Cricket 1902

M ar . 27, 1902. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 48 that it was the only reverse sustained by the Senior State during the season. All five matches for the Sheffield Challenge Shield were won, so that there was no doubt about the first position among the States of the Commonwealth. This sea­ son S. E. Gregory is facile princeps among the batsmen, with an aggregate of 505 runs, and an average of 63’62. In the last two seasons he .has made 939 runs in 14 complete innings. Or the 15 matches played by New South Wales against the English team since 1886, England has won eight and lost seven. Altogether 22 eleven- a side matches have taken place, England having won 13, New South Wales eight, the other drawn. It is curious that, whereas Englishmen prefer to play on the Sydney Ground, New South Wales has a much better record against the various English teams than Victoria. Since Victoria beat Lord Harris’ X I. inthe first eleven-a sidematch, 22 years ago, Victoria has added but two wins, while the Englishmen have won 15 times, and lost once only in the last 17 years. I t is quite on the cards that another team of English amateurs will visit India next winter. An invitation has been issued by the hon. sec. of the Calcutta C.C., who is, by the way, an old Oxford University Authentic himself, to the O.U.A.C.C., and Mr. K. J. Key, of Ox­ ford University and Surrey, in the event of the tour coming off, will be the cap­ tain. As yet the negotiations have not gone beyond the preliminary stage, and at present it is not possible to say whether the project will take any de6nite shape. The Bombay Gazette says it is a mistake to state that the team will be composed entirely of Oxford Authentics. What will eventually happen remains to be seen. At present, however, it is certain that the Authentics have got the matter in hand and that Mr. Key is acting in the matter as an Authentic. S o u t h A t j s t b a l ia seems likely to have in Claude Jennings a young batsman not unlikely to compare favourably with Clem Hill. In the match between S t. Peter’s and Prince' Alfred Colleges last December his cricket showed such distinct romise that he was at once promoted to enior Club cricket. His first match for the East Adelaide Club was against Port Adelaide, on which occasion he made 35 not out. His second against West Torrens, was a veritable triumph, for he scored 211 before he was caught at the wicket. In addition to one sixer he hit twenty- three fours. As he is only seventeen years of age he should have a great future as a cricketer. H . S. B u s h , who played more than one fine innings for Surrey during the short time that he was at home on leave last summer, has just reached England again. As he will be here till at least the middle of August the Surrey eleven should have their already strong powers of run-getting strengthened by the addi­ tion of an attractive as well as a very dangerous batsman. H u g h T r u m b l e ’ s hat trick in the third test match at Melbourne is only the fourth instance of the kind in this series of contests. The four are as under:— 1879. F. E. Spofforth, Melbourne —Royle, M 'Kin- non and Emmett. 1883. W . Bates, Melbourne—M'Donnell, Giffen and Bonner* 1899. J.T. Heame, Leeds—Hill, Gregory and Noble. 1902. H. Trumble, Melbourne—Jones, Gunn and Barnes. T. H a y w a r d has chosen the Yorkshire match at the Oval on July 31st, August 1st and 2nd for his benefit. The brilliant cricket he has shown for the county entitles him to the hearty support of every real well wisher of Surrey cricket. T h e youngest of the Crawford brother­ hood, John, has, I hear, gone up to Repton School. As there are good judges who regard him as likely to develop into an all-round player, even better than either V. F. S. or E. T., the Reptonians are sure to give him every possible opportunity. The present head of Repton School is the Rev. L. B. J. Ford, one of the great cricket brotherhood of that name, which is of itself an assurance that no promising cricketer will lack a thorough trial. W. C a r t e r , who is on his way over here with the Australian team as reserve wicket-keeper, has been naturally over­ shadowed by J. J. Kelly, the regular stumper for New South Wales. The return match with Victoria was indeed only his second appearance in Inter-State matches. He played for New South Wales v. South Australia, at Adelaide, four years ago, but since then has not had a trial till the match with Victoria some weeks ago. Still, he is undoubtedly a very capable wicket-keeper, and indeed some of the best informed Australian critics seem to suggest that he has really no superior in Australia. That he is not a very bad bat either can be judged frcm the fact that he scored 117 out of a total of 230 for Waverley v. The Sydney Cricket Ground Trustees Team, at Sydney, on January 11th. T h e performance of J. V. Saunders in the second innings of the English team in the Fourth Test match, would, of it­ self, make him a subject of interest to the cricket public over here. M. A. Noble and he bowled unchanged, dividing the ten wickets equally, with a distinct advantage, in the matter of averages, to Saunders. As a matter of fact, in the sixty test matches as yet played, the feat has only been accomplished thirteen times. As the particulars of these thirteen are bound to be of interest, I give them here­ with :— 1882.—A t Sydney, G. E. Palmer and F. Evans, Eng- land’s first innings . 1883.—At Sydney, R. G. Barlow and F. Morley, Aus­ tralia’s second innings. 1886.—At Sydney, F. R. Spofforth and C. E. Palmer, England’s recon d innings. 1886.—At Kennington Oval, G. A. Lohmann and J. Briggs, Australia’s first innings . 1887.—A t Sydney, 0. T. B. Turner and J. J. Ferris, England’s first innings. 1888.—A t Sydnev, G. A . Lohmann and R. Peel, Aus tralia’s first innings. 1888.—A t Lord’s, J. J. Ferris and C. T. B. Turner, England’s second innings. 1892.—A t Adelaide, J. Briggs and G. A. Lohmann, Australia’s first innings. 1895.—A t Sydney, G. Giffen and C. T. B. Turner, England’s second innings, 1896.—A t Lord’s, T. Richardson and G. A. Lohmann, Australia’s first innings. 1902.—A t Melbourne, S. F. Barnes and C. Blythe, Australia’s first innings. 1902.—At Melbourne, M. A. Noble and H. Trumble, Eogland’s first innings 1902,—A t Sydney, J. V. Saunders and M. A . Noble, England’s second innings. F r a n k M it c h e l l , the Yorkshire cricketer, who is now settled in South Africa, soon got to work to make a reputation for himself in the Transvaal. His first appearance in an important match out there was for M r . A. Bailey’s Eleven against Colonel R. M . Poore’s Eleven at Pretoria. The score, which will be found “ in another place,” shows that his was the highest innings on the side, and, according to reliable authority, the runs were got in his very best form. As M r . Bailey was unable to play after all, F. M . acted as captain. T h o u g h it was only to be expected, it is satisfactory to find that the Counties, who were invited in December last to express an opinion on the follow­ ing proposal to meet the contingency of any flagrant case of illegal bowling in the future have, with a unanimity which bespeaks a thoroughly sportsman­ like spirit, approved of the following principle :— The counties shall authorise their captains to deal with the question, and if at any meeting convened, with notice that it will he bronght up, the captains shall decide by a majority of two to one that any bowler has been guilty of illegal bowling, they shall “ name ” him and recommend his suspension for at least a season, and refer it to the M.C.C. Committee for confirmation. T h e result of their hearty co-operation has been the issue of a circular from the M.C.C. intimating that the Com­ mittee are now prepared to assist in carrying the above resolution into effect. J. H. S a v i g n y , one of the best known Tasmanian cricketers, assisted very materially off his own bat to pro­ duce a record innings in pennant matches on the Launceston ground. The match was between the Launceston and Tamar Club, and the former’s full score was 527, of which Savigny was responsible for 214 and Tabart 103 not out. Only a short time before Savigny joined the noble army of batsmen who have got two separate hundreds in a match. This was for Launceston against Cornwall, at Lannceston, on December 21st, and J. H. Savigny’s scores were 106 and 149 not out. T h e tenth annual issue of the Year Book of the Yorkshire County Cricket Club, has just made its appearance, ably edited and compiled as before by Mr. J. B. Wostinholm, the County Secretary, and Mr. H. H . Stones, the assistant-* Secretary. As usual, the book reflects ihe greatest credit on the priner