Cricket 1904

46 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M ar . 31, 1904. M r . C h a r l e s M a r s h a l l . Mr. Charles Marshall, of the Rugby Elevens of 1860, 1861 and 1862, died on on the 25th ult. As he was born at Cricldewood, in Middlesex, on February 20tb, 1843, he was in his 62nd year at the time of his decease. H e was a sound batsman, a particularly fine field at lon g- leg and cover-point, and could throw the b ill over 100 yards with ease. He was contemporary at Rugby with C. Booth, B. B. Cooper, F. R . Evars, E. Rutter, M. T. Martin, G. P. Robertson, J. S. E. Hood and T. Case. In 1861 he made 53 v. Trinity College (Oxford), 53 v. The X X I I ., and 61 against the bow ling of Willsher and Diver for the X I . v. The X Y I. After leaving Ru gby he appeared for Cambridgeshire, Middlesex, Hunting­ donshire, M .C.C ., Free Foresters, etc. He assisted Middlesex on two occasions only, both times in 1866, scoriDg 33 against Cambridgeshire, at Cambridge, and 50 against Surrey, at the Oval. His height was 5ft. 8 Ln. and weight (in 1860) 10 st. 81bs. M r . G. H . C a m m e l l . Mr. G. H . Cammell,who twice appeared for Eton against Harrow, scoring 5 and 0 in 1870 and 46 not out in 1871, died early in March. Am ong his contempor­ aries were G. H . Longman, A. 8 . Tabor, Lord Harris, A. W . Ridley, A. T. Lyttel­ ton and F. M. Buckland. H a r r y B u t l e r . Harry Butler, landlord of the “ Swan iDn,” Sutton-in-Ashfield, died at his residence on the 2 0 th inst. at the age of 48. H e was in turn professional at Sutton, Sandhurst, Nottingham (with the Notts Commercial C.C.), Preston North End, East Lancashire and Burnley. H e was afterwards with the West of Scotland C.C. for eight or nine seasons, and his career as a professional, which commenced in May, 1877, concluded at Scarborough in 1893. H e was for many years a very efl>ctive bowler. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. N. B .-(a ) The matches played by Lord Ha^kt’s Teain in Australia are counted flrst-elsss; ( b ) not against Glamorgan and Scotland; (c) Noble’a score was 17 in the match you mention ; and id) Bailej’s score for Harrow v. Eton was 61, not 67. SOUTH AFRICAN TEAM. The team as definitely settled is as under:— F. Mitchell (Transvaal). J. H . Sinclair (Transvaal). G. H. Shepstone (Transvaal). E. A. Halliwell (Transvaal). W . A. Shalders (Transvaal). Ji. O. Schwarz (Transvaal). Gordon White (Transvaal). L. J. Tancred (Transvaal). B. Wallach (Transvaal). M. Hathorn (Transvaal). J. J. Kotze (Western Province). Allan Reid (Western Province). J. Middleton (Western Province). S. J. Snooke (Western Province). At the same time it is said that R. O. Schwaiz is not a certainty. F OR SALE or EXCHANGE.—Early “ Wisden,” Fred Lillywhi'e, John Lillywhite, and James Lillvwhite’s Cricket Annuals ; Cricket, vols. I. to X X II.; Scores and Biographies, vols. I. to XIV.— G a s to n , Preston Park Library, Brighton. ENGLAND v. AUSTRALIA. RECORDS OF THE TEST GAMES. By A lfred D. T aylor . In compiling the records of international cricket matches I have taken the word liter­ ally, giving absolutely the best performances only, except when comparative equality demands the inclusion of more than one instance. MATCHES PLAYED IN ENGLAND. Ground. Played. Won by Won by England. Australia. Drn. O val......... .. 10 7 1 2 Manchester .. 7 2 2 3* Lord's ... .. 8 4 2 2 Nottingham ... 1 0 0 1 Leeds .. 1 0 0 1 Birmingham . 1 0 0 1 Sheffield ... .. 1 0 1 0 Total .. 59 13 6 10 MATCHES PLAYED IN AUSTRALIA. Melbourne .. 18 7 9 2 Sydney ... ... 18 9 9 0 Adelaide ... ... 6 2 4 0 Total .. 42 .. 18 ... 22 2 Grand Total 71 ... 31 ... 28 ... 12 * The match at Manchester in 1890, abandoned without a ball being bowled, is not included. HIGHE8T INNINGS IN ENGLAND. By E ngland : 576. at the Oval, August, 18^9. By A ustralia : 661, »t the Oval, August. 1884. HIGHEST INNINGS IN AUSTRALIA. By E ngland : 577, at Sydney, December, 1903. Ly A ustralia : 686, at Sydney, December, U94. HIGHE8T AGGREGATE IN A MATCH. In E ngland : 1,182 for 25 wickets, at the Oval, August, 1899. In A ustralia : 1,641 for 35 wickets, at Sydney, December, 1903. LOWEST INNINGS IN ENGLAND. By E ngland : 53. at Lord’s, July, 1888. By A ustralia : 36. at Birmingham. May, 1902. LOWEST INNINGS IN AUSTRALIA. By E ngland : 45, at Sydney, January, 18-7. By A ustralia : 42, at Sydney, February, 18S8. LOWEST AGGREGATE IN A MATCH. In E n g lan d : 291 for 40 wickets, at Lord’s, July, 1888. In A ustbalia : 374 for 40 wickets, at Sydney, February, 1888. SUBSTANTIAL VICTORIES. In E n g la n d : Eogland won by an innings and 217 runs, at the Oval, August, 1886. In A ustralia : England won by an innings and 230 runs, at Adelaide, March, 1892. EXCITING FINISHES. In E ngland : Australia won by 3 runs, at Manchester, July, 1902. England won by one wicket, at the Oval, August, 1902. In A ustralia : Australia won by 6 runs, at Sydney, February, 1885. England won by 10 runs, at Sydney, December, 1891. HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL SCORES IN ENGLAND. For E ngland : 170, by W . G. Grace, at the Oval, August, 1886. For A ustralia : 211, by W . L. Murdoch, at the Oval, August, 1884. HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL SCOBES IN AUSTRALIA. For E n g lan d : 587, by R. E. Foster, at Sydney, December, 1903. For A ustralia : 201, by S. E . Grfgory, at Sydney, December, 1894. CENTURIES SCORED ON A FIRST APPEAR­ ANCE IN ENGLAND. For E ngland : 164*, by K. S. Ranjitsinhji, at Man­ chester, July, 1896. 162, by W. G. Grace, at the Oval, September, 1880. For A ustralia : 153*, by W . L. Murdoch, at the Oval, September, 1880. 107 by H. Graham, at Lord’s, July, 1893. CENTURIES SCORED ON A FIR8T APPEAR­ ANCE IN AUSTRALIA. For E ngland : 287, by R. E . Foster, at Sydney, December, 1903, 176, by K. S. Ranjitsinbji, at Sydney, December, 1897, 117, by A . Ward, at Sydney, December, 1?94. For A ustralia : 165*. by A. C. Bannerman, at Mel­ bourne, March, 1877, 105, by H Graham, at Sydney, February, 1895, 104, by R. A. Duff, at Melbourne. January, 1902. N ote .— Murdoch had previously plaved in Aus­ tralia, and Ward in England. Ranjitsinhji and Graham registered centuries on their first appearance both in England and Australia. RECORD PARTNERSHIPS FOR ENGLAND. F irst W ic k e t . 185, T. Hayward and F. B. Jackson, at the Oval, August, 1899. S econd W ic k e t . 152, W . Gunn and A. Shrewsbury, at Lord’s, July, 1893. T h ird W jc k it . 210, J. T. Brown and A. Ward, at M-lbourne, March, 1695. F ourth W ic k r t . 171, W. Barnes and A. Shrewsbury, at Lord’s, July, 1886. F ifth W ic k e t . 192, R. E. Foster and L. C. Braund, at Sydney, Dec­ ember, 1903. S ix t h W ic k e t . 142, L. C. Braund and F. S. Jackson, at Manchester, July, 1902. S e ven th W ic k e t . 165, L. C. Braund & A. A. Lilley, at Sydney, Dec. 1901. E igh th W ic k e t . No partnership over 100. N in t h W ic k e t . 151, W . W. Read and W. H. Scottoa, at the Oval, August, 1884. T enth W ic k e t . 130, R. E. Foster & W. Rhodes, at Sydney, Dec., 1933 RECORD PARTNERSHIPS FOR AUSTRALIA. . F irst W ic k e t . 135, R. A. Duff and V. Trumper, at Manchester, July, 1932. S econd W ic k e t . 174, A. C. Bannerman and J. J. Lyons, at Sydney, February, 1897. T h ird "W ic k e t . 207, W . L. Murdoch and H. J. Scott, at the Oral, August, 1884. F ourth W ic k e t . 221, S. E. Gregory and G. H. S. Trott, at Lord’s, June, 1836. F ifth W ic k e t . 142, J. Darling and S. E. Gregory, at Melbourne, March, 1895. S ix t h W ic k e t . 142, H. Graham and S. E. Gregory, at Lord’s, July 1893. S even th W ic k e t . 165, C. Hill and H. Trumbl**, at Melbourne January, 1898. E ig h th W ic k e t . 164, G. J. Bonnor and 8. P. Jone<, at Sydney, March, 1685. N in th W ic k e t . 151, J. McC. Blackham and S. E. Gregory, at Sydney, December, 1894. T enth W ic k e t . 123, W . Armstrong and B. A. Duff, at Melbourne, January, 1902. CARRYING BAT THROUGHOUT AN INNINGS. R. Abel, 132 not out, at Sydney, January, 1892. J. E. Barrett, 67 not out, at Lord’s, July, 189J. DOUBLE FIGURES. At Melbourne, December, 1891, the eleven English­ men registered double figures in their Becond innings. MOST WICKETS CAPTURED BY A BOWLER IN A MATCH IN AUSTRALIA. F o r E ngland : W . Rhodes, 15 for 124, at Melbourne, January, 1934. For A u s t r a l ia : M. A. Noble. 13 for 77, at Mel­ bourne, January, 1932; and F. R. Spofforth, 13 for 110, at Melbourne, January, 1879. MOST WICKET8 CAPTURED BY A BOWLER IN A MAT*JH IN ENGLAND. For E ngland : T. Richardson, 13 for 245, at Man­ chester, July, 1896. For A u stralia : F. R. Spofforth, 14 for 92, at the Oval, August. 1882. EIGHT WICKETS IN AN INNINGS. For E ngland : G. A . Lohmann, 8 for 35, at Sydney, February, 1887. G. A. Lohmann, 8 for 58, at Sydney, January, 1892. W. Rhodes, 8 for 58, at Melbourne, January, 1904. L. C. Braund, 8 for 81, at Melbourne, March, 1934. T. Richardson, 8 for 94, at Sydney, February, 1898. For A u stralia : A. E. Trott, 8 for 43, at Adelaide, January, 1895. BEST ANALYSIS IN AN INNINGS. For E ngland : W . Rhodes, 7 for 17, at Birmingham, May, 19.2. For A u str a lia : M. A . Noble, 7for 17, at Melbourne, January, 1902. THE “ HAT TRICK.” For E ngland : W. Bates, at Melbourne, Jan., 1883. J. Briggs, at Sydney, Jan , 1892. J. T. Hearne. at Leeds, June, 1899. For A u str a lia : H. Trumble, at Melbourne, Jan., 1902. H. Trumble, at Melbourne, March, 1904. ENTIRE ELEVEN BOWLED. At the Oval, August, 1884, the eleven Englishmen w^re sent on to bowl against the Australians, W . G. Grace taking every position in the field.