Cricket 1905

O c t . 26, 1905. CRICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 445 CR ICK ET IN IN D IA . BOMBAY PRESIDENCY v. PARSEES. AN INNINGS OF 233 BY H . D. KANGA. Played at Poona on September 11 and 12. Parsees won by an innings and 226 runs. Evidently thinking that some rain which fell on the night before this match began would make the wicket difficult, Captain Greig, the Hampshire cricketer, put his opponents in first when he won the toss. Hours before the innings of the Parsees came to an end he must have recognised that he had made a sad mistake. The Parsees took the utmost advantage of their opportunity, and when the first day’s play ended their score was 417 for six wickets. Kanga and Mody began well by putting up 68 for the first wicket, and when the former was joined by Mistri the bowling was completely mas­ tered. It was not until the total had been increased by 178 that Mistri was disposed of with the score at 246. The rest of the day’s cricket was only remarkable for the fine batting of Kanga, who, when stumps were drawn, had just passed his second hundred— the only time that 200 has ever been made in the series of matches between the Parsees and the Presidency. On the following morn­ ing Kanga increased his score to 233. Alto­ gether he was batting for six hours, and although fault was found with his play by some of the critics, it was a brilliant peiform- ance to make so large a score in a Presidency match. The Presidency lost two wickets for 47 before tiffin, and were soon almost hope­ lessly out of the running, for although when three wickets were down the total was 91, the remaining men could only account for 46. The redeeming feature of the innings was the excellent batting of Captain Greig, who also distinguished himself in the follow-on. The Parsees are to be greatly congratulated on a remarkable victory. P arsees . II. D. Kanga, c and b Stileman................. 233 J. D. Mody, c Stileman, b K id d le...................26 K.M. Mistri, st Kerrey, b Stileman ............89 R. P. Meherhomji, b Stileman................. 0 D.C.Daruwala, b Stile­ man ...........................29 D.D.Kanga,c Leathes, b Powell ............. 7 D.M.Raja,sen.,bKiddle 25 J.J. Dubash, b Kiddle 0 Dr. Pavri, not out ... 36 K. B. Mistri, b Kiddle 9 J. S. Warden, b Greig 9 Extras.................40 Total ..503 P residency . First innings. Capt. Greig, c Raja, b K.B. M istri...............................66 Capt.Rutter, c Raja, b K. M. M istri............................... 3 —. Beaumont, b Warden ... 10 J. O. Airey, c K. B. Mistri, b Warden ........................23 S. N. Powell, b K. B. Mistri 0 Capt. Kearsey, b Warden 0 —.Plumer,c Pavri,bWarden 7 J.A.C.Kiddle, c D.D.Kanga, b W arden........................ 0 —. Ling, not o u t ................. 4 —. Stileman, b K. B. Mistri 5 —. Stanger-Leathes, b K. B. M istri............................... 0 Extras........................19 Second innings, b K. M. Mistri ... 42 b K. B. Mistri ... c D. D. Kanga, b K. B. Mistri .. c H. D. Kanga, b Warden......... b K. Mistri.......... b W arden.......... lbw, b Warden... c D. I). Kanga, b Dubash .......... lbw, b Warden... b K. B. Mistri ... notout... . Extras. Total .................137 Total ...140 P residency . Leathes.. Liny .. Greig .. Stileman O. M. R. W. 24 11 18 32 1 70 0 0 50 0 5 46 1 3 103 4 Powell.. Kiddle. Airey . O. 18 , 36 5 M. R. W. 2 60 1 8 97 4 0 37 0 P arsees. First innings. O. M. R. W. Pavri ..........18 K.B. Mistri ... 13 Warden..........18 K. M. Mistri...' 10 0 20 0 . 4 33 1 ... 2 46 5 ... 2 19 4 ... Dubash Second innings. O. M. R. W. 17 0 28 3 13 1 50 4 8 1 23 2 6 17 1 POONA GYMKHANA v. GYMKHANA. BOMBAY Played at Poona on September 5 and 6. Drawn. Bombay Gymkhana had to make 299 to win and made a splendid attempt to knock off the runs. But they could not quite succeed, and a minute before time, with three wickets in hand, they required nine runs to win. P oona G ym khana . Second innings. First innings. Major Carnegy, lbw, b Stile­ man ...............................24 Oapt. Rutter, c Sanderson, b Pegg ........................13 Capt. Clarke, c Sanderson, b Beaumont .................23 Major Leslie, b Stileman ... 1 Lieut. Plumer, c Sanderson, b Stileman........................ 0 Lieut. Tillard, c Pegg, b Beaumont........................49 Lieut.Ling, lbw, b Stileman 29 Col. Stevens, c Priestley, b Stileman ........................ 1 Lieut. Stanger-Leathes, b Stileman ........................ 0 Lieut. Finlayson, not out... 25 Capt. Geoghegan, b Hogg 12 Extras........................20 c Aston, b Kiddle 36 c Sanderson, b Pegg ..........19 c Aston, b Hogg 8 run out .......... 8 b Stileman.. c and b Kiddle.. b Hogg ........ ..106 c Pegg, b Hogg 4 not out... not out... Extras... 18 Total .................197 Total (8 wkts) *283 * Innings declared closed. B ombay G ym khana . First innings. Nigel Jones, b Leathes ... 20 Aston, run out .................31 Beaumont, c Oarnegy, b I.eathes ........................ 3 Kiddle, b Leathes ..........34 Harrington, b Clarke.......... 0 Lanyon, b Ling ............... 21 Sanderson, lbw, b Ling ... 5 Priestley, b Leathes .......... 0 Stileman, not out.................33 Pegg, b Stevens.................11 Hogg, b Geoghegan..........12 Extras,.......................11 Second innings. cPlumer,bLeathes 3 c Clarke, b Ling 16 b Stevens ..........128 run out ............13 notout...................74 b Stevens ............ 12 cTillard,bLeathes 22 b Leathes .......... 1 not out................. 0 Extras..........22 Total .................181 Total (7 wkts) 291 CR ICK ET PUB L ICAT ION S— 1905. An Australian Cricketer on Tour. By Frank Laver. (London: Chapman & Hall, Ltd. Price 6i.) Australian Cricket Annual. 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S ir,—With the ead of another cricket season, aud the bewildering mass of figures aud statistics which follow in its train, one’s thoughts inevitably turn to the future of cricket. Necessarily we are a commercially-minded community, and even in our sport at a time of stock­ taking the “ does-it-pay-its-way ” is the main question to be asked. What of the season of 1905 from its financial aspect p Ttie Australians, we are told, have reaped a splendid harvest. Their pro­ gramme has been a full one, and though twice beaten ia Test matches, they have had practically a triumphal march over the various counties, marred by only a single reverse, and that from a source which caused more hilarity than anything else. But if the Australians have had no occasion to complain of the amount of money in cricket, can the smaller and more struggling counties view the past season iu a light as favourable ? Admis­ sion to a match in which the representa­ tives of the Commonwealth take part is invariably a shilling. And it has been said by those who make these matters their special business that every shilling spent by the cricket spectator to see the Australians has been at the cost of depriving himself of two sixpenny county matches. And this is very likely to be true; nor can it be argued that he has not as a rule had the better value for his money. For if the dreary dulness of Test match cricket has passed already into a byword, it cannot be denied that, take them as a whole, the Australians of 1905 have played far livelier and more entertaining cricket to watch than has become the fashion in mere county cricket. And however much we may be warned by the serious writer that