Cricket 1905

332 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. Audi 10, 1905. take place this year, with the same pay­ ment, but, according to a Canadian paper:— At a recent meeting of the Canadian Association, at which some Eastern delegates were present, the question arose as to what was done with the $80 which had been paid in. The members of the Canadian Associa­ tion then admitted that it had been used to pay the expenses of the western players to the United States when the matches were played there every alternate year. No such provision, however, was made for the eastern representatives, if there were any on the team, who were compelled to foot their own bills. When the facts of the case came out, Ottawa immediately withdrew the grant of $80, the Canadian Association reversed their decision, and declared that the International match would be played at Eosedale. This was the climax. Ottawa immediately with­ drew their membership from the Canadian Cricket Association, and Montreal and McGill will do so at the next meeting. This, natur­ ally, created much feeling between the eastern and western teams, with the result that the Inter-provincial match was declared off. I t is hard on Sussex to have to do without the services of E. A. Young just when he is in his very best form. Harder still to have to take the field continually without C. B. Fry, and to find that Ranjitsinhji cannot, owing to illness, come back from India in time for any cricket this season. But despite these handicaps the Sussex men still give a good account of themselves as a rule, and the absence of well-known players has given the committee a chance to try various promising young players. R e f e r r i n g to the origin of the game of cricket, Mr. J. M. Framjee Patel, in his recently published book, “ Stray Thoughts on Indian Cricket ” —which will be reviewed shortly—says:— “ This little story referred to by Mr. M. K. Patel in his book speaks for itself : 1When Alexander the Great, in ascending the throne, discontinued the payment of one thousand eggs which his father, Philip, used to render as tribute to Darius Codo Manus, the latter was very wroth, and, -regarding Alexander as a mere child, despatched the following message by one of his chieftains, who carried in his hands a ball, a bat and a vessel containing the seeds of the sesamum: 1Thou art still a child to play with the bat and ball, and the Persian army, innumerable as the seeds of sesamum, will invade Macedonia.’ ” The story, slightly altered, iswell-known to schoolboys, but Mr. J . M. Patel does not say what is the title of Mr. M. K. Patel’sbook,nor what washisauthority for usingthe words, “ bat and ball.” I fancy that English historians have not yet gone back as far as the times of Cyrus and Alexander to find the origin of the game. A t Stockton, New South Wales, a presentation was made to the Rev. P. S. Waddy, the old Oxford University cricketer, at a farewell meeting, on June 27th, of the members of his church. Mr. Waddy has accepted an appoint­ ment at Singleton in the same State. He was in the Oxford X I. in 1896 and 1897. D IE S IRAE . (Our correspondent must have been watch­ ing a match in which full pitches by fast bowlers were among the noticeable points in the game.) What of the days to be? What of the time of tumult yet to come, Filled with a sound of mourning like the sea, And beat of muffled drum ? What of the fast full-pitch ? What of the dire and off-recurrent thud— The gashes that defy the surgeon’s stitch— The sward, all stained with blood ? Cricket was once a game! Time was when none knew how—resolved to kill— The bowler, dervish-like, with eyes of flame, May burl the hellish pill. What of the slaughtered brave ? Heroes undaunted by the foeman’s strength! pray they find, on fields beyond the grave, Bowlers who keep a length. S.L.S. THE AUSTRALIANS. THE SOUTH WALES MATCH. (t w e n t y -e i g h t h o f t h e t o u r .) Played at Cardiff on August 7, 8 and 9. Abandoned. Although this match does not count as first-class a crowd of ten thousand paid for admission to the Cardiff ground on Bank Holiday. The Australians left out Trumper, Laver, Gregory and Darling. On a slow wicket South Wales made 132, Bancroft, the old Rugby International Footballer, 25, and Diver, the old Surrey player, 29. When stumps were drawn the Australians had put up 106 for 4 wickets, Armstrong being not out 34, and Hopkins not out 10. As was generally anticipated, the Australians ended the second day with much the best of the situation. Hopkins made 92 in two hours and twenty minutes, and McLeod 103 not out in about the same time. When stumps were drawn South Wales had scored 80 for three wickets and required 149 to save the innings’ defeat. There was no play yesterday owing to rain. S outh W ales . First innings. Second innings. N. V. H. Riches, b Hopkins 0 not out................ 31 Silverlock, b Hopkins ... 10c Kelly.b'McLeod 1 Bancroft, c McLeod, b c Hopkins, b Mc- Howell.............................. 25 Lcod..................18 E. S. Phillips, b Howell ... 1b Noble ............ 6 Diver, c Hopkins, b Arm­ strong ..............................29 notout................ 6 Russell, b Howell.................. 1 J. H. Brain, c Gehrs, b Howell................................ 2 W. H. Brain, c Duff, b Arm­ strong ..............................19 Creber, not out ................23 Nash, stNewland, b Howell 0 Steeples, b Armstrong ... 8 B 9, lb 5 ................14B 10,1b1,w 3,nb 4 18 Total.. R. A. Duff,c J.H. Brain, b Steeples.................28 D. R. A. Gehrs, st W. H. Brain, b Creber... 16 O. Hill, c Diver, b Steeples ................. 9 M. A. Noble, b Russell 3 W. W. Armstrong, c W.H.Brain,b'Russell 59 A. J. Hopkins, b 92 ...132 A ustralians . Total (3 wkts) 80 O. E. McLeod,not out 103 J. J. Kelly, c Phillips, b Creber.................12 A. Cotter, c Russell, b Creber.................13 P. M. Newland, b Creber ................. 3 W. P. Howell, b Nash 11 B 7, lb 5 ..........12 Total ..........361 S outh W ales . First innings. Second innings. Howell ... Hopkins... Armstrong O. M. R. W. . 36 16 59 5 .......... 9 15 5 26 2 ............ 20.1 6 33 3 ............ McLeod......... 15 Noble .......... 8 Cotter ......... 1 Noble bowled four wides and one no-ball, and McLeod delivered two no-balls. A ustralians . Creber ... 38 8 100 4 I Russell ... 21 4 63 Steeples... 35 2 132 3 Silverlock.. 1 0 7 Nash ... 20.2 4 47 1 M. R. W. 16 0 5 26 2 2 20 1 1 0 0 THE CANTERBURY WEEK. KENT v . ESSEX. Played at Canterbury on August 7, 8 and 9. Abandoned. In unpromising weather considerable progress was made in this match on Monday. Rain fell in the morning and during the last hour, but play began at a quarter past twelve and continued until the usual time for drawing stumps. On a soft, but not difficult wicket, Kent put up 246. Steady cricket was the order of the day until Mason and Blaker came together, when a partnership lasting for thirty- five minutes produced 73 runs. Dillon played a very sound innings for 51, and Seymour and S. H. Day both made very useful scores, but, chiefly owing to the bowling of Douglas, six wickets were down for 118, Douglas’s analysis up to this period being five overs and four balls, two maidens, five runs, and four wickets. He was hit by Marsham and Blaker, but came out with the excellent record of five wickets for 67. Towards the end of the innings Blythe and Blaker increased the total by 48 in twenty minutes for the last wicket, Blaker’s fine innings of 68 being put together in an hour and ten minutes. He hit eight 4 s. Essex soon lost Fane, but Carpenter and Perrin, who had both missed catches, to some extent made up for their mistakes by putting up 52 for the second wicket. When stumps were drawn the Essex score was 98 for four wickets. Gillingham was not out 9 and Reeves not out 18. On Tuesday morning Gillingham was caught at the wicket without in­ creasing his score, and half the wickets were down for 107 runs. Reeves, Tosetti, and Russell all played well, but the last three wickets all fell at the same total, and Essex ended their innings with a balance of 59 against them. When Kent went in again Tremlin bowled remarkably well, and although a good stand was made for the first wicket by Dillon and Alec Hearne, runs were so difficult to obtain that the innings ended for 76, leaving Essex to make 235 runs to win—a difficult task. But after Fane, for the second time in the match, had been dismissed for a small score, Perrin and Carpenter kept together for an hour and a quarter, during which they increased the score by 88. Carpenter was dismissed just before time, and when stumps were drawn, Perrin (45) and McGahey (1) were together. Yesterday Perrin played a great game on a very difficult wicket, but Kent were winning easily when rain fell and caused the game to be aban­ doned. Essex had a veiy narrow escape. K ent . E. W. Dillon,c&b Douglas 51 c McGahey, b D ouglas..........68 Hearne (A.), c Russell, b c Russell,b Buck- Buckenham ................. 6 enham .......... 24 Seymour,cTremlin,bReeves 36 b Trem lin........... 0 S.H.Day, c Tremlin,b Doug- c Carpenter, b las.......................................21 Tremlin...........13 Humphreys, b Douglas ... 0 notout................. 2 J.R.Mason, c Fane, b Buck- c Perrin, b Trem- enham...............................35 lin ..................... 18 C.H.B. Marsham, b Douglas 0 cDouglas,bBuck- enham .............14 R. N. R. Blaker, b Reeves... 68 b Trem lin............ 4 Huish, c Carpenter, b c Russell,b Buck- Douglas ........................ 0 enham ............ 6 Fairservice, c Douglas, b c Russell,b Trem- Buckenham ................. 3 lin ................... 5 Blythe, not out .................17 b Trem lin..............11 Byes ........................ 9 B 4, lb 7 ... 11 Total .................. 246 E ssex . F.L.Fane.c Mason, b Blythe 4 Carpenter, c Marsham, b Mason.................................. 43 P. A. Perrin, c Marsham, b Hearne ........................... 20 C. H. McGahey, c Mason, b Blythe ......................... 2 Rev. F. H. Gillingham, c Huish, b Mason ........... 9 Reeves, c Mason, b Fair­ service.................................. 40 G.Tosetti, c Mason, b Blythe 36 J.W.H.T. Douglas, c Dillon, b Blythe .......................... 8 Russell (E.), c Seymour, b Fairservice........................... 20 Buckenham, not o u t........... 0 Tremlin, b Fairservice ... 0 Byes .......................... 5 Total..........................187 Total....... 176 b Blythe .......... 5 c Marsham, b Dillon ........ 46 st Huish,b Blythe 74 b Blythe b Blythe b Mason b Blythe b Blythe . notout... . Extras . 11 Buckenham , Tremlin ... . Douglas........ Reeves ... . Blythe ... , Fairservice . Mason ... . Hearne ... . . 20 12 15 . 15 . 35 . 19-3 . 17 . 2 K ent . 4 60 3 . 3 24 0 .. 2 67 5 .. 0 86 2 E ssex . 9 88 4 .. 7 54 3 .. 5 35 2 .. 0 5 1 .. Dillon.. Total (8 wkts) 163 ... 181 63 3 ... 232 4 72 6 ... 7 2 30 1 I ... 32 14 62 6 ... 7 1 20 0 ... 34 18 52 1 ... 6 1 11 0 - 1 1 7 1