Cricket 1896

266 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J u ly 9, 1896. Bessborough’s X II. I always have counted my runs, and on this occasion I made my score to he 99, and I should not wonder if they had not contrived to sneak in a leg-bye to make the score look more interesting. In my last year at school it did not seem to make any difference what sort of wicket I batted on. It is like that sometimes, but in the two previous years I was always lunging out at the wrong ball. Lord Bessborough got me out of that stroke by making me play with one hand for about a week. He was remark­ ably clever in coaching, and he made good cricketers of lots of boys who seemed quite hopeless. I have to thank him for getting me into the way of being able to make runs on a slow wicket by hard back play. He was always very kind indeed in every way.” “ When did you become captain ? ” “ 1 went to Harrow in 1886, and got in the eleven in the following year. My father always gave my brother and me a fortnight’ s practice with professionals before we went to school for the summer term, and it did us a lot of good. I think he would always have preferred us to get in the X I. than to be high up in the school. My brother, J. A., was with me in the eleven in 1887 and 1888 ; he was captain in the latter year. In 1889 Jack­ son was captain, and my turn came in 1890. Jackson and I were together in the eleven in 1887, 1888, and 1889. I used to go in first, and he came in about second wicket down; and as I was very unlucky in 1888 and 1889, it was very seldom that 1 stayed long enough to be in with him.” “ Why, when a boy gets his colours at Harrow, is he said to get his ‘ flannels ’ ? ” ‘ ‘ Everybody who is not in the eleven wears grey flannels, while the members of the eleven wear w'hite. In the same way a white straw hat is worn by the rest of the school, and a black and white speckled straw by the eleven. Generally when a captain gives a boy his ‘ flannels' after a match he changes hats with him, so that the new member of the eleven can walk up to the school in triumph. I re­ member that on one occasion when I did this as captain, I was wearing the white hat of the new choice, and on my way up to the school I was met by a well-known character in the town who was knowm as ‘ Bottles.’ He was never an admirer of my cricket, and w'hen he saw me in a white hat he said : ‘ Well, I should think it ivas about time you was kicked out of the eleven.’ Before 1889 any boy who had got into the eleven was played for the rest of the time that he was at school, no matter how much he might have gone off. In Jackson’s year a new rule was made, but it fell to my lot to first put it into practice. The boy who was turned out did not wear his cap again, but he could have done so if he liktd of course. It is a very unpleasant duty for a captain to have to turn out one of the old hands ; but he cannot help himself some­ times, if he wishes to get the best eleven to represent the school.” “ Do you ever bowl? ” “ I bowl at the nets and so forth, and very occasionally I have been on in matches. During our tour in Australia we all bowled in an up country match, but I was very soon taken off, and was, I think, the only one of the team who did not get a wicket. Once when I was captain of the Lancashire X I. against Warwickshire I put myself on^ to bowl lobs, because the batsmen were playing a poking game, and we wanted to get them separated. I kept myself on for three overs, during which the batsmen sampled every corner of the field, but I didn’t get a wicket. In the Eton match at Lord’s, when I was captain, I also .put myself on when our bowl­ ing was in a complete knot, and I had the very great satisfaction of getting two wickets. But I never get put on to bowd when I am not captain.” “ Did you enjoy your tour in Australia ? ” “ I had a delightful time there from all points of view. You couldn’t have a better captain to play under than Stoddart; he is always so considerate for the members of his team, and consequently every man in it tries to do his level best. I should certainly advise anybody who wants a holiday in order to make some runs to pay a visit to Australia. It is ‘ batting made easy ’ on most Australian wickets. There is no need to hurry, no playing against the clock, and, with the rarest of exceptions, perfect wickets and fine weather. Everybody knows that when you do get a sticky wicket there it is bad in the extreme, and much worse than a sticky wicket in England. But it has always struck me as curious that the Australians, when it has been decided that a team shall come to England, do not water a few wickets to make them as much as possible like wickets in England after rain. This could easily be done, and the men would get an idea of what they are often likely to meet in England. As it is at present they come over, bat on hard and fiery wickets, and, as at Wembley Park and Lord’s, are suddenly confronted with the sort of wicket they never see in Australia, and, of course, out they go.” “ What did you think of Jones and Mc­ Kibbin? ” “ I only played against Jones once or twice. The first time I met him I had to take his first three overs, and I thought him faster than anybody I had ever met; but at that time his pace used very soon to slow down to that of an ordinary fast bowler. He did not get me out, but on the other hand I did not slay in long enough to give him much chance. Jim Phillips was at Harrow a few days ago, and told me that J Dnes was a very much better bowler during the past season in Australia than, he was when wre were there, and I can quite believe this, although, improved as he may be, I fancy that he will have to work very hard in an England match to get two or three wickets This is merely my own opinion, and of course it may be quite wrong. McKibbin has been George Giffen’s master on more than one occasion, and that is, very likely, why the Australian crowd think so much of him. On a hard wicket he may occasionally send down a * scorcher,’ but he used to give plenty to score off. The other day in the M.C.C. match he appeared to me to make the ball do so much on the slow wicket that he was practically harmless.” “ What is your favourite ground in Aus­ tralia ? ’ ’ “ The Melbourne ground, which is, I should think, about as big as Lord’s, but circular. I have never played before a more impartial crowd than is to be found at Mel­ bourne; they always treated us exceedingly well.” W. A. B ettesw orth . K e n sin g to n P a r k . Y. Vanderbyl, c Gum- brell, b Stone........... 0 G. Lloyd, run out ... 33 T. H. C. Levick, b Stone.................. ... 0 G. T. Brown, b Stone 3 H. K. Gow, b Woods 14 F. A . Warner, c Gum- brell, b S tone........... 0 R. H. Floa, b Stone ... 0 Total - ...........72 Second innings : T. H. C. Levick, b Woodbridge, 12; G. T. Brown, not out, 4; H. K. Gow,.not out, 14; F. A. Warner, b Stone, 3, H. D. Nuftfolas, lbw, b Stone, 0 ; Byes 3.—Total (3 wkts.) 36. S. Christopherson, c Gumbrell, b W ood­ bridge ' ........... —* H. D. Nicholas, not out .......................... 3 F. Medhurst, b Stone1 2 R. Henriques, run out 0 B 6, lb 4, w 1 ...11 KENSINGTON PA RK v. UPPER TOOTING.— . Played at St. Quintin’s Park on July 4. " f, t K en sin g to n P a r k . W . Winter, c Haw­ kins, b W allis.......... 0 W . A. Bailey, c Haw­ kins, b P a rez ...........81 J. L. Johnstone, b Onslow ...................43 F. Kendall, c Lyon, b Wallis ...................17 M .A. Nicholas,b Parez 38 C.H.M .Thring.nofout 18 C. G. Hildyard, lbw, b Wallis .................. 22 C. Macdonald, not out 3 B 10, lb 6, w 2, nb 2 20 Total (6 wkts.)*242 UXBRIDGE v. KENSINGTON PARK.- Uxbridge on July 4th. -Played at W . R. Collins, c Van­ derbyl, b Nicholas .. 37 C. C. Stone, b Vander­ byl ..........................98 W oods,b Vanderbyl... 17 C. M. Woodbridge, b Vanderbyl ........... 4 J. C. Hibbert, not out 45 H. W . Turner,b Cris- topherson.................. 0 G. C. Gumbrell, b Vanderbyl ........... 2 U x b r id g e . C. E. Stevens, lbw, b Lloyd .................. 25 H. S. O. Williams, b Lloyd.......................... 0 W . L. Eves, b Chris­ topherson ..................48 R. Moss, not out ... 16 B 8, lb 2, w 2, nb 1 ... 13 E. S. Blois, R. W . Jackson and O. D. Brooks did not bat. * Innings declared closed. U p p e r T o o t in g . D. H. Butcher, not out ... ................. 70 H. T. Wallis, lbw, b Kendall .................. 7 A.H . Parez, b Kendall 0 S. C. H a w k in s , c ■ Thring, b Kendall... 7 J. A . Lyon, c and b Johnston F. C. Ryde, b Ken­ dall ... ............ 2 C. B. Elliott, b Ken­ dall .......................... 0 A. L. O n s lo w , b Brooks ..................17 B £6,jLb7 ,.. ... 33 Total (7wkts.)137 E. T. Powel, H. G. Franks and H. L.<Scott did not bat. HORNSEY v. CHISW ICK Hornsey on July 4. H o r x s e y . P A R K .—Played-1a i' E. A. Cox, b L. Clarke S. S. Taylor, c Wall, b L. Clarke ...........24 W . J. L. Brewer, b L. Clarke ........... 66 G. H. Swinstead, c Whiting, b L. Clarke 14 W . P. Harrison, b L. Clarke ..................15 A. L. Turberville, not out ..........................37 F. H. Swinstead, b Jas. Clarke " ... "... E. W . Nicholls, b Jas. Clarke .................. L. Orton, b L . Clarke E. W . Carter, b L. Clarke .................. T. A. Nicholls, b L. Clarke .................. B 6 ,lb l, w l ... C h is w ic k P a r k . A. O. Whiting, c T. A. Nicholls,b G.H.Swinstead 9 Capt. Cowper-Coles, b F. H. Swinstead.......................... 4 J. Clarke, c and b G. H. Sw instead...........................24 Total c and b Orton ... c Carter, b Harri­ son .................. S.D. Coxon, c T. A. Nicholls, b F. H. Sw instead........... 0 c L. Clarke, c Cox, b F. H. Swinstead.......................... 15 c Orton, b E. W . N ich olls......... 10 Harrison, b E. W . Nicholls c T. A . Nicholls, b Orton ........... Total , 305 A . A. Surtees, c F. H. Swin­ stead, b G. H. Swinstead 1 b E. W . Nicholls 17 E. E. Barnett, b F. H. Sw instead..........................11 c and b Taylor ... 11 A. H. W all, c Orton, b G. H. Swinstead ........... 5 A. R Brown, not out.......... 14 L.D.Birch,b F.H.Swinstead 0 Hutchings, run out ........... 4 B 3, lb 5 ........... 8 Total 95 Turberville, b E. W . Nicholls ... 4 b Harrison........... 0 hit wkt, b Taylor 0 not out.................. 0 Leg-byes ... 3 Total ...........85 SPENCER (3) v. DULW ICH (3).- worth on July 4. D u l w ic h . C.Whitehurst,b Leane J. Brown, b Leane ... 5 S. Pulbrook, c and b W h eeler...................35 S.A.Stevens,cVickery, b H ooper.................. 12 A. Abbott, b Feather­ stonehaugh ........... 4 B. Heasman, lbw, b Featherstonehaugh 0 S p e n c e r . Played at Wands- 6 S. R. Altman, not out W .Norman,b Feather­ stonehaugh ........... 1 H.T. Lighton, b Leane 8 R. E. Mayo, c Vickery, b Leane .................. 14 T.Hutchinson, run out 5 Extras Total . 13 ...103 and b R. M. out ........... Extras ... Moore, not E. Mayon, Lighton ................... 9 W .H . Weekes. notout 74 H. Hooper, b Brown... 5 A. A. Wheeler, b Heasman...................26 H. G. Hedges, M. R. Vickery, S. C. Rolls, A . B. Leane, H. Brannon, and W. Ii. Featherstonehaugh did not bat. Total ... 13 ...157