Cricket 1904

390 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME. S e pt . 8, 1904 First innit gs. Vine, b Prichard.......... Sewell, b Jesdbp .......... Knigbt, b Brearley ... Webb, b Brearley Relf, b Brearley.......... Braund, c Brearley, Prichard ... .......... Llewellyn, b Brearley... Trott, b Prichard......... Butt, not out.......... ... Cranfleld, b Brearley... B 7, lb 1, nb 2 ... Total .................179 ’ th e S ooth . ey 66 Second innings, c Brearley, b Prichard.......... 0 ... 0 b More................. 44 ... 32 c R o b s o n , b Prichard......... 9 ... 27 b Prichard.......... 0 .. 2 c Fry, b More ... 4 ... 8 b Jessop .......... 1 b ... 1 not o u t................ 5 ... 12 st R o b s o n , b Jcssop .......... 0 ... 17 b More .. .......... 6 ... 2 c Johnston, b Jessop .......... 18 ... 2 c Beldam, b More 0 ... 10 B2, lb 1, w l,u b 2 6 Total .. 93 G en tlem en . First innings. Second innings. O . M. R. W . O . M. R. W. Cranfield 16 5 54 2 ... ... 7 0 26 0 Trott .......... 26-1 7 52 6 ... ... 18 3 67 4 R elf................. 6 0 19 0 ... ... 5 0 24 0 Braund.......... 5 0 16 1 ... ... 12 2 38 2 Llewellyn ... ... 7 2 20 4 P la y e r s . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O . M. K. *v. Prichard........ 17 3 79 3 ... ... 6 1 22 3 Brearley.......... 12*2 2 46 6 ... ... 7 1 19 0 Ranjitsinbji... 3 0 21 0 ... ... 3 0 16 0 Jessop .......... 5 0 22 1 ... ... 9 4 20 3 Beldam ... 2 2 0 0 More ... ... 10 5 10 4 Prichard bowled a wide and two no-balls and Brearley and More each a no-ball. CRICKET IN PH ILADELPH IA . THE HALIFAX CUP FINAL. BELMONT v. MERION. Played at Elmwood on August 13. Belmont won by 42 runs. B elm ont . J. B.King.candbMoriee W . K. Keenan, jnn., b Morice ................. A. M. Wood,b Morice C.M.Graham, b Sharp- less ........................ E.M. Cregar, b Morice C. Coates, run out ... W .Graham ,c Gunncre, b Vetterlein .......... C. P. Hammond, b Vetterlein .......... 0 F. L. Altemus, not out ........................ 15 D. Graham, b Vetter­ lein ........................ 0 E. K. Leech, c Sharp- less, b Vetterlein ... 4 Extras .......... 3 T o ta l..........107 M e r io n . J.L. Evans, c Cregar, b Keeoan ................. F.C.bharpless.cWood, b Cr*gar ................. R. H. Patton, c Leech, b King ................. H.A. Haines, c Wood, b King ................. W.N Morice,cKeenan, b King .................S J. H. Scattergood, b K ing........................ 0 R. M. Gommere, b K in g ....................... 5 A. P. Morris, b King 14 J. R. Vetterlein, not out ........................ 1 G. Ashbridge, jun., b K ing........................ 0 Extras................ 7 Keenan ... ... 0 Total .......... f5 B elm on t . B. M R. W. B . M. R. W Morice ... 78 t 24 4 Vetterlein 58 2 23 4 Sharple8s.. 36 0 15 1 Patton .. 18 0 9 0 Morris ... 36 0 33 0 M e r io n . B. M . R. W. King........ . 48 .. 1 ... 28 .. 7 Keenan, iun.. . 48 .. 1 ... *9 .. 2 Cregar .. . 6 .. 0 ... 1 ._ 1 M ARQUEES AND TENTS of every description on SALE or HIRE. Marquees in good condition : 12 ft. by 8ft., £3; 16 ft. by 8ft., £4; 18ft. by 10ft., £4 10s.; 20ft. by 12ft., £5 ; 28ft. by 14ft., £7 ; 30ft. by 16ft., £8. New square tents ; 6ft., £2 2s. ; 8ft., £4 10b., without centre pole. Lists free.— B ro w n , Three Colt Street, Limehouse, E. REPRESENTATIVE CRICKET. IR ISH An interesting correspondence has taken place between Mr. D. F. Gillman, the honorary secretary of the committee which directs Irish representative cricket, and Mr. F. E. Lacey, the secretary of the Marylebone Club. Mr. Gillman wrote to Mr. Lacey asking whether the Gentlemen of Ireland matches against the South Africans and Cambridge University would be counted as first- class, and whether the M.C.C. would lend a helping hand to Irish cricket by sending a Gentlemen of England team to play the Gentlemen of Ireland next June. It will be remembered that the Gentlemen of Ireland beat the South Africans, and won and lost a match against Cambridge University. Mr. Lacey’s reply was as follows :— M.C.C., Lord’s Cricket Ground, London, N .W ., July 26, 1904. Dear Sir, —I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of July 23, which has had earliest attention. The matches you mention have not heen adjudged first-class. A three days’ match between a representa­ tive side of “ All-Ireland” and a first-class eleven would rank as first-class. The question of undertaking to send a Gentleman of England X I. to Ireland next year must be decided by the M.C.C. Com­ mittee, and they held their last meeting yesterday before November 7. Owing to county cricket it is unlikely that they will be able to assist.—Yours truly, F. E. L acey , Sec., M.C.C. To this Mr. Gillman replied that eac'i of the matches was a three-day match, and that each of the Irish teams was representative of All Ireland. Mr. Lacey then wrote to say that he could only repeat that the matches could not count as first-class. Mr. Gillman then wrote to him as follows:— 10, Peter Place, Dublin, August 13th, 1904. Dear Sir,—I have to acknowledge yours of August 10th —re Gentlemen of Ireland Cricket—and am directed by my Committee to again advise that the matches referred to in my correspondence were played by teams representative of Ireland. Also, that my Committee, who arranged all matters in connection with the matches referred to, are, by their constitution, pre­ cluded from having anything to do with cricket other than representative Irish cricket. Such is the arrangement arrived at by Irish cricket unions and clubs, yet over­ ruled by you. You state the side “ was apparently not played as a representative side of ‘ All- Ireland.’ ” I am directed to enquire what causes such to be apparent, and at the same time to again refer you to the direct state • ment of my Committee as against deductions from appearances. Then, again, if the words “ All-Ireland ” are required in connection with teams rep­ resenting Ireland, so that their three-day matches played with first-class elevens may rank as first-class, how is it that the matches played by the Gentlemen of Ireland team, which was sent to England two seasons ago by oar previous Viceroy, were all ranked as first-class ? My Committee, who are doing all in their power to revive the game in this country, feel that your dictum is very crushing to the results of their efforts, and will prove of immense injury to the efforts which are being made—efforts which they, not un­ reasonably, look to your club to support. I am, therefore, directed to request that you will once again bring the correspondence before such of your Committees as deal with the matter in question. Hoping at an early date for a favoured reply, I am, yours truly, 1). F. G illm an , Hon. Sec. F. E. L acey , Esq., Secretary, M.C.C. In reply to this, Mr. Lacey said that the M.C.C. committeewould not meet for some months, and that the letters would then be placed before them, whereupon Mr. Gillman pointed out that by that time the first-class statistics would have been compiled. At present the matter rests here. TWO W ICKET CRICKET. A suggestion to make cricket more lively and attractive by usiDg two wickets for every match instead of one, furnishes Mr. B. A. Clarke (whom we take to be the Hornsey cricketer) with a text for a story in the Windsor Magazine. As it is not unlikely that Mr. Clarke’s suggestion may seem practical to many Saturday afternoon cricketers, we quote enough of the story to show how the scheme works. The story is illustrated by Mr. G. Hillyard Swinstead, who has suc­ ceeded in making his cricketers look as if they were not appearing in the field “ for this occasion only ”—they are cricketers and not tailors’ models. “ Our opponents are turning up strongly,” said Milton; “ there seem more than eleven already.” “ I heard some talk about playing fourteen a Bide,” said Burford. “ Ridiculous ! I should not dream of consenting.” “ I suspect, if MacMasters has arranged for us to play in that way, that we shall,” said Whitney, who had little faith in the resisting power of his chief. “ They seem greatly interested in the wicket—in both wickets, by the way.” “ It will be a pretty smart crowd,” said Burford complacently. “ The whole countryside, indeed, indeed, seemed to be turning out, and carriages were driving up every minute. A soldierly-looking old gentleman in a Norfolk jacket approached the visitors. “ ‘ Can you tell me,’ he said, ‘ if, apart from the changes mentioned by Mr. MacMasters (he took a letter from his pocket to verify the name), the ordinary rules of cricket will be observed ? ’ “ ‘ I know of no innovations whatever,’ said Milton, ‘ and I shall certainly refuse to sanction any.’ “ The stranger looked politely incredu­ lous. “ ‘ Many of us have come quite a distance to witness this experiment, in acceptance of an invitation that has been extended broadcast. There would be