The San Francisco call., 1909-05-09
STEWART BOWLS
PHENOMENAL
GAME
Gets i'm Experts Highest Class
by Taking Ten WicketS
in One Inning
By WILLIAM UNMACK


last week has made local followers Of
cricket sit up and take notice. Stew
arts success n the Observation-Disclosures
game was not OF the meteoric kind.
All last year he was a source. of trOu-
BILE 10 the wfelders OF the willow and
finished in second place in the associa-
tion averages. with - per wicket. and
now. with his recent performance. all
the skepties ought 70 be satisfied.
To take all 10 wickets in enc inning
IS feat that IS so seldom accom-
piished that il attracts considerable at
IentOn. During the week have
+ secured the city for reliable authorities
on cricket on the coast. and have dis
{ covered shat only twice before has one
/ bowler ever taken all 10 WicketS.
In the whole OF the United states
and Canada, Tor period OF 81 years,
I extending from 1S4S TO 1909. this eX-
/ cepuOnal 10 wicket performance has
Z only been accomplished "A times in all.
/ On October -. 1890. in the game Ala
media and Oakland played in this city.
I c. w. Lawrence, playing for Alameda.
captured all the Oakland Wickets for
only eight runs, or two less than Stew
( arts a. erage.
On July - 1901. playing for Port
land against Tacoma. the same c. W.
+ Lawrence again took al the 10 wick
cts, this time at a cost of II runs. c.
/ w Lawrence and j. B. King, the noted
+ Phlladelphia crleketer, are the only
two men IN America who have taken
( the 10 W1ckeJs more than once. Both
( have two such performances to their
credit.
on looking through Jerome Flan-
nery's Cricket Guide" all these dates
I Lawrence's records. California cricket
Z is represented in other departments of
I the game. and il is not generally
known that two California batsmen
hold the record for the longest part
nership made for the first wicket"
/ All OF the Guides records include Ca
/ pel ~ dfaIrr iqlr rar ~a1l
The partnership referred 10 was re-
+ sponsible for sac runs. The entry
reads:
First wicket $40 runs: w. Robert
son (206 not Out) and A G. sheath
/ lis not OUtl. Bohemia VS.. California,
+ July %. 1894, al San Francisco"
+ 1t was in 1896 that the Bohemia club
won the cricket championship of the
state The record of Robertson and
sheath, TWO years previous TO this. has
never been equaled in any part OF
America or Canada. and the record will
; probably stand for years TO come to
! the credit of California cricket
Incidentally. the above record is also
the largest partnership for any wicket.
not only the first.
But TO return TO Stewards feat. His
afth place of the Is men who have
taken 10 wickets. Philadelphia holds
first place. with 10 wicNets for three
runs Stewart shares hOnOrs with +.
Sutcliffe of Philadelphia in fifth place
each with 10 wickets for 10 runs. SUIT
/ cliffe, in the early nineties, was PROB
/ ably the best bowler the east ever pro-
/ duced.
stewards 10 wickets are the first 10
/ that have been taken since 1906. Cali
+ fornla crlcketers and the Barbarian
club IN particular have reason TO feel
/ elated over Stewart's splendid per
fOrmance.
/ Two games are scheduled today at
I the stadium The new San MateO team
viii try conclusions with the Golden
! Gate team The San Mateo men created
a distinct surprise in their first game
/ by defeating Alameda. The Golden
/ Gates viii put much stronger team
/ in the held today than they have ever
be selected from the following.
San MateO-D- BrOmfield. ". B. Mar
Gus, W. H. Howard. l.. J. StoIlery. r.
kettleweI, c. AldweH W, c. Par
sons, J. H Watson, ~ Moran, J. Rich
ards
Golden Gates-F. ]. Spencer. J.
Priest, +. J. Lewis. A Paice. b. Bird
j. TasSell, B. B. Major, L. Walton. T.
Mlllen, L. COchrane. y. Hailes, 4. Muir
rey.
The san francisco county team and
the Wanderers will face each other on
the Alameda grounds. The Barbarians
and Alameda teams have rest today.
The teams to play at Alameda will be
selected from the following.
san FranclScO-V. Smith. +. RAY
mOnd. +. Dewhurst, E. NJ Petersen, W
erts, ) Robertson. A. sterling A. W.
Williamson, A Miller.
Wanderers Charlton. T. COrkiu
W. Dustin. ID. Hathaway. J. Hyland. II.
Pennington, r. Stuart ]. Wood II
Brown. C.. Banner. W. Lyman. r.
Strike, j. ChoWn-
The teams selected by the Califor-
MIA cricket association to represent
Australia and Great Britain in this
annual game next sunday has caused
considerable unfavOrable comment in
local crickets circles The selection
committee appears 70 have badly erred
in selecting several players who have,
up 10 the present season, never played
cricket in California before.
These men have been selected on
their regulations. which in only one
case has been made good and on only
a performance OF one inning. To all
right minded men. and even the Sc
lected new cOmerS. il must be apparent
that an injustice mas been done those
men who played last year and made
good.
do not many way wish to beIittle
the men selected or IN any way cast
reflections on their cricket regulations
obtained abroad. for they are probably
right that they should have been Sc
leeted Such men as Pennington.
Hathaway. V. Smith (san Francisco).
r. j. Spencer and others who made
good last year. and whose ability is a
knosTn quantity, should have been
given preference over three men on
played one inning here. The same re-
marks are applicable 10 BrOokes (San
FranciScO) and Marshall who should
baye been selected before two OF the.
picked Australian teaEl.
1t is about time the California
cricket ASSOCIATION had residential
clause in its bylaws. This would alle-
viate such inluSticeS as have been per-
petrated in the selection of these
teams 1t is probable q special meeting
of the association wiz be called in the
near future to consider a new amend
ment to the laws covering this point.
and the matter will be thoroughly
thrashed out.
The teams selected for the game on
Sunday, May 16. are as follows:
Australia-S. Stewart. T. H Price, A
III. Moverly, J. Lanerty. +. Galley (Bar-
barians) II. Renwick. A. Sterling r
Raymond (San Francisco). A smith.
W. Nield (AIameda). s Charlton WAN
werers)- Reserves-Marsha11. Brookes.
Taylor. Hooking
Great Brftain-H- R Elliot. G. Hog
kins. Fl. 3. Ollerdessen (Barbarians).
Fl. p. Elliot. A. Moran (San MateO), +.
Dewhurst. E. Petersen (San Francisco).
]. Priest. j. TasSell Golden Gates), A
Wilding (Alameda). r. Stuart WAN
derers). Reserves. Smith Golden