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was in the mood. In anything liko eccond-as with many left-hunders, come with strokes in j clase oricket his hitting was terrific, and we are the slips, or square with the wicket; in Towa- disposed to think that it was partly indelenco send's case the rans came by pata rather than that made his prefer the slower and surer bits, but the pate make the ball travel at a very methode. To see him field was a sight for fair pads: his on-phy is not vory powerful, but which alone it was worth while to watch a he has a good off-drive, rather square, Asa match. His long logs carried him over the matter of physique, one is inclined to be sure- ground at a great pace, while he was a splendid: | prírodˇat his playing powers, for his long spare judge of distance, a very valuable accomplish-frame looks is if it had no muscular power ment, as well. His catching, was sure and in it, but what he may lack in muscle ho makes It was a lucky day for Middlesex when a certain indeed to be missed by Chunx was a up in leverage, while his staying powers are of master at a large private school called The Eve. fate that few man have suffered if ones those uo mein order. type," announced to A. J. Webbe that they had a hugo bondą, hare got in touch with the ball, youngstar bowling to the bays, a Middlesex mau while his incessant activity and splendid under- by birth, who really seemed promising. The banded return las run many a man out. For youngster was dank Hearne, and at the age of the Sussex bowling he had a special penchent, Acra-3 in the year of grace 1899, he made his first his largest score against that county being 219; appearance for Middlesex in the matoh v. Notts. but his highest total is 236 made against at Lord's. By getting six mon out, including Sarrey in -1898. His firest innings was un- Shrewsbury, Flowers and Sootton, for 62 runs in doubtedly the 228 made for the Players against all, it was quits cloir that Middlesex had at last the Australians in 1899, on which occasion be found a bowler, for not only did he get wickets, gave no possible chance in an innings that but his easy dowing style and accurate pitch lasted for 9 hours! Altogether he has made showed that he was not a bowler of the fissh-in-200 or over on seven occasions, with thirty-thren the-pan type, but ono who was able to keep up other scores that run to three figures, but ho his end as well as to make stickerstromble. How has never achieved the double-century. He ever, the nett results of the year were nothingre has only made three centuries against the markable-35 wickets for 22 runs apiece, bat in Gentlemen, twies at Lord's, and one at 1891 he got well into his stride with 199 for11 Hastings, but his 138 of 1898 held the record rans spicco-his best performance as far as uero till Brown beat it in 1900. Not that he has not often bean a terrible thorn in the Bgures go, and then wade the running warm in-

amateur's side, as devit, for in each of the years '93, 16 and '98

KO find two nineties he had over 200 wickets, and only missed that and an eighty attached to his name, but on number by five in '94. His bost your was undoubt the whole his access in this particular match adly 180, with 257 wickets for a trifle over 14 has not been phenomenal With Shrewsbury runs each, while-curiously enough-ho showed great players often hunt in couples he has so zamel batting skill in the same year that he had many long partnerships, the best boing was promoted to the proud position of first- 399 . Sussex in 1890, 312. Sussex in 1891, wicket-down, and utterly failed to distinguish and 310 for Non-Sinokers nt Melbourne in 1887, himself! It is hard to any in what a bowler's while Barnes and he put up 330 for M.C.C. absolutely best performance consists; the reader. Yorkabire in 1885, and in a match of a oan therefore select for himself from the few minor class. M.C.C. B. Northumberland, he and wo offer: wirkets for 22 runs . Lancashiro Attewell added 419 for the second wicket, Guon on a fast, true wicket in 1891; 9 wickets for 78210 not cut, Aftewell 200. To Gunn's grand v. the Australians of 1596, Giffen being about, folding allusion has already been made of his dono for Amats; No. BA, Queen's this occurring in fan second innings: in the first bowling we need only remark that he has oc- ho had 4 for 4, but Pongher beat this with 5 casually gone on with lobs: the bowling for 0! In '99 he did the hat-trick against the houeurs of the name go to his nephew, John Australians in the Loads Test Match, the list of

Gunn. victims reading: Hillb Hearne, 0; Grigory u

4. L. TOWNSEND. MaeLann, Hearne, O; Noble, e Ranjitsinhji,.

Charlie Townsend made his frst appearance b Hearne, ." This is a very protty little tried in the world in 1876, his first appearance in of hatsmen, and an unknown admirer of Jack first-class cricket in 1899, and his age on that Navy Contractors. Shipchandlers. Sail sent him, from Froland, a tiny "lopper" in bog, auspicious occasion, his birth-month being makers, Provision and Coal Merchants, ak mounted with silver. Doubtless he got some. November, was 16 years and nine months. Praya Central pert Hongkong Hotel thing gore substantled as well. In 1898 Juck Middlesox, the opposing county, scored freely was a salutoly the bat bowler in England, his from his alow, curly bowling, but for all that BISMARCK & CO.,

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Chandlers, figures showing 222 wickets for enos aploes, men of the type of Stoddart, O'Brien, and Ship Provision and Coal Merchants, Sail but ten wiskds hure over yet fallon to him in Webbe were all much impressed with his skers, &o. Fresh Water enpplied to an inuings, though, as siated shove, be once lead powers; indeed he stuck them up at times most Vemols in the Harbour -

all the ning balemen who faced him, and those considerably. Five wickets for 70 runs against- the Australian cracks. Finally, to have done tho Australians was, however, a fiue perform- KHONG SANG & CO.,

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Hardwerk with figures. Jack has taken for fiddlesex ance for the schoolboy, who, by the the way, Engineer Tools. Erass and Iron Mer-alone 1.130 wickets in eleven years for thout 17 in the same year did the hat-trick against

chauts, 144, De Vroux Ron1.

ruus per wicket, 1900 boing ky no means one of Somdeset, all the victims boing stumped by his best as he only had 95 victims. It must WH. Bruin, bat it is the fact, we baliove, that not be forgotten that Hearne is well worked by hitting orders" had been given to the tail in the MCC as well as by the county. His lieu of closing the inninga. Still at Clifton style is overland, not very bight, and the College, in '94, he bowled pretty well for the secret of his success a subtle variation both county, but showed no special batting powers; of break and pace, which from its very slight in '95, however, having left school, he played ness is the mere deceptive. "I played three a large number of county matches, having azi balls of that wat," said a defeated batsman, average of 20, and 124 victims foll to his arms for "and then he clean bowls me with a fourth of less than 13 rans apiece. Though the wat exactly the same kind." The odds are that in wonther of the back end of the season was all that fourth hall there was just the slight differ, in the slow bowler's favour, yet it was felt that shce that Bofeated the batsman. On a bad this was a very fine performance, and that a wicket, Jack is like all bowlers of any class new light had probably arisen, as indeed was most difficult; in his best days his best per the case but ualuckily the light chose to shine Manufactured only by LAMBE Cigars;formances, in the abstract, were on fast true in its own way, and it was not long before" wickets, when his wonderful longth saved him Charles Townrend found out not only that he from. imulation. Yet, strange to say, he had could bat, but that the joys of batting consider little succre in Australia, His break is from ably exceeded those of bowling, while the the off, but he can bring the ball in from log combination of the two arta in the highest 19, Queen's Road Central. Ropairs of Watches and Clocks by competent

as well, and the cognoscerti ares that ho does degree is given to very few. He has certainly European experts, at moderate rates. not use this ball cough. As a batsman he has averaged 100 wickets a year for the last Ave dozo some fair performances, at long intervals, years, but he has been distinctly more expensive, FOR SALE. -

his best being to buip A. J. Webbe to add 138 and keg to trust largely to the condition of the ASSORTED USED for the lust wicket, Jack's sharo being 65: be ground. He has the ideal physique for a slow

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Players. His best stroke is a sort of curt," Apply, with offer, to-

square to the on: one of these,, with 2 to win, "G.," Care of Oley of this Paper.

and a wicket to go, he effected against Lanoa Hongkong, ard August, 1901.

1963 shire: the fieldsman muted the catch, and

Middlesex vormuently won. Jack is proud being wide rather than high, and considerably of this. He is a very decent foldsman, and flexed. When he is in the mood, however, holds most of his catelies. Further he is a capithovo-is-no-man who-makes-a-greater-fool-of tal fellow, and deserved the £1,050 which his the bateman, especially the bitter who dashes

neft produced.

in for his pet drive, and Hode that the ball is all in the wrong place. It certainly is mortify- William Gran is one of the very finest bata-ing to ran in to hit, and to be finally redneed men that over buckled ou a pad. Born in 1888, to playing a strong defensive game in the late in December, he first appeared in the middle of the pitch-Buch, however, has-been- Notts team in 3880, a comparatively late début the fate of more than one free hitter who has for a man who was destined to be one of the gone in to show his mates "how that sort of duest cricketers in England, nor was it till etu# should be played." Thore and been a bold 1885 that he fairly established his reputation, dash from the crease, a feeble wobble in the though he had made two fine centuries in the middle of the pitch, or an undignitted scurry previous year. But when once he had set to make ground before the slow, curving, himself going, there was no end to the motion. delivery has reached the wicket-keeper. Bat J. W. KEW, A very tall mar, perhaps 6ft. Sin, and a bit if the bowling has gone back, the batting

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more, he always had a wonderful command over has pressed on with a vengeance, and there is. 20, Dus Vorax Rol

the ball, though cariously enough, he had no no better left-handed batsman in the world, if Hongkong. 18th December, 1900, [1496

grost fancy for forward play, in connection with we except Clement Hill, of South Australie, which fact the Australians used to say, “that if than Townsend. In 1898 he made five centuries, Gunn would play forward, wo should never got | two of them in consecutive matches, but quito AH YOUNG & CO. him out" lalike most tall men, who seem eclipsed this next year with nine such innings, NAVY and ARMY CONTRACTORS, and somewhat, encumbered by their inches, Gunn the biggest being 224 not out against Essex, WHOLESALE PROVISION has a singularly graceful and elegant style, a having earlier in that same mouth scored 181 not MERCHANTS. Orders promptly execated. style of his own too, which we have never such out against the same county; he also made two Satisfaction guaranteed. Price List pa appli-reproduced in any other player, except per centuries in the two Notts matches, and 112 not haps in Hugh Tramble at his best. As he out at the Oval for the Gentlemen. In all he 2, VICTORIA Street, HonGKONG

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advanced in experience, possibly it was fromhad an, aggregate of 2,440 ruus, nu average of GEO. MUIR, Manager. imitation of Shrewsbury, his partner in many oarty 52, and 101 victims to his bowling at the Hongkong, 1st August, 1301.

hugo stands, he lost or suppressed much of his high price of 29 runs each. The pressure was not freedom in scoring, nor did he ever upper to kept up last year, the bowling indeed retrograding H. F. CARMICHAEL | try to place the ball. His movements were considerably, while batting aggregate and aver-

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uous fingers, and a thoroughly bendable back, but he hardly relies euongh on his height, so as to make the ball jump, while his leg-break is de- livered from rather a crouching attitude, bis arm

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