Cricket 1904

250 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OE THE GAME. J u ly 1 , 1904. etter record against Leicestershire. His erformances may he summarised as fol\ows : At Brighton. At Leicester. I9'0.......... 145 and 4 ......... 135 — 1901......... 8 — .......... 244 — 1802 ......... 0 — .......... 33 — 190 3........ 99 and 127*.......... 15 and 9 190 4........ 191 — .......... 191* — No. Moat of Total in an Times inns. runs. inns. not out. Ayer. 13 .......... 1201 .......... 244 ......... 2 ........... 109-18 His average against Middlesex to date •— No. Most of Total in an Times inns. runs. inns. not out. Aver. 2 5 ..........If86 ............ 159*.......... 4 .......... 80’18 Ranjitsinhji’s favourite county is Somerset­ shire, but he has a better record against both Cambridge University and Oxford University. His averages against them are as follows :— No. Most Times of Total in an not inns. runs. inns. out. Aver. v. Cambridge ..........17 ... 12(8 .. 215*... 3 ... 86-28 V. O xford.................. 15 ... 866 ... 171*... 4 ... 78'72 T. Somerset .......... 24 ... 1478 ... 285 ... 3 ... 70'66 * Signifies not out. T e e Special Committee appointed by (be Canadian Cricket Club Association at a meeting held on June 23rd, selected the follow ing eighteen players from whom ihe eleven lo represent Canada v. the United States at Philadelphia on Monday and Tuesday next w ill be chosen : — Ottawa—H. Ackland, J. Pereira. McGill University-H. C. Bill, W . C. Baber, T. 8. C. Saunders. Montreal—Rev. H. P. Plumtre. Toronto—H. F. Lownsborough, H. Mason, A. C. Heighington. Hamilton—J. L. Counsell, E. T. Lucas, Gordon Southam. Mimico Asylum—A. A. Beemer, W. 'Whitaker, hosedale—R. C. Reade. St. Alban’s, Toronto—J. 'Wheatley. St. Simon’s, Toronto-C. McElroy. Royal Military College, Kingston—Capt. Simmonds. O n e notices with regret the absence of such well-tried playerB as H . McGiverin, formerly of Hamilton, now of Ottawa, who has so ably captained the Canadians in the past, of G. S. Lyon, of Toronto, and of D. W . Saunders. G. S. Lyon, who is, by the way, the Amateur Golf Champion of Canada, it is to be feared, is devoting his time to the royal and ancient game this season to the sacrifice of his cricket. The absence of Dyce Saunders, who is, it is said, in England, explains the omission of his name. Still, there is every reason to believe that a fairly strong side can be got out of the eighteen selected. T h e Haverford College eleven are to make their one appearance in London to-day, when they are to meet the Gentlemen of M .C.C. at L ord’s. Though they only arrived in Liverpool on June 18th, and had to play their first match at Eu gby three days later, the young Americans have so far done well, and now that they are settling down into form are sure to render a good account of themselves. T r i n i t y C o l l e g e S c h o o l won the School Championship of Canada on June 22nd b y their defeat of Upper Canada College. As they had previously beaten Eidley College and St. Andrew ’s College, their ultimate success was thoroughly well d eserved . G. S. P a t t e r s o n , the best all-round player in America when he was in full practice, which was only a few years ago, is over in England on a flying visit, b y way of a rest, from his arduous labours as one of the leading officials of the Pennsylvania Eailroad. He was over twice with the Gentlemen of of Philadelphia, and would have been in quite the front rank here as an all-round cricketer had he been able to take part to any great extent in our first-class cricket. A cc o r d in g to a Canadian paper, P. C. Evans’ 170 for Mimico Asylum v. Eose- dale on June 23rd, was the first hundred of the Canadian season. The distinction, however, does not belong to the batsman named, but to L. York, who made 148 for the Victoria C.C. of British Columbia v. the Seattle Club of U.S., on May 28th. P . C. Evans, by the way, on June 25th notched another hundred, this time 123 not out for M im ico Asylum v. The City Hall C.C., of Toronto. For the same side, the Eev. F. W . Terry, the old county player who has so ably repre­ sented Canada in its international matches against the United States, i cored 32. ------- F o r Charney Hall, a school at Grange- over-Sands, Lancashire, J. L . Heselton, a boy just over fourteen years of age, has this term made 99 not out at Seascale and 104 not out at Grange-over-Sands. The headmaster of the school is Mr. George Podmore, a cricketer who, like his brother, Mr. A . Podmore, was well known for many years in connection with London club cricket. T h e death of Tom Emmett last week, in his sixty-third year, reminds me tl at cnly Lord Hawke and Hunter of the present Yorkshire team were in the Y oiksbire eleven with him. Am ong the famous Yoikshiremen who were contem­ porary with Emmett the follow ing are now no m ore:—George Freeman, who died in 1895; Fred Lee, 1896; George Ulyett, 1898; J. Eowbotham, 1899; J. M. Preston, 1890; W . Bates, 1900; E. Peate, 1900; E . Clayton, 1901; G. Binder, 1 9 0 3 . ------- T h e follow ing list shows Emmett’s bow ling averages in first-class cricket in his best years :— Overs. Mdns. Runs. "Wilts. Aver. 1867 .. . . ... 166 . 69 .. 2S6 .. 40 .. 5-36 1868 ... . . ... 407 . . 203 .. 529 .. 69 .. 857 3869 ... . . ... 558 . . 285 .. 721 .. 19 . 12-13 187u ... . . ... 437 . . 177 .. 7E3 .. 5=) 13-38 1874 ... . . ... 856 . . SC8 .. 1,171 .. 99 .. 11-82 3877 ... . . ... 617 .. 260 .. 1,001 ... 72 .. 13 68 1878 ... . . ... 982 . . 464 .. 1,278 .. 112 .. 11-46 18'9 ... . . ... 4 5 . . 161 .. 566 . .. 64 .. 10**6 1882 ... . . ... 730 . . 360 .. 1,044 . . 95 .. 10-94 1884 ... . ... 1,(31 . . 557 .. 1.260 . . 107 .. 11*73 1886 ... . . ... 1,339 . . 677 . 1,675 . . 132 . 1291 L o r d H a r r is , at the annual general meeting of ihe Cricketers’ Fund Friendly Society, on Monday made some remarks about Emmett. H e said that he liked to think of him only as one of the cheeriest in the field, one of the hardest workers, and one who never gave up the game till the winning stroke was made. If “ T om ” had to select his obituary notice he was sure it would have been a cheerful one, and he, therefore, felt no compunction in telling them a little story about a deck chair which Emmett had promised to bring back from Australia for Mr. F. A. Mackinnon, one of the party, who was returning home via America. As it did not arrive, Mr. Mackinnon asked Eiumett abont it when they met in county cricket at Sheffield. “ T om ” expressed surprise at its non-arrival, and explained that, though he had taken great care of it, it somehow got so knocked about that it was regarded as a disgrace on deck, and he was advised to throw it overboard. This be did, but he said that he had put a label on it, there was a good breeze out, and he thought Mr. Mackinnon would have got it by now ! A t the meeting mentioned above, the balance-sheet showed total receipts for the past year of £685 5s. lid ., including £118 7s. 3d. as part of the proceeds of the match at the Oval last year between Middlesex and the Eest of England. The disbursements amounted to £325 18s. 4d. Lord Harris appealed to gentlemen who were cricketers to recognise by a greater number of subscriptions the work which was done by the Society. Captain W . E. Denison was re-elected president, Mr. F. E. Lacey and J. H . Farmer, vice- presidents, and Mr. Henry Luff, secretary. C a p t a in W y n y a r d has a very inter­ esting article in the July number of “ The World’s W ork,” entitled, “ The Organisation of First-Class Cricket.” So many curious things happen in cricket matches that no one could have been greatly surprised when Hayward (who was chosen at the last moment to till the eleventh place in the Players’ X I . against the Gentlemen at L ord’s) and K ing (who was not chosen at all but played as a substitute for Tyldesley), scored 192 out of 303 runs from the bat in the first innings. But it was certainly a little startling when K ing made two separate hundreds in the match. C a p t . G r e ig represented the Eleven against the Twenty-two in the first test match of the Poona Gymkana Club in the middle of last month. In bow ling, he took five wickets of the Twenty-two, and on their dismissal made thirty-eight, after which he retired. Another Hampshire cricketer, General J. Spens, also got double figures in India ab^ut the same time, scoring 21 in the Civil v. Military Match at Simla. T h e Daily Mail is responsible for the follow in g:— “ At Pulham (Norfolk) during practice, a player named Goatling b a ttiD g , a ball struck h is coat pocket, causing a box of matches to ignite. The ball travelling upwards then knocked the pipe out of the batsman’s mouth and subsequently hit the wicket.” This naturally recalls to mind the famous anecdote about the old-time bow ler’s fast ball which went through a coat held by the long-stop, and proceeded to kill an unfortunate dog.