Cricket 1903

32 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. F eb . 26, 1903 THE MANAWATU MATCH (X V III). ( sixth match of th e tou r ). Played at Palmerston on January 7 and 8. Lord Hawke’s team won by an innings and 130 runs. There was a most exciting finish to this match, Thompson dismissing the last New Zealand batsman in the second innings two minutes before time, Warner and Stanning put up 87 for the first wicket of the Englishmen. L ord H aw ke ’ s T eam . P. F. Warner, c Rice, b J. Skelly ..........ey J. Stanning, runout.. 35 P. R. Johnston, c Pickering, b Came­ ron ........................11 C. J. Burnup, c Ham­ mer, b Hammond ... 38 A. D. Whatman, b J. Skelly........................ 2 M anaw atu . First innings. Qoldingham, b Burnup ... 2 Harden,lbw, b Dowson ... 15 A. E. Leatham, c J. Skelly, b Hammond 2 F. L. Fane, not out ..76 T. L. Taylor, b J. Skelly ................. 3 J. N. Williams, c L. Skelly, b J. Skelly 48 Extras ..........23 Total*(8 wkts.) 307 Second innings. Bos. Taltersall, b Burnup.......... 8 J. Skelly, c and b Burnup... 11 Rice, run out........................ 1 L. Skelly, ran out ..........31 Malcolm, b Dowson .......... 2 Warden c Thomson b Dow­ son...................................... 6 Cook, b B um up.................. 9 Cameron, b Thompson ... 0 Collits, run out ................. 0 Pickering, b B urnup.......... 0 Uewitt, b Thomson ......... 4 Jones, lbw, b Burnup ... 4 Eyre, b Burnup ................. 0 Scott, run out ................. 0 Hammer, not out................. 0 Hammond, b Burnup........ 0 Extras........................13 b Burnup c Fane, b anquet .......... c Taylor, b Boa- anquet .......... b Thomson......... b Thomson.......... c Taylor, b Bos- anquet .......... b Thomson ... c Stanning, b Thomson.......... b Bosanquet c Taylor,b Thom­ son ................. b Thomson......... st Whatman, b Bosanquet not out................. b Thomson......... c Stanning, b Bosanquet b Thompson b Bosanquet b Thompson Extras.......... Total ... 72 Total ..........105 M anaw atu . Bowliog Analysis.—J. Skelly, 4 wickets for 82; Cameron, 1 for 12; Hammond, 2 for 53. L ord H aw ke ’ s T eam . Bow’ing Analysis.—Burnup, 3) runs 8 wickets and 36 runs 1 wicket; Thompson, 37 runs, 2 wickets and 22 runs 8 wickets; Dowson, 19 runs 3 wickets and 2 runs 1 wicket; Bosanquet, 30 runs 7 wickets. THE WELLINGTON MATCH. Played at Wellington on January 15, 16 and 18. Lord Hawke’s team won by 10wickets. On a good wicket Wellington made 232 runs for the loss of nine wickets on the first day. Tucker 86 and Hickson 73 were the highest scorers. The local men on the next morning brought their total to 243. Lord Hawke’s team lost 8 wickets for 263. Burnup 69, Fane 70, Taylor 35, and Thomp­ son 40 not out, were the highest scorers. The total came to 289 on the next morning. Wellington responded with 140, Mahoney being top scorer with 40. The Englishmen knocked off the runs without loss and won by 10 wickets. On Saturday and Monday last, Lord Hawke’s team played South Island, New Zealand. They scored 314. of which T. L. Taylor made 105 andB. J. T. Bosan­ quet 82. South Island scored 51 and 134, and Lord Hawke’s Team thus won by an innings and 129 runs. PREV IOU S EXPER IM EN TS W ITH W ID E R W ICKETS. B y J. B . P ayne . An experiment with wider and higher wickets was tried in what is known as the “ Big Wickets” match. This was First X I. of M.C.C. and Ground v. Next X X ., played at Lords, May 9, 1872. The stumps were one inch higher, one inch wider, and somewhat thicker than the regulation sticks. “ Wisden ” says :— Rylott was the only one who hit the big (and ugly) wickets in the Eleven’s innings, but Alfred Shaw bowled eight of the Next XX . The extra inches did not in the least affect the batting of Mr. Grace or Mr. Dale, who . . . made 63 before a wicket fell . . . . . . The other batsmen lacked form to fairly test the experiment . . .” Weather, thunder and piercing cold. Totals, X I., 99; the X X . 46. “ Lilly white’s Companion,” 1873 (p. 53), say8 of this match: The players generally agreed that the ordinary wickets are quite large enough. W. G. Grace in his volume “ Cricket,” 1891 says (p. 139):— The experiment was not a success. In his “ Recollections” he says (p. 112 ). During this year (1872), two interesting experiments were tried with a view to mini­ mizing the advantage which batsmen wore supposed to have gained over bowlers. (Here he names the Lord’s match.) . . . The ex­ periment was a failure and was never repeated. A month later (June 14 and 15) in a match between Birkenkead Park and Manchester four wickets were used instead of three. This experiment was also a failure. He then gives his opinion (1899) that any alteration in the size of wickets is worthless, on the ground that it would not handicap the best batsman but would seriously affect inferior players. He adds : “ The proposal to have four wickets is of no more value, as it would militate against second and third-class batsmen, leaving first- class batsmen unaffected.” If I may add a very humble opinion, I would say let county men be trained in fielding as our fellows were at Stony- hurst by old Fred Coward (the present umpire). Twice a week or so he sent every man to his usual place in the field and then appeared, ball in hand, which for a long time he diverted himself with by buzzing it without warning at our heads, or shins, high, low, right and left. We were drilled into pickiDg it up and returning to the gloved and padded stumper. I know many a decent bat was discarded for anything approaching weakness in the field. This and “ Stony- hurst cricket ” brought our fielding up to a high standard. Appleby or Hornby told our prefect that it was up to county form quite. Anyhow, in my time Pal­ mer was played for Lancashire in 1879 and 1880. John (H.C.) ditto, in 1881. W. 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