Cricket 1903

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All communications to be sent direct to the Offices of Cricket, 168, Upper Thames Street, London, E.O. CRICKET AND LAWNTENNIS. S E A S O N 1 9 0 3 . C r i c k e t : A WESE L Y RECORD O f TUB GAME. 163. UPPER THAMES STREET, L0ID 0I, E.C. THURSDAY, APRIL 9 ih , 1903. fte tu iton # o 0 Stp. The abstract and brief chronicle of the tim e.— Hamlet. M e ssr s . COLLINS beg to direct attention to their Series of Cricket Scoring and Lawn Tennis Books. They are made of their well-known “ Sight-Preserv­ ing’*Paper, and being printed in dark green ink, the glare of the sun upon the page is materially lessened. Each book contains the amended Laws of the Game as passed by the Marylebone Cricket Club. N O T IC E .—In each B ook w ill be fou n d C om ­ p lete Iiist o f a ll th e p rin cip a l C rick et F ix tu r e s fo r 1 9 0 3 . T h e 'U n riv a lle d ’ C ric k e t Scoring: Books. Retail Price s. d. 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Containing 18 sheets of two innings each, size lOin. by 12in., with the Laws of the Game. In stiff case, price Is. Law n T e n n is Scoring: Book. The “ Unrivalled,” size 10J by 7}, containing score sheets for sixty Lets, strongly bound, cloth back, stiff Bides, 6d. each. LONDON & GLASGOW: William Colliqs, Sorjs, & Co., Ltd. Can also he obtained at “ Cricket ” Office, 1 6 8 , Upper Tham es Street, E.C. A t the annual general meeting of the Sussex County C.C. a small adverse balance was reported, and from £110 at the end of 1901 it has increased to £261. Lord Leconfield was elected president for the ensuing year. It was stated that K. S. Eanjitsinhji had promised to play in all matches if possible. T he London County C.C. has arranged a match to be played in Cork on June 15th and 16th against Gentlemen of Ireland. T he following additional amendment to the resolution to be brought before the Special General Meeting of the M.C.C. on May 6th will be moved by Mr. G. W. Ricketts: “ To add to the resolution that the words Twenty-seven in Law 6 be altered to Twenty-eight.” I t is stated that Ernest Jones, the South Australian fast bowler, who has been to England with several Australian teams, is about to take up his residence in Western Australia. D u r in g the match at Brisbane between Victoria and Queensland, Graham drove a ball at a tremendous pace into the grand stand, where several ladies were seated. The ball was travelling straight for one of them, when S. M ’Michael, the manager of the Victoria team, noticed the danger, and springing right in front caught the ball within a few inches of the lady’s face. A u s t r a l ia n newspapers state that in A. C. Maclaren’s letter suggesting that he should delay taking out a team, no mention is made of the professionals requiring rest. Maclaren, it is said, gives as his reason for wishing to postpone the tour for twelve months the fact that he cannot get either S. Barnes or W. H. Lockwood to accompany him. The Australian public soon realise the value of a side, and he does not think the bowling at his command would be strong enough. In any case he does not think it would be politic to go to Australia without fast bowlers. I n the next Electorate match played by Paddington after that against Redfern, when they made a huge score thanks to Trumper and Gee, who scored 423 for the first wicket, there was a startling change of affairs. Against Sydney District the redoubtable Trumper was bowled by a full pitch by Marsh for 9, Gee only made 3, and Noble 1. In the second innings Tiumper scored 3. Paddington were soundly beaten. T here was some remarkable scoring at Melbourne in February in the Pennant match between Fitzroy and East Mel­ bourne. The latter team scared 744 for two wickets. The score of this innings is as follows:— E ast M elbourne . First innings. P. M’Alister, c Mitchell, b Ellis ..173 F. Laver, st Quilty, b Mitchell ...341 H. Stuckey, not out .................160 J. Horan, not out ........................15 Extras ........................35 Total (2 wkts) 744 Fitzroy made 148, and were beaten by 596 runs and eight wickets. I n making his 341 in the above match, Laver was batting for six hours, and his innings included forty-four 4’s. B elow will be found a summary of the voting of the counties and associations on the question of widening the w icket;— For the Proposal. Against. Middlesex Lancashire Surrey Hampshire Kent Warwickshire Sussex Leicestershire Somerset Gloucestershire •Notts Derbyshire *Y orkshire VVorcestershire Monmouthshire Essex •Northamptonshire Norfolk Scotland Devon Australia (Melbourne) ’ Staffordshire Australia (Adelaide) Dorset •Wiltshire •Glamorgan •Bedfordshire •Hertfordshire Durham Suffolk London County Phoenix Club (Ireland) South Africans Philadelphians •Suggested a trial. Neutral : Oxfordshire and Bucks. The following suggested an increase in the height: Surrey. Middlesex. Warwickshire, Wilt­ shire, Bedfordshire, and Hertfordshire. A cc o r d in g to the Australasian, there was a dramatic finish to the League match at Melbourne between Essendon and Coburg. The former club looked in a bad way towards the finish, but then N. Mirams hit a sixer and two 4’s off successive balls, and when the last man (Sykes) went in the score was four short of the Coburg total. J. Paterson shaved Syke’s wicket with three balls in one over, and the fourth ball broke beyond the wicketkeeper’s reach, and went to the boundary for four byes. This made the totals level, and with his next ball Pater­ son clean bowled Sykes, and the first innings of Essendon closed for exactly the same aggregate as their opponents. I t is announced that the members of Lord Hawke’s team, with the exception of T. L. Taylor and C. Leatham, are returning home via the Suez Canal, instead of by Vancouver as intended. Mr. Taylor and Mr. Leatham are going to Japan, and the former is not expected home until the season is far advanced. T he first practice of the Yorkshire team is, as at present arranged, to take place at Leeds on April 15th. As is