­ fessionals don’t seem quite to understand the ethics of charging, for when one gets knocked over he seems to think there is something personal in it. I was always much keener on football than cricket, and some of the most enjoyable moments I have ever had have been at Queen’s Club playing for Corinthians v. the League Clubs. Y ou don’ t want so much luck at football as at cricket.” “ Y ou went to South Africa with the Corinthian team some years ago f ” Yes. W e had some very good foot­ ball then, chiefly on grounds of baked clay. The South Africans played up tremendously hard, but had no combina­ tion, we played 23 mitches, of which we won 21 and drew 2. We took part in a cricket match against Johannesburg while we were there, and a fine match it was. W e got nine of them out for 30, all nine wicket falling to Simpson’s lobs lob bow ling, and we should have done even better if his fingers had not got sore towards the end of the South Africa innings, preventing him from putting on his usual break, and their last wicket put on 98. We won b y about 17” “ D id you pay the usual visit to Mr. Kruger ? ” “ O f course. We all shook hands with him at 7 a.m. He wanted to know (through an interpreter, for he could not, or would not, speak English) whether we were ‘ Rhodes’ men. ’ He was very affable, but when we asked him to kick off for us in the football match, he said that he had much more important business. Some of the team came up late, whereupon Kruger said, ‘ What, more kickers ! ” and added that he could not understand the idea of men com ing such a very long way just to kick a football about. We also had tea with Steyn at Bloemfontein. He presided at a dinner which was given to us, and made a speech which was most friendly to England.” “ Have you been on any other tours ?” I went to America with Warner’s team, and also to Holland with the Gentlemen of Worcestershire. In Holland we did rather badly chiefly owing to the bow ling of a gentleman named Postuma. He was fast left hand with a big break from the off, and as we always played on matting, while he often pitched the ball outside it, we could make very little of him. Our umpire was Farrands, and for them a Dutchman umpired very well. The Dutchmen were very hospitable. They understand all the points of the game, and their bow ling was decidedly good. In one of the matches some of our men batted in their stockinged feet, because spikes cut up the wicket; they managed not to be hit on the toes. In America it was exceedingly hot, except in Chicago, but we had a very good time— at least all but two of us, who were taken ill at Toronto three days after our arrival and were down with scarlet fever. I thought that I also hadit, but, fortunately, my illness was very short and not serious. We played eight matches, winning six and drawing two. Frank Mitchell was in great form with the bat. He also thought he was in form with the ball. One day Warner took off a famous Oxford bowler and put on Mitchell. The former was so digusted that he slid in a loud whisper to point, ‘ Do you think Warner wants to win this match ? ’ ” W . A. B e t t e s w o r t h . CRICKET IN TASMANIA. MR. J. R. WOOD’ S ELEVEN v. SOUTH TASMANIA. Played at Hobart on February 7 and 8. Mr. W ood’s Eleven won by 7 runs. Of the twenty-two players, K . E. Burn and C. J. Eady have represented Australia in England. Drs. Pope and Wilkinson were also well known in cricket circles over here a few years ago. S outh T a * m ania . N. Dodds, c Waddy, b O v e r ................................20 J. Hudson, c Waddy, b Dwyer ................... 5 C. J. Eidy, c Waddy, b Dwyer ................... 0 K. E Burn, c Dwyer, b M ’GIinchy ........104 R. Hawson, b Hogue 38 C. Gatehouse, c Pope, b Hogue ................... 6 8 . Hawson, lbw, b Owens ................... 3 E. Luc is, c Waddy, b H ogu e...................13 O. Douglas, b Hogue 4 D. Paton, c Dwyer, b O ver ..............................66 H, Reeves, not out ... 23 Extras ...................20 Total ..302 Mr. J. R. W ood ' s E leven . T. Hogue, c Ealy, b Douglas .................. 69 W. W . M ’GIinchy, c Gatehouse,bUouglas 42 E. L. Waddy, c Keg. Hawson. b Eady ... 82 Dr. R. J. Pope, b Eady 35 E. B. Dwyer, c Gate­ house, b Douglas ... 21 C. Over, c 8 . Hawson, b Eady .................. 15 J. R. Wood, c Lucas, b Eady ...................19 Dr. W 0. Wilkinson, c Douglas, b Dodds .. 10 W . C. Wentworth, b Dodds ................... 2 R. Norman, b Dodds 4 R. Owens, not out Extras Total 0 10 CRICKET IN ASHANTI. 2 nd BATT. CENTRAL AFRICA RE3IM EN T v. THE WORLD.—Played at Kumasi on February 8 and 9. This was the first regular match at Kumasi since the Ashanti expedition of 1895-96. It was played on the parade ground, immediately in front of the famous foot, in the presence of Col. Burroughs, commanding the army of occupation, and a large crowd o f the now friendly Ashantis, resplendent under their gorgeous umbrellas of state. 2 nd B a t t . C entral A frica R egim ent . Capt. Rowlands, b Butt .......................... Capt. Townsend, b Hingley ................. Lieut, de Putron, b Pamplin-Green Capt.Wardon,c Pamp- lin-Gresn, b Butt ... Capt. Johnston-Stew­ art,b Pamplin-Green Lieut.Roberts,bPamp- lin-Green.................. Major Gordon, c Har­ vey,bPamplin-Green 17 46 Sergt.* Major Saun­ ders, b Hingley ... Sergt. J. Bunju, b Hingley ................... Drummer Mateyn, not out ................................ PiivateSaidi, b Pamp- lin-G reen................. Total T he W orld . First innings. Capt. Hingley, b Rowlands Dr. Bury, b Rowlands Capt. Pamplin-Green, b Rowlands ........................... Capk D. Stewart, b W ar­ den .................................. Armourer-Sergt, Harvey, b Warden .......................... Capt. Butt, b Rowlands ... Dr. Bowmaker, b Rowlands Jupe, b Rowlands ........... Corp. Jenkins, not out Sergt.-Major Mulgrove, b Rowlands .......................... Lieut. Page, b Warden ... Extras ................... Total................. Sec >nd innings. cRoberts, b John­ son-Stewart ... c and b Rowlands b Johnston-Stew- art ................... 4 b Rowland* b de Patron ... 0 b W arden ......... l b d e Putron ... 11 not o u t.............. 17 b Johuston-Stew- art ................. l b Rowlands c Townsend, b Warden.......... l Extras...... 10 Total 61