Cricket 1902

8 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J an . 30, 1902. F OR BALE.—“ Scores and Biographies,” Vols. 1 to 4 ; “ Lillywhite’s Guide,” 1851 to 1866 (1853 w anting); “ Wisden’s Almanack,” 1870 to 1879; “ Lillywhite’s Companion,” 1867 to 1885; A Volume of all full Scores and Reports, 1872 to 1877, and other books. W hat offers?—Payne, €4, Franklin Road, Harrogate. F OR SALE.—“ Scores and Biographies,” Vols. 1 to 4, complete set of Cricket Newspaper, 19 vols., W isden’s Almanack, 1878-1901, inclusive, in excellent condition.— H azelwood , 16, Ennerdale Road, Rich- mond-on-Thamea. W ANTED “ Wisden’s Almanack,” 1864-78 inclu­ sive; Vols. H I. and IV . of “ Scores and Bio­ graphies.” —Manager of Cricket, 168, Upper Thames Btreet, E.C. Cricket: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 168, UPPER THAMES STREET, L0 ID 0 I, E.G. THURSDAY, JAN. 30 th , 1902. IMPORTANT NOTICE! Six numbers are issued during the Winter, fromOctober toMarch inclusive, asfollows :— No. 587.—'THURSDAY, OCT. 81. No. 588.—THURSDAY, NOV. 28. No. 689.—THURSDAY, DEC. 19. No. 590.—THURSDAY, JAN. 30. No. 591.—THURSDAY, FEB. 27. No. 592.—THURSDAY, MARCH 27. Subscription for the above series, 1/3 postfree. R e s u lt s of the S ea son and A v e r a g e s of the P r in c ip a l C lu b s can be inserted in Cricket at the rate of 3s. 6 d. a column, with a minimum charge of 2s. 6 d. To ensure insertion in the following number, particulars must be re­ ceived not later than the Saturday previous to the day of publication at the Offices of Criclcet, 168, Upper Thames Street, E.C. $a\riiton (©osjstp. The abstract and brief chronicle of the time.— Hamlet. H. M. T a b e r e r , who played for Essex some few years ago, has been scoring freely, as well as bowling with some success, in Natal this season. In a match for the Zingari against the Wanderers, on November 23rd, in the second innings of the latter, while he was in, he scored 60 out of 106, including three hits out of the ground. He also took two of the eight Zingari wickets, which fell to the bowlers for 34 runs. The Natal Mercury records a score of 218 at Durban on November 20th. The successful batsman was A. D. Nourse, who was playing for the Wednesday Club against the Lord’s. “ Umpire,” of the Mercury, is of opinion that this is a record for Natal. Nourse seems to be in remarkably good form this season. A recent number of the Natal Mercury contains scores of four matches in each of which he scored over fifty—Queen’s Park v. Ninon Club, Port Elizabeth, 64; Queen’s Paik v. Standard, 99; Durban v. Ninon Club, 53 ; Queen’s Park v. Maritzburg Zingari, 72. In the last, with M. Hathorn, of the last South African team, he made 145 for the first wicket. He can bowl too, as his six wickets for six luns for Queen’s Park v. Standard show. The American Cricketer has reason to voice its appreciation of the fact that its issue of this month marks the completion of a quarter of a century of good, honest work in the service of our national game. Its record is the more honourable when one considers the disadvantages under which it has laboured in its laudable aim of popularising a sport which has only been taken up by a very limited section of youDg America, and by reason of its often slow methods fails to appeal to the taste of a community preoccupied over more serious things as are our cousins across the “ big drink.” The American Cricketer can claim, and with truth, that it is the oldest paper of its kind in the world. And Cricket, its junior by five years, offers its heartiest felicita­ tions as well as its best wishes for the future. “ I l e p t the ground at 5.30, and got to my quarters just as the storm burst, and in a few minutes the streets were white with stones, varying in size from the smallest marble to an inch and a half in diameter. I secured several, and found one to ‘ tip the beam ’ at close upon half-an-ounce, and I did not search round very much for big ones.” This is not an account of a match at the Oval on Easter Monday. Quite the reverse. It is from the Sydney Mail’s notes on the match between Mr. MacLaren’s team and Victoria on the ground of the Mel­ bourne C.C. two months ago. Altogether, the conditions must have been anything but suggestive of Australian cricket. The Melbourne Ground, the account con­ tinues, was a lake of ice. It is not known how long the stones remained on the ground, but six hours after the fall stones were lying in large heaps in Elizabeth and Collins Streets. The effect this fall would have on the wicket may easily be imagined. The ice lying there so long and slowly would enable the water to soak thoroughly into the ground, and, though no more rain fell, it was absolutely impossible to begin before 2.15, and even then the first day’s play was surrounded with conditions and agreements such as are seldombrought into consideration. It was arranged before the coin was tossed that play should start at 2 • 15; that no matter what side won the toss, the grass, which had grown considerably, be mown, and the wicket rolled that evening and also the following morning; in fact, it was left to the caretaker to do everything which, in his opinion, was necessary to get the wicket as near perfection by 12 o’clock on the second day. These are special conditions, but they were made before the result of the toss had been arrived at. A c c o r d in g to the Adelaide Observer Clem Hill has now 1,128 runs to his credit as the result of his batting for South Australia against Victoria. G. Giffen and J. J. Lyons, the same authority states, are the only other South Australian batsmen who have made 1,000 runs against Victoria. At present Giffen stands alone in having taken over a hundred wickets, though E. Jones is close up, only wanting four more for his hundred. A r e c o r d for Northern Tasmania:— J. H. Savigny’s 229 for Lauceston v. Esk, on November 9th, at Hobart Town. A c u r io u s coincidence! When the English cricketers, under Mr. A. E. Stoddart’s captaincy, played the Uni­ versities at Sydney, in February, 1898, G. R. C. Clarke obtained four wickets for 98 runs. In his next match against an English team, which was for New South Wales, at the end of November last, he also dismissed four batsmen at the same cost. T h e readers of the Diario, presumably a newspaper out Buenos Aires way, must have their cricket news served up to them in quite a novel fashion. The Review of the River Plate tells of a telegram pub­ lished in the Diario giving the result of one of the earlier engagements of Mr. MacLaren’s team in Australia. As it was won by the Englishmen, no doubt it was the Victorian match. According to the Diario’s telegram, the Australians were so dissatisfied with the result that they had issued a formal challenge to the Englishmen, offering to play them again for £2,500. A w e l l - k n o w n cricket authority in Toronto, writes:—“ Last night I was spinning the following yarn, and as I ended one of the audience said, ‘ You’d better send that to Cricket,’ so here goes: *The scene is Valparaiso, Chili, where I ones resided some thirty years ago. The cricket club there sent to England for a large consignment of bats and a few stumps. On arrival they were liable to a duty of thirty per cent., but it occurred to our captain, who had had a good deal of experience in custom-house business, that it would be a good move to enter the goods as utiles para agricultura, i.e., agri­ cultural implements, which in those days were allowed to enter free of duty. This was done, and it was pointed out to the Vista (the custom-house official who examined the goods) that with the end of the stump a hole was made in the ground in which the seed was placed in it, till, by the aid of the bat, it was securely located therein. This explanation was considered satisfactory, and the entry paper marked libre (free).” R. F. V ib a r t , the old Harrovian, who has been in great run-getting form since he returned to the River Plate two or three months ago, played another big innings on December 18th for Azul v. La Colina, scoring 106 of a total of 247. La Colina, though 133 behind on the first innings, won in the end by four wickets. Their batting, too, was note­ worthy for a good performance by O. G. Hoare (40) and W. Brown (67), who opened the first innings with a creditable score of 103 before they were parted. To judge by the scores of the Buenos Aires C.C., the Andersons might, with a very little assistance, run a team of their own in River Plate cricket. Five of them