Cricket 1906

Nov. 29, 1906. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 451 off-side, batsmen had to elaborate a stroke on the on-side. ‘ W. G.,* of course, always had men on the on-side for him, but George Ulyett—I did not see much of E. M. Grace—was the first man I saw to go in for pulling de­ liberately. This he did with a cross bat, and the stroke was quite different from the glide.” “ Will you tell me something con­ cerning your visit to Australia in 1878- 79?” “ The original intention was that the team, got up by the Walkers, should be composed entirely of amateurs. But late in the season the Walkers sustained a bereavement and found themselves unable to make the journey. Things were then in a forwardstate, andHornby insisted that, if we went, I was to be captain. Finding we could not obtain strong amateur bowling, we engaged the services of Emmett and ITlyett. The latter, unfortunately, proved to be off his play, and the bulk of the bowling was done by Emmett and A. P. Lucas. In eleven a-side matches Ulyett took only eleven wickets, but four of them with consecutive balls—in the second innings of the return match with New South Wales. The majority of the published reports, including Wisden , credit him with only three wickets in the innings, but Tindall was caught and bowled by Ulyett, not ‘ c Penn, b Emmett.’ We had no regular wicket­ keeper. Hone did well, but he was not to be compared with present-day stumpers. We played Australia—the 1878 team—at Melbourne and lost by ten wickets. Poor ‘ Bos’ Absolom, I well remember, played a most plucky game for 52, and Emmett took seven wickets for 68 runs in an innings of just over 250. On the whole I think that we did fairly well.” “ You would, perhaps, prefer not to allude to the dispute at Sydney ? ” “ No, for the incident was closed about a-quarter of a centuryago at the banquet given by the Lord Mayor of London to the Australians at the Mansion House. We have ever since been the best of friends, and it would serve no good purpose to refer to the matter again.” Concerning Indian cricket, Lord Harris remarked, “ It has improved, undoubtedly, since I was out there. It has been taken up far more in schools and colleges than it was ten or fifteen years ago, for it is now generally recog­ nised that it is better for boys in their leisure to be in evidence, as in cricket, than idling or mis-spending their time. Indians have a good eye and rather long arms, but do not possess the patience and resolution of the Anglo-Saxon. They are very easily excited, and what always militates against sending their best team overhere is caste custom, caste prejud:C3, and racial prejudice.” “ Doubtless you have had many unusual experiences whilst playing F” “ Yes, several. Once at Belmont we were ten runs behind on the firstinnings, and, as only about half-an-hour remained for play, no one considered the possi­ bility of the match being finished. But, in our second innings, we were all out for nine! C. I. Thornton was on my side, and I remember thinking that his amuse­ ment at the end of the innings was rather unnecessary. I can furnish you with another remarkable instance of the game’s uncertainty. The first time that Viscount Throwley, now Earl Sondes, played for Kent he made ‘ a pair,* but in his very next match—against Sussex, at Gravesend—he and I made 208 together for the first wicket, which was then a record for the County. Iu July, 1873, the team which had visitel America the previousautumn playedat Lord’s against XY. Gentlemen of the M.C.C. (with Rylott). In the second innings of our side, whilst I was running for Fitzgerald, who was lame, Alfred Lubbock at the other end somonopolised therun-getting that he made 46 off the reel, which is, I think, a record of its kind in a great match with 15 men in the field. As a bowler I never did anything startling, but when ' W.G.’ was caught for 344 at Canterbury, in 1876, it was by Y. K. Shaw off one of my deliveries.” F. S. A.-C. CRICKET IN CHINA. HONGKONG v. SHANGHAI. The great event of the Shanghai cricket season, Hongkong v. Shanghai, waa duly- brought off at Shanghai in the first week of October. Heavyrain onthe first day (Oct. 2) prevented a commencement, and naturally affectedthe wicket so prejudicially that the scoring was very low. Shanghai won by 139 runs, a result ina great measure due to the effective bowling of Lanning, who took in all thirteen wickets at a cost of only 44runs. InShanghai’sfirstinningsWeippert andMartin added 76 for the ninth wicket. S hanghai . First innings. T. Wallace, lbw, b Bird ... 5 H. B. Ollerdessen, c and b Hancock ........................12 W. H. Moule, st Smith, b Bird ............................... 5 L. Walker, c Hancock, b Bird ............................... 4 V. H. Lanning, c and b Hancock ........................ 5 G. O. Dew, lbw, b Hancock 12 W. K. Stanion, Ibw. b Bird 3 W. H.O.Weippert.cPhelips, b Bird...............................47 F. M. Guilfovle, run out ... 1 R. J. Martin, c and b Han­ cock ...............................32 A. F. Wheen, not out......... 0 Extras........................ 4 Second innings, b Bird................. 1 c Mackay, b Bird 16 lbw, b S. Leathes 21 c Turner, b Bird 20 b S. Leathes b S. Leithes b Bird.......... c Hancock, Leathes ... c Mackay, Leathos ... b Morrell ... not out.......... Extras... ... 10 ... 6 ... 2 b ... 1 b ... 12 Total ......... 130 H ongkong . 17 3 9 Total ..J21 Fir.^t innings. Oapt. Smith, c Stanion, b Lanning ........................ 0 Lieut. Lucy, b Guilfoyle ... 0 O. D Turner, b Lanning... 20 R. Hancock, b Lanning ... 5 H. Woodward, b Lanning 2 W. Dixon, b Lanning ... 11 Second innings. b Moule ..........! b Lanning.......... b Lanning.......... c Moule, b Lann­ ing ................. b Lanning.......... c Weippert, b Dew................. not out................. G. Morrell, b Lanning S. Leathes, c Walker, Guilfoyle ........................ 3 run out O. H. Mackay, lbw, b Lann­ ing ............................... 0 R. E. Bird, b Lanning ... 0 H. Phelips, not out .......... 0 Extras........................ 5 b Lanning.......... 3 c Dow,b Moule... 0 c Wheen,b Moule 0 Total .................46 Extras... Total S hanghai . First innings. O. M. R. W. B ir d ................. 16-2 2 41 5 .. H ancock.......... 14 2 36 4 S. Leathes ... 4 0 2 < 0 . Dixon................. 3 0 17 0 . Morrell .......... 1 0 1 0 . Second innings. O. M. R. W. . ... 16 0 . ... 6 1 , ... 10-2 3 17 0 17 5 4 0 12 0 Mackay ... 2 0 6 0 Lanning Guilfoyle H ongkong. First innings. O. M. R. W. ..9 5 10 8 . .. 85 3 31 2 . Dew . Moule Second innings. O. M. R. W. . ... 17 5 31 5 7 2 94 3 CRICKET IN INDIA. MADRAS C.C. v. CAPT. COTTER’S XI. Madras won the mitch playel onOctober6 and 13by 17runs on the first innings. Lieut, HowlettandR. Stroutseachtookninewickets for their respective sides, the former for 87, the latter for 90 runs. M adras . First innings. P. W. Partridg), b Sher- burn .............................. iO G. F. Jerdein, c Sherburn b Howlett........................ 5 J. G. Smith, not ou t.......... 22 A.N.J.Harrison, b Howlett 9 J. Mclver, c Ootter,b Sher­ burn ... .;. ... .......... 0 R. Simpson, c Sherburn, b Howlett ........................31 B. R. Walker (sub),b How­ lett 0 W. J. More, c& b Sherburn 4 E. P. Oorlett, b Howlett ... 7 R. O M. Strouts, b Howlett 5 Extras ........................14 Second innings. b H owlett..........51 lbw, b Grant ... 2 cHowlett.b Grant 4 b Sherburn ... 14 c and b Grant ... 58 b H owlett.......... 2 c and b Howlett 15 not out................. 6 Extras..........19 Total.................120 Total ...171 P. Neill did not bat. Oapt. C otter's First innings. Ool. O. L.Wilson, c Strouts 32 Sgt. H.H. Sherburn, run out 9 Lt. E. G. Howlett, b More 8 M. B. Stow, b Strouts.......... 3 Capt. E. B. Cotter, b Strouts 4 Lt. J. H.W. Fuller, c Simp­ son, b Strouts................. 3 Sgt. O. Johnson, c Pollett, b Strouts ........................ 4 Sgt. J. S. N. McDoughall, c Collett, b More.................15 W. F. Ingham, c Harri on, b Mclver ........................ 7 Lt. B. S. Atkins, not out ... 3 XI. Second innings. cMclver.bStrouts 0 b More.................32 c Oorlett, b Morri­ son ................. 5 b Morrison..........10 cHarrison.b More 17 st. Mclver, b Strouts .......... 7 c and b Morrison 16 st. Mclver, b Strouts ..........19 Extras Total... ... 15 ...103 not out ......... 5 Grant, run out... 0 Extras..........15 Total ...126 CRICKET IN NATAL, QUEEN’S PARK v. REST OF DURBAN, The Rest had all the best of this match, played onthe Oval at Durban on October 6. Carter took five wickets of Queen’s Park for 49 runs. Q uebn’s H. D. Clinch, c Dalton, b Tribe C. Platt, b Carter T. E. Etlinger, Arthur, b Tribe W R. Beningfield, 1 Carter..................... . P. J. Byrne, b Tribe.. F. Hitchins, lbw, 1 Beckwith............... 36 P ark . A. N. Grice, b Tribe 0 G. E. Wilkes, run out 5 T. H. O’Flaherty, b Carter ................. 3 P. H. Webb, b Carter 0 H.L, Crockett, notout 4 B 18, w 1 ... 19 Total , 99 R est op D urban . G. L. Dalton, not out 33 B 16, w 1, nb 1... 18 Total for 3wkt)...248 R. King, not out ... 80 B. C. Cooley, b Byrne 22 G. Whyte, c Crockett, b Grice .................27 W. R. Thompson, c Webb, b Clinch ... 68 W. J. Webber, E. Beckwith. C. P. Carter, J. N, Arthur, J. Stephens, and R. Tribe di4 no^ b^tf