Cricket 1902

D ec . 18, 1902. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 471 year, when he bowled 40 overs, 20 maidens, for 32 runs and 3 wickets. He took five wickets for 34 against Glouces­ tershire at Trent Bridge, and bowled Abel for 5 at the Oval. He does not appear to have ever played for Notts either before or after 1888. Query: Is he the J. Briggs mentioned in Wisden of 1886, page 181 P He was engaged at York at the time. Note:—“ John ” Briggs was also playing in the match. Warwickshire, for the first time, will play Cambridge University, at Cam­ bridge, next year. A t a smoking concert, held in the King’s Hall at the Holborn Restaurant, on December 3rd, in aid of the Cricketers’ Fund Friendly Society, some eight hun­ dred people were present, and the concert was a 8UCCJSS in every way. at Moore Park, on October 4th and 11th, the scores being Hurlingham 51 and 80 for eight wickets (innings closed), and St. Patrick’s 57 and 74. These three matches played con­ secutively resulted in three ties. H. Carpenter, the Essex professional, is by this time in the thick of the work he has undertaken for this winter, which is to coach the juniors of the Melbourne Club. It is a little curious that his present locition in Wellington Parade, Melbourne, is the very place where bis father, the late Robert Carpenter, lodged 39 years ago, when he was iu Melbourne with the team George Parr took to Aus­ tralia. During the three-day match between the Oxford University Authentic and the Bombay Presidency 1186 runs were scored, the total of 412 made by the of those on whose grounds matches were played, is about £'J00, while each of the minor counties which took part in the second division competition last year will receive from £45 to £50. The Board did not discuss the question of whether the test matches should be limited to three days, with a week in which to play each one. Owing to the inability of the honorary secretary of the Cambridgeshire County C.C. to arrange more than four matches in 1902, the club has a balance in hand of £47 9j. 3d. as against a deficit of £11 7s. 7d. last year. The annual meeting of the Lancashire County O.C. was held on December 11th at Manchester. The position of the club is so good that it is able to repay £2,000 of the £20,000 advanced for the purchase THE TEAM OF AUTHENT ICS NOW TOURING IN INDIA. The names reading from left to right are: back row—G. H. Simpson-Hayward, F. G. H. Clayton, J. N. Ridley, Cecil Headlam, J. E. Tomkinson, F. Kershaw, R. H. Raphael; front row—A. H. Hornby, F. H. Hollins, E. Britten* Holmes, K. J. Key (captain), H. B. Chinnery. [Reproduced by permission of The Tatler. M r . H. G. O w en has retired from the captaincy of the Essex County C.C. and is succeeded by Mr. C. J. Kortright. The Hampshire captain, Mr. C. Robson, has also retired; his successor is Mr. E. M. Sprot. “ M id - o n ,” of the Sydney Referee, who is responsible for the following, is, I should say, safe in describing as unique the performance of the Hurlingham II. C.C., to which he gives prominence iu his paper of October 22nd :— “ The Hurlingham II. Club has lately established a record in the matter of ties. The club played St. Peter’s Creswiek on Sep­ tember 13th, when the scores were : Creswick 71 and Hurlingham 71—it being a one- innings match. The next match was against Balmain Central Mission, September 20th and 27th, the scores being Hurlingham 38 and nine wickets for 110 (innings declared closed), and Central Mission 52 and 96. The third andlast match was against St. Patrick’s, Presidency being the highest ever made in an innings at Bombay in an important match. Captain Greig’s innings of 204 for the Presidency, although not the highest in point of numbers, is, I believe, the only innings of over two hundred in what may be described as a big match in India. Ranjitsinhji, with 257, aud K. M. Mistri, with 255, both for Patiala v. Umballa, in 1898, hold the Indian record. T h e proceeds of Whiteside’s benefit match at Leicester last June amount to about £430, which is the largest sum ever received by a Leicestershire profes­ sional. Next year Woodcock is to have a benefit match. At a meeting of the Board of Control on December 11th the accounts of the test matches were discussed. It is under­ stood that the amount which each county will receive, apart from the special share of the Old Trafford ground. There was a long discussion about the catering on the ground, and the committee promised to make what improvements are possible. The meeting unanimously re-elected Mr. A. N. Hornby as president and Mr. S. H. Swire as honorary secretary. Messrs. O. P. Lancashire, C. H. Benton, E. Roper and E. Rome were elected on the com­ mittee. A t the annual meeting of tbe Minor Counties Cricket Association at Lord’s, on December 9th, it was resolved to recommend to the Board of Control that a grant of £20 from the proceeds of the test matches be made to Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Cornwall, which counties are members of the Association, although they did not take part in the competition. Mr. R. H. Mallett was anxious to give up the duties of honorary secretary, but was persuaded to continue in office, with