Cricket 1903

248 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J uly 2, 1903. JIHHWISDENt CO. CRICKET BALL MAKERS, Supply all the Principal Counties and Clubs through­ out the world with their well-known J O H N W I S D E N ’ S “ Special Crown” MatchBalls, M a r v e l l o u s T e s t i m o n y . The Inns of Court Hotel, 25th August, 1902, Messrs. J ohn W isden & Co. Dear Sirs,—I have much pleasure in stating that your « Special Crown ” Cricket Balls were used in the five Test Matches played between All England and Australia this season. At the Oval the play was delayed on the first day until some of your “ Special Crown ” Balls were procured, as both teams preferred them to any others in the market. Your “ Special Crown’* Balls gave every satisfaction in all the Test Matches, and ail our team always want them in all other matches in England and Australia. Yours faithfully, J. D a r l in g . London County Cricket Club, Crystal Palace, Oct. 27th, 1900. 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As a result of his fine innings of 105 for Somerset in the match against Glou­ cestershire, O. M. Samson was asked to play for Oxford against M.O.C. Before the Gloucestershire match he had never made a hundred runs in first-class cricket. F o r Shropshire against Herefordshire in the second-class county championship, Oakley did a remarkable bowling per­ formance in the second innings. He had bowled exceedingly well in the first innings, but in the second he began with five overs, three maidens, for four runs and four wickets, while in his last over he did the hat trick. His complete analysis was nine wickets for 29 runs, and it was not a little due to him that his side gained a fine victory by 39 runs. E a stb o u r n e C o ll e g e played a tie with Trinity College, Cambridge, last week, at Eastbourne, each side making 133 in the first innings. In their second innings Eastbourne College made 112 for one wicket. J. H. B r a in , the old Gloucestershire amateur, scored 141 in a couple of hours on Thursday last for Cowbridge against Newport. The total made by his side was only 201. Newport scored 102. U p to Monday C. B. Fry, with 1033, alone had scored a thousand runs during the season, but Hayward, with 998, was running him very close. J. Gunn, with 919, was the only other man who had made oyer 900. H. K. Foster stood at 872 and Hayes at 852, no one else having made over eight hundred. These totals are very low for the time of the year. Hayward and J. Gunn have now exceeded the total of a thousand. W it h reference to the M.C.C. team for Australia, F. A. Iredale has sent the following cablegram to the Daily Mail : S ydn ey , Friday, June 26. Great satisfaction is expressed throughout Australia at the decision of Marylebone to send a team to Australia this year. The M.C.C. hall mark given to the side should prevent all discussion as to the merits of the combination. It is recognised that under no other organ­ isation would it be possible to get a repre­ sentative side, and it is hoped that now the best amateurs will find it convenient to join the team. Under the new regime it is thought that the Yorkshire players will now be able to come out. It may be taken for granted that Iredale’s remark that great satisfaction is expressed throughout Australia is strictly true, for it is well known that the Australians are particularly and naturally anxious to meet us as often as possible just now when they think they are stronger than we. A n o t h e r cablegram from Iredale to the Daily Mail is of considerable interest, more especially as Phillips, to whom it