Cricket 1904

S ept . 1, 1904. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 379 Middlesex), G. L. Jessop (Gloucestershire), S. H. Day (Kent), W . H. B. Evans (Oxford University and Hampshire), and M. W . Payne (Cambridge University and Middlesex), with Hayward (Surrey), Braund (Somerset), Heame (J. T.) (Middlesex), and Cox (Sussex). It is not yet Cirtain whether Maclaren, A. O. Jones, and G. B. Fry will play. A t the end of last week the record for the Second Division in the County Championship stood as follows :— I fl Ob 2 .3 * • „ o g £ $ g - I fel I ° I ^ pH HH Q p.j North’pt’nshire 12 ...10 ... 0 ... 0 ... 36 ... 30 ..83 33 Wiltshire..........12 ... 6 ... 1... 1 ... 31 ... 19 .. 67‘67 Gl&morg*nature 1J ... 6 ... 2... 0 .. 30 ... 17 .. 66'€6 D urham ......... 8 ... 4 ... 1... 0 ... 24 ... 13 ,.64’16 Hertfordshire 11 ... 4 ... 3... 1 ... 30 ... 16 ...60*00 Yorkshire (2nd) 8 ... 4 ... 0... 0 ... 24 ... 12 ...60*00 Staffordshire ...12 ... 6 ... 0... 1 ... 33 ... 16 ...46*46 Oxfordshire ... 8 ... 3 ... 0... 1 ... 21 ... 9 ...42.86 Bedfordshire ...12 ... 3 ... 6... 1 ... 33 ... 14 ...42'42 Cambrigdeshire 9 ... 2 ... 3... 1 ... 24 ... 9 .. 37*60 Buckingh’shire.10 ... 3 ... 1... 0 ... 30 ... 10 ...3)*33 Devonshire ...10 ... 3 ... 1... 0 ... 30 ... 10 ...33.33 Northumb’land 8 ... 2 ... I... 1 ... 21 ... 7 ...83*33 Suffolk ..........8 ... 2 ... 0... 1 ... 21 ... 6 ...*8.67 MonmouthshirelO .. 1 ... 4 ... 0 ... 30 ... 7 .. 23 33 Norfolk .......... 8 ... 1 .. 2... 0 ... 24 ... 6 . 20 83 Surrey (2nd) ... 8 ... 1 ... 1... 1... 21 ... 4 ...19*04 Berkshire..........8 ... 1 ... 1... 0 ... 24 ... 4 . 16*66 Cornwall......... 8 ... 0 ... 2... 2 ... 18 ... 2 ...11*11 Dorsetshire ...10 .. 0 ... 1... 1 ... 27 ... 1 ... 8 70 Three points for a win, one point for a match decided on the tirst innings. Drawn matches—i.e., matches in which both sides have not completed an innings—are omitted in calculatiog the "possible points.” M ore fortunate than J. H . Scattergood, the American wicket-keeper, who after so favourably impressing English wicket­ keepers at the beginning of the Gentle­ men of Philadelphia tour last year, damaged his hand so seriously that he could take no further part in the tour, A. E. Halliwell went right through the South African tour without the least injury to his hands until Monday last. H e then injured the top of a finger badly when stopping a fast b ill which kept close to the ground. M r . W . S trutt C a y ill has succeeded in getting together a strong team to oppose Eighteen of Twickenham next Monday on Twickenham Green in aid of the funds of St. John’s Hospital at Twickenham. The visiting team, as at present arranged, is as follow s:—Dr. W. G. Grace, W. G. Grace, jun., W . L. Murdoch, T. Richardson, W. Brockwell, F. C. Holland, E. S. Lucas, W . Williams, G. J. Groves, J. Moulder, G. W . Ayres, and W. Strutt Cavil). A. J. L . H il l , the Hampshire cricketer who missed bis hundred against Somerset on Tuesday by 3 runs, is one of the very few men who have made a score of 199 in first-class cricket. This was against Surrey for Hampshire in July, 1898. T he teams for the match between Gentlemen of England and Players of the Sonth, at Bournemouth on September 1, 2 and 3, are at present as follows :— Gentlemen of England: W. G. Grace (capt), A. C. Maolaren, 0 . B. Fry, K. S. Ranjitsinhji, G. W . Beldam, G. L. Jessop, W . Brearley, H. Hesketh-Prichard, C. Robson, R. E. More, and Capt. Wynyard. Players of the South : L. Braund (capt.), A. E. Relf, H. Butt, J. Vine, A. E. Trott, E. H. D. Sewell, H. Wrathall, B. Cranfield, A. Webb, C. B. Llewellyn, and A. E. Knight. W it h the completion of their match against the S juth of England at Hastings the South Africans will briug a tour full of success from a cricketing standpoint, at all events, to a close. A match is to be played on the 10th at E ist Grinstead, but in this case the South Africans who participate will be a part of Mr. Abe B iiley’s eleven, which is to play the E ist Grinstead Club. As a matter of fact the South African team will officially disperse on the conclusion of the Hastings match. Some of them, J. H . Sinclair for one, are indeel to leave E ogland for South Africa on the 10th inst. P u t t in g aside the weather it was a pity the South Africans did not have a chance of showing their powers at the Oval yesterday, as if they had got going to any extent the onlookers would have been sure of witnessing some lively and attractive cricket. In any case the team who have only lost three matches up to date, have shown themselves to be a dis­ tinctly good and all-round side and have in every way deserved the sue Jess they have won. The Gentlemen of Ireland, Worcestershire and Kent, it is hardly necessary to add, are the three teams which have been able to claim an actual win over the South Africans up to date. I n the match between Surrey and Gloucestershire last week J. N. Crawford and H . C. McDonell bow led unchanged for Surrey through both innings of Glou­ cestershire. This feat in itself is rare enough to be worthy of mention, and I should doubt whether two such young amateurs have ever accomplished it before in a first-class match. A m a tc h is to be played at Mitcham on September 17, between Mr. W . T. Gra- burn’s team and Eleven Y oun g Players of Surrey, for the benefit o f Tom Sherman, the famous old Surrey pro­ fessional, who, in his old age has fallen on hard times. Sherman was born on December 1st, 1825. T he death is announced of Dean Hole, whose books on roses have had a world­ wide reputation. The Dean has told several good cricket stories in his memoirs, but some of the cricket stories which are attributed to him were well- known to cricketers of bygone ages. In a match at Toronto on July 28 th, between Englishmen and Canadians, F. C. Evans and C. M cElroy, whose name does not strike one as being alto­ gether English, put up 230 runs for the first wicket of the former. Evans made 184 and M cElroy 66. On the follow ing day Evans scored 144 for Mimico Asylum v. Lindsay. This was his fourth hundred of the ssason. F . E . S pofforth reappeared in the Hampstead team last week after his recent breakdown, and took seven wickets for 19 runs against Charlton Park, ending the innings by doing the hat trick THERE was a fine finish to the match last week, at Portsmouth, between the United Service and Incogniti. The latter declared their s e o n d innings with seven wickets down, leaving the Service to make 197 in a very short time. United Service won the match in the last over, with two wickets still in hand. L. O. S. P o id e v in , the well-known Australian, is due to sail for Australia the week after next on the Orient s.s. Ortona. He expects to return to E n g­ land next March. W r itin g in the Morning Leader, A. E. Knight describes a great bow ler—any great bow ler—iu the years when he is young and fresh :— “ He is like a fresh, bright dawn, as yet unchased by the fiery sun. He has that go and devil in him which only young fresh­ ness can have, the vigor which will galvanise quicksand into rock. He makes his presence felt, because, although his powers are in a minority, he ever blows the trumpet of revolt and exerts the power that revolu­ tionary minorities often can do when con­ fronted with the Philistine, or the apathetic and indifferent.” An artist in want of a good subject m ight do worse than paint a picture of Kotze as a fresh, bright dawn with his powers in a m inority,blowing the trumpet of revolt. Perhaps Mr. H illyard-Sw in- stead will think this over before he begins his next Academy picture. U.C.8. OLD BOYS v. LONDON SCOTTISa.- Played at Brondesbury on August 27. L ondon S c o ttish . £. A. Bennett, b Roberts ................. 4 H. J. R . Pope, b Bart 0 T. B. Porter, b Burt... 11 E. Lacey, o Gard, b B u rt........................28 J. D. Laing, b Roberts 0 T. S. Taylor, b Burt.. 9 W. H. Smail, b Burt 6 F. R. Connell, b Dart J. S. Chown, c Browns ing, b Burt ..........I W. Marcus, b B urt.... F. J. Codd, not o u t... B 2, lb 6 .......... Total U .C .S . O ld B o y s . M. P. Griffith Jones, st Chown, b Connell 94 A. H. K. Burt, retired 103 F. Eastman, b Stftail .. 9 H. Price-Williams, b Smail........................11 L. J, Marcus, b Smail 21 V. E. Dirt, b Smail ... 11 S. Gard, b Smail........ 14 J. N. Crawford, b Porter ................. 7 C. K Rovert*, not out 13 H. L. Browning, b Smail........................ 11 R. Price - Williams, not out ................ 8 B 4, lb 1.......... ... 6 Total (9 wkts) 302 R ICHARD DAFT’S “ Njttinghannhire Marl.” — Particulars apply, Radciiffe on-Trent, Notts. [A d v t .J