Cricket 1901

CR ICK E T, S E P T EM B E R 19, 1901. * 1 p v m / / B '- s ,< -iy f f , i \ ■ I >■ $ “ Together joined in Cricket’s m an ly to il.” — Byron. n o . 5 8 5 . v o l . z z . THUR SDAY , SEPTEMBER 19, 1901. p b i c e 2d. CHATS ON THE CRICKET FIELD- THE KEY. H. C. L. TINDALL. Although so much of Mr. Tindall’s cricket has been played in Sussex, more especially in the Hastings district, that he is generally considered as a Sussex man, he represented Kent in 1894 and 1895. But having a share in a well-known Pre­ paratory School at Hurst Court, Ore, near Hastings, and being to a certain extent tied down by his duties, he could only get awayoccasion­ ally, and thus never came to the front as a county cricketer. There are about 60 boys in the school, of which the head master is Mr. Lloyd Griffith, and Mr. Tindall does all the church work in connection with it. He is a fine batsman with a very graceful style, and a good fast bowler. Once he played for the Gentlemen against the Players at Hast­ ings, and after Mr. Stoddart and Mr. Ferris had bowled out the Players for a small score on a dead wicket in the first innings, nothing could be done with them in the second on a good wicket, until Mr. Tindall was put on. He kept them very quiet indeed, and his analysis was somewhat remarkabJe against such a team, v iz .:—49 overs, 26 maidens, 56 runs, 2 wickets. He was one of the best of the many good players in the South Saxons C.C. of a few years ago, his best average for them being 41‘53 in batting and 108 wickets for 8'65 runs apiece. Mr. Tindall, who is a brother of Mr. S. M. Tindall, the well-known Lancashire cricketer, is married to a charming lady, whose great-uncle on the father’s side, the Eev. J. Papillon, played in the first cricket match between Oxford and Cambridge, and whose grandfather on the mother’s side, the Eev. T. Gamier, Dean of Lincoln, rowed in the first race between the two universities. The Garnier family has been well known in the world of sport, for the Eev. T. Garnier’s son, the Rev. E. S. Garnier, pLyed for Oxford against Cam­ bridge at cricket in 1873, and won the hurdles in 1871 and 1872, while of his grandsons, Mr. E. T. Gamier won the hurdles for Oxford in 1896, 1897 and 1898, and Mr. George Gstrnier in the present year. Mr. Tindall has a bright­ eyed little three-year-old daughter, who, if it is her fortune to take part in athletic games of any kind, is not likely to let down the reputation which the members of the family have gained as athletes. The boys at Hurst Court play cricket chiefly against similar schools at East­ bourne ; there are a lot of them there. “ At Hastings,” said Mr. Tindall, “ we can only find one or two teams to oppose the school, as the other preparatory schools in the town are not large enough. We have a promising player in T. Bow- ring, who goes to Eugby at Christmas; his brother, who was at school here, was in the Eugby X I. this year. At present we have only turned out one Blue, Montmorency, a use­ ful cricketer, who did very well for Oxford two or three years ago, but these things are always more or less a matter of circumstances; you may happen to have some remarkable players in embryo, or you may not. The modern boy is very keen on whatever he takes up, and when he takes up cricket with enthusiasm he really has a remarkable knowledge of the game and the doings of the great players. There is always a great rush here by the boys to see the Sportsman, in order to find out what has happened in the world of first-class cricket.” “ Are they as earnest when they play themselves ? ” * ‘ Quite. They are as kee as possible to leam. Of course the old difficulty comes in—namely, that it is so seldom that one comes across a really promising bowler. In my school days one saw a very great deal of fast and erratic bowling, and boys were continually over - bowling themselves. But I don’t think that you will find boys over-bowling themselves nowadays in any of the preparatory schools; they rather try to use their heads and manoeuvre the other side out, which must be a good thing for them in the long run and for the game. But when all is said and done it must be admitted that batting is the thing which appeals to cricketers at large, and in preparatory schools, as well as great clubs, the invariable question asked of the players when they return home after a THE REV. H. C. L. TINDALL.