Cricket 1903

M a t 7, 1903. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 123 E v id e n t l y not content with the length of the county season, which began on Apiil 13 h and closes on September 6th, th° committee of the Surrey County C.C. have arranged for an extra match to be played after the Hastings Week, which ends on September 12th. The match, which is to be the Champion County v. the Rest of England, will be played at the Oval on September 14th, 15th and 16th. The “ gate,” less expenses, is to be divided equally between the Cricketers’ Fund and the London P la y iD g Fields’ Committee. H. C a r p e n t e r , the Essex player who has spent the winter coaching the young players of the Melbourne Club, has given such satisfaction that it is quite on the cards he may return to Melbourne at the end of this summer for another Australian season. Carpenter’s Colts were seen to great advantage in a match against the Melbourne Club at the end of March. Their all-round cricket was an effective testimony to Carpentei’s methods of tuition. The Colts were indeed on top at all points and won iu the end by 144 runs. C. B. L l e w e l l y n , the Hampshire cricketer, who has been wintering in South Africa, was nqt allowed to take part iu the Currie Cup Tournament. An objection raised by the Western Province Union to his playing for the Transvaal was sustained by the South Australian Cricket Associ »tion at a meeting held in Port Elizabeth on April 5th. Mr. Mitobeley, who spoke in support of the objection, said that Rule 7 was framed to meet just such a case as that of Llewellyn, who was a professional in England, to which country he was re­ turning for the next cricket season. Mr. Frank Mitchell, the Cambridge and Yorkshire cricketer, spjaking for the Transvaal, urged that, although Llewellyn was a professional iu England, he was not so in South Africa, wherein he was born. It was true he was returning to assist Hampshire for his last season, but after that he would permanently settle in Africa, which was the land t f his birth. In the result Llewellyn was voted to ba ineligible by three votes to two. T h e President, Lord Alverstone, will take the chair at the annual meeting of the Surrey County C.C., which is to be held in the Pavilion at the Oval this afternoon at five o’clock. As there is no other nomination the eight retiring mem­ bers of the committee will be re-elected without opposition. S t . J oh n ’ s C ollege , Hurstpierpoint, in June will have completed fifty years existence in its present buildings, which >t first occupied in June, 1853. The annual cricket matoh between Past and Present is to form a part of the com­ memoration festivities, which are fixed ‘ ° r 24th aud 26th. W. L. Knowles, the Kent cricketer, is a member of the Commemoration Committee. F r a n k M itchell , the Yorkshireman, who, according to reports from the other eile, is to ba captain of the South African team which is to visit England next summer, made a successful entry into tbe Currie Cup Tournament at the com­ mencement of last month, with a fine score of 102 for the Transvaal against Griqualand West. J. Sincltir, one of the giants in a double sense of the last South African team, and R. O. Schwarz, the old International Rugger footballer and Middlesex cricketer, also did well for the same side. Sinclair and J. Kotze, the fast bowler of the last South African team, were far too much for the Griqua­ land batsmen. The latter, in their first innings did the hat trick. A mong the noteworthy features of the last match of the English cricketers in Australia, one of quite the best was the excellent work of the South Australian wicket-keeper, P. M. Newland. How well he kept can be judged from the fact that he did not give a bye in the Eaglish- men’s first innings of 553 and only one in the second. It was a great occasion for Clem. Hill, who captained the South Australian team. In a parting speech on the conclusion of the match, he said “ it was the first time he had captained a win­ ning side, and he fait proud. The victory had given hi n a shock and he had not got over i t ! I t was quite in the fitness of things, considering that the match was played on the Sturt Ground at Adelaide, that the victory of the South Australians over Lord Hawke’s team should have been at the finish, at least in a great measure, the work of a Sturt man. The bowling of H. Hay was the more noteworthy as it was his first appearance for South Australia. In the Englishmen’s second innings he took nine of the ten wickets for 67 runs. It was anybody’s game when the Englishmen went in, and it was his bowling that turned the scale, : and gave Australia a thoroughly well- deserved victory. T he Gentlemen of Philadelphia, who should be in London on the night of June 3rd, will be able to practise at Lord’s on the three following days, the committee of the Marylebone Club having courte­ ously granted them facilities for the purpose. This will be the extent of their preparation, as they have to begin their first match, which is against Cambridge University at Cambridge, on the follow- Monday (June 8th). J a c k so n , the young professional, who has made such a promising start in Surrey cricket this season as a left-handed bowler, can hardly be regarded as a Mitcham lad as has been stated in most of the p ipers. His family live at Merton, aud he learned his cricket practically in counection with the Tooting Graveney C.C. His first trial in club cricket of any pretensions, indeed, was last summer, t when he did good service for the Mitcham club. He will not be twenty-one till late this month. M essrs . D owson and Bosacquet, with Thompson and Hargreave, left the “ Oroya ” to come overland to England, where they duly arrive! on Monday. Mr. Dowson (who, I need hardly add, is cap­ tain of the University eleven), had to make the best of his way to Cambridge to keep his term there. Hargreave, as it happened, owing to Monday’s rain, was in time to assist Warwickshire in its match with Surrey, which did not com­ mence till Tues lay morning. Mr. War­ ner and the other members of his team remaining on the “ Oroya ” should be in London within the next 24 hours or so. A t the monthly meeting of the New South Wales Cricket Association F. A. Iredale moved that when the proper time arrived the New Siuth Wales Association should take the initiatory steps to send home the next Australian Eleven under its auspices. The associa­ tion bad in the past been bickward in this matter, and, while he had no fault to find with the Melbourne Cricket Club or its officers, he did not see why the New South Wales Cricket Association should not assert itself in this respect. The resolution was seconded, but subsequently amended to read as follows— “ That when an opportune time arrives this association should take the necessary steps to invite the co-operation of the Victorian Cricket Association and the South Australian Cricket Association in sending home the next Australian Eleven.” F rom the Sydney Referee : “ On Saturday, 7th inst., St. Fiacre de­ feated Endeavour by 15 runs in the “ B ” grade of Balmain and District Association Competition. On the first Saturday St. Fiacre hatted first (one man short), and Endeavour scored 108. When the ninth wicket fell, the latter asked the St. Fiacre captain if there was anyone else to hat. On informing him that there was not, and that he was keeping a place open for a man on the following Saturday, he raised no objection. A substitute was requisitioned to field for the absentee, who turned up on the following Saturday and batted. On the ground of fielding a substitute ‘ without consent of op­ posing side,’ Endeavour protested, and they were awarded the match. At the meeting the Endeavour captain admitted that he knew that only nine wickets fell, and that we fielded a substitute, and that ho raised no objection.” F. A. I redale has represented North Sydney in seven matches this season, and in three of them he has saved the side from collapse. He has made two hun­ dreds, 65 not out, 21, and has four times failed to reach double figures. E d it e d by Mr. E . L. Ede, the Hamp­ shire scorer and well- known old cricketer, the Hampshire County Cricket Guide for 1903 has just made its appearance. Its price is 6d. (by post, 7d.), and it is pub­ lished by Henry King, Southampton.