Cricket 1902

A pril 24, 1902. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD Of THE GAME. 87 the three years—189S, 1899, 1900—he was in the Marlborough X I. were 19, 30, and 28 respectively. J. E. Balfour- Melville comes of a cricketing family. His father, L. M.—perhaps better known to some readers as L. M. Balfour—is the “ W. G.” of Scotland, and his uncle, E. S., is also a most stylish and effective batsman. The Oxford Freshman himself was one of the best bats in last year’s Malvern X I. J. Lang, late of Fettes, can also wield the willow to some pur­ pose. Of the Cantabs connected with Scotland mention may be made of J. T. Turner, of the “ Seniors,” and S. Horsley, J. B. Waters and J. S. Piingle (Fresh­ men). Turner is a good all - round cricketer, and had a great reputation in his Fettes days. Should he not happen to make runs himself, he can usually help to prevent others from getting them through good bowling and fielding. He is a brother of A. J. Turner, of Essex fame. S. Horsley and J. B. Waters are from Loretto, and are both batsmen. J. S. Pringle (Merchiston) is a batsman with a strong defence, as well as a useful wicket-keeper. There are other good men that I could mention, but they have allowed other sports to come between them and cricket. CLEMENT HILL IN FIRST CLASS CRICKET. B y R e c o r d e r in t h e Adelaide Observer. Seven years ago the cricketing world was astonished, at the performance of a young South Australian batsman, just completing his eighteenth year, against Stoddart’s first team. The name of Clement Hill was flashed along the cables to England and following it was a score of 150 not out. Great was the rejoicing in his native State. Here was the coming champion of Australia marking his name on a higher niche of the cricket temple of fame than he had hitherto reached. Since that time he has climbed ever upwards, until he stands to-day the acknowledged “ cham­ pion of Australia of this or any other age.” The words were used by a Sydney authority. Tuesday, the 18th, was the 25th anniversary of Hill’s birthday, and he was the recipient of hearty congratulations from numbers of his admirers. He has played for South Australia for eight seasons, and his figures, published below, indicate the nature of his work. At 25 years of age he has scarcely reached his prime, and at the present rate of progress one wonders what his record will be ten years hence. It is sufficient now to awaken enthusiasm in the most apathetic cricketer. C. H IL L ’S BATTING AGAINST ENGLISH BOWLING. LONDON SCOTTISH C.C. SEASON 1901. Matches played, 29 ; won, 13; lost, 5 ; Drawn, 11. BATTING AVERAGES. •Signifies not out. No. Times Most of not Total in an inns. out. runs. inns. Aver. J. D. L a in g .......... ... 4 ... 2 .. 167 .. 80*. . 83*5 M T. Purcell ... 4 .. 2 .. 102 .. 72*. . 61-0 S. Lienard .......... ... 9 .. 3 .. 274 .. 55 . . 457 B. Porter .......... ... 11 .. 2 .. 280 .. 76 . . 31*1 J. Lamont ........... ... 12 .. 1 .. 33' .. 123*. . £0 3 T. S. Taylor .. 6 .. 1 .. 144 .. 37 . . 28 8 J. D. Forbes.......... ... 15 .. 2 .. 347 .. 116*. . 26*7 H. J. R. Pope ... ... 14 ... 3 .. 267 .. 98*. . 24 3 H. G. Dunkiey ... . . 16 .. 2 ... 316 . 120*. 22-6 N. F. Marcus ... 7 ... 1 .. 124 . . 66 ... 20-7 A. F. Denniston ... .. 7 ... 1 .. 120 .. E6*. .. 20*0 F. J. Wass ......... . ... 13 ... 2 .. 213 . . 43 .. 19-4 E. A. Bennett ... ... 14 ... 1 .. 209 . . 38*... 36*1 R. A. Bennett ... ... 10 ... 2 .. 114 . . 3* .. 143 W . Cooke ... ... ... 11 ... 1 .. 128 . . 35 .. 13*8 J. R. Connell ... 8 ... 2 .. 78 . . 29 .. 130 E. Lacey ........... ... 10 ... 2 .. 97 . . 24 .. 12*1 A. R. Danie’s ... 7 ... 1 .. €8 . . 25 .. 11*3 C. Cooper ........... ... 3 ... 0 .. 30 . . 25 .. 10*0 A. A . Barron ... 9 ... 0 . 87 . . 24 . 97 C. Koe Child ... 11 .. 2 .. 82 . . 18 .. 9-1 R. J. C. Stuart ... ... 4 ... 1 .. 25 . . 13 .. 8-3 P. Child.................. ... 14 ... 0 .. 1C9 . . 41 .. 7.8 D. Clark .......... ... 8 ... 3 .. 23 . . 16* .. 4.6 A. B. Daniels ... 8 ... 2 .. 23 . . li* .. 3.8 H. Fraser ... 3 ... 0 . . 9 . . 9 .. 3.0 W . ‘Whitehorn ... ... 3 ... 0 . 6 . 6 .. 2.0 G. Argles .......... ... 6 ... 1 . . 5 .. 2 .. 1.2 * Signifies not out. BOWLING AVERAGES. Overs. Runs. W kts. Aver. J. Lamont .......... ... 23 ... 68 .. . 10 .. 6.8 E. Lacey ........... ... 207 ... 491 ... 62 ... 9.4 M. T. Purcell ... ... 30 ... 73 .. 7 ... 10.4 R. A . Bennett ... 38 ... 97 .... 9 ,... 1C.8 F. R. Connell ... ... 43 ... 176 .. . 16 ... 11.7 S. L ien ard.......... ... 86 ... 314 .. . 26 ,... 12 1 H. M arcus........... ... i9 ... 115 ... 9 ,... 12.8 E. A . Bennett ... ... 46 ... 171 .. . 13 ,... 13.2 H . J. R. Pope ... ... 164 ... 479 .. . 32 ,... 15.0 F. J. W a ss.......... ... 89 ... 288 ... 19 ... 15.2 A. A. Barron ... ... 76 ... 220 ... 13 ... 16.9 P. Child ........... ... 123 ... 516 .. . 27 ... 19.1 A. F. Denniston ... J8 ... 164 .. 7 ... 23.4 THE ENGLISH TEAM IN AUS- TRAL IA . Times rot Hghst. Date. Inns. out. Runs. Score. Aver. 1894-5 (A.) .. 3 .. 1 ... 2^6 .. 150* .. 113 1896 (E.) .. 46 . 3 ... 1196 .. 130 .. 27 81 1897-8 (A.) .. 12 . 1 ... 829 .. 200 .. 7536 1899 (E.) .. 23 .. 1 ... 879 .. 160 .. 3995 1901-2 (A.) .. 14 •• — ... 771 .. 107 .. 55-07 Totals 98 6 3901 200 42-40 AGAINST VICTORIA. 26 .. 1 ... 1128 .. 135 .. 45.12 AGAINST NEW SOUTH WALE8. 30 .. 3 ... 1697 . 366* .. 62-86 Grand Totals 154 10 6725 365* 4670 The following is the score of the match agairst Eighteen of Broken Hill, on March 11 and 12. The game was drawn. The Eighteen scored 221. Braund took eleven wickets for 105 runs. Blythe two for 42, Gunn two for 43. E ngland First innings. L. C. Braund, c Caust, b Ross .................................. C. Rot son, c John, b Benney G. L. Jessop, c Hocking, b Ross .................................. A. O. Jones, c Benney, b Searcy .......................... H. G. Garnett, b Trott A. A. Lilley, c Mitchell, b Benney......................... J. T. Tyldcsley, not out C. M ’Gahey, b Webber J. Gunn, c Attwater, b Ben- Second innings. 27 r ot out ........... 0 1 c Trott, b Benney 23 0 c Searcy, b Rcss 11 c and b Ross ... st, b Ross ........... not out ........... c M ’ Kell, b Roes b Benney ........... ney .......................... W . G. Quaife, b Webber C. Blythe, b Webber ... i: xtras ........... 1 13 c Benney, b W eb­ ber ..................50 Attwater, b Braund Ross, c Rot son, b traund ... ........... Leak, c Barrett, b Braund ................. Roberts, c Garnett, b Braund ................. M ’Kell, c& b Braund Arthur, c Robton, b Gunn ... Doolette, c Garnett, b Braund .................. Searcy, run o u t ......... Webber, st Robson, b Braund Total ...........173 Total (7 wkts) 190 B boken H il l . Caust, not out ... M frt Mitchell, st Robson, b Braund................. 2 Hall, c Gunn, b braund .................. 12 Trott, st Robson, b Braund .................. 0 Trevarrow, st Rob­ son, b .Braund ... 0 Thomson, c and b Gunn.......................... 3 r ohns, not out „........... 6 Extras ........... 6 Total (16wkts) 119 _The total ultimately reached 221. INTERPRETATION OF THE LAWS* For a long time it has been felt that an official interpretation of the laws of the game, with decisions on technical points, was very greatly needed, so incon­ sistent were the constructions put upon doubtful pointB by various umpires. The book, which has just been issued by the M.C.C., is to a great extent satisfactory, for most of the interpretations and decisions are such as have always been agreed upon by practical cricketers and umpires. But, as it is human to err, it was oDly natural that the revisers should sometimes be indefinite in their state­ ments, and that they should leave loop­ holes which will speedily be utilised by cricketers who like to take any advantage of weakness. Undoubtedly the most remarkable point about the book is that the revisers have added a new law to the game, for although they incorporate it among their notes it is none the less a law, and by no stretch of imagination can it be termed an interpretation of any existing law. This new law occurs in the notes on Laws 33a and 33b, and is as follows:— The ball ceases to be “ Bead” when the bowler begins his run or bowling action. There is nothing whatever in the existing laws to lead to this conclusion. It will be interesting to see how this new rule works out, for there are possibilities in it which* will probably be speedily looked into by unscrupulous members of league clubs. But on the whole, the interpretations and decisions are just and sound, and many doubtful points are wisely cleared up. One of the notes on Law 24 is likely to mislead cricketers of the kind who can never be made to understand that a batsman may be out l.b.w. to a man bowling round the wicket. The note is as follows:— It is immaterial whether the ball breaks or not. It is sometimes only possible for a bowler bowling round the wicket to obtain an l.b.w. with a breaking ball. It is quite certain that, owing to the ambiguity in the wording of the second sentence in this note, it will be argued that a batsman cannot be out to a full pitch from a man bowling round the wicket. Most cricketers will be glad to find that boundary hits and catches on theboundaryare dealt with. Many points which have beenobscure, and many others which have been variously interpreted, are now made clear officially, and nothing but good can result from this. No club can afford to dispense with this very useful little book. The Laws of Cricket.” With decisions and inter­ pretations authorised by the M.C.C. Pi ice, 3d. Printed by the Marylebone Cricket Club, 1902. C RICKET Report Sheets, lOd. per dozen, post free. Order of Going-in Cards, 7d. per dozen, post free. Cricket Score Books, 6d. and Is. each; postage, 2d. extra.—To be obtained at the Offices of Cricket , 168, Upper Thames Street London, E.C. Ikviu i V