Cricket 1909

454 CR ICK ET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. Nov. 25, igog. recorded was in the match Hambledon v. England, on July 4, 1776, a player named Davis being allowed to bat in place of T. Brett in Hambledon’s second innings. Brett scored 0 not out in the first innings. In John Nyren’s “ Young Cricketers’ Tutor” appear “ The Laws of Cricket according with the revision of them by the Mary-le-Bone Club, in 1830.” The rules are not numbered, but under the heading of “ The Striker is out ” (paragraph 18), the following appears : “ If the striker be hurt, he may retire from the wicket, and have his innings at any time in that innings. Another person may be allowed to stand out (field) for him, but not go in. No substitute in the field shall be allowed to bowl, keep wicket, stand at point or middle wicket, or stop behind to a fast bowler, unless by the consent of the other side.” The above is the first time that the law states in what places the substitute may not field. The same law appears in Robert Tyas’ book (of 1838, vide Mr. Taylor). In “ The Royal Almanac *’ for VanDiemens’ Land, 1841, appear the Law s of Cricket. (They are the earliest printed in Australia that I possess ) Laws 31-33 are practically the same as appear in Nyren’s classic. By the way, the pi inter of the above *•Almanac ’ ’ ian out of letters “ b ” and utilised the “ q ” by in ­ verting i t ! Coming much nearer the present time, in “ The Laws of Cricket,” as revised by the Marylebone Club in May, 1850, appear : X X X . If a striker be hurt, he may retire from his wicket, aud return to it any time during that innings. X X X I. If the striker be hurt, some other person may stand out (field) for him, but not go in. X X X II. No substitute shall be allowed to bowl, keep wicket, stand at point, cover-point, or stop behind in any case. In the interval between 1850 and 1857 (vid e Biers and Fairfax’s “ Australian Cricket G uide” ) the law was altered to read: X X X . The striker shall not retire from his wicket and return to it to complete his innings after another has been in without the consent of the opposite party. (Rule 31 relates to allowing a sub­ stitute to run.) XX XII. Iu all cases where a substitute shall be allowed the consent of the opposite party shall also 1e obtained as to the person to act as substitute, and the place in the field which he will take. The rule as amended ( v id * Biers and F a ir­ fax’s took) in regard to the striker leaving his crease is still in vogue, but in 1883 the Marylebone Club laid down that (Rule 35) : “ In ail cases a substitute S H A L L be allowed to field or run between wickets for any player who may D U R IN G T H E M A T C H be in ­ capacitated from illness or injury, but for no other reason, E X C E P T with the consent of the opposite side.” There are now five rules which have a distinct bearing on “ Substitutes.” The first three a re:— 30. A batsman shall not retire from his wicket and return to it to complete his innings after another has been in without the consent of the opposite side. 37 . A substitute SHALL be allowed to field or run between wickets for any player who may during the match be incapacitated from illness or injury, but for no other reason, except with the consent of the opposite side. 38. In all cases where a substitute shall be allowed, the consent of the opposite side shall be obtained as to the person to act as substitute, and the place in the field which he shall take. Rules 39 and 40 deal with the running out and infringement of laws by subs itutes. A t present the “ unwritten ” law relating to an injured batsman is that he may retire and resume his innings later on in the in n ­ ings in which he wras injured. There is, however, no law relating to the allowance of a substitute to bat in place of a fieldsman who has been injured, but who has not had an innings, yet this has been allowed both in Australia and England. The most remarkable instance was that which occurred in 1870 at Lord’s, on the very ground con­ trolled by the great club which has formu­ lated the rules and altered them as necessity arose since 1787. The match was between M.C.C. and Notts. The late M r. V. E. Walker, who played on the side of the M.C.C., had the misfortune to dislocate the little finger of his right hand during the course of Notts’ first innings. At its con­ clusion the M.C.C. asked the Notts captain to allow a substitute to bat in place of Mr. Walker, who had not had an innings. The request was acceded to. The batting substitute had his two innings and left the ground, a second substitute (i.e ., a third player) fielding during the County’s second innings. J oseph J. D avis . SOUTH AFRICAN CRICKET. CRICKET IN CKYLON. C E Y L O N v. M. A. N O B L E ’S XI. Played on Galle Face on October 30th and won by the home side by 42 runs. Noble won the toss and sent Ceylon in. Score and analysis:— C eylo n . A. T. Pollock, c Noble, b A rm strong........... R. E. S. Mendis, b Cotter ........... ... D. L. de Saram, b Hopkins .................. W. de Rozayro, b H o p k in s................... A. C. A. Arnath, b Hopkins .................. F. J. de Saram, b Hop­ kins .......................... E. Weerasuriya.c Kelly, b A rm strong........... 6 D. B. Gunasekera c Noble, b Armstrong 7 A. F. Molamure, not out .......................... 14 C. Horan, st Knight, b Arm strong.......... 0 T. Kelaart, c Cotter, b Arm strong........... 4 Byes, &c ...........16 Total ...........110 M. A. N o ble ’ s XL First innings. Second innings. M. A. Noble, b Mendis ... 20 J. M. Bruyan, c Molamure, c Pollocks, b b K eJaart.......................... 8 Horan ............... 3 A. J. Hopkins, b Kelaart... 10 c Pcrera, b D. de Saram .................1 B. C. N. Knight, c F. de Saram, b Mendis ........... 6 W. W. Armstrong, not out 10not out .................59 J. B. Logan, run o u t... A. Cotter, c Mendis, 0 c Molamure, b Kelaart ........................... 0 Kelaart 61 M. Cooke Colls, c Kelaart, b Mendis .......................... 0 J. Kelly, b Kelaart ........... 1 F. D. Stogdale, b Kelaart... 0 O. Mellor, b M e n d is........... 2 Byes, &c.......................11 Byes, &c. 1 Total ...................68 Total (3 wkts) 125 C eylon . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W Cotter ... 10 2 19 1 I Hopkins.. 6 3 4 4 Armstrong 18*1 3 51 5 Kelly ... 2 0 Id 0 Noble ... 3 1 5 0 |Logan ... 2 0 5 0 M. A. N oble ’ s XI. First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Kelaart ... ... 13 4 24 4 ... ... 5 0 31 1 D. L. DeSaram 5 0 14 0 ... ... 2 0 1 1 M endis........... 8 0 19 5 ... ... 2 0 34 0 Horan ... ... 5 0 26 1 Gunasekera 2 0 15 0 A N SW E R S TO C O R R E S PO N D EN TS . G yp (Hexham).—The roadway around the match ground at Lord’s, measured in the contre, is 733 yards, and the practice ground, measured inside the luncheon arbours, is 613 yards. Ernest Yogler, the South African bowler, returns to Johannesburg to-day (Saturday. September 25), having completed an engage­ ment a!;Woodbrook with Mr. S. H. Cochrane, There is a possibility of Vogler returning to Bray next season, and Mr. Cochrane is desirous of obtaining the services of Aubrey Faulkner and A. D. Nourse. Since the tour of the South African cricketers in England, in 1907, Faulkner has been engaged as secretary of the East Rand Proprietary Mines Club, and upon resigning that }osition Louis Tancred took his place. A t present FauJkner is engaged in the Consolidated Mines service. Nouvse, at the expiration of his agreement with Messrs. Thurston and Co., went into the licensed victuallers’ business, and he is managing the Star Bar, in Durban. Vogler, it w ill be remembered, was qualifying for Middlesex, but Mr. Abe Bailey influenced the cricketer to discontinue the qualification, and to return to South Africa, Mr. Bailey finding him employment as steward on one of his estates. After the South African tour in England Mr. Bailey set Vogler up in business— a sports depot, and he had worked up a good connection for the cricket season, but he has just liquidated that business, and now Mr. Bailey, so that Vogler’s services may not be lost to South Africa, has retained him for South Africa at a good remuneration, and Vogler is quite at liberty to become engaged in any business in South Africa that he wishes. The stipulation is that Vogler must not leave South Africa without Mr. Bailey's knowledge and consent. This is only another instance of Mr. Abe Bailey’s keen interest in South African cricket. Mr. Bailey is a past captain of the Wanderers C.C., and of the Transvaal Currie Cup team, and it is quite certain that he will render aid to the game in South Africa in the future as ungrudgingly as in the past. At present Mr. Bailey is in England, and so is his private secretary, Mr. R. O. Schwarz. Atfield has returned to Johannesburg for the third year in succession, and he has each year been engaged by Mr. Bailey, at that gentleman’s expense, to coach the schoolboys of Johannesburg. Atfield is particularly popular with the boys, and cricketers also, and, as a coach, he has been eminently suc­ cessful. “ U m pire ” in The Latest. MINOR COUNTIES CRICKET ASSOCIATION. The anuual meeting of the Minor Counties Cricket Association w ill be held in the pavilion at Lord’s on Tuesday, December 7th, at 10.30. W iltshire have given notice of the follow­ ing motion :— “ That a request be made to the Board of Control to consider the claims of any Minor County which shall furnish a player for a Test match, coupled with a suggestion that such county shall rank as a first- class county in the division of the Test match profits for that year.” The honorary secretary (Dr. J. E arl Norman) w ill move: — “ That the additional regulations for the Minor Counties Competition approved by the Committee on July oth last, or such of them as are now applic­ able, be adopted as rules of the Association.” The annual meeting of the captains of the M inor Counties (to appoint umpires, & c.) w ill take place at Lord’s on Wednesday December 8th, at eleven o’clock.