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Mr Willmer, president of tho Christohuroh Veterans' Cricket Club, was presented a' the annual meeting of the elu'b with r purse containing 42 sovereigns. Mr Wlllmer, who is the oldest playing cricketer in the world, was born on February 14, 1816, at Pullsborough, County Sussex ; landed in Lytte-lton on January 3, 1858, and organised the Christ church Veterans' Club in 1889. T. L. Taylor, l he solid ba,t of Lord Hawke's team, who is at present in Japan, will return Home in time to assist Yorkshire in the latter part of the season. P. F. Warner describes the batting or Trumpei and Duff against Lord Hawke'9 team as the acme of batting. F Mitchell, .he'o'.d Yorkshire cricketer, who is now settled in South Africa., ia to be captain of the next, cricket team from that country to England. A. 15. Leatham, the English amateur wiho. toured New Zealand recently with Lord Hawke's team, has gone to Ja/pan, and thonce to Ch.ina. Bosanquet, the English amateur, was m fine form for Gentlemen of England against Oxford University on May 14, compiling 103 in lhr lOmin. His score inoluded three 6's, 16 4's, one 3, and five 2's. A cricket olub has been formed among the servants at Buckingham Palace, and the King not only gave his sanction, but supplied it with practically all its outfit. Curiously enough, on a. wicket that favoured Hargre-ave, who was so successful against Surrey on May 6, when he captured 15 wickets for 75 runs, the Warwickshire professional was the least successful of the four bowlers on in the second match against the same county a week later, doing no damage, and having 13 runs scored against him. Playing for Warwickshire aga.inst Lancashire on May 15, Hargrcaves wao in fine form with the ball, capturing five Luica- ' ire fir-t-innmgs wickets for 35, and finished •p with 11 for 6. There is no bowler in the world — unless he had an opinion of himself altogether out of proportion to the proveibial modesty of th». cricketer — who would care to oall himself the master of A. C. Maolaren, but Hargreavo, tlie Warwickshire left-hander, can with sound reason (says "Oxonian," in the London Sportsman) natter himself that, taking into account the number of times he has been opposed to him, he has dismissed the Lancashire captain more frequently than any other bowler. In the match between Lancashire ?.nd Warwickshire at Manchestei last year, Hargreave bowled Maolaren in each innings, the ecoresheet reading, A. C. Maclaren, b Hargreave, 4, b Hargreave, 0 At Birmingham on Thursday Hargreave- again clean-bowled Maclaren — this time with hie first ball— and

On Friday h« caught anct bowled- him when be ImwJ made but 20. - Tom Emmett, who has been in a, very poor state of health for some time, has hw& a relapse, and it was found necessary libat he should have absolute quiet and iest. He was consequently removed to the JUeioester Borough Asylum, where he is now in. inmate. Emmett'a case is a very ddsIreseing one. In 1898 and the two following sea9on» Emmet was engaged as coach to the Leicester County team on the old i^ounty ground, and since then he Laa taken «p Ws residence at Aylestone Park. Uni i&rtunately fci 8 health gave way, and his jrife, who had boen ill for a long tame, became mentally afflicted, with the result **nat she had to be confined^in the Leicester 'sßorough Asylum. That was a terrible blow for the famous old Yorkehireman, and when 6he died a little while ago Emmett was greatly depressed and 1 upaet. The result $r&a that the severe mental strain waa more tb*n he could endure in his nervous condition, and his mind gave way under it. Jlappily, the latest reports as to his condition are distinctly favourable (says London Sportsman), and it is hoped that in a few ,w«eks he will be sufficiently restored to enable him to rejoin his friends. Playing for Sussex against Worcestershire, won 'by the former by 163 runs, C. 08. Fry came to light in the former's second innings with a fine effort of 17*. Sussex i 75 and 345 for eight wickets (declared) ; (Worcestershire, 141 and 216. There were four cricketers in whom colonials are especially interested taking part in the match Cambridge University v. Gentlemen oi England, eonoludcd on May <13. E. M. Dowech, playing for the Light Blues, gave a splendid display of batting for 73, tho highest individual effort in th© jhatch. O. J. Burnup, the brilliant field of jLord Hawke's team playing for the Gentlemen, compiled 18; L. 0. S. Poidevin, tho 4x- Australian, 69; and B. J. T. Bosanquet A. 0. Maclaren has thus early given evi<teneo that he is in form, and hia 91 for CrfLncashire against Leicestershire was a great triumph, enhanced by the fact that no one else on the eide made over 20 runs. For fome reason or other, Maelaren, except on rare occasions, has never quite ehown tlie came form in England which he invariably displays in Australia, but on Australian wiokete his reputation is sc great, and deservedly co, that when he goes into bat people aro found willing to lay even money fhat he will make 100. A correspondenb of Cricket writes: — "I Jkra't quite see the point of Lord Harris's suggestion that catches r.re dropped nowadays 'because of tlie number of black-coated spectators. There always were numbers of [blaok-coated spectators, and catches always (were dropped. I have myself, in an innings .'of 50 odd, given five chances to the Yorklehire Eleven years ago, and at least as many ,'were missed off my partners. The Kent, •Sussex, and Ham^vshire elevens of 25 years !ago dropped catches wholesale, and so did .'oth&r county teams. The fielding nowadays da jutst aa good or just as bad, whatever you like, as it used to be.- Even W. G. dropped catches when he was in his prime." 'Hargreave against Surrey: "Hargreave, •who recently returned from Australia, bow&ed magnificently, taking 15 wickets for 76 rur.e. He received much assistance from the pitch, and a good deal, it must be admitted from the batsmen, but it was none the leaj a remarkable achievement. On ahard, true wicket, Hargreave — though his length is beyond criticism — is too mechanical in his methods to be difficult, but on a etioky wicket he is almost the most dangerous bowler we liave, for he makes the iball turn quickly, combined with a very accurate length, and, as he is not exactly slow, he js hard .to jump to and drive. Ho has begun splendidly, and as hie health — hitherto never very good- — has been greatly improved by his visit to New Zealand end 1 Australia with Lord Hawke's team, he may confidently look forward to a successful season."' Notts obtained a six-wicket victory over Derbyshire on May 13 chiefly owing to the ibowling of Wass (eight wiokete for 91) and Hallam (6 for 60). Derbyshire, 82 and 116; Jfotts, 148 and 53 for four wickete. Lancashire 164 and 153 defeated Leicestershire 124 and 85 in the first-olags county match concluded oi\ May 13, thanks to MacSarcn 6 and 91, .Sharp 54 and 13, and Hollina 18 and 12. Whitehead was chief ecorer for Leicester with 41. Barnes captured five Leicester first innings wicketa for 35 runs and three second for 33. Having lost two days owing to the rain, ■Yorkshire eommraotd their ma-tcli with !5(1.C.0. on tho thini day, compiling 184, *Le best individual effort being Wilfred Khodes's 98. M.C.C. responded with 133, Braund 35, and Trott 37 being top bcorers. The match waa drawn. Warwickshire 251 (Quaife 130) defeated Irficestershire 92 and 116 (V. F. S. Cnwford 22 and 39) by an inniug3 and' 43 on May 19. Hargreave wae tho most successful bowler, capturing 6ix first innings wickete for 30 runs and six second for 49. There was an exciting finish on May 15 ttt Lord's in tho M.C.C. and Ground v. Sussex match, the cub just gaining the verdict by one wicket. The visitors' second venture, thanks to a contribution of 49 (not tout) by Butt, reached 136, which left tho M.O.C. 116 to get to win. Llewellyn batted well for 55, but, with only 20 required find but four men out, wickets fell rapidly, and the last two men became associated with 3 still required. These were obtained. Yorkshire defeated Essex, at L<Ttoir en ■Saturday. May 16, by no fewPT than 261 runs. The home county required 334 tc iwin. They lost three wieketa for 2 rim* ion Friday evening, and bhe remain me sevon could only produce 70. C. J. Kortright (22) being top ecorer. Hirst took six wicket? for 34. and in the whole match his record SMt£ nine for 59.