Cricket 1903

A u g . 20, 1903. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 361 Wednesday last week by the “ Oceanic.” J. A. Lester and P. H. Clark are to leave on the “ Germanic ” on the 26th inst., and N. Z. Graves will stay on till the end of September. J. H. Scattergood, F. H. Bates and R. D. Brown left for home while the tour was in progress. A correspondent asks for an expla­ nation of the following conversation which he overheard on the top of a tram- car on Saturday; he feels sure that it relates to cricket:— A (who has just ascended) to B (who, already seated, is reading the paper): “ Morn’ .” B : “ Mom ’.” A : “ Any news about the team, ’smom ? ” B : “ Sh’d think so ! Charles is not going after a ll! ” A : “ You don’t say so ! ” B : “ P a ct! ’Spose they’ll have to get Gunn now.” A : “ H ’m. Whole team’s a sort of job line, seems to me.” A u st r a lia n papers of July 18th, con­ tain the following letter sent by Mr. F. E. Lacey, the M.C.C. secretary, to Major Wardill, the Melbourne C.C. secretary. The date of the letter is June 5th. I am writing to report progress, and to let ou know that the M.C.C. are doing their est to meet your wishes. The committee firat asked the Hon. F. S. Jackson to captain the side. He, however, was unfortunately unable to do so. and reluctantly declined. The committee have now asked Mr. P. F. Warner to undertake the management of a team, provided they can secure one which they would like to represent the club. Mr. Warner has asked for a fortnight to consider the matter, and this will enable him to sound certain amateurs on the subject. You will understand I shall be unable to give you any definite reply until that time, at any rate, has elapsed. Should the matter assume a definite form I shall cable you, and this letter will explain my action in the matter. E x t r a c t from a private letter, which will probably appeal to a good many cricketers:— “ I hoped to get out to Sefton Park on Saturday to see a bit of cricket, but, alas, from early mom until midnight it POURED in buckets’-full.” Some excellent advice is given to boys in the Hadleian, the magazine of Had­ leigh House School, Littlehampton. The following is an extract:— Perhaps we might be excused if wewent out of our way and offered a word of advice to the budding cricketers of the school. First ef all the biggest scores are by no means the »OBt useful Bcores. Ten runs made in half- an-hour at a critical time are worth hundreds made when the nerve has been recovered. And secondly, please remember, boys of thirteen, fourteen, and fifteen have still a lot to grow, and still more to learn before they can expect to become Frys or Jessops. Play out and play straight under almost all circumstances is perhaps the best advice to give you. As for bowling, pace is absolutely useless with­ out pitch; learn where to pitch a ball, and then try to put some pace on it. In a specially cabled message from London to the Sydney Referee, there occurs tbe following with reference to the M.C.C. team :— “ Jackson, Ranjitsinhji and MacLaren, however, refused to join, as did others. “ The team is, therefore, said to be the most representative that could possibly be selected.” This looks as if the little word “ n o t” had got lost somewhere on the route. D u ring the tour of the Wanderers last week D. L. A. Jepbson, the Old Surrey captain, scored 117 against the St. Law­ rence C.C., Canterbury, and took seven wickets in the two innings, and 157 against Devonshire Park, Eistboume, taking seven wickets in the two innings for 69 runs. A fter a series of disasters which seemed likely to bring them very low in the County Championship table, York­ shire suddenly went straight ahead with­ out meeting with a defeat. In succession they beat Warwickshire at Hull, Notts at Leeds, Gloucestershire at Sheffield, Surrey at the Oval, Lancashire at Brad­ ford, Leicestershire at Leicester, and Middlesex at Leeds. Then, owing to the rain, they had to be content with a drawn game against Derbyshire at Harrogate, while against Essex at Shef­ field they were only deprived of a victory by the weather. C r ic k e t teams from Philadelphia have gone nearly every summer to Halifax, N ova Scotia, to play a few matches. Until this year, the Philadelphian teams have alwayB either proved successful or have made a drawn game. But a Halifax eleven has at last proved victorious, the Wanderers having beaten Philadelphia by scoring 321 and 109 against 314 and 173. R eferring to G. W. Beldam’s bowling, a contemporary, with a noble disregard for rhythm, says:— His novice-like style Covers considerable guile. T h e following are the teams which will play in the three matches of the Scar­ borough Festival:— Yorkshire v. M.C.C. and Qronnd (August 27,28and 29)—Yorkshire (selected from): Lord Hawke, Hon. F. S. Jackson, E. Smith, Tunnicliffe, Brown, Hunter, Denton, Hirst, Bhodes, Haigh, Whitehead and Bing- rose. M.C.C. and Grovnd : H. D. G. Leveson-Gower, W. Findlay, C. H. Evans, C. J. Weigall, Tarrant, Storer, Thompson, Braund, Belf, Cranfield and Cox. Gentlemen v. Players (August 81 and September 1 and 2).—Gentlemen : Lord Hawke, Hon. F. S. Jack­ son, P. F. Warner, W. L. Foster, J. Bosanquet, E. Smith, W. Findlay, H. D. G. Leveson-Gower, C. H. Evans, J. Douglas and B. H. Spooner. Players (selected from ): Tunnicliffe, Brown, Denton, Hirst Hunter, Trott, Tyldesley, Bhodes, Gunn (J.), Tarrant, Haigh and Thompson. Yorkshire v. Mr. C. I. Thomtan’s England Eleven (September 3, 4 and 6).—Yorkshire (selected from ): Lord Hawke, Hon. F. S. Jackson, E. Smith, Tunni­ cliffe, Brown, Hunter, Denton, Hirst, Bhodes, Haigh, Whitehead and Biogrose. Mr. C. I. Thornton’s England X I. : P. F. Warner, W. L. Foster, B. J. T. Bosanquet, J. Douglas, H. D. G. Leveson-Gower, W. Findlay, Thompson, Tarrant, Iremonger, Trott and Gunn (J). T he proposal of the New South Wales Cricket Association that the States should jointly send home the next Australian team is held over until the next associa­ tion meeting. The suggestion is regarded by many cricketers in Australia as a move in the right direction. A t last, after a most disheartening season, Gloucestershire have succeeded in winning a county match. On Saturday they b9at Kent by 219 runs at Chelten­ ham amidst a scene of the greatest enthusiasm. They followed this up by defeating Worcestershire yesterday by 100 runs. Their record now stands at 18 matches played, 2 won, 9 lost, 7 drawn. Y esterd ay Rhodes’ batting aggre­ gate for the season was 904 runs, so that he stands an excellent chancjof reaching the thonsand for the first time in his career. He had taken a hundred wickets some time ago. G. T. B ranston , who is playing for Notts this month, has just left Charter­ house, where he had an average of 78'66, having scored 708 runs and taken thirty wickets at 22 runs apiece. His average in house matches was 123, and in house and school matches 93. A correspondent writes :—“ An ex­ citing match was played between Cum­ berland Lodge and Englefield Green on Thursday last. Engletield Green made 82 (Hall 34) and the Lodge had made 74 for seven, their principal scorer having been missed on the boundary by a fielder, who, instead of holding the ball, received it full on the chest. However, the next three wickets fell with the addition of 4 runs, leaving Eoglefield Green winners by 5 runs. A t e a m of tbe Standard Athletic Club (Paris) will leave Paris, Gare St. Lazare, on Saturday 22nd next, arriving at Southampton at 6 a.m. on Sunday to play a series of matches in England. The team will be selected from : P. H. Tomalin (captain), T. H. Jordan, F. A. Cawdron, W. Parry, F. Snriith, P. H. Tomalin (jun.), W. Flavin, W. D. Attrill, H. A. Clarke, H. Jordan, F. Roques, B. Hollander, E. Gould, and G. O. Ander­ son. The matches which have been arranged are as follows :— AUGUST. 24. v. United Service, at Portsmouth.* 26. v. Hampshire Bovers, at Hilsea.* 28. v. Hampshire Hogs, at Southampton.* SEPTEMBEB. I. v. Brockenhurst, at Brockenhurst Park 2. v. Trojans, at Southampton. 3. v. Draycot Park, at Chippenham. •Two-day matches. I n connection with the above club, it may be stated that great credit is due to Mr. P. H. Tomalia, the captain and president of the club, and also to Mr. T. H. Jordan, for their devotion to the en­ couragement of the game in Paris, where it is at last taking a good hold. A t a special meeting of the Victorian Cricket Association on Monday, July 6th, the conditions which the Marylebone club had mentioned in connection with their proposal to send out a team were