Cricket 1902

J u l y 10, 1902. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD O f THE GAME. 265 done |by the Australians, without any due Bense of proportion. When Austra­ lians fail it is hard lines ; when we fail it is a national disgrace. It may be remembered that if you have a wicket bad enough, you may get the Australian team out for 36—whereupon our visitors receive the ufmost sympathy, and are assured that true Englishmen would much prefer to get out for 36 them­ selves than that such an infliction should befall their opponents. If we happen to have all the best of the luck in the next test match and win, we shall be told to blush with confusion for feeling pleased over our victory. A C o r r e s p o n d e n t informs us that on Saturday he went to see the Oxford and Cambridge match at Lord’s from Finch­ ley, a distance of nearly six miles. As he thought he would like to see a little of the practice before the play began, he c. h . eybk iCapt. Harrow X I.) (From a photo by Hills A Saunders, Harrow.) allowed an hour and three quarters for the journey by omnibus, which passed within a hundred yards of his door, and set him down at St. John’s Wood Station. But he had miscalculated the pace at which an omnibus can go, and he only arrived on the ground at Lord’s just as the match was beginning. He wants to know whether this is a record. W e think not. We know a statistician who started the other day to go from Canonbury to the Leyton Ground. Being a statistician he, of course, neglected to find out about trains, etc At Canonbury he was told to change at Dalston, where he waited for a quarter of an hour, and was then told to get out at Victoria Park. Here there was only a short delay of ten minutes, after which he was told to change at Stratford, where he waited for half an hour. Arriving at the Leyton Station he found that the tram was not ready to start, but eventually, after he had enjoyed a lot of scenery of the chimney-pot order, he arrived at his destination, an hour or two after the time on which he had calculated. It did not add much to his pleasure to be told that he might have taken a tram at Strat­ ford. A l t h o u g h the heat at Lord’s on Saturday was great, one of the Oxford men wore a sweater when fielding against Cambridge, and another who came out with his sweater burdened the umpire with it after a short time. T h e Hurst Johnian for June gives particulars of a good piece of gentle tap­ ping in the Old Boys match at Hurst. The game was played as long ago as May 19th ; but still, it included one per­ formance which is far too good to be allowed to pass unnoticed. The Old Boys only batted once, and the scoring was so uneven that 169 of the total of 185 from the bat were contributed by three of the side. W. H. Waller, the well- known Association goal-keeper who plays for the Surrey County C O., the Wanderers, and other clubs, made 104 out of 116 while he was at the wicket. He was only in tbirty-eight minutes, and among his hits were four 6’s and ten 4’s. A m o n g the most fashionable part of the attendance at a match in Regent’s Park on Saturday was a young lady who carried a semi-transparent sunshade of a mixture in colour of purple, scarlet and crimson lake. If only this particular sunshade could have appeared at Lord’s during the luncheon interval, it would have knocked everything else on the field in the way of sunshade? into a cocked hat. It would probably have made some of the ladies faint, not as much with envy as with terror, for its hue was decidedly striking in its way. But it was the thing in Regent’s Park on Saturday afternoon. T h e Oxford University captain on Saturday, during the second innings of Cambri *ge, changed hisbowling almost as frequently as Darling in the famous first innings (if England in the test match at Edgbaston. The following is a complete record of the changes :— A. C. Von Emsthausen and It. C. W. Bum began. At 27 Kelly was substituted for Burn ; at 37, Bonham Carter for Ernst­ hausen ; at 67, Dillon for Kelly; at 84, Evans for Bonham Carter; at 101, Williams for Dillon; at 108, Kelly for Williams. —(Lunch); at 113, Bonham Carter for Williams; at 143, Evans for Kelly ; at 152, Dillon for Bonham Carter; at 177, Ernst­ hausen for Evans ; at 186, Kelly for Ernst­ hausen; at 197, Bonham Carter for Dillon; at 213, Evans for Bonham Carter; at 220, Dillon for Evans ; at 228, Bonham Carter for Kelly; at 251, Williams for Dillon ; and at 257 Ernsthausen for Bonham Carter. T h e following quaint extracts from the Sussex Evening Times refer to the members of a local team :— Mr. “ Sparrow ” Leeson.—Fair bowler and very consistent hat, generally safe for 4 or 5. 'Ihe slogger of the team. Mr. Ueorge Brooker.—One of the main­ stays of the hatting department. His average in batting at present is 0-25 for four innings ; hopes soon to bring it up to at least 2. Mr. Tom Brooker.—The best bat in the team (though not qualified in the averages owing to the fact that he has only received one innings), and bowls a splendid ball, the seventh in each over. Mr. Wolesley.—Another good batsman ; two runs in six innings; wants to know what it feels like to be batting in the second over. Excellent when set. W. Leech.—Best all-round man in the team. Always sent in last. Has never yet been dismissed—nor had a ball delivered to him. F r o m Cleveland. Ohio, Mr. G . W. Carver writes :—“ Cricket in the middle and Western States is booming this season, and if the Australians or an English team visit America this season it W. B. GEKGSON ellis (Capt. Eton X I.) (.From a photo by Hills & Saunders, Eton.) would do us a lot of good. If they would play a few matches, say, in Pittsburg, Cleveland, Chicago, and St. Louis, I feel confident it would enthuse many old and young cricketers to take up the game. I have been often asked ‘ Why don’t you get an English team to play through this section ?’ but the great drawback is the expense. Perhaps some English gentle­ men, could, or will, bring a team. If a tour consisting of several Cities in the West were arranged for, I would assist at this end if anyone would undertake the bringing over a team, he could wind up in Philadelphia.” A p l e a s a n t little scene was enacted on Thursday evening last, at Kennington, when a presentation was made to Bald­ win by the professional members of the Surrey team, on the occasion of his