Cricket 1904

16 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J an . 28, 1904. D r . PAVRI’S XI. v. AHSAN-UL-HAK’8 X I.— Played at Bombay at the end of last year. D r . P a v r i ’ s X I . H. D. Kanga, b Manack- chund............................... 21 notout.............. 20 Razzik, lbw, b D a te......... 66 not ou t.............. 2 Abid Housain, lbw, b Baloo 41 D. L. de Saram, c Manack- chund, b Baloo.................30 b Masood ........... 0 R. E. Mody, not o u t ..........13b Nanik Ram ... 0 Bhandare, c and b Baloo ... 0cShivlal.bMasood 60 C. V. Mehta,lbw, b Manack- chuud............................... 0 Sale gram, b Manackchund 0 Dr. M. E. Pavri, b Manack­ chund ............................... O b Nanik Ram ... 40 Phagoo Ram, b Masood ... 4 Tumboowala, b Masood ... 6 Extras ........................ 14 Extras .............12 Total ... .. 198 Total ..........181 A hsan - ul -H ak 1 Masurker, b Phagoo Ram 0 Sanjana, c de Saram, b Salegram ........................ 0 Syid Mahomed, lbw,b Pha­ goo Ram ........................ 24 Masood, c Pavri, b Salegram 3 Shivlal,c de Saram, b Baleg- ram ............................... 10 Ali Hasan, lbw, b Phagoo Ram ............................... 0 Ahsan-ul-Hak, not out ... 7 Baloo, c Razznk,b Salegram 0 Manackchund, c Tumboo­ wala, b Salegram .......... 0 Date, lbw, b Phagoo Ram 0 Nanik Ram, b Phagoo Ram 0 E xtras.......................10 s XI. not out .. ..........12 lbw, b Phagoo Ram.................32 b de Saram..........56 run out ... ... 10 c Mehta, b Abid Housain ... ... 25 lbw,bPhagooRam 11 not out................ 28 run out.. 8 Total .. 54 Extras ............ 20 Total ...........202 THE “ BARRACKING” INCIDENT AT SYDNEY The follow ing descriptions of tt is incident are taken on the one hand from a letter in the Daily Express from L. C. Braund, and on the other from a letter in the Daily Mail f n m Iredale. Braund says :— It had been a most pleasant game until that regretable incident of Hill’s happened which caused much unfair barracking. I have no hesitation in saying that Hill was the originator, for had he accepted the umpire’s decision in a sportsmanlike manner, anJ, when given out, gone in a proper way, no barracking would have been heard, and until this incident occurred there had been none at all. This is what happened. I was bowling ; it was a most exciting over. The first, second and third balls bowled to Trumper he cut grandly to the off boundary, causing great excitement and applause, the fourth ball going for four byes; the fifth he drove to the off side, George Hirst saving the boundary and throwing it to me while back­ ing up. I saw Hill half-way down the wicket for the fourth run, and knowing there was a chance of running him out, took a shot at the wicket that just missed, the ball travelling across the ground to where Relf was fielding. Hill, who had to rush along to reach his crease, overran the wicket by two or three yards. Trumper, seeing the ball go across the ground, called Hill for the fifth run, but Relf had fielded the ball magni 6 cently, and returned it to Lilley, who took the ball smartly, and whipped off the bails, Hill being out quite easily. The umpire, not having the slightest doubt, gave his verdict the only way possible __out. Instead of the batsman (Hill) turning to see the decision, he stood looking the opposite way for a moment, causing the spectators to think he had got home, and when told he was out, tossed his head in the air, and looked disgustedly sick at the decision, which the crowd noticed immedi­ ately ; and on his arrival at the pavilion, when asked by the members, stated he thought it a bad decision. Then the trouble commenced. The members themselves started the whole busin ess. They quite forgot themselves, gave vent to their feelings, and it was but a few moments when it was all round the ground, disgraceful remarks being poured upon the umpire and players. Try to imagine over 40,000 persons, the majority yelling and boo-booing at the top of their voices ! It was a most terrible noise, and play for a few minutes was impossible. On Noble’s arrival, Mr. Warner went to the members’ pavilion to explain the matter, but it only quieted them for a moment or tw o; then a fresh burst of yells and more remarks. Our captain would not proceed with the game until the noise subiided, as he thought they would be sure to cease, but the crowd then was not to be quieted, and there was no alternative but to get on with the game. The pleasant game which it hitherto had been seemed spoiled, and this created any amount of feeling. It originating as it did in the members’ enclosure was the worst part about it, for in the public part of the ground one can expect a certain amount of barrack­ ing, but hardly from the members enclosure. Even at the close of the day’s play on our return to the pavilion the members hooted —an action scarcely to be forgotten. It was gratifying to note that the criticisms on the following day were very fair. The Press, knowing exactly where the trouble started, condemned the members accordingly, and it is to be hoped now that the regrettable incident will die, never to revive again. From the Australian point of view, Iredale says : In running a fifth run for an overthrow Hill was given out from a fine return by Relf, who had backed up well. Hill it might be mentioned had overrun his own wicket on the previous run by at least ten yards, so that in running the last run he had to travel thirty-two yards. Whether he reached his wicket in time is neither here nor there. He was given out, and that ended his innings. Of course, the public, who had by this time bccome thoroughly excited, were naturally very much put out, more from disappoint­ ment than anything else, and they “ boo- hooed the umpire. Warner appeared in front of the pavilion to ask certain of the members of the ground to refrain from hooting, but he might as well have tried to stop the wind. Warner’s action was ill advised, for I think the matter would have quietened down if he had taken no notice. Explanations to an excited crowd are useless in an excited moment. RECORD SCORES IN FIRST- CLASS CRICKET. T he heavy scoring witnessed in Australia during the past few weeks, when individual innings of 287, 271, and 230 were played at Sydney, is responsible for the following statistics concerning the highest scores made in first-class cricket both at home and abroad since the earliest times. (a).—Thirteen 100’s. W. G. Grace, 344, 318*, 301, 288 , 268, 261, 257, 243*, 224*, 221% 217,215, 215. (6).—Twelve 100’s. K. S. RaDjitsinbji, 2:5*, v75, 260, 234*, 230, 222, 220, 219, 215*, 204, 204, 20*. (c).—Ten 100’s. Shrewsbury, A., 267, 267, 236, 232, 227*, 224*, 212, 209, 207, 206. (d).— Nine 100’s. Abel, R., 357*, 260. 247, 231, 221, 219, 217, 215, 205*. (e).—Eight 100’s. C. B. Fry, 244, 241, v34, 232*, 229, 219*, 209, 200. Gunn, W ., 2<3, 233*. 230, 228, 219, 207, 205*, 203. ( /) . —Five 100’s. A. C. MacLaren, 424, 244, 228, 226*, 204. W. L. Murdoch, 321 v8o*, 279*, 226, 211. V. Trumper, 3J0*, 292*, 253, 230, 208. fa).—Four 100’a. G. Giffen, 271, 237, 205, 203. Tyldesley, J. T., 249, 248, 221, 200. (A).—Three 100’s. A. O. Jones, 296, 250, 249. M.A.JNoble,284, 230, 200. W.W.Read, 338,247,244*. Brown,J. T., 311,300,__ Hayward, T., 315*, 5:7?, 229** C. Hill, 365*, 206* 20". (*)•—Two 100’s G. L. Jessop, 286, 233. I A. E. Stoddart, 221, 215*. Qaaife.W. G., 223*, 207*. |E. G. Wynyard, 268,225. O'.)—One 100. Baldwin, C. ... , Barton, V ............. Board, J. H. ... , Brockwell, W. C. J. Burnup ... , J. Darling Davidson, G. ... , Devey, J............ , J. A. Dixon ... , C. C. T. Doll ... , J. Douglas ... , N. F. Druce ... . R. A. Duff ... , F. L. Fane ... . H. K. Foster ... , R. E. Foster ... . W. R Gilbert .. . H. Graham ... , 8. E. Gregory... J. G. Greig ... , Gunn, J............ W. H. Hadow... M. Hathorn ... Hayward, T., sen. H. T. Hewett ... Hirst, G. H. ... Tremonger, J.... D. L. A. Jephson Jupp, H ........... K. J. K ey........ Killick, E. H. .. Kiuneir, S. P. 234 205 214 225 200 210 274 246 268* 224* 204 227* 271 207 216 287 205 219 201 249* 294 217 239 220 201 214 210 213 216 281 200 216* Knight, A. E . F. E . Lacey ... ... Llewellyn, G. C. B. Lockwood, E. F. M. Lucas.......... Marsden, T............. H. H. Massie T. G. Matthews ... P. McAlist°r.......... P. 8. McDonnell ... G. J. Mordaunt ... H. Moses .......... W. Newham......... T. C. O’Brien L. C. H. Palairet... Peel, R.................... P. A. Perrin.......... R. M. Poore.......... W. E. Roller......... S. W . S cott.......... R. H. Spooner Storer, W............... Sugg, F. H ............. C. L. Townsend ... Tunnicliffe, J. Waiawright, E. ... L. Walker .......... Ward, A ................. W. Ward .......... P. F. Warner A. J. Webbe.......... C. M. W ells.......... S. M. J. "Woods, 215. * Signifies not out. 229* 211 216 208 215* 227 206 201 224 239 264* 297* 201 * 202 292 210 * 105 P04 204 224 247 216* 220 224* 243 228 222 219 278 211 243* 244 Fifty-five amateur and thirty-one profes­ sional players are mentioned in the above list, the former being credited with 111 scores of 200 or more, and the latter with 63. The first innings was William Ward’s historical 278 at Lord’s as far back as 1820, whilst the 100 th was Y. Trumper’s 253 in 1898-9. It will therefore be seen that during the past five years as many as 74 such scores have been made in great matches, thereby clearly demonstrating with what comparative ease hugh scores can nowadays be obtained. The records for the majority of the leading grounds are as follows :—Adelaide, 365*, by C. H ill; Bradford, 234, by C. B. F ry ; Brighton, 300* by Y. Trumper; Brisbane, 210, by J. Darling ; Bristol, 301, by W . G. Grace; Cambridge, 239, by M. Hathorn; Canterbury, 344 by W . G. Grace; Chelten­ ham, 318*, by W . G. Grace; Chesterfield, 300, by Brown, J. T.; Clifton, 224* by C. L. Townsend; Crystal Palace, 224* by C. C. T. Doll; Derby, 273, by Gunn, W .; Eastbourne (Saffrons), 219*, by C. B. F ry ; Edgbaston, 246, by Devey, J.; Gravesend, 257, by W . G. Grace; Hastings, 234*, by K. S. Ranjit­ sinhji : Huddersfield, 243*, by A. J. Webbe ; Leicester, 275, by K. S. Ranjitsinhji; Leyton, 230, by K. S. Ranjitsinhji; Liver­ pool. 249*, by J. G. Greig ; Lord’s, 278, by W . W ard; Manchester, 274, by Davidson, G.; Melbourne, 279*, by W . L. Murdoch; Nottingham, 296, by A. O. Jones ; Oval, 357* by Abel, R.; Oxford, 206, by H. H. Massie ; Prince’s, 261, by W . G. Grace ; Sheffield, 311, by Brown, J. T.; Southampton, 292, by L. C. H. Palairet; Sydney, 321, by W . L. Murdoch; Taunton, 424, by A. C. MacLaren; and Worcester, 229* Knight, A. E. W.H.M. 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