Cricket 1902

A ug . 7, 1902. CRICKET : A WEEKLYgRECORD OF THE GAME. 331 lebone Club, at Lord’s, on the August Bank Holiday of last year. Campbell Hulton is to be the captain of the Gentle­ men of M.C.C. during the brief visit they are to pay to Holland this month. He has been good enough to furnish Cricket with the names of nine of the amateurs who will tafce part in the tour. They are G. F. Berkeley, F. H. Hollins and C. B. Hulton (Oxford), Rev. E. W. Taylor-Jones, A. H. Hornby and C. J. Goodden (Cambridge), J. G. O’Brien, Dr. Holton (M.C.C. and Essex C.C.), and S. W. Coxon. The four matches are:— A u g. 13,14.— y . South Holland. „ 35, 16.—The H ague, v. A ll Holland. ,, 18, 19.—Heem stede, v. N orth H olland. „ 20, 21.—Heem stede, v. A ll Holland. B k o d k ick C h in n e r y , the Old Etonian, who has represented Surrey and Middle­ sex in turn, has been hitting them very hard and very often it would appear of late. In the last six weeks I hear on the most reliable authority, he has scored over a thousand runs in club matches. A younger brother, E. F., is at Eton, but has not yet been able to emulate H. B.’s example in getting into the eleven. T h e annual match between the Young Amateurs and Young Professionals of Surrey is to be played at the Oval to-day and to-morrow. The teams will be as follows:— J . M . Ashcroft (Felstead). H . E o^ri- g (R ugby). J. Crawford (R epton). L . N . H . Bailey (U pping­ ham ). H . M . Forster (Charter­ house). G, £ . Gullick (D ulwich). C. E. M ills (St. Paul’s). R . H . Powell (H aileybury). C. Pow eis (W estm inster). W . L . Sandover (Clifton). M . W . Payne (W ellitgton ). E . S. W oolf (St. Paul’s). Adam s(ThorntonH eath). K ilner (Addlestone). Evans (Croydon). Jackson (Tooting). Merian (Brixton). M ead (Battersea). Narraway (Battersea). Peters ('W andsworth). Platt (R ichm ond}. Rushby (Cobham). Spring (Dulwich). Turner (M itcham ). T h e rate of run-getiing in the match between Surrey and Yorkshire at the Oval at the end of last week was never very high until late on Saturday after­ noon, when the disinclination of the Yorkshire captain to declare reduced the game to practically a little practice for the Yorkshire batsmen. Even as it was, in the three days 1192 runs were scored for only twenty-three wickets. This, it may be stated, falls short of the aggregate at the Oval by nearly 60 runs. In view of the generally high scoring, it is note­ worthy that Lord Hawke’s 126 in York­ shire’s first innings was the only individual score of a hundred in the match. M r . A. M a z e t t i writes:—“ I am sure you will excuse my pointing out some­ thing which you have overlooked. In last week’s ‘ Pavilion Gossip ’ you state that Victor Trumper and W. G. Grace are the only two cricketers who have made two separate hundreds in a match, and have also played an innings of 300 runs. I think I can go one better in stating that A. C. Maclaren is the only batsman in the world who has scored two separate hundreds in a match and also played an innings of 400 rims in first-class cricket. A. C. Maclaren made 142 and 100 for Stoddart’s team against New South Wales in November 1897, and 424 for Lancashire asainst Somersetshire at Taunton on July 15th and 16th, 1895. Hoping you will excuse my commfntiDg on the subject, being an ardent follower of cricket, and a regular reader of your valuable paper.” A CO RRESPO N DEN T asks whether a bats­ man is out from a catch given from a wide ball ? This question, he says, came up in a game played on Saturday at Stoke Poges, and he adds that he naturally assumes that Law 16 applies equally to wides as to no-balls. It has, however, always been understood that if a batsman hits a ball which has been called wide he does so on his own responsibility, and in the “ Decisions and Interpretations” issued by the M.C.C. this year there is a note to Law 12 “ If the striker hit a ball which has been called ‘ wide ’ the call should be ignored.” Readers of Cricket will be sorry to hear that the reason why Mr. R. W. Frank, the very popular captain of the Yorkshire Second team, was not plajing against Lancashire Second at Barnsley on Monday and Tuesday, is that he sus­ tained a dislocation and compound fracture of the little finger of his left hand last week at Scarborough. This accident, which, it is to be feared, will keep him out of the field for the rest of the season, happened when he wastrjing to make a catch off a very hard return. Playing at Thornbury on the 30th ult. for Thornbury against Cardiff, Dr. E. M. Grace and W. G . Carpenter, going in first, sent 200 up before a wicket fell, the former making 72 and the latter 180. “ E.M.” also took seven wickets, and has now taken 130 this year. D u r i n g the tour of the Wanderers in the South of England, C. A. Beldam, a brother of G . W. Beldam, the Middlesex cricketer, made scores of 159, 129 and 90. Mr. Beldam himself was tried for Middlesex some years ago—or rather he was given a trial, which is not quite the same thing. Another member of the family, E. A. Beldam, made a score of 180 during the Wanderers’ tour. LO N D O N A N D W E ST M IN STE R B A N K (3) y. H E A T H F IE L D (2).—Played at N orbury on August 2. L . and W . Bank. A . S. Harton, b Tapp 69 C. F . G. W ellborne, c Jennings, b H ailes 34 G . P . Rhodes, c Hailes, b Trapp .................. 33 8. Bennett, c Pearn, b Goddard .................... 6 A . W . M aclean, H. 1. J. L . Challis did not bat. * Innings declared closed, H k a tb fib ld (2). G. Logan, retired hurt 0 W .H . Browne, not out 1 L.C .B .H ockin, notout 14 B 12, lb 14, w 2 .. .2 8 T otal (5 wkts)*184 Beck, A . T . Jones, and Baxter, b Rhodes ... 0 Hailes, b Bhodes ... 38 W . E . Aldis, c and b Rhodes .................... 7 Fitchie, b W ellborne... 0 Goddard, b Rhodes ... 1 C. J. Aldis, lbw , b H arton .....................21 H yem and A . N . Other did not bat. Logan, b Tapp, Harton ............ Jennings, not out Pearn, not out ... B 16, w 1 ... KING EDWAED VII. AND CRICKET. T o say that the K in g is exceedingly fond of our national sport would be to express inadequately his enthusiasm for the game. F or upwards o f forty years he has patronised the Surrey and M ary lebone Clubs, whilst he is recorded to have been an active member of the defunct P rince’s Club, whose headquarters were situated at Hans Place, Chelsea. H is interest in the game, too, must la v e cost him dearly, seeing that K ennington Oval, which was let to the Surrey Club fo r a nominal rental, w ould, had it been built over, have brought in a very considerable amount annually to the D uchy of Cornwall. In the Pavilion at Sheffield Park can be seen a photograph of the B ullingdon Club, in which H is Majesty poses, whilst his admiration for the K in g o f Games has been recently empha­ sised b y causing to be ]aid out at Sandring­ ham, under the supervision of a first-class county professional, a new cricket ground for the use of his tenants on his N orfolk estate. Despite the statement of B ell, a professional who was sent up from E ton for the express purpose o f coaching the Prince at W indsor in the early sixties, that he could make nothing o f him, it is nevertheless a faci that during his U niversity career at Oxford he frequently participated in the game. It is also on record that on one occasion, at least, the K in g assisted the celebrated I. Z in ­ gari, but whether H is M ajesty was a member of the upholders of the “ Red, Black, and G old,” or whether he was allowed to play by courtesy, w e are not told, nor is it particularly interesting to inquire. Suffice it that the battle was enacted in front of the Park House, at Sandringham, on July 17th and 18th, 1866, and that his side won by a single innings, despite Fate’s scorn for distinction, and the follow ing entry in the score book :— H .R .H . the Prince of W ales, b W right ............ 0 In a second engagement— that with tw enty- tw o of the Sandringham household, the Prince was more fortunate, though he failed to reach double figures. That the K in g closely follow s our summer pastime, notwithstanding duties commanding his more serious attention, is emphatically manifest from the epistle penned to D r. W . G . Grace on the attainment of his hundredth century in first-class cricket. A l t k e d D . T a y l o r . A R K L E Y A ugust 2. v. B U S E E Y .-P la y ed at Bushey on Golding (A .), not out I Bev. G. M . H all, b W illia m s ..................... A . Butcher, c and b W illia m s..................... W . Gandy, c J. Bob­ son, b W illiam s ... J . 8. H arford, b W il­ liams ................... . ... C. Barron,bH am m ond i Golding (8.), b W il­ liams .............................. B ushey . F. D . H indley, bH am ­ m ond .................... W . Attenbori ugh, b W illia m s................... J. J. M oore, c D um ­ bleton, bW illiam s .. E. Attenborough, run out ............................. Bye ..................... Total How ard W illiam s, b B arford ............ 20 G. W . H am m ond, b S. G olding ..................... 4 G . G. D um bleton, c H arford, b Barron...126 C. C. Page, b Barron 8 A bkley . b S. 61 W . H . Bobson, Golding ... . W . W illiam s, n otou t 122 C. Turner, not out ... 24 B 9, lb 9, w 3 ... 21 Total (5 w its) 386 Total (7 wkts) 110 J. H . Robson, C. Skinner, 8. D . Claris and J. Skinner did not bat. J H E E L E V E N T H A U S T R A L IA N TO U R, 1902. 1 Price One Peuny. Containing portraits and biographies o f the players. Full details of all the T est M atches from 1877, and a list o f players who have taken part in previous tours. Copies can be obtained at all the leading county cricket grounds, bookstalls, or post free, ljd . Cricket Office, 168, U pper Tham es Street, E.C.