Cricket 1903

A ug . 6, 1903. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 329 had the distinction of scoring a thousand runs and taking a hundred wickets in the same season, viz., in 1896,1897 and 1901. The August number of Baily's Magazine publishes a plebiscite of its readers on the question of who are the “ Twelve best Amateur Cricketers of to-day.” The result is as follows :— First six (equally bracketed) : F. S. Jack­ son, A. C. MacLaren, G. L. Jessop, C. B. Fry, K. S. Banjitsinhji, P. F. Warner. Then come in order :— E. M. Dowson, J. B. Mason and A. 0. Jones (bracketed). W. G. Grace and H. Martyn (bracketed). B. J. T. Bosanquet, H. K. Foster, L. C. H. Palairet, W . H. B. Evans, and L. G. Wiight (bracketed). The rear is brought up b y :— Lord Hawke, Major Poor, Captain Wyn­ yard, C. J. Burnup, W . M. Bradley, P. Perrin, C. McGahey, R. H. Lambert, and W. Brearley. On Saturday there was a long article in the Daily Express by C. B. Fry with the following headings :— AMATEUR’S “ EXES.” How M on ey is P a id out p o r F a re s and B ills . VAGUE INSINUATIONS. In this article Mr. Fry buttonholes the gentle reader, takes him frankly into his confidence, tells him the exact truth (as far as he has been able to discover it), and leaves him with precisely as much knowledge as he had before he began to read the article. It is one of the cleverest things that has been done for a long time, and Mr. Fry ought certainly to become a politician when his cricketing days are over. He would go far if he could speak as fluently as he can write. T h e r e is one sentence in Mr. Fry’s article which is of curious interest. It is as follow s:— “ But what I should like to know more is how it comes about that all this very secret information about sly salaries and cooked expenses, and so on, comes within the ken of the gentleman who sits all day in the Press- box (doing now and then very excellent work), whereas it entirely escapes the ears and eyes of the cricketersthemselves, who frequent the penetralia of pavilions.” But does not this suggest the thought that perhaps the average county cricketer is not quite such a simpleton as to express his opinions freely when he knows that a popular journalist is within hearing ? T h e score of 368 made by A. C. Maclaren and R. II. Spooner for the first wicket of Lancashire against Gloucester­ shire on Thursday last is fifth on the list of records for first-wicket partnerships. These records are as follows : — 654—Brown and Tunnicliffe for Yorkshire v. Derby­ shire at Chesterfield in Auguat, 1898. 391—A. O. Jones and Shrewsbury for Notts v. Glou­ cester at Bristol in June, 1899. 879—Abel and Brockwell for Surrey v. Hampshire at the Oval in August, 1897. 378—Brown and Tunnicliffe for Yorkshire v. Sussex at Sheffield in July, 1897. 368—A. C. Maclaren and R. H. Spooner for Lanca­ shire y. Gloucestershire at Liverpool, July, 1903. F rom the Daily Mail of Monday last: It is not possible to make complete the subjoined table of the batting and bowling averages of the ten “ certainties ” for Aus­ tralia, for the very significant reason that several of the names do not appear even in the lengthiest array of first-class averages up to date. The relative positions ^ in both the batting and bowling lists are indicated by the figures in parenthesis at the ends of the lines:— Batting. Inn. Wkts. Bowling. (3) 51-92 18 P. F. Warner.......... — — — (7) 47*45 23 Birst......................... 96 10’90 (1) (16) 41*47 18 B. J. T. Bosanquet. 46 15*95 (10) (24) 35 72 4* Hayward................. — — — (27) 33-88 31 Arnold .................. 86 19 93 (*25) (48) 25*62 33 Rhodes ..................117 15*00 (5) _ _ _ Fielder .................. 45 18(0 (15) _ _ — pelf ......................... 79 19 07 (22) — — — R. E. Fost<r ........... — — — — — — Strudwick ........... — — — D u r i n g the match between Perthshire and Forfarshire at Perth on Saturday, a stand on which there were about a thousand people collapsed as if it had been made of matchwood. It was feared at first that many persons must be killed, but fortunately everybody on the stand sib . H. v. bevington (Capt. Haileybury School XI. esciped with life, although about a hundred people were injured, twenty of them very seriously. To those who know what Scottish cricket was like twenty years ago, the mere fact that there could be a thousand people on a stand watching a cricket match must speak volumes, for at that time it would not have been possible to c ollect a hundred people together to see a county match. T he Worcestershire team, for almost the time since the county became first-class, took the field on Thursday last week without any of the Fosters. This was due to the fact that R. E. Foster was married on that day to Miss Diana Cam- mell, second daughter of Mr. Charles Cammel, one of the proprietors of the well-known Sheffield Iron Works. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. H. Foster, an old cricketer himself and the father of the famous family of cricketers. It will be remembeied that Mr. R. E. Foster has accepted the offer of the M.C.C. to go to Australia with their team. T he proceeds of the Bank Holiday match between Yorkshire and Lancashire at Bradford have been set apart for the benefit of John Tunnicliffe, whose batting averages for the past twelve years in first- class county matches are as follows:— No. of Times Most in Total inns. not out an inns. Runs. Aver. 1892 ... ... 21 .. 5 .. 53 .. 379 .. 23*68 1893 ... ... 26 .. 3 ... 77 ... 653 .. 28 39 1894 ... ... 23 .. 0 .. 78 .. 302 . . 13 13 1895 ... ... 47 .. 4 .. 101 .. 1167 ... 27*13 1896 .. ... 45 .. 4 .. 99 .. 1223 . 29*82 1897 ... ... 43 .. 5 .. 117 .. 1077 . . 28*34 1898 ... ... 38 .. 5 .. 243 .. 1538 . . 46*60 1899 .. ... 43 .. 3 .. 85 .. 1135 . 28*37 1900 ... ... 43 .. 4 .. 158 .. 1428 ... 36-61 1901 ... ... 42 .. 4 .. 145 .. 1075 . . 58 28 1902 ... ... 37 .. 0 .. 127 .. 1079 . 2916 19.3* .. ... 22 .. 1 .. 97 .. 541 . . 25*76 * Up to Monday last. It has now been definitely decided that Irving Washington, the Yorkshire bats­ man whose services have been so greatly missed by the county this season, shall visit South Africa this Autumn, with the object of recruiting his health. He is to sail on September 19th, and hopes to return next spring. Va; Victis ! Gloucestershire lost the toss against Notts on July 23 at Trent Bridge. Notts made 450 on the first day for three wickets, and then it rained hard in the night, and Gloucestershire had a terrible time. From Nottingham they went straight to Sheffield, where York­ shire won the toss and made 284 before the slow wicket became very difficult. Then Gloucestershire had to face Rhodes and Hirst on a ruined pitch, with the inevitable result. From Sheffield they went on to Liverpool. Here Lancashire won the toss and made 474 for the loss of three wickets, and declared, leaving Gloucestershire a wretched wicket to bat upon. Another severe defeat seemed imminent, but for once the rain allowed the unfortunate Southern team to escape. F or Kimbolton against Mr. King’s team (12 a side), at Kimbolton on Friday last, Dan Hayward, the Cambridgeshire professional, took all eleven wickets in ten overs (four of which were maidens) for 6 runs. From the Review o f the R iver Plate, Buenos Aires:— We are extremely pleased to hear that Mr. K. M. Carlisle has received his cricket “ Blue,” and the numerous friends of that good sportsman, Mr. Sam Carlisle, will join us in offering him our heartiest congratu­ lations on his eldest son’s success. All of us in this country, who take an interest in our great summer game, well know how much we owe to Messrs. S. and F. Carlisle for their assistance and advice whenever it has been required to further the interests of cricket here, and his boy’s success is for this reason alone all the more gratifying to us all.