Cricket 1904

M ar . 31, 1904. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 41 THE or “CRICKET” (The first of the Weekly Series) W ILL BE PUBLISHED APRIL 14th, Containing a handsome Coloured Supplement , 30 by 20, suitable for hanging up in pavilions J and club houses. The sheet will contain a K evised L ist op P rincipal F ixtures , in addition to excellent reproductions of photo­ graphs of woll-known plaj^rs. Copies on sale at all the Kailway Bookstall and Newsagents. Prepaid Subscription for the Weekly Series (April 14th to September 22nd), 5s. All Cheques and Postal Orders to be made payable to Cricket, and crossed London and County Bank. 168, UPPER THAMES STREET, E.C. Cricket: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 168, UPPER THAMES STREET, LONDON, E.C. THURSDAY , MAR. 31 st , 1904. $ a \u l ton Gossip* The abstract and brief chronicle ol the time.— Hamlet. T u b members of the M .C.C. team which has been touring in Australia left Ade­ laide for England on the Orient s.s. “ Orontes ” on March 17th. A dinner is to be given by the M .C.C. to the team. The date as at present arranged being Friday, April 22nd. “ C r ic k e t ” readers who remember the visit of the first Australian team to E n g­ land will be interested to hear that G. H. Bailey, the Tasmanian, is still able, after the lapse of twenty-six years, to lay the wood on with good effect. In a match at New Town (Tasmania) on January 16th he scored l i l without anything like a chance for fifteen of New Town agaiDst the Break of Day Club. As he did not give a chance, and the bow ling agiiust him with C. J. E id y , F. A . Tat>art, and F. Chancellor all in form was good, the performance may be set down as one of great merit. T h e match between Zingari and Wanderers in the Senior League, at Durban, was quite out of the common iu one respect, in that the local record for the highest im .ing« of the season in League matches was twice beaten. On Saturday, January 20th, the Wanderers, who went in first, had made 258, which, u j-to-d a te, was the best score. The follow ing Saturday, however, saw this outdone, as the Zingari played up, and got home with two runs and a wicket to the good j ust as time was up. G. L. Dalton and C. P. Harvey laid the founda­ tion of their tuccess b y putting on 112 for the first wicket, and F. B. Coury, who cirried out bis bat for 58, was carried shoulder high into the pavilion at the finish. O u r old contributor, “ K ing W illow ,” writes : “ In your last month’s ‘ Pavilion Gossip,’ a correspondent refers to Mr. William Hearn as an ‘ extremely good cover point and a dead shot at the wicket.’ As one who played a good deal with him I can confirm this in each par­ ticular. Once, however, his ‘ dead shooting ’ very nearly led to a fatality. In a minor match at L ord’s a good few years ago now, a wicket had just fallen and the M.C.C. side stood congregated round the vacant wicket chatting, etc., waiting for the incoming batsmen. All save William Hearn, who happened to be fielding deep, close to the Pavilion. Suddenly there was a thud, and one of the group— I fancy the stumper, White­ side or Pentecost — fell flat ! One of William Hearn’s ‘ dead shots ’ had come up to the wicket unobserved. Luckily wicket-keepers are accustomed to nasty knocks and no great harm resulted, but the sounding thud, immediately followed by the fall, when no one was expec'ing the ball, caused momentary dismay, as well it m ight.” T he c jver of the menu card at the dinner of the Hampstead C.C. was from a very clever design b y Mr. G. H illyard- Swinstead. It represents the chairman, Mr. Spofforth, with a background of “ Hampstead Warriors ” of present and past days. Conspicuous ia the centre, and just behind the chairman, is Mr. Stoddart carrying the flag of England (a reference to his tours in Australia). Among the other well-known warriors represented are Messrs. Gregor Mac­ Gregor, S. S. Pawling, H. B. Hayman, and the two Moons (appropriately repre­ sented by moons in the dark sky), each warrior having his initials on his shield. A t the conclusion of the above dinner, which took place at the Trocadero, the chairman pointed out that in addition to cricket champions, the club numbered among its members four international footballers, three ex-champion runners, and also the champion ping-pongist.” The dinnerjeommittee included Messrs. E. W . H . Beaton, A. E. Godfrey, F. C. Wheeler, and R. Leigh-Ibbs. Among the numerous guests Mr. A. G. Steel, K .C ., was conspicuous. On their way home the members of the M.C.C. Australian team played an Asso­ ciation football match at Freeinautle (West Australia) on March 21st against a Westralian team. The England team was as follow s:—Goal, P . F. Warner; Backs, Rhodes and Whitefield; Half­ backs, Fielder, Tyldesley and H irst; Forwards, Strudwick, Braund, B. J. T. Bosanquet, R . E. Foster and Relf. The result was a victory for the M.C.C. by three goals (R. E. Foster, Tyldesley and Braund) to love. Rhodes distin­ guished himself at full-back. L a d ie s ’ cricket is taken somewhat seriously in Thayetmyo, says the Civil and Military Gazette, Lahore. The ladies’ first innings having largely been of the “ mournful procession” order, some of them refused to leave the wickets when umpired out in the second innings, and continued to play until they had had four or five innings each aud were satis­ fied. The umpires and fielders begged and prayed the fair batters to go away, but in vain. T h e secretary of the Marylebone C.C. has made an announcement that at the request of Mr. P. F. Warner an attempt is being made to arrange a match between the M .C.C. Australian Team and the Rest of England, at Lord’ s, on June 16, 17, and 18. For these dates a match between the M .C.C. aud Leicestershire had been arranged, but the county has consented to give up the dates if the new match is found possible. W it h the consent of the War Office, Captain W . L. Foster, D .S.O ., one of the famous brotherhood of Worcestershire cricketers, has accepted an important appointment in Macedonia under the Turkish Government. A b a za a r is to be held at Brighton on A piil 6 , 7, and 8 iu aid of the funds of the Sussex County C.C., and it is hoped that b y its means the club’s deficit of £650 will be wiped off. Mr. C. B. Fry is to be the captain of the team this season, but it is hoped that Ranjitsinbji will also play for the county. Beau and Cordingley have accepted engagements at Eton College. At the annual meeting on Tuesday Lord Sheffield was elected president. L o r d H a w k e has been unanimously elected captain of the Yorkshire first team for 1904, and Mr. R. W. Frank captain of the second team. B e l o w will be found the total runs made b y the Englishmen and the Australians during the recent to u r:— Englishmen— 5,217 runs for 175 wkts ; average 29 81 Australians— 4,976 runs for 23t>wkts ; average 21/08 F rom the Globe :— “ It is a little surprising that the success of Mr. Warner’s team has not produced a larger crop of lyric praise. We miss those ode- which should have greeted such an epochs making feat as the recovery of the ashes. It is doubtful whether the epic of cricket will ever be written. The hand that would pen a cricket song must first have wielded bat, and great poets are, as a rule, not cricketers.”