Cricket 1903

J an . 29, 1903. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 11 won by ten wickets, which was a good performance, considering that they had to go in against a total of 412. Hopkins’ all-round cricket was of great service to the winners, as he scored 69, and took three wickets for nire in South Aus­ tralia’s second innings. C a p t a in E. L. C h a l l e n o r of the Leicester Regiment, who played two fine innings of over 50 for Madras Presidency against the Oxford Authentics early last month on the occasion of his first appear­ ance in Madras cricket, has been helping to make history since then. Ceylon had sent over a team to Madras at the end of last month, and after getting the worst of a match wi h the Madras C.C., it came to their turn to play the Presidency. This was on December 29th, and a bad time their bowlers had of it. Madras putting on 534 before the innings closed. For Captain Challenor’s 216 is claimed a double record as the highest score in Madras cricket, as well as the highest on the Madras ground. The score of the Madras innings is appended :— P residency . Capt. J. B. Barstow, run out ... ... ... 12 I'’. H. A. Stephenson, l.b.w., b Waldock .. 16 Capt. Challenor, c Coombe, b Skrine ...216 B. E. Firth, c Coombe, b Booke.................. 9 B. C. M. Strouts, c and b Skrine .............45 E. Burd, b Macaulay ............................... 72 H. C. King, c Boucher, b Balkw ell.............90 S. D. Pears, b Roofee .................................. 36 O. J. Sykes, b Balkwell...................... . ... 0 Capt. Carew Smyth, b Rooke ................. 0 C. Morrison, not out ............................... 0 Extras.................................. 41 Total ...637 T h e most noteworthy feature of the Indian tour of the Oxford University Authentics has so far at least, been the consistently fine scoring of F. H. Hollins, the Oxford blue of 1901. In the first eight matches played, up to and includ­ ing the gams with Bengal Presidency finished just before Christmas, he had made 656 runs for twelve completed innings. His scores up to then included three hundreds: 185 not out v. Madras Presidency; 141 against the Bombay Hindus, and 121 against Secunderabad. Mr. W illiam H ine H a y c o c k , who died suddenly on December 13th, a'tat 71, was father of the well-known cricketers R W., the Gunner, and the Rev. T. R., of Wellington College and Oxford Uni­ versity, minor Canon of Westminster. An enthusiastic lover of the game, he had been for many years a familiar figure to the habitues of the pavilions at Lord’s and the Oval. His connection ■with the Surrey County C.C. dated from over thirty years ago, and he was rarely absent -when a good match was on at either of the great metropolitan grounds. With a great store of cricket lore he was the most pleasant of companions on the cricket field as he was one of the most kindly of men. His son R. W. got the D.S.O. in South Africa. T h e Gentlemen of Holland, who had contemplated comiDg to London next August for their second cricket tour, have decided to defer their visit “ for a season.” Rumour has it that C. J. Posthuma, their crack cricketer, is coming over to England for the summer, and wiil probably be seen in the ranks of the London County C.C. T h e Leinster Club, of Dublin, is arranging a short tour in the South of Englard for the early part of August. Arrangements have already been made for a match at the Crystal Palace against the London County C.C. for the last two days of the Bank Holiday week (August 7th and 8th). It is also stated that two matches will be played during the season between Scotland and Ireland, which will be for the good of the game all round, it hardly needs to be added. D o r s e t s h ir e is hoping to have its permanent headquarters at the new ground now approaching completion at Poole. M.C.C. will send a team of the club and ground to open it some lime in June. The exact date has yet to be fixed. M r . G. L. J e s s o p has accepted an appointment in a tobacco manufactory at Liverpool, whose managing director is Mr. W. B. Stoddart, the Lancashire cricketer and Rugby International. It is not expected that his new duties will prevent Mr. Jessop from playing in first- class cricket as usual. He has stated that he does not intend to qualify for Lancashire. “ A. G.” writes as follows : “ In the December issue of Cricket, in the chat with Mr. Boyington, no reference was made to a feat performed about 1866 by Mr. Boyington which remained unique for a number of years. The feat con­ sisted in disposing of as many as eight wickets in an innings of an X I. a-side match by catches and stumping. If my memory does not deceive me, the event took place in a match at Nottingham between the Victoria and Marlborough Clubs. Rumour has it that a Capt. Trevor performed an identical feat three or four years ago in a country-house game.” A few days ago there was great excite­ ment at Hove, when a fire occurred in Mr. Alfred D. Tajlor’s library, in which, by-tbe-way, nothing but cricket items are allowed. At one time it appeared as though great damage would be done, and many things of almost priceless worth had to be hurriedly passed through the windows. Although considerable damage was done to the room, it is satisfactory to know that the only cricketical treasures to meet with destruction were a few manuscripts, and that the collection of books and pictures—probably the best in the country—escaped injury. U p to the present only brief summaries of most of the inter-State matches have arrived in England. New South Wales beat Yictoria by 136 runs, the totals being:— New South Wales ... 198 and 212 Victoria........................ 93 and 181 For the former State Duff scored 102 and 66, Trumper 51 and 21, and Noble 60. Armstrong took three wickets with suc­ cessive balls in the first innings of New South Wales, and in the second innings Collins took six for 54. For Victoria Graham made 32 and 36 and Armstrong 22 and 36. In the first innings McBetb took four wickets for 9 runs, and in the second Howell took nine for 52. V i c t o r i a beat South Australia by 179 runs, the totals being :— V icto ria .............................. 472 and 161 South Australia .......... 317 and 140 In the first innings of Victoria Ellis scored 118 and Hastings 106, putting up a record of 211 for the tenth wicket. In the second innings M ‘ Alister made 68. Clement Hill scored 124 for South Aus­ tralia. In the second innings of South Australia, Armstrong, on a spoiled wicket, took five wickets for 30. T h e scores in the return match between South Australia and New South Wales are as follows :— South Australia ... 412 and 134 New South Wales ... 545 and 2 for 1 wicket New South Wales thus won by nine wickets. For South Australia Hack scored 84 and 41, Claxton 80, and H ill 31. For New South Wales Trumper and Duff had a record first wicket partnership for Australia, putting up 298 runs in two hours and a-half. Trumper’s score was 178 and Duff’s 132. Hopkins also made 69 and Mackenzie 50. In bowling M ‘Beth took five wickets for 110 runs in the first innings of South Australia, while in the second innings Howell took five for 40 and Hopkins three for 9. South Australia were very unfortunate, for rain spoiled their chances altogether. The full scores of the first match appear on page 14. T h e only news that has yet come to hand of the doings in New Zealand of Lord Hawke’s team is that against Auck­ land, they scored 321, and won by an innings and 129 runs, and also beat Wellington by ten wickets. The chief scorers against Auckland were: F. L. Fane, 82; C. J. Burnup, 43; P. R. Johnson’ 43; P. F. Warner, 34; E. M. Dowson, 34, and J . Stanning, 33. The scorers in the Wellington match were: Lord Hawke’s team, 289 and 95 for no wicket; Wellington, 243 and 140. Warner scored 43, not out, and Burnup, 50, not out, in the second innings. Is the reputation of T. W. Garrett, the famous New South Wales cricketer and excellent all-round player of the earlier Australian teams, to be revived in the person of his eldest son. One may hope so. T. V. G., who was to represent the Sydney Grammar School in the match against the Melbourne Church of Eng­ land Grammar School last month, at all events shows promise. R. N. H ic k s o n , who made 76 for once out for the Thirteen of New South Wales against the Australian team, was the