Cricket 1902

24 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. F eb . 27, 1902. GRASS SEEDS. For Cricket Grounds. THE ONLY SEEDS Used at LORD’S and the OYAL. Price 1 /4 per It., 2 5 / - per Bushel. C A R R I A G E F R E E . For Tennis Courts. Used at the ALL EN&LAND GROUND. Price 1/4 per lb., 2 5 / - per Bushel. C A R R I A G E F R E E . For Football Grounds. Used at ASTON PARK, &c., &c. Price 1 /4 per lb., 2 5 / - per Bushel. C A R R I A G E F R E E . For Golf Links AND Putting Greens. USED AT RICHMOND, SUNNINGDALE, &c. For Course, Price 1 /4 lb. and 2 5 / - Bushel. For Greens, 1/6 lb., 3 0 / - Bushel C A R R I A G E F R E E . For Racecourses. Used at EPSOM, ASCOT, &c. Price 1 /4 per lb., 2 5 / - per Bushel. C A R R I A G E F R E E . E a t lm a t e a g iv e n f o r Q u a n t if ie s . ILLUSTRATED PAMPHLET Gratis and Post Free. CARTERS, Seedsmen to His Majesty the King. 237,238, # 97,HIGHHOLBORN, LONDON. 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F r o m East London, Cape Colony, Mr. Richard Sworrier writes: “ I should be glad if you would kindly forward me the bowling averages of Messrs. Bradley and Co., of the Kent XI., in the match at Brighton against Sussex last year. According to the cutting whicti I enclose from the East London Despatch of Sep­ tember 4th, 1901, these averages ought to be a curiosity ! ” The following is the cutting referred to by our correspondent: SUSSEX v. KENT. The game between Sussex and Kent at Brighton resulted in a drawn game. Scores Sussex (1st innings, for 7 wickets, innings declared) .......................................................... 6393 Kent (1st innings) .................................................. 368 Kent (2nd innings) .................................................. 319 An “ Old Harrovian” writes:—“ The Hon. Herbert Wellbore Ellis Agar, of Stanton House, Highworth, Wiltshire, was born September 19th, 1823, and died at 2, Bryanston Square, London, August 9th, 1901, aged 77. He assisted Harrow at Lord's, against Winchester, and Eton, with success, in 1841 and 1842, his bowl­ ing being slow round arm, and he was, besides, a neat batsman and field at slip. His younger brother, the Hon. Charles Agar (killed at Sebastopol), also played for Harrow in their school matches. Only two members of the Harrow eleven of 1842 are, it is believed, now alive. Tempus fugit. W e have received the magazine of the Mangalore Native College, giving an account of the past cricket season, often in picturesque language. The college was, as usual, very successful. We append a few extracts from the reports of the various matches:— K. Bhavani Ran then came to the rescue find set himself to stop every bowl. Better fortune was ours in the afternoon, for the stumps rattled and the bails flew, and the remaining five wickets only added 19 to the score. The excitement became intense as skiers went up like rockets and came down with a thud on the hard ground without a hand to save them from the impact. The score runs up to 97—ten more for a tie, eleven for victory! It is too much to be hoped for. Young players cannot keep steady in such an emergency. Thomas Correa, the co-partner, rashly attempts a run, and down he goes and all before him. After the fall of the fifth wicket, the oppos­ ing team was sent to the bat and dispatched in double-quick time for 10 runs, eight bats­ men returning “ with faces full of O’s. ” The opposing team manfully bowled and fielded under a broiling sun till the dewy shades of eren began to gather in. O w in g to an accident the following notes about two Old Harrovians who died towards the end of last year, have been delayed in publication. The notes are by “ An Old Harrovian ” :— On the 28th of October Charles Alex­ ander Pidcock died. He was a barrister- at-law, and sometime assistant magistrate at Bulawayo, Rhodesia, a son of Henry Pidcock, Esq., D.L., of Oakfield, near Worcester. He was in the Harrow Eleven in 1868, and contended at Lord’s v. Eton. His age must have been about fifty.” On the 1st November, at 37, Princes Gate, Mr. Dudley Edward Saurin, aged Beventy-one, died suddenly. He played in the Harrow Eleven at Lord’s in 1847, contending v. Winchester and v. Eton. He appeared as a substitute for H. Mac­ kenzie, who was ill. W e have received a pamphlet entitled “ The Cherry Diamond. Published for the information of members of the Knickerbocker Athletic Club, at the club­ house, Madison Avenue and Forty-fifth Street, New York City.” The pamphlet gives a record of the doings of the cricket section of the club during the past year, from which we find that in all 22 matches were played, of which 14 were won, 6 lost, and 2 drawn. We are glad to notice that much attention has been given to the interests of younger membeis, with the object of cultivating talent—by far the best way to ensure the success of the club in the future.