Cricket 1902

312 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J u l y 3 1 , 1902. BELLE STEAMERS. DA ILY SE A TRIPS, From FRESH WHARF, LONDON BRIDGE 9 ml5m —Daily during August to Southend, Clacton, Walton, Southwold andYarmouth (direct). Felixstowe, Harwich, and Ipswich passengers change at Walton. N o t e . —On Fridays, 8th, 15th, 32nd and 29th August no bookings to Felixstowe, Harwich, Ips­ wich, Southwold and Yarmouth unless specially advertised. S .3 0m —Daily to Margate and Ramsgate andback same day. The 9.16 and 9.30 steamers call at Green­ wich, North Woolwich and Tilbury. B a ilin gs e v e ry S a tu rd a y , S u n d ay , M on d a y a n d T h u rsd a y . 9 ,4 - 5 . —Express to Southend and Walton and back same day, calling at Clacton and all stations on return journey. 3 . 0 . —Afternoon Trip to Gravesend andthe Nore calling at Greenwich and South Woolwich. Husbands’ Boats to Margate at 2 . Q . and Southend at 3 . 0 . every Saturday. 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Scores must reach “ Cricket ” Offices, 168, Upper Thames Street, E.C., by first post on Tuesday following the match. Cricket: A. WEEKLY RECORD O f TBE GAME. 168, UPPER THAMES STREET, LO ID O I, E.C. THURSDAY, JULY 31 st , 1902. The abstract and brief chronicle o f the tim e.— Hamlet. T here is a well-known proverb which says “ Qui s'excuse, s’accuse,” but like all other proverbs it has its limitations. To excuse England’s defeat is unnecessary, since the facts speak plainly enough for themselves. All that need be said is that the four matches which have been played up to date have not demonstrated the superiority of Australia. As one of the best judges of the game in the world put it on Monday, “ Let us suppose the posi­ tions exactly reversed. Would English- en feel satisfied with themselves ? ” D u r in g the whole of their tour the Australians have never fielded as badly as they did at Leyton on Monday after­ noon, but perhaps after the excitement of the three runs’ victory, they were a little unnerved. Up to a certain point they had been nearly as good as usual, but afterwards they not only allowed the ball to go through thfiu over and over again, but fumbled it and tven failed to stop it when it came straight to them. Some of our veterans could have given them points. T o w a r d s the end of Monday after­ noon, C. J. Kortright drove a ball back to Noble with tiemendous force, hitting him almost on the knee-cap. Although it was in the middle of an over, Noble was so badly hurt that he had to retire, and it is characteristic of the times that when he was limping towards the pavi­ lion the crowd applauded loudly, just as they do when a man recovers from a kick or a charge on the football ground. A s t u d y of the way in which K. S. Eanjitsinbji has been out during the month of July affords food for reflection. The record of his innings is as follows :— July 7, 8, 9 Gentn.v.Players (Lord’ s) j X m p ^ 25! „ 10, 11, 12 Sussex v. Yorkshire ...run out, 68. „ 14, 15, 16 Sussex v. Surrey ............not out, 234 ,,1 7 ,1 8 Sussex T. K ent ............S o u g h t " ' „ 24, 25, 26 England v. Australia •••"j lbw* 4* „ 28, 29, 30 Sussex y. M iddlesex ...caught, 29. A S tr ik in g illustration of the way in which batsmen will unwitely sacrifice their wickets in order to allow a comrade to reach his hundred or his fifty was given on Mot day in the match between Leicestershire and Worcestershire. The former county had not made by any means too many runs when E. T. Craw­ ford’s score stood at 99. He had then put on 160 runs for the ninth wicket in partnership with W. W. Odell, and there seemed no reason why this partnership should not continue for a long while. But in attempting to make the one run which would bring Crawford’s figures to a hundred, both the ninth and tenth wickets were thrown away, and it was discovered long before the Worcesteishire innings ended tbat this was but foolish business. F rom far away Manitoba a cricketer sends us the following lines, which do credit to his pluck :— Alas ! for the season of 1902 Will make comity treasurers look blue ; As it rains, then it drizzles, With the match ending in fizzles ; And the ground men to pay ! T h e Australian cricketers have decided not to go to America after the completion of their English tour on September 10th. The Philadelphians wanted them on the 20th September, and this would necessi­ tate their leaving England immediately, which would have been inconvenient, to say the least of it. As the South African tour has not as yet come to anything, it is most probable that the team will go home via Western Australia, playing there a fortnight on their way to Mel­ bourne and Sydney. D r . E. M. G r a c e , it will interest readers of “ Gossip ” to hear, is still a power in the land down Thornbury way. Last week he played in four matches and won them all. On the 21st be made 13 and took eleven wickets (no analysis kept), on the 23rd he scored 32 and 26 and obtained six wickets for 37, on the 24th his share was 7 and nine wickets for 38, and on the 26th, 33 and B ix for 27. A lt h o u g h the feat of making two separate hundreds in a first-class match is not as rare as it used to be it is still something to be immensely proud of, and Arthur Shrewsbury is to be congratu­ lated on scoring 101 and 127 not out for Notts against Gloucestershire. Befoie this he had performed nearly every feat which a great batsman aims at, even to getting a hundred for England v. Aus­ tralia at Lord’s.