Cricket 1905

28 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. F eb . 23, 1905. the names of Darling, Hill, Noble, Tiumper, S. E. Gregory, Kelly, and Howell are to be found in each of the thrpe te^m®: — 1899. J. Darling C. Hill M. A. Noble V. Tramper J. J. Kelly S. E. Gregory W. P. Howell J. Worrall F. Laver F. A. Iredale H. Trumble E. Jones O. E. M'Leod A. E. Johns 1902. J. Darling C. Hill M. A. Noble V. Tramper J. J. Kelly S. E. Gregory W. P. Howell W. W. Armstrong A. J. Hopkins R. A. Duff H. Trumble E. Jones J. V. Saunders H. Carter 1905. J. Darling C. Hill M. A. Noble V. Trumper J. J. Kelly S. E. Gregory W. P. Howell W. W. Armstrong A. J. Hopkins R. A. Duff I). R. A. Gelirs A. Cotter C. MT.eod P. Newland E. R. W a d d t , who was well up in the running for a place in the Australian team, has made the following scores this season (his first) in interstate matches : 129 not out v. South Australia, at Ade­ laide ; 7 and 63 v. Victoria, at Melbourne; 57 and 43 not out v. South Australia, at Sydney; and 35 and 17 v. Victoria, at Sydney. This gives a total of 351 runs for five completed innings, and an aver­ age of 70. ------ In the second innings of the match at Sydney between New South Wales and South Australia, Trumper was out for 76 in a remarkable way, says the Sydney M a il :— “ A ball from Pellew rose high from the pitch, and Trumper followed it round. Newland took the ball close to his face ; in fact it struck him. There was an appeal for a catch, and Trumper had to retire. ------ T he bowling averages in Test matches of the Australians who will visit England this year are as follows: — Wickets. Runs. Aver. A. Cotter ............. 11 150 13’63 M. A. N oble............. 94 2024 21*53 A. J. Hopkins ... 13 341 26*23 C. E. Mclieod ... 23 800 34*78 W. P. Howell ... 35 1244 35*54 F. Jiaver ............. 7 262 37*42 W. W. Armstrong... 4 355 88 75 P u b l i s h e d at the price of sixpence John Wisden’s “ Cricketer’s Note Book,” edited by Mr. P. S. Ashley-Oooper, has evidently come to stay. Tbe edition for 1905,which has just been issued, con­ tains a diary, the first-class fixtures for the year, cricket notabilia, and curiosi­ ties, in addition to an article by the editor on “ Missed Catches.” The note­ book is a most useful little annual. A t a meeting of the Western Province Cricket Union, held at Cape Town on January 19th, the question of the visit of an English team next season came up. It was stated that Mr. P. P. Warner was agreeable to bring out an English team to South Africa next winter. L a s t year’ s working of the Surrey County C.C. produced an excess of £864 15s. 4d. in receip's over expendi­ ture. The biggest gate was, of course, at the August Bank Holiday match, which realised £775 12s. lOd. Of the other county matches the best return was in that with Yorkshire. Here the receipts were £565 7s. 6d. Tbe annual general meeting of the club will be held at the Oval on Thursday, May 4th. T h e match between the Eastern and Western Provinces in the Currie Cup Tournament at Cape Town was brought to a sensational finish by the South African fast bowler, J. J. Kotza. Though he bowled little and without success in the East’s first innings, in the second he took seven wickets and effectually settled the game by taking the last three wickets of the match with successive balls. A wicket-ke9per, Jones by name, did a noteworthy performance in a match at Melbourne between the North Melbourne and Hawksburn clubs early last month. He helpel to dismiss all the six Hawks­ burn batsmen who were out, citchiug three, stumping two and running out the sixth. ------ A n index to all first-class matches in “ Wisden ” from 1864 to 1888 (including some other matches of good repute) has been compiled by Mr. J. B. Payne, who contemplates issuing an edition limited to 100 copies of the siza of “ Wisden.” He hopes to add to the bx>k (which will be on good paper with clear type) an appendix giving an alphabetical list of all first-class matches played in England from 1864 to the end of 1887, with the years in which each match was played. His aim is to make a register and index for rapid reference. His address is 64. Franklin Road, Harrogate, and he would be glad to hear from intending sub­ scribers. CR ICKET IN IND IA . BOMBAY GYMKHANA v. PAESEE GYMKHANA. Played on the ground of the former on January 21. BOMBAY GYMKHANA. Mr. H. Cheet-ham, not out ......................................101 Mr. C. L. Burns, c Commissariat, b Netsatkhan ... 3 Mr. A. H. S. Aston, b Kanga ............................... 1 Mr. S. N. Powell, c Vakil, b Netsatklian................ 40 Mr. J. S. Milne, run out............................... .......... 8 Mr. J. A. C. Kiddle, riot out... ............................... 0 Extras......... * ......................................13 Total (4 wkts) .......... * Innings declared closed. PARSEE GYMKHANA. Mr. H. Commissariat, b Coombs ......... Mr. Netsatkhan, c and b Coombs .......... Mr. Vakil, not out ...................................... Mr. S. Commissariat, c Kiddle, b Milne... Mr. Chothia, not out ........................ ... Extras...................................... Total (3 wkts) .......... *166 RECEIPTS. LE IC E S TER SH IRE COUNTY C.C. The following are the chief items in the Committee’s Report:— The committee has engaged A. D. Pouglier as coach for a month, commencing on the 10th April. The membership of the club is now 1,632, inclusive of 94 life members. It is a matter of regret that the financial statement again shows a loss on the year’s working, viz.: £265 9s. 5d., increasing the balance due to the bank from £605 14s. 7d. to £871 4s. Od. The committee is of opinion that the expenditure of the club should ultimately be reduced to 1.3,600 per annum, and it is endeavouring to achieve this result. Below will be found a list of the match receipts and expenditure for 1904 :— Trial M atches.................................. £ s. d. ... 3 16 0 1Lancashire .................................. ... 43 5 3 London County.................................. ... 282 5 9 Surrey ............................................. ... 61 5 6 Sussex ............................................. ... 87 17 9 Hampshire .................................. ... 131 12 9 Worcestershire.................................. ... 141 2 0 Derbyshire .................................. ... Ill 11 6 W arwickshire.................................. ... 99 3 9 Notts ............................................. ... 172 6 6 South Africans.................................. ... 264 4 9 Yorkshire ................................... ... 295 11 6 Essex ............................................. ... 84 12 0 EXPENDITURE. Trial Matches ................................... £1,781 15 0 £ s. d. ... 26 9 7 Lancashire .................................. ... 69 6 5 W arwickshire.................................. ... 45 14 1 Yorkshire ................................... ... 57 14 0 London County.................................. ... 92 16 8 Surrey ............................................. ... 64 2 7 Sussex ............................................. ... 91 13 5 Essex ............................................. ... 51 3 10 London County.................................. ... 61 2 3 Derbyshire .................................. ... 50 5 10 M. C. C.................................................. ... 18 17 10 Hampshire .................................. ... 75 2 4 Worcestershire.................................. ... 74 8 0 Sussex ............................................ ... 65 5 4 Derbyshire ................................... ... 69 18 5 Notts ............................................. ... 45 17 0 W arwickshire.................................. ... 75 19 10 Notts ............................................. ... 79 12 11 South JMatch Expenses £ 85 “ §| 202 15 2 Africans \ Half Share of Gate £117 Yorkshire............................................. ... 76 1 4 Hampshire .................................. ... 64 7 5 Essex ............................................. ... 76 0 10 Lancashire ................................. ... 63 12 6 Worcestershire................................. ... 71 4 2 Surrey ............................................ ... 56 2 4 £1,725 14 1 METROPOLIT AN D ISTR ICT LEAGUE (N EW YORK .) AVERAGES FOR THE SEASON OF 1904 BATTING. No. Times Most of Inns. not out. in an Inns. Total Runs. Aver. F. D. Mockler (Livingston) ... 2 . 2 .. 67* .. 132 . .132-00 C. P. Hurditch (Livingston) ... 12 . . 2 .. 98 .. 555 . . 55"50 A. G. Laurie (Livingston) ... 12 . . 4 .. 61* .. 347 . . 4337 W. Bunce (Paterson) 11 . . 2 .. 100* .. 361 . . 4011 C. H. Clarke (Livingston) ... 11 . . 4 .. 107* .. 269 . . 38-43 A. Hoskings (Columbia Oval) 11 . 2 .. 68* .. 314 . . 38-22 J. Poyer (Brooklyn A .)... C. II. E. Griffith (Livingston) ... D. Thome (Brooklyn A .)... 12 . 2 .. 66* .. 353 . . 35"30 9 . . 3 .. 61* .. 174 . . 29-00 7 . . 3 .. 51* .. 98 .. 24*50 A. H. Dovey (Columbia Oval) 7 . 2 .. 65* .. 116 .. 23-20 * Signifies not out. BOWLING. B. M. R. W. Avr. F. F. Kelly (Livingston) ...891... 44 ...362... 61 ...5’93 A. G. Laurie (Livingston) ...465... 24 ...171... 27 ...6*33 A. Lovell (Brooklyn A.) ...219... 4 ...108... 14 ...7'71 H. Poyer (Brooklyn A.) .. .772...24 ...348. .41 .. .8*49 C. Smith (Manhattan)...........502... 14 ...227... 26 ...8*73 B.Kortlang(ColumbiaOval)847... 17 ...405... 46 ...880 A.Hoskings(ColumbiaOval)808... 16 ...276... 32 ...8*94 J. Poyer (Brooklyn A.)...772... 26 .. .352... 38 .. .9*28 C. P. Hurditcli, by making 555, has the record season’s total for the 1^eague; and F. F. Kelly, by taking 61 wickets, has made a record for the bowling. XHE NATIVE GUANO COMPANY have pub- 1 lished a small book giving the results of the application of Native Guano to farm, garden, cricket fields, etc. It is during the coming month that the best results may be obtained from this particular treatment. The company will forward this book on application to theiroffices, 29,New Bridge Street, E.C.