Cricket 1902

130 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M a y 15, 1902. the extra distance. But I was very young then.” Of his earlier cricket Hay said, “ As a little boy I played on the roadside during the intervals for tea and dinner, and eventually drifted into the Staveley Works team as a very fast bowler. There were no Saturday half-holidays at that time, and the eight or ten matches which were played during a season generally came off on Mondays. In 1872 Barlow was engaged at Farsley, and in the following year he recom­ mended me to the Manningham Club at Bradford. It was strictly an amateur club, and the members treated me with the greatest kindness during the four years that I was with them. My next engagement was at the Elland Club at Halifax. My first year with them was my very best in local cricket, both in batting and bowling. Special prizes were given by the local tradesmen for the men who did best during the year, but the professional was not allowed to receive a bowling prize. However, 1 won both batting prizes—for the highest score, 89, and the highest aggregate, 306. Next I went to Keighley, who, like Manningbam and Elland, were kind enough to allow me to accept outside engagements for matches if they had none arranged themselves for the day. Altogether I had nine seasons in York­ shire before I came to Lord’s in 1882.” ‘ 1Did you come across George Free­ man while you were in Yorkshire ? ” “ Only once. It happened that I had made about 60 runs against the York­ shire Amateurs, who had amatch on with Knaresborough a few days afterwards, where they would meet George Freeman. They asked me to play for them, for in those dayB they occasionally included a professional in their team. We won the toss and went in. When I had made seven or eight runs there was an appeal for l.b.w. against me, although the ball certainly did not pitch within six inches off the stumps. The umpire promptly gave me out, and then proceeded to clap his hands, saying that it was very fortunate that I was out so soon! We only made about 40 runs, but when their turn came I mowed them down as fast as they came in, and we won by seven runs.” Hay tells a good story against himself of the time when he was engaged at Manningham. “ While I was there,” he said, “ a telegram came one day to me from Mr. Denison, the banker, asking me to go to Eton at once to play against the boys. I left Bradford at half-past three in the afternoon, arrived in London at ten o’clock, went to Lord’s to hunt up Johnny West, who was a friend of mine, and slept at his house. In the morning he took me to the station, for I didn’t know my way about in the least. When I arrived at Eton, I found that E. B. Rawlinson and Bob Clayton were on our side, which was a strong one. But Mr. Alfred Lyttelton could play us all easily enough. I didn’t get a wicket. We went in—you know the Eton ground with the big trees all round it ? Well the first ball I had was from Mr. W. F. Forbes, who was as fast as you like. I never saw it at all, and out I went. So I had all the journey for a duck’s egg, and never a wicket. I travelled all night, and when I reached home I didn’ t think much of myself. In that match I was playing with a bat which only weighed two pounds one ounce, but it was a perfect beauty. Mr. W. F. Forbes saw it, and bought it off me for twenty-five shillings, and it was worth it. I remember selling another bat, and wishing I hadn’t done it. I had lent it to Mr. Wagstaff Blundell, a most enthusiastic cricketer, who often used to play for the M.C.C. in Sussex matches, and he made a fair score with it, with the result that he bought it off me for a guinea. The next day we were playing at the Saffrons against East­ bourne. I borrowed my old bat from Mr. Blundell, and made 101 with it, the highest score I ever made for the M C.C. But Mr. Blundell wouldn’t let me have my bat back again, for he said he should save it for his son, because it was such a good and lucky one.” Hay was often brought into contact with the Harrow Wanderers, who used to turn out an exceedingly strong team. “ Once I was playing for the Leeds Clarence against the Harrow Wanderers,” he said, "in a match which took place on a Wednesday and Thursday. This meant that Mr. Hornby, who was play­ ing against us, could only bat on the first day, as he had a couuty match on the Thursday. A few days before this I had bowled and bowled against him while he made 189 at Manchester, and I did not look forward to sampling him ngain. But as luck would have it, the Harrow Wanderers went in at about five o’clock on the Wednesday, beginning with Mr. Hornby and Mr. Webbe, and the very first ball I gave to Mr. Hornby whipped back about four inches and knocked over the off-stump. When Mr. Hornby was walking away to the pavilion, an old gentleman who used to print the scores met him and blandly asked him how many he’d made ! Of course, Mr. Hornby thought he was being chaffed, and he was naturally most indignant until it was explained to him that his questioner only wanted to know what had hap­ pened for the purposes of printing the cards. As I had bowled Mr. Hornby at Leeds, the county wanted me to play against Lancashire shortly afterwards, but the Keighley club, with which I was then engaged, wouldn’t let me off. Mr. Hornby made 151 in that match, so that it was perhaps as well for me that I couldn’t get away. Another time that I played against the Harrow Wanderers was for the county at Derby. When we went in to bat I was number eight or nine and Billy Mycroft last. We put on about 50 runs together, Billy all the time running a few yards up and down the wicket, calling and sending me back in the way in which he always did, until at last a ball whipped back and bowled me. ‘ Come on,’ said Billy, and he began to prance about until Mr. I. D. Walker spoke very plainly to him about the folly of such goings on. Of course Billy apologised at once. Poor old Billy ! He was as plucky a player as ever stepped on to the cricket field. I remember that once at Catford Bridge he tried to make a catch at square leg off a tremendous hit, and split his hand very badly, but although it must have been very painful, he went on to bowl afterwards because we were in difficulties. Anybody else would have been in the pavilion with his arm in a sling.” W. A. B b t t e s w o r t h . SOME OF H A Y ’S CLUB RECORDS. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Aver. 1877. For Elland ... 210 ... 71 ... 348 ... 71 ... 3*2 1879. For Elland 363 ...178 ... 334 ... 32 ... 104 1879. Other matches 160 ... 68 ... *204 ... 36 ... 5*8 PELHAM v. MERTON (2).—Played at Merton on May 10. P elham . B. T. Bonser, c sub., b H u n t.......................... 15 A .W . Parker, b Dever- eux ...................80 J.E.Potter,b Devpreux 12 F.C. DelaCour, c Low- der-Hill, b Ingram.. 66 W . E. Peel, b Ingram 15 A . E. Axbey, not out 4 A . F. Potter, not out 2 B 10, w 1 ...........11 Total (5 wkts)*195 P. Lingwood, G. L. Dalton, G. H. Arnold and H. Hallett did not bat. 1Innings declared closed. A.J. Beck, c DelaCour, b Peel.......................... F. Devereux, c Bonser, b Peel J. 8. Foster, b Peel ... F. L. Hunt, b Peel ... B. Hall, run out... M erton (2). R. W . Ingram, b Peel 8 C. Lowder-Hill, b Peel D. Beck, b Axbey ... G.Pletcher,bDelaCour Davis, b DelaCour ... Adams, not o u t........... B 2, lb 1 ........... Total ........... KENSINGTON PA RK v. ORIENT.—Played at Quintin’s Park on March 10. K ensington P ark . H. T. Roberts, b Barry 52 Cassell, b Davies 8 J. U. Donaldson, c Marshall, b Prebble 27 J. B. Orr. b Densham 1 J. L . Nicholson, b Prebble ................... 0 A. D. L. Campbell, b D ensham ...................35 J. F. H. Hobson, st Perkins, b Grimsdale 3 W . G. Thompson, st Perkins,bGrimsdale 4 C. R. Cunnit gham, b Grimsdale .......... 1 Dr. Robinson, not out 0 Leg-bye ........... 1 Total ...132 O rient . H. W . Clinch,b ~a sell 12 J. Prebble, c Roberts, b Cassell .. ...........31 H. Munro, c Donald­ son, b Hobson .. ..1 2 F. Densham,b Thomp­ son ..........................46 C. Barry, b Donaldson 21 G. H. Perkins, c D o­ naldson,b Thompson 0 J. T. Davies, b Don­ aldson ................... 1 E. W . Gnmsdale, not out ...........................12 H . W . Marshall, b Thompson ........... 1 E. C. R. Sear, not out 0 Total (8 wkts) 136 HAMPSTEAD v. SURBITON.—Played at Surbiton on May 10. H ampstead . E. E. Barnett, b Boss 18 T. M. Farmiloe, c and b Scarf ................... 2 D. J. Crump, c H ick­ son, b Ross ... 0 E. L. Marsden, b Ross 0, F. w . Orr, run out . 10 G. Crosdale, lbw,b Ross 3 J. G. U. Besch, cLark, b Scarf ................... 9 T. S. Wheater, c H o­ well, b Ross ........... A. A. Barron, b Ross J. C. R. Dickson, c Ross, b S ca rf.......... J. Greig, not out B 7 ,lb 1 ........... Total S urbiton . C. Scarf, b Wheater .. 24 F. R. Lark, cMarsden, b Wheater . ............ 7 A. J. Fleming, not out 23 W . S. Ross, c Farmi­ loe, b Wheater ... 7 C. C. Sewell, b Mars­ den .......................... 2 J. A. E. Hickson, b Marsden .................... 0 H. B. Lark, c Crump, b Marsden ........... 0 Baron von Ernsthau­ sen, c and b Wheater I Rev. A. E. Beavan, absent ................... C Y. Howell, run o u t ... ( A. N. Other, absent... ( Byea ................... £ Total 76 Second innings :—C. Scarf, notout, 68; F. R. Lark, c Crosdale, b W heater, 21; A, J. Fleming, not out, 57. B 8, lb 1.— Total (one wicket), 155.