Cricket 1902

( A - U ' W k A h * ' * lfr '+ ,<| ^ U i o ^ l 4 a U u S f ^ ) . ' U v j ^ U - a U o ^ < \ )\ )(W [.H * a *M a s'i%1 k ^ A^ + V<f J v ^ iU X i o i f s ^ ) ifyfc ts * »VktvlK ‘CM *i^-<i^*jW J li» ^ Ju ly 3, 1902. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 251 Fkom the Sydney Referee : — Alexander Kermode, the Sydney cricketer, who left for England, on May 17th, to fulfil an engagement with the Lancashire County Cricket Club, has had hut little experience in important cricket. At the practice wicksts and in the New South Wales matches against Victoria and MacLaren’s team, on the Sydney Cricket Ground, he howled with sufficient ability to indicate that he had a future. On English wickets Kermode will probably prove a sound bowler, for he seems to possess a good deal more natural ability than many men who figure with success in England. He bowls fast medium pace, high overarm, and makes the ball come across a bit from leg. He has good height, but is rather slight, though he seems wiry. Kermode will need to reside in England two years before becoming qualified to play for Lancashire By that time he will doubtless improve all round under the eye of MacLaren. He will then be in his 28th year. I t is not often that the hat trick is twice accomplished in an innings. It was done at the Oval on Monday, and I should not be greatly surprised to hear, though there is little in the way of sen­ sation the Surrey ground has not known, that it is the first case of the kind on the classic sward at Kennicgton. The game on Monday was between the Surrey Colts and the Croydon Amateurs. The second, third and fourth wickets of the latter fell with the total at 103, all clean bowled from successive balls by Rushby, of Cobbam. The eighth, ninth and tenth wickets went at 149, the three falling to consecutive balls by Platt, of Richmond. NOTES FROM SCOTLAND. (By Our S pecial C orrespondent .) A. W . Duncan, of the Grange, better known, per­ haps, as the Scottish Rugby back, will at the end of the season sever his connection with Scottish cricket. He is going to settle in Grenada, in the West Indies, and leaves Scotlmd early in October. That Duncan’s loss will be greatly felt by the Grange goes without saying, for he is generally considered to he the most brilliant of the younger school of Grange cricketers. Besides being a splendid batsman with a free and attractive style, Duncan is a good right- hand medium-pace bowler of the curl-in-the-air variety. There is a possibility, if not a probability, of the Edinburgh Australasian C.C. being dissolved before next season comes round. Looking to the prominent part the Australasians have taken in Scottish cricket for years past the dissolution, if it comes about, will certainly be a matter for regret. Dr. R. J. Pope was. it may be recalled, one of the founders of the Edinburgh A u stra lia n Club, the personnel of which is made up almost entirely of students attendirg Edinburgh University. An interesting match was played f.t Glasgow on the 27th ult. between teams representing the hast and West. The latter were practically at full strength, but the most notable absentees on the Eastern f-ide were H. J. Stevenson and R. H. Johnston. The West, captained by C. T. Mannes, were all out for 167, seven men reaching double figures. The Western team exp<rienced not a lit le difficulty with the bowliDg of C. M. Campbell, who had five for 33. For the EaBt, Asher’s play was the feature. His batting was brilliant and he held complete mastery over the bowling until with his fcore at 96 he was beaten. The “ tail” did little, and when time was called the East innings had realised 243 for nine, or 86 and a wicket to the good, A . S. Cairns being not out with a fine 67 to his credit. Stirlingshire atd Aberdeenshire have met twice within the space of eight days in the county cham­ pionship. In both matches Aberdeenshire have quite outplayed their opponents in every department except fieldmg. Aberdeenshire have exper enced he hardest o f hard lines in not emerging victorious from both contests. 1 hey dismissed fcitirliQgi?hire in the first match for 92, Hallas and P. R. Lowe being the only players to offer any resistance to the bowling of W . Webster. Aberdeenshire then went in, and thanks chiefly to a dashing innings by R. T. Reid, bad scored 73 for the loss of two wickets vhen “ J. P.,” that arch-enemy of cricketers, intervened. Twenty minutes from time the rain ceased, Aberdeen­ shire, w i'h eight wickets in hand, only requiring 20 to win. Much to the surprise of many present the Stirlingshire umpire declared the wicket unfit for further play. This decision was quite incorrect, there having been less than ninety minutes of rain that day and dry weather nearly all the week. In the second match at Aberdeen, the home county, after losing R, T. Reid for 3, carried everything before them. J. A. Scharenquival (105 not out) and W . Webster (114) were in brilliant form, and were never in difficulties with the Stirlingshire bowling. They sent up the 100 without being se. arated, and it was not till after the 230 appeared that their splendid partnership was terminated by W . Webster being run out. Their partnership of 230 is the highest recorded this seaeon in Scotland. W ith the score at 242 for four Aberdeenshire declared, leaving Stirling­ shire two hours and a-quarter for their innings. They made a poor show until D. Yellowlees and Smith (E.) came together for the eighth wicket The pair, with defeat staring thcm in the face, defied for a time all the efforts of the Aberdeenshire bowlers to dislodge them. Upon the stroke o f time, however, D. Yellowlees was beaten by W . Webster for an inva'uable 22, Smith (E.) being left not cut with 25. The innings had realised 119 for eight, the visitors being 123 runs behind with two wickets to fall. © o r m p o n O e n c c , The Editor does not hold himself responsible tor the opinions o f his correspondents. SPARROWED OUT. To the Editor of C r ic k e t . D ear S ir , —In your last issue, Mr. Ashley- Cooper asks the meaning of “ Wm. Clarke, sparrowed out by S. Parr, 0,” on a score sheet of 1814, at Radcliffe-on-Trent. I think “ sparrowed out ” means “ thrown out,” and would probably have been written at that date in a country match as “ throwed out,” but for a jocose tendency on the part of the scorer, who was unable to refrain from a jestingly allusion to the thrower’s name, and so wrote “ S. Parr-owed out” ; he may also have included the duck’s egg in his jest, and have written “ S. Parr-0-wed out. Yours truly, E. M a it l a n d , 50, Norfolk Square, June 20 th, 1902. Hyde Park, W. PELHAM v. NORTHERN ASSURANCE.—Played at Chingford on June 26. P elham . First innings. B. T. Bonser, c Balkwill, b Westland ..........................42 A. F. Potter, b Clarke ... 0 F.C.De la Cour, b Westland 0 A. J. Boddington, b Clnrke 20 W . E. Peel, c Balkwill, b W e s tla n d ..........................24 J. E. Potter, b Westland ... 6 P. Ling wood, b B a ll........... 0 C, H. Adams, b H a ll......... 7 G. L. Dalton, b W estland .. 0 A. Atterbury, not out ... 3 H. Hallett, b Westland ... 1 B 4, lb 3 ................... 7 Second innings. b Peters ...........13 not out................... 2 st Beveridge, b M oseley........... 8 lbw, b Moseley . 4 b Peters ........... 8 not o u t.................. 7 b Peters b Moseley b Peters Byes Total ...110 Total .. 46 N orthern A ssurance . I irst innings. H. S. Clarke, b Boddington J. Balkwill, c Peel, b De la Cour ........... ................... J.R. Moseley, b Bcddingtoa R. B. Hali,c Bonser,b De la Cour . ........................... R. H. Peters, c Hallett, b De la Cour ................... J. B. Westland, c Bonser, b Boddington ................... H.H.Mcseley,b Boddington K. Burton, c Atterbury, b De la Cour.......................... C. A . Beveridge, not out ... E. Bird, b De la C ou r......... J.D/1 homson,b Boddington Byes ........................... Total ................... J Second innings. 2 run out ........... 4 c Bonser, b Ling- 3 wood .. 3 b De la Cour 2 run ont 4 b De la Cour 5 b De la Cour 4 run out 0 b Bodd'ngton ... 3 c Beddington, b Peel ........... 0 b Boddington ... 2 not out 8 5 3 B 9, lb 1, nb 2 12 Total ... 91 T H E A U S T R THE SCOTLAND MATCH. SEVENTEENTH OF THE TOUR. Played on the Ground of the Grange C.C., at Edinburgh on June 30 and July 1. Australians won by an innings and 105 runs. It was originally intended by the Australians to have a week’s holiday before the Third Test Match in order to see the Coronation Festivities. But when these fell through two matches were hastily arranged of which the second was with Scotland. Owing partly to their climate Scotsmen are greatly handi­ capped as cricketers ; and although great efforts are now being made to encourage the game by means of a county championship, it is to be feared that the many difficulties which present themselves in Scot­ land to rising cricketers will keep the country more or less in the background. The Australians took the opportunity of leaving out three of their batsmen, viz., Trumper, Trumble, and Howell. Darling won the toss and sent the Scotsmen in on a soft wicket. They did not do at all badly, Anderson playing particuDrly fine cricket. The Australians found no difficulty in scoring off the Scottish bowlers, and when stumps were drawn they had made 283 for six wickets against a total of 109. The Australian innings soon came to an end on Tuesday, and the Scotsmen could not hope for anything but an innings defeat, as the wicket had become very difficult. Darling gave his change bowlers a chance, and they did all that was necessary. S cotland X I. First innings. Second innings. J. Anderson, c Darling, b Hopkins ...........................33 c Carter, b Duff 24 W . R. Sharp, b Noble ... 4 c Hill, b Arm­ strong ... . 9 L.G.D.Hole,cCarter,bJones 14 c Carter, b Arm­ strong ........... 0 C, M. Campbell, run out ... 20 b D u ff.................. 2 R. H. Johnston, b Hopkins 4 not o u t..................30 A . W . Duncan, b Hopkirs 7 c Noble, b Kelly 11 G.W.Jupp.cGregory.bJones 21 b Duff.................. 0 H. J. Stevenson, c Duff, b c Armstrong, Hopkins ........................... 0 Kelly ........... 2 Pepall, b Jones ................... 5 c sub, b Hill ... 0 A. Downs, not out ........... 1 c Armstrong, b Hill ................... 1 W . A . N. Hunter, b Jones 0 c Saunders, b Hill 7 Extras........................... 0 B 3, lb 1, nb 1 5 Total ...................109 A ustralians . Total...........91 M.A.Noble,bCampbell 59 i J..J. Kelly, run o u t... 0 R. A . Duff, c Downs, b H^ Carter, c Jupp, b Stevenson ...........98 Pepall ..................... 0 C. Hill, b Campbell ... 21 E.Jones, c Johnston,b J.Darling, c Campbell, Stevenson...................15 b H u n te r ................. 1 J.V.8aunders, c John- S.E.Gre gory, b Steven- ston, b Pepall........... 2 son ...........................40 B 2, lb 11 ..........13 A. J. Hopkins, not out 47 — W.Armstrong,bPepall 9 Tjtal ...305 S cotland X I. First innings . O. M. R. W. Jones .......... 17 4 33 4 ... Noble .. .. 10 2 25 1 ... Saunders ... 3 0 7 0 .............. Hopkins ... 9 1 36 4 ............ Duff .......... 1 0 8 0 .............. 8 3 17 3 Hill ........... 9 2 30 3 K el^y........... 4 0 13 2 Armstrong 9 4 13 2 Carter........... 1 0 7 0 Second innings. O. M. R. W . 3 0 6 0 Pepall ... Hunter ... Stevenson A ustralians . O. M. R. W . O. 17 6 63 3 I Campbell 12 8 0 62 1 Jupp ... 7 22 2 81 3 M. R. W - 0 69 2 0 17 0 M.C.C. & GROUND v. OXFORD UNI- YERSITY. Played at Lord’s on June 30 and July 1. (Two day match). Abandoned. As usual, this match was confined to two days. Oxford took the field with only seven of the tenm which had been chosen to play against Cambridge, E. W . Dillon, vv. H. B. Evans, R. A. Williams, and Von Ernsthausen, being the absentees. The M.C.C. team was only moderately fetrong. On the first day Lord Hawke played very fine cricket, carrying his bat ttrough the M.C.C. innings, and hitting veiy hard indeed on the off side. No one else did much, and the total was not large, for a good wicket. When stumps were drawn, Oxford had lost four wickets for 117. Findlay (44) and W yld (44 not out), distinguishing themselves. On Tuesday the game was given up a