Cricket 1904

J uly 14, 1904. CRICKET • A -WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 265 thirty-three wickets. This is a record for a first-class match in England, the previous highest aggregate being 1,427 for twenty-one wickets in the match between Surrey and Sussex, at Hastings, in 1902. The world’s record is 1,739 in the match between A. E . Stoddart’s team and New South Wales in 1898 at Sydney. I n the above match at Worcester H . K . Foster declared the innings of the County closed when six wickets were down, leaving O xford to make 400 runs in less than four hours and a quarter if they could. The University set about their work in a businesslike way and won a most exciting match b y three wickets with only four minutes to spare. T h e r e was an exciting finish to the match between the R oyal Artillery and the First Army Corps at Aldershot, on Saturday. The Artillery had to make 75 runs to win in three quarters of an hour, in the fourth innings of the match, and hit off the runs with a minute to spare. They lost five wickets in their successful effort. L o r d H a r r is shewed on Saturday that he has still to he reckoned with as a batsman, for he scored 65 runs for Bexhill-on-Sea against Bexley Heath, at Bexhill. It will be remembered that he played for England at the Oval in 1880, in the first match against Australia (W. L . Murdoch’s first team) and scored 52. I n a recent match between Market Drayton and Sandiway, a Scottish pro­ fessional named M cllvena, who is 66 years of age, did the hat trick. He came south from Scotland as professional as long ago as 1869 on the recommendation of Alec Watson, who is a year or two younger. M cllvena is now the profes­ sional of the Sandiway C.C. T h e fo llow in g is from the L iverpool E c h o :— A most singular occurrence was witnessed during the St. Helens’ innings. Selkirk re­ turned the ball very sharply from the boun­ dary, and Hamill, who was running with his head down to get in the crease, was hit on the head. Now comes the singular part of it. The leather, instead of falling somewhere near to the wicket, bounced back to the boundary, and Hamill, uninjured, continued his innings. T he Rev. F. H . Gillingham, who has made 201 for Essex against Middlesex at Lord’s this week, did not play in first- class cricket until last year although he had once or twice played for Essex second, and once, when be was a school­ boy, for Surrey second. H e was third in the Essex batting averages last year. This year he has only been able to play occasionally, but he has greatly dis­ tinguished himself. A lt h o u g h as a boy Y . F . S. Crawford, who played a remarkable innings of 150 for Leicestershire against Notts on Monday, was one of the most promising cricketers ever known, his career as a first-class cricketer has been on the whole disappointing. He is a natural bitter who can make the most powerful drives without any apparent effort; but he has seldom been able to play in many con­ secutive matches with the confidence which he ought to possess. When he plays a good innings, in his natural style, his batting is delightful to see ; when he is not in form or does not feel com fort­ able, he hardly seems the same man. M r . A l f r e d D. T a y l o r writes :— Re the remarks in last week’s Cricket that possibly no other howler—Giffen excepted— has had 200 runs hit from him during an inn­ ings of a first-class match; it may interest your readers to learn that bowlers have suffered to that extent quite frequently. I enclose a list of such performances from my commonplace book. Of course, there may be additions. 200 AND OVER HIT OFF A BOWLER IN A SINGLE INNINGS OF A FIRST CLASS MATCH. 309 for 5, G. Giffen, South Australia v. Stoddart’s Team, at Adelaide, 1895. 201 for 7, C. H. Ellis, Sussex v. Surrey, at Brighton, 1863. 201 for 3, S. M. J. Woods, Gents, v. Players, at Hastings, 1892. 216* for 5, E. J. Tyler, Somerset v. Essex, at Taunton, 1895. 212* for 1, E. J. Tyler, Somerset v. Lancashire, at Taunton, 1895. 223 for 2, S. Santall, Warwickshire v. Yorkshire, at Birmingham, 1&96. 226 for 6, E. B. Shine, Kent v. Surrey, at Oval, 1897. 232+ for 3, C. J. Eady, Tasmania v. New SouthWales, at Sydney, 1898. 202t for 2, Windsor, Tasmania v. New South Wales, at Sydney, 1898. 201 for 4, E. J. Tyler, Somerset v. Hants, at Taunton, 1899. 2871 for 8, G. Giffen, South Australia v. New South Wales, Adelaide, 1899, 210t for 1, E. Jones, South Australia v. New South Wales, at Adelaide, 1899. 207 for 3,0. Bland, Sussex v. Surrey, at Oval, 1900. 204 for 7, A. E. Trott, Middlesex v. Sussex, at Brigh­ ton, 1900. 225 for 2, A . H. Jarvis, South Australia, v. New South Wales, at Sydney, 1901. 218 for 4, G, Giffen, Houth Australia v. Lord Hawke’s Team, at Adelaide, 1903. 200 for 4, A. Warren, Derby v. Surrey, at Derby, 1904. * Consecutive matches. +Same innings. T h e r e were 121 extras out of a total of 494 in the match at Newmarket on Monday, between the Jockeys and the Press— 71 of them in one innings during which only six wickets fell. G . L . Jessop was the only man now playing in first-class cricket who represented the Press; he made 79 in three-quarters of an hour, helping to score 128 runs for the fourth wicket in partnership with G. J. Groves, who has played for Notts with success. F ro m the D a ily Ch ronicle :— In tbe last examination for candidates for posts of Ships Stewards, Assistants and Third Writers in His .vlajesty’s Navy, the following question was asked :—-“ What is a leg-bye and half-back ? ” Four marks were allocated to correct replies, but the question, “ How much of an iceberg is there above water ? ’ ’ received only two marks. We wonder if the Japanese have copied these questions ? It is doubtful if even Admiral Togo could obtain full marks in the question which the authori­ ties evidently deem the more important! S e v e r a l things in connection with the first day’ s play in the match at Ports­ mouth between Hampshire and Y ork­ shire had a parallel in the Essex v. Middlesex match at Lord’s. Yorkshire scored 462 for 7 w ickets; Essex, 445 for 7 wickets. In each match there were two individual scores of over a hundred. The longest partnership in each match was for the fourth w icket; H irst and Tunnicliffe putting together 258 for Yorkshire, and Perrin and Gillingham 227 for Essex. T h e England team at Lord’s on Thurs­ day, against the South Africans is announced as follows :— G. MacGregor (captain), Middlesex. K. 8. Ranjitsinhji, Sussex. G. L. Jessop, Gloucestershire. G. W. Beldam, Middlesex. W. H. B. Evans, Worcestershire. Iremonger, Notts. John Gunn, Notts. Wass, Notts. Kiog, Leicestershire. J. T. Hearne, Middlesex. Thompson, Northamptonshire. C. B. Fry is prevented from playing by a domestic bereavement, and it is stated that Iremonger may not play. “ G e n t l e m e n v . P l a y e r s ” at the Oval last week furnished two new records for tbe match. It was the first occasion on which three scores of a hundred have been made in an innings. The Gentle­ men’s total of 578, too, is the largest they have made so far. Their previous best was 513 in 1870. The highest inn­ ings in the match by either side up to date is the Players’ 647 in 1899. This same game of 1899, b y the way, realised the biggest aggregate, 1,258 for thirty wickets) on record at the Oval. The 1,257 for thirty-two wickets registered in the Surrey and Oxford University match three weeks ago is the best for a Surrey match at Kennington. D . W . S a u n d e r s , the wicket-keeper of the Gentlemen of Canada when they visited England some years ago, and one of the stalwarts of Canadian cricket in its International matches with the United States for many years, is over in England on Government service, and is likely to be here for some little time. Another well-known personality in Canadian cricket in the person of H . E. Crawford, whilom Hon. Sec. of the Canadian Cricket Association, is also on a visit to England. ------- A n o t h e r edition—the seventh—of the Badminton cricket volume has just been published b y Messrs. Longman. All the records have been brought down to date, and, in addition, the chapter on the Australians has been largely rewritten, with an entirely new chapter on the M .C.C. added. There are still some literal errors which one would have liked to see rectified. I t grates on one to see dear old “ Bossolom ” handed down to posterity as C. A . Absalom. The book is such an admirable com ­ pendium of cricket lore, as well as such a complete exposition of the science and practice of the game, that one grudges even suoh small blemishes.