Cricket 1903

Sept. 3, 1903. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 391 BOMBAY PRESIDENCY v. PARSEES. Played at Bombay on August 13 and 14. Parsees won by 149 runs. The annual match between the Presidency and the Parsees has never been commenced und*r more aus­ picious circumstances than those which surioundei the openiDg of the match. A brilliant sun give pro­ mise of uninterrupted sport, aLd the weather though warm was not accompanied with the usual steamy heat which is too often experienced in August, aud which makes a day’s sojourn in the hot sun uncom­ fortable alike for players and spectators. A crowd such as has never been exceeded on the opening morning of a Presi lenoy match lined the enclosure, and the way in which they gave torgue waen the players entered the field showed the extent of the enthusiasm which reigns amongst all classes as re­ gards the game and in respect of this particu ar match. The Par. ee captain havi> g won the spin of the coin, which it is cu ious he rarely fails to do in the Bombay match, the spectators settled themselves down to watch a good di<play of batting, it being generally conceded that the bowliDg at the di'p >sal cf the Presidency was but moder.te at the best. In this, however, public opinion was not altogether :or- rtct, as tbe bowling proved to be stronger than it was supposed it would be, and the Parsee batsmen with three exceptions. Mistry, D. D. Kanga and Raja, never at any period of the innings found it exactly easy. The first two batsmen started in a fasbim thai set the sp^ctators wondering if their expectations were not going to be fulfilled at an early stage of ihe match, as the two men, H. D. Kanga and Colaba- walia nude runs rapidly. After their departure for 14 and 12 respectively, the bowlers did better, and Meherhomji ana D. E. Mody’s wickets both fell for the addition of a few runs. It was left to K. M. Mistri and D. D. Kanga to make the first good stand. The last-named left first for *<8, an ianings which may be characterised as one of the must useful that versatile player has ever made. Mit- tri, who compiled fifty-six, played a beautiful finished innings, absolutely free from blemish of any kind. He hit all round the wicket in the most trilliant fashion, and treated all six bowlers who were tried with equal impartia ity. His display was in every way worthy of >he great reputation he has as a brilliant cricketer, and quite one cf the best he has ever given in a Presidency match. After he had made 50 he seemed likely to reach the century, and it was unfortunate that he shoul have been bowled by at out one of the worst balls sent down during the innings—a ball which p.tched short, and whicn he mis-timed in attempting to get away to leg. This was the only pa. r stroke he made during his innings, his timing and placing of the ball, particularly be­ tween cover and mid-off, being a treat to watch. Mistry is without doubt a great batsman, a clasu by himself in fact, and also—we say it without hesitation — oi e of the very best bowlers in India. He took seven wickets for 26 runs, which, if our memory is not at fault, is not only one of the best performances he has ever achieved as a bowler, but one of ihe test ia the whole series of these matches. He completely tied up all the batsmen, and no one ever looked like shaping well against him. Of the other Parsee bat-men, D. Raja (senior) played nice cricket, all his strokes being particularly crisp and well timed. It was a pity that he was not sent in earlier, as he carried out his bat for 25, and was goir g strong at the end. Of the Presidency bowlers, where all came in for punishment when Mistry, Kanga and Raja were in, it is difficult to single any particular one out for special praise, but McDonough struck us as being a bowler of distinct promise. His first three ove.'S weie somewhat expensive, but he soon found a good length, and his four wickets for 53 runs was a capital performance under the circumstances. With tbe exception of Mistry, none of t’le Parsee batsmen found him easy to play, and as in the Parsees’ second innings he took the only two wickets that fell before stumps were drawn we confidently look forward to bis further success to-day. John took two wickets for 56 runs, and although he was not easy to score off, he hard y stru k us as beirg quite so good as he was a couple of years ago. Of the Presidency innir gs it is hard to refrain from severe criticism. Mistry simply held all the batsmen at bis mercy, and even Cheetbam, who was batting an hour and three-quarters for 15, the only double-figure score in the innings, could do nothing more than keep his wicket up. Cheetham’s inniD gs, small as it was, deserves the very highest praise and will rank as one of the test in the history of these matches. He showed wonderful patience, and when the rest of the side were falling rapidly he was content to keep on blocking over after over, in the hcpe that he would find someone to stay with him. He went in flrat wicket down and was ninth out, teiog clean bowled by P<tvri. All the other batsmen who scored failed to reach double figures, and four of the side were dismissed without increasing th ; total. Pavii, who went on for the last over, took two wickets for one run, both clean bowled. The Parsees lost two wickets in the second innings for 14 runs, those of Pavri and K. B. Miatry of Ajmere, and the Parsees are now 115 runs on, with eight wickets in hand.— Bombay Gazet'e . It will be seen from tbe scores that on the second day, of which there was no time for a reportto appear in our contemporary, the Presidency were quite out­ played. P arskes . First innings Second innings. H. D. Kanga, c John, b M Donough ................ 14 c Faviell, b Mc­ Donough .........17 F. Colabawalla, c Fa^iell, b McD m »ugh .................12 b Cheetham ... 20 K. M. Mist’y, b Carroll ... 53 c Weatherby, b Che tham ... 40 R. P. Meherbomj', c Sa!e,b McDo ough ............... 2 b Faviell .......... 8 D. E Mody, c Walcott, b McDonough .. ......... 2 c S lie, b Faviell.. 9 D. D. Kanga, c Sale b John 28 b i heetham ... 5 J.D Mody, c Faviell, b John 2 lbw, b Cheetham 12 D. M. Raj i (senior), not out 25 cJobn,bCheetham 31 Dr. al. E Pavri.b Cheetham 2 b McDonough 1 K. B. Mistry, c John, bSale 11 c Sinclair, b McDonough ... 9 M. D. Bulsara, run out ... 3 not out................. 1 Extras........................13 Extras.......... 11 Total ..170 Total ...164 P besidency . First innings. Lieut. W. F. O. Faviell, lbw b Bulsara ........................ 5 E L. Sale, b K. M. Mistry 6 H. Cheetham, b Pavri ...15 Lieut. A. J. P. Langhorne, c K. B. Mistry, b K. M. Mistry............................... 5 Lieut. B. M. Carroll, c and b K. M. Mistry............... 0 Lieut. J. F. Weatherly, c Mody, b K. M. Mistry .. 8 J. Monteath, c Colabawalla, b K. M. Mistry............... 0 H. D. Sinclair, c Colaba­ walla, b K. M. Mistry ... 0 Lieut. J McDonough, c and b K. M. Mistry................ 8 H. C. John, not out .......... 6 W . S. Walcott, b Pavri ... 0 Extras........................16 Seconl innings, c Mistry, b Bu - s ir a ................ 3 b Bu'sira ........ 2 c Kanga,b Bulsara 2 Total ... (9 lbw, b Mistry ... 1 st Kanga,b Mistry 28 runout............... 66 c Kanga,b Mistry 1 b Bulsara .......... 0 st Kanga,b Mistry 3 not ou t................ 5 b Bulsara .......... 0 Extras .......... 5 Total ...116 McDonough John Cheetham Sale......... Carroll ... Faviell ... P arsees . First innings. O. M. R. W. . 2) . 19 . 9 . 5 4 . 1 3 53 2 56 1 25 2 7 0 9 0 5 4 2 ... 1 ... 1 ... 0 ... 0 ... Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 18 4 63 3 9 0 ... 11 ... 10 ... 4 ... 10 1 ?5 5 1 26 0 0 12 0 3 18 2 P resid en cy. First innings. O. M. R. W. Bulsara ........ 18 8 16 1 ... K. M. Mi8try... 24 12 26 7 ... K. B. Mistry.. 6 4 10 0 ... Pavri ............ 1 01 2 ... Second inniogs. O. M.R. W- ... 19 3 44 5 ... 20 5 42 4 ... 2 1 3 0 . . 6 2 22 0 H VMP3TEAD v. FINCHLEY, on August 2?. F in c h lk y . First innings. S. Neiderheitmann, b Bacon 33 W.C. Kislingbury, b Barron 5 A G.8.Wilson, c & b Buron 0 E. R Watson, b Birron ... 0 P. C. Harvey, b Barron ... 0 F. A.Tuck, c Toller, b Barron 4 W. G. Harris, c Watson, b Barron............................... 0 A. V. Kisling'mry, b Bacon 2 C. C. Turner, b Bacon......... 0 W. W. Fennell, run out ... 3 W. R. Walker, not out ... 0 B 7, lb 5, nb 3 ..........15 Total -Played at Finchley Second innings. st Robertson, b Toller .......... 0 c sub., b Potter.. 26 b Horley ..........29 c H ibert, b Toller 0 not ou t................12 B 4, w 3, nb 1 8 Total (4 wkts) 75 H am ° ste a d . C.M.Horley, b Ntider- heitmann ... .......... 5 J.T. Watson, b Neider- hetmann ............... 11 H. H. Walters, b Fen­ nell ....................... 1 D.MacGregor.bFennell 35 F. J. Potter, ht wkt, b Neiderheitmann ... 2 P.Coast.c Kislingbury, b Neiderheitmann... 6 A CRY FROM CANADA. The forthcoming visit of a Kent team to America has brought forth a sugges­ tion from the Weekly Free Press, Winni­ peg, as follows:— “ Now is the time for local cricketers to make a decisive move. The county of Kent elevens are starting this month to Philadelphia. Why not get them to come here afterwards p We have lots of K*nt ‘ cobs ’ in and out of the city who are deeply interested in their county and iu cricket. It may be said ‘ What could we put up against Burnup’s great team ? ’ In answer to this, the North­ west could give them a most interesting week on the Barracks grounds. From experience of late in the provincial and Chicago weeks, the West can ftirly claim a fine array of cricketing talent. You have twenty men ; all good men, and on their own wickets, and with our prairie light, which is quite different to the light on the Philadelphia creases, this might baffle the men of Kent. Wianipeggers would give the eleven a most cordial reception and a pretty fair game of cricket. The twenty mentioned could, of course, be increased. It might be im­ proved, but thn is written at short notice, because time is of the ut nost import­ ance. Ciicketers can easily play here in September. Last year the weather was superb cricket weather during that month. The first coming of an English county team to Winnipeg would be a great impetus to the game so rapidly growing. Secretaries get your men to work with committees; write all the secretaries of the association of the North-west, and see what you can do. The opportunity is with you. It is the chance of years. A great inducement to the men of Kent would be a few days’ shooting. That cm be easily arranged after the cricket is over.” F.W.Bacon, cTuck, b Neiderheitmana ... 5 J. C. Toller, b Neider- heitmaan.................51 R. Hebert, b Wilson . 9 R. D. Rjbertson, not out ... .................14 A. A. Barron, run out 0 B 7, lb 1, nb 1 ... 9 HAMPSTEAD v KENSINGTON PARK.—Played at Hampstead on August 22. K f , nbingtos P ark . Total . 148 First innings. Second innings. P. Reynolds, b Spofforth ... 17 b Marsden.......... 1 W. R. Murray, b Spofforth 2 b Spofforth.......... 0 C. S. G. Lloyd, b Spofforth 7 b 8pofforth.......... 15 C. E. Reynolds, b Spofforth D. Gralame, c Crump, b 1 c Pearson, b Spof­ forth................. 6 Spofforth ........................ H. D. Nicholas, c Wheater, 2 b Marsden.......... 3 b Marsden........................ 19 not ou t................ 1 A. A. Surtees, b 8pofforth 0 b Marsden.......... 5 B. H. Conran, not out 10 b Spofforth.......... 2 J. L. Nicholson, b Marsden 0 b Marsden.......... 0 W.G.Thompson, b Marsden H. C. Thompson, c Croadale 0 b Marsden.......... 0 b Marsden........................ 0 b Marsden.......... 0 B10, n b l ................. 11 Byes................. 2 Total ................. 69 Total ... 35 HAMP3TEAD. G. H. Swinstead, b W. Thompson .......... 2 W. J. Pearson, c Mur­ ray, b Thompson ... 1 D. J. Crump, st C. Reynolds, b Lloyd .. 47 H. Farmiloe, b P. Reynolds................. 4 F. D. Monro, b P. Reynolds................. 9 E. L. Marsden, c Mur­ ray, b Lloyd ..........27 G. Crosdale, b Lloyd 5 H. Wade, lbw, b Reynolds................. 2 H. R. Herbert, c and b Lloyd .......... . 12 F. S. Spoff >rth. c W. Th impson, b P. RevTiolds................. 0 F. S. Wheater, no1,out 14 Byes ................. 3 Total , ...126