Cricket 1904

Hov. 24, 1904. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 457 Dr. W. G. Grace, and G. L. Jessop. Most of the cricketerswon theirmatches. A t a concert at Harrogate in aid of a local charity, Captain Prank D. Walker, in nigger costume, introduced some amusing patter about games, in which the following references to cricket occurred:— Youwant afield, andothers in it; also a wicket, to let the folk in, and a goodman to lookafter it though he’s a wicked-keeper. You should not put anywater on it except the Harrogate Waters (no insult for the place meant). You want hails. I’ve often wantedbail myself. You hegin by tossing, but not on the pitch—pitch and toss isn’t allowed. You mustn’t take blockwith the headof your bat, you’dbea blockhead—you should have a bat that canseethe ball. Yes. You must take a guard; it depends what guard—-if you’re not in a hurry you could take a SouthEasternguard. The issue of the Am erican Cricketer for November is an exceptionally good number, for it commemorates the jubilee of the Germantown C.C., andgives many photographic reproductions of cricketers and incidents connected with the fes­ tivities, which were carried out with much success for four days. An interestingphotographof “ Fathers and Sods,” who played in a match at Trenton (U.S.) against the local club, appears in the same journal. An account of thematch is written by one of the sons, who begins his remarks by say­ ing, “ My, but what agoodtimewehad.” The match had a remarkable finish, and was only won by the Fathers and Sons with the last ball of the last over of the day. It will be seen from the accom­ panying score that each father was followed to the wicket by his son :— F a t h e r s a n d S o n s . Green, sen., c R. Wigley, b Wigley, jun. ... 2 Green, jun., b Wigley, jun................................... n Ewing, sen., hit wicket, b Wigley, jun............. 2 Ewing, jun., a Wigley, sen., b Clinkaberry ... 24 Bennett, sen., run out .............................. 48 Colahan, sen., b Buullimier............................... u Colahan, jun.. lbw, b Wigley, sen.................... 14 Baily, sen., b Wigley, sen. ............................... 2 Baily, jun., c Clinkaberry, b Boullimier........... 33 Evans, jun., not out ................................. 38 Evans, sen., st Kaweon, b Fallow .......... ... 5 Extras ............................................. 7 T ota l .................................................... 186 R. B rook in g, a professional who plays for the Delaware Field Club, one of the minor cricket clubs of Philadelphia, has scored 1,224 runs during the past season, and taken 101 wickets. He stands first in the averages for the PhiladelphiaCup, with 14 completed innings, 657 runs, average 46 93, but it will be remembered that the chief competition in Philadel­ phia is for the Halifax Cup. Brooking has accepted an engagement for the winter at Buenos Aires. Mr. R. W. K b n t f ie l d , who played for Lancashire in a fewmatches in 1888, died recently at the age of 41. In 1896 he played against Lancashire at Old Trafford for Sussex, who were a man short when they arrived on the ground. For several years he was captain of the Rusholme C.C. T he annual report of the Hampshire County C.C. shows that although the receipts exceeded those of 1903 there was a slight loss. Dr. Russell Bencraft has announced his intention of resigning his office of honorary secretary, which he has filled with so much credit for twenty - five years. Webb’s benefit match produced £152 3s. lOd. In a recent issue of Cricket reference was made to a remarkable bowling feat which is said to have taken place in Australia last January. A player named C. Bashford is credited with taking ten wickets in each innings of S. Augustine’s Church C.C. for the Reynard’s Road Methodist’s O.C. Below will be found the full scores of the Church innings as given in the Melbourne Leader : — S t . A ugustink ’ s C hubch . F irst innings. S econd innings. N . H a yth orp e, b B ash ford 1b B ash ford . ... 10 G . T a con , o M cK ern on , b c B . K in g , b B ash ford ................................ 0 b B a sh ford ... 4 J . B ick ley, b B ash ford ... 6 b B a sh ford ............. 0 L . H oy lin g , b B ashford ... 0 n o t o u t .. ............. 8 H . T ate, c and b B ash ford 0c and b B a sh ford 3 W . F lem in g, b B ash ford ... 0 b B a sh ford ............ 6 O . N eu en d orf, c an d b B ash ford ................................ 2b B a sh ford ........... 7 L . F o x , b B ash ford ............. 3b B a sh ford ............ 3 G . D raeger, n ot ou t ............. 3b B a s h fo r d .......... 0 H . B etteson , b B ash ford ... 0b B ash ford ............ 2 E . B yer, b B ash ford ............ 1b B a sh fo rd ............ 2 B 2 , n b l ....................... 3 B 3, lb 1 ... 4 T otal .............19 T o ta l.............49 F irst innings. S econ d in n in gs. B . B . W . B . B . W . B a s h fo rd ................................ 32 9 10 .............. 54 20 10 F arm er ................................ 30 7 0 .............. 16 13 0 K in g .............16 12 0 B ashford delivered one n o-b a ll. L ast winter at the St. Bride’s Insti­ tute an experiment was made in the way of giving the members opportunities of practising cricket in the winter, and the success attending it was so great that the institute will continue the cricket prac­ tice during the coming winter. This excellent example has been followed by Camberwell and theSir JohnCass Institute in Jewry Street, Aldgate. At the St. Bride’s Institute a professional bowler will be in attendance. Describing the first inter-colonial match played by Demerara against Barbados, E. C. Beete says in the Ouiana Sportsman :— On the Friday morning we went to the Garrison and practised on the pitch there. It was agoodpitch, but they wouldn’t allow us to play the match there. Consequently, the islanders had to prepare apitch on the Savannah. And such a pitch! The out­ field was very highwith grass ; you could not runafter aball. The pitch itself was so studded with small pieces of coral that the ball hadtobechanged twice in an innings, whichlastedabout twohours. Themangled balls were brought back as a memento. Oliver intendedpresenting themto theRoyal Agricultural and Commercial Society, but I don’t know whether he did or not. We practisedonSaturday. Thematchwas fixed for theMonday and Tuesday following, but was postponed, for some reason which I do not nowremember, until theWednesday and Thursday. Th e above match took place in Febru­ ary, 1865, and of the Guiana team only three men are now living, viz., S. Pontifex, Charles Gilbert, and B. C. Beete. Three weeks, including the voyages, were spent by the Demerara team before they arrived home again. T h e following table shows how each club won and lost its matches in the Halifax Cup Competition (Philadelphia): flo a J M erion . P h iladel­ phia. h i I 28 0 1«4-4 l Total w on B elm on t ... . __ 2 \ 3 2 9 M e r io n ................... .*. 3 — 5 4 16 P h iladelph ia .. 0 2 — 3 2 7 G erm antow n .. 1 3 1 — 2 9 F ra n k fo rd ... ... 0 0 0 2 — 2 T ota l lost .. 4 9 5 15 10 43 T h e positions of the above clubs at the end of the season were as follows :— W . L . P er cent. B elm on t ............. ... 9 ... 4 .,.. *692 M erion ............. ... 16 ... 9 . .. ’640 P h iladelph ia ... ... 7 .... 5 . . *583 G erm an tow n ... ... 9 ... 16 ... *375 F ra n k ford ............. ... 2 ... 10 ., *167 I n the Halifax Cup competition the followingindividual inniDgsof a hundred were played:— M a y 3 0 .- J . B . K in g v. G erm antow n, T eam B , 141. Ju n e 25.— W. N . M orice v . G erm an tow n , T eam B , 123. J u ly 2.— J . B . K in g y . G erm antow n, T ea m A , 118. J u ly 16.—E . M . C regar v . G erm antow n. T eam B , 117. J u ly 23.— J . L . E van s v . B elm on t, 112. J u ly 4.— W . C . S h ip ley v. F ran kford , 106*. M a y 30.— J . L . E van s v. G erm an tow n , T eam A , 104*. J u ly 30.— A . M . W o o d v. F ran k ford , 103*. A u gu st 6.— R . H . P a tton v . F ran k ford , 102. * Signifies n ot ou t. A t the annual meeting of the Minor Counties Association, which will be held at Lord’s onTuesday, December 6th, the following resolutions will bediscussed:— Proposed by Bedfordshire:— That Rule 9of the Association be altered toallowinthe future for two points instead of one to be scored for a matchdecidedon the first innings. Proposed by Mr. R. H. Mallett:— That the Committee of the M.C.C. be asked to sanction the matches of theMinor Counties Competition of 1905 being played with the alteration to Law 54 of Crickets “ The in-side may declare their innings at an end.... in a two-dayB’ match at any time.” T h e following anecdote is told in the Am erican Cricketer about J. B. King, the well-known Philadelphia bowler:— King was in exceptionally good batting form and during his innings varied tho monotony by encouraging the bowlers every timehehadto play a ball. Just before he voluntarily retired at 76, one of the best bowlers whohadbeentaken off, after nearly breaking his heart to get a ball byKing’s bat, expressedawish to King that hewrite him a treatise on how to bowl. King in reply said “ My dear boy, nothing’s wrong with your bowling at all. This wicket is the easiest I everplayedon.” Thenturning to the writer, who was umpiring, he said, “ Youhave to jolly these bowlers a little or they will never pitch them up and it is so tiresome to keep hitting long hops to the boundary.”