Cricket 1904

42 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M ar . 31, 1904. M b . G eorge A llso p , the secretary of the Wanderers C.C. at Johannesburg, has been appointed manager of the South African team which is now on its way to England. A t the end of the tour in Australia pronouncements were made by Mr. War­ ner and Mr. Foster. Mr. Warner told a representative of the Press that the M .C.C. would lose money over the ven­ ture and that future teams should demand half of the gross gate receipts. Mr. Foster, at a dinner given to the M .C.C. team at Adelaide, said that the tour had not been a financial success, chiefly ow ing to the unsatisfactory weather. They did not complain of the terms, because the M .C.C. voluntarily offered to send a team to Australia on terms similar to those which the Australians made in England. The experiences of the trip, however, showed that the conditions were entirely different in the two countries. The M .C.C. did not look for a profit, but they had a right to expect sufficient to give a bonus to the hard-working professional members of the team. A c a b l e g r a m from Adelaide states that Mr. Foster has also written to the cricket authorities intimating his inten­ tion to recommend the M.C.C. in future tours in Australia to ask for half the takings in the stands as well as on the grounds. R e c e n tly , George Hay, the old Derbyshire professional, who is now the head groundman at L ord’s, broke a blood vessel, but fortunately, the rumour which rapidly spread that he had died as the result of this accident was unfounded, and there are now hopes for his recovery. T h e accounts of the Berkshire County C.C. show a balance in favour of the club of £102. Prince Christian was re-elected president. The honorary secretary, Captain Wheble, announced at the general meeting that he felt obliged to resign the office, and a vote of thanks for the s ood work which he had done was accorded him. T h e follow ing well-known cricketers are to accompany the Corinthian F oot­ ball team which is goin g to Hungary this Easter, 8 . H . Day, L . J. Moon and G. C. Yassall. E . W . D illo n , the Kent and Oxford cricketer, sustained slight concussion when playing for Kent v. Devonshire in the Ru gby Union Championship on Wednesday of last week and had to leave the field. T h e annual report of the Derbyshire County C.C. shows that the loss on the past year was £688 11 s. 6 d., to be accounted for chiefly b y the wet season. On the other hand, subscriptions cim e to £749 6 s. as against £674 4s. 6 d. in the previous year. The largest sum taken in gate money was £140 8 s., at Chesterfield, in the Surrey match. A t the Hampstead C.C. dinner it was stated that since he commenced to play for the club Mr. Spofforth has taken 886 wickets at a cost o f a little under 8 runs apiece. T h e follow ing summary of the results o f previous tours in Australia is taken X I. aside. All matches Year. Captain. W. L. D. W. L. D. 1861-2 . . H. H. Stephenson — — — ... 6 2 4 1863-4 . . G. Parr .......... — — — .. 10 0 6 1873-4 . W . G. Grace — — — ... 10 3 2 1876-7 . J. LiUvwh’te ... 1 1 1 ... 11 4 8 1878-9 . . Lord Harris 2 3 0 ... 5 3 5 1881-2 . A. Shaw .......... 3 2 2 ... 13 3 9 18*2-3 . . Hon. Ivo Bligh .. 4 3 0 ... 9 3 5 1884-5 . . A. Shaw .......... 6 2 0 ... 16 2 15 1886-7 . A. Shrewsbury... 6 2 2 ... 12 2 15 1887-8 . . G. F. Yernon ... 6 1 1 ... 11 1 14 1887-8 . . A. Shrewsbury... 5 2 0 ... 14 2 0 1891-2 . . W . G. Grace* ... 6 2 0 ... 12 2 13 1891-5 . . A. E. Scoddart... 8 4 0 ... 9 6 10 1897-8 . . A. E. Stoddart ... 4 5 3 ... 6 5 11 1901-2 . A. C. Maclaren ... 5 6 0 ... 8 6 8 1903-4 . . P. F. Warner 9 2 1 ... 10 2 8 * Lord Sheffield's Team. M r. B. C ox having resigned the secre­ taryship of the Spencer Club, it is requested that all communications in the future may be addressed to his successor, A. M. B l a c k , 9, Routh Road, Wands­ worth Common, S.W . W . L. K in d b r sl EY of Kalutara broke all previous records for an individual score in Ceylon. Playing for the Kalutara against Kelani Valley at Taldua early in February he was re­ sponsible for 67 out of 149 and 201 not out of a second total of 339 for five wickets. The latter score is now the highest for Ceylon, the best hitherto having been A . L . Gibson’s 218 for Dimbula v. Dikoya in 1902. S e v e r a l members of the West Indian team which visited England in 1900 took part in the recent Inter-colonial Tourna­ ment. G. C. Learmon and L. Constan­ tine batted well for Trinidad, who retain the cup, but the best all-round cricket on the winning side was that of Sydney Smith, who scored 57 and took nine wickets for 104 runs. The Barbados eleven included G. B. Y. Cox, who batted so well against Surrey at the Oval four years ago, P. A. Goodman, and F. Hinds of the West Indian team of 1900. C ox’s first score of 135 against Demerara was the highest innings of the tourna­ ment. W r it in g o f th e test m atch es in the recen t to u r M r. W a rn e r sum s u p the situ a tion a3 fo llo w s : — The sides were evenly matched. Two of the matches, which were decided by the spin of the coin, might he eliminated, but the remaining three were fair matches. The Englishmen won the rubber on their merits. They had no tail. The Australians had a big tail, and their bowling, although plentiful, was lacking in variety. Australia’s fielding was better and more uniform than England’s. A t the annual meeting of the Metro­ politan (New York) District Cricket League, held in New Y ork on March 1st, the follow ing were elected officers for the ensuing yea r: — President-, David A. Munro, New Y ork Veterans’ Association; vice-president, F. G . Warburton, Pater­ son C .C .; secretary-treasurer, F . F. Kelly, 70, Broad Street, Newark, N . J., New Jersey C.C. Executive committee: Henry Martin, New Y ork Veterans’ Association; E. E. Jac >bsen, Manhattan; E. O. Challenger, Brooklyn Team A ; F. F. Kelly, New Jersey C.C. ; F. G. Warburton, Paterson; W. Thacher, Kings County; J. N . E cobal, Columbia Oval. The president is the editor of the North American Review and an old Edin­ burgh University man. The secretary- treasurer has been a valued contributor to Cricket for many years and may fairly rank as the Ashley-Cooper of American cricket. E d u cated at St Charles’ College, Not- ting Hill, F. F. Kelly was a contemporary of Sir F. C. O ’Brien there. Before leaving England for America he played with Stoics, Emeriti, Hampstead, Non­ descripts, Bromley, Plaistow aud many other wandering clubs. In those days he bowled fast, but of recent years he has bowled a medium pace with a leg- break, his slow ball being the most effective on account of the spin. To F. F. K . belongs the distinction of being the first bowler in America to secure over 1,000 wickets in matches. In his American career he has done the hat trick eleven times and on two occasions he took four wickets with suc­ cessive balls. Year. City. 1888 ..Denver ... U83 ..Chicago ... 1890...Chicago ... 1891 Chicago ... 1892...Chicago ... 1893... Chicago ... 1894 . New York 1895 ..New York 1896...New York 1897. .New York 1693 ..New York 1899 . New York 1900 New York 1901.. New York 1902 . New York 1903.. New York Totals ... B. ... 570 ... 1,476 . 1,478 M. R. 36 168 85 3S>7 .. 80 452 ... 2,304 127 838 113 ... 1,978 120 651 109 27 234 W. Avg. 46 343 75 . 603 ... 1,630 ... 1,485 ... 1,830 ... 1,333 ... 1,910 .. 2,002 ... 1,183 ... 1,565 ... 1,542 ... 1,163 80 685 91 787 72 603 95 854 1C1 93 787 99 4 46 6-02 7‘t9 5*97 531 815 63 10 87 93 8 46 66 7*62 8-45 7-94 48 558 50 11-16 60 706 62 13-58 60 610 72 8-88 41 466 63 7-39 .24,0851,1979,4051,217 773 H is best performance in Eogland was for Eighteen of Bromley v. a mixed team of Gentlemen and Players, when he took eight wickets, including those of K . J. Key, Abel, R. Humphrey, Barratt, F. E. Street, and Henderson for runs. He also once took seven for no runs for Past v. Present of St. Charles’ College. I n a match against Merchant Taylors’ School, when the latter had one run to win with five wickets in hand, Kelly “ bagged ” those five men without a run, and the result was a tie. Since 1888 he has been in America, and his bow ling record for his fifteen years in the States will repay perusal. I n d iv id u a l scores of over two hundred anywhere are so rare that one cannot well afford to forbear giving any the bold advertisement of Cricket. One that as far as I know has not seen the light