Cricket 1898

231 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. June 30, 1898. in putting; the right men in at the right time. We also play Bigshotte liayles— the school to which A. C. MacLaren has now gone. It is only abaut sixteen miles off by road; but it takes a good three hours to get there by rail. Hitherto we have always won this match.” “ You must sometimes find the boys very quaint in their ideas about cricket?” “ They are. One of the most interest­ ing things about small boys when they are playing a game is the absolutely startling expressions which they some­ times make use of when they are excited. In explaining what he ought to have done, a boy will say all sorts of odd things, such as ‘ I could of ------ , etc.’ But I am not sure that grown-up people cannot equal them in this respect. I once heard a lady, wishing to make a point, remark, ‘ What’s this ?—as they say at cricket.’ We have no difficulty at all in keeping up the boys’ interest in games, and modem ideas of discipline are very different from the old ones. Years ago, when my brother was a master at a school, one of the boys ventured to dis­ pute the decision of the umpire in a scratch game. The headmaster happened to overhear him. He at once sent for him, took him to his study and promptly caned him. This has always struck me as the true idea of Spartan discipline.” “ Are the boys coached much at Sumymede in cricket ? ” “ We don’t make cricket a special branoh of study, as at some preparatory schools, but otherwise we do what we can. It has always seemed to me a curious thing that, while an enormous amount of trouble is taken at schools to teach boys to bat, it is very seldom that any serious effort is made to teach them to bowl. More is certainly done now-a- days at public schools in this way, but I think that there is still great room for improvement. I well remember when I was at school how anxious I was to learn how to make a ball break. At last I appealed to our professional, an old Surrey county man, to shew me how it was done. His reply was characteristic of the man. ‘ Hold the ball loosely in the middle of your hond.’ This, to a boy who was very keen on learning, was, of course, interesting. It always seems to me that it is much more difficult to teach a boy how to bowl than how to bat, for whereas you may often make a really good batsman out of most un­ promising material, it requires so much head-work to make a bowler, that only the few ever get out of the ordinary groove.” At Marlborough Mr. de Winton was not lucky enough to receive his colours, although he played occasionally for the Eleven, and once did the hat-trick against Liverpool. “ When S. A. P. Kitcat was captain of the school team,” he said, “ he used to have the same study with me. I remember that at one time he was altogether out of luck, and did not make a run for the first six matches, after which he played a brilliant innings of 200.” “ Do any of the most famous of your old boys ever play for the Marlborough Blues ? ” “ Kitcat, Druce, Rowell, Hill, and others still play occasionally. We have some exceedingly good times in the club matches, especially in the tours. In one of our matches at the Yine, Sevenoaks. Lindsay, who was in with me, had made about 150, and was hitting everything, when he drove a ball straight back with great force. I managed to get out of the way, but Parsons, our umpire, whose view of the ball was somewhat impeded, could only find time to turn round, and with a loud yell the ball caught him in the small of the back, with the result that he was incapacitated for two or three days. During one of the tours we were all inspired by a spirit of mischief, and thought we would serenade an old and popular member of the team who had gone to his rooms early. On arriving before his door we found it locked, and could get no reply from him. So I volunteered to get in through the window. When I got inside the room I discovered that our friend had changed his room, and that it con­ tained a successor. I never go beyond that point in telling this story.” As captain of the Slough Cricket Club, Mr. de Winton had something to do with the success of the recent bazaar, which was held with the object of providing funds to purchase a cricket ground for the town— for oddly enough, Slough has at present no ground of its own—and which was, he says, most generously supported by all classes. Thanks to the proceeds of the bazaar, some £300 is now avail­ able. Mr. de Winton’s first experience in batting for the club was amusing. “ I went in,” he said, “ and had to receive the over from a fast left-hand bowler. The first ball hit me very hard on the thumb, and when I looked round, after I had given the orthodox shake to my hand, I discovered that I had beer caught out by a man with a wooden leg who had accidentally come dose up to the wicket! I thought at that moment that cricket was a distinctly overrated game.” W. A. B e t t e s w o b t h . CARSHALTON v. BRIXTON 'WANDERERS.— Played at Carshalton on June 16. C arshalton . First innings. Rev. J. W . Hallward, c Hudson, b Benge ..........19 C. G. Paget, lbw, b Benge... 29 M. “ Nicholls,” b Benge ... 0 T. D. Lee, b Benge .......... 1 F. Hill, lbw, b Mason ... 12 G.F.Lord,c Mason, b Benge 5 W. A. Johnson, b Benge ... 2 8. Hersey, not out .......... 7 A. F. Clarke, run out ... 4 A. Bush, b Benge .......... 0 H. H. Forsayth, b Rider ... 6 B 8, lb 7 ........................15 Second innings. cThomson.bOdell 43 b C. G. Smith .. 0 c Hudson, b Odell 58 not out................. 9 not out................ 2 b c C. G. Smith... 37 c Volz, b C. G. Smith ............18 b Benge .......... 8 Total ,..100 B 23,1b 3... Total ... ..201 65 F. P. Rider, b Paget.. 14 H. E. S m ith , b “ Nicholls ” ..........39 H. Mason, not out ... F. Odell, c Hersey, b “ Nicholls ” .......... F.E.'l homson.c Paget, b “ Nicholls .......... G.Hud8on.lbw,b Paget C. G. Smith, c Hersey, b “ Nicholls ” .......... B rixton W anderers . A. R. Whitley, b Paget........................ 0 A. Alfcton, cHallward, b Nicholls ” ......... 1 W. Benge, b Hersey... 10 K. Volz, c Clarke, b Hill ........................14 Byes .............. . 21 Total ...176 GOLDSMITHS’ INSTITUTE v. OLD CHARLTON. —Played at New Cross on June 18. O ld C harlton . H. Gradige,cW. Mur­ rell, b Manley....... 121 C. F. Browne, b Win­ debank ................. 1 C. Ryan, b Windebank 0 E. G. Penstone, b W. Murrell ...............26 G. Tannett, c Wood, b H. M urrell.......... 3 B.C.Rayner, b Manley 15 H. R. Murrell, b Man­ ley ........................ 0 J. Davis, b Manley ... 5 J. Perryman, notout. ..21 G. Masters, c Manley, b Murrell.................10 F. Heaton, not out .. 12 B 27, lb 4, wb 1 ... 32 Total (9 wkts.)*246 *Innings declared closed. G oldsmiths ’. H. E. Murrell, b Ryan 0 M. Wood, b Rayner... 5 D. Mustard, b Rayner 2 W. T. Reed, c Browne, b Rayner................. 2 W. Murrell, b Ryan... 24 W.Leaver,c and bRyan 27 W.H. Manley, b Ryan 0 R. Windebank, c Gra- dige, b Masters W. Joanes, c Murrell, b Heaton................. P.Mouncher,c&b Ryan S. R. Best, not out ... B9, lb 3, nb6 ... Total 15 ________________________ . 99 GOLDSMITHS’ INSTITUTE (2) v.CATFORD (2).— Played at Catford on June 18. G oldsmiths ’ (2). W. Falkner, b King .. 34 A.Baldwin, c Balding, b Grant .................40 J. C. Green,b Bruce... 5 J. A. T. Good, c Oxen- ham, b Bruce......... 4 W . F. Dray, b Bruce... 7 F. Ellis, not out..........21 J. Stanton, c Arm­ strong, b Bruce ... 10 F. Bowler, not out 6 B 16, lb 5,nb 4... 25 Total (6 wkts) *152 A. B. Falkner, J. W . Moulds and C. Botten did not bat. * Innings declared closed. C atford (2). W . R. Hassall.bGreen A.W.Goldie.c Moulds, b Good ................. H. O. King, b Good ... A. C. Bruce, b Good... W . G. Gowan. c Bald­ win, b Good .......... J.B.Oxenham,b Green BARNES v. FALLINGSWICK.- on June 18. B arnes . J.R.Armstrong,bGreen22 W . Hogg, not out ... 7 F. Shabwell, b Good... 1 J. French, not out ... 7 A. L. Balding, b Good 0 B 8, lb 3 ..........11 Total (9wkts) 64 -Played at Acton J. G. M. Robertson, i Heyneman, b Bow­ stead ........................ 4 J. J. Franco, c Bow­ stead, b Yarborough 21 F. W. Bensted, b Bow­ stead ....................... 8 W . F. Frith, c Hay­ craft, b Bowstead ... 27 N. Usmar, c Heyne­ man, b Bowstead ... 25 H. E. Barham, c Hay­ craft, b Yarborough 4 P allingswick . E. Y. Doll, b Yar­ borough ................. 1 C. E. Ratcliff, c Dela­ combe, b Cheesman 9 A. G. H. 8tevens, lbw, b Bowstead .......... 0 S. Mossop, not out ... 46 E. Huskinson, c and b Heyneman ..........37 B 8, w 1, nb 2 ... 11 Total ..193 J. S. Haycraft, b Bar­ ham, b Steyens ... 6 F. S. Heyneman, c Stevens, b Huskin­ son ........................ 72 A.H.Milson, b Stevens 0 J, Bowstead, not out 42 S. Cheeseman, c Bar­ ham, b Huskinson 27 W. Yarborough, not out ........................15 B 9, lb 4 ..........13 Total (4 wkts.) 175 B. A. Carter, H. Watson, A. Delacombe, T. Scholing and D. W. .Vewster did not bat. OLD GEORGIANS’ v. ST. CHARLES’ COLLEGE. —Played at Notting Hill on June 18. S t . C harles ’ C ollege . First innings. Second mnings. T. V. Straweon, b Moraes... 5 b Storer ..... 14 C. L Maslen, b Storer......... 7 c Russell ... i” 15 M. Grant, c Lane,b Moraes 7 absent .... 0 V. Hanson, b Moraes.......... 4 c Russell ..... 20 J. Wright, b Storer .......... 1 c Storer, b R. „ . Fletcher........... 17 F. Binning, c G. Fletcher, b Moraes............................... o c and bR.Fletcher 1 — Whelan, b Storer .......... 0 absent.................. 0 H. Santos, not out .......... 8 c Moraes, b R. Fletcher.......... 2 J. Cantwell, b Moraes ... 4 csub.,bR.Fletcher 2 T. Foley, tun o u t................ 4 b Russell ......... 2 C. Pedley, b Storer .......... l not out......... 4 B 2, lb 2 ................. ... 4 B 16, lb 5......21 Total F.P.Mennell, bWright 7 A. Webtley,c Hansom, b Shawson ..........28 A. Adolph, b Wright. 0 R.H.Fletcher, b Foley 22 G. Fletcher, b Foley... 10 E. A. Storer, b Foley.. 0 P. F. Dorte, c Cant­ well, b F oley.......... 0 45 O ld G eorgians ’. Total......... 98 A. Lane, b Strawson... E. Moraes, b Foley ... H. Russell, b Foley ... E. Rowe, not out Byes ................. Total .........