Cricket 1902

438 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. O c t . 30, 1902. justice may be meted out to the bowlers, but also that a check may be put upon the prolific scoring which has been so undesirably prominent a feature of cricket of late years. Can anybody deny that the many drawn matcheswhichhavebeenplayed during thepast few seasons have detracted from the interest felt in the game F In 1900, of the twenty- four matches played by Sussex as many as nineteen, or seventy-nine per cent, remained unfinished. The contention that the proposed change, if effected, would cause the game to become dull has yet to be proved. Several good judges have stated that, far from such being the case, play would be livelier and more strokes on the leg-side cultivated. What, it may be asked could be more monotonous than to see—as is frequently seen—abatsman continuallymeeting breaking balls with his pads ? A player, owing to the present law, may deliberately stop with his pads a ball which, if unmolested, would hit the wicket. Such an action, far from being indicative of skill, merely pronounces the batsman unable to play that particular ball. We therefore have a bowler sending down a ball which the batsman, owing to his inability to play it with his bat, keeps out of his wicket by smothering with his pads. Is it right that a batsman (!) should be allowed to act in this manner with impunity, andthe bowler go unrewarded? If such a thing is encouraged— and the failure to frame a law dealing with the matter is an encouragement of the evil—we may, in the near future, see the batsman appear at the wicket minus a bat and proceed to execute a species of war dance. Such a statement is by no means exaggerated, for a couple of seasons ago a player in one of the Middlesex matches, at Lord’s, remained at the wickets over half-an-hour and during that time played every ball he received with his pads, except those which he let go by without touching. The chief consideration of the supporters of the proposed change—of which, by-the-way, the Australians are in favour—is to obtain for the bowler the reward which should be his if he beat the bat. The present law undoubtedly prevents enterprise on the part of the bowler. The Hon. Alfred Lyttelton has summed up the mitter admirably by asking : ‘ ‘ What is the good of twisting the ball, what is the good of break­ ing the ball, if the batsman is able—notwith­ standing the fact that you play on those faultless wickets—if the batsman is able to bafflle the bowler, whatever device he tries ?” The fact that so many undoubtedly good judges of the game disagree as to the desirability of the proposed change, should cause the powers that be to exercise great care in deciding who shall vote when the question again crops up. Without in any way intending to slight the M.C.C., it must be acknowledged that several members of the club have not the slightest right to vote on so vital a matter, owing to their lack of know­ ledge of the subject. In support of this statement it may be remarked that six or seven years ago an ex-President of the Club when asked how, in his opinion, the number of drawn games might be lessened, replied gravely, “ By allowing bowlers to perform at both ends simultaneously ! ” The opinion of one such individual would in itself be suffi­ cient to counteract the vote of a cricketer like the Hon. Alfred Lyttelton or Mr. A. G. Steel, who have devoted much time and thought to the subject. 1f the opinions could be obtained of as many cricketersaspossible, both amateur and professional—for why should the latter be debarred from having a voice in the matter ?—who have participated in Gentlemen v. Players and England v. Australia matches, the subject might be settled in a manner which could hardly fail to give satisfaction o all. Several correspondents write to me with regard to the remarks made in these columns last month with reference to the doings of Yorkshire and the Australians last season. The statistics then given were to institute a compatison between the performances of Yorkshire in the County Championship competition, and those of the Australians against the various counties, and therefore only strictly inter-county matches played by the foimer side were included in the com­ parison. If, as has been suggested, the matches played by Yorkshire against the Australians had been included in the York­ shire summary, the county would have been below the Australians, as they would, in that case, have experienced two defeats instead of one. No. Times Most of not Total in an inns . out. runs. inns. Aver. 8 ... 3 ... 196 .,,. 79*... 39 2 4 ... 0 ... 125 ..,. 64 ... 31*25 15 ... 4 ... 323 .,.. 77 ... 29 36 4 ... 0 ... 115 .,,. 96 ... 28*75 6 ... 1 ... 130 .... 53 ... 26*00 4 ... 0 ... 99 .,.. 57 ... 24*75 10 ... 5 ... 104 .. 23*... 20*8 10 ... 1 ... 166 .... 36 ... 18 44 15 ... 1 .. 210 .... 52 ... 17*14 13 ... 0 ... 216 ..,. 81 .. 16*61 17 ... 1 ... 248 .,.. 77 ... 15 5 10 ... 0 ... 122 ..,. 55 ... 12*2 15 ... 1 ... 162 ..„ 29*.. . 11*57 4 ... 0 ... 45 .. 26 .... 11*25 9 . .. 0 ... 78 ... 23 ... 8*66 14 . .. 1 .. 1C7 . .. 18 ... 823 8 .. 0 ... 65 ,.. 28 .. . 8*12 7 . .. 0 ... 40 .,.. 27 ... 5*71 KENSINGTON PARK. Matches played (whole day), 25; won, 6; drawn, 9; lost, 10. » .» (half day), 11; won, 3; drawn, 6; lost, 2. BAITING AVEKAGES. J G. Donaldson... C. H. M. Thring... M. A. Nicholas ... A. A. Surtees J. M. E d d y......... P. Reynolds......... L. E. G. Abney ... C. E. Reynolds ... A. Eddy................ J. R. Conyers B. H. Conran W. R. Murray ... H. D. Nicholas ... H. E. Scoones ... E. H. Seaton F. L. Halford ... W . G. Thompson W . S. Wynne The following played in less than four innings: — A. W. Browne, 3 ; T. Body, 2; H. W. Currey, 10, 2 ; A. P. Comyns, 6. 1 ; H. J. Comyns, 0*, 0; A. D. L. Campbell, 0, 0,6*, J. Dean, 2 ; F. W. Dilke, 17,3.32* ; W. L,. Donalds.n, 3, 8; C. H. B. Fletcher, 0*; P. Greatorex, 0; H. K. Gow, 0*; T. W . Hemmerde, 27, 6*, 31 ; G. F. H. Hobson, 0; G. Harrison, 4; C. F. Nicholas, 27*, 10, 28; L. J. H. Oldmeadow, 9; J. B. Orr, 9; F. H. Palmer, 0, 4, 0 ; R. Playford, 6 ; H. T. Roberts, li*, 20, 3; J. C. Rock, 0; IS. Reynolds, 6; A. D. Spicer, 3; E. Samuel, C, 2: H. T. Wright, 0, 2*, 1. * Signifies not out. “ CENTURIES” FOR. H. T. Roberts, v. Wimbledon, July 5 .................113 J. G. Donaldson, v. Ealing, July 19 ................. 109 BOWLING AVERAGES. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Aver. P. Reynolds ... W. S. Wynne... J. R. Conyers... L. E. G. Abney W. G. Thompson F. L. Halford .. H. D. Nicholas B. H. Conran... The following took eight wickets and under :—A. Eddy, 8; T. W. Hemmerde, 7 ; W. R. Murray, 7; F. W. Dilke, 6; C. H. M. Thring, 3; H. W. Currey, 2; F. H. Palmer, 2; and J. C. Rock, 1. BATTING AVERAGES (H a l f D a y ). , 72 2 .. . 17 ... 201 .. . 18 ... 11*16 . 41*2 .... 9 .,,. 140 ..,. 10 ..,. 1400 .103 .... 21 .,. 303 . . 21 .,,. 14*42 166 . 24 ... 545 .. 31 ..,. 17*58 . 75*3 ..,. 10 .,.. 266 .. . 15 .,.. 1777 . 73*1 .. . 8 .,,. 281 ... 15 .... 1873 172 3 ... 4 .... 750 ... 39 ..,. 19 23 123 3 .., 27 .... 416 ... 17 ..,. 24 47 No. Times Most of not Total in an inns. out. runs. inns. Aver. H. T. Roberts ... ... 5 ... 0 .,.. 275 ... 113 .. . 65 00 J. G. Donaldson ... 7 ... 0 ... 230 ... 109 ..,. 32 85 P. Greatorex ... ... 8 . .. 1 . .. 121 ... 51 ..,. 17*28 C. G. Hildyard ... ... 9 ... 2 .,.. 79 .,.. 18 ... 11*28 G. F. H. Hobson ... 4 ... 2 ... 21 ... 8 ... 10*5 A. W. Browne ... ... 4 . .. 0 . .. 40 ... 27 .. . 10-C0 J. L. Nichokon... ... 5 . ... 0 . .. 31 ... 14 ..,. 6*2 J. B. Orr .......... ... 9 . .. 0 . .. 55 .... 27 ... 6*lt F. H. Palmer ... ... 4 . .. 0 . ... 21 ... 10 ... 6*25 R. F. A. Orr ... ... 6 . .. 0 .. .. 29 .. 18 ... 4*83 The following played in less than four inuiogs : - F. G. Andrews, 0; T. Body, 4 ; A. D. L. Campbell, 35, 0*; C. R. Cunningham, 1; G. T. Campbell, 0; A. P. Comans, 2; F. B. Carberry, 15 ; H. W. Currey, 2 ; J. Dean, 9; N. Dawson, 12 ; F. W. Dilke, 7,5*, 23; C. H. B. Fletcher, 3; G. Harrison, 1. 7, 3*; T. W. Hemmerde, 9; F. Kendall, 4*; W. R. Murray, 3, 3*, 21; H. D. Nicholas, 1 ; L. J. H. Oldmeadow, 3; C. E. Reynolds, 0; Dr. G. D. Robinson, 0*; J. C. Rock, 4% 9*, 18; C. M. Skinner, 2; E. H. Samuel, 8*; C. H. M. Thring, 9, 1, 3; W. G. Thompson, 4; and F. C. Wheeler, 0, 25. The following took 16 wickets and under in half-day matches F. W. Dilke, 16 ; F. H. Palmer, 12 ; J. C. Rock, 9; J. G. Donaldson, 8; J. Dean, 7; C. G. Hild­ yard, 7 ; C. H. M. Thring, 7 ; T. W. Hemmerde. 3 ; W . G. Thompson. 3; F. B. Carberry, 2; L. J. H . Old­ meadow, 2; and H. W. Currey, P. Greatorex, G. F. H. Hobson. F. Kendall, W . R. Murray a d A. D. Spicer one wicket each. NONDESCRIPTS C.C. Matches played, 17 ; won, 9; lost, 3; drawn. 5. Runs for... ... 2,905 for 178 wickets ; average 10*32 Runs against... 2,859 for 187 wickets ; average 15*28 “ CEN IURY” FOR. R. A. Hill, v. Gunton, at Gunton Park, Aug. 14 100* “ CENTURIES” AGAINST. C. J. Kortright, for Chelmsford, July 5 ........ L. Barratt, for Gunton, August 14 .............. . Compton, for Overstrand, August 1 6 ............... BATTING AVERAGES. No. Times Most , 120 . 140 . 106 of not Total in an inns. out. Runs. inns. Aver. .. 6 ... 1 .... 140 ... 61*... 28*C0 .. 5 , ... 0 ... 180 ... 81 ... 26 00 .. 7 .. 1 ... 144 ... 68 .. . 24 0) .. 13 ,... 1 ... 266 .. 10J* . 2216 .. 7 ... 0 ... 154 ... 60 ... 22 C0 .. 5 .. 1 ... 88 .. 45 ... 22*. 0 .. 7 ... 1 ... 120 ... 41*.. . 20-00 .. 7 ... 1 .... 106 ... 26 ... 175 .. 6 ... 0 ... 103 .. 38 ... 17-16 .. 7 , ... 0 ... 119 ... 34 .. . 17*00 .. 11 ... 5 ,... 98 ... 21*.. . 16.33 .. 9 ... 1 ., . 1 4 . .. 36 ... 16*5 .. 11 ... 0 .,. 169 ... 18 .. . 15 3 .. 15 ,... 5 .... 145 ... 34 ... 14*66 .. 8 . ... 1 . 101 ... 22 ... 14*42 P. W. Oscroft ... F. W. Orr ......... T. S. Wheater .., R. A. Hill ......... J. Armitage......... W. P. Harrison .. E. W. H. Beaton H. Wade ......... E. E. Barnett J. S. Haycraft ... A. Eiloart .......... J. Gibbon ........ . G. A. S. Hickson L. Hutchinson ... E. A. Burnie........ ... ..... .............................. The following played less than five innings : C. D. D. McMillin, 10, 16*, 0, 54* ; R. Leigh lbl s. b*, 2, 2, 3; S. S. Pawling, 0, 2, 2, 2 ; H. Greig, 9, 0, 11; C. Braithwaite, 6, C, 8* ; F. R. D. Monr , 40, 2 ; S. h. Shoveller, 0, 33* ; A. B. Osmond, 7, 19 ; L. A Cane, 4, 17 ; W. T. C. H. Danby, 8,0 : N. G. B. Jame?, 0,0*; J. G. Q,. Besch, 29* ; G. Crosdale, 27 ; J. T. Ash, ; H. R. riebert, 2; J. C. Toller, 1; A. B. Cipriani, 0; E. R. Watson, 0. BOWLING AVERAGES. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Aver. 5. S. Pawling ... H. Wade .......... G. A. S. Hickson J. Armitage P. W. Oscroft ... T. S. Wheater ... J. Gibbon .......... L. Hutchinson ... The following also took wickets : F. R. D. Monro” 5 for 15; A. B. Osmond, 7 for 61; H. R. Hebert, 3 for 32; A. Eiloart, 4 for 72; W. T. C. H. Danby, 2 for 40; L. A. Cane 2 for 51. . 72 .... 21 .... 171 .,.. 19 .,.. 905 . 37 ..,. 8 ..,. 120 ... 13 ... 9-23 119 ... 26 .. 333 ... 28 ... 11-89 . 23 ., . 6 ., .. 66 .. .. 6 . 132 . 70 .,.. 21 .,.. 205 .,.. 13 ... 15*76 .101 .... 14 ..,. 326 ... 20 ... 16*3 . 45 ... 9 ... 173 ... 9 ... 1922 . 17 .. 4 ..,. 82 .. . 3 .. . 27*33 THE FRIARS C.C. Matches played, 14 ; won, 6; lost, 4 ; drawn, 4. BATTING AVERAGES. No. Times Most of not Total in an inns. out. runs. inns. Aver. E. C. Pochin ... 4 ... 3 ... 128 ... 49*1. 125*00 C. H. Lyoa......... ... 6 ... 2 ... i38 ...,107*... 59-60 G. B. Barriogtoa ... 15 ... 3 ... 621 .. .111* .. 61-75 A. T. Forman ... ... 5 ... 0 ... 223 ...133 ... 44-60 R. G. Tomlinson ... 3 ... 1 ... 80 ... 63*... 40\0 W. T. C. Cochrane .. 3 .. 1 ... 73 ... 53 ... 365 J G. D. Wilson ... ... 11 ... 1 .. 341 .. 1C8 J.. 3410 G. Curgenven ... ... 4 ... 0 ... 136 ... 87 ... 34-00 Rev. J. C. Wilson ... 7 ... 2 ... 125 .. . so*:.. 2500 Rev. C. Lambrick ... 3 ... 1 ... 40 .. . 21 ... 20*0) L. L. Goldie .. 10 ... 0 ... 164 . 69 ... 16-40 J. A. Wilson ... 11 ... 1 ... 159 ... 54 16-90 F. C. Newton ... ... 3 ... 0 ... 42 ... 3 i ... 14-00 Rev. H. Van ... 3 ... 1 ... 25 ... 19\.. 1250 W. B. Delacombe ... 4 . . 0 ... 48 .... 14 ... 12*00 G. W. Peach ... 11 ... 2 ... 49 .. . 18*... 544 BOWLING AVERAGES Overs. Mdns. Runs.. Wkts. Aver. Rev. J. C. Wilson ... 63 ... 16 ... 124 ... 18 ... 6 88 G. D. Wilson ... ...121 ... 31 . . 293 ... 34 ... 8 61 L. L. Goldie ... 57 ... 6 ..,. 240 ... 10 ... 24-00 J. A. Wilson ... .. 112 ... 9 .. 197 ... 8 .. . 24 62