Cricket 1905

106 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M ay 4, 1905. of England has received stamps to the amount of sixpence from two young gentlemen (names unknown) who attended a cricket match on the club ground a few years ago, without going through the formality of payment, the fee of admission being threepence. It is also stated that the postmark on the letter bore the name of a Welsh town which has recently gone in seriously for revivals. F o r Rosario against Quilmes, at Buenos Aires on March 25th, G. A. Middleton had the following analysis: 5 overs, 1 ball, 4 maidens, 2 runs, 6 wickets. T h e Sussex team for next Monday’s match against the M.C.C. at Lord’s has been chosen as follows :— C. B. Fry (capt.), C. L. A. Smith, K. O. Goldie, G. Wilder, Vine, Relf, Killick, Tate, Cox, Butt, and Leach. A c r ic k e t curiosity :— In four successive innings for the Waverley C.C., Sydney, in first-grade matches, H. Carter, the second wicket­ keeper of the Australian team of 1902, had the following remarkable record : 58, 57, 56 and 55. The runs which he made in his next two innings, when added together, amounted to 64. A n o th e r cricket curiosity:— In first-grade matches at Sydney during the past season, F. A. Iredale, for Paddington, and Janes, for Balmain, had identical records at the end of six innings, viz:— Not Highest Inns. out. score. Total. Aver. Iredale .......... 6 ... 0 ... 67 ... 138 ... 2300 Janes .......... 6 ... 0 ... 67 ... 137 ... 23’00 T h e Australians who, as was stated in last week’s “ Gossip,” arrived in London on the Wednesday evening, had a some­ what hurried journey from Fiji. They landed at Vancouver and went through Canada to Winnipeg, Toronto and the Niagara Falls. Thence they made j straight for New York, where they arrived less than an hour before the “ Majestic,” began her voyage to England. F ob future reference I append the names of the members of the team (arranged in alphabetical order) with their States and the dates of previous visits to England:— W. W. Armstrong, Victoria, 1902. A. Cotter, New South Wales. J. Darling, South Australia, 1896,1899, 1902. R. A. Duff, New South Wales, 1902. D. R. A. Gehrs, South Australia. S. E. Gregory, New South Wales, 1890, 1893,1896, 1899 1902. Clement Hill, South Australia, 1896,1899. 1902. A. J. Hopkins, New South Wales, 1902. W. P. Howell, New South Wales, 1899, 1902. J. J. Kelly, New South Wales, 1896, 1899, 1902. F. Laver, Victoria, 1899 (Manager). C. E. Mclieod, Victoria, 1899. P. M. Newland, South Australia. M. A. Noble, New South Wales, 1899, 1902. Victor Trumper, New South Wales, 1899,1902. As was generally anticipated by Eng­ lish cricketers, Barling has been chosen by the members of the Australian team as captain, with Noble as vice-captain. O n the Saturday before Eister Mr. C. E. C. Kendle made 121 not out in the opening match of the Granville (Lee) C.C. for Mr. Thomson’sX I. v. Mr. W. Haider’s X I. This is the first innings of a hundred that was heard of this season, but so many hundreds of clubs in different parts of the country begin their season long before the end of April, that it is not possible to point with certainty to the first hundred of the year. Mr. Kendle kept wicket for Hampshire three times in 1899, and played many good innings for the London County C.C. some three years ago. T h e Commercial Travellers’ C.C. has been in existence for a quarter of a cen­ tury. Every year it has given a concert and played a match at Catford Bridge for the benefit of some of the Commercial Travellers’ institutions, and in this way has raised over 2,300 guineas. The honorary secretary, Mr. E. Smith, 63, Fernlea Road, Balham, S.W., would be glad to hear from commercial travellers who would like to become playing mem­ bers of the cricket club. The annual subscription is only ten shilliogs. As far as is at present arranged, the team which will leave England on July 11th or 12th to play in the United States under the auspices of the M.C.C. will extend its tour to Canada. Mr. E. W. Mann, the Cambridge University captaiD, will probably be the captain, and it is likely that most of the players will be University Blues. A u s tr a lia n batsmen who have not the good fortune to be chosen to play for their State sometimes get very little cricket during the season, as may be seen from the fact that no member of the Paddington C.C. (Sydney) had a second innings during the past season, while the members of the Central Cum­ berland C.C. were in nearly as bad a position; they only had a second innings once. W h e n North Sydney only had three more matches to play in the First Grade competion at Sydney, a player named M'Cartney was put into the team. He scored 22, 61 not out, 4 not out, and 44 not out—a total of 131 for one com­ pleted innings; average, 131. From the Sydney Mail :—“ Balcombe, of Sydney University, who possesses a really good style of batting, has the following remarkable record in grade cricket for the season just closed : 0 v. Sydney, 0 v. Glebe, 0 v. Central Cumber­ land, 20 (not out) v. Redfern, 0 v. Bel- main, 20 v. Balmain. Walker failed to score in four successive innings without bagging a ‘ brace.’ Twice he was not out.” H. C. M o D o n e ll , the Surrey cricketer, represented Cambridge in the golf match against Oxford last week, and beat the Hon. C. N. Bruce by 8 up. L. D. Brownlee, the Gloucestershire cricketer, played for Oxford, but lost his match against H. D. Gillies. In the Corintbiw football team, which was beaten by Sheffield Wednesday at the Crystal Palace on Eister Monday f ir the Sheriff of London Charity Shield, were S. H. D ly, the Kent cricketer and Cambridge Blue, S. S. Harris, the Cam­ bridge Blue, and O. T. Norris, who received his blue for Oxford last year, but was unable to play in the ’ Varsity match on account of an inj ury. 8. M. J. W oods has sufficiently re­ covered from his accident at Blackheath when playing Rugby footbill for Past v. Present of the club, as to be able to pUy cricket already. On Saturday he cap­ tained one of the sides at Taunton in a Somersetshire trial match, and retired after scoring 52. O n Saturday Mr. C. O. Cooper, the Beckenham cricketer, who played occa­ sionally for Kent in 1894-5 and 6, was married to Miss Simpsbn at Beckenham Parish Church. C r ic k e t e r s who shivered in the field on Monday will doubtless appreciate the following remarks about Mayday bv “ E. T.” in the Daily Chronicle :— And all the world to-day is suddenly rich and bright and Btrange, as when an anxious man, who has long been working in dust and darkness amongst ancient tomb 3 , suddenly comes upon a door into a tomb that has been still and noiseless for centuries, and sees before him chariots of gold, vases of alabaster, cruses of oil and wine, carved monkeys and a god, and many golden and painted pos­ sessions of dead men. M r. F. H. C l a r k e , the new editor of the American Cricketer, was born at Loughton, in Essex, and lived there for 22 years before going to America. He is still a member of the Loughton C.C., and in 1889 and 1890, the two years before he left England, he was a member of the Essex County C.C. T h e umpires for the five test matshes have been selected as follows by Mr. Lacey and Mr. Liver :— Nottingham, May 29, Carlin and James Phillips Lord’s, June 15, James Phillips and Richards Leeds, July 3, James Phillips and Titchmarsh Manchester, July 24, Carlin and J. E. West. Oval, Aug. 14, James Phillips and W. A. J. West. T h e first innings of a hundred this season at Cambridge was played on Friday last, April 26th, by R. P. Keigwin, for Peterhouse against St. Catherine’s. His score was 130. It will be remembered that R. P. Keigwin is the Cambridge Blue and Essex cricketer, whose long partnerships with his brother for Peter- house were so noticeable last year. L. G. Ahrams made 109 for Peterhouse against Emmanuel on Saturday. I t will be remembered that Mr. Chuckerup, the umpire of a thriviog “ weak medium” club, expressed some strong opinions in Cricket a fortnight ago about the proposed alterations in the