Word: wicket
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1900-1909
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Harvard, Gummere making top score with 79; in bowling, F. C. Taylor and Gummere were steady and effective. On the Cornell team Gregson bowled well, and was also the only one to make double figures at the bat. Cornell's score was more than equalled when Harvard's fourth wicket fell...
...badly defeated by Haverford at Haverford on Friday by the score of 306 to 59. The defeat was due to the greatly superior batting and fielding of the Haverford team, and also to Harvard's unfamiliarity with a hard turf wicker, after practice on a softer cocoa-matting wicket. Haverford caught out seven of the University team, and both Bonbright and Hopkins scored centuries, not out. For Harvard, F. C. Taylor did the best bowling, and King scored the most runs. Only two men made double figures...
...thus far, only the first,--with Mohair Cricket Club, one of the strongest clubs in the Massachusetts league--was lost. Gummere and F. C. Taylor, the regular bowlers, are swift and usually reliable. Morris and W. N. Taylor, the change bowlers, have done some excellent work, and Trainer's wicket keeping has been notable...
...University Cricket team defeated the Lynn Wanderers Saturday at Lynn by the score of 96 to 56. The game was played in a drizzling rain, and as a result the fielding was poor. Morris, Carter and Barnes were all called but for leg before wicket. Gummere made top score for Harvard with 36 runs, and did the best bowling, taking 8 wickets for 29 runs. Hood made top score for Lynn with 32 runs...
...Powers of Worcester as field coach of the track team were confirmed and also of R. A. Derby '05 as assistant manager of the University crew in place of J. P. Bowditch '05, resigned. It was agreed to equip the cricket team with a cocoa-matting wicket for use on Soldiers Field and it was voted inexpedient to send a crew this year to the American Henley at Philadelphia...