Cricket 1902

362 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A ug . 21, 1902. Yesterday there was no play in Surrey v. Derbyhire and Middlesex v. Lanca­ shire. F ob a compact little diagram of a bowling analysis the following would be hard to beat. The bowler was F. B ram- well, who was playing for Reddish United (Manchester) against North Road: 3 w w w 1 w w w w . L e G- break bowling seems to frighten batsmen in Iadia as much as it does in England. When the Bombay Gymkhana played the Hindoo Gymkhana they had to meet a gentleman named Agasker, who bowls a slow twisting ball which breaks in from leg about eighteen inches. According to the Bombay Gazette he varied his pacejust enough to make a bats­ man’s calculations very unreliable. From the point of view of the spectators the bowling looked extremely weak, but that this was not the case was quickly proved by the strange antics of the batsmen. Aston’s reception of Agasker’s first ball was a study. He looked at it as it squirmed along the wicket and changed his mind at least four limes before it reached him. He then hurriedly poked it up, and it was the sheerest bit of luck that he did not get it round to point. The following bail he managed to get away for a single. S ome notes appear in M .A . P., about Mr. G. Hillyard-Swinstead, who, after being a member of the Hornsey C.C. for some twenty years, has now joined the Hampstead C.C., on account of a change of residence. It seems (according to our contemporary) that when Mr. Swin- stead’s picture, called the “ First Step,” was engraved, Queen Victoria accepted a copy, and expressed her delight in it with great warmth. Mr. Swinstead wrote to tbe man who had purchased the original, and told him of this, under the impression that he might be pleased to seize the opportunity of presenting to her Majesty a painting she would highly value. But the purchaser sent the truthful reply that he was glad the Queen liked “ The First Step,” but as he was sure he himself admired it more, he thought he had better keep it—and he did. A t the end of the match between Surrey and Lancashire, at the Oval, the Telegraph Board read as follows—it will be noticed that there are no fewer than thirteen ones:— BATSMAN BATSMAN 4 11 TO TAL 111 BUNS 17 BUNS 11 W ICKETS 10 BOW LER 8 BOW LER 11 LAST PLAY ER 11 F rom the Bombay Gazette : — Much attention has been given to Hindu cricket lately, which is now, in the opinion of most judges of the game, quite up to the same standard as Parsi cricket. The Hindus have a grievance, and a very real one too, in that neither the Parsi nor the Presidency will give them a chance of figuring in representa­ tive cricket. Why the Parsis and Presidency should decline to meet the Hindus on equal terms, altogether passes my comprehension. The latter, during the last few years, have proved themselves to he quite as good at the game as either the local Parsis or Euiopeans, and a careful study of the performances of the Hindu Gymkhana in local cluh cricket will shew that they have not, by any means, had the worst of exchanges. Anyway, neither the Parsi Gymkhana, nor the Bombay Gymkhana have much to hoast of over theirmatches with the Hindu Gymkhana. If by any chance Lord Harris were to return to India, I feel sure that it would not be long before we saw the Hindus taking the field against the Parsis and the Europeans in representative matches. T h e following Coronation letter was issued to members of New York cricket clubs by the Metropolitan DUtric1; Cricket League:— You are cordially invited to a‘ tend the “ Coronation ” Smoker to be given cn Satur­ day evening, August 9th, 19C2, at the Murray Hill Lyceum on East 34th Street, near 3rd Avenue, New York City. Members of all New York Cricket Clubs are invited, and I hope that you will try and attend so as to make the affair a big success. There will be no charge for admission, and you are at liberty to bring a friend with you (Informal.) Yours very truly, ARTHUR RENDLE, President. A ft e r acting as head ground man at the Private Banks Cricket Ground at Catford for about thirty years, George Heame, the father of G. G., Alec and Frank, who have all been famous cricketers, is about to retire. It is there­ fore intended to present him with a testimonial, subscriptions for which may be sent to Mr. W. E. Hemsley, c/o. Messrs. Smith, Payne and Smith, 1, Lombard Street, E.C., who is acting as secretary to the fund. George Hearne, who is usually known as “ Old George” to distinguish him from his son “ Young George,” was a county cricketer of some note in the sixties. His brother was the well-known Tom Hearne. I n an ordinary cricket year an in­ dividual innings of 200 would hardly attract much attention unless there was something particularly remarkable about it, bat in the present year of raindrops it is so much of a curiosity that I may men­ tion that for Eastbourne against Trinity Wanderers at the end of last week, D. H. Butcher went in eighth and scored 223 not out and hit twenty-three 4’s. The match was played at Eastbourne. T h e following consecutive innings have now been played by Mr. D. H. Butcher: August 2, Upper Tooting v. Beckenham ........... 78 Augast 4, Upper Tooting v. Streatham ...........J34 August 9, Upper Tooting v. Kensington Park... 16 >* August 11,12, Eastbourne v. Trinity Wanderers 21 August 11,12, Eastbourne v. Trinity Wanderers 92* August 13,14, Eastbourne v. Mr. Cross’s X I. ... 119 August 13,14, Eastbourne v. Mr. Cioss’s X I. ... 28 August 15,16, Eastbourne v. Trinity Wanderers 2^3* * Signifies not out. Total (for five completed innings), 858; average, 171*6. F or a change, Ranjitsinhji was playing on Monday and Tuesday in a country house match at Gelling Rectory, near Malton, wherever that may be. He made 41 runs on Monday and was then bowled by Gooderch, who although he was him­ self caught off Ranjitsiubji’s bowling for a duck’s egg, would probably have been quite satisfied with his day’s work, even though he only took two other wickets. T h e Australians have now played thirty-one matches, of which they have won eighteen, lost two, while eleven have been unfinished. This is a fine record. T h e fine innings of 125 by Victor Trumper for the Australians makes his ninth huudred during the tour. These innings are as f jllows :— 101, v. Surrey at the Oval. 121, v. Cxford at Oxford. 105, v. M.C.C. at Lord’s. 128, v. Cambridge at Cambridge. 113, v. an England X I. at Bradford. 104, v. England at Manchester. 109, v. Essex at Leyton. 119, v. Essex at Leyton. 1*25, v. Gloucestershire at Cheltenham. Up to Saturday last Trumper had scored 1767 runs this season, while Abel, who was next to him in the aggregate total, was at 1630. This week Tru uper has added 125 to this total, and therefore now Btands at 1892, while Abel, with 87 not out stands at 1717. Tyldesley, with 1464, T. L. Taylor with 1405, Fry with 1394, Bumup with 1480, and Clement Hill with 1421, are nearest to them. O v e r h e a r d at lunch in the C ity:— A. : “ I hear you saw the last day of the test match. Lucky beggar. What did you think of Jessop ? ” B .: “ Well—er—unfortunately I was called away at lunch time by pressing busi­ ness.” A .: “ Ah, that was sad, wasn’t i t ! Let me see, England had only made eighty some­ thing for five wickets then, hadn’t they ? ” A n o t h e r match in the Minor Coun­ ties Competition has been finished in one day. This was Bucks v. Bedfordshire. On the first day (Monday) no play was possible, but on Tuesday each side com­ pleted two innings, and Bedfordshire won by 34 runs. By far the highest score of the match was 40 not out by P. J. de Paravicini, the old Middlesex crioketer and Cambridge Blue, in the second innings of Bucks. G. L. J e s s o p ’ s 104 against the Aus­ tralians at the Oval brings the total of hundreds made for England in home matches against the Australians to fifteen. They are as follows :— Aug., 1893, F. S. Jackson, O v a l........................... 103 Aug , 1899, F. S. Jackson, O v a l................... ... 118 July, 1902, F. S. Jackson, Manchester ........... 128 Sept., 1830, W . G*. Grace, Oval .......................... 152 A u ?., 1886, W . G. Grace, Oval .......................... 170 July, 1886, A . Shrewsbury, Lord’s ................... 164 July, 1893, A. Shrewsbury, Lord’s ................... 106 July, 18c*9, T. Hayward, Manchester................... 130 Aug., 1899, T. Hayward, Oval ........................... 137 July, 1681, A . G. Steel, Lord’s ........................... 148 Au,'., Ifc84, W. W. Read, Oval ........................... 117 Aug., 18H3, VV. Gunn, Manchester ................... 102* July, 1896, K. S. Kanjitsinhji, Manchester ... 154* May, 19 j 2, J. T. Tyldesley, Edgfcaston ........... 138 Aug., 1902, G. L. Jessop, Oval ........................... 104 *Signifies not out.