Cricket 1906

A p r i l 12, 1906. CRICKET: A. WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 57 H. GRAD1DUE & SONS, Manufacturers o f all Requisites for Cricket, Lawn Tennis, Racquets, Football, a n d all British Sports. PATENTEES AND SOI. MAKER. OE THE Price lis ts Free on Application. Of all First=Class Outfitters and Dealers. Factory, ARTillEBV PLACE.WOOIWICH. Cricket: A WEEKLY RECORD OF TEE GAME. 168, UPPER THAMES STREET, LONDON, E.C, THURSDAY, APRIL 12 th , 1906. $a\)tlton <£losj3tp. The abstract and brief chronicle of the time.— Hamlet T he members of the M.C.C. team left Cape Town on April 4th on the return voyage to England. T he question whether RaDjiteinhji will return to England this spring is of the greatest interest to Sussex cricketers, and it may be stated that in a recent letter to a friend in England, Ranjit- sinhji says that he will be in England in May. He is also writing a book. T he Notts team, which will oppose the Colts at Trent Bridge on Easter Monday and Tuesday, will be selected from the follow ing:— A. O. Jones (captain), R. E. Hemingway and D. T. Branston. Iremonger, J. Gunn. G. Gunn, Wass, Hallam, Taylor, Day, Oates and Payton. F r o m the Madras Times : — Rajkote -will shortly be the scene of some particularly interesting cricket by reason of the forthcoming visit of Lord Hawke to the capital of Kathiawar in company with K. S. Ranjitsinhji, whose guest the Yorkshire skipper will be. Among the matches arranged is one between Rajkote C.C , for which both the distinguished cricketers will play, and a native team selected from the whole of Kathiawar, which will include among other well-known players, Shunkar Oghad, Shivlal, Somchund and Shivashankar. I n the course of a lecture at Derby, entitled “ Twenty-one years of County Cricket,” L. G. Wright told a story about John Goodall, the well-known footballer. Goodall, according to Mr. Wright, was playing in a cricket match, and when he was running between the wickets a sinful spectator, who was presumably a sup­ porter of the fielding side, blew a whistle, whereupon force of habit proved too strong for Goodall,who promptly stopped. Before he could pull himself together sufficiently to recollect that a whistle is not a part of an umpire’s outfit, he was run out. M r . W right added that he considered cricket to be the bast of all games, for it was the only one in which the highest and lowliest in the land conld meet on a common level and gain that mutual respect which coaid only be gained by close intercourse. But in this he was not quite just to football and golf, to say nothing of skittles. R eferring to the players who will probably be absent from the Lancashire team this season, a Member of the M.C.C., writing to the Liverpool Post, says:—“ Far more dubious is the questicn whether Mr. W. Brearley will appear, for that fine bowler last September announced his retirement. He is, how­ ever, so keen a sportsman and possesses such a mercurial disposition, that I have excellent grounds for intimating that he will turn out on many occasions, official denials notwithstanding.” I n a match against East Torrens on February 24th North Adelaide had to make 306 in three hours and six minutes, and accomplished the feat with ten minutes to spare, the first hundred taking sixty-five minutes, the second hundred fifty minutes, and the last 109 an hour. Towards the end of the inniDgs the bowlers bowled wide of the wicket on the off, but Jennings, who made 120, stepped out to them and pulled a great many balls round to the leg boundary. T he following list shows the result of all the matches played by South Africa against English touring teams :— 1888-9, Port Elizabeth, South Africa lost (8 wkts). 1888-9, Oape Town, South Africa lost (innings and 202 runs) 1891-2, Cape Town, South Africa lost (innings and 189 runs). 1895-6, Port Elizabeth, South Africa lost (288 runs). 1895-6, Johannesburg, South Africa lost (innings and 197 runs). 1895-6, Oape Town, South Africa lost (Innings and 33 runs). 1898-9, Johannesburg, South Africa lost (32 runs). 1898-9, Cape Town, South Africa lost (210 runs). 1905-6, Johannesburg, South Africa won (1wicket). 1905-6, Johannesburg, South Africa won (9 wkts). 1905-6, Johannesburg, South Africa won (243 runs). 1905-6, Cape Town, South Africa lost (4 wickets). 1905-6, Oape Town, South Africa won (innings and 16 runs). J. J. L yons , the well-known old Aus­ tralian hitter, who accompanied the South Australian team which played in West Australia, was greatly impressed with the bowling of Selk. “ There is no doubt about it, Selk and Munro are fine bowlers,” he said. “ The former is getting on in years—he is 35—but he trundles splendidly. He is of the McKibbin type, breaks both ways, mixes his pace well, and wants watching closely. He occasionally sends down a good fast ball. The Blow wickets suited him admirably. Munro is about 25 years of age, is a left­ hander, and sends down a good swinging ball, keeps a splendid length, and mixes his pace well.” A ccording to Australian newspapers Kelly’s benefit match produced £1,398, the expenses, which amounted to £76, being paid voluntarily by the New South Wales Association. But when the Association proposed to invest £1,000 of the sum on behalf of Kelly, they were desired by him to hand the money over to two trustees whom he had appointed. The Association followed his instructions without making any comment. D escribing the dismissal of J. B . M. Mackay in a club match “ Not Out ” says in the Sydney Beferee :— “ Mackay got 14 smartly, hitting three successive slow off-breaks from Kerim to the on-side fence, but in the same over he missed a faster straight one, and was bowled. The roar which greeted the downfall of the Burwood crack batsman one has not heard equalled in inter-State cricket formany years. One has to go to a Test match for a similar outburst; it was like a clap of thunder. The crowd at Redfem are red-hot partisans, but in this case their jubilation was natural, for had not rubicund Kerim upset the wicket of the most prolific run-getter in Australia this season! ” “ T h e other day,” says “ Felix ” in the Australasian, “ an old enthusiast, Mr. W. Maher, who can go back to the days of H. H. Stephenson’s first English team, sent me a handkerchief which has been in his possession for 17 years. On it is a remarkably good group of the 1888 Aus­ tralian team, which went home under the management of our old friend, C. W. Beal. H. F. Boyle’s portrait is first-rate, and so is that of A. Jarvis, the great South Australian wicketkeeper. Jack Edward’s photo is not so good, but little Alick is to the life.” T. W a r n e , the caretaker of the Carlton Ground at Melbourne, has been engaged as coach for six months by one of the clubs at Philadelphia, and was to begin his duties on April 1st.