Cricket 1903

Nov. 26, 1903. CKICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 459 T he Rev. W. Rashleigh, the old Kent and Oxford University cricketer, who, as a minor canon at Gloucestershire Cathe­ dral, has been unable to assist his county for the last two years, has been appointed to a minor canonry at Canterbury. D e s p it e the great success of the M.C.C. team in Australia, which has naturally been hailed with immense satisfaction by all English cricketers, it is perhaps as well to wait a little before discussing the ques­ tion whether the Englishmen will win all the test matches or only about four of them. For up to the present they have not played at all on a typical Australian wicket, and in every match their bowlers have been more or less favoured by the state of the wicket, while most of the luck has been on our side. For all that it is a great and brilliant performance to beat both Victoria and New South Wales in an innings, a performance which will give the team all the confidence which is so necessary for success in a test match. But it must be remembered that several previous teams have done exceedingly well in the first three matches, and that it is anything but a record to have beaten both Victoria and New South Wales easily before the test matches. T h e remaining matches to be played in Australia by the M.C.C. team are as follows :— N O V E M B E R . 27-30.—v. Queensland, at Brisbane. DECEMBER. 2, 3.—v. Newcastle, at Newcastle. 4 5.—v. Northern District, at West Maitland. 11 - 16 .—FIRST TEST MATCH, at Sydney. 18*22.—Not arranged. 26-28.—v. Bendigo, at Bendigo. JANUARY. 1- 6.—SEi’ OND TEST MATCH, at Melbourne. 8, 9.—v. Ballarat, at Ballarat. 16 - 19 .—THIRD TEST MATCH, at Adelaide. 22, etc.—Tasmania Tour FEBRUARY. 5- 9.—v. Victoria (return), at Melbourne 12-16.—v New South Wales (return), at Sydney. 19-22.—Not arranged. 26 to March 1. - FOURTH TEST MATCH, at Sydney. MARCH. 4- 8.—FIFTH TEST MATCH, at Melbourne. 12-16.—v. South Australia (return), at Adelaide. T h e arrangements for the matches during the forthcoming visit to England of a team of Indian cricketers have been placed in the hands of E. H. D. Sewell, the Essex county cricketer. H u g h T r u m b l e , who has been prac­ tising at Melbourne, has expressed his willingness to play in the sec ind test match which begins at Melbourne on the first day in the new year. If he still holds to his decision his presence will very greatly strengthen the Australian team. It has been decided in Scotland to form a District Championship, North, South, East and West, each district play­ ing each of the other three. This scheme has been adopted in place of a proposed Soottish Counties Championship. T h e death is announced at Nelson, where he had resided for several years, of Ezra Nutter, formerly well known in Lancashire and Yorkshire as a cricket umpire. He bad been professional for the Rishton, Bingley, and Moorhouse (Oldham) clubs. He was selected on one occasion to play for Lancashire against Derbyshire. For several years he assisted the Nelson club. He was forty-four years of age. T h e batting and bowling averages of the M.C.C. team in Australia, up to date, are as follows :— BATTING. No. Times Most of not Total in an Inns. Out. Runs. Inns. Aver. L ille y ..................... ... 2 .,.. 1 .. 99 ..,. 91*..., 99 00 First ................. ... 3 . ... 0 ... 195 .. . 92 .. . 65-00 Hayward .......... , Tyldesley .......... ... 3 ... 0 ... 176 .... 167 ..,, 58-66 ... 3 , ... 0 ... 171 .. . 90 .. . 57-00 .braund................. ... 2 . ... © ... 94 .. . £8 .. . 47-00 Knight..................... .. 1 ... 0 ... 47 ... 47 ..,, 47-00 P. F. Warner .. , ... 3 .,.. 0 ... 133 .... 65 .... 44 33 R. E. Foster ... . ,.. 3 ... 0 ... 1 8 ... , 71 ..., 36-00 B. J. T. Bosanquet ... 3 .,.. 0 ... 106 .. . 79 .. . 35*33 Arnold................. ... 2 . ... 1 ... 21 . 14 .... 21-00 Relf ..................... 3 . .. 0 ... 50 ..,, 30 .. 16*66 Rhodes..................... ... 2 .. 2 ... 2 ... 2*..,. 2-00 Rhodes Fielder Relf ......... Braund Arnold H irst........ Bosanquet. * Signifies not out. BOWLING. Runs. ....................... 204 .. ....................... 63 .. ...................... 79 .. ....................... 67 .. ...................... 198 .. ..................... 175 .. ...................... 234 .. Wkts. 18 ... 6 ... 6 ... 5 ... 10 ... 6 ... 6 ... Aver. 11.33 12-60 18-16 13*40 1980 29-J6 39*00 A CLERGYMAN, when batting in a match against an Essex club, which had a very fast bowler, received a nasty knock on his hand, whereupon he threw down his bat and began rubbing his hand vigorously. A jovial young doctor play­ ing against him exclaimed “ Rub it in Parson, and I ’ll swear.” A b r ie f mention was made in last month’s “ Gossip ” of the fact that W. Bruce, a well-known member of two of the earlier Australian teams, had qualified for a place on the merit board of the Melbourne C.C. by reason of his position at the head of the batting tables of the senior eleven last season. As the averages include the names of more than one cricketer well known in England, the full particulars, for which I have to thank Major Wardill, the secretary of the Melbourne C.C., will be of interest. BATTING AVERAGES. No. Times Most of not Total in an inns. out. runs. inns. Aver. W . Bruce .......... .. 9 . . 2 ... 571 .. 116 .. 81-57 D. Mailer .......... .. 15 . 2 ... 699 .. 209 .. 46 07 Over ................. .. 3 . . 2 ... 41 .. 22 ... 41-00 Fry ................. .. 13 . . 3 ... 868 .. 88 . . 35-80 A. E. Barton ... .. 4 . 1 ... 82 .. 37 .. 27*£3 Carpenter .......... .. 3 . . 1 ... 62 .. 24 .. 26*00 W. W . Armstrong .. 4 . 1 ... 74 .. 31 .. 24 66 E. Monfries .. 6 . . 2 ... 95 .. 33 .. 23 76 Tarrant .......... .. 6 . . 3 ... 61 .. 26*.. 20*33 A. J. G. Russell... .. 8 . . 1 ... 140 .. 34 .. 2000 D. Reese .......... .. 5 . . 0 ... 86 .. 41 .. 17*20 G. L. Wilson ... .. 4 . . 0 ... 62 .. 29 .. 15*60 C. « . Peryman... .. 9 0 ... 134 .. 45 .. 14-88 C. M‘L vod .......... .. 4 . . 1 .. 36 .. 16*.. 1200 A. A. Ailkin ... .. 10 . . 0 ... 101 .. 43 .. 10*10 D. Williams .. 3 . . 0 ... 27 .. 23 . 9 00 Cave ..................... .. 5 ... 0 ... 39 .. 21 .. 780 G 8. Gordon ... .. 4 .. 1 ... 17 ... 16* . 666 J. Curr...................... .. 3 . . 0 ... 16 .. 9 .. 5-00 BOWLING AVERAGES. First-class Matches. Balls. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Aver. G. 8 Gordon ..........4£0 ... 22 ... 165 ... 15 ... 11 00 W. W . Armstro: g .. 492 ... 24 ... 148 ... 12 ... 1233 Fry .......................991 ... 46 ... 457 ... 31 ... 1474 vv. Bruce... ,......... 62 ... 0 ... 31 .. 2 ... 15-60 Over .......... ,......... 227 ... 7 ... 125 ... 8 ... 15-62 Cave .......... ......... 581 ... 33 ... 219 .. 13 ... 1684 Tarrant ... ,.........1475 ... 74 ... 683 ... 31 ... 1880 D. Reese ... ..........126 ... 6 ... 63 ... 3 ... 21*00 C. M'Leod... ......... 806 ... 44 ... 325 ... 7 ... 46*42 D. Williams ........ 138 ... 6 ... 76 ... 1 ... 76*00 Three other members bowled innings. in less than three Six others played in less than three innings. •Signifies not out. I n view of the meeting of County Secretaries at Lord’s on December 8tb, a reminder of the dates already arranged for the principal fixtures of next cricket season may be of use :— June 30, Lord’s, Oxford v. Cambridge. July 4, Lord’s, Gentlemen v. Players. July 7, Oval. Gentlemen v. Players. July 8, Lord’s, Eion v. Harrow. T h e satisfactory report of the com­ mittee of the Kent County C.C. comes quite grateful and comforting in face of the generally doleful accounts issued by the majority of counties on the financial results of the year’s cricket. At the autumn general committee meeting held on Monday, a profit of nearly £600 wa3 reported on the year’s working. This favourable result was mainly attributed to the success of the Canterbury and TunbridgeWellsWeeks. Theprogramme for 1904 is to consist of matches with the same counties as in 1903, Warwick­ shire, Derbyshire and Leicestershire not being met. The home contests with Essex and Surrey will form the pro­ gramme at Canterbury. Lancashire and Gloucestershire will be the attractions at Tonbridge, and Yorkshire and Sussex at Tunbridge Wells. The South Africans will appear at Canterbury, and a game with the team from India will probably be fixed up ; also one with Oxford Uni­ versity if possible. The M.C.C. will likewise be met at Lord’s. Catford Bridge, Beckenham, Gravesend and Maidstone each secure a home match, and the Gentlemen and Players of Kent will meet at Mote Park as a benefit to Hickmott. A t r u s t y correspondent in Canada writes that on the occasion of a recent vision to Manitoba he came acrosa the grandsons of the old Kent cricketer, Wenman. They had come out to Sauries (Manitoba) some years ago with their father, and have, it is pleasant to hear, done thoroughly well out there. The village of Sauries was settled about twenty-two years since by a syndicate composed of Senator J. N. Kirchoflfer, a name very familiar to Canadian cricketers of a quarter of a century ago, the firm of Wood and Kells, bankers, of Millbrook, Ontario, and two others. A piece of land was reserved by the founders for a cricket ground, but it has never been used for the game, as the little cricket that has taken place has been played on the Agricultural Grounds. Still, it remains there for the original purpose, and one can only hope that it may be utilised in the near future for cricket.