Cricket 1903

250 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J uly 2, 1903. exciting time of it on the second day, when Surrey, after a desperate struggle, just “ got home,, by a couple of runs. I n the above match the all-round work of Thompson, the Northamptonshire pro­ fessional, was quite remarkable. He made scores of 146 not out and 55 not out, and in the second innings of Surrey took three wickets for 10 runs. The reappearance of Mold in important cricket was interesting, but he did not meet with much success, his only wicket costing 68 runs. I t was quite in accordance with the vagaries of the English climate that whereas it had been possible to play cricket in comparative comfort in Man­ chester during the insufferably long period of wet in the South, there should have been no play at Old Trafford in the Surrey v. Lancashire match last Friday, when the South was rejoicing in dtlight­ ful sunshine. But the rain did. not last long enough to save Surrey. T h e Balance Sheet and Accounts of the Hastings and St. Leonard’s Cricket Week of 1902 have just been issued. The following is the revenue account:— RECEIPTS. £ s. d. £ s. d. Sussex and Kent v. Rest of England— Sept. 4th.—First day’s takings ........................ 12) 17 0 Sept. 6th.—Second day's takings ........................ 126 17 0 Sept. 6th.—Third day’s takings ........................ 61 10 6 ------------ 299 4 6 South of England v. Australians— Sept. 8th.—First day’s takings ........................ 217 19 6 Sept. 9th.—Second day’s takings ......................... 292 6 6 Sept. 10th.—Third day’s takings ........................ 171 0 6 Weekly Tickets, Grand Stand 36 11 6 Weekly Tickets, Reserved Enclosure ........................ 3 12 6 Programme Contract .......... Tent ...................... ................ 681 5 6 40 4 0 20 0 0 6 0 0 Balance, being Loss on Week 1,046 14 0 16 17 7 £1,061 11 7 EXPENDITURE. £ s. d. £ s. d. Match Expenses, including Players, Umpires, Scor­ ers, and Gentlemen’s Travelling, Hotel, and Incidental Expenses ... 431 2 2 Australians’ Share of Gate Money ............................ 280 0 0 Printing, Advertising, and Bill Posting ........................... 73 7 6 Grand Stand and Seating— Erecting Grand Stand and Seating round Ground... 9112 6 Hire and Cartage of Chairs, and Extra Decorations.. 26 1 4 f ------------ 116 13 10 Ground Expenses— Hire of Ground................. 40 0 0 Wages and Expenses of Ground Men and Staff... 62 1 0 Cricket Materials and Sun­ dries ................................ 12 7 1 Police ................................ 6 10 7 Bands ................................ 16 0 0 ------------ 126 18 8 Postages, Telegrams, Assistant Secretary’s Remunera­ tion, and Petty Expenses 34 9 6 ruCf ------------ £1,061 11 7 T h e following are the teams for the University match which begins to-day (Thursday) at Lord’s :— OXFORD. •W. Findlay (Eton and Oriel) (capt.l, •H. J. Wyld (Harrow and Magdalen), •W. H. B. Evans (Malvern and Oriel), *R. C. W. Burn (Winchester and Oiiel), •A. C. von Ernsthausen (Uppingham and Balliol), K. M. Carlisle (Harrow and Magdalen), J. E. Raphael (Merchant Taylors and St. John’s), O. M. Samson (Cheltenham and Hertford), E. G. Martin (Eton and New College), C. D. Mclver (Forest School and Hertford), and A. C. Pawson (Winchester and Christ Church). CAMBRIDGE. *E. M. Dowson (Harrow and Trinity) (capt.), •C. H. M. Ebden (Eton and Trinity), •L. V. Harper (Rossall and Christ’s), •F. B. Wilson (Harrow and Trinity), E. W . Mann (Harrow and Trinity), R. T. Godsell (Clifton and Trinity), H. C. McDonell (Winchester and Corpus), F. B. Roberts (Rossall and Jesus), R. P. Keigwin (Clifton and Peterhouse), G. M. Buckston (Eton and Trinity), and G. Howard-Smith (Eton and Trinity). • An Old Blue. P l a y in the Oxford and Cambridge match will begin on the first day at half­ past eleven and on the second and third days at eleven o’clock. Stumps will be drawn each night at half-past six, but if there is a chance of finishing on Saturday the game will be prolonged for half-an- hour. T h e two Essex bowlers, Young and Mead, each had a most satisfactory ex­ perience on Tuesday, for Essex v. Sussex. The former finely caught and bowled Vine, and when only two more runs had been made he bowled Eillick. Mead did even better, for having got Ranjitsinhji caught in the slips off a ball which he skied, he clean bowled Pry with the fol­ lowing ball. A mong well-known players who have recently made big scores in club cricket are C. J. Bumup, 126 for Band of Brothers; J. H. Hunt, 124 not out for I. Zingari; G. P. Wells Cole, 197 for Lincoln Lindum; Sir T. C. O’Brien, 80 for Sir D. P. Gooch’s X I . ; B. Jayaram, for London County, 100 not o u t; E. Bussell, 103 not out for Essex Club and Ground; G. H. Arlington, for Stratford-on-Avon, 156 not out and 102; O. K. Borradaile, 56 for Essex Club and Ground; P. H. Bacon (the Hampshire Secretary), 96 for Alton ; Parris, 69 for Mr. G. P. Jackson’s X I. (Eastbourne), L. O. S. Poidevin, 132 not out for London County. G. H . A r l in g t o n , the old Sussex cricketer, made 156 not out and 102 for Stratford-on-Avon v. Mr. G. F. Jackson’s X I. at Eastbourne last week. C a p t a in P a lm e r also accomplished the feat of making two separate hundreds in a match last week, scoring 102 and 127 not out for Gentlemen of Worcestershire v. Gentlemen of Warwickshire at Edg­ baston. T h e following have promised to take part in Gentlemen v. Players at Lord’s on July 6th :— G e n tle m e n .— K. 8. Ranjitsinhji, C. B. Fry, G. L. Jessop, P . F. Warner, W. Brearley, J. R. Mason, H. Martyn and E. M. Dowson. P l a y e r s .— Gunn (J.), Tyldesley, Hayward, A. E. Trott, Knight, Barnes, Braund, Hargreave, Arnold, Denton and Hunter. Hirst and J. T. Brown were asked, but on account of their strains decided not to play. L ieu ten an t K etohen has had the honour of scoring the second individual innings of a hundred ever made on the Winnipeg Ground (Canada). He was playing on June 6th for the Canadian Mounted Rifles against the Canadian Pacific Railroad and made 101 out of 170. As he also took five wickets for 7 runs he had reason to be satisfied with his day’s performance I n describing the above innings of Lieutenant Ketchen a Chicago paper says:— Tbe Lieutenant cracked the bowling all over the turf, the boundaries and the fences. He scored at a tremendous pace, and his men shouted themselves hoarse with delight as the score bounded upwards. Quickly four fol­ lowed four; then he compiled three sixes, and amidst wild cheering from the spectators made his century. K etchen ’ 8 innings seems to have been the more meritorious because the wicket was crumbling very much, which is not astonishing if the comment of a Chicago paper is to be believed :— The wet weather of the past week or so, had made its mark upon the pitch, and the big roller, so well worked by the boys, had not only levelled the turf, but in gamboling over this particular piece had taken up in its many revolutions quite a bit of the short grass. T h e North-Western Cricket Tourna­ ment, in which all the chief clubs on the borders of the United States and Canada annually take part, is to be played this year at Chicago on the week beginning July 19th. I n running out a big hit for six at Winnipeg on June 6th the batsman, a player named D. W. Bellhouse, collided so violently with a fieldsman that the pair rolled over and over on the turf, performing strange gymnastic feats, although fortunately neither was seriously hurt. T h e New Jersey C.C. (U.S.) has an excellent list of matches for this season both for the first eleven and what is known as the “ Summer Eleven.” All the best clubs in the neighbourhood of New York are encountered. The secre­ tary and treasurer is Mr. F. F. Kelly, who used to play for the Stoics and the Emeriti before he went to live in America. F OR BALE.-M.C.C. “ Cricket Scores and Bio­ graphies ” in 15 volumes from 1746 to 1878, complete, good as new, uniformly bound in crimson cloth with gilt lettering, with official index by J. B. Payne. Price £10 10s. Apply, Robert B. Parke, the Mount, Malton, Yorkshire.