Cricket 1908

A p r il 30, 19 0 8 . CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. h i N. Y. Lindsay, run out .......................... 13 J. W. Zulch, not out. ]0 M. E. Billing, o Crockett, b Brick- hill .......................... 1 T he T ransvaai , T eam . T. W. Bell, not out 4 Byes, &c. ... 0 Total (2 wkts.) 28 ft. O. Schwarz, A. E. Vogler, R. W. Norden, H. N. Heeley, J. M. Graham, A. J. Atfield, and I. I). Bifford did not bat. D urban C olts . O. M. R. W. 106 13 2 92 30 2 3 15 3 Billing Lindsay Norden O. M. R. W. 8 1 29 3 0 11 0 0 21 2 Ravner Howden Vogler Graham 3 Zulch 3 Zulch bowled a wide. T he T ransvaal T eam . O. M. R. W. I O. M. R. W 5 2 10 0 Brickhill 6 5 1 1 6 2 8 0 j Chapman 4 0 9 0 THE FIELD ON “ BLAMING THE UMPIRE. ” . More than one of the cricketers who have recently returned from Australia have fallen into the toils of the interviewer, and, if they have not been misrepresented, have given themselves away. It is unwise for an unsuccessful player to publish excuses for his defeat, and worse than unwise for a cricketer to impute any part of his mis­ fortunes to the umpires. Much soreness has heretofore been caused by Australian players accusing English umpires of un­ fairness or incompetence, and the South African team, distinguished as it was by exemplary sportsmanship, must have been greatly ashamed of the exception afforded A rm y T f.n ts an d M arqu bk b, all sizes; lists free. - Thos. James Gasson, Rye, Sussex. by the newspaper effusions of one of its members. It may possibly be true that, in spite of the earnest efforts both of English and Australian cricket authorities, the um­ piring has left something to be desired, but in that case the proper course is for the captains of the contending elevens to make private representations to the proper quarter. A cricketer should take his luck and hold his tongue, knowing not only that he will otherwise detract from the amenity of the gapie, but also that his protestations cannot possibly do any good. Nobody pays attention to the player who poses as judge in his own case and professes to know better than the umpire whether he has been caught at the wicket or leg-before ; and the net result of such criticisms of umpires as have recently been reported will inevitably be that the accusers will at least share with the accused whatever suspicion they have contrived to create. CR ICKET IN CEYLON. Mr. V an d erspar ’ s XII. v. L ieu t .-C o l . K o e ’s XI. Played at Colombo on March 26. Lieut.-Col. Koe’s XI. won by 95 runs. The English professionals of the M.C.C.’s team, declining to play at Colombo unless well remunerated, a scratch match, in whioh the amateurs of the side were included, vus sub­ stituted. The feature of the game was the all­ round cricket of Crawford \'ho took f;^e wicket for 57 runs, and played an innings of 96 not out,, which included four 6’s and eight 4’s. Roberts batted 70 minutes for his score of 70, and made three 6’s and seven 4’s. Score and analysis: — M r VANDER8PAR*8 X II. E. B. Alexander, b M e r r im a n ................ 0 G. Vanderspar, b Crawford .............. S W . A. Cave, c Tregear b Hutchings ... 19 A. S. Eliyatamby, b Crawford .............. 0 T.W . Roberts,cTaylor, b Crawford.............70 E. O. Mackwood, c Crawford, e Hutch­ ings .......................... 6 E. A. Bartlett, b Jones 3 L ie u t .-C o l . K oe F. L. Fane run o u t... 31 R. A.Young c Kelaait F. J. Sicdle, c Hutch­ ings, b Jones ... 0 J. Marshall, b Craw­ ford ...............................2 D. Joseph, c Gale, b M errim att.............. 30 S. E. Christoffelsz, c Hutchings, b Crawford ...............10 T. Kelaart not out ... 2 Byes, &c. ... 7 ...157 b Joseph Lieut.-Col. Koe, c Christoffelsz, b Joseph .............. K . L. Hutchings, c Joseph, b Siedle ... Capt. Tregear, st Christoffelsz, b Siedle .............. A. O. Jones, lbw b Siedle Total X I. M ajor Merriman, “c‘ Roberts, b Joseph. 6 Capt. Taylor, lbw b Joseph .i. 0 J.N. Crawford not out 96 Lieut. Gale, c Joseph, b Siedle ............... 7 Lieut. Hall, run out .. 1 Byes, &c. Total M b . V a n d e r s p a r ’s X II. O. M.R. W . Crawford ... 15 4 57 6 1Hutchings.. Merriman...9'5 2 20 2 Jones Tregear ... 5 0 20 0 | L ie u t.-C o l. K o e ’ s X I. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . 7 1 25 2 7 1 28 54 O. M. R. W . 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