Cricket 1900

322 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A ug . 9, 1900. anything. He said that he had never put pen to paper in his life before receiving the money, but, at last, he said to me one day, when he came to see me after I had been very ill, ‘ Mr. Broughton, would you, as a gentleman, really advise me to sign this agreement ? ’ To which I replied, ‘ Mo9t certainly, I would,’ and he then signed it, and the purchase was shortly afterwards completed.” “ You used to play when Mr. Aislabie was secretary of the M.C.C. ? ” “ Yes ; we had to pay ten shillings for our lunch at that time. Aislabie was always telling stories, and discussing knotty points. Once, he said (this was formerly the practice of the rule), ‘ A ball is not lost as long as you know where it is.’ Now, in a match on a village common, a ball was hit into a post-chaise, which was bound for the next town. Accord­ ingly, the batsmen ran about a hundred, and only ceased because they were tired! In those days the school matches were played at the commencement of the summer holidays, and were frequently finished in a day. In 1834, on Wednesday, July 31, Harrow played Winchester, winning by one wicket. On Thursday it poured with rain. On Friday Eton played Winchester, and won by 13 runs. On Saturday Eton and Harrow played, Harrow going in first. When the last two Etonians were in we were a tie; I was bowling from the end opposite the pavilion when a ball was hit up towards Buckingham at short-leg. In trying to catch it he and I came into violent collision, and both were insensible. We were carried into the pavilion and laid on the table until we came round again. The umpire said that between us we had held the ball long enough to make a catch; but, unfortunately, no one had ap­ pealed for a catch. Consequently, Eton headed us by 32 runs, a good lead in those days. Buckingham and I both batted again, but he was too much hurt to field. I was all right again, and bowled and stood cover- point all through the innings. Eventually we put Eton in to make 63.” “ Did they make the runs ?” “ They did not. I thought that if we man­ aged to get two or three wickets during the innings we should do well, but to my delight we began to get rid of one batsman after another, and the eleven worked together as one man. When the last man, F. Thackeray, a very hard hitter, came in, thirteen runs were wanted by Eton to win, and W. P. Pickering (‘ Bull’ Pickering) was at the other end. Either of the men was capable of winning the match off two or three balls. I had two balls of an over left, and the fancy came to me that if I did not get a wicket with one of them we should lose. The first ball went over the top of the middle stump by about an inch, and the shouting of *bowled ’ and ‘ played ’—though where the ‘ played ’ came in I never could see—was so overwhelming that for some minutes every­ body stood still like actors in a theatre, powerless to move. I remember that I was so intensely nervous that I positively could not deliver the ball, but I stood with my arm in position ready to bowl, never taking my eye off one spot, and when the chaff ceased I bowled Thackeray middle stump. I bowled ten wickets in this match, besides the catches. It was the only year I ever bowled well. The famous ‘ Whacky’ Kirwan bowled against us both in 1834 and 1835. He was a very fast bowler, and I remember well that of the last two balls I had in 1835, tbe first hit me on the side of the face, and the next knocked a stump out of the ground as high as my head.” “ Of course, things were very different at Harrow in my days from what they are now,” said Mr. Broughton, “ Canon Prothero, who was in the eleven with me, told me the follow­ ing anecdote : Lord Northwick, one of the governors of the school, who had afine orchard at Harrow, toldhimthat the monitors (of which there were ten) used to take his apples. This annoyed him very greatly, not because he had no apples leftfor himself, but because theywere taken before they were ripe. He got to know the father of one of the monitors, and then had a talk with the son. ‘ Look here,’ he he said, ‘ I don’t mind you taking the apples, but I do mind you taking them before they are ripe. Let us strike a bargain. If you will promise me on your honour not to take them until they are ripe, we will share them equally when they are ripe.’ The monitor said, ‘ It seems a fair proposal, but, of course, I must consult my colleagues before giving any promise.’ After consulting themhe gave Lord Northwick the following answer: ‘ I am reluctantly compelled to state that the proposal is unanimously declined.’ ” As a cover-point, Mr. Broughton was ad­ mittedly one of the very best men of his day. He was always on the move, and it was never safe to run to him. Even George Parr, good judge of a run as he was, was afraid to venture on a run to coverwhen Mr. Broughton was there. “ I remember ©nee,” he said, “ when we were playing at Lord’s, I Zingari v. Lords and Commons, running out Colonel Fergusson Davie. He played a ball to me, and stepped out of his ground, pretending to run, and put his tongue out at me. Harvey Fellowes was at the wicket, and I knew that however hard I sent the ball to him he would take it. So I gathered the ball and threw it in suddenly as hard as I possibly could - 1 should not have dared to do this with any other man than Harvey Fellowes— and before Davie could step back to his crease the wicket was put down.” Like every other cricketer of his day. Mr. Broughton was an enthusiastic admirer of Mr. Charles Taylor, who was at Cambridge with him. “ Jaylor’s rooms,” he said, “ were close to the cricket ground, and every cricket morning we used to breakfast to­ gether. He had a beautiful style at cricket and in every other game which he took up. He could play almost any game, and was especially proficient in tennis and billiards. 1 remember once meeting Canon Furze, at his pretty place in Devonshire, and having a long cricket talk with him. He was in the Eton eleven four or five years after I was with Harrow eleven, and many of the Eton cricketers were our mutual friends. Our conversation turned on Charles Taylor, and the Canon said: ‘ He was a wonderful man. I heard that he played a man at tennis using a ginger-beer bottle instead of a racket, to which I replied, ‘ I can vouch for the truth of the story, because I was there when the match was played—moreover, I was the other man and as I was a pretty good racket player, I, of course, beat him easily! ’ Taylor bet a friend of mine that he would himself make a pair of trousers and wear them on the King’s Parade at Cambridge. He won his bet, and nobody would have guessed that the things were not made by a professional person. At another time he made a bet that he would learn to play the piano and sing in six weeks, and he did it,” W . A . B e t t e s w o r t h . LONDON COUNTY v. INCOGNITI.—Played at therCrystal Palace on August 2 and 3. L ondon C ounty . First innings. Second innings. S. M. Tindall, c Browne, b Stratton ............................ 8lbw, b Hemmerde 9 Seymour (Jas.), c sub., b Hemmcrde ... ... 5 E. H. S. Berridge, c sub, b cBrowne,bParri- Stratton ..........................19 sou ................. 19 W. J K. Mai , c and b Stratton ... ................. 13c & b Hemmerde I Dr. W. G. Grace, b Stratton 73 R. Leys, b Stratton .........14 n otou t................19 Murch, c Wall, b Brown - 1 not out................ 9 E. H. Lulham, c Barkworth c Baruworth, b b Hemmerde .................... 5 8tratton ..............21 Max Reichert, c Browne, b Collins.................................21 A. F. Newman, c Stratton, Hemmerde........................... 5 Seymour (Jno.), not out ... 6 B 30, w 3, nb 4 ...........37 B3,lb 1, w 2... 6 Total ... 207 Total (4 wkts.).. 84 I ncogniti . First innings. H S. Barkworth, c and b Grace ..................................12 L. H. Troughton,c Reichert, b Grace ........................... 2 W . C. C 1 ins, c Murch, b Lulham ........................... 3 F. D. Brown0, not out ... 9 H. E. Rice, b Grace ........... 4 W . R. Stratton, b Grace 4 C. L. Hemmerde, c Reichert b Grace..................................20 W . H. Harrison, b Lulham 5 Second innings. b Grace ...........54 c Jas. Seymour, b Grace ........... 6 lbw, b Tindall ... 30 c Jas. Seymour, b Tindall ........... 3 c Leys, b Grace .. 5 c Tindall, b Grace 4 A. H. Wall, b Lulham Rev. K Clarke, absent W . H. Dillon, absent .. Extras ................... T ota l................. ... 0 ... 0 . 0 ... 0 ... 59 b Jn. Seymour ... cM air, b Jn. S^y- monr.................. not o u t .. bJn.Seym our ... b Grace................... Byes 3, lb 1 .. 13 Total ........... 23L LONDON AND WESTM INSTER BAN C v. LOND )N JOINT STOCK B A N K .-P layed at Norbury on the evenings of August 1. 2, and 3. L ondon and W estminster B ank . C. A . Snell, c Me- | A G. Gough, n t out 30 Mahon, b Allen ... 18 C. J. Bowman, b Spearing .. ... .6 0 W . Bradbery, c Mc­ Mahon, b Spearing 49 E. A. Willson, J. M. Allcock, H. Crossl *y, E. A Wellborne, A. Anson, and A . Podmore did not bat. C. C. 8impson, not out 0 B 11, lb 1, nb 2 ... 14 Total (3 wkts) ...161 L ondon J oint G .N . Ashbery, b Will­ son ..........................0 C. T. Spearing, c Bow­ man, b Willson 0 E. T Thornicroft, b S n ell.......... ...........17 A . Morri , b Willson 9 W . McMahon, b Pod- more .......... ... 2 C. J. Allen, b Snell ... 2 S tock B ank . E. Jennings, b Willson C. McMahon, run out H. Whitby, c Bowman, b Willson .......... H. J. Price, b Podmore R. McMahon, not out B f , w l .......... Total .......... STREA.THAM v. THE V IL L A G E .-P layed at Streatham on August 4. Thb V il l a g e . First innings. Second innings H. Hazell, b H ooper............... 6 not o u t ..................16 E. H. Wilkes, c Daxhwood, b R aphael.............................. 0 not o u t ..................69 W. Horne, c Hooper, b Raphael ... ...........14 A.Heyman,cKidd.bRaphael 15 c Kidd, b rTooper 0 C Watts, c Young, b Scott. 11 b Raphael........... 0 F. Stringer, b Raphael ... 15 G. Curtis, lbw, b Scott ... 21 W.H.R. Willson,bDr.YouDg 10 b Hooper ............ 3 C Eaton, b Dr. Young ... 3 W . Hayps, b Dr. Young ... 6 b Baphael ............ 7 E. Smith, n o to u t.................1 ' c Barkworth. b 1 ooper B 10, lb 3 .................13 Byes ............. 8 Total ................121 S tbbatham . Total (5 wkts) 93 J. F. W . Hooper, b Wilkes ................. 12 L. A. M. Fevez, c Wilkes, b Willson ... 0 H. S. Barkwoith, b Willson ... 0 J.E.Raphael,bStringer 57 H. H. Scott, not out .. 81 G. Burlingham,b W ill- Dr. Young, h Stiirger L.Dashwood c b ayes, b Stringer R.G.Candy. b V. illson A. Kidd, run out H.P.Walters.bW ilkes B 31, lb 1, w 1 .. Total 1 0 « 0 33 . 218