Cricket 1904

462 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. Nov. 24, 1904. This arrangement gave all the batsmen time to “ get thtir eye on the ball,” and to surely experience the thrill of at least “ one play off the bat and past thefield.” It worked like a charm, and all delighted in watching the well-known strokes of their friends and foes of earlier days. It is a fact, particularly among American cricketers, that each has had a style of his own from the beginning, bith in bat­ ting and bowling, and by it he is known by the whole fraternity far and near. For instance, any one who sawDr. Cad- walader stand before the wicket in 1854 and raise his bat as a defiance and a warning to the bowler who was about to attack him, could not have failed to recognise the same player at the same old game just fifty years afterwards at the ManbeimJubilee. Indeed, the “ action’ and character­ istic “ plays” of the veteran batsmen were the most noteworthy and entertain­ ing features of the afternoon’s sport. None but a cricketer could appreciate the real pleasure derived from these “ reminiscent ” plays. The fielders and bowlers, too, had a grand outing, reveling in the sunlit play, each doing his best to stop, catch, or return, and many quick, instinctive crickety plays were made which must have surprised even the grandchildren present, who, perhaps, had come to scoff! The skill, grace, endurance, light­ heartedness and kindly rivalry seen on the opengreenatManheimon this happy occasion showed plainly that cricket has solved the problem, and teoures for its votaries “ sound minds in sound bodies.” They had not met as rivals to make “ records” at one another’s expense, but rather to rejoice together over the glori­ ous weather and the reunion of the knights of the willow. It would seem proper, nevertheless, to report on some of the individual play, else this account could scarcely be styled a report at all. Certainly Yernou’s “ underbands,” which made him one of the troublesome bowlers many decides since, werequiteastonishing, well pitched, deceptive, twisting, and unplayable! How could an armretain its cunning iu that way, and what game but cricket furnishes the opportunity or possibility for such displays ? Then Captain Green’s locomotive, horseshoe curves, better than ever, more reliable, more deadly than when the younger man first sent those spinning, bounding balls diagonally across the crease! And among the batters how Mellor and those old Haverfordians played that straightforward block game, peculiar to the “ stickers ” of that school. The sort of play, cherished to this day, enables the undergraduates of the same Alma Mater underHenryCope’s lead to invade the mothercountyandwin cricket laurels from the best English schools. Finally, how is it that Boiler couli defend his wicket against every variety of the wily underhands as scientifically and as freely as ever, seeing that, as he avers, he had not played the game since 1858? Every batter surprised his fellows in one way or another, and all thoroughly enjoyedtheouting frombeginning toend. The score:— W il l ia m R o t c h W is t r k ’ s S id e . A .C .B a rcla y ,b V ern ou 2 Jon es W ister, s tD .8 .,b C A . N ew all .. .. 4 W C . M organ st D . 8. N ew h all, b V e r n m 1 D r.C h arles E . C adw al- ader, b Y ern ou ... 10 W . R . W ibter, b D . S. N e w h a ll........................................................................................ 2 R od m an W ister,b C .A . N ew h all . .............10 A lfre d P . B oiler, b M ellor ..................................................................................... 1 J oh n S am uel, b C . A . N e w h a ll........................................................................................ 0 E llicott Fisher, st D .8 . N ew h all, b C olahan 10 T ota l ............115 D r. P ersif >r Frazer, st D . 8 . N ew hall, b C o la h a n ........................................................................................ 6 F ran cis W ister, D a v id P ep per, M au rice G askill, C . S. H ow e. E. R . B ow en, G eorge T . M organ , C. J . C h u rch m an , W illia m R . P hiller, Charles M . B ayard, and F . U . C larke d id n ot bat. G k o bg k M . N r w h a l l ’ s S id w . J osep h W . C raw ford, b D . 8. N ew h all ... 7 V\il ia m F .H op k in son , retired ...................... 9 R .C . R obinson,c C ross­ m an ,b G .M .N ew h all 4 J .E .J on en ,cG .M .N ew - h 11, b M cK im ... 6 H . C ope, b E w in g 5 J . R an d all W illiam s, c E van s, b E w in g ... 9 M urray R ush, retired 16 Capt J P . G reen, n ot ou t ................................ 7 E x tr a s 7 G eorge M . N ea h a ll, retired 12 G en G eorgeB .R od n ey, retised ...................... 2 M a jo r C. A . V ern on , retired ... ... 14 C. F . M cK im , b H o p - kin son ............. 6 R .L o p e r B aird ,b H op - k in son ......................10 H . L . N ew h all, retired 12 C .A .N ew h alI,bH .C op e 11 G eorge S anderson, b Jon es W is te r ........... 14 D . 8. N ew hall, Sam uel B etton , J . A n d rew s Farris* J R . W illia m s, J . P . C. S tokes, T h om a s F . Jones, J . B . M organ , M a sk -ll E w iD g, 8am uel K irk patrick , C. 8 . C rosm an, C. H . R oya l, 8. K ep h ardt, F . H . M cC ullagh, an d Charles E . M organ did n ot bat. SpencerM eade,b Jones W ister ...................... 0 A l’en E van s, retired ... 13 A lfrtd M ellor, retired 10 E dw ard S . Sayres, re­ tired ................................11 J .B . C olahan, ju n ., not ou t ................................ 6 W .C .H ou ston , n o t ou t 1 E x tr a s ......................11 T otal ...188 THE HALIFAX CUP (Philadelphia) AVERAGES. Belowwill be found the chief averages of players in the Halifax Cup Matches—a competitionwhich, inPhiladelphia, takes the place of the County Championship in England. It will henoticedthatJ.B. King, who is well known to Englishmen by his performanceswith the touring team of the Gentlemen of Philadelphia, stands first, both inbattingandpractically first inbowling. B A T T IN G A V E R A G E S . N o. 'lim es o f n o t T ota l In n s. ou t. iu n s. M ost in an Inns. .. 141 . .. 106* ... 112 . .. 99 ,.. 103* ... 66 ... £8* ... 794 ... 117 ,. 65 . 128 J . B . K in g , B elm ont . 14 W . P . ah ip ley, G erm an­ tow n .............................. 7 ... 1 ... 276 J .L . E vans, M erion ... 15 ...2 ... 573 . R . G . H a re, M erion ... 9 ...3 .. 280 . A .M . W ood , B elm ont 14 ... 2 ... 451 P . N . L e R oy, P h ila­ d elp h ia ....................... 13 ... 1 ... 429 . J . N . H en ry, G erm an­ tow n ............. ... 8 ... 2 ... 183 S. G ood m an , jr ., P h ila­ delp h ia .................... 12 ... 1 ... 299 , E . M . C regar, B elm ont 13 ... 1 ... 326 .. H . A . H ain es, M erion 14 ..0 .. 863 .. W . N . M orice, M erion 12 ... 1 ... 281 W .P . O ’ N eill, G erm an­ tow n ...................... 5 ... 0 ... 121 .. 73 . J . E . C. M orton , G er­ m an tow n ... ............ 12 ... 1 .. 254 ... 67 A . G . S cattergood, P h iladelph ia ............. R . H . P atton , M erion W . G rah am , B elm ont H . P . b a iley , M erion .. R . W . xlilles, F ran k ­ ford .............................. F . 8 . W h ite , G erm an­ tow n ................................ 6 ... 0 ... 102 J . H . S cattergood, M erion ..................... 13 .. 1 ... 287 * Signifies not out. 12 , ]3 . 13 2 .. 0 ... 1 ... 156 262 260 166 .. 64 ... 102. ,.. 96 . .. 53 . .. 76 ... 33 . ... 79 . A ver. .5 7 9 2 .46-00 . 410S . 33 33 . 37-83 .35 75 .. 30*50 .. 27*18 .. 27-17 . 26-93 . 25 5 ; 24-20 ..28-09 .22*29 ..2183 ..21-67 .2 0 7 5 .20-62 .20*40 ..19*75 B O W L IN G A V E R A G E S . B alls. R uns. J . R V etterlein , M erion ... 388 ... 1 90 J . B . K in g , B elm on t .............137) ... 742 W . N M orice. M erion ............. 697 ... 362 A . P . M orris, M e r io n ............. 924 ... 497 H . A . H aines. M e r io n ............367 ... 12 J D . G raham , B a lm o n t.............3^7 ... 234 P. H. C lark ,G erm an tow n ... 919 ... 492 P . N . L e R oy, P h iladelphia 939 ... 612 W k ts, ... 20 , ... 70 ... 82 .. 43 10 .. 18 , ... 34 ... 42 , , A ver. ... 9 50 ..10-60 ..11*81 . 11*56 . 12*20 ..13*00 . 14-47 ..14*57 G LEAN ING S f r o m t h e t e s t MATCHES . The following notes are by Mr. E. H. Campbell, who says:—“ I am sending you herewith some ‘ Test match ’ items which may prove of interest. With a very few exceptions none of them have appeared in prmt before.” G. F. Grace and Mold (A.) are the only twobatsmenin the serieswhohave failedto Armitage (T.), Brown (J. T.), C. B. Fry, Lord Harris, A. P. Lucas, F. Penn, Quaife (W. G.), W. W. Read, Y. K. Hoyle, Scotton (W. H.), ShrewsburyJA.), Wainwright (E), for England, and U. Donnan, D. W. Greg­ ory, S. E. Gregory, F. A. Iredale,' A. P. Marr, P. S. M’Donell, W. K. Robertson, H. J. H. Scott for Australia, haveall bowled without obtainingawicket. In 236 individual innings, Englishbowlers have delivered 12,322 ballswithout obtaining a wicket, and from which 5,613 luns have beenhit; Australian bowlers in 195 innings delivered 9,356 balls, resulting in4,115 runs without securinga wicket. Both English and Australian bowlers have each on 22 occasions obtained six wickets in an innings, their respective per­ formances reading: Balia. M dna. K una. W k ta. A v .r E n glan d . 3 > 6 y ... 246 ... 1,3^1 ... 13i ... lu v .j A u stra lia .. 3,4*84 . 255 ... 1,517 ... 132 ... 11 71 Individual scores of 78 and 86 bave never beenhit for I'.nglandor Australia. The following scores have been hit for bothEnglandandAustralia the samenumber of times:—4 (66 limes), 16 (24 times), 17 (23 times), 19 (23 times), 37 (6 times), 53 (5 limes), 60 (twice), 64 (thrice), 65 (thrice), 69 (twice), 72 (twice,, 79 (twice), 92 (once), and 97 (once). ________ England has never put on a century partnershipfor the eighthwicket. England’s 771 runs for 15 wicketsmade in Sydney, December, 1903, is the record aggregatefor aside. The greatest number of “ ducks ” made in successive innings is four byPeel (R.) The Englishmen’s individual innings of under 20 runs, aggregate 5,503 runs, being 4-87 of the total runs scored fromthe bat for England. The 5,831 runs scored for Australia in individual innings under 20 runs, represent 4'50 of the total runs scoredfromthe bat. England’s 33 century scores aggregate 4,447 runs; for a like number of scores Australia totals 4,455. Englandhas lost 423 wickets clean bowled inthe series, Australia407.