Cricket 1902

J u l y 24, 1902. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 297 A g ain st Surrey at Lord’s last week G. W. Beldam made the highest score of his career in a first-class match, viz., 155, not out, his previous best being 150, not out, at the Oval last year for London County, also against Surrey. He is by far the most useful man that Middlesex have dis­ covered for a very long time, and the only wonder is that they allowed him to live so long before playing him. required to win. To this, on the following day, Mr. A. C. M. Croome replied that the two sides had struggled hard for two days, each had been in the cart at least once, and when time was called the position was such that a snick off the leg-stump, or a misied full toss, would have given a fluky victory to one of them. It would, he added, be hard to imagine a better finish. grounds for bowlers, as witness the following records for last Saturday:— Dawaon, for Cornholme v. Lambolton— 7 wickets for 1 run. W oods, for Lostock Graham v. Plumbley — 8 wickets for 1 run. Savage, for Thornley v. W ingite— 6 wickets for 1 run. Westman, for Curdworth v. Walmley— 5 wickets for 1 run (4 with succe sive balls). Dr. Stuart, for Bentham v. Arkholme— 7 pickets for 0 runs. THE SOMERSET TEAM, 1902. BRAUND. M’ CAWLRY. P. R. JOHNSON. ROBSON. S. M. J. WOODS. L. C. H. PALAIRET. J. DANIELL. [From a Photo by Thiele &■ Co., 66, Chancery Lane, London. CRANFIELD. GILL. A . E. NEWTON R. C. N. PALAIRET. F ob Mr. K. A. D. Liebert’s X I. against Sir D. Gooch’s X I. on July 14 and 16, C. P. Foley, the old Middlesex cricketer, scored 100 not out, and 108. In a characteristic letter to the Sportsman on Friday, Mr. O. C. Clarke wanted to know why a match between Oxford University Authentics and the Earl of Eglington’s X I. was not played to a finish, when only three runs were To the above explanation Mr. Croome added an amusing query as follows :— Hay I be permitted, to use the argumcntum ad hominem f Mr. Clarke plays golf. Does he, when giving his opponent a third, go out to play a nineteenth hole, even though he has to give a stroke thereat, after having just scratched a half of the match proper. S ome of the wickets belonging to Northern Clubs are happy hunting A little mixed at the Crystal Palace on Monday :—C. A. Ollivierre (the West Indian coloured cricketer) goes in to bat for Derbyshire. Old Gentleman: “ A h ! here comes Poidevin ! ” His Friend: “ Oh yes. He came over with the South Africans a year or two ago, I believe.” Old Gentleman : “ Yes, that is so. But I see that in one of the daily papers they are always calling him the New Zea­ lander.”