Cricket 1897

82 CKICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A pbil 22, 1897. MR. JOHN CRESWELL. In the double capacity of Secretary of the Australian Cricket Council and South Australian Cricketing Association, Mr. Creswell, of whom we give a portrait on page 90, has gained the credit of being a man whose every thought is for the work which he has before him. Whenever difficulties arise he knows what is the right thing to be done and, what is more, knows how to do it. He did not undertake his duties without previous experience, for from the time that he was seven­ teen years old he has been engaged in some sort of secretarial work or other. Bom at Woodville, South Australia, on Dec. 8th, 1859, he was educated at St. Peter’s College, Hackney (S.A.), and in 1877 entered the office of Mr. P. S. C. Driffield, the Secretary of the Adelaide Chamber of Commerce. When Mr. Driffield died iu 1889, Mr. Creswell succeeded him in his duties. In the mean - time he gained an insight into the man­ agement of football clubs, being honorary secretary from 1876 to 1882 of the South ParkF.C., and, while ac'.ing in this capa­ city he assisted to form the first Football Association in South Australia. Of this Association] he was secretary for several years. He did not regard the game merely from an outside point of view, for he was an enthusiastic player, and, as full back, dis­ tinguished himself on many occasions. In 1880 he was appointed secretary of the Kensington Oval at Adelaide, but resigned his position on receiving the appointment of secretary to the South Australian Cricket Association in 18S3. Afterwards he succeeded Mr. John Portus as secretary of the Australian Cricket Council. List year he was busily engaged in establishing an association for coursing. His hobby is to keep poultry and ponies, and his success at the Adelaide Shows proves that he understands what he is doing. LORD HARRIS. Lord Harris is the “ Celebrity at H om e” in this week’s T Yorld. The interview with him refers chiefly to the history of his family, the Primrose League, and diplomacy, but the World refers to his connection with cricket as follows “ It is as unnecessary to say that the photograph of Dr. Grace has a prominent place among those of your host’s more immediate friends and acquaintances, as that almost every book which has been written on cricket finds a place on the shelves, and as your eye runs along the rows you ‘ spot’ Lilly white’s Scores and Biographies ; The Cricket Field ; Jerks in from Short Leg , by Bob Fitz­ gerald; Nyren’s work on cricket, and many others. Were Lord Harris less modest than he is, he would be more entertaining, but he excuses his reticence on the ground that his five years in Bombay have ‘ knocked holes in his memory as to cricket ’ ; you, however, manage to worm out some particulars of the game since he was a ‘ dry bob ’ at Eton and captained its eleven, while the year that Ottaway ran up a score of over a hundred when playing against Harrow still remains a red-letter day to him and his contemporaries; and among these were Lord Elgin, Lord Wenlock, Sir William Walrond, Mr. St. John Brodrick, and Mr. Akers Douglas—most of them at the same house, Mr. Warre’s ; while Mr. Gerald Balfour and Lord Balfour of Burleigh were a little senior, and Mr. George Curzon a little junior to him. His reputation as a cricketer Lord Harris, of course, carried to Christchurch, and for three years he wielded the willow for his University at the annual match at Lord’s against Cambridge, while he also officiated as treasurer of the O.C.C. In 1872 he played with the Gentlemen of England in Canada, and six years later took an eleven of England to Australia, while from 1874 to 1885 he was captain of the county (Kent) eleven, working it up with the thoroughness which dis­ tinguishes him in all he undertakes. Under catechetical examination he may give you his best year’s average as forty, while his biggest score, one hundred and sixty runs, was in 1878, in the match at Canterbury between Kent and Maryle­ bone ; but the last victory he helped to wiu against Cambridge, in the June of the year he went ‘ down’ stands quite apart in his memory, for in July he married Miss Lucy Ada Jervis, second daughter of Lord St. Yincent, and in the following Ojtober passed the fiaal schools and took his degree.” THE NOTTS COLTS’ MATCH. Played at Nottingham on April 19th and 20th- The Eleven won hy an innings and 24 runs. On one of the slowest wickets ever seen in this annual in itch, in which the wiikets are in nine cases out of ten slow enough in all conscience, the Colts as usual took the first innings. They did not distin­ guish themselves, with the exception of J. Gunn, who made 20 in something less than two hours. With the object of finding a good bowler, if possible, the Committee had included in the Colts’ team about half-a-dozen of the most likely men, but they could do nothing on such a wicket. H. B. Daft wore down the bowling with a certain amount of ease, but did not seem anxious to scjre quickly. At the end of the day the eleven made 23 runs and had on lyl)st three wickets. In the course of the whole day only 193 runs were score!, which is not as promising for the coming season as could be wished. It was hoped that Shrewsbury would bat on Tuesday, but, although a place was left for him in the eleven until the last man went in, lie preferred to stand out. It would have hardly been worth his while to run the great risk of catching cold. Bagguley, Mr. Dixon, and Pike made runs for tbe eleven,.whose total was so far in advance of the Colts, as to leave the latter very little chance of saving the innings’ defeat. Sixteen of the Colts went on to bowl, and Dickinson (medium pace right) met with considerable success in the course of half a dozen overs. In their second innings some of the Colts showed fair form. Ire- monger playing by far the best innings. Dench was batting an hour for 16. The innings of 96 lasted for three hours. T he T wejjty -T wo First innings. F. P. C. Walker, b Hardstaff 2 C. E. Dench, b Hardstaff ... 2 J. Gunn, c and b Bennett... 20 F. Sills, b Hardstaff ........... 0 H. Speight, b Hardstaff ... 8 S. Dickinson, b Brown ... 12 T. Jennison, c Bagguley, b Hardstaff .......................... 0 W . A. Dexter, b Hardstaff 5 R. M. Carlio, b Guttridge... 1 W . Scothern, b Guttridge... 0 J. Iremonger,bGuttridge... 5 F. Hanley, c Bennett, b Guttridge .......................... 3 G. Pinder, b Guttridge ... 0 T. Simpson, c Hardstaff, b Bennett ........................... 2 W . Taylor, c Brown, b Guttridge .......................... 8 D. Widdowson, run out ... 2 C olts . Second innings, b Guttridge ... 0 b B en n ett...........16 run out.................. 7 b Guttridge ... 0 b Brown .......... 11 c Gunn,b Bennett 2 b Guttridge b D a ft........... b Brown ... c Hardstaff, Guttridge bHaidstaff... 0 25 cDixon,bBennett 3 b Hardstaff.......... 0 b Bennett .. W . Simpson, c Pike, b Bennett .......................... 2 W . Hendon, b Guttridge ... 0 b Bennett .......... st Pike, b Hard­ staff .................. c Bennett, b Daft c Dixon, b Hard­ staff .................. b Hardstaff Glover, b Guttridge ........... 0 A. Lowiogs, st Pike, b Bennett .......... ............ 4 b Daft ... G. Francis, c Dixon, b Bennett .......................... 0 W . Marshill. not o u t........... 0 B .................................. 4 Total ...........80 N otts . b Hardstaff not o u t......... B 6, lb l... T otal... H.B Daft,bT.Simpson 62 P. Mason.b Lowing-*... 10 Gunn (W .), c Dexter, b Iremocger ........... 9 Bagguley, c Taylor, b Scolhern.................. 54 J. A. Dixon, c Taylor, b Dickinson .......... 27 Pike, c and b Dickin­ son .......................... 22 Brown, c Widdowson, b Dickinson ...........12 Guttridge, c T. Simp­ son, b Dickinson ... 0 A. R. Bennett, c and b Scothem Hardstaff, not out . Shrewsbury, absent . B 9, lb 3, w 2... . Total ... . 0 0 .. 0 . 14 .200 T he C olts . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . Hardstaff ... 19 7 32 6 ............ 20 2 10 27 6 Biown ........... 16 14 3 1 ............ 10 3 14 2 Guttridge ... 18 11 17 8 ............14 11 5 4 Bennett............ 17*4 10 24 5 ........... 17 7 21 5 r»off D a t ... N otts . O. M. R. W . 5 22 3 O. M. R. W . Dc-nch ... 7 2 9 0 Simpson... 11 3 13 1 Carlia Ilawley ... Lowings ... Iremonger Pinder (Junn.......... Taylor 6 5 9 0 6 2 8 1 4 0 8 2 11 3 Henson ... Speight ... Sills Jennison Glover .. Scothern 7 0 16 0 12 0 17 1 8 0 10 2 Dickinson 6 2 1 10 3 Pinder and Gunn each delivered a no-ball. AMERICAN CRICKET ANNUAL F o r 1 8 9 7 —E ig-hth Y e a r. Pr/co 2s. Postago Froo. Special features this year, “ T he T our of the H averford C ollege T eam in E ngland ” (with full scores of all games), by J. A. I^ester, captain of Haverford; “ The Tour of the Australians in America” (with full scores of all games) ; “ Criuket in Canada,” by John E. Hall, s cretary, Canadian Cricket Association; The Centuries of J893 ; Features of the Season : Review of the Season’s play, by prominent cricketers in every section, with the records and averages of the chief clubs of the Uuitod States and Canada. The nam es and addresses o f the Secretaries for 1897. Every Cricketer should have a copy.— Outing. 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