Cricket 1903

F bb . 26, 1903. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 23 cestershire player, kept wicket in first-class style. Ahsan ul Hak, who during the last two or three years played so well for Hamp­ stead, was in the Punjab team, hut did not meet with success in either innings. O xford A uthhntics . First innings. Second innicgs. H. B. Chinnery, b Rotinson 4 c lumsden, b Cairnes ......... 25 c Champain, b Robinson ... 2 c and b Lum£den 0 A.H.Hornby,c and b Robin­ son.......... •........................ F. H. Hollins, c Stockley, b Cairces ........................ R. A. Williams, c Caimes, b Portman ........................11 b Lumsden........... 4 R.H.Baphael, c Poitman, b c Caiines, b Port- Robinson ........................... 11 m an..................37 K. J. Key, c Lumsden, b Portman ........................52 run out ............15 G.H. 8.-Hayward, c Ahean- c Cairces, b Poit- ul-Hak, b Robinson ... 0 m an.................. 0 J.E.Tomkinson,b Robinson 0 c Fink,b Portman 5 C. Headlam, c Stockley, b Robinson ........................11 b Lumsden............ 0 F. Kershaw, c Champain, b Robinson ... ................. 0 notout.................81 H. J. Powys-Keck, not out 15 cCookson,bRobin- son ................ 16 B 8, lb 2 .................10 Total First innings. .. lfO PON JAB. B 7, lb 3 Total . 10 .145 Second innings. b S.-Hayward ... 26 11w, b Hoinby ... 5 Capt.H.C. ftockley, c Chin­ nery, b Williams ......... 10 L.P. Collirs, c W illiams, b Powys-Keck ................ 9 G. Coobson, b S.-Hayward 14 c Key, bWilliams 58 G.H.S.Fowke,cS.-Hayward, b H orn by........................ 7 lbw, b Williams.. 3 Ahsan-ul-Hak, c Hornby, b S.-Havward .................10 b S.-Hayward .. 5 C. C. Fink, b Powys-Keik 3 c Headlam, b S F. J. Portman, c Hornby, b S.-Hayward ......... ..1 0 Capt.Cairnesb Powys-Kfck 0 Capt. H. B. Champain, run out ...............................19 run out S. M. Robins on, b S.-Hay­ ward ............................... 2 O. F. Lumsden, not out ... 1 B 13, lb 2, nb 1 ..........16 Hayward... c Hornby, b Wil­ liams................. rot out................. Total ...101 b S.-Hayward ... b S.-Hayward ... B 4, lb 1, nb 1 Total , 94 O xford A uthentic *. First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Robinson ... 15 2 €5 7 ... ... 13 U 67 2 Portman..........10'4 3 31 2 ... .... 9 1 31 3 Cairnes .......... 5 1 15 1 ... ... 4 1 11 1 Stockley.......... 5 1 11 0 ... ... 2 1 1 0 Ahsan-ul-Hak 3 0 11 0 Lumsden ... 10 3 25 3 P unjab . First innings. O. M. R. W . Powys-Keck ... 14 8 21 3 . Williams ... 7 0 24 1 . S.-Eayward ... 15 8 26 4 . H ornby.......... 7 3 14 1 . Second innings. O. M. R. W . 5 , 8 10-2 . 8 11 0 23 1 20 5 34 3 OXFOBD AUTHENTICS. First innings. H.B.Chinnery,b Ali Hasan S3 A. H. Hornby, lbw, b Ali H asan...............................14 F. H. Hollirs, b Shafkat ... 9 R. A. Williams, b Shafkat.. 2 R. H. Raphael, b Ali Hasan 1 K. J. Key, b Shafkat.......... 4 G. H. £impson-Hayward, b Shafkat ........................ 8 F. Kerfhaw, b Ali Fasan ... 16 C. Headlam, b Ali Hasan.. 3 J. E. Tomkinpon, b Shafkat 1 H. J. Powys Keck, not out 1 Extras........................ 5 Second innings. b Masood ........ 40 st Hamid.b Shaf­ kat ............... 8 ht. wkt , b Abdul 20 lbw, b Ali Hasan 17 b Masood ........ 1 b Ali Hasan ... 16 b Ali Hasan ... 5 not out................. 8 b Shafkat ........ 0 b At dul ........ 5 b Abdul ........ 0 Extras...... 21 Total .................97 Total ..141 C ollege . Moghni, b S.-Hay- ward........................ 0 Shaft at,lbw,bS.-Hay- ward........................ 0 Abdul Hasan, not out 8 Shafkat, b S.-Hay­ ward ........................ 0 Extras................. 3 THE ALIGARH COLLEGE MATCH (Past and Present). ( fou rteen th of t h e tour .) Played at Aligarh on January ‘23 and 24. Drawn. This was practically a one day match, for owing to heavy rain no play was possible on the second day. The wicket was bad, and the native team did very well indeed with the hall, getting the Authentics out twice in the same day, Chinnery alone making any effective resistance to the howling of Ali Hasan and Shafkat. The former has a big reputation in India as a howler of big breaks which come very rapidly off the pitch. The native team could make nothing of Simpson-Hayward’s lobs. It will bo noticed that Ahsan-ul-Hak played for the College and made top score. A ligarh Ahsan-ul-Hak, b Wil­ liams .....................16 Said, b S.-Hayward ... 3 Abid, b Williams ... 6 Ali Hasan, b S.-Hay- w ard....................... 3 Razzak,8t Headlam, b S.-Hajward .......12 Hamid, st Headlam, b S.-Hayward ........ 5Tctal Masood, st Headlam, b W illiams............... 1 OXFOBD ACTHENTICS. Fiist innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Ali Hasan... ...11 2 43 5 .......... 12 0 47 3 Shafkat ............ 104 0 49 5 ........... 11 0 40 2 Abdul ... 5 2 0 19 3 Masood ... 6 0 13 2 A ligabh C ollege . O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W- Williams.. 12 4 20 3 |S.-Hayward 11-2 1 34 7 THE BUNDELKIIAND MATCH. ( fifteen th of the tou r .) Played at Jhansi on January 29 and 30. The Authentics won by an innings and 9 runs. With the score at 316 for 8 wickets, Hollins declared the innings closed. With the excep­ tion of "Whatford, none of the Bundelkhand eleven offered any serious resistance. Powys- Keck and Simpson-Hayward got most of the tickets. Tomkinson howled for the first time in India. BUNTELEHAND First innings. Whatford, b Powys-Keck.. 82 Copeland, c Tomkinson, b Powys-Keck .......... Allen, b Powys-Keck ... Peasley, b Powys-Keck ... Fateh Mahomed, b Powys- Keck ............................. Lyon, b S.-Hayward ... . Thornton, b Powys-Keck . Stokes, run out .............. Hill, b Powys-Kfck ... . Cocper, b Powys-Keck Duckworth, not out ... . Extras ...................... D istbict . Second innings- b Simjson-Hay- ward .. ..........55 c Raphael,b Wil­ liams .......... 4 1b w. b Hayward 10 b W illism s........ 14 1 b w. b Powys- K eck................36 b Simpson Hay­ ward ................. 9 1 b w, b Powys- Keck.. .......... 5 c Chinnery, b Powys Keck ... 4 b Powys-Keck ... 2 b Tomkinson ... 5 notout.................11 Extras .......... 8 3 Total.................154 Total A uthentics . ...153 H. B. Chini eiy, b Fateh Mahomed ... 48 A. H. Hornly, c Whalfoid, b Cocp«r £8 F. H. Hollins, c Fateh Mahcmed,bCocper 81 E. A. W illiams, run out ........................54 R. H. Raphael, b Fateh Mahomed ... 53 G. H. Simpson-Hay- \*aid, c Whatford, b Fateh Mah( med F. Kenhaw, c Ccoper, b Fateh Mahomed F. E. Tomkinson, not out ........................ C. E. Headlt m, 1b w, b Fateh Mahcmed Extras................. A uthentics . O. M. R. W. Lyon ... 16 1 57 0 Fateh Ma­ homed ... 21 2 110 5 Cooper ... 7 2 30 2 Copeland Bea*-ley Allen ... O. M. R. W. . 6 0 33 0 . 2 0 12 0 . 6 0 37 0 THE UNITED PROVINCES MATCH. ( s ix t e e n t h o f t h e t o u r ). Played at Allahabad on Jan. 31 and Feb. 2. The Authentics had another easy victory this time by an innings and 42 runs. Chinnery and Simpson-Hayward put on 100 for the third wicket, and the latter was in just one hundred minutes for his runs. The best stand for the Provinces was quite at the finish, Hoare and Beasley adding 50 runs for the tenth wicket in the second innings. A uthentics . H. B. Chinnery, c Beasley, b Wace .. 60 A. H. Bornty, cand b Ali Hasan................ 0 F. H. Hollins, lbw, b Ali Hasan .......... 5 G. H. S-Bayward. c Ali Hasan, b Shafkat 100 R. H. Raphael, c Al id Basain, b Hoare ... 22 K. J. Key, c and b Hcare ................. 24 T o ta l..................265 J. E. Tompkicson, not out ....................20 F. Kershaw, b He are 0 C. E. Headlam, b Hcare ............... 0 H. J. Powys-Keck, c Shafkat, b Ali Hasan ............... 0 Yt illiams, absent ... 0 Extras.............34 U nited P bovixchs . First innings. Wace. b Sin pson-Hayward 14 Whatford, b Powj s-Keck... 2 Pruce, b Powys-Keck.......... 2 McConaghy, b Powys-Keck 2 A lid Hasain, b Simpson- Hayward ........................14 Ali Hasan, b S.-Hayward... 0 Beasley, b S.-Hayward ... 0 Cutting, c Hcrnby b Tom­ kinson ............................... 14 Hoare, 11w, b Tomkinson ... 4 Hill, b Tomkinson .......... 0 Shafkat, not o u t .......... ,.. 8 Second innings, b Powys-Keck .. 6 c and b Powys- Keck................. 0 c Hollins b Hornby ..........19 c Tompkinson, b Williams......... 42 lbw, b Simpson- Hayward ... 18 b Powys-Keck ... 1 b H ornby..........26 c Key b Williams 1 Extras.......... Total ... ... 8 not cut iun out c Chinnery, Williams... Extras .. 21 ... 0 b ... 1 ... 20 . ... 68 Total ... 157 A utiientics . O. M. R, W . O. M. R. W . Ali Hasan 13 1 55 31 Wace.......... 6 0 54 1 Shafkat ..1 3 0 75 1 |Hoare ... 10 0 47 4 U nited P rovinces . First innings. O. M. R. W. Seccnd innings. O. M. R.W. ... 8 2 23 3 .. 10 0 47 1 Total (for 8 wkts.) *316 A. N. Ridley and H. J. Povys-Keck did not I at. • Inniugs declared closed. B undelkhakd D istrict . First innings. Second ii niegs. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Povys-Ktck .. 19 4 58 8 ........... 17 5 45 4 illiams ....... 11 2 45 0 ........... 8 1 3i 2 Simpson-Hayward 8 0 251 ... ... 11 2 ; 4 Hoinby ........ 7 0 25 0 ........... 4 0 11 Tcmkinscn ... 21 0 i Powys-Keck... 10 5 19 2 S.-Hayward ... 145 5 25 4 Tomkinson ... 5 0 lfi 3 Williams .......... 14 2 45 3 Eornby .......... 6.1 0 22 2 Williams bowled one ^ide. d o r r c s j j o n C c n a . The Editor does not hold himselj responsible /or tie opinions of his correspondents. THE WIDENING OF THE WICKET. To the Editor o f C rick et. D ear S ir , — Sad is it to find that the authorities at cricket are beginning to suggest and discuss that a further alteration in the size of the stumps is perhaps necessary, the last increase having taken place, I believe, as far back as 1817. If, however, only the wickets or “ pitches ” as they are now called be moderately prepared as formerly on good old English turf and grass, and not by over-preparation ruined as they now are and turned into adamantine over-rolled billiard tables, so easy for batsmen to perform on, the result will be fewer runs, while the equality between the batsman and bowler, so long lost and regretted by real lovers of our great game, would be restored everywhere. To alter the size of the stumps now would cause grief to many I feel sure. “ A m O ld H arrovian .”