Cricket 1902

J une 19, 1902. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 219 since the rule* providing for definite qualifications in county cricket were passed in 1873, will be of interest. Though Notts has not been at the head since 1889, it bas been champion ten times in all. Though the county did not c me to the front till 1887, Surrey bas won the cham­ pionship nine times. Yorkshire has been champion five times in the last nine years. Lancisbire has been at the top four times, Gloucestershire thrice, Derbyshire and Middlesex once. ift7o t Notts 1838 Surrey ° ) Gloucestershire ij3urrey 1874 Derbyshire 1889< Notts 1875 Notts ( Lancashire 1876 Gloucestershire c‘ 89<) Suirey 1877 Gloucestershire 1891 Surrey 1878 Middlesex 1892 Surrey 1879 Notts 1893 Yorkshire 1880 Notts lt-94 Surrey 1881 Lancashire dl895 Surrey Notts 1896 Yorkshire { Lancashire 1897 Lancashire 1883 Notts 1898 Yorkshire 1884 Notts 1£99 Surrey 1883 Notts 1900 Yorkshire 1886 Notts 1901 Yorkshire 61887 Surrey a The qualifications for a County Cricketer weie first settled in 1873 (June 9). b Up to 1886 the smallest number of lost matches decided the Championship. In 1887, 1888, and 1889 a win counted one point, a draw half a point. c From 1890 to 18P4 losses were deducted from \uns and drawn games ignored. d The first Championship under rules formulated by the M.C.C. A win counts one point and cne point is deducted for each loss. Unfinished games are not reckoned. The County obtaining the greatest number of proportion tie poinis in finished matches becomes the Champion of the year. T h e following appears in Punch this week: “ The Test Matches.—Q. What did Mr. O. B. Fry ? A. Two duck’s eggs.” E. W i l t s h i r e , who has shown excel­ lent cricket for Surrey’s second eleven on the only two occasions he has so far played for it, was captain of the Dulwich College eleven five or six years ago, 1 think in 1896. He is a left-handed batsman, playing in good style, with plenty of strokes. He has been one of the most consistent scorers for the Addiscombe Club. On Monday he had injured his hand badly while fielding, arid had to bat at times in considerable pain, which made his 49 against Glamor­ ganshire the more meritorious. K . J. K e y , who played for Surrey against Oxford University at Oxford this week, has not represented the county since 1899, when he was captain of the team. His last appearance in that year was againstWarwickshire when he scored 3 not out, but bis last completed innings was a fine 86 against Hampshire. He has several times since then played in other first-class matches, almost invari­ ably showing that he is still a very fine batsman. F o r East Lancashire against Lower­ house, in a Lancashire league match, J. H. Taylor scored 59 runs in twenty minutes on Saturday last. In the course of his innings he hit four 4’s in succes­ sion, and then in the next over began with a 2, and followed this up by hitting the next five balls out of the ground. I t is easy, and perhaps natural, to make far too much of a few failures, but it is certainly a strange instance of the vicissitudes of fortune that C. B. Fry’s last three scores should have been 0, 1, and 0. Last year he could do nothing wrong; this month he can do nothing light. But we still feel confident that “ There’s a good time coming ” for him. A c o n t e m p o r a r y humorously suggests that in such treacherous weather as we are having at present it would be almost as decisive of good ciicket for the teams 1 o toss for victory as to play for it. To this we might add that ir the coin was not l)ing absolutely flit when it came to rest the match might be considered as drawn. A r e m a r k a b l e series of photographic reproductions of kangaroos appears in the Sydney Mail . The animals, of which there are two, are represented one as a wicket-keeper and the other as a bats­ man, and their attitudes are exceedingly natural. The indifferent air of the bats­ man when he is taking guard, and his look of disgust when he is bowled are admirably rendered. The studies for the photographs were made from living kangaroos by Messrs. Baker and Rouse. Y e s t e r d a y both Haigh and J. T. Hearne did the hat trick. Hearne followed up this feat by bowling Sewell with the next ball but one, the last of the over. A DIRGE. [On Thursday Inst at Lord’s the first two England wickets fell for to runs.] ’Twas in the merry month of June, The month when hay is sometimes made and carried, That thousands, whistling each a tune Of Bee and Honeysuckle intermarried, Sat down at Lord’s to see the play, The while the raindrops fell on saint and sinner, What time the ducks were on their way Towards the farmyard for theirfrugal dinner. But, all unseen by any man, Two ducks had strayed within the vast en­ closure :— Then presently the game began, And Fry took guard with ali his old com­ posure. When lo ! a wondrous tbing occurred :— Fry caught a duck, and left the wicket quickly; The other duck, a darker bird, Went home with Ranji, who was feeling sickly. W. A. B. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. M. le Po cr Pow er.—F. S. Jackson scored 469 iu os for Camlridge University in 1892, not 466 as geL orally stated. His second innings in the match you meution was 28 not out, according to the official score. INCOGNITI v. CHARTERHOUSE SCHOOL.- Played at Godalming on June 11. I ncogniti . A. B. Voules, c Gra- hame, b Branston 7 H. Y. Gillett, c Fry, b Dockery ...................66 P. Northcote, b Brans­ ton ........... ........... 0 W . E. Harrison, c Grah»me, b Dockery 45 W . Williams,c Cripps, b Branston .......... 3 W . Holland, b Brans­ ton ........................... 8 T. C. Bett, not out ... 33 C. H. Blake, b Brans­ ton .......................... 4 E. A . Parke, b G n - ham e.......... ........... 5 Capt. A. Roberts, b Grahame................... 2 G. O. Podmore, run out .......................... 3 B 6, lb 2, w 1, nb 1 10 Total . 186 C harterhouse S chool , G.T.Branston,b Blake W . J. H. Curwen, c Roberts, b Williams 78 R. A.Bence-Pr m^roke, c Holland, b Blake.. 0 O.T.Norris,cHarrison, b Williams ...........58 H. M. Forster, lbw, b fclake.......................... 3 A. R. Cheate, G. Y . Dockery and H. J. B. Fry did not bat. D. Grahame, c and b W ilia m s................... 1 E. S. Cripps, not out.. 2 G. V . tioodliffe, not out ........................... 8 Byes ................... 4 Total (6 wk's) 190 PELHAM v. CUCKFIELD.- June 14. -Played at Cuckfield on P elham . B. T. Bonser, lbw, b Sebright .................. 15 A. W . Parker, b Browne ...................19 A. F. Potter, not out 25 W . E Peel, b Browne 5 J. E. Potter, c Pierce, b Sebright ........... 3 C.E.Crawshay, run out 10 A. R. Edgell, st Bunt­ ing, b Browne A. E. Quennell, b Askew ................... P. H. Wray, b "White P. Ling wood, not out B 3, nb 5 ........... Total (8 wkts) *107 F. Sweatman and G. L . Dalton did not bat. * Innings declared closed. CUCKFIELD. 1081 L. Askew, not out ...3 3 B. Mertens, b Peel 0. White, c Peel, b H. Askew, not out J. E. Potter ........... 1 N o-b a ll........... W . Hill, c Peel, b J. E. Potter ........... 1 Total (4 wkts) 52 R. H. Browne, b J. E. Potter ................... 3 ! H. Mertens, G. Bunting, M. Turner, A . Baker J. Sebright, and B. Pierce did not bat. WEST WRATTING PARK (2) v. HAVERH ILL (2).—Played at West Wratting on Saturday. W est W ratting (2). H. A . Penton, run out 64 R. Whytehead, b Har­ rington ................... 0 E. T. Dalton, b Poole J. C. Woodall, c Whi­ ting, b Poole ........... 0 P. P. Curtis, run out .. 33 Havilaud, run out ... 3 Lathbury, not out ... 4 H averhill (2). V. Lewis, c Poole, b Lead Leeson, b P oole........... Burrell, b P oole......... Dugdale, c Arbour, b L ea d ......................... Total ...116 A. Harrington, b Pen­ ton .......................... T. Poole, c &b Woodall R. Whiting, run out... C. Ryle, b Penton J. Lead, b Penton K . Arbour, c Dalton, b W oodall................. C.Hooper.e&bWoodall 8 A . Whiting, b Penton 2 W . Buckler, b Burrell 0 T. Gunnell, not o u t... 15 L. Gibson, not out ... 16 Total 61 THE WANDERERS v. CHARLTON PARK. Played at Charlton Park. W andebers . S. Colman, b Thomas 22 W . H. Waller, b Bernays ... ... 5 E. A Beldam, b Thomas .................. 6 K. E. M. Barker, lbw, b Weber C. A. Beldam, Mascall ........... A . E. Damian, Bernays ........... 75 13 P. B. Lincoln, lbw, b W tber ........... . 21 F.H .8ummers, notout 10 N. A. Damian, b Weber 7 E. A.Waller, c Thomas, b We', er .................. i E. lhom\s, c Earle, b Weber ................... 3 Extras ........... 5 Total C harlton P ark . Sir Spencer-Wilson, c |A . J. Robertson, ...212 E.A.Beldam,b Barker 25 VV. P. Weber,cLincoln, b C. A. Beldam ... 19 C. T. Earle, b Colman 1 C.M .lernays, b Barker 11 S.H.Thoma8,b Barker 9 S. D. Robertson, b Barker ................... 3 Beldam ................... 0 R. G. Cowley, not out 27 W . McCanlis, lbw, b Barker .................. 15 A. T. Lovey, b Beldam 3 H. C. Cross, b Beldam 1 Extras ...........18 Total ...132