Cricket 1904

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THURSDAY, AUG. 4 th , 1904. ^atnlton <&os 0 tp. The abstract and brief chronicle of the time.— Hamlet. J. N. C b a w f o r d , who made such a promising debut for Surrey, scoring 54 in his first innings against Kent at Canter­ bury, is a son of “ Parson ” Crawford, and a younger brother of V. P. S. and R. T. Crawford. Chiefly as a bowler he made a great reputation as a schoolboy at Repton, and last year in the Public Schools match against the M.C.C. at Lord’s he took eight wickets for 49 runs. He is only seventeen years of age, and Surrey born. It is a handicap to him that he has to bat in spectacles. It may be mentioned that at the end of July be scored 162 for Old Reptonians agaiust Fettesian- Lorrettonians. T he following quaint references to a match at Dummer, North Hampshire, between a team of Winchester College boy8 and a scratch team, are from the Hants and Berks Gazette: The boys from Winchester—or rather men, for all are men there, irrespective of age or size—tried hard to win. Their howling was never loose, and it is hoped that their fielding will prove a useful object-lesson to many of their opponents. . . . All the Win­ chester batsmen gave evidence of defensive ability, hut many of them stood in a very displeasing position, giving the impression that they required to be propped up by their hat. Refebbing to a chance given by himself in the first innings of Gloucester­ shire against Middlesex, G. L. Jessop says in the Daily Mail :— Much amusement was caused by an “ approachshot ” of mine, which fell short of two bunkers, either of which could have reached it but for a misunderstanding. This remark, being interpreted, means that Jessop skied a ball which either Wells (the bowler) or Payne (the wicket-keeper) could have caught easily, but each man left it to the other. A m a t c h between two league clubs in North Hampshire was fixed to begin on the Saturday before Bank Holiday at a quarter to three. On the morning of the eventful day the home team (Basingstoke Iron Works) telegraphed to their oppo­ nents (Fleet) that the match was off on account of the weather. But as the telegram did not arrive until half-past two the visitors had set forth for the fray. When they ariived on the ground they found the umpires but no member of the home team. The umpires inspected the wicket and decided that the game should proceed, so that there was a hurried hunt for the members of the Ironworks club. Meanwhile some of the Fleet team, disgusted at the situation, had returned home, but as many of their club’s sup­ porters had accompanied them to see the match the vacancies were easily filled. Theresult was that thematchbeganatfour. The home team scored 38 and left Fleet thirty-five minutes in which they ran up 57 for four wickets. So that all ended well, and a glorious couple of points went home to Fleet. I n the first innings of Hampshire against Sussex at Brighton Bowell played brilliant cricket. When the first wicket fell the total was 67, of which he claimed 60, and when he was dismissed for 65 the total was only 76. He was batting for about an hour.