Cricket 1902

J une 12, 1902. CRICKET r A. WEEKLY RECORD OE THE GAME. An invitation has been received by Lord Hawke from the New Zealand Cricket Council to take a bona fide amateur team to New Zealand in tbe autumn. Travelling and hotel expenses only would be paid by a fund which would be raised in New Zealand. At present Lord Hawke has not decided whether he will accept the invitation. M b . J. W. M c K ecxnie writes :—“ You may have noticed a curiosity in the record of last Thursday’s play as it appeared in the Friday morning papers. In no fewer than six instances was the batsman taking ‘ first knock ’ dismissed without scoring. Thinking this may interest you is my excuse for pointing the same out.” The batsmen and the matches in which they were playing are as follows :— I'. L . Fane, Essex v. Warwickshire (Leyton) ... 0 C. H. M . Ebden, Cambridge v. Surrey (Cambridge) 0 Alec Bearne, Kent v. Oxford (Oxford) ................... 0 C. H. B. Marsham, Oxford v. Kent (Oxford) ... 0 C. J. B. "Wood, Leicestershire v. Sussex (Leicester) 0 L. G. W right, Derbyshire v. Yorks. (Chesterfield) 0 I n the match between Artists v. Musicians, played at Bickley Park on June 2nd, Mr. L. C. Nightingale played a fine innings of 65 not out. He must be of nearly 60 summers, and yet his artistic handling of the “ willow ” is almost as good as that of his brush, as shown in his beautiful Royal Academy Picture No. 750, the title of which is appropriate—“ A Feathered Favourite.” O n Sunday the Selection Committee, Lord Hawke, Mr. H. W. Bainbridge, and Mr. A. W. McGregor, chose the following players, from whom the England eleven, on Thursday at Lord’ s is to be picked. The Committee were assisted in their deliberations by Mr. C. B. Fry, Mr. F. S. Jackson and Mr. A. G. Steel. ENGLAND (selected from ): * A . C. Maclaren (Lancashire), (capt), * F. 8. Jackson (Yorkshire), * C. B. Fry (Sussex), * K . S. Ranjitsinhji (Sussex), * G. L. Jessop (Gloucestershire), T. L. Taylor (Yorkshire), * Lilley (Warwickshire), * Hirst (Yorkshire), * Rhodes (Yorkshire), * Lockwood (Surrey), * Tyldesley (Lancashire), and * Braund (Somerset). * Played at Birmingham on May 29, 30, and 31. I t will be noticed that T. L. Taylor, who has done so very well for Yorkshire this season, makes his first appearance in a list of men chosen for an English team, and that Hayward, J. R. Mason and Llewellyn are not this time selected. If Mr. Taylor plays, the team will at least include one very steady batsman, all the rest, with the exception of Lockwood, being of the order which is known as “ brilliant.” [ T hb miserable weather has begun to tell its tale on the Australians, who are used to a warm climate. Saunders and Noble were ill with influenza last week, and at the beginning of this week Darling and Howell were in bed in London with the same complaint. As a consequence of this, the Australians had to take the field at Cambridge, on Monday, without these four men, Dr. R. J. Pope, who has so often been useful to the team, forming one of the eleven. Trumble made his first appearance in the team, but he also was suffering from influenza, and ought not to have been playing. But he very soon made his mark with the ball. W o r e al l , the old Australian cricketer, has never liked the system now in use in Melbourne of dividing the time available for play on Saturdays equally between the two sides. At the end of the season he had a parting shot at it in the columns of the Sydney Referee as follows :— The weaker clubs swallowed the insidious poison with avidity, not from cricket motives, but from a purely selfish standpoint. They said in effect: “ It is a grand thing for us, for if Melbourne, Carlton, or East win the toss, we will not have to field for two or three Saturdays; and even if we get out quickly, and the other side top our score with the loss of only one wicket, we can let them have the game. It will save us a lot of scouting.” It is a terrible thing, that tired feeling; hut if this monstrosity is persevered in, Heaven help Victorian cricket in about five years time. As American advertisers have a repu­ tation for “ getting there,” one is not surprised to find that a New York trades­ man has taken advantage of the fact that his name is the same as that of a famous English cricketer. He makes use of this in an advertisement as follows :— A . N . H O R N B Y (The Great Cricktter). B E S T S CORE W A S 18 8. EAT HORNBY ’S ENGLISH BUTTER SCOTCH . 5 a n d 10 C ents p e r P a c k e t . At All Druggists. T h e innings played by Worrall and Waine for the Carlton Club, Melbourne, in Pennant matches during the past season are as follows:— Worrall—56, 126, 1C6, 8, 216, 116, 1, 0, 168. Waine—18, 116,17, 121 not out, 1£0 not out, 46, 94, 10, €6 not out. Worrall is the only batsman in Victoria, who has scored a thousand runs for the season in big matches, his total being 1,045 for 19 innings. T h e following circular ; has been addressed to the various club secretaries in Tasmania by tbe South Tasmanian Cricket Association :— The committee of the Southern Tasmanian Cricket Association have decided to make a presentation to Mr. Charles J. Eady, to mark the unique event of his obtaining the highest record score in club cricket, viz., 566, in the recent match, Break o’ Day v. Wellington. As the record will stand to the credit of Tas­ mania and was obtained by a Tasmanian, they confidently appeal to all players and supporters of the game throughout the State to assist them in marking the event by some­ thing substantial. My committee hope you will be able to forward a small amount from the members and patrons of your club, there­ by expressing your appreciation of Mr. Eady’s performance. R e a d e r s of Cricket will be very glad to hear that C. J. M. Godfrey is recover­ ing from his illness, and may possibly, although not probably, be able to play cricket again before the season ends. He had to undergo an operation, which has happily been completely successful. “ A S c o t t is h C r ic k e t e r ” sends the following plan to obviate drawn games to the Edinburgh Evening Dispatch :— Let the first five batsmen of a team get their innings, and with the fall of their fifth wicket let “ A ” retire, so that the first five of “ B ” side might go to the wickets, and after they were disposed of the second portions of the respective elevens would go in to bat, victory goiDg to the side which scored most on the first fives, provided, of course, each side had not completed its innings. In the latter event matters would be as they are at present. I n a school match between Heriot’s School and the Royal High School at Edinburgh recently the former were all dismissed for 6. Their score were :— J. Anderson, b Finlayeon ......... 0 J. Duyer, b M unro........................ 0 F. Anderson, b M u n ro................ 0 T. Lingaid, b Finlayson ........ 0 T. Grawford. b Finlayson .. ... 2 F. Nixey, c Veevers, b Munro ... 0 L . Bateley, b Munro ........... ... 3 W . Grieve, b Munro ................ 0 G. Bryce, b M u n ro........................ 0 T. Dick, b Munro ........................ 0 H . Bfgg. not out ........................ 0 Leg-bye ........................ 1 Total ......... 6 Royal High School made 45 for six. Bowling for R.H.S., H. Munro had seven for one, and J. W. Finlayson three for four. S t r a n g e to say, in thevery next match the Royal High School played, viz., against Morrison’s Academy at Crieff, they were disposed of for seven, while their opponents made 150. Score of R.H S. Finlayson, b Strathaim ........ 0 Scott, c 8tratbaiin, b White........ 0 Fisher, b White ........................ 1 T. 8. Muir, c W eir, b W hite ... 2 Gunn, b Strathairn......................... 0 Fraser, b White ......................... 1 Maclaren, c White, b Strathairn.. 0 Richardson, b Strathairn ......... 1 Balderston, lbw, b White ......... 0 Birrell, b W hite ......................... 0 Paul, not out ................................. 0 E xtras......................... ... 2 Total ................. 7 Bowling for Morrison’s Academy, E. White had six for 3 and Strathairn four for 2. T h e death of Harry Street a few days ago completed a long and honourable record of service in Surrey cricket. A sen of George Street, who had charge of the Oval for many years, hejoined the staff of the S.C.C.C. as a ground boy some