Cricket 1902

S e p t . 18, 1902. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 429 D illo n 110 no t o u t, J. N . Ma rtin C onw ay Rees 179 and 144, 8 . C . F o a ra re good al l-rou nd c ric k et e r; w those w ho have knocked up ove r several occasions and have been a v a tin gl y nea r th e “ ce n tu ry ” are: H F ra n c is , A . B . V ou le s , G . C rosda le W hi tley, G . R . M ur ray, C . D ixo n , F O rr, 8 . C . F o x , F. Deane, E . M . Cr H. F . F o x , T . C . B ett , E . E . F e lt L . J . M oon , A . P . Neam e, G e ra ld W L . J . P a rto n , R . O . S chw arz, Y . G i M aj or O rm an and G . M . Belo e. NEW PAVILION, WELIINGTON COLLFGE. T H E IN C O G N IT I C L U B IN (By “ R.T.” ) 1902. T h is fam ed c lu b , w h ic h , fr om a ve ry sm a ll b p g in n in g ia 1861, now ho ld s the p re m ie r po s itio n o f be in g one o f th e ch ie f of th e w ande rin g c lu bs , has in deed gone thro u g h a m ost m om en tous season ; fo r ow in g to th e onerous du tie s a ttached to Si r W illiam R usse ll, B art. — du ri ng th e C o rona tio n ye ar— in h is po s itio n in the T re asu ry , he was necessita ted to fo rego a c ti n g its H on . Sec. to th e o ld c lu b fo r thi s season. F o rtu n a te ly M r. J. E. R aven , an o ld a nd p o pu la r m em ber, came to th e rescue and accepted th e vacancy, and b y h is w a tch fu l and ene rge tic services as “ ac ti n g H on . Sec.” th e p rog ram m e of ove r 60 m atches has been successfu lly c a rrie d th ro u g h w itho ut a s in g le “ ch u c k” on th e part o f the In c o g n iti. C omm encin g on M a y 8 th and 9 th a t th e C ry s ta l Pa la ce v . t h e London C oun ty , th e y have since then , u n til S eptem ber 6 ch, jo u rn e yed to th e co lleges o f O x fo rd and C am b rid ge ; thence to th e p u b lic schools of U pp in gham , R ep to n , Sherborne , C he lte nham and C ha rte rhou se ; also to th e m ilita ry cen tres of A ld e rsho t and W o o lw ich ; also to th e cha rm in g re s i­ dences of S ir D an ie l Gooch a t C le w e r P a rk ; B a ron de W o rm s ’ a t E gha m ; W . E. H a rri so n ’s a t L ic h fie ld ; and , o f course, to Bury S t. E dm unds , where th e ever sp rig h tly “ F u n n e l ” — E . W . La ke — as pe r usua l— s tu d ie d th e ir every c om fo rt . W hen i t is a ls o added th a t th e In co g s .” have been on to u rs in th e fa r w est and sou th of E n g la n d , fo r ove r a m on th , unde r th e g en ia l gu id ance o f W . P . C arpm ae l and L . E . G . A bney , i t p la in ly shows th a t th e “ In co g s .” have been p re tty m uch on th e go , w it h o u t in te r­ cession, fo r fou r m on ths . To have ca rr ie d thro u g h th isj t heavy lis t of fi x tu re s , m any than ks a re jd u e to C . M . Tuke , w ho w o rked e a rly and la te in ge tting team s toge th e r, as also to L . E . G . A bney , D . C . Lee, W . P . C a rp ­ m ae l, G a ld W inter and A . B . C ipri a n i. T a k in g th e m atches co lle c ti v e ly it is p l as in g to n o tify th a t th e “ I n cog s ” have had a sa tis fa c to ry season, th a t is to ay, th e y have a ba la nce in the ir fa vo u r of m ore w in s th a n lo sses. The m ost p rom in e n t “ In co g s .” w ho have been m a ly in s trum e n ta l in keep­ ing up th e re p u ta ti o n of th e c lu b are as fo llo w s :—B a tsm en and ce n tu ry -g e tte rs : P . N o rth co te 110, T . H o rt on 105, E . C . Lee 125, L. H . T ro u g h to n 101, R . O . Schw arz 102, A . B . Vou le s 134, R . H. W hi lst in th e tru n d lin g depa rtm th e m ost e ffec tiv e bow le rs have C ap ta in R obe rts , E . W . Di llon , H . F ra n c is , W . H. E dw a rds (w ho did h a t tric k ), S. C . F o x , L . E . G . A bn and D r. C . S. C obbo ld , th e lat te r, d th e m a tch v . C he ltenham C o lle ge , li shi ng a reco rd in th e hist ory In c o g n iti c ri c ke t b y secu rin g , sin c jo in e d th e c lu b in 1895, 1,000 w ic I can te s tify th a t w hen in fu ll fo r th e re have been ve ry fe w am a t bow le rs b e tte r th a n th e “ Inc og .” do and if he had been a good fi eld to ow n b ow lin g , it w o u ld have p la ced q u ite in th e fro n t ra n k . Bu t he has conso la tio n o f k n ow in g th a t even g re a te r bow le r th a n h im se lf, th e Wi lli m L illy w h ite — th e N o n p a re il of th e ve ry bes t slo w bow le rs t E n g la n d has p roduced , had th e s in firm ity o f n o t fac in g h is ow n b ow and I w e ll rem em be r a m a tch a t Lor in w h ic I p la yed , w hen th e cap t shou ted to L illy , “ N ow th en , w ake and tr y to ca tch som ebody o u t fro m bo w ling .” L illy , w ho was n e ttl e re p lie d , “ L o o k here, S ir, when I bow e lle d th e bal l (spoken as wri tten) I've done with hur, and I leaves h u r to m y fi el d. ” Bu t I am get ting off th e m line wi th anecdo te w ritin g , so m “ shun t ’ on to th e “ In cog s . ” aga in . OLD PAVILION, WELLINGTON COLLEGE.