Cricket 1903

242 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME, J u l y 2, 1903. from beginning to end, for each team tries its hardest to win on the first in­ nings. In a first-class county match it doesn’t matter twopence whether you lead on the first innings by a few runs or not, but under our system if you don’t finish the match, and are behind on the first innings, you have lost it to all intents and purposes. Again, suppose the first two days are wet in a first-class match. It is a hundred to one that on the third day it will not be possible to bring the game to a conclusion, and therefore all interest is gone out of it. But under similar circumstances we fight as hard as we can for our one point.” “ Are there, in your opinion, any defects in the system ?” “ Personally I don’t think so, but many people argue that the proportion between three points for a win on the whole match and one point for a win on the first innings is too great. But that is no argument against the system itself ; only against the ratio of points. For my part I should "be quite prepared to agree to any alteration which seemed advisable, although I think that before any altera­ tion is made three or four years ought to elapse in order to give the system a thorough trial. I was speaking just now about the possibilities of the scheme. Let me give another instance. Suppose towards the end of the season we were third iu the table of results, and were set to get 250 to win in a short time against Surrey Second, who were top, it would be our game to go for a win for all we were worth. But on the other hand, suppose we were top and Surrey next to u s; it would be our policy to play for a draw, so as to prevent them from scoring the three points. But there are endless possibilities in the scheme for a captain to puzzle out.” In a chat with Mr. W. L. Murdoch gome time ago in Cricket, there was a reference to the extraordinary way in which Mr. H. Massie improved in field­ ing. Mr. Miller relates a similar im­ provement in the case of Mr. Stevens, an amateur who still plays for Wiltshire. “ He was one of the very worst catches I ever saw,” he said, “ and we chaffed him about it a good deal, for he was a man who did not mind chaff. One day I said to him, ‘ I ’m very sorry for you, old chap, but you can’ t go short leg to-day, for, although I know you won’t believe it, we’ve really got a worse field on our tide.’ Tired of chaff, he set to work to improve his fielding, and at the present time he is a good field, and safe at a catch.” Mr. Miller tells of an exciting match against Glamorganshire in 1901. “ We won by 4 runs,” he said. “ When the last two Glamorganshire men were in there were about 20 runs to make, and Sam Brain managed to keep all the bowl­ ing to himself, always getting a single off the last ball of the over. At tbe finish Brain stood a yard and a half out of bis ground when I began my run, and to my joy I bowled him a shooter, which settled tbe matter. In those days the umpire could no-ball you if you threw at the wicket when a man was standing out of his ground. But last year, also in the Glamorganshire match, the same bats­ man began to stand right out of his ground, and I warned the umpire that I intended to throw at the wicket. To my surprise he replied that if I did so it would be at my own risk. When I was within about two yards of the crease I stopped and threw at the batsman’s wicket, where­ upon the umpire called “ no-ball.” Of course, after the ruling given by the M.C.C., this was entirely wrong, but we could not convince the umpire that he was not right. Personally I think that the M.C.C. ruling is just and reasonable, for obviously the batsman is tiying to take an unfair advantage of the bowler.” “ In the Wiltshire team,” said Mr. Miller, “ there is a professional named Smart who, in a local match a year or two ago, did the hat trick three times in the course of the game. Smart is a most amusing chap, and is full of good tales. I remember that once when'we were driv­ ing to a match at about eleven o’clock in the morning we passed a field where a number of rabbits were feeding. I turned to Smart and said, ‘ That looks very bad for the wicket, Tom, for there must have been a lot of rain last night for those rabbits to be out feeding now .’ To which he replied, ‘ Things certainly do look bad, sir; them rabbits would have looked a lot better if they’d been hanging up in my larder ! ’ ” W. A. B e t t e s w o r t h . HAMPSTEAD v. ARKLEY.—Played at Arkley on June 27. A b k l b y . G. L. Jessop, b Hick son ........................ 68 G. G. Dumbleton, run oat ....................... 8 Major Lowis, b L. J. M oon........................ 0 C. W. Graham, st W. Moon, b B a ll..........14 G. W. Hammond, b Hickson ................. 0 G. Black,c Greig,bBall 63 H am pstead 8. Howard Williams, e Greig, b Orr ..........10 J. H. Robson, st W . Moon, b Orr .......... 4 Rides, b L. J. Moon ... 0 T. Scanlon, not out ... 9 H. Booth, c Hickson, b L. J. M oon.......... 1 B 24, lb 4, nb 3 .. 31 Total ...188 L. J. Moon, c Jessop, b Black .................72 W . R. Moon, c Black, b Rides .................17 F. W . Orr, c Scanlon, b Hammond .......... 7 H. P. Lott, b Jessop .. 8 H. Greig,b Dumbleton 44 C. 8. Ball.bHammond 17 R. T. Orr, not out ... 6 O. 8. Hickson, bDum- bleton ................. 0 H. J. J. Freeman, b Dumbleton ... 8 B. E. liggis, c&bJes­ sop ........................ 2 A. W . Beard,b Jessop 0 B 9, lb 2, w 2, nb 1 14 Total ...195 HAMPSTEAD v. WAN8TE AD.-Played at Hamp­ stead on June 27. H a m pste a d . G. MacGregor, c Pool, b Douglas................ 3 J. G. Q. Beach, c Snell, b Pool .................47 M.de Lissa, b Richard­ son ...................... . 7 E. L. Marsden, b Douglas .................93 E. W. H. Eeaton, b Knight .................20 J. C. R. Dickson, A. A. Barron and C. Bousfleld did not bat. * Innings declared closed. W a n st e a d . F. R. Spofforth, not out ........................ 16 S. 8. Pawling, b D ouglas................. 0 H. H. Walters, not out ......................... 7 B 22, lb 6 ..........28 Total (6 wkts) *221 J. W. Douglas, b Bar­ ron ......................33 S. Snell, c Besch, b B irron .................. 42 ▲. G. Richardson, b Bousfleld.................. 0 C. Raison, not out ... 12 B. Bailey, bPawling 3 R. M. Brydon, b P a w liD g ................. 0 J. Douglas, b Mars­ den ........................ 5 W. H. Jo’.iffe, not out 11 B 6, lb 8................8 Total (6 wkts) 114 J. B. Knight, W . J. Pool and P. R. Blake did not bat. HAMPSTEAD v. WOODFORD W ELLS—Played at Woodford on June 27. H am pstb a d . A. R. Trimen, not out 100 F. J. Potter, c Hough­ ton, b Mussett..........23 H.8.Madure,c Hough­ ton, b Mussett..........39 C. D. D. McMillin, c Hollington,b Morris 22 R. D. Robertson, b Holliogton .......... 3 J. C. Toller, not ou t.. 3 B8, l b l ................. 9 Total (4 wkts) *199 * Innings declared closed. N. B. Dearie, F. C. Wheeler, J. T. Ash, J. Greig, and G. C. Spawforth did not bat. W o od fo rd W e lls . E.C.Palmer.c Maclure, b Greig .................27 S. Vigor, c Wheeler, b Greig........................ 7 H.D. Chamen, c Spaw­ forth, b Wheeler ... 16 G. T. Hollington, c sub, b Wheeler .. 24 A. Pothecary, A. J. Houghton, D. Crump, and A. N. Other did not bat. P. Morris, b Greig ... 7 H. T. MuBsett, not out ........................ 10 M. Hecht, not out ... 0 B 6, w 1 ................. 7 Total (6 wkts)... 98 HAMPSTEAD C.C. v. HORNSEY O.C.—Played at Hornsey on June 24. H a m pstk a d . H. R. Hebert, b Bac­ meister ................. 8 J. G. Q. Besch, b Bac­ meister ................. 1 D. B. Dearie, b Bac­ meister .................12 C. D. Drayson, run out ........................ 5 T. Mead, not out ... 2 B 3, lb 8 ..........11 L.J.Moon, c Crawford, b Banker.................24 E. E. Barnett, c Corry, b Dent .................20 F.’Rowley, b Bacmeis­ ter 17 H. J. J. Freeman, c and b Bacmeister ... 6 M. de Lissa, b Bac­ meister .................40 G. A. 8. Hickson, c King, b Dent.......... 1 Total H obnsey . L. H. Bacmeister,lbw, b H ebert.................10 H. B. Corry, b Hebert 7 J.H . Nicholls, b Hick­ son ........................ 4 F. B. Dent, c Barnett, b Hickson .......... 8 8. L. King, b Hebert 0 8. M. Banker, not out 49 S. Turbeville, b He­ bert ........................ 1 Total ...147 L. T. Weaver, ht wkt, b H ebert................. 4 L. Orton, c Rowley, b H ebert................. 16 F. H. Swinstead, lbw, b Hickson................24 R. C. Crawford, b Hickson ................. 20 Byes ................. 16 ...159 LUDGROYE v. SOUTH LODGE.-Played at South Lodge on June 27. S outh L odge . G. Begbie,b Boscawen 31 R. H. Jobson, b Bos­ cawen .......... ... 27 J.A.Young,b Kenyon- Slaney .................17 R.E.B.Davey,c Curtis, b Eastwood ..........16 D. C. Mudie, b East­ wood ........................ 5 H.F.Young, bWorsley 21 L u d obo vb . G.Morten,b Boscawen T. Begbie, b Worsley C. Q. Roberts, b Bos­ cawen ................. T. Cartland, b Bosca­ wen ........................ H . Thompson, not out B3, lb l, w l ... Total ...130 H.F.Campbell,bYoung 4 A. K. Curtis, b Begbie 64 W . A.Worsley,bMudie 89 W . T. Birchenough, b Begbie .................28 V. D. Boscawen, b Begbie ................. 3 C.W. Norman, not out 51 E. M.Worsley, lbw, b Begbie ................. 0 R. O. R. Kenyon- Slaney. b Begbie .. 6 N. W. Eistwood, b Mudie ................. l R. A. Pease, not out.. 15 B 19, lb 3, w 3 ... 25 Total (8 wkts) 286 R. J. M. Walker did not bat. ARKLEY v. ATHENIANS.-Played at Rowley Lodge, Arkley, on June 26. A th e n ia n s . F. W . Orr, c Robson, b Hammond ..........29 J. W . Marsh, b Ham­ mond ........................ 9 F. Fumer, c Read, b Hammond .......... 0 P. Light, c Robson, b R ead........................ 0 M. de Lissa, b Ham­ mond ........................ 1 H. J. J. Freeman, b Read........................ 8 C. 8. Ball, b Read ... 3 G. A. S. Hickson, c Roe, b Hammond... 11 A. Eiloart, c Golding, b Read ................. 4 R. Lewis, b Read .., 1 C.Toller, c Hammond, b Read .................12 L. J. Marcus, not out 0 Total ... 78 A b k lb v . G.W.Hammond,bBall 8 G. G. Dumbleton, b Marsh .................74 Major Lowis, b Marsh 1 F A. Phillips, c Light, b Marsh .................94 W. N. Roe, b Marsh .. 3J GordonBlack,b Marsh 0 Golding, b Marsh ... 9 A. H. Read, c de Lissa, b Marsh .................. 0 Dale Womersley, not out ........................ 61 Howard Williams, not out ...........................14 B 19, lb 9, wb 2, nb 7 37 Total (8 wkU) ...818