Cricket 1904

m CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME. J u n e 16, 1904. with the Somaliland Field Force. The Officers and the Garrison furnished the respective sides, and the honours went to the Officers, who won by 183 runs, after closing their second innings with 101 up for three wickets. Capt. Foulkes was the chief run-sretter of the match. He scored 20 and 38 not out for the Officers, besides taking three Garrison wickets in the first innings at a cost of 20 runs. T h e Umbria, with the Haverford Collegeteam on board, left New Y ork on Saturday last for England. The young Americans, who as heretofore, are person­ ally conducted by Mr. Henry Cope, the guide, philosopher and friend of Haver­ ford cricket, are due on Saturday next at Liverpool, where their headquarters will be the Adelphi Hotel. Through the courtesy of the Baughton Hall Cricket Club they will have one or two days’ practice at Chester before they commence the serious business of the tour. The match against Malvern College originally fixed for June 30th and July 31st has been reduced to one day, June 30th, to meet the travelling arrangements of the visitors. A t the Oval on Monday C. McGahey and Carpenter made 328 runs for Essex against Surrey in partnership for the third wicket. This is only 39 runs less than the record partnership for the third wicket, the 367 by John and William Gunn last year for Notts, v. Leicester­ shire at Trent Bridge. A l t h o u g h a batsman who, like Car­ penter at the Oval on Monday, soores 199 runs is always, and perhaps naturally, disappointed that he has just failed to reach the second hundred, he has per­ formed the rarest of feats. N. F. Druce once made 199 not out when he was at Cambridge University, not being able to get another ball after he reached this total, although several overs were bowled and two or three wickets taken before the innings of his side came to an end. A n o th e r innings which reached within a little of the second hundred was that of Iremonger, at Lord’s, for Notts v. M id­ dlesex. Ir.emonger carriod his bat through the innings, his last forty runs taking him an hour and a-half to put together, and apparently he was much more anxious to carry his bat than to reach the second hundred. His highest score in first-class cricket is 210 against Kent for Notts last year. T h e niceties were much in evidence in Monday’s matches. Carpenter made 199 for Essex v. Surrey; L. T. Tancred 97 and B. O. Schwarz 93 for South Africans v. Gloucestershire; G. Curgenven 95 for Derbyshire v. Leicestershire. F o r Wyvenhoe v. Colchester Amateurs H . P. Bird took five wickets with succes­ sive balls on June 9th. M a n y well-known players whose names were not long ago heralded far and wide, were missing at the Oval on M ocday ic the Essex v. Surrey match. Am oog them were Abel, Lockwood, Richardson, A. P. Lucas, Y o u cg , Mead, and C. J. Kortright. Am ong the absent players who might have represented their counties if circum­ stances had been favourable were, F. H . Gillingham, A. J. Turner, H . B. Chinnery, B. A. Sheppard and Lord Dalmeny. It must be very seldom that two teams have chacged so much in a short time as those of Essex and Surrey. A ccording to my latest information from Jamaica, the Legislative Council was to meet on May 18 to present an address to His Excellency the Governor, Sir Augustus Hemm ing, whose rule would expire ou May 26. Sir Augustus, who is well known to readers of Cricket by reason of his connection with the Incogniti C.C., intended to leave for England soon after the above date. M r. C. E . W a r r e n , the honorary secretary of the “ Old Blues,” a Ports­ mouth club, writes :— “ He your par under ‘ Pavilion Gossip’ in your issue of June 9th— the case of low scoring at Waltham­ stow. A similar state of affairs occurred at Sea-View, Isle-of-W igh t,on June llt b . The local team played the “ Old Blues,” a team belonging to Portsmouth. The latter batted first and were dismissed for 27 runs. Sea-View in reply totalled only six; five overs and three balls sufficing to complete the in cicgs. J. Tizard captured six wickets for oce run (four wickets in five balls), and G. C. Knight, the captain, three wickets for four runs. There was one bye. A t Sheffield on Tuesday morning C. B. F ry brought his total for the season to more than a thousand runs, being the first batsman to accomplish the feat this year. T h e close of the season on April 23rd found East Melbourne once again the premiers of Melbourne cricket. The success of the Jolimonters during the last seven years has been remarkable, as they have held the premiership five times and been the runners-up on the other two occasions. East Melbourne’ s record since 1897 has b een : 1897-8, prem iers; 1898-99, premiers ; 1899-1900, runners- up ; 1900-1, premiers ; 1901-2, premiers; 1902-3, runners-up; 1903-4, premiers. In their last match of the season just over they declared with the total 288 for three wickets and g ot Fitzroy out for 51. Percy McAlister, who was co t out 142, had an average of 62‘57 for the season for the East. T h e committee of the Melbourne Cricket Club asked W . Armstrong to purohase a souvenir, valued at £10 10s., as a memento of his record score of 438 against University in April last. Elliott Monfries, who helped Armstrong to put on 133, and made 123 himself, receives a bat in recognition of his share in the long partnership. J. H . S a v ig n y , who scored 164 not out for Tasmania agaiast England on January 30th last, at a recent meeting was presented with a gold watch, suitably inscribed, in recognition of his splendid innings, and also for the valuable services he had rendered the game in the island state. Savigny was referre 1 to b y one of the speakers at the gathering as the “ W . G. of Tasmania.” C ricketers in Philadelphia are beginning to think o f the possibility of iaducing the South African team to visit America after their tour in E igland, and no doubt efforts will be made to arrange a series of matches with them. F. L. P e a r c e , the caplain of the K ingston (Jamaica) C.C., who played some cricket at the Oval and elsewhere in London in 1902, did a good all-round performance for hig club on May 24. Kingston were playing the S . Catherine C.C. in a Senior Cup match, a-id won by 390 runs and two wickets. What an important factor their captaia was in K ingston’s victory will be gathered from the fact that after taking s»van of the St. Catherine’s wickets for 13 runs he contributed 190 not out to Kingston’s total of 414 for eight wickets. Two small books, the “ Cricket D irectory” and the “ Cricket Calendar,” are published by the “ Cricket Press,” Temple Chambers, E .C., at the price of sixpence. The former contains a directory of the chief clubs in and around London, and the latter a list of first-class and club fixtures. WOOLWICH GARRISON y. INCOGNITI.—Hayed at Woolwich on June 8. W oolw ich G abbison . Rev. A. Hoare, b Sich 4 A. H. Bridges, lbw, b Sich ........................ 8 J.D.Campbell,cDixon, b Hemmerde........58 L.C.P. Milman, lbw, b Sich......................101 Col. H. E. White, not out ...................... 65 Major C.H. de Rouge- mont, c Russell, b Strong ............... 19 A.H. Harrisan, b Rus­ sell ... ... . Capt. S. F. Gosling, c Anderson, b Russell G. E. Nevill, b Russell Capt. A. J. Pilcher, absent ................. Capt.R.Moody,not out B 18, lb 4, w 8, nb 2 Total I n co gn iti . D. C. Lee, b Milman.. 0 H.E.F. Sich, bMilman 10 Capt. H. Strong,bMil- m an........................ 6 A. B. Hubback, b Mil­ man ........................25 C.L.Hemmerde.cHar- rison, b Moody ... 1 H.Laurie,cHarrison,b Moody .................47 C. Dixon, c Nevill, b Milman ...............26 A. B. Cipriani, b Mil­ man ......................24 SirW . Russell, b Mil­ man .......................... 1 A. Eiloart, not out ... 11 B 11, lb 1, w 1, nb 1 14 Total ...166 LUDGROVE (1) v. NORTHAW (1).—Played at Ludgrove on June 8. L u dqrovb . W . T. Birchenough, bF. Hall................. 7 W . R. Bailey, c H. Vincent, b Long- more ... .................88 H. F. Campbell, b Longmore ..........19 C. W. Norman, not out ........................ SO R. O. R. K.-Slaney, run out ................. 0 R. W . St. Maur, c Blythe, b Ferguson 6 A. H. B.-Kennett, b Ferguson................. 9 B 3, wb 2 .......... 5 Total ...114 R. T. Stanyforth, E. K . Stephenson, G. H.-Vernon, W. S. Cornwallis did not bat.