Cricket 1905

A p r il 20, 1905. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 75 fifteen years, and was sorry that before writing to the committee Mead did not come to him, when they could have talked matters over. The door was still open, and if Mead would only withdraw his letters and demands they might all be a happy family again. To cricketers Lord St. Heliers, whose death was announced a few days ago, was better known as Sir Francis Jeune, on whose private ground at Arlington Manor, Newbury, many good matches were played. ------ In looking over the list of winners of the Schools Rackets Championship, one cannot help being struck with the number of well-known cricketers who have been school champions since the competition was instituted in 1868. AmoDg them will be found A. A. Hadow, P. F. Hadow, and E. M. Hadow, L. K. Jarvis, M. C. Kemp, H. E. Crawley, C. D. Buxton, E. M. Butler, E. C. Crawley, and J. H. Stogdon (Harrow) ; B. S. Foster, W. H. B. Evans, H. K. Foster and W. L. Foster (Malvern); C. J. Ottaway, Hon Ivo Bligh (now Lord Darnley), and W. F. Tritton (E ton); E. C. Streatfeild (Charterhouse); T. B. Case (Winchester); G. J. Mordaunt (Wellington); and T. 8. Pearson (Rugby). A N o o b a t friend favours me with the follow ing, says “ Felix,” in the Austra­ lasian : A rather remarkable match took place at Camperdown last week. A neighbouring village, Noorat, sent in a team, and Camper- down, batting first, knocked up 200 runs and declared. It was arranged to play till seven o’clock, but as it was twenty to six when Noorat started to bat, a draw or win for Camperdown appeared inevitable. However, Noorat, after losing one wicket for nothing, ran up 205 withont further mishap, the winning hit being made at two minutes to seven. The two Noorat batsmen were Craven (129) and K. Macdonald (61). Craven’s batting was really brilliant; he made his 100 in 45 minutes. The scoring all through was fast. The game started at ten to three and finished at seven, and over 400 runs were made in the four hours. The wicket was turf and in fine order. In the second round of the Amateur Dublin Rackets Championship, Mr. H. E. Foster, the Worcestershire cricket captain, and his brother, Captain W. L. Foster (after drawing a bye in the first round), beat Messrs. E. B. Noel and F. B. Wilson, the Cambridge cricketer, by four games to love on Monday at Queen’s Club. The scores were 15-9, 15-9, 15-9, 15-7. D p to the end of February E. F. Waddy, who headed the Australian interstate averages this season, had made 1,311 runs, viz., 351 in interstate matches, 909 in electorate matches, and 51 in the trial match against New South Wales. Naturally, very many cricketers in Aus­ tralia are surprised that he was not chosen as a member of the Australian team. I n New South Wales a player named W. J. T. Finneran made 164 not out for Broadway v. Manby in thirty-two minutes, his bits including eight 5’g. The total of 479 made by bis side was put together in three hours and a quarter. Speaking of the Demerara cricket ground to a representative of the M irror (Trinidad), Captain Wynyard said:— “ The Oval at Port of Spain is the most picturesquely situated ground we have seen in the West Indies, but the palm must be given for being a perfect ground to Demerara. It is indeed, beautifully kept. The palings are white all around, and there is no need for screens. Their pavilion is not right behind the bowler, and a clear space is kept for some yards behind the wickets at each end, and the game is never stopped on account of people moving behind the bowler’s arm. You know what that means. Then theyhave inDemerara a little cosy nook for the scorers where a batsman whose turn has not yet come may go and have a quiet moment all to himself while he watches the game. A batsman needs a retreat of that sort sometimes.” R o t H i l l , one of Clement Hill’s brothers, practically won a match for East Torrens at Melbourne. The club declared at 266 for eight wickets, and got rid of West Adelaide for 68. Hill who bowls fast, smashed up the batting, and finished with seven wickets for 29. A few days ago an article appeared in a daily paper describing the way in which some cinematograph pictures were taken of a scene in which some lions and a Christian martyr were the principal figures. If the operator had been present at any county ground in the south on Tuesday afternoon he might have made pictures of Christian martyrs wholesale, without the aid of lions. For the wind was cutting, and the players who were practising at the nets would have made admirable figures for the pictures. F o r Hill End (New South Wales) against Willowgrove, at Moe, W. Allen took five wickets with five consecutive balls, says the Sydney Mail. No date of the match is given. Commenting on the want of success of South Australia in recent years, the Adelaide Observer says:— Though there was no English team to interfere with the programme, and places in the Australian Eleven had to be fought for, the interest locally in the matches was limited almost to the enthusiasts. This may be accounted for by the fact that it is four years since the South Australians had a victory on their own ground. It requires considerable spirit and patriotism to go down and see your representatives beaten again and again. When the cricketers turn the tables in their favour the fickle public will talk of cricket and attend in large numbers. The game is at present in low water in this State, hut the outlook is not without hope. A side that has four members in the Aus­ tralian Eleven and another who should be there, must, in the ordinary course of things, do good deeds. After glancing over the names of the players in South Australia and Victoria one cannot help coming to the con­ clusion that the future is blighter for us here than it is for our neighbours. I n the “ Rug,” which is the magazine of the Rugby School Mission at Notting Hill, of which the Rev. F. Meyrick-Jones is the manager, there appears an article by one of the members, containing the following amusing reference to Mr. Meyrick-Jones as a football referee:— After this repast we men played the stall a game of football on the sands, where the very erratic decisions of our referee, Mr. Meyrick, were a source of great wonder to the numerous spectators and players. I think he was rather lucky to have escaped with his life, as we were beginning to gather round when he blew his whistle for time. The result being a draw, we let him off with a caution. I hope referees will take warning by this ; if they want to come out of a game in good health, make a draw of it. In the same magazine Mr. Meyrick- Jones says of the members’ cricket team which won a federation championship last year :— We almost danced twenty hornpipes when we heard the result of the Final Fed. Cricket Match v. Eton Mission. At last! The Champion Cricket Cup warehoused in our club, and it does not stand alone. There is much silver won in other contests keeping it company. Quite a jeweller’s shop! We will not single out any one member for special praise. From the captain, who quietly kept all his team well together to the last man in, all worked nobly together. The victory of one is the victory of all. To watch any of our matches this year was a pleasure. No ‘ 1mud ’ ’ of any kind. Great keenness. This time next year we shall hope to add victorious team No. 2 to our club portrait gallery. Go and do it again. Well done! well done ! Floreat Eugbeia! L o r d D alm en y will act as captain of the Surrey eleven in tbe early part of the reason. A lt h o u g h the first-class season has not yet begun, Mr. W. Brearley, the Lancashire fast bowler, has received and accepted an invitation from the M.C.C. to play for the Gentlemen of England against the Australians at Lord’s, on May 18th, 19th and 20th. On the question of matting wickets Captain E. G. Wynyard said to a repre­ sentative of the Trinidad Mirror that a batsman had to remodel his style upon them, if accustomed to turf. Onewas likely to get bowled on them before one could settle down and play one’s own game. True, tbe ball did not seem to get the whip or sting on matting which it had on striking turf, but it appeared to him that the ball had the advantage over the bat for the first two or three overs, and that the batsman always had to watch the ball very much more carefully than he would on turf. A Jam aica player named Moiston ought to be a happy man, for Captain Wynyard, a splendid fieldsman himself, spoke of him as being a wonderful fields­ man—the best he had seen anywhere. In Jamaica, he said, the ground was somewhat difficult for fielding, and the wonder was how Moiston managed to