Cricket 1904

J une 23, 1904. CRICKET * A WEEKLY RECORD O f THE GAME. 21? pays your money and you takes your choice.” ------- T h e death is announced of Mr. B. T . A. Bell, a well-known Canadian player, who in the season of 1886 had the unusual record for a Canadian of making more than a thousand runs. H e played in 30 innings (once not out), with a highest score of 87 not out, and made 1036 runs, with an average of 35'21. He was asked to go to England in 1887 with the Gentlemen of Canada, but was unable to accept the offer. H e has represented Canada against the United States. Most of his cricket was played with the Ottawa C.C. F r o m the Daily Chronicle :— Everyone has a personal method of estima­ ting distance by the eye, and few can think in yards, or feet, or metres. . . . Every cricketer,in estimating roughly the length, say, of a suburban garden, takes the cricket pitch as his standard. To batsman and to bowler alike tbe distance is all-important. And the cricketer can usually judge from ten to sixty yards with fair accuracy. But cricketers must blush for Judge Edge—if he has been truly reported. A witness guessed the width of the Clerkenwell County Court at forty feet. “ As a cricketer,” said the judge, “ 1 know a pitch is twenty-two feet, and this court is a little wider than the length of a cricket pitch.” It is a sad duty to have to J. T. B r o w n , the Yorkshire batsman, who has not appeared for the county since May 18th ow ing to a severe attack o f asthma, has had a relapse, and it is feared that he will not be able to play again for some time. B . J a y a r a m , the Indian native cricketer, who came to England last season with a great reputation, which he failed to sustain, made 103 not out last week for London County v. Old Charlton. A t the annual speech day at Repton School last week, the Rev. L. B . J . Ford, the headmaster, said that last year’scricket THE HAVERFORD COLLEGE TEAM. MK. A. T. LOW RY. MR. J. D. PHILIPS. MR. H. PLEASANTS. MR. A . O. PRIESTMAX. MR. W . P . BONBRIGHT. MR. E. RITTS. MR. R . L. PEARSON. MR. C. C. MORRIS (Capt.) MR. HENRY COPE. MR. A. H. HOPKINS. MR. E. C. PIERCE. MR. R . P. LOWRY. MR. H. W . DOVGHTON. MR. F. D. GODLEY. MR. H. H . MORRIS. O. T. N o r r is , who played a fine inn­ ings of 87 for Oxford University against Surrey at the Oval on Monday, was in the Charterhouse eleven in 1900, 1901, and 1902, heading the school average in the last two years. H e played in the Freshmen’s match last year, making 24 and 9, but received no further trial. Good judges were much impressed by his batting on Monday. O. T. N . is a double blue, being one of the University Association full backs. He was also one of the last Corinthian team which visited South Africa. query this pitch. But it must be pointed out that a cricket pitch is twenty-two in yards, and that the judge has exaggerated the width of his dominion. If he bowled a good length ball across his court, he would drive that into the jury’s head. C o m m e n tin g on the same remark by Judge Edge, the Globe says, with an appalling disregard for the safety of His Honour’s person : It would give us real pleasure to see His Honour standing up to the bowling of, say, Brearley, on a pitch of seven yards and a foot. He would not sum up for long. eleven was the best the school ever had, and was considered by impartial judges to be the best Public School eleven of the year. There were indications that this year’s team was little, if at all, inferior to it. Speaking of the honours list, he said it contained the names of men who had done most to uphold the athletic renown of the school, showing that in their case mens sana had not been divorced from corpore sano. A . E . K n ig h t , the Leicestershire cricketer, who scored 203 last week for