Cricket 1904

Nov. 24, 1904. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 463 English howlers have on four occasions suffered to the extent of 100 runs and over for a solitarywicket, Australia eight times. Nine is the greatest number of “ ducks’’ obtainedbyanindividual playerinthe series' Six catches is the record numbermade hy anindividual player in a match, four in an innings—both lecords heldhy Englishmen. Eleven “ ducks” is the greatest number obtained inamatch—five in an innings, the latter recordis claimedby Australia. On five different occasions New South Wales trundlers have taken all the wickets that fell tothebowlers inamatch; Victoria once. England’sinningsof 400 runsandupwards aggregate 5,317 runs; Australia, 4,781 runs. Englandhason 13occasions totalledunder 100 runs for aninnings ; Australia, 17 times. England in20 inningshastotalledbetween 299 aud400 runs; Australia in 17. A. E. Trott’s 38 not out and 72 not out, made in Adelaide in 1895, is the only aggre­ gateof 100 runswhereaplayerhas teen not out iubothinnings of amatch. Eight wickets is the greatest number lost cleanbowledinan innings. Tyldesley (J. T.) 138, Hon. F. S. Jackson 53, Lockwood (W. H.) 52 not out, Hirst ( •. H.) 48. and Ehodes (VV. K.) 38 not out made at Birmingham iu 1902, is the only instancewhere morethantwobatsmeninthe first innings of a side have beaten off their ownbit the total scoreof the first innings of the opposing side. Of the 170 runs put on hyW. G. Grace andScottou (W. 11.) while together for Eng­ land, at the Oval in 1886, Scotton’s share was 34. Of tho 17 Australian wickets that fell at Manchester in 181*6, Hichardson(T.) obtained 13for 244 runs ; the other fourwere secured at a cost of 275 runs. Of the total of 202 runs fromthebat hit in Australia’s stcond innings at Leeds in 1899 five batsmen were responsible for four runs betweenthem. In the 1888 season in England, Peel (R.) took 24 wickets for anaverage cost of 7-54 runsper wicket. Only three bowlers in the series have takentenor morewickets on afirst appear­ ance inaTest match. In the match at Sydney, February, 1887, three men weie out “•hit wicket.” In the match at Sydney, February, 1902 of the 33 wickets that fell eleven were obtainedby the “ stumpers.” In the match at Adelaide, January, 1902, twelve men were out for causes which had nothing whatever to dowith the excellence ot the bowling or the state of thewicket— six men were “ run out,” (four “ l.b.w ” one “ hit wicket,” andone “absent.” ’ ENGLISH AS SHE IS WRITTEN. From Mossel Bay, South Africa, Mr. J. T. Anderson sends us the following delightful report of a cricket match between coloured players. It ia taken from the Moseel B ay Advertiser, and is doubtless, as our correspondent suggests, the work of a gentleman of colour :— GOOD HOPE C.C. VS. AFRICAN LILY O.C. The ground on the Hoogte near Diep Kloof was given by the Town Council to the Cricket Club Good Hope to make a cricket pitch there, we do thank the Town Council for their kindness that they leave the ground in our hands. On first Monday in October we played a match against the African Lily C.C. on the newpitch. The toss was won by our captain C. Hermanus who was an old cricketer of the African Star C.C. but resigned for a long time already, and lately he did make a start again to get up a young cricket team which he do train splendidly. At 10 o’clock the opponents of the African Lily went in to bat, it was rather hard for both sides to get loose, at 10-45 all succeeded for 21. At 11 a.m. the Good Hope went in to bat, which succeeded at 12 o’clock for 29. The bowling of both sides was very good, in the first innings of the A L, C. Hermanus bid. 5 overs for 5 wkts; aud W Esau 5 odd overs for 6 wkts and in the Good Hope first innings, S Joseph bid. 8 overs for 5 wkts.; F Trim 8 odd overs for 6 wkts. In the second innings the A. L scored 52, and the Good Hope scored 65, which they won the match by 21 runs. The fielding of the Good Hope C.C. was very good. When the play was over C Hermanus, Capt of the Good Hope C.C., addressed their opponents in a neat little speech. The Bcoreof the matchis given below: A fr ic a n L il t . F irst innings. S econ d innings. F . T rim , b O. H erm anus ... 0 b H erm an us ... 8 J . C lorle, b W . E si-v ... '£ b U. flerm a n u s .. 1 D .H en d rik s, b C. Ht rm anu s 1 b E saw ................ 2 G . B arlow , b W .E sa w ... 0 lbw , b E saw ... 0 R . Paiuplin, 8t L u ray,b E saw 5 lb w , b E saw ... 0 M . H erm auun,bi '.H erm an m 1 b E saw ............. - J . f'ppelm an, b E saw ... 3 b H erm anus ... 5 P .b a n y ,stL u ra y ,b H erm a n u s 2 n o to u t .. 1 J . K arranda, b E»aw ........... 1 st L u ray, b E saw 1 A . P lezie, b H erm auus ... u cP ick erin g.bE saw 1 3. J o -tp h , n ot ou t ........... o b C . H erm anu s .. 21 H . xieiidriK g, b E s a w ........... 3 b E saw ............. 2 E x t r a s ............................. 3 E xtras .. 8 T otal 21 Goon H o p b First innings. A. PicVeiiug, c H Painplin, b Trim ....................... i T. Snell, b S. J o s e p h ............. o C. Theuuissen, b Joseph ... 0 W. Esaw, b F. Trim ... ... ll P. Hermanus, o A. Plezie, b F. Trim ............... o D.Brauut.cBarlow.b Joseph 1 M. Luray, b Joseph .......... 6 J. Brisies, st D. Hendriks, b Joseph . . .......... i T. Henuis, b F. Trim .......... 0 I. Carelse, not out ......... 3 O. Jantjes, b F. Trim .. ... 5 C. Hermanus, b Trim......... 0 Extr»s........................ j Total ................. 29 T ota l .. . . 5 2 S econd innings. b T r m .................... 6 b T iirn ......................18 b Joseph ............. 2 c an d b T rim ... 0 c Plezie, b Joseph 20 c T rim , b Joseph 0 c J . H en d riks, b Joseph ............. 0 c Joseph, b T rim n ot ou t ........... c T rim , b Joseph c T rim , b Joseph b T r im ..................... E x tra s ............. T ota l ... 65 A f b ic a n L il y . O. W . E saw ...................... 8 G. H erm an us ......................... 8 W . 7 4 TH E C A P TA IN OF TH E N E X T A U S T R A L IA N TE AM . (F rom th e Sydney Mail.) The return of J. Darling to Adelaide and his selection by the SouthAustralian Association on the committee to pick the Australian team have upset the calcula­ tions of not a few as to the personnel of the team. Should he strike formhe will be probably selected, to the disappoint­ ment of some newmen, who saw in his absence a possible chance for themselves. Darling, in his best form, means a bats­ man of as great determination as is possessed by any other cricketer known to me, a determination that would do well iu a much higher sphere than is occupied by cricket. There is, however, always the doubt about aman returning to formafter a lengthy absence fromthe game. Our object is, of course, to get the best representation in England, and Darling iu form would be a welcome inclusion. There is another point— about a captain. This ia where determination and acumen are essen­ tial qualities. We saw enough dur­ ing the M.C.C. tour to show the necessity for having something more than a verbal, unwitnessed agreement between two captains—it is with a pang that I say so, for it seems to me that where arrangements, such as are always necessary, have to be reduced to writing to obviate the possibility of misunder­ standing, the game loses most of its best qualities. There was too much of the win, tie or wrangle, a sort of thing that will not tend to smooth the path of the next captain to bring an English teamto Australia. These are the reasons for hoping that the captain of the next Australian team, whether he be Noble or Darling, will have a plentiful supply of determination for other matters besides the control of his team on the field. Until the reappearance of the ex-Austra­ lian XI. captain upon the fcene it was generally accepted that Noble would skipper the next eleven in England, he haviog filled the position during last season. Now there is another Richmond in the field. NATIVE GUANO. • liE S T and C H E A P E S T M A N U h E fo r L A W N S , 13 C R I IK E T and T E N N IS G R O U N D S and all V egetables, F ru its an d F low ers. P rice, £ 3 1 0 s . p er ton in b a g s ; 2 to n lo is carriage p a id . Lota un der 10 cw t., 4 /- p er cw t. a t w orks. A 1 cw t. bag sent carriage p aid to an y station in E n glan d on receipt o f P .O . fo r 5 /-. E xtracts from recent reports : W . A . W O O F , M em ber M .C .C . Staff, O lo’sttr C ounty X X ., an a uow Crica*-t C oach, C heltenham C ollege, O ctober 1st, 9 4 .— " I have great pleasure in stron gly recom m tjudiug you r n oted “ N ative G u a n o.” F or crick et grou n d s, tenuis courts, bow li g greens, it has n o tq u «l. I have used it fo r years on Cheltenham C ollege G rou nds w ith spleu did resu lts.” C. K id m a n (C h eltenh am )— *‘ A g reat success on crick et an d tenn is law ns. E . B k a d s h a w (B olsover) — “ I ca n recom m en d it h ig h ly fo r crick et grou n d s and gen eral gard en crop s.” O rders to th e N ative G uano C o., L td ., 29, N ew B rid ge S treet, L on d on , E .C ., w here T estim on ials, & c. m ay b e obtain ed . Agents wanted.