Cricket 1901

2 2 6 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J u n e 2 7 , 1 9 0 1 . and then their captain Joses the toss in the follow ing match with the wicket in perfection ! There is more strain nowa­ days.” “ Did you feel the strain much yourself after so lon g an absence from county cricket ? ” “ Well, no. I cannot say that I did. F or in the first place I did not play very much county cricket, and in the second I have always kept myself in training during the winter by acting as referee at football matches. One is bound in this way to get a lot of running about, and so one keeps fit. I never could see how men who take no exercise to speak of for six months in the year can expect to g o through a cricket season without find­ ing it desperately hard w ork.” “ With what sort of batsmen do you find the most difficulty ? ” “ I find that hitters play me best as a rule. But although a lot of runs are often scored o£f me it is a singular thing that I have never been fairly knocked to a standstill. Hitters pull me round to leg, but very seldom drive me out o f tbe ground. I attribute this to the fact that they are always hitting against the break, and that it is much easier to pull a leg- break bow ler than to drive him .” “ But do you always manage to make the ball break ? ” “ On a fairly plumb w icket I can get a break, but n ot on a perfect one— I don ’t think anybody can do so. But it is one of the peculiarities o f leg-break bow ling that if a man can make it appear that the ball is goin g to break, such a ball is almost as effective as one which actually has work upon it. I cannot explain why it is, but any leg- break bow ler will tell you the same thing. I t may be that the batsman is apt to allow for a break, and that, therefore, the ball sometimes gets through. I have found that on a wicket which helps me, the most difficult ball which I can bow l is one that goes straight on, although I intend it to break; batsmen say that it looks as if it were goin g to break. I don’t know why it should have this effect, but I know that a merely straight ball which is not intended to break is nothing like as effective. Naturally I was disappointed that the proposed new 1. b. w. law was not passed, for I had hoped great things from it— from a purely selfish point of view .” “ Y ou play in a lot o f matches besides those for Richmond ? ” “ Yes. I play very often for various clubs. One of the matches which I enjoy most is the annual charity match in the autumn at Twickenham. W e have some rare fun in that match, and some­ thing like £60 to £80 is collected. W . G. comes down, and last year there were also Jephson, Jessop, Bosanquet, Braund, and several members of the Surrey eleven. The serious cricket is over, and nobody need think of his average or anything but the pleasure of the game. I must own that I like this sort of cricket very much.” W . A. B ktteswoktu . Comstponftencc. The Editor does not hold himsel/ responsible tor the opinions of his correspondents. THE PUBLIC SCHOOL MATCHES. To the Editor o f C r ic k e t . S i r ,— I wish to point out a few facts about all the public school matches as now played annually. In 1843, owing to much and con­ tinuous rain, the Harrow and Winchester match, which then came off yearly, was con­ tinued on no less than four successive days, and the Eton and Harrowmatch, which commenced immediately after, lasted two days more, so that for six foll<>iving days was Harrow School engaged at Lord’s, Sunday excepted. Also, I wish to make a remark here about matches in former days having been played for large sums of money. When the early volumes of the “ Cricket Scores and Biographies ” were being com­ piled, Britcher’s publication was among the numerous printed score books examined and waded through, besides books in MS. In that collection every match was stated in foot­ notes to have been contested for a very large sum. When, however, the compiler came to one of the earlier Eton and Harrow matches in that work, he found that that match also was stated to have been played for a large stake. As this was certainly not the case, Eton and Harrow, or any of the other public schools having never contended for money, he immediately came to the con­ clusion that these large stakes or sums had no existence, and were mere puffs ; or, if any money was depending on the match at all, they were much smaller sums than mentioned by Britcher, namely, £100 or £500. In Bentley’s book of cricket matches (1786 to 1823) it will be observed also that there are no additional footnotes of any kind giving or mentioning these large amounts, and there­ fore it is most probable that I am correct in my assertion. The old M.C.C. score books in MS. preserved at Lord’s also make no reference to any matches having come off for any sum large or small. In fact but few matches, comparatively speaking, have been played for money actually deposited; but nearly, if not entirely, all come off for the “ gate money,” which of late years has become of immense value, and is annually increasing. Yours truly, “ A n O l d H a r r o v ia n . ” A R K L E Y v. K E N SIN G T O N A rkley, H erts, on June 17. A r k l e y . G. W . H am m ond, b 8 h a w ..............................20 H ow ard W illiam s, c Cohen, b H alford ... 27 R . H . H ow itt, not out 147 E . E . Barnett, c Gow , b C onyers.................... 5 C.J,B . W ebb, b Conran 13 W . K . Robertson, run out ............................. 7 P A R K .— Played at G. G . D um bleton, c Cohen, b Shaw ... 6 D .M cLachlan,cN ichol- as. b M u r ra y ............ 1 Dale W om ersley, b Cohen.............................38 W . H . Robson, not out 2 B 13. lb 6, w 3, nb 1 23 T otol(8 w kts)*289 J . H . R obson and A . S. Farm er did not bat. •Innings declared closed. K b n s in q to n P a r k . T .Shaw , c W om ersley, b H am m ond ... ... » J.R .C onyers,c H ow itt, b H am m ond ............ 2 W . R . M urray, not out 30 K . Christopherson, c H ow itt, b W ebb ... 13 A . A . Surtees, c W . H . Robson, b W ebb ... 16 H . K . G ow . R . P layford, F . L . H alford, and W . F . Dew did n ot bat. W . S. Cohen, b W eb b 13 B. H . Conran,b H ow itt 1 M .A . Nicholas, n otou t 32 B 8, nb 1 ............ 9 T otal (6 w kts) 123 C L A P T O N (2) v. L O U G H T O N (2).—Played at Clapton on June 15. C la p to h (2). G .M asengarb,b Clarke 40 F .M .H arding,c Curtis, J . Attenborough b b Parker .................... 7 Clarke ... 19 W .Salam an,cG arw ood C. Nelson, c Clarke, b b Parker ... ... 7 Davis ......................... 0D . H . Evans, b Parker 0 A . Dodson, run o u t ... 20 P . H . Griffey, n ot out 1 W .E.Peel.lbw .bClarke 0 Byes ............ 6 J.H . H ugill, cN orden, — b Parker ...................29 T otal ...164 F. Carter, c Lingham , b D avis .....................25 L o u o h to k (2). E. Davis, n ot out ...1 0 G. C om pton,not out... 3 L . Curtis, b G riffey 24 B 13, lb 2 ............ 15 H . Lingham , c Carter, — b G nffey ............ 0 T otal (4 w kts) 63 C. C larke,b Nelson ... 1 V . M illar, st Dodson, b G riffe y .....................10 H . Sharp, E. C. N orden, H . Parker, E . Garwood, and A . N . Other did not bat. G O LD SM ITH S “ A ” v. ST. P A U L ’S C R A Y .— Played at St. Paul’s Cray on J une 15. G old sm ith s* “ A .” E . C. R ow e, c and b P a ck m a n .................... E . J. Lander, c Pack­ man, b Bradshaw ... P . H enty, c Henderson, b Bradshaw ............ J . Gillingham , b Brad­ shaw .............................. J . Green, lbw , b W . B radshaw .................... H .Sales,bW .Bradshaw 12 R. W hitestone, b J. Bradshaw ............ E. M edwav, c Brad­ shaw. b H ayw ard... E. B. T o ley, b H ay­ ward ... ..................... A . G iles,b H ayw ard.. H . Fentim an, not out Byes ..................... T otal 5 1 5 1 , 50 S t . P a u l ’ s C r a y . W . Barton, c Henty, b R o w e ............................. 16 J. Dorm er, b Green ... 4 H . H utchings, b Green 16 C. Hayward, c Henty, b R ow e .................... 6 W . E . Bradshaw, c Giles, b Row e . . . . 4 J. Bradshaw, not out.. 6 T . M ay, c Greene, b Row e . W . W olfe, c M edw ay, b G illingham ............ 4 E.Packm an,b G illing­ ham .............................. 7 E. Henderson, not out 1 B 6, lb 1..................... 6 T otal (8 w kts)... 72 W . M oon did not bat. B E X L E Y v. G O LD SM ITH S’ IN S T IT U T E .—Played at New Cross on June 16. B x x l k y . Osborne, bB aldw in ... Betts, b Baldw in Baynes, b Henty W ells, run out ............ Peddie, b H en ty ............ Peters, b Baldw in ... Picketts, lbw , b B ald­ win .............................. U pton, b H enty... N ew ton, n o t out Judd, b Joanes ... Tufnail, b Joanes Bye ... 16 28 T otal............112 G oldsm ith s ’ . 4<; H . H olm es, not out .. W . F. D ray, lbw , b W e lls.............................. H . M ayo, st Newton, b W ells .................... W . S. M urrell, c T u f­ nail, b W ells ............ 9 R . R . H enty, b Baynes 15 S. R . Best, b Baynes... 8 10 W . H . M anley, c Ped­ die, b B ayn es............ A. Baldw in, run out W . H . Joanes, b W ells A.M ouncher,b Baynes B . R . Scully, not out .............................. B y es..................... T otal (9 w kts) 109 C L A P T O N v. L O U G H T O N .— Played at L oughton on June 15. C la pto n . C. Brown, c A llis, b Salter.............................. 0 J.H . D ouglas, b Salter 1 J . L . T ate, c John­ stone, b S a lte r........... 0 A. W . Renals, b Salter 0 H . B oyton, b Parkin... 8 H. B. d u g ill.b L/eacon 30 W . G oodw in, c W ar­ wick, b D eacon ... 81 F . B ishop, c Pendercd, b D eacon ..................... 0 W . H . N olloth, c and b A Hiss ..................... B J. J . W iggett, not out 16 S. Genders, c B oys, b Parkin .....................13 B 4, lb 2 ..................... 6 T otal ...109 Second innings : - J . H . D ouglas, not out, 2 2 ; F. Bishop, not out, 63: b 6, w 2.—T otal (no w kt) 83. L o u o h ton . H . W hite, b Bishop ... 4 8. Parkin, b bishop ... 0 C. Alliss, at Brown, b N olloth .....................25 F . W arw ick, b Bishop 4 F. A . Boys, d Bishop.. 42 A . C. D eacon, b Bishop 9 J . R . L illico, b N olloth 0 R . Johnstone, run out 2 8 . Harris, lbw , b Genders ..................... 5 S. Salter, not out ... 30 D r.Pendered,b B ishop 2 B 1, lb 2, w 1............ 4 Total ...127