Cricket 1902

M a y 22, 19 02. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 155 even as it w as a t th e en d o f last w eek , w e a p p en d th e ta b le u p to M a y 17th. It w ill b e rem em bered th a t in the ca lcu la ­ tion s, losses are d ed u cted fro m w in s, e tc., b u t as th ere w ere n o w in s, an d n o losses, this d oes n o t v e ry m u ch m atter. Percent- Plyd. Won. Lost. Dm. Pts. age. Worcestershire 1 ..0 ... 0 ... 1 ... 0 — 8urrey.................. 4 ...0 ... 0 ... 4 ... 0 — E ssex................. 2 ...0 ... 0 ... 2 ... 0 — Warwickshire ... 1 ...0 ... 0 ... 1 ... 0 — Yorkshire ... . . 3 ...0 ... 0 ... 3 ... 0 — Sussex................. 2 ...0 ... 0 ... 2 ... 0 — Notts ................ 1 ...0 ... 0 ... 1 ... 0 — Gloucetershire ... 2 ...0 ... 0 ... 2 ... • — Lancashire ... 2 ...0 ... 0 ... 2 ... 0 — Leicestershire ... 2 ...0 .. 0 ... 2 . 0 — Middlesex.......... 1 ...0 ... 0 .. 1 ... 0 — Kent ................. 1 ...0 ... 0 ... 1 ... 0 — T h e o ld sto ry o f m issed ca tch es fu r­ nishes m a tter fo r co m m e n t in th e sum ­ m a ry o f th e p a st B u en os A ires crick et season in th e Review o f the River Plate: “ T h e fie ld in g has b een w orse th a n w e can p re v io u sly rem em ber, and a lm ost fro m th e first to th e la st m atch p la y e d w e saw ca tch es— an d s o ft ones, t o o — co n sta n tly d ro p p e d . I f o n ly ou r p layers w o u ld rem em b er and a lw a y s b ear in m in d w h a t a m issed ca tch m ig h t m ean to th eir side, p erh a p s m ore care w o u ld b e s h o w n .” S o g re a t w as th e im p ression m a d e in A u stra lia b y th e b rillia n t fie ld in g o f B ra u n d d u rin g M a cla re n ’s tou r, th a t “ a reg u la r B ra u n d er ” has b ecom e a c o n ­ ven ien t m od e o f s h o w io g a p p recia tion fo r a fin e ca tch in th e slips. O n th e retirem en t o f M r. D o n D a v e y fro m crick et in D u rb a n , w h ere h e has been a p o p u la r p la y e r fo r th e p a st tw e n ty years, a p resen tation w as m ad e to h im b y th e crick eters o f N a ta l C o lo n y . Sir B e n ja m in G reen acre w as in th e ch air, an d in th e cou rse o f a sp eech p o in ted o u t h o w e x c e e d in g ly g en erou s M r. D a v e y , a w e a lth y m an , h a d b een to crick eters in th e C o lo n y . S ir B en ja m in stated, a m o n g oth er th in g s, th a t M r. D a v e y , th in k in g that he (S ir B en j am in ) had an in clin a tio n to visit th e O ld C ou n try , b u t fo r variou s reasons — im p e cu m o sity , p erh a p s, b ein g on e o f th em — h e m ig h t b e u n a b le to d o so, w as g o o d e n o u g h to say th a t he w o u ld be g la d t o p a y th e cost o f th e v o y a g e h om e, an d a ll his exp en ses w h ile th ere, an d also p la c e a ca rria g e a t his d isp osal. (L a u g h te r .) H e m e t h im h im self on e e v e n in g ; and, fe e lin g , p erh a p s, th a t he w o u ld b e ra th er lo a th to leave his fa m ily — th a t th eir a bsen ce m ig h t d eb a r h im fro m e n jo y in g his visit— he k in d ly in ­ clu d ed th em a ll. (L a u g h te r .) H e cou ld assure th em th a t it w o u ld b e a life -lo n g re g re t to h im th at circum sta n ces over w h ich h e h ad n o co n tro l w o u ld n o t a llo w h im t o a cce p t su ch a gen erou s o ffer. M r. D a v e y p la ce d a ll th e a bilities he p ossessed a t th e service o f his frien d s. A re cen t in sta n ce, con tin u ed S ir B en ja m in , o f th e w a y in w h ich M r. D a v e y co n triv e d to b e a r oth er p e o p le ’ s b u rd en s, h ad com e u n d er his n o tice . H e tra velled to M a ritzb u rg , w ith five oth ers, in o n e com p a rtm en t. T h e y k n e w the C o lo n ia l id ea o f ca rry in g b o x e s o f m a tc h e s ; an d , so a n x iou s w as h e to save his frien d s th e b o th e r o f ca rry in g m atch es even, that, at the end of the journey, there were found six boxes in his pocket and none in the others. (Laughter.) But, apart from joking, “ Don” Davey had been a real good fellow and a good cricketer, and this expression of his friends* regard would be highly valued by him. O f the bowling of Marsh, the New South Wales coloured cricketer, in the match between Queensland and New SouthWales, the Brisbane Sports Observer says:— To the minds of about fifty per cent, of the spectators, there was little doubt that, though passed by the umpires, the coloured bowler threw frequently. This was most noticeable when he sent down his very fastest ball, and when he put in a slow one. One thing that gives colour to this assertion is the fact that on a good wicket he sometimes came back a foot at least with his very fastest ball, which not even Spofforth, prince of demons though he was, was capable of. Apart from the question of throwing, and assuming, what we do not admit, that Marsh is a bowler of unimpeachable fairness, his good balls were so interlarded with loose ones, that he can hardly be claimed to be a real star, and were he to send down to Clem Hill, Ranji., Mac­ laren, and batsmen of that stamp, the fast balls right outside the batsmen’s legs that he favoured some of the Queenslanders with, the result would be boundary hits galore. W h e n quoting the verses entitled “ The Old Folks at Home,” which appeared in Cricket on February 27th, the Sydney Mail takes the writer of the verses to task for saying “ Parramatta Kiverdown Melbourne Way.” On being asked for an explanation of this singular geograph­ ical statement, our poet replies that poets are not expected to be familiar with the positions of small rivers (if Parramatta is a river) in far away parts of the world, and, indeed, he rather plumes himself on ever having heard of the word “ Parra­ matta ” at all. [In his verses the name was spelt with only one “ r,” but perhaps he thinks this is an improvement. Ed. Cricket.~\ IRELAND v. LONDON COUNTY. Played at the Crystal Palace on May 19, 20 and 21. Ireland won by 238 runs. The visit of a representative Irish team to England to play a series of first-class matches is an event. Owing to force of circumstances Irish cricketers as a body have had but little chance of studying the methods of first-class players, and the present visit, which was organised by Lord Cadogan, is certain to be fruitful of results. It was not a very powerful London County team that Dr. Grace was able to put in the field, ow iD g to the fact that all the first-claas counties were engaged, but on the other hand it was not altogether weak. On the first day the Irishmen, on a not too easy wicket, did themselves the greatest credit, Messrs. Browning and R. H. Lambert playing particularly fine cricket, quite up to first-class form. Other men, notably Mr. Rose, Mr. 8. D. Lambert and Mr. O. Andrews will be able to look back on their batting in the first innings with content in after years. It may be stated that Dr. Grace won the toss, but preferred to put the Irish­ men in. At the end of the day’s cricket, which was shortened owing to rain, Ireland had scored 207 for 8 wickets. The innings was by no means over, and it was a good total, tor this season, that was given to London County to wipe off. The County began exceedingly well with Dr. Grace and Mr. W . L. Murdoch, who at lunch time had scored 75 for the first wicket a n d were still n o t out. A drizzling rain now fell, and there was a long wait, after which the County wickets fell before the bowling of Mr. Rose and Mr. Harrington like wheat before the sickle; the innings was over for an additional 17 runs, and the Irishmen had a lead of 149 runs on the first innings. Again in their second innings the Irishmen showed excellent form. Their finest ba‘ sman, Mr. L. H. Gwynn, who had failed completely in the first innings, was seen at bis best, while Mr. Browning a?ain did well, and Mr. 8. D. Lambert played a very ueeful innings. Mr. Gwynu was batting for two hours and five minutss for his very fine 81 not out. The Irishmen were able to declare, leaving the County to make 315. But from the first it was pretty clear that there was only one team in it, and the County broke down. I reland . First innings. Second innings. A. D. Comyn, b Grace ... 14 b M ay...................io J. M. Meldon, st Brooks, b Bell .................................. 14 b M ay..................... 10 R. H. Lambert, st Brooks, b Smith ...........................43 b M a y ..................... l L. H. Gwynn. b Bell .. . 0 not out...................81 F. H. Browning, c Powell Wi.liams, b B-»U . ... 49 b M a y ...................25 T. C. Ross, c Norman, b Bell 24 c Smith, b May... 5 S. D. Lambert, cBell.bD yas 26 b M a y .................20 Sir T. C .»-’Brien, b Bell ... 10 R. E. Adair, run o u t ...........16 not o u t .................... 0 O. Andrews, not o u t ...........29 b Grace ............. 9 W . Harrington, c Norman, b B e l l ................................... 6 B 3, lb 6, w 1 .10 Leg-byes........................ 2 Total .241 Total (7 wkts)M63 * Innings declared closed. L ondon C ounty . First innings. Second innings. W . G. Graca, b R o s s ...........32 c Browning, b R o s s ................. 19 W .L.Murdoch,bHarrington 41 b Harrington ... 4 L. O. S. Poidevin, b R oss... 1 st Browning, b R oss................... 5 W . Smith, c O’ Brien,bRoss 4 c R. Lambert, b Harrington ... 2 N. F. Norman, b Ross ... 0 b R oss................... 3 R. Powell Williams, b Harrington ................... 0 lbw,b Harrington 12 W . G. Dyas, b Harrington 3 c O'Brien, b Andrews .. ... 12 R. Brooks, b Harrington ... 4 b R. Lambert ... 6 R. M. Bell, c and b Ross ... 2 c S. Lambert, b A n drew s......... 3 P. R. May, c Browning, b c Harrington, b Harrington ................... 1 R. Lambert ... 2 Smith (F. E.) not out........... 0 not o u t .................. 6 Byes.......................... 4 L eg-b ye.............. 1 Total ..........92 Total ..........74 I r e l a n d . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. May .......... 12 1 37 0 ... ... 24 6 66 6 Grace .......... 20 5 57 1 ... ... 122 2 26 1 Bell .......... 29 2 2 88 6 ... ... 6 1 43 0 Smith .......... 8 1 33 1 ... ... 13 3 26 0 Dyas .......... 9 5 16 1 Smith bowled one wide. L o n d o n C o u n t y . First innings. Sccond innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W . Harrington... 28 2 15 24 5 ... ... 18 7 22 3 Lambert ... 13 4 31 0 ... ... 51 1 12 2 Ross .......... 14 7 26 5 ... ... 20 10 31 3 Adair .......... 2 0 5 0 ... Andrews ». 4 1 8 2 ESSEX v. KENT. Played at Leyton on May 19, 20 and 21. Essex won by an innings and 126 runs. There were several showers at Leyton on Monday, and play was thus considerably interrupted. The Kent men could do very little indeed against the bowling of Young, who was quite at his best, while Mead was at least as difficult to play. Nor did the few Essex men who batted on Monday, greatly dis­ tinguish themselves, although they did so much better than their opponents that, when stumps were drawn, they were three runs ahead with seven wickets in hand, Perrin being not out 16. The most noticeable point about the batting on Tuesday, was the fine partnership between Perrin and Sewell; it produced 114 runs in an hour and twenty minutes. Sewell was a long time playing him­ self in, but when he once got settled, he showed that he only wants experience to be able to shine in first- class cricket. Perrin was at the wickets for two hours for his excellent innings of 70. A . P. Lucas played, as usual, perfect cricket for his 32, and at the end of the innings Kortright and T. Russell came with a rush, ana considerably increased the total. With a balance of 218 runs to wipe out, Kent began