Cricket 1904

418 CRICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. S ept . 22, 1904. In the tour of 1901 he generally went in about fifth, but although his average was 23'29 he was only seventh on the list. This year he has been sent in late as a rule, but over and over again he has shown that he is a splendid man for a difficult situation, and he has taken a brilliant part in some long partnerships at the end of the innings, when runs were wanted b y his side. H e has scored 466 runs in the first-class matches, w ith an average of 22-19, and a highest score of 83 not out. O f the first South African tour, in 1891, Mr. Halliwell tells the follow ing anec­ dote : “ I remember that once when Bob Thoms was umpiring, one of our young bowlers was breaking in a good deal and the batsman continually got in front of his wicket, until at last the bow ler in his excitement began to appeal for leg before wicket. The only recognition the appeals met with from Thoms was a shake of the head, or a remark ‘ N ot this time,’ until at last the old man, after about the seventh appeal in three overs, said very kindly : ‘ Don’t you think you’ d better pitch the ball stra ig h t?’ The bowler like a sensible man, came up to me and sa id : ‘ Would you mind appealing for me when you think a man is out ? I get too excited myself.’ It was a useful lesson, and I am glad to say that it was taken sensibly by the bow ler.” “ What made you decide to stand back to Mr. Kotza during this tour ? ” “ Well, Dr. Grace first made me think about doing so when in h ij account of a match in the Daily Mail he said that he thought I was very unwise to risk getting hurt. Then several other first-class cricketers, especially wicket - keepers, strongly advised me to stand b a ci to the fast bow ling. I considered that, as the question h id been thought over very Cirefully b y wicket-keepers in England who had come to the conclusion that it was better to staad back than close up to fast bow ling, I had batter follow their example.” “ What are your opinions now on the matter ? ” “ I am not quite convinced yet. There are undoubted advantages in standing up. For one thing when you do so the batsman has always to be on the qui vive, and he is afraid to jump out to a ball, for a miss means so much. On the other hand, by standing back you pro­ bably get more catches, although I am not at all certain about it. When the wicket is very fast and you stand back about ten yards, you can follow the course of the ball easily enough, but on a slow wicket, when you are six or seven yards behind it you haven’t time to see the ball go, and if you stand back further when the wicket is slow, the ball w ill hit the ground before it reaches you. There is certainly one great advantage in standing back, and that is that you are practically in no danger, whereas if you stand up and a ball kicks you may very easily get hurt. But, as I said belore, there are advantages and dis­ advantages in both systems. “ Which is the easier for a wicket­ keeper—a turf wicket or matting ? ” “ Unquestionably I much prefer to keep wicket on matting, for the reason that the ball nearly always conies off the pitch at about the same height and pace, whereas on a turf wicket the pace and height are always varying.” “ D o you use any special kind of glove ? ” “ Yes. I invented a glove for myself after several years of experiment. I have a glove of which the fiuger-tips are guarded with leather. As the leather is a fraction of an inch away from the fingers it gives vary great protection, for when the ball hits it the leather gives a little and your fingers are saved. I also have the wrists padded. I have found it of very great use in preventing damage to the fingers, &nd I think that all young­ sters would find it very useful, for see what it means to get two or three joints broken at the beginning of your career, as so often happens.” * When Mr. Halliwell was in England with the South African team of 1901, Dr. Grace asked him to play for the London County team against Warwickshire, at Birmingham. “ I am glad to be able to accept the offer,” he said, “ and I wired to my stepfather, the Rev. J. D .L in gdale, who was living at Leicester, ‘ I am p ’aying for Grace to-morrow. Come across.’ But the telegraph operator, apparently thinking that this was an unsuitable message to send to a parson, altered it to ‘ I am praying for graoe to-morrow. Come across.’ O f course, my stepfather, who follows the game with interest, guessed what had happened. When I showed the telegram to Dr. Grace he was highly delighted.” “ What are your earliest recollections o f cricket ? ” “ As a boy I used to long-stop when I played in a match, and as long-stop I played for the Press against the Jockeys, at Prince’s —my father wrote for the Press, aud that was why I was allow el to play. Oue day, in a small match, our wicket-keeper was disabled, and I took his place, with the result that I have kept wicket ever since. I never played any first-class cricket in England, and ia 1890 I went to South Africa, when I had an introduction to Major Warton, who took out the first English team there I was soon in touch with South African cricket, which at that time was very poor indeed. But the visits of various teams from England did a vast amount of good, and some of the pro­ fessionals who went to act as coaches greatly improved the play , especially among the rising generation.” W . A. B e t te s w o r th . ’ Messrs. John Wisden and Co. are the agent* for Mr. HaUiwell’s patent glove, aud young wicket­ keepers m.y be (strongly advised to try it for the s ike of siviL'g their fingers. M ARQUEES AND TENTS of every description on BALE or HI&E. Marquees in good condition : 12ft. 'by 8ft., £3; 16ft. by 8ft., £4; 18ft. by 10ft., £4 lfs .; 20ft. by 12ft., £6; 28ft. by 14ft., £7 ; 30ft. by 16ft., £8. New square tents ; 6ft., £2 2s. ; 8ft., £4 10s., without centre pole. Lists free.—Bbown, Three Colt Street, Limehouse, E. PHCENIX C.C. Matches played, 42; won, 17 ; lost, 4 ; drawn, 21. BATTING AVERAGES. No. Times of not Total Inns. out. runs. W . R y a n ................ 3 ... 3 ... 131 ..„ €8*. G. Revington.......... 3 ... 1 ... 135 ... 70*. T. E. Etlinger ... .,.. 11 ... 0 ... 652 .. . 179 . E. J. Gwynn ......... . 2 ... 1 . .. 59 ... 50*. Rev. L. Hamilton ... 5 ... 1 ... 223 .. 67 . B. M. Thornton >. 2 ... 1 ... 54 ... 38*. E. Ensor .............. ... 12 ... 2 ... 457 .. . 112*. C. R. P. Coote.......... 3 ... 0 ... 128 ..,. 69 . H. H. Corley ........ .. 30 ... 4 .. 1105 ... 112 . R. F. Goodman . 5 ... 0 ... 193 .. 127 . F. H. Browning J. W. F. Crawfurd .. 12 ... 16 ... 1 . 1 . . 402 .. .. 4)9 .. .. 89 . . 136 . J. J. Sheil.............. 4 ... 0 ... 129 . . 83 . I.C . L e e ................ 21 ... 9 ... 375 ..,. 77* L. Hacking ........ G. W. F. Kelly .. 15 ... 2 ... 399 .., 104 .. 6 ... 2 ... 122 .. 85 . T. C. Rosa...............,. 6 ... 0 ... 176 .... 87 . C. H. Gascoigne ... 7 ..., 0 ... 203 .... 62 . G. V. Cuppage .. 13 ... 2 ... 316 ..,. 104 . N.G.Stuart-Richardson 7 .. 1 ... 17 1 .. 89 . F. D. Mockler ... ... 4 .... 1 .... 85 ... 64 , J. M. Meldon ... . . 7 ... 1 ... 169 ..,. 118*. R. W. Nicholls .. 3 .... 0 .... 80 .. 61 . J. Sandes.............. .. 12 ... 2 ... 241 ..,. 50 . R. M. Gwynn........ .. 9 ... 2 ... 165 ..,. 49 . E. J. Kelly ... .,.. 6 ... 3 .. 63 ... 27* G. A. Morrow .. ... 21 ..., 3 .... 363 .,.. 86 , R. W. Maxwell .. 16 ..., 1 ... 272 ... 104 , J. G. Blackburn .. 9 .. 0 .. 142 .,,. 39 . Capt. G. H. Etrle .... 5 ... 1 ... 59 ... 15 . W. E. Callan ... ... 7 . 0 . *9 ., .. 35 , C. J. Newbold.. ... 8 ... , 0 . .. 100 .... 29 . * Signifies not out. Most in an inns. Aver. 64-00 . 42*66 , 42.50 , 38*60 . 36 55 , 33 26 . 32-25 31-25 , 30 69 . 30-E0 . 29-33 . 29 00 . 28-72 21-00 , 19-61 , 1813 . 15-77 14-75 , 12-71 , 12 50 BOWLING AVERAGES Overs. Mdns. Buns. Wkts. Aver. , 10*36 , 10-11 . 10-78 , 11-28 , 12-84 13*86 , 1400 , 14 60 16-70 16-8j . 18-78 Hon. G. Ward ... N. G. Stuart-Rich- 42’4 . . 10 ... 114 ... 11 ardson................ 61-1 .. 10 .... 177 ... 17 J. W. F. Crawfurd 1616 .,.. 4) .. 316 .. 81 J. Sandes .......... 115 ... 16 .., 361 ... 32 G. W. F. Kelly ... 94*2 .. 21 .... 321 ... 25 Capt. G. H. Earle 46 2 .. 8 .,.. 203 ... 15 L. D. Fox .......... 143‘5 .... 37 .... 350 ... 25 T. C. Ross .......... 68-1 .. 21 .. . 219 ... 16 R. W. Gregory ... 47 . . 9 .. 167 ... 10 D. F. Gillmann ... 178 3 ... 32 .... 687 ... 35 E. Eosor................ 175 4 .,.. 23 .... 620 ... 33 H. H. Corley 2011 ... 22 . . 869 ... 45 G. A. Morrow ... 2716 ... 67 .,,. 825 ... 43 St. J. Blake.......... 137 .,.. 13 .. 510 ... 25 T. E. Etlinger ... 141 3 ... 26 ..,. 367 ... 14 BOGNOR v. EMERITI WANDERERS.—Played at Boguor. B ogmob . First innings. C. E. Hoffmeiater, lbw, b Pfeiffer............................... 6 W. M. Parker, c Harris, b Wilson...............................29 W. Ide, b W ilson............... 0 F. B. Holloway, b Pfeiffer... 4 H. Gatehouse, lbw,b Wilson 40 A. E. Q-uiney, c Hollender, b Wilson ........................21 E. D. E. Cecil, c sub., b Hollender........................ 17 W. A. Mitchell, b Wilson .. 4 W. A. Gilligan, not out ... 20 A. J. Davis, b Pfeiffer ... 8 H. Youles, b Pfeiffer.......... 0 B 10, lb 1 .................11 Second innings. b Pfeiffer .......... 1 b Wilson .......... 9 b Pfeiffer .......... 4 lbw, b Pfeiffer ... 5 c sub, b Pfeiffer.. 0 c Pfeiff*r, b Wil- 8 JU .......................... 1 b Wilson not o u t.. b Pfeiffer b Pfeiffar b Wilson Byes 0 20 9 , 7 0 , 5 Total ................160 Total ............61 E m sb iti W an d k bk r *. First innings. Second innings. V. C. Hollender, b Gi ligan 13 J. R. Cocke, c Quiney, b Gilligan ........................12 lbw, b Gilligan... 0 C. W . Th. Pfeiffer, lbw, b Gilligan ........................ 0 b Gilligan ..............44 R. W . Harris, b lie .......... 8 c Holloway, b Ide 5 L. O. Dolan, b I ie .......... 1 F. B. Wilson, c Ide, b Gilli­ gan ............................... 22 notout..................10 B. Hollender, not out ... 25 not o u t.................45 L. Marcus, st. Parker, b Quiaey...............................28 F. Wilding, run out . ... o H. J. Holloway, c Ide, b Gilligan ........................ 0 H. Nixon, absent................ 0 Byes ........................ 8 2 Total ..117 Byes........... Total (8 wkts) 106