Cricket 1904

138 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M ay 19, 1904. by D. L . A. Jephson in the Daily Chronicle: — I saw Captain Wynyard, at Lord’s, and discussed with him the game at the Oval. “ How did Lees bow l?” “ Well,” he said, “ he came up at me full tilt, with the air of a man who says, ‘ By Jove, I ’m going to get you out,’ and with all the bustle and hurry of a really good tryer. The ball swung away propelled with a bit of top on it, and Hampshire scratched out forward and touched them into the waiting hands of the slips.” “ What do you think of him? ” I asked, and this was the reply, “ He was good enough last year, and he’s a bit better now.” O n Friday evening Sussex had lost two wickets for seven runs in their second innings against the M .C .C ., and thus on the next morning there were eight wickets to fall. Of these eight three were thrown away ow ing to bad ju d g ­ ment in running, while a fourth wicket was accounted for b y “ absent, hurt.” T h e very latest:—A gentleman walks up to a friend and asks, “ Have you just been talking with some cricketers ? ” The friend says, “ Wh y ? What makes you ask ? ” To which the reply is, “ Oh, merely because I pee you have a spot of ink on your face.” T h e ups and downs of a big hitter are well exemplified in the case o f Sewell this season, if Sewell, who so often playB a steady game, can be called a big hitter. In the very first b ig match of the season he scored 181, but since then has done nothing of note, his scores being 1 , 0 and 33, 11 and 0. On the other hand, if a hitter only comes off three or four times during a season, he very likely wins a match or two for his side. I a m indebted to Mr. J. D . Betham for the follow ing particulars about University cricketers who have recently d ie d :— H. J. Torre was born at Doncaster, February 24th, 1819. Educated at Harrow and University College, Oxford, he was in the Harrow X I. 1836-8, captain 1838, and subsequently in the Oxford elevens of 1839 and 1840, and rowed in his college boat Head of the River, 1840 and 1841. He was the author of ‘ ‘ Recollections of Schooldays at Harrow more than Fifty Years A go,” and died at Norton, near Warwick, February 2nd, 1904. S. C. Campbell was the last survivor of the Cambridge X I. of 1845. Born at Little Dunham, Norfolk, August 26th, 1823, he was educated at Bury St. Edmunds and Corpus, Cambridge, and died at Weasenham, Swaffham, Norfolk—where he had been rector since 1878—March 14th, 1904. W . H. Bulloek-Hall, bom April 5th, 1837, was educated at Rugby and Balliol College, Oxford, and was a member of the Oxford Elevens of 1857, ’ 58, ’60. His innings of 78 in the match of 1858 was up to that time the highest that had been compiled by a member of either eleven. He died at Valescure, on the Riviera, after a few days illness from paralysis, April 21st, 1904. W it h the exception of Ranjitsinhji, H . K . Foster, W . Gunn, G. W . Beldam, C. M. Wells and G. Brann, all the leading cricketers of the day who are in England have now appeared in this season’s first- class cricket. C. J. Burnup, Captain Greig, Major Poore and E. M. Dowson are not in England. M r. G. C u r g e n v e n , who has played for Derbyshire against Surrey at the Oval this week, is a younger brother of H . G. Curgenven, who was a very useful member of the county team a few years ago. The father of the two brothers, Dr. W . G. Curgenven, also played for D erby­ shire in days long gone by. G. Curgen­ ven did not play for the county last year, but in 1902 he had five innings, scoring 120 runs, onca not out.' I t is so very seldom that one ever comes across a mistake in “ Wisden ” that one experiences a feeling of pleasure (as that of a man who has lighted on a remarkable discovery) when a slip is met with in this carefully edited annual. On turning up the report of Mr. Bosanquet’s team in America in the issue for 1902, I found that against the Philadelphia Colts Mr. R. E. More is credited with taking 77 wickets in the second innings for 88 runs. T h e M .C.C. team which opposed Kent at Lord’s at the beginning of this week included four members of the South African team and the two Australians, Trott and Tarrant. The scores of two o f the South Africans, Shepstone and Tancred, together with the 44 made by Trott, amounted in the first innings to 136 o u t o f a total of 195 from .the bat. T h e opening of the second innings of K ent against the M.C.C. was somewhat remarkable, for the first five men who were out all made duck’s eggs, and were all out to the fast bow ling of Mr. Hesketh Prichard. The score of the innings when these five wickets had fallen read as follow s;— K knt . A.-HtMirne, not out...............................11 Humphreys, c Halliwell, b Prichard 0 Seymour, b Prichard ........................ 0 C. H. B. Marsham, b Prichard ... 0 Hardinge, c Foley, b Prichard ... r,. 0 Murrell, c Halliwell, b Prichard ... 0 Extras ............................... 1 Total ........................ 12 N ew S o u th W a l e s sent a fairly strong side to oppose Queensland at Brisbane, including M . A. Noble, R. A. Duff, A. J. Hopkins, H . Carter (the reserve stumper o f the last Australian team) and A. Cotter, at the commence­ ment of last month. There was only a difference of 21 runs in favour of New South Wales on the first innings, which was mainly due to the opening partner­ ship of R . A. Duff and E. Jansen, who were together responsible for 96 out of a total of 153. A thunderstorm on the Sunday which separated the tw o cricket days, however, caused the wicket in the later stage to favour the bowlers to such an extent that the Queenslanders, in their second knock were dismissed for 59, enabling New South Wales to win with nine wickets to spare. Noble. Grounds and Cotter were the most suc­ cessful bowlers for New South Wales, and D. Miller for Queensland. S h r e w s b u r y S ch o o l ’ s cricket card for the season is as follows :— MAY. 25. v. Rock Ferry 28. y. Welsh Fusiliers JUNE. 1. v. Exeter College 4. v. E. Evershed’s XI. 7. v. Derbyshire Friars* 11. v. Birkenhead Park 14. v. F. H. Bowrinar’s X I. 22. v. Haverford College 24. v. Rossall School (at Rossall)* 28. v. W. H. Rigg’s X I. JULY. 1 7. v. Northern Nomads* 12. v. Shropshire County 15. y . Old Salopians* •Two-Day Matches* E. F. W a d d y did a good performance for Sydney University v. Melbourne University at Melbourne early last month. He was responsible for no less than 232 of Sydney’s second total of 411, and the veteran T. Horan, who writes as “ Felix ” for the Australasian, was de­ lighted with the strong game he played. He was also successful behind the sticks, stumping two and catching one batsman in Melbourne’s first innings. K . B u r n , the Tasmanian cricketer who came over here with one o f the earlier Australian teams, was the recipient of several presentations in the early part of last month in view of his approaching marriage. The Wellington Club, for which K . B. has done such splendid ser­ vice for years, gave him a silver egg cruet, the South Tasmanian Cricket Association a oheque to cover the cost of a suitable souvenir, the Football Associa­ tion a crystal and silver epergne, and the Commercial Club a silver tea and coffee service, with an oaken silver-mounted liqueur stand. W . W . A r m str o n g , one of the stal­ warts of the last Australian team, person­ ally assisted in the establishment of two new records in the way of run-getting on April 10th at Melbourne. H e was playing for the Melbourne Club against the Melbourne University, and not only helped D . A. Monfries, the Victorian stumper, to add 433 for the fifth wicket, but was not out himself till he had made 438. I t is claimed that 433 is a record for the fifth wicket anywhere. Arm­ strong’s total is a best so far for Austra­ lasian cricket, apart from C. J . Eady’s 566. In his 438 Armstrong hit 46 f ourers and a five; he was at the wickets for six hours and thirty-five minutes. S ir W il l ia m H a r t D y k e , w h o has been appointed chairman of th e London, Chatham and Dover Railwayin succession to the late Mr. J. S . Forbes, h as had a good deal to do with cricket administra­ tion in his time. He served o n the com­ mittee of the M .C.C. in the middle seventies, and unless I am m istak en , w as president subsequently. H e w a s a lso a g o o d am a teu r criok eter in his d a y , a n d as