Cricket 1904

S ept . 15, 1904. CRICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 413 CHAMPION COUNTIES. By A l f r e d D. T a y l o r . Prom 1873 to 1886 the smallest number of lost games decided the championship. Daring 1887-8-9 a win oounted one point, a draw half a point. From 1890 to 1894 losses were deducted from wins and drawn games ignored. The present system for deciding the- order of merit was adopted in 1895. No county has won all its matches in one season, though Gloucestershire (three times), Notts (three times), Middlesex (twice), Lancashire (twice), and Derby­ shire (once), have each gone through a season without suffering defeat. On the other hand Derbyshire in 1884 and 1887, and Kent in 1875 lost every match ; while Middlesex in 1875 and 1877, Sussex in 1877 and 1830, Derbyshire in 1886 and 1901, and Hampshire in 1900 failed to achieve a single victory though they played one or more drawn games. Derbyshire is the only county that has occupied each end of' the championship table; in 1874 they did not lose a match, in 1901 Ihey did not win a match. Year. Winners. V 3 P< p o £ 1 ►J l 1873 Gloucestershire 6 . 4 . 2 Notts 7 . 5 . 1 1 1874 Derbyshire .. 4 . 3 . . 0 . 1 1876 Notts 10 . 6 . . 1 . 3 1876 Gloucestershire 8 . 5 . . 0 . 3 1877 Gloucestershire 8 . 7 . . 0 . 1 1878 Middlesex 6 . 3 . . 0 . 3 1879 Notts .. .. 12 6 1880 Notts 10 1881 Lancashire .. 13 .10 . . 0 . 3 1882 Notts 1?, Lancashire .. 14 .10 . . 1 . 3 1883 Notts .......... 12 . 4 . . 1 . 7 1884 Notts in . 9 . 0 1 1885 Notts 12 . 6 . 1 5 1886 Notts 14 , 7 . 0 . 7 1887 Surrey 16 .12 . . 2 . 2 1888 Surrey 14 .12 . . 1 . 1 Surrey 14 .10 . . 3 . . 1 1889 Notts 14 .. 9 . . 2 . 3 Lancashire .. 14 . 10 . . 3 . 1 1890 Surrey 1891 Surrey 16 ..12 . . 2 .. 2 1892 Surrey 16 .13 . . 2 . . 1 1893 Yorkshire .. 16 ..12 . . 3 . . 1 1894 Surrey 16 ..13 . . 2 .. 1 tie 1895 Surrey .. .. 26 .17 . . 4 .. 5 1896 Yorkshire 26 ..16 . . 3 .. 7 1897 Lancashire .. 26 ..16 . . 3 .. 7 1898 Yorkshire 26 ..16 . . 3 .. 7 1899 Surrey 26 . .10 . 2 ..14 1900 Yorkshire .. 28 ..16 . . 0 ..12 1901 Yorkshire 27 ..20 . . 1 .. 6 1902 Yorkshire 25 ..13 . . 1 ..11 1903 Middlesex 16 .. 8 1 .. 7 1904 Lancashire 26 ..16 . . 0 ..10 N o tb . — In the following table, when more than one county is given for a paitieular year, the teams tied for first place. CRICKET IN IND IA . BOMBAY PRESIDENCY v. PARSEES. The Parsees had an easy win in this match played at Bombay in the last week of August. Ram had fallen during the night previous to the stait, and the Parsees gained great advantage in going in first as the wicket was. Their first total of 194, indeed, gave them the winning card. '1he Presidency only made 88 in their double innings. Mehta and Bulsara bowled unchanged for the Parsees throughout the match. The Parsees won in the end by 180 runs. P a b sb b s . First inning?. F. P. Colabawalla, c Phil­ brick, b Coombs ......... 32 H. D. Kanga,c A. D. Lang­ horne, b Deas .................48 D.D.Eanga,cCarroll,bGreig 4 R. P. Meherhomjee, b Greig 7 D.C. Daruwalla, c Carroll, b Dea ............................... 16 D. M. R»ja (Sen ), b Deas . 4 A. B. Saklatwalla, run out. 29 M. E. Pavri, ltw, b Greig... 0 A. H. Mehta, c Carroll, b Coombs ........................17 K. P. Lala.cGreig, b Coombs 12 M. D. Hulsara, not out ... 14 Extras........................11 Second innings^ not ou t................17 cDeas,bCoombs... 0 c Philbrick, b Coombs .......... 0 b Coombs ..........11 c Cadogan, b Coombs .......... 0 b Coombs .......... 0 lbw. b Coombs ... 2 st Philbrick, b Coombs ..........28 run out .......... 4 cAston.b Coombs 1 c Deas, b Grtig... 7 Extras.......... 4 Total......... 194 Total ... 74 P r e sid e n c y . First inuings. Capt. J. G. Greig, b Bulsara 4 Lieut. A. P. Y. Langhorne b Mehta ........................ 0 Lieut. B. M. Carroll, run out 10 Lieut. H. P. Chaplin, c Raja b Mehta ........................ Capt. A. D. Langhorne, c H. Eacga, b Mehta........ Capt. L. M. R. Deas, b Bulsara ........................ Capt Hon.W.G.S. Cadogan, c Colabawalla, b Bulsara A. H. S. Aston, not out ... E. E. Coombs, c H. Kanga, b Bulsara .......... .......... J. L. Aii sworth, b Bulsara Lieut.Ll.F.Philbrick,absent Extras... ................. Second innings, b Bulsara .......... 7 c Kanga, b Mehta 7 c Colabawala, b Bultara .......... 4 run out ... ... 0 b Mehta .......... 0 c Eanga b Mehta 3 b Mehta .......... 0 notout................ 9 c Pavri, b Mehta 0 b Mehta .......... 5 lbw, b Bulsara ... 0 Extras.......... 5 Total... ..........48 P abeehs . First innings. O. M. R. W. Mehta .......... 133 19 3 ... Bulsara .......... 13. 3 25 5 ... P r esid en cy . First innings. O. M. I*. W . 25 9 60 3 ... 20 5 51 3 ... 20 7 61 3 ... 6 0 31 0 ... Capt. Deas Capt. Greig Coombs ... Ainsworth Total ... 40 Second innings. O. M .R .W . ... 9 2 17 6 ... 9 2 18 3 Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 2 ■ 10 20 0 ... 5 1 18 1 ... 18 7 S2 8 The following table shows the result of all the matches played up to date :— 1692.—At Bombay, drawn owing to rain. 1892.—At Poona, Parsis won by 3 wickets and 1 run. 1893.—At Bombay, drawn. 1893.—At Poona, Presidency won by an innings and 35 runs. 1694.—At Bombay, Partis won by 121 runs. 1894.—At Poona, Presidency won by 87 runs. 1895.—At Bombay, Presidency won by 5 wickets 1895.—At Poona, Parsis won by an innings and 10 runs. 1896.—At bombay, Presidency won by 10 wickets. 1896.—At Poona, Presidency won by two wickets. 1897.—At Bombay, drawn. 1897.—At Poona, Part-is won by 808 runs. 1898.—At Bombay, Presidency won by an innings and 16 runs. 1898.-A t Poona, Presidency won by an innings and 36 runs. 1899.—At Bombay, drawn. The Poona match was not played. 190(3.—At Bombay, Parsis won ly 135 runs. 1900.—At Poona, drawn. 1901.—At Bombay, Parsis won by eight wickets and 4 runs. 1931.—At Poona, Presidency won by 192 runs. 1902.—At Bombay, Parsis won by 44 runs. 1902.—At Poona, Presidency won by four wickets. 1903.—At Bombay, Parsis won by 149 runs. 19.3.—At Poona, Parsis won by an innings and 6 runs. If104.—At Bombay, Parsis won by 180 runs. (Won by Presidency, 9 ; won by Parsis, 10; drawn, 5 ; abandoned, 1). SINGLE v. MARRIED OF BANGALORE. In this match, played at Bangalore on August 12, the Single were quite over­ matched, and the other side won easily. S in g l e . Capt. Gunter, c Rolland, b Standage . H. A. Harris, b Rolland ................ P. L. Moore, b Standage ................ G. H. Raleigh, b Standage................ E. Ridpath, b Copeland...................... G. J. Hanson, c and b Copeland........ J. G. Bell, c Jollie, b Standage........ H. J. Davson, c and b Rolland ........ W . W . Browne, c and b Jollie ... . E. S. Hancock, b J ollie.............. . .. R. L. Galloway, not ou t...................... Extras ........ 13 5 23 2 22 1 , 20 0 . 1 12 , 2 Total................. 124 M a b b ib d . T. J. Tait, c Hancock, b Hanson .. 177 Srinivasa Bao, b H arris....................... 16 Rev.W. A. Lowsley, c Harris, b Browne 5 Capt. Copeland, c Mooie, b Browne ... 39 Capt. Wall, b Raleigh ........................ 4 Moss-King, b Hanson ........................ 15 Capt.Standage, st Hancock, b Standage 5 Major Jollie, b Hanson.............. . ... 5 Capt. Scott-EUiot, b Hancock ......... 9 Capt. Dredge, b Raleigh ................. 1 Rolland, not out .......... .................17 Extras ........................ll Total ........ 235 POONA GYMKHANA v. BOMBAY HINDUS. The Poona Gymkhana sustained another defeat, this time hy the Bombay Hindus, who won the match on August 26 hy one innings and 89 runs. Captain Greig made a good stand in the first innings, compiling 100 not out of a total of 170. B om bay H indus . Agashe, b Greig.......... 6 O.K.Telang,c Stevens, b Greig .......... ... 21 G. Banda, b Greig ... 6 Talpade, b Greig ... 16 Baloo, c Thew,b Greig 21 C. V. Mehta.b Hartley 80 E. A. Date, not ou t.. 118 Dhargatker, b Greig 25 Purshotum, b Greig... 7 D. C. Ehote, b Butler 2 Thakhur, lbw, b Greig 2 Extras.................22 Total P oona G y m k h a n a . F'rat inning*. Capt. Greig, not o u t .........ICO Hartley, b Banda................ 0 Hon. Butler, Ibw, b Baloo .. 5 MajorLeslie,cBaloo,bMehta 0 Noake, c D.ite, b Mehta ... 5 Capt. Umfreville, b Baloo... 15 Col. Hazelton. b B iloo ... 2 Col.Stevens,cAgashe,bBiloo 23 Thornton, b Baloj .......... 8 Yates, b Date ................. 2 I hew, b D ate....................... 4 E xtras....................... 6 Second innings. b Talpade.......... 6 c A gashe, b Baloo 23 c Mehta, b Baloo 0 b Baloo .......... 4 lbw, b Baloo .. 7 c Mehta, b Baloo 16 Total ... b Baloo lbw, b Baloo c Punhotum, b Baloo .......... b Mehta .......... not out................ Extras......... Total .. LONDON AND WESTMINSTER BANE (3) v. NORWOOD (2).—Played at Norwood (L. and W . Ground) on September 10. L. & W . B ank (3). A. S. Haiton, c Birk- beck, b Spence ... 5 C. F. G. Wellbourfle, c sub., b Theobalds ... 4 G. Logan, b Theobalds 19 W.H. Browne, c Theo­ balds, b Spence ... 1 E.W. Bennett, c Theo­ balds, b Spence ... 16 J.O. Anson, c White, b Spence .................33 O.E.Thomson, b Theo­ balds ....................... W. Horncastle, c Spence, b Theobalds C. H. Chapman, b B.- Muiphy ................. T. C. Sampson, not out 23 W. R. B. Thomas, not out ........................ o B 10, lb 4, w 1 ... 15 Total (9 wkts) .. 168 35 N o bw ood (2). E. W . Goodchild, c Browne, b Harton... 0 P.E. Williams, retired h u rt........................ 31 W.J.Balfour-Murphy, c Browne, b Horn- castle.......................34 A. F. Newton, b Horn­ castle ........................ 0 G.F.Knowles, c Hoin- castle, b Bennett ... Y. W. Theobalds, b Sampson................. H. E Spence, c Logan, b Horncastle ... ... L. C. White, not out.. B10, lb 1 .......... Total (7 wkts) ... 98 A. E. Wood, S. Goldsmith, Wood and P. A. Gilbert did not bat.