New-York tribune., 1901-09-01
ENGLISH CRICKETERS.
posANQUETS TEAM is EXPECTED TO
ARRIVE HERE ABOUT THE MID
DIE OF SEPTEMBER

-,,ora has been an absence in New York this year
- ,sitfng cricketers from other cities. and the
1.,e-s y who endeavor TO improve their skill from
- - =, time by acquiring new stroke have had
,i opportunity of studying the play OF strangers.
- ,eWs therefore, that b. J. T. Bosanquets
-, which will include some Of the foremost
te,,rs Of England. will be seen here has been
,loa with satisfaction by the votaries Of cricket
~, visiting team will leave Southampton by the
,,.-o-for5 on Wednesday. and should arrive in
sroaelnbia on September lS or II. The opening
au,s will be played against the Colts" Of Phila-
ss,nbia on the following Monday Tuesday and
15,ee5ev at Wissahickon Heights. the home of
=. pbuadelphia Cricket Club. The Colts have
.o,,sr before taken part in match OF such impor-
80 and they VIII receive a handicap of seven
1,erstbat IS their team Will comprise eighteen
Ff+ead NJ the customary eleven. No better ground
- Vissahickon could have been chosen for the
+ob II affords a large territory in which to
loos the numerous helders. The Englishmen will
- .bar work cut out for them the bat. for
.h PhIladelphians are good helders and while they
-, fau 10 make many runs they should keep
.beir opponents' score down.
.s,er the colts match the Englishmen will
= ndclea eleven representative Of the gentle
- - of Philadelphia" This game will be played
:. Mannheim. the ground of the Germantown
caol,at club The Germantown ground is famous
a. It's crowds, and ten thousand spectators at an
,nsrnational match is no uncommon sight. The
pbnsdelphians have unusual confidence in their
.hsroes Of success this year. for few Of the
srts who have been unable TO take part in three
S.v matches during the last three or four years
are again available. These men include G. S. Pat
fsrson J. A. Lester, T. Il. Bohlen and Crawford
coates all OF whom have been playing in good
form this season
should the PhuaJelphians be unable TO win the
hrrt game they viii have another opportunity, for
a return match VIII be played September q.
q and 80 at Haverford, the home Of the Merton
cricket Club This game viii bring the tour 10 a
close for the Englishmen viii sail for home on
October 2 sll idea Of playing association football
having been abandoned
Between the games at Germantown and Haver-
ford comes the New FORK match at Bergen Point
on September 25 and &c. The game will be under
the auspices OF the knickerbocker Athletic Club
which should have the support OF all the crcketers
of the metropolis for It's enterprise in bringing
the visitors 10 this city after the Metropolitan
League found il impossible TO assume pecuniary
responsibility for the match. The Knickerbockers
will endeayor 10 get together the strongest team
available for the match but naturally will give
the preference In the selection OF the eleven TO
men Of its own club Nothing has yet been done
regarding the selection Of the team. but the follow
ing eleven would prove q powerful combination.
and in the absence Of c II. Clarke, who will be
unable 10 play, would probably prove strong an
aggregation as could be got together in the city:
J. Forbes, F. F. Kelly NJ r. Cobb, T. W. T. Stiles
II. Z. 4. hnicher-
booker Athletic Club; c A. Worm, a. Brown and
E. H. Smith, OF Brooklyn; F. J. Prendergast of
Manhattan. and Il. Tattersall, OF Nelson Lodge
The visiting team is much stronger than at first
announced. II is now definitely settled that p
F. Warner who originally declined to manage the
team will be a member Of it. and that D. L. A
Jephson is also 10 The full team would
then be: B. J. T Bosanquet (captain), p F. War
ner l. J. Moon and r. +. More. Of Middlesex:
Frank Mitchell Of Yorkshire; d. L a. Jephson
H. D. G. Leveson-Gower. w. P. Robertson and
E. NJ Dowson, OF Surrey; C J. Burnup, of Kent;
A. NJ. Hollins, OF oxford. and G. F. Winter. of
Cambridge.
OF these men, perhaps. the most interest should
be aroused by JepAson, the expounder of
style Of bowling to this country This is the
much despised lob" Jephson has brought so
much science 10 bear upon his delivery Of the bah
and the placing OF his field that the man who
pays il scant respect usually pays the penalty OF
cooling MS heels N the pavilion instead OF making
long drives 10 the boundary. he confidently
feDSu fDS 70 bI nc aDle 20 90 90 WIN me uhoefhan
gephsoh DoNls on me leg side. In a match OF the
Importance OF the gentlemen against the players
ne has had the unusually good average Of wlckets
iP = runs WIN TINS peculiar style OF bowling;
bosanquet, the captain Of the team, is well
ner's team in 1855 also Of Ranjitsinhjis eIey-
en- IN 1879; on the latter tour he had batting
games played, while for Warmers team he was
s conspicuous IN The bowling department, and capt
lIeo d Wlckets for 4-3l apiece. BOsanquet claims
EIoE Oxford and Middl sex in his cricket career.
and has been successful Tor an three He bowls
last; right arm. with Z high. easy action. He
SowIs round the wicket and has nasty humping
pan particularly dangerous to nervous bats
man man he Is a tae HELD. but has unattractive
styIe win pushing stroke. which, however
ugly proves effective.
War Warner is even better known here than Bosan-
queL Tor he was captain Of two teams which
played here in 1897 and 1885 He learned his cricket
sschool eleven, following this up by gaining his
que Tor oxford, and IS Of the CON
slstent scorers for MilGeseX
moon is another MlddleseX man. He was gradu-
Sleo from Westminster and Cambridge, and is a
me az around athlete He Of the best
.VqIHatos on the Cambridge football team, and now
pays Ior the famous Corinthians. He shared the
Isa I1sSaslug honors at Cambridge with G. L. JessOp In
oo's When there was little TO choose between their
averages. Mitchell is another Of the men who is
VEL Nc. khown here. He served IN the South African
va, Vas invaded home, and II fully expected
SLa1 Ils Gays OF FIRST class cricket over. He
mas mas developed, however. into OF the leading
T Tets ol ne champion Yorkshire team this season.
e hhSeeSsoh-5oWer IS old ''Wykehamist.' who got
M ms Dlue al oxford, and now plays for Surrey. He
"Ss d member Of p. +. Warmers team in 1897.
tos4stOu IN winch he has proved most successful
~, NJ surrey this season He is old Harrow boy
sr nO acfleFed considerable success at school. He
nete with ltGnJtsinhJis team in 1889 +. Dow
- ~ AIotner Harrow boy, who captain of the
Ss.aOol eleven IN 1893 He is cool and collected
va aeinah and tne all around cricketer. Burnup
bNs q member cf i. T. Warmers team in 1885, when
&c sSSoreo d against New-York and had
Ssh iU me tour Of 2.9l Hollins and Winter
on. tlat the visiting aggregation is strong through
-" ana IS likely 10 run up some big scores.