Cricket 1902

A ug . 14, 1902. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 345 V a r io u s rumours are afloatwith regard to the future of Victor Trumper. They are all founded on most unimpeachable authority, and are as follows:—(a) That Truruper has had two offers, each worth £350 a year, on condition that he will qualify for a certain county; (6) that he intends to return to Australia, where his income is £150 a year derived from an office under Government ; (c) that he will play in 1904 for Surrey ; ( d) that he will qualify for Lancashire, for which he will play in 1904; (e) that he will qualify as a professional; that he will certainly re­ main an amateur; that no offers what­ ever have been made to him. M b. M a lc o lm C h r i s t o p h e r s o n writes:—“ The re­ port of the Black­ heathand Incogniti match in your paper on August 7th is incorrect. The Incogniti won the toss and made 236 all out, and Blackheath scored 234 for five wickets when stumps were drawn. I should be glad if you will mention the facts in your next issue.” In the report of the match as it ap­ peared in Cricket last week, the Blackheath total was given as 234 for live wickets, innings declared closed. We apolo­ gize. But in the manuscript report sent to us the Blackhe&th innings was placed first, and, as only five wickets were down, the printers natu­ rally concluded that the inniDgs was declared. We have repeated the score this week, with the innings in the proper order. F o r PoonaGym­ khana v. Boyal Scots on July 24th at Ganeskhind, Cap­ tain Greig, who played so finely for Hampshire last year, kwent in first and scored 79, besides taking five wickets. A c c o r d in g to the Bombay Gazette, there is a good deal of discussion in Bombay as to the selection of the team which will oppose the Parsis this month. Captain Greig is again in India, and will, of course, be the first man chosen. Other men who may be called on are H. Chee- tbam, E. L. Sale, F. L. Sprott, M. D. Wood, Major C. W. Field, Major E. H. sonally I should like to see such promising players as Master, Chinoy, Driver, Pocha, and Polishwalla given a trial. D e s c r ib in g the critical moment in a match at Bombay between the Gymkhana and the First Bombay Infantry, the Bombay Gazette saj s :— All the Gymkhana wickets had fallen for 43. With eight wickets down the soldiers had made 34, and then Khanmehta skied a hall hack to Rumboll, who was bowling with extraordinary skill. The ball described a slow and graceful trajectory curve. Those in the tent gave a sigh of relief and stretched themselves out com­ fortably. The bats­ man looked on horror struck. The Gym­ khana gazed at the ascending leather with joy. Bumboll started for the catch, and Gratwicke also, but the latter seeing his captain within a few yards of the ball, withdrewto his place at mid-off. Then liumboll, doubtless mistaking his own and Gratwicke’s dis­ tance from the ball, called upon the latter to catch it. Grat­ wicke tried manfully but failed. The ball was dropped, the game lost, the bats­ men executed a war dance, whilst spec­ tators and fielders alike looked on in awed silence. The next moment the lucky willow wielder sent theball spinning to the boundary for four, and the Gym­ khana total was passed. O f another in- liugs in the same match our contem­ porary says: — Mr. Burns played surprisingly well for his 11—the top score of the day in the matchproper. How­ ever, the method of his dismissal proves that he was playing agamedifferent irom that adopted by his colleagues. Sher_Khan; sent down a ball which pitched about ;; half way down the wicket, and looked as though it were going to do a hop, skip, „ and a jump before it reached the batsman. There is a limit to patience. We are not all of the strain that Job was bred from. Mr. Bums went to meet that ball. He was determined to have vengeance for the damage it had done his side. But with the perversity which only a cricket ball on a soft wicket possesses, it shot straight in; and when Mr. Burns again looked round it was in the wicket-keeper’s hands, and the bails had disappeared. M ajor W a rd ill, "M anager. J. D arlin g, Captain. /I'he M anager and Captain o f the Australian Team . [Photo by R. Thiele Co., 66, Chancery Lane, London, W.O team composed of players who have]~par- ticipated in these matches for years__to the exclusion of several very promising young players, who this year, at all events, have completely put their elders in the shade. I do not wish to underrate the abilities of players like Gagrat, Machlivalla, Bapasola, and others, but 1 think it is generally admitted that they have seen their best day and ought now to stand down in favour of some of the rising generation of players. Mistri, Pavri, Mehta, Billimoria, K. Kanga, P. Kanga, and H. Meherhomji will, of course, be certainties, and K. Kharas and Bapasola may retain their places, hut per- Hazleton, Captain G. C. Carnegy, A. N. S. Aston, W. F. Lumsden, L. D. Furber, J. S. Milne and H. Harrington, Captain A. B. Sangster, L. P. Coliins, the old Cambridge Blue, and H. Sinclair. O p the probable Parsi team, our con­ temporary says:— If the Parsi Selection Committee keep to the principle which has been theirs nearly ever since the institution of these matches, a principle which in more ways than one has often ledto their undoing—witness the Poona match last year—we may expect to see the