Cricket 1900

290 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J u l y 26, 1900. All England, at Manchester—which is said to be the only innings over a hun­ dred ever made against Freeman’s bowling except one by Dr. W . G. Grace. In his later years Mr. Daft very fre­ quently took part in local matches, and after he had passed his fiftieth birthday he made seventeen hundreds, including an innings of 222 in a match at Scar­ borough. He was once playing for Mr. C. W . Wright’s X I. against the Harrow Wanderers, who after making 493 for six wickets closed their innings and got out five of their opponents for 49. Mr. Daft was the survivor. He was joined by Mr. C. W . Wright, and both batsmen were promptly caught by the wicket­ keeper—the sort of catches which are unmistakable. Both were given not out, and both made over a hundred, saving the match with great ease. The generally-accepted date of Mr. Daft’s birth is November 2nd, 1836, but it is now given in “ Wisden ” as Novem­ ber 2nd, 1835, on the authority, I believe, of Mr. Arthur Haygarth. Be that as it may, Mr. Daft played his first match for Notts in 1858. In that year he played a fine innings of 44 not out against Surrey at the Oval, and from this time until 1880 he was a regular member of the team, nearly always making a good score, no matter how bad the wicket might b e ; and wickets were sometimes very bad indeed in those days. Bight times during this period he was at the head of the county averages. It was a characteristic of his batting that he was hardly ever bowled out, his wonderful eye enabling him to deal with shooters and bumping balls with equal ease. In 1879 he took a team of professionals to Canada and the United States, and brought it home after a triumphant tour, in which nine matches out of twelve were won and three drawn. In 1876 a complimentary match was played between North and South at Trent Bridge as a mark of the apprecia­ tion in which he was held by all classes of cricketers, and at the beginning of the following year a dinner was given in his honour in Nottingham, at which he was presented with a silver tea and coffee service, a solid silver salver, a purse of £500, and various other valuable memen­ toes, of which not the least in his estima­ tion was a fine silver tankard from Mr. John Walker, one of his greatest admirers. For many years he was the head of the well-known cricket and outfitting firm at Nottingham which was ran in his name, and was also proprietor of the Badcliffe- on-Trent Brewery, while for a couple of years he was the tenant of the Trent Bridge Hotel at Nottingham. Not so very long ago he wrote a series of articles, which first appeared in various news­ papers, and afterwards in a book entitled “ Kings of Cricket,” which is still, un­ doubtedly, one of the most popular books in cricket literature. Nor did he in later years confine his attention to cricket, for he accomplished the remark­ able feat of winning three prizes in lawn tennis tournaments after he was fifty years old. W. A. B e t t e s w o b t h . MR. DAPT’ S AVERAGES IN H IS LAST TW ELVE TEARS OF NOTTS CRICKET. No. of Times Most in Total Year. ... inns. not out inns. runs. Avg. 1869 .. 11 .. 4 ... 103 . . 471 .. 67-2 1870 .. 10 .. 2 ... 117 ... 495 .. 617 1871 .. 9 .. 3 ... 92 .. 390 .. 65 1872 .. 9 .. 2 ... 92* . . 324 .. 46-2 1873 .. 10 .. 1 ... 161 . . 369 .. 41 1874 .. 19 .. 0 ... 102 . . 412 .. 21-13 1875 .. 18 .. 2 ... 47 . . 233 .. 15*13 1876 .. 18 .. 1 ... 99 . . 691 .. 40*11 1877 .. 24 .. 2 ... 96 . . 530 .. 24*11 1878 .. 19 .. 1 ... 69* . . 364 .. 204 1879 .. 13 .. 2 ... 52 . 148 .. 135 1880 .. 18 .. 3 ... 47 . 178 .. 11-13 •Signifies not out. His average for all matches in the preceding five years was as f o l l o w s 1864, 26*4; 1865, 32*7; 1866, 25-5; 1867, 53 6; and 1868, 25*10. MR. D A F F S BEST BATTING PERFORMANCES FOR NOTTS. (From Richards5 S. Where played. O v a l................... O v a l................... Trent Bridge ... Cambridge Trent Bridge .. Trent Bridge ... Crystal Palace... Bradford ........... O v a l................... Trent Bridge ... Trent Bridge ... B rad ford ........... Trent Bridge ... Islin gton ........... Islin gton ........... Trent Bridge ... Trent Bridge ... O v a l.................. Dewsbury........... Trent Bridge ... Lord’s ........... Trent Bridge ... Sheffield ........... O v a l................... Trent Bridge ... O v a l................... Lord’s ........... Trent Bridge ... Sheffield ........... Crystal Palace... Trent Bridge ... Trent Bridge ... Clifton ........... O v a l................... Trent Bridge ... Trent Bridge ... O v a l................... Clifton ........... Trent Bridge ... Oval ................... Trent Bridge ... Trent Bridge ... Trent Bridge .. Trent Bridge ... Trent Bridge ... Prince’s ........... Clifton .......... Trent Bridge ... Lord’s ................. Oval ................... Sheffield ........... Town Mailing... Trent Bridge ... Lord’s................... Trent Bridge ... Trent Bridge ... book of Nottinghamshire Cricket ores and Biographies.) 1st 2nd Match. Year. inn. inn. Surrey................ .. 1858 . . 13 . . 44* Surrey................ . 1859 . . 52 . . 22* Surrey........... .. I860 . . 24 . . 44 Cam bri;ge... .. 1862 . . 32 . . 40 Kent ................ . 1863 . . 39 . . 80* Free Foresters . . 1863 . . 26*. . 56 Kent ........... .. 1861 . . 17 . . 78 Yorkshire ... .. 1864 . . 80 . . 3 Surrey........... .. 1864 . . 56 . . 29 Sussex .. 1865 . . 67 . . — Surrey .. 1865 . . 9 . . 52* Yorkshire ... .. 1865 . . 66 . , — Cambridge ... .. 1866 . . 52 . . 19 Middlesex ... .. 1866 . . 8 . . 94 Middlesex ... .. 1867 . . 72*. . 18* Cambridge ... .. 1867 . . 3 . . 62* Lancashire... .. 1868 .. 94 . . — Surrey........... .. 1868 .. 2 . . 57 Yorkshire ... .. 1868 .. 51 . . 4 Yorkshire ... .. 1869 . . 39*. . 38 M.C.C................. .. 1869 . . 1 . .103* Surrey........... .. 1869 ... 56 . . — Yorkshire ... .. 1869 . 50 . . 31* Surrey........... .. 1869 . . 93*. . 9 Kent ........... .. 1869 . . 42 . . — Surrey........... M.C.C............ .. 1870 . . 55 . . 80 .. 1870 . .117 . . 3 Kent ........... .. 1870 . . 49 . . — Yorkshire ... .. 1870 . . 45*. . 46 Kent ........... .. 1870 . . 41*. Yorkshire ... .. 1871 . . 0 . 50* Surrey........... .. 1871 . . 68*. — Gloucester ... .. 1871 . . 34 . . 51* S u rrey............... .. 1871 . . 92*. — Gloucester ... .. 1871 . . 84 . . — Gloucester ... .. 1872 . . 84 . # — Surrey........... .. 1872 .. 78 . . 3 Gloucester ... .. 1872 . . 92*. . — Yorkshire ... .. 1872 ..161 . , _ Surrey........... .. 1873 .. 22 . ! 56 Surrey........... .. 1874 .. 43 . . — Sussex........... .. 1874 . 10 2 . — Gloucester ... .. 1875 .. 47 . .’ 4 Lancashire... .. 1876 .. 70 . . 19 Yorkshire ... .. 1876 .. 81 . . 12 Middlesex ... .. 1876 . . 82 . , — Gloucester ... .. 1876 .. 62 . . 21 Middlesex ... .. 1876 .. 99 . . 6 Middlesex ... .. 1877 .. 96 . , 24 Surrey........... .. 1877 .. 20 . . 44 Yorkshire ... .. 1877 .. 6 .. 53 Kent ........... .. 1878 .. 52 . . — Derbyshire... .. 1878 .. 0 . .. 69* Middlesex ... .. 1878 .. 25 .. 40 Lancashire... .. 1879 .. 41 .. 5 Yorkshire .. .. 1879 .. 52 .. — GRAN VILLE (Lee) “ A ” v. CROYDON (2 ).- Played at Lee on July 21. G b a n v ill e . A.O.Pettman,b Butler 19 E. T. Nelson, b Tovey 1 J.D.Gillespie, b Butler 10 E. F. Debenham, b Tovey..........................12 S. C. Burnett, c Long, b Tovey ...................14 H. W . Gill, c Richer, b Butler .................. 14 T. P. Austin, b Butler 7 C royd « n . F. W . Finch, b Richer 5 W . H. Smith, c Wicks, b Tovey ...................13 H. J. Graham, lbw, b Butler ................... 0 W . Nichol, not out ... 0 E x tra s...................17 Total Extras ...112 17 Total (2 wkts)239 C. F. W icks, not out 104 G. F. Long, c Gill, b Nelson ................. 63 C.K.Richer,lbw, bG ill 55 H. J. Tovey, V . G. Butler, R. Archer, C. W . W ool- cott, J. H. Mabey, J. Storey, P. L . Green, and L. K. Watson did not bat. LONDON SCOTTISH v. CHARLTON PARK.— Played at Brondesbury on July 21. L ondon S cottish . H .J. R. Pope, b Draper 11 C. A . Argles, c Draper, b Banning.................. 0 A . H. Bentley, b Ogilvy .................. 43 C. Koe Child, b Keats 25 T. S. Taylor, b Keats. 0 P. Child, lbw, b Ogilvy 6 R. J. C. Stuart, c Peck- itt, b Ogilvy ........... 4 N. J. Marcus, st Law­ rence. b Ogilvy B. Hume, not out ... D. Drummond, b Draper ................... W . O. MacBryde, b Draper ................... B 11, l b l ........... Total ... ...156 H. D. Banning, c Tay­ lor, b Pope ...........29 W .J.C.Keats, c Hume, b Pope ................... 0 A . Ogilvy, c Bentley, b P. Child...................12 J. G. Allen, c P. Child, b Pope ...................16 C. T. Turpin, c Bent­ ley, b P. Child........... 4 C h arlton P a r k . L.B. Draper, c Stuart, b P. Child ........... 0 H. E. Lawrence, b P o p e ...........................12 W . Banister, b Pope.. 1 R. M. Allen, not out.. 3 G.W . Bumpus, notout 2 B 4, lb 3, w 1 ... 8 Total (8 wkts) ... 87 T. Peckitt did not bat. STREATHAM v. NORBURY PA RK .—Played at Streatham on July 21. S tr e a t h a m . L.A.M . Fevez, c Cook, b Simpson ...........88 J. F. W . Hooper, st Graeme, b Snowden 9) G.B.Corderoy, c Snow­ den. b Simpson ... 21 A . Bailey, run out ... 9 P. G. Rathbone, c Bowditch, b Snow­ den ..........................16 H. T. Cross,bSnowden 4 P. W . Cooper, c Mac- aldin, b Simpson ... 10 E. B.Miller,bSnowden 0 E. Homcastle, run out 2 G.B. Nicholls, b Simp­ son ...........................11 W .T. Harbord, not out 0 Lb 3, w 1 ........... 4 Total out J. J. out Macaldin, not N orbury P a r k . P. S. Graeme, c Har- |W . R. Manning. bord, b Hooper ... 35 H. Jordan, b Hooper 0 E.Simpson,b Haibord 51 T. Cooice, c Baiiey, b Hooper ................... 5 W .E .Hobbs,c Hooper, b Fevez ...................15 F. Holmes, S. Bowditch, C. E. Snowden did not bat. not 23 B 5, lb 4, w 3 ... 12 Total (5 wkts) 147 T. L . Cunningham and STREATHAM v. BICKLEY PA RK .—Played at Bickley on July 21. B ic k le y P a r k . W . J. Chattell, b Scott 26 W . Phillips, st Kerr, b Dawson .................... 109 A . H . Sutherland, b S co tt..............................12 R . S. Rogers, c Scott, b Dawson......................62 G. C. Boosey, S. A . Smith, M. Baker, S. P. Hilder, and F. G. Thoms did not bat. * Innings declared closed. S t b e a th a m . F. de L. Solb6, not out ............................100 A. W . Bowley, b Han­ cock ..............................12 B 9, lb 6, w 1 ... 16 Total (5 wkts) *337 H. L . Dawson, Rogers ................... 0 W . J. Hancock, c Boosey,b Sutherland 44 D. O. Kerr, c Smith, b Sutherland ........... 1 H. H. Scott, b Boosey. 55 R. Curwin, c Solbe, b Sutherland ........... 1 H. T. Thomas, b Boosey ................... 8 S. Lloyd-Jones, c Hel­ der, b Cbattell ... 7 V.F.Feeny, b Chattell 8 L.Dashwood, c Smith, b Chattell.................... 6 A. Kidd, not out ... 10 E. P. Pulbrook, b Chattell .................... 4 B 20, lb 2, nb 1... 23 Total ...167 N ATION AL PROV IN C IA L BAN K v. CAPITAL AND COUNTIES BAN K .—Played at Denmark Hill on July 21. N a tio n a l P bo vin cial B a n k . G. A . Cosser, c Dart, b Sharp ................... 0 E. W . Armstrong, c Lifton, b Sharp ... 17 A. D. Phillips, low, b Sharp..........................10 J. W .Riohards,c Jones, b 8harp ...................12 J. Price, b Sharp ... 57 H. C. J. McConachy, b Sharp........................... 4 P. Brebner, b White- house........................... 0 A. F. Aylen, b Lifton 12 W . File, not out . ... 8 P. Cowlin, not out ... 10 B 21, w 2 ...........23 Total (8 wkts) *153 E. C. Troughton did not bat. * Innings declared closed. C a p it a l a n d C ounties B an k . E. B. Cole, b Richards H . H. Whitehouse, b R ichards................... W.H.Gem, b Richards E. J. Hardwick, b Richards................... Drake, st Armstrong, b Cosser 10 H. C. Cook, b Price ... 4 A. E. Lifton, c Arm­ strong, b Price ... 4 E. W . Sharp, not out 15 H. A . Dart, not ou t... 3 Byes ................... 2 Total (7 wkts) 39 J. C. Jones and E. C. Hodzett did not bat.