Cricket 1904

28 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. F eb . 25, 1904. result, three wickets for 563 runs. Yet, in his time, Giffen had very few, if any, superiors in England or Australia as an all-round plaj er. Now , “ None so poor to do him reverence.” The moral is obvious. A c c o r d in g to the American Cricketer, Mr. James E . Sullivan, who has charge of the athletic events to be held in con­ nection with the Louisiana Purchase Exposition at St. Louis in 1904, has set aside September 12th to 17th, inclusive, for cricket. Efforts, it is said, will be made to secure a large number of entries for the one day matches to be played, though it is hardly likely that a Philadel­ phia team will compete. In addition there will be a special competition for throw ing the cricket ball on September 15th. In reproducing some verses by “ Oriel,” from the Melbourne Argus , the Sydney Referee comments thuslv :— For the sake of struggling versifiers, a law should he passed compelling all celebrities to adopt easily-rhymed names. The Greeks had a system of allowing their gods and heroes to go under several aliases. Some­ thing of the same sort is badly wanted, if the last Test Match is to he decently commemor­ ated in verse. Would that all the cricketers were named like Bosanquet, whose name one can pronounce as he pleases to suit the rhyme ! Some talk of Alexander, And some of Hercules, Of Hector and Lysander, I And such great names as these ; Yea, all those heroes breezy W ill live beyond all time, Because their names were easy To jingle in a rhyme. But there is one Australian Whose praise few poets sing, Because his name is alien To almost everything. Unjust it is, I know it, But he must yield his claim_ The most perspiring poet Can hardly rhyme his name. Long life to Yictor Trumper, That record-hreaker fine; I drink it in a bumper Of clear Australian wine. And verses would come thronging Ev’n as I drink it down, If only (foolish longing !) His name were Jones or Brown. Long life to Victor Trumper ! That brave, hard-hitting soul, That pounder, smasher, thumper Of all that Rhodes can bow l! Ground, press-box and pavilion Have seen what he can do; His worshippers are million, Although his rhymee are few. Ask no more rhymes for Trumper; There is no English name, From king to counter-jumper, That knows a wider fame. And in my verse I ’d gather His records till the morn. If only Victor’s father Some other name had borne. B y some accident an important resolu­ tion passed at the meeting of the captains of the minor counties held at Lord’s, on December 9th, was overlooked in the last tw o numbers of Cricket. It took the form of a recommendation that the com ­ mittees of the minor counties should order the follow ing notice to be placed in the dressing-rooms and on the notice- boards of their pavilions : “ Captains are requested to arrange that the ingoing batsman shall meet the out-going batsman as he enters the pavilion.” U n le ss I am mistaken, a request of the same kind emanated from the M .C.C. a year or two ago in relation to first- class cricket. To point out the impor­ tance of such a procedure is quite super­ fluous. In some cases it has been car­ ried out in minor cricket, I can vouch. The practice was carried on system­ atically in minor county as well as in club and ground matches at the Oval last summer. C R I C K E T IN T H E S T R A IT S SE T T L EM EN T S . Last Christmas a Singapore team had a short tour, playing against Malacca and Selangor, and winning each game after an exciting finish. The Straits' Budget, in reporting the matches said : “ Never has a cricket trip been more successful or enjoyable than the one to Malacca this Christmas. This was the feeling of the team to a man, and not of a solitary indi­ vidual, which means a good deal in a climate such as this, where tempers are so very short and variable, and so little up­ sets the human applecart. From the very first the air of picnic pervaded everything, and the scant accommoda­ tion afforded by the Oanymede gave rise to many laughable incidents. Nothing could be funnier than the sight of the ship’s deck on the fore side of the Captain’s cabin about midnight. After all hands had piped down for the night, every inch of available space was occupied by men packed like tea-spoons, so closely indeed that when one wished to turn he had to yell ‘ Change sides ’ before he was able to move, when the whole line would turn together like clock-w ork.” SINGAPORE v. MALACCA.—Played at Malacca December 26 and 26, 1903. Singapore won by 6 runs S ingapore . First innings. Second innings. A. Clever (Capt.), b Green 19 Stevecs, b Coelho............... 1 c H o w e ll, b Coelho .......... 31 O’Meara, b Green............... 4 Prince, run out ................ 0 b Coelho .......... 18 Bachelor, b Coelho ......... 5 Penny, b Bland ................ 27 b Coelho .......... 7 Cavendish, b Bland ......... 18 Emerson, not out................ 6 b Coelho .......... 6 Millard, b Coelho ......... 2 Robertson, run out ........ 0 not out .......... 19 Burgtss, b Bland................ 2 not ou t................ 6 Byes ......... 14 B yes.......... 6 Total ......... 98 Total .......... 90 M alacca . Green, b Stevens Pereira, b O'Meara ... Coelho, lbw, b Penny Gagliardi, c Cleaver, t Prince ................. Howell, b O’Meara ... Croucher, b Stevens ... Bland, b Stevens Hallifax, c Bachelor, b O’Meara .......... Blis*. b Stevens Horth, c Stevens, b O’ Meara ................. Husein, not out... ... Byes .......... Total .......... The match against Selangor was played at Kuala Lumpur, and was won b y the visitors, the scores being : Singapore 147 (Dunman 54, Wynne 23, and May 19) and 85; Selangore 115 (Miartensz 22, Coch­ rane 19 not out, Glassford 18, and Hubback 17) and 110. Selangore were set 118 to win in 55 minutes, but, after scoring 90 in 25 minutes, were defeated by seven runs four minutes before time. Mr. Douglas Lovell, who has resided in Singapore for many years, has kindly forwarded the fo il w ing interesting n otes:—“ Singapore is not behind any country where Englishmen are in its love for THE game. The climate permits play all the year round, but Christmas is, perhaps, a season esp cially marked oat because, on account of the holidays, visits and matches between the different parts of the Straits Settlements can then be indulged in. During the greater portion of the year inter-club matches are arranged for the week-end, but, whenever holidays allow of it, matches with Penang and the Native States are arranged, either by sending a team away, or invit­ ing the clubs referred to to visit Singa­ pore. The Singapore C.C., whose members number between 400 and 500, have a fine piece of ground on the Esplanade close to the sea, and a very g jo d pavilion. There is practice at the nets daily in the cool of the evening. In club matches play is usually from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m . on Fridays, and from 2 p.m . to 6 p.m. on Saturdays; whole day matches take place on holidays, and the heat makes such very trying. Occasionally it is found possible to send a team to H ong- K ong or Colombo, but this is rare owing to the length of the journey. A few years ago teams from both H on g-K on g and Colombo met at Singapore, and a series of inter-port matches took place.” C R IC K E T ON T H E IC E . A match was played on January 21 at Davos between sides representing Hotel Belvedere and the World. The latter won by a wicket. Captain Wynyard, for the Belvedere, hit eleven fours and a six, and Mr. Crosfield, for the World, ten fours. B elvedere . Leese.stTalbot.bTaylorU Green, b Taylor . ... 4 Clerk, b Taylor........... 0 Capt. Wynyard.c Cros­ field, b Taylor......67 Rammall, b Bruce ... 4 Miller, b Taylor........... 3 Neame, run out... . Burt, b Pagden... . Webster, b Pagden , Graham, not out Oakley, b Bruce... . B 4, lb 2 ... . 4 4 0 0 16 6 Total W orld . Dr. Talbot, bWynyard 17 Bruce, b Leese ..........16 Mossop, b Wynyard... 0 Crosfield, lbw,b Wyn­ yard ............... ... 47 Taylor, b Wynyard ... 0 Pagden, not o u t ........ 27 Wright, b Wynyard ... 0 Yesey, b Wynyard ... 1 Bristowe, b Wynyard 0 Jones, b Leese .......... 0 Wright, not out......... 0 B 6, lb 3 ......... 9 Total . ,.117 C RICKET Report Sheets, 10d. per dozen, post free. 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