Cricket 1903

A u g . 27, 1903. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 379 county. Some tine bowling was also done on Saturday by F. R. Spofforth, the famous old Australian, who took ten wickets in the two innings for Hamp­ stead against Kensington Park for 42 runs. The remaining ten wickets were all taken by E. L. Marsden for 27 runs; he also did the hat trick in the first innings. Mr. C. A. F r e d e r ic k s writes:— “ I am anxious to obtain, if possible, the bowling analyses of the match played at Middles- borough, June 22nd, 23rd and 24th, 1885, between the North Riding and York­ shire. The scores were, North Riding, 162 and 41 for three wickets ; Yorkshire, 530 (Peel 213, Hall 166). I may add that the match was not given in Wisden, and the bowling analyses were not pub­ lished in any of the Yorkshire papers. Having applied in vain for the latter to the persons one would have thought likely to preserve them, I am hoping that a query made in your columns will cause the information desired to be forthcom­ ing.” M r . T h o s . J e n n e r writes fro m De­ troit, Michigan:— Is this a record? In a match played at Kingsville, Ont., on July 22nd, between Kingsville and Detroit, N. Wigle, of Kings­ ville, carried his bat right through the in­ nings for no runs. The Kingsville total was hut six. I should imagine that several batsmen have done the same thing, but, as far as I know, no record is kept of feats of this kind in small matches. F ro m the Sydney Referee of July 15th : Major Wardill has received a cablegram from Mr. Lacey, the secretary of the Maryle- bone Club, to the effect that the M.C.C. has agreed to all the points regarding the visit of the next English team, including the appoint­ ment of umpires for the principal matches, and the Australian follow-on rule, and requested him to fix the programme of fixtures and make arrangements. T he Committee of the Sussex County C.C. have decided to present a testimonial to C. B. Fry in recognition of his brilliant batting for the county during the last few seasons. A circular has been issued to the members of the Sussex County C.C. inviting subscriptions. A t the Oval on Monday and Tuesday, it was only possible to play for forty minutes in the match between Wiltshire and Surrey Second. In that time Wilt­ shire scored 35 for 3 wickets. D u r in g the tour of the Nondescripts in Devonshire, J. B. Challen, the well- known old Somersetshire cricketer, played two or three times with the team and made some remarkable scores. Against North Devon he had the distinction of scoring two separate hundreds, viz., 105 and 101, while against Exeter his score was 208. His other scores were 3, 59, 6 (retired hurt), 1 (not out), and 16. Present position Two w in s.......... Win and draw .. Two draws Win and loss ... Loss and draw... Two defeats ... W ith the chief object of giving young Derbyshire players a chance to show what they can do, Walter Sugg, the old Derbyshire cricketer, and brother of Frank Sugg, the old Lancashire cricketer, has arranged a series of matches in the county to take place shortly. His team is : W. Sugg; (capt.), F. H. Sugg, W. Storer, J. Bestwick, W. Humphries, A. Warren, C. A. Ollivierre, J. Young, J. Hulme, J. Cadman, A. E. Lawton and E. M. Ashcroft. The matches already arranged are:— August 28, v. Hather3age and District XVI. September 1, v. Creswell September 2, v. Staveley and District XVI. September 3, v. Matlock XVI. September 7 and 8, v. Southport and Birkdale. September 12, v. Langley Mill. A p lu cky arithmetician, in Monday’s Daily Express, works out the possibilities of various counties winning the cham­ pionship—a problem which is far too abstruse for ordinary mortals to tackle. His conclusions are as follows :— Apart from the probabilities, the arith metical possibilities of Middlesex, who have two games to play, are as follows :— W. L. Pts. P’ge. . 7 ... 1 ... 6 ... 75 . 9 ... 1 ... 8 ... 80 . 8 ... 1 ... 7 .. 77'77 . 7 ... 1 ... 6 .. 76 . 8 .. 2 ... 6 ... 60 . 7 ... 2 ... 6 ... 55'55 . 7 ... 3 ... 4 ... 40 As Yorkshire’s highest possible is now 55'5, while that of Sussex is 63'6, it is clear that Middlesex can only lose the champion­ ship by being beaten by both Kent and Surrey, by winning the one and losing the other match, or by losing one and drawing the other. It is a bit complicated, but that is the fault of the system. All that is now absolutely certain is that Middlesex must be one of the first three. Sussex could fall below Lancashire, Notts, and Warwickshire by losing all their remaining three games. B ut when they were defeated by Sus­ sex at Brighton yesterday afternoon, Yorkshire lost the Championship, which now comes south for the first time for years. The odds are very largely in favour of Middlesex, who must be cham­ pions unless they lose to Surrey at the Oval this week. Even then they will be champions unless Sussex win both their remaining matches. The positions to­ day of the leading couuties are as follows:— Per- P. W . L. D. P. centage. Middlesex ... 16 ... 7 ... 1 ... 7 ... 6 ... 75*00 Sussex............... 21 ... 7 ... 2 ...12 ... 5 ... 55 55 Yorkshire .......... 26 ...13 ... 5 ... 8 ... 8 ... 44 44 T he miserably wetseason will, without much doubt, have the effect of knocking on the head all the schemes for reducing the scores and for briDging matches to a finish. If any county committee has a hankering to see teams dismissed for about a hundred and matches finished on the second day, it has probably not yet thought much about its balance sheet of the present year. As for spectators, they clearly do not go to see processions to and from the wicket. A l t h o u g h the “ Badminton Maga­ zine ” for September does not touch upon the subject of cricket, exc3pt by an illus­ tration of the Eton and Harrow match and a review of two cricket books, it is a very interesting number which all crick­ eters would read with pleasure. As usual, it contains many excellent illus­ trations. M r . F . F. K e l l y , the honorary secre­ tary of the New Jersey C.O. (U.S.), is endeavouring to get together complete records of all cricket matches played by foreign teams in the United States and Canada, doubtless with a view to pub­ lication. I t is seldom that a man scores a Double First at the University. It is perhaps a rarer occurrence still to secure a Triple First at cricket. Fielder, the Kent fast bowler, who is going to Australia, has, however, won the distinction at the Oval this season. On his first appearance at the Oval for Kent v. Surrey on August 17th, he was bowled first ball by Lock­ wood. His next appearance was for Kent II. v. Surrey II. on August 21st. He was ciugbt by Nice off the first ball bowled to him by Jackson. Later in the day, however, he took his revenge, as with the first ball he ever bowled in county cricket at the Oval he got Gooder caught by Hardioge in the slips. YORKS! [To the Daily Chronicle belongs the credit of being the first to call attention to the re­ markable fac: that Emily Bronte and J. T. Brown, the Yorkshire cricketer, were both born on August 20th.] Two genii, in two several eras bom, One natal day, and county, did adorn, Both with their fellow Yorkers played the game, Though using different methods, not the same; One crushed them by the process known as “ smothering;” One lifted themto Heights sublimelyWuther- ing. From Punch . MR. J. C. LOVELL’S XI. y. EDDINGTON HOUSE X I.—Played at Eddington on August 17. E d d in oton H ousb XI. First innings. H. Lines, c Hassard, b Rob­ inson ............................... o E. Gann, c Robinson, b Candler ........................ 9 J. Arnold, b Robinson ... 0 Capt. Payne, b Candler ... 0 W. F. Pryce, b Candler ... 0 E. L. Mobbs, b Robinson... L. G. Mellor, c Hassard, b Robinson ........................ 9 R. Pembroke, b Candler ... 26 H. M. Smith, run out ... 2 L. Lovell, b Candler.......... 1 J. A. Lovell, b Candler ... 0 C. Lovell, not out ......... 0 Extras.......... .......... 4 Second innings. c and b Rider ... 1 c Robinson, b Rider .......... 1 c Odell, b Rider.. 2 0 c Smith, b Flindt 9 run out b Rider not out... not out... Byes Total ... . J. C. D. V. Hassard, c L. Lovell, b Pryce F. Odell, run out S. Briggs, c J. A. Lo­ vell, b Pembroke ... J. P. Candler,c Smith, b Pryce ................. C. G. Smith, c Lines, b A rnold................. F. P. Rider, c Arnold, b Pembroke .......... H. Robinson, c Payne, b Pryce ................. .........60 Total (6 wkts)36 L o v jlls * X I. W . H. Golds, c Pem­ broke, b Pryce S. H. Flindt, st Lines, b Pryce ................. 5 E. D. Lovell, not out 7 J. S. Lovell, st Lines, b Pryce ................. 0 E. Crowther, c Mobbs, b P r y c e ................. 0 Extras ..........22 3 Total