Cricket 1901

A p r i l 25, 1901 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF TI1E GAME. 91 principal Surrey cricketers have been bard at work at the practice nets. With the exception of Mr. N . Miller, who went out a few weeks ago to South Africa to join Paget’s Horse, and Wood, now one of the first-class county umpires, all those who plajed for Surrey last summer will be available again. Next Tuesday’s match, too, will show how the young professionals who have just qualified for the county shape for the Fourteen. T h e Western Club, of Manchester, is making a short tour in the home division at the end of May. Am ong its engage­ ments in Greater London are matches with Kensington Park, Beckenham, and Surbiton Clubs. B y the next issue of Cricket, Harrow and Winchester, as well as, no doubt, several of the other public schools, will have returned to work, and cricket will be gettiug into full swing. Some schools are later in returning, notably Repton. The latter recently bad a rearrangenwnt of the terms of its Christmas and Easter holidays under the brief headmastership of the Rev. G. R. Burge, whose promo­ tion to be head at Winchester College has given the administration at Repton to an old Reptonian, the Rev. L . G. B. Ford, one of the great brotherhood of cricketers. I t looks as if history will repeat itself at Cambridge in the person of H . K . Longman, the Eton captain of 1900. A son of a famous Eton and Cambridge batsman he has at all events made a good start, which goes for a great deal in University cricket. H is score of 100 not out in the Trinity College Freshmen’s match at Cambridge on Monday last is the first hundred of the English season. H . K . ia, it is hardly necessary to repeat, a son of G. H . Longman, whose memorable stand with A. S. Tabor in opening Cambridge’s batting, did so much to give the Light Blues such an easy victory over Oxford in 1872. A n o t h e r good performance has been recoided to a Freshman at Cambridge this week. I refer to the 188 not out of L . V. Harper, the Old Ro39allian, for Christ’s College on Tuesday. He we s very successful for Surrey’s second eleven last August, and it is noteworthy that the first two hundreds at Cambridge have been made by Surrey Freshmen. Another youDg Surrey cricketer, E. Brooker, scored 98 in the St. John’s College trial match on Tuesday. T h e defeat of North Sydney by Central Cumberland on March 18 seems to have given the premiership of cricket in Sydney once more to the Paddington Club, which is not altogether surprising, perhaps, when the winners boast in their ranks tw o such players as M . A. Noble, the captain, and Victor Trumper. In a match against Burwood on March 16 the former made 79 out of a total of 157, and took five wickets for 26 runs. I n opening a baz lar at West Bromwich in aid of a local cricket club, K . S. Ran­ jitsinhji said that when he first began to play in India the natives wondered whether the players ought not to be classed as monkeys— (laughter)—and yet when, ten years later, he returned to India (in 1897) he was presented with an address at Calcutta, containing the w ords: “ Y ou have raised India in the estimation of the Indian people, and made Indian people love the noble race.” If cricket had done nothing else than make 300,000,000 Indian natives love the people of this great Empire, it had accomplished a noble work. T h e annual report of the M .C.C. states that the committee have conditionally made themselves responsible for the next English team to visit Australia. The report recommends that the number of members of the club be limited to 5,000. Last year it was 4,714. The Eton and Harrow match last year produced £1,220, Oxford and Cambridge £1,066, and Gentlemen v. Players, £437. As a con­ trast to this the whole of the other matches only produced about £600. Receipts derived from the stands amounted to £3,477 lls . 6d., a com fort­ able income in itself. A t the annual meeting of the Derby­ shire County C.C., Mr. Sutton offered to subscribe £25 towards bettering the financial position o f the c lu b ; other members promised to increase their sub­ scription. An appeal was made to the members to raise funds on behalf of Humphries, who is very ill. T h e follow ing are some of the latest hundreds :— MAECH. 9. V. Trumper, Paddington v. Glebe (Sydney) 213* 16. H. Hay, Sturt v. Port Adelaide ...................1C6* APRIL. 23. H. K. Longman, Mr. Godsell’s Side v. Mr. Noel’s bide (Trinity College Freshmen’s M atch)................................................................. 104 * Signifies not out. ANSWEliS TO CORRESPONDENTS. W .R.C.—-Copies of Cricket containing portraits of Lord Hawke, Denton and S. Haigh can still be had, post free 2£d. each, by applying direct to our publishing offices. THE METROPOL ITAN CLUBS IN 1901. (Continued from page 77). A great part of the programme of the B a r n e s C.C. consists of engagements with Surrey teams, amongst them Ewell, Richmond, Dulwich, East Molesey, and the Surrey clubs. The other fixtures include matches against Pallingswick, Boston Park, Teddington, and Bromley. The ground man is H . Bradford. P. R. Earnshaw is captain, and J. G. M. Robertson, “ Gilnock,” Dryburgh Road, Putney, S.W ., hon. secretary. APRIL. 27. Kent House, v. Kent House Park MAY 4. Kingston, v. Brunswick 11. Tulse llill, v. J. C. Lovell’s XI. 14. Oval, v. Surrey Colts 18. Ewell, v. Ewell 25. Molesey, v. East Molesey 27. St. Margarets, v. St. Margarets JUNE. 1. Barnes, v. Malden Wanderers 8. Barnes, v. Chiswick Park 15. Tulse Hill, v. J. C. Lovell’s XI. 22. 8t. Margarets, v. St. Margarets 29. Dulwich, v. Ibis JULY. 6. Acton, v. Pallingswick 13. Chiswick, v. Chiswick Park 20. Bromley, v. Bromley 27. Brentford, v. Boston Park AUGUST. 3. Strawberry Hill. v. Waldegrave Park 5. Richmond, v. Richmond 10. Teddington, v. Teddington 17. Dulwich, v. Dulwich 24. Malden, v. Malden Wanderers 31. Acton, v. Pallingswick SEPTEMBER. 7. Barnes, v. Waldegrave Park 14. Barnes, v. Barnes Police The B r ix t o n W a n d e r e r s haveaHome Week in the middle of July on their ground at East Dulwich. Mitcham, Hampton Wick, J. C. Lovell’s X I., Surrey Club and Ground, Norbury Park, and Sutton occupy between them the six days commencing on July 15. In addi­ tion there is a very brief tour in Sussex at the end of May. This consists of three matches—against St. Peter’s, at Brigh­ ton, on May 25th; Lewes Priory, at Lewes, on May 27th; and Ardingly College, at Ardingly, on May 28. MAY. 11. v. Croydon. 15. Norbury, v. Norbury 18. Finsbury, v. H.A.C. 25. Brighton, v. rst. Peters 27. Lewes, v. Lewes Priory 28. Ardlingly, v. Ardingly College JUNE. 1. Wandsworth, v. Spencer 5. Hampton Wiek, v. Hampton Wick 8. v. Dulwich 13. Carsbalton, v. C*rshalton 15. v. H.A.C. 19. Sutton, v. Suiton 22. Tulse Hill, v. J. C. Lovell’s X I. 26. Mit ham. v. Mitcham 29. v. Forest Hill JULY. 3. Arleeey, v. Three Counties Asylum 6. v. Spencer 11. Baldock, v. Baldock 13. Dulwich, v. Dulwich 15. v. Mitcham -s 16. v. Hampton W ick 17. v. J. C. Lovell’ s X I. >_ tt W pj V 18. v. Surrey Club and Ground j Home W e k - 19. v. Norbury Park 20. v. Sutton 27. Norbury, v. L. & W . Bank AUGUST. 3. Croydon, v. Croydon 5. v. Merton 1 >. East Molesev, v. East Molesey 10. Catford, v. Private Banks 24. Forest Hill, v. Forest Hill 31. Lee, v. Northbrook SEPTEMBER. 7. v. East Molesey 10. v. Surrey Amateurs Another o f the Earnshaws, A. E . to wit, is hon. secretary o f B r o m l e y (Kent) Club. Bromley opens its season on May 4th with two matches against Lessness Park. Granville, ^Beckenham, B ick le y Park, Kent County Club and Ground, Upper Tooting, Dulwich, F orest