Cricket 1902

J u l y 3 1 , 19 02. CRICKET : A^WEEKLY RECORD O f THE GAME. 313 Im a g in e the feelings of a suburban cricketer who, on Saturday evening, bought a “ Second Extra Special,” knowing that he would not be able to hear any more news of the match at Manchester until the following Monday morning! The stop press news of the match was as follows (England having to make 124 to win):— CRICKET. MANCHESTER.—England 119 for 9. Maclaren 35, Tyldesley 16, Ranji 4, Abel 21, Jackson 7, Braund 3, Lockwood 0. AGAIN imagine the feelings on Monday morning of another suburban cricketer who, under similar circumstances, had bought a somewhat earlier edition on the previous Saturday of an evening paper, which gave the latest news as England 92 for four wickets! only 32 more runs to win and six of the side left including Abel, Jackson, Lockwood and Braund; it seemed impossible that England could, after all, be defeated. A CORRESPONDENT writes :—It was an interesting but a saddening experience on Saturday evening to try to discover the result of the big match from the contents bills of the evening papers. I was riding on a bus. The first bill that met my eye gave “ The Test Match Result.” Auother bill said : “ Exciting Finish.” Then more bills with “ Result.” No ray of hope was offered. Next came a bill with “ The King’s Prize” in big letters, and beneath it in small print “ Test Match Result.” I realised that it was all up with England, and when finally the Star gave “ The Test Match ” in tiny letters as though it were of no great importance, while an article on L. C. H. Palairet was in all the glory of large type, I wanted to read no more. If England had won, the contents bills would never have been so shy and retiring. C. A. O l l i v i e r r e , the coloured West Indian cricketer, became qualified for Derbyshire on July 19th and played in his first match in the county champion­ ship on Thursday last against Essex. He had previously played for Derbyshire against London County, the M.C.C. and the Australians. T h e r e was some big hitting by S. M. J. Woods and Y. T. Hill at the commencement of the first Somerset innings against Surrey at the Oval on Thursday last. Fourteen runs were made off the first over from Richardson by Woods, one of his hits sending the ball through a window above the press box. Off the second over from Lees, nine were made by Hill and four by Woods, while twelve runs were made off Richard­ son’s second over. T he success of R. T. Crawford for Leicestershire this season has beenmarked. He has not yet succeeded in making a hundred in first-class cricket, but the time cannot be very far distant when he will do so. He has this season already played innings of 90 against the Austra­ lians for an England eleven at Bradford, 91 against Derbyshire for his county, while on Monday against Worcestershire he scored 99 not out. Below will be found the averages up to July 15, of the chief Philadelphia cricketers in important matches. They appear in the American Cricketer. B A T T IN G A V E R A G E S. N o. Tim es M ost of not Total in an inns. out runs. inns. Aver. Gh 8. Patterson ... ... 5 .. 0 . . 196 . . 80 .. 39 20 F. C. Sharpless ... ... 4 .. 1 . . 115 . . 57V. 38-33 A . M . W ood . ... ... 9 1 . . 301 . . 93 .. 37-63 F. L. Altem us ... ... 6 .. 3 . . ior . . 30 . 3V«7 J. B. K ing ............ ... 9 . . 0 . . 300 . . 77 . 3333 H . A . Haines ... 7 .. 0 . . 223 ... 65 .. 31-8* R . D. B ro w n .......... ... 9 .. 1 . . 214 75 . 3050 C. C. M orris .. .. ... 5 .. 0 . . 151 . . 49 . 30-20 * Signifies not out. B O W L IN G A V E R A G E S. B. M . R . W . Aver. F. 0 . Sharpless ............ 259 ... 8 ... 116 .. 9 ... 12 69 R . H . Patton ............ 883 ...12 ... 195 ...15 .. I3'00 J. B. K ing ................... 941 ...83 ... 614 ...88 ... 13-53 W . P. O’N eill ............ 369 ... 5 .. 200 .. 13 ... 16'88 A . P. M orris ............ 649 .. 17 ... 355 . 23 ... 15-43 H. P. B a ily .................... 641 ...31 ... 301 ...19 ... 15 84 J. E .C . M o r to n ............ 690 22 ... 367 ...23 . 15-96 F rom America I hear that P. H. Bailey intends to take a Philadelphian team to Chicago on August 4, playing a couple of two day matches, against the Wan­ derers and a team representing Chicago and the West. A Philadelphian team is also to be taken to Halifax in August by P. H. Clark. Three two-day matches will be played, viz., against the Wan­ derers, the Garrison, and All Halifax. Major Van Stanbenzie is after all unable to take a Canadian team to Philadelphia. T h e details of Lockwood’s bowling analysis in the second innings of the Australians at Manchester, on a good wicket, are as follows :— 1 . . w w . . 1 . 1 1 . i i 1 w 4 1 i i 2 . . 1 . 1 . i . w . . V i c t o r T ritm p er has now played eight innings of a hundred during the present tour; these are as follows:— 101, v. Surrey at the Oval. 121, y. O xford at O xford. 105, v. M .C.C. at L ord’s. 128, v. Cambridge at Cambridge. 113, v. an England X I . at Bradford. 104, t . England at Manchester. 109 v. Essex at Leyton. 119 v. Essex at Leyton. “ One of the most remarkable balls I ever bowled or saw bowled,” says a writer in th e American Cricketer, “ was a ball I bowled, which struck a spike in the mat­ ting and caused the ball to return towards the bowler before it had passed the bats­ man. Now, what would be the decision in that case ? ” F. S. JACKSON is the only b-itsman who has played three innings of a hundred in a match between Australia and Eug- land in this country. His scores are 1893, at the Oval .............................103 1699, at the Oval ............................. 118 1902, at Manchester .....................128 So far the following players have repre­ sented England this year. Four m atches: A . C. M aclaren, F. S. Jackson, Tyldesley, Lilley, Braund and Rhodes. Three m atches: C. B . F ry, K . S. Ranjitsinhji, Hirst, G. L . Jessop, and Lockw ood. T w o M atches: Abel. One m atch : Barnes, L . C. H . Palairet and Tate. The following description of Clement Hill’s catch made at Manchester, on Saturday when England required eight runs to win, is from the Manchester Guardian. N ow only 10 were wanted. L illey made 2 from Trumble, and that was 8. It was noticed b y the curious in these matters that for L illey there were, b y orders of Trumble and D arling, three men out in the country. Clement H ill was in front of the pavilion, the outermost barrier on the Stretford side. Trum ble seemed to know his L illey. H e sent down a ball which he knew that L illey would hit at. It was a ball to the on. L illey meant to put things right. H e made a great swipe at it, H ill returned it fast, and it ought to have been a case o f run out. But again K elly could not gather it. H ill said things which people could not hear, but it was declared that he was swearing. The same over, the same ball, the same hit. But now the ball went high, and H ill made a lon g run for it. It seemed an impossible catch, but yet H ill made it. ftunning at top speed, he put out a hand, held the ball, and so terrific was his pace that he had to go tw enty yards onwards, ball in hand. “ I t is a sinful catch,” said a spec­ tator, and one can understand his feelings quite well. L o r d D a l m e n y has had an experience in cricket in its way I should say unique, certainly for modem up-to-date players. He was first associated with Surrey; at least I can recall his playing for the Young Amateurs of Surrey at the Oval some few years ago. In 1900 he repre­ sented Bucks, and now he occasionally is playing for Middlesex. A good all round sportsman, everyone will wish him the best of luck in first-class cricket. T h e match between the Poona Gym- kana and the Poona Parsis, played on the 5th inst., found two players well known in English cricket, the top scorer on each side. The advantage on the day’s play was with the Gymkana, who, after declaring at 196 for seven wickets, got nine Parsi batsmen out for 149. For the former Capt. Greig made 52, besides taking four wickets. On the other side Dr. M. E. Pavri carried off the honours, scoring 43 and dismissing three of the Gymkana. In anticipation of the visit of the Gentlemen of the Marylebone Club to Holland, in the middle of August, the Dutch cricketers are naturally bestirring themselves to get into the best form. Several of ihe players who represented the Gentlemen of Holland in England, at the end of last season, have been doing notable performances during the last fortnight. Playing for Volbarding (Amsterdam) against Ajax (Leiden) on the 20th, J. Hisgen, who batted so well fur the Dutchmen against M.C.C., at Lora’s, a year ago, carried his bat through