The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-24
CRICKETERS SAIL on WEDNESDAY
strong Team to Represent Philadelphia
Against Leading Counties OF England.

strong Team to Represent Philadelphia
Against Leading Counties OF England.
All arran gements for the visit Of the Phia-
delphia crcket,rs TO England have been
completed. and tho team will sail FIR ON New
York on Wednesday on the Whit, Star liner.
Majestic. With the exception OF q. 5. Pat
terson, who was unable to undertake the trip
through pressure Of business, and j. f. c,
Morton. who was selected to FIJI the vacancy
caused by the retirement of Mr.. Patterson,
the team IL as originally selected. with +. G..
Sharpless filing the one open place.
1t comprises in all fifteen men and is made
up as follows: j. b. King. A. NJ. Wood, and
L. NJ. Cregar of the Belmont c. C.; j. A. Lester,
G. {. Morris j. II. Scattergood. II. A. Huines
and F. e. Shdrpless of the Merton c. G.: X, u.
Brown. r. II Bohlcn. p. II. Clark. T C. Jordon.
n. Il. Graves and +. H. Bates of the German-
town c. C.. and =, y, Le Roy of the Phila-
delphia c. c.
G. 5. Patterson was at first chosen captain.
and when it was found that he would be
unable to so the choice of his successor fell
on }. A. Lester. There will be also COM
mittee to select the teams for the various
matches comprising j. A. Lester, X. ID. Brown
and j. b, King. but there will be no manager
as on former visits Brotnhead, the profess
sonal Of the Germantown &. G.. will accom-
pany the tourists, and the burden of trans
man will devolve on him.
The schedule, which was arranged by G..
W. AlcoCk. secretary Of the Surrey County
Club includes all the leading counties Of
England with the exception of Yorkshire.
The complete list Of games is as follows;
June $. y. lO-At Cambridge. VS.. Cambridge
June ii. IL. IA, Oxford, VS.. oxford univer,
sty.
June Is, 10. l7-At Chcl,enham. VS.. Gloucester.
June IS, 10. ?o--A, Nottingham. vs.. MOTIFS.
June %. %, 2i-At LORDS. vs., Maryl,bone C. C,
June g. %. 27-At Bccscnham. vs.. Kent.
June ~. 80. July AT taunton. vs.. Somerset.
yuly Sat Manchester, vs.. Lancashire.
July y. 10. llAt Coventry, Us. Warwlckshrc.
Jul; is. ii, i5-M Worcester. IS. Worcester,
shire
July IS. H. is--At Southampton. IS. Hamp.
July %, 20, "A, Brighton. vs.. Sussex;
july 80 81. Aug AT Cardr, vs., G!amorsan
Aug. s-.M Leicester. vs.. Lelces,ershire.
Aug. 8. 7. Sat the oval VS.. Surrey.
July 8 ard the two following days have
been reserved tor the team 10 see the uni
been kept Tor a rest. On July ~, ~, %, in
all probability. the Philadeiphnn- will play
a team of cricketers who have visited phi!a"
de!paia under the captancy OF Mr.. p. +.
The only disappointing thing about this
schedule is that 1t does not include match
with Yorkshire, the champion county of
England. Of which Lord Haw kc is tn" captain.
teams under his leadership. it was fully ek-
pected that an , G1nportrs1iIy 9i meeting his
This trip will differ from all others UNDER
taken by American .cricketers in the fact
that the games are included IN what are known
mer tours We're made more ior ,educatIonal
purposes, but i Is now supposed that Phila-
the best County eievens Of England, ard, no
doubt, before the tour ends, some difficult
propositions will ho met
two good. fast bowlprs in }. , King, and p. H..
Clark there is no doubt thar this is the depart
eP' . x"s'f s s"Tt1 S r. GeRcy
Lester and F. II Bates are all howlcrs of
medium ability. TINT is TO say. compared with
get set after, hitting of J. B, King they should
find the other trundlers easy. The team
excellent wicket-kecpers in j, II, Scattcrgood
and 7. G.; Jordan, and nearly all the men can
field brilliantly.
it seems perfectly, fit and proper that J. A.
Lester should have been selected captain Of
the team. for on the tour, Of 1897 he proved
by far the most consistent batsmnn and wound
up the series with un average of SIP with
an nrpregnt- Of sal runs for twen'ysN innings.
He also gave valuable valuable assist a.ssistunce with the
average of - ., piece, He acted as captain
of the first iIaverlord College team which
record, and had batting average of 20 for
nineteen innings, with an aggregate of LBS
runs and bowling average of 30 - for forty
wlckets. During tho 1897 tour. he scored -.
not out, against oxford. o2 against Sussex;
a. against Hampshire; 81 against Gloucester
shire II against NJ. I. C., and 8e and go against
Kent
4. NJ. Wood also did some brilliant batting
on the same trip and wound up with an aver
of scoring 100 against Notts and he carr led
his bat throughout nm innings against Cam
bridge for 10. or the present tam. J. A.
Lester. 4. NJ. Wood. +. ii, Bohlen. j. b. King,
T. NJ Cregar, p. II, Clark. + y. Bates and
j, Il; SeatteIsGodd VISITED ha.. England on ~, the
lis played on the Haverlord College, I'm
which went over in 1900 The players sho nd
therefore. have plenty of experience Of Eng
lish winkets. and VI daIstlnd taat Iring a
dry season the bowlers' lot is anything bat
"A ha ppy one The scierti &c mann ~ in which
tho wirke:S are prepared. loayiH Ne pit IA as
level an d smooth a. n illiard tlrle. has not
vet been acquitted IN tins com J. Every
thing fav"rs the bitsman in Dry weGt her
and the advaI tige thus afforded has given
laws Of TIE game for wni h no nc"essit" was
seen in this country. This refers to the eX-
ten sion of the bowling crease, viii III has
been adopted an d the widening OF the wicket
which has been rejected
Notwithstln dir e the wca tness in bowling
the team is considered to be the stror g"st
that has ever represented the nitnd ST itas
abroad and only II two or three nlaces could
il be strer rthened '.y those left ut home
Tho loss Of q. $. patt nrson Is. of course.
al!-round cricket ars IN this country, While
his long "Npcricnrc rs n capt in could not
but have been of advar tacn /" the eleven
in T." gland The team goes forward with the
good wishes of al! cricketerS that II may
worthy uphold the credit of cricket in the