Cricket 1902

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TO THE OYAL From Angel, Islington, Moorgate 8treet, Bank, and London Bridge Stations. Travel by the Electric Railway— Trains every 3 or 4 minutes. THOMAS C. JENKIN, G kvebal M anager . The Editor regrets that the pressure of scores during the summer only allows him to guaranteeinsertion of scores of clubs arranging for publication of all their matches. A charge of Is. a match, with a minimum of 21s., is made for the insertion of scores. Odd scores are inserted at 2s. each if space permits. Scores must reach “ Cricket ” Offices, 168, Upper Thames Street, E.C., by first post on Tuesday following the match. Cricket: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 168, UPPER THAMES STREET, LO ID O I, E.C. THURSDAY, JULY 24 th , 1902. $atotlum Gossip. The abstract and brief chronicle of the time.— Hamlet. I n his last three matches previous to Saturday, Ranjitsinhji was not out when stumps were drawn on the day on which he began his innings. For Sussex against Yorkshire he had made 68 not out when the second day’ s play ended; he was run out on the next morning with­ out increasing his score. For Sussex against Surrey he was not out 64 over­ night, and increased his score to 234 not out on the next day. For Sussex against Kent he was not out 30 overnight in the first innings, and was again run out almost immediately after the game was resumed on the next morning. I t is no wonder that nice things are said about the present Australian Team, for the old reproach of playing a wretchedly slow and unattractive game, which was reasonably enough thrown in the teeth of their predecessors, is no longer needed. The Australians can and do make runs as quickly as anybody can possibly desire. In their last match against Somerset, they put np 128 over­ night in an hour and a quarter ; Duff and Noble had a partnership of 146, lasting for ninety-five minutes; Hopkins and Duff put on 119 in fifty-five minutes; and scored his 183 in three hours. I n Somerset v. Australians, the first day’s play lasted for four hours and a- half, andproduced 402 runs; on the second day, 403 runs were made in four hours and three quarters, and on the third day, when, owing to rain, it was only possible to play for about two hours and a half, 148 runs were made. This, for an Aus­ tralian match, is quite out of the common. I n his splendid second innings of 90 against the Australians at Taunton on Friday last, L. C. H. Palairet made 24 runs out of the first 26; 41 out of the first 50, and 60 out of the first 69. After this he slowed down, but when he was out the total was only 141. O n Thursday last, July 17th, Dr. W. G. Grace celebrated his fifty-fourth birth­ day. But despite his age, he is still one of the greatest cricketers of the day. L a s t week it was pointed out in Cricket that Brann and Newham, after making ever a hundred each in partner­ ship against Yorkshire on the Wednesday, were dismissed by Surrey on the Thurs­ day for a couple of runs between them. An equally curious change in the fortunes of batsmen was seen on Thurs­ day last, when Iremonger, W. Gunn, and Anthony, who had scored 146, 120, and 89 againt Derbyshire on the previous Tuesday, were out for 14 between them against Yorkshire. H. M a r t y n , the old Oxford University wicket-keeper, who has been qualifying for Somerset, made his first appearance for the county on Thursday last against the Australians. He had become quali­ fied in the previous week. T h e relatives of the late William Hutton, better known among the in­ habitants of Canterbury as “ Bob Ridley ” —have presented to the St. Lawrence Cricket Club the bell with which he was presented, and which he used to ring on the cricket ground, as a signal for the ground to be cleared and for play to commence. There are many people who recollect Bob Rid­ ley, and the gift of his bell is much appreciated by the Club, in whose matches it will, in future, be used. I n the first innings of Middlesex against Surrey at Lord’s, six wickets were down for 166, while the total of the innings came to 345 ; in the first innings of Surrey against Middlesex six wickets fell for 165, while the total of the innings was 357.