Cricket 1902

D ec . 18, 1902. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAMJ2. 473 in my eyes, but one is bound to say in justice to Burnup, that whereas I could lay my finger on lots of faults in my own play, that of my “ double,” to me, does not admit of a single fault. T h e veterans in Australia seem to be as successful as their brothers in E agland. I have already referred, to Alec Banner- man’s fine cricket, and it only remains to add that George Giffen has played a superb innings of 88 for West Adelaide against East Torrens. I t is stated that Victor Truinpar only played three maiden oveis during the entire Australian tour in Eogland. A l r e a d y the newspapers in Australia are referring to the next visit of an English team, and they have deci led that it will start next autumn, that it will be very strong, and that it will be captained by A. C. Maclaren. Thus early in the Australian season a player named Mackay, who scored several hundreds last year, has made a score of 200 not out for Uralla v. Armidale. The following letter has been sent to the Sportsman by A. C. Maclaren, who does not say whether he bas consulted the other captains before wiiting: — In his notes of last Saturday, “ Wanderer ” states that he understood that unanimity did not prevail, although the suggestion was adopted by a majority of the captains, over the proposed reduction of the Test matches, also on the subject of the extension of the period of play. I venture to point out that, with one exception, every captain in the room voted in iavour of my proposition that the Test matches be played to a finish, the one exception remarking that although he would not vote for, yet he would not vote against the resolution. I purposely asked Mr. Lacey to kindly count the votes. The importance of the matter is my excuse for writing that “ Wanderer’s ” informant, who­ ever he may be, gave him an erroneous impression of what actually did take place. In regard to the widening of the stumps two captains did vote against the same. Yours, etc., A . C. M a cla ren . Eastrop House, Basingstoke, December 14th. M r . C. T. M a n x e s , whose portrait appeared in the last issue, made no fewer than 1265 runs in 23 completed innings, or an average of 55, in better class Scottish cricket last season. This aggregate in­ cludes four separate centuries, one of which was at the expense of the Oxford Authentics. When it is stated that Mr. Mannes’ runs were made, with very few exceptions, on bowlers’ wickets, his worth as a batsman may be imagined. Some notes upon his career appeared in Cricket of September 18th, page 432. Since the arrival home of the Aus­ tralian team, Victor Trumper has been fe tedconsiderably, and at a public function he was presented with a service of plate, while later an illuminated address and a purse of a hundred guineas were pre­ sented to him. As has happened before, Hugh Trumble and Dirling have both publicly an­ nounced their intention of giving up the game at the end of the season. Let us hope that the fascina'ions of the game will prove too strong for them once moie for cricketers woul 1 be immense losers if these two famous men re'ired into the ranks of the honorary veterans. The Australian team has played Thirteen of New South Wales, with the result that on the fourth day the ma4ch was abandoned owing to rain. The scores were : New South Wales, 227 and 214 ; Australian team, 190 and 185 for five wickets. Trumper made 12 and 76, and Hill 28 and 23. Ernest Jones took seven wickets for 75 in the second innings of New South Wales. TH E ENGL ISH TEAM IN NEW ZEALAND . THE MATCH AGAINST XVIII. OF CALIFORNIA. English Team won hy three wickets. This match was played on a matting-wicket on the Presidio Athletic Ground, San Francisco, on November 26, before about 500 spectators, including the Chinese Consul- General and suite and the British Consul, Mr. C. W. Bennett. The ground, which was entirely devoid of gra*s, * as quite unsuited for cricket, as was shown by the fact that each umpire carried a broom with wnich to sweep the wicket after each over. 1ho mutch needs no description : ihe score bes: tells its own tale. It v\ill be observed that H. B. liichardson, formerly of Suirey, made the highest score for the home team, of whom Whatman stumped seven and caught one. C a lifo r n ia XVIII. 0 J. Myer*, b Thompson H. B.Richardsjn.iTay- lor,b Botanquet ... 27 H. R. Elliott scWhit­ man, b Bosaoquec .. 14 D. B. Bowley,st »*ha*- man, b Bosanquet .. 5 B. Bird, b Thompson 0 H.V Ke ling.b I'nomp- son ........ ... 0 A. Ho kiogs, c What- b Haigreave ..........10 H. C Ca-idy, b turnup 11 H. F. Ell oit,8t Whai- man, b Bosanquet . 2 F. J. Croll, c I aylor, b Bosanquet .......... 4 C.L Ende:! y,*stWhat­ man b bos^nquet... 0 C. t. Co'.efl, c whiner, b Bo^aijq-iet ......... 5 F. Bennion, c Johusoa, b bo-auque; ... ... 1 H. Ward jun.,cStan, niug. b tiargreave . 8 I. vv. Wilding,-t Wbat- mtn, b bcs*nqiet.. JO F. A. ctahl, not uut .. 4 D. Jamieson, bt What­ man, b Bos-nqu-t... 2 T. W. Tetley, st *»hat- m in, b BjsaLq'iet.. 0 Extras ......... 27 Total ..li5 T he E nglish T eam . P.F.Warner,eEnderty, b Richardson..........52 C.J.Bumup.cRichard- too, b Ward .......... 6 F. L. Kane, c Casidy, b H. F. E liiott......... 9 T. L. Taylor, c H. R. Elliott, b Bowley ... 9 E.M.Dowson, b Casidy 8 B.J. T. Bosanquet, not out ........................50 Thompson, c Stanl, b W ard....................... 0 J. Stanning, b Ward.. 8 P. li. Johnson, e H. F. Elliott, b Coles ... G Extras................. 9 Total (8 wkts) 155 A. E. Whatman and A. E. Leatham did not bat. C a lifo r n ia XVIII. O. M. R. W. 0. M. R. W. Hargreave. 18 10 17 2 Dowson .. 3 1 8 1 Thompson 10 3 21 3 Bumup . 13 8 15 0 .Bosanquet 32 9 37 11 T iik E nglish T eam . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Ward 13 3 84 3 Bowley .. 2 u 6 1 Jamieson.. 4 1 7 0 Kich’dsoa 5 0 16 1 Croll . ... 12 2 34 0 Bird ... 1 0 9 0 H.F.Elliott 4 0 16 1 Co’.es .. 1 0 4 1 Casidy ... 7 1 20 1 P ARBl CRICKET, with 27 Illustrations, by M. E. Pavhi. —A History of Parsi Cricket given in a lucid and concise form. Records and many memor­ able achievements of prominent Parsi cricketers, etc. Price, 4s.; post free, 4s. 3d.— Cricket Offices, 168, Upper Thames Street,.E.C. CR ICKET ON SKATES. From a most interesting article iu the “ Royal Magazine” for December, on cricket on the ice at Davos Pialz, we extract tbe follow ing. We may add that the illustrations which accompany the article in the magazine include 8 >inepar­ ticularly good and amusing snapshots :— A man may be the smartest bowler possible ; but put a pair of skates on his feet and see what becomes of his powers. A swift over­ hand is almost impossible. If tried by some ill-advised novice, it generully results in his reaching the other end of the pitch before the ball itself. However skilled a skater, he perforce wobbles in the effort of delivering the ball, and the latter not infrequently trickles in a feeble manner somewhere to one side of the pitch, while he suddenly and violently collapses and slides (revolving with startling velocity as he goes) iu the direction of the astonished batsman, who does not know whether to flee or attempt to score off such an unusual delivery. As a matter of fact any bo aling, however slow, is deadly if straight. The tyro batsman is j ust as awkwardly placed as the tyro bowler. To stand motionless on skates is never a very easy feat, but to not merely do this but also brace up for the shock of a swipe at the ball is a miracle of balancing power. The unsus­ picious batsman, in endeavouring to play a slow ball, is apt to knock the suiface of the ice, with an extremely jarring result. Whether the \ atsman is “ l.b.w.” or not when he accidentally sits down on the ball, is still a point of dispute in D.tvos circles. Jn some of the matelies to which lady players are admitted, the ball is a hollo .v rubber <ne. Exceedingly slow bowling and an accident such as is described above, oil one occasion resulted in the fair batswoman subsiding in front of the wicket, on t p of the bill, with such force that she squashed the latter abso­ lutely flat. It is p easant to be able to record that the lady was given “ not out.” But a new ball had to be obtained to finish the g ime. The Davos cricket matches are in good winters held on a natural lake, whose size gives plenty of scope for the exercise of slog­ ging poweis. Boundaries are not admitted on the lake. The biggest hit known here resulted in the compilation of no fewer than twenty runs. This glorious record wascrjated by Captain Wynyard. of the Han's C.C., who is the chief organiser of theseAlpine matches. The foreign element in the crowd thinks the show an especially amusing exhibition of the madness of the Briton. In which judg­ ment the foreign element is not so very lar from being correct. Whether it be correct or no, the sight of Davos cricket is one not likely to be forgotten. To anyone familiar with the extreme science of the game as ordinarily played, its Alpino version is peculiarly edifying. The poses of the players are alone enough to distinguish this type of cricket from all others, The paraphernalia of the game is as novel as the methods of the players. Holes cannot conveniently be bored in the ice for stumps, and would be unsuitable if they could, so these latter are fixed rigid on a base which stands on the surfao of the pitch and is shifted by the slightest touch of ihe ball. Legs wide apart and toes turned inward is an approved position for keeping upright while bitting, as well as for wicked-keeping. Every imaginable attitude occurs in bowling, and few are repeated twice. Decidedly the least ugly post of duty is that of fielder_ until a catch comes.