Cricket 1902

138 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M a t 15, 19 02. A t a committee meeting of the Derby­ shire County C.C., held at Derby, on Friday last, it was announced that Mr. Charles Arnold, a wealthy gentleman residing at Sydney, N.S.W., and a native of Derby, had presented a sum of five hundred guineas to the funds of the club. This generous gift at once places the finances of the club in a highly satisfac­ tory position. F rom the Queensland Sportsman :— The critics who, before the recent Inter- State match, between Queensland and New South Wales, openly gave their opinion “ that although Byrne was undoubtedly a good bowler, he could not bat, and was certainly a bad field,” must have got quite a shock by his performances. He bowled excellently right through the match, fielded every ball that was hit to him, and, to wind up, he got 20 runs, not out, in the second innings in a manner that would have been a credit to any batsman on the side. A ccording to “ Felix,” in the Australasian, A. C. Maclaren stated, after the accident to Barnes, that he would be very glad if he could get F. 3,. Spofforth to bowl for him in the remain­ ing matches. “ Felix ” had this infor­ mation from the famous old bowler himself. T he match between North and South, which in the absence of visiting teams is the event of the Tasmanian cricket season, ended in favour of the North by 17 runs, after a splendid fight in a game in which 1,089 runs were scored. The North have now won 32 matches and the South 29, while eight have been drawn. S ome of the incidents in the above match were a little out of the common. A batsman on the North side, named WeBtbrook, was apparently bowled by Eady, but, although the bail fell off, no one seemed certain as to what had happened. Eady accordingly appealed, and the umpire, under the impression that the appeal was for a catch, said “ not out.” It was explained to him that it was a question of “ bowled,” whereupon he consulted with the other umpire, who also said “ not out.” On the second day of the match, Smith, a Northern Tasmanian, was given out on his own appeal as caught in the slips. But the fieldsman explained to Eady, the Southern captain, that the ball had touched the ground, and Eady recalled the batsman, who had reached the pavilion. Later in his innings Smith was cleaned bowled, but the bails refused to come off. D uring the Notts match three of the Australians kept wicket. Kelly damaged a finger, and Clement Hill took his place on Saturday, to be followed by Duff. Meanwhile Carter, the reserve wicket­ keeper fielded. It is a cold day for wicket-keepers just now. I f the present miserably cold weather continues much longer county committees will have to consider the question whether it would not be advisable to place hot-water pipes round the cricket grounds. It would be comforting to a spectator on a day of icy breezes to have something warm on which to rest his back. T he chief feature of the programme of the Marlborough Blues C.C. this year is a new experiment which takes the shape of a tour in the North of England and involves a considerable amount of travel­ ling. The officers of the club are practi­ cally the same as last year, and the members all hope that their president, Mr. A. G. Steel, will lead them on to victory, as he did last year, when he made over 50 runs in good form against Haiiey- bury. Mr. W. Gordon Fellowes is the honorary secretary and treasurer. T he later arrivals of Australian cricket personalities in England[includeSir Edwin Smith, the President of the South Austra­ lian Cricket Association, who has played such a conspicuous part in the welcome given to English teams in Adelaide, and Mr. S. H. Fairland, the Secretary of the Trustees of the Sydney Cricket Ground. Sir Edwin is over here now to represent South Australia at the Coronation. O ne hears a good account of the pos­ sibilities of the Charterhouse Eleven for this summer. O. T. Norris, ,the captain, is a useful all-round cricketer, who has proved his capacity in the better trial matches at the Oval. As he has no less than eight of the eleven of last year under him, there should be the making of a side considerably above the average. T he visit of the Prince of Wales to the Oval on Tuesday was specially note­ worthy as the first His Royal Highness has paid to the ground of which, as Duke of Cornwall, he is now the owner. Major Wardill, who was presented to him with all the members of the Australian team, was secretary of the Melbourne C.O. when the Prince assisted his brother to lay the foundation of the pavilion on the ground of the Melbourne Club. That was twenty years ago, when the Prince was a midshipman on board the “ Bac­ chante.” Hence it was in the fitness of things that the Major should have been personally conducting the first Australian team to be received by the Prince. T he Prince, whp was accompanied to the Oval by Prince Charles of Denmark, was attended by Lord Wenlock, as well as Sir Charles Oust, his equerry. Lord Wenlock, who was, some few years ago, Governor of Madras, was not only a keen but also a good cricketer in his time. His hands show traces of more than one nasty knock received on the cricket field. S ome good scoring was the outcome of the match between the Pirates and the Wanderers, at Johannesburg, on March 28th and 29th. Seven hundred and forty-seven runs, with only eleven wickets down, represented the result oe the two-days’ cricket. The score will be found in another place. The second stage of the game produced a brilliant performance in the way of run-getting. The Wanderers got the 376 runs they made for the loss of one wicket in under three hours. W.G., asfar as one can hear, has gained amore than useful addition to the London County team in the person of B. Wallack, not Wollach as he has so far appeared in the papers. He came to England from South Africa with a very high reputation as a wicket-keeper. That this was fully justified, his first appearance in an important game, which was for the London County C.C. at Lord’s this week, was more than sufficient to show. He represents the L.C.C.C. again at Cam­ bridge to-day. Rumour has it that he is likely to take a permanent position in English cricket. I n his capacity as captain of the London Count/ C.C. team, W. G. in trying two youngsters of promise, both of them Surrey cricketers. The match at Lord’s against M.C.C. and Ground this week was, if I mistake not, N. F. Norman’s opening game in first-class cricket. At Cambridge, to-day, the G.O.M. is giving a trial to P. R. May, of whom he has a good opinion as a bowler. P. R. M. has not only met with a lot of success in Surrey Colt matches, but last year did an excellent performance for the Gentlemen of Surrey against the Gentlemen of Holland, at the Oval. T hough the St. Helen’s C.C. has been fortunate enough to induce the Austra­ lians to appear there on September 1st, 2nd and 3rd, there is still quite a possi­ bility of a match being arranged at Bournemouth. The local authorities were desirous of getting the Australian team to play on the first two days of the week, following the Coronation, on June 30th and July 1st. But the Aus­ tralians, with the test match at Sheffield on July 3 before them, not unwisely prefer a rest j ust then. Still, there is even yet a chance of a fixture at Bournemouth after September 9th, when the last match at present arranged is completed. T he new President of the Marylebone Club could hardly, perhaps, have com­ menced his year of office more fittingly than in assisting in the welcome given to the Australian team at the Oval, on Monday night. Mr. A. G. Steel’spresence at the dinner given by the Surrey authorities to the Australians was a happy appreciation of his own personal relations with Australian cricket, as well as a pleasing sign, in his capacity as President of M.C.C.,J of good feeling to Surrey cricket. T he captains of some of the chief Public School elevens for this summer :— Charterhouse, O. T. Norris; Cheltenham, J. P* Winterbotham ; Clifton, R. P. Keigwin ; Dulwich, T. E. Gallick; Eton, R. Gregson Ellis; Harrow, C. H. Eyre; M arlborougti,J.H. Gunner; R epton,I.C . V. Sm ith; Rossall, C. L. Fabel; Rugby, 8. K. Anderson ; Sherborne, C. G. N. Marsh ; Tonbridge, K . h. Hutchings ; Uppingham, N. D. C. Ross; Wel­ lington, M. W. Payne; Winchester, C. J. de B. Sheringham.