Cricket 1903

164 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M ay 28, 1903. scored 200 and, whilst in with William Gunn (219 not out), added 419 runs for the second wicket. The first occasion upon which he showed his skill as a batsman was when he made 172 for M.C.C. and Ground against Felstead School, in 1883, which score was at the time the largest ever hit on the school ground. Attewell can claim to have obtained more wickets for Nottinghamshire than any other howler—no mean feat when we remem­ ber the doings of such men as Alfred and J. C. Shaw, Jackson, Morley, &c. He has visited Australia three times and has appeared at Lord’s both for the Players against the Gentlemen and for England against Australia. Particulars of his bowling for his county are appended:— WILLIAM ATTEWELL’ 3 BOWLING AVER­ AGES FOR NOTTS IN FIRST-CLA l SS MATCHES- Year. Matches bowled in.. Balls. Runs. Wbts. Aver. 1881.......... ... 8 .... 1,600 ... 641 ... 34 ..., 18*85 1882 .......... ... 3 ... 236 . 74 ,.. 7 ..., 10*57 1883 .......... ... 11 ... 1,307 ... 321 ... 17 ... 18-88 1881.......... ... 13 ... 3,893 ... 886 ... 71 ... 12 47 1885 .......... ... 13 ... 3,283 ... 718 ... 44 ... 1631 1883.......... ... 16 ... 4,269 ... 1,019 .. 78 ... 13 06 1887 .......... ... 15 ... 4,3?8 ... 981 ... 73 ... 1343 1888 .......... ... 16 ... 3,928 ... 783 ... 57 ... 1373 1889 .......... ... 14 ... 3,925 . . 933 .,.. 87 ... 1072 1890 .......... ... 15 ... 4,959 ... 1,015 ... 88 ... 11-53 1891.......... ... 15 ... 4,167 ... 1.102 ... 76 ... 1450 1892 .......... ... 17 ... 5,225 ... 1,342 ... 105 ... 1278 1893 .......... ... 18 ... 4,727 ... 1,617 ... 83 ... 19 84 1894 .......... ... 21 ... 5,742 ... 1,800 ... 104 ... 1730 1895 .......... ... 19 ... 5,974 ... 1,610 ... 106 ... 1518 1896 .......... ... 19 ... 5,042 ... 1,519 . .. 101 ... 10*03 1897 .......... ... 16 ... 4,714 ... 1,573 .... 80 ... 19-66 1898 .......... ... 15 ... 4,623 ... 1,38S .. 61 ... 22-70 1899 .......... ... 14 ... 2,486 ... 796 ... 23 ... 3460 Total ... 278 73,938 20,145 1,295 1555 ATTEWELL’S BOWLING PERFORMANCES FOR NOTTINGHAMSHIRE IN FIRST-CHS3 MATCHES SUMMARISED. Date of Mths. first bo'wr’d Against. match. in. Balls. Runs. Wkts. Av. Australians... ... 1884 11 2,810 730 62 11*77 Cambs. Univ. ... 1896 1 319 87 5 17*40 Derbyshire ... ... 1885 10 2,692 810 35 22-85 England ... 1885 1 296 55 3 1833 England, Gents. of 1891 1 896 135 10 13*50 Gloucestershire ... 1881 36 9,162 2,582 169 15-27 Kent .......... ... 1886 28 8.fi51 2,216 136 16*14 Lancashire ... ... 1881 28 7,139 1,944 112 17*35 Leicestershire .. 1894 3 1,052 232 21 11-08 M.C.C. & Ground 1882 13 2,631 770 70 1100 Middlesex ... ... 1881 34 8,952 2,457 164 14-98 Somerset ... ... 1892 6 1,493 512 31 16-51 Surrey.......... ... 1881 33 8,533 2,571 132 19*47 Sussex.......... ... 1881 36 10,312 2,521 193 13-06 Warwickshire ... 1894 2 792 166 8 20*75 Yorkshire ... ... 1881 35 8,828 2,327 144 16*15 Totals ... 1881 278 73,958 20,145 1,295 15*55 In all first-class matches, both in England and Australia, Attewell has, in 420 matches, bowled 108,295 balls for 29,841 runs and 1,944 wickets, average 15*37. He has batted in 417 matches, commenced 642 innings (of which 68 were incompleted), made 102 as his highest score, and obtained 8,036 runs with an average of 14*00. May his benefit prove a bumper! The sudden favourable change in the weather has caused heavy scoring to take place in all parts of the country. At Lord’s the alteration in the pace of the ground was most marked, for, whereas last week runs were obtained there with the greatest diffi­ culty—as the London County and Derbyshire players can testify—as many as 520 were scored on Monday last for the loss of ten wickets in five hours, Warner, Moon and Albert Trott all reaching threefigures. When thoroughly set and hitting well, there are few more entertaining players to watch than Leonard Moon, and it is to be regretted that he is not seen more frequently in the great matches of the day. His 122against Glouces­ tershire ranks as his best display since he scored over a hundred for Cambridge against the Australians four years ago, although an innings of over 70 for Middlesex against Surrey at Lord’s a few seasons since must not be forgotten. The innings by Warner and Albert Trott were chanceless, and were capital performances in every way. As in the case of Hargreave, the voyage from Australia has evideutly proved beneficial, whilst the tour during our winter months has enabled them to keep in good trim cricketically. In the recent match Jessop experienced ‘ ‘ the glorious uncertainty ” of cricket, being disposed of at his first attempt for a sharply-run single, having in his previous match accomplished a world’s record by scoring two separate hundreds with eighteen men in the field, making 109 and 106 not out for Gloucester­ shire XII. v. Next XVIII. on Friday and Saturday in East Bathurst’s Park, Cirencester. A word of praise is due to Roberts for his capital bowling on Monday last, analysis of six for 88 being splendid in an innings of over 500. It is evident that Nottinghamshire is a team which will have to be seriously reckoned with so far as the county championship is concerned. Apart from Mr. Dixon and William Gunn, who, although a veteran, is far from being superfluous on the cricket stage, all the chief players of the side are still comparatively young men. It would be impossible to speak too highly of the manner in which George Gunn and Anthony pulled off the Kent match at Catford on Saturday last, the nerve and judgment both displayed at a most critical time being very rarely found in men of their years. Anthony’s natural game is to hit hard—as witness his display against Essex, at Leyton, in 1901— but against Kent he completely changed his methods, showing good defence, and only hitting when a bad ball came his way. At the present time, however, the most inter­ esting member of the side is John Gunn, who gives every promise of developing into a wonderful all-round player. Against Kent on Friday he obtained, eight wickets for 65 runs in an innings, and on Tuesday last scored 294 against Leicestershire at Trent Bridge, adding, in partnership with his uncle William, 367 runs for the third wicket. This is, of course, by far his highest innings for Notts in first - class cricket, far exceeding his 107 against the Philadelphian team of 1897. Further­ more, his innings is the largest ever hit for the county, surpassing William Gunn’s 273 against Derbyshire, whilst the long partner­ ship referred to constitutes a record in great matches for the third wicket. Add to this, that three players exceeded the hundred in the huge innings of 739 for seven wickets, and that on the opening day 484 runs were obtained for the loss of but two wickets—the largest number ever scored by Notts in a single day at Trent Bridge—and it must be acknowledged that the match was a remark­ able one. The rate at which the team scored throughout the opening day may perhaps in future years be regarded as marking the time when “ the old order changeth, giving place unto the new.” In past years the slow run-getting by the Nottinghamshire batsmen has undoubtedly seriously affected the county’s cricket, but should their future displays be at all comparable to the one against Leicestershire, it would cause the popularity of the game within the county to increase by leaps and bounds. Two very interesting finishes were witnessed last week-end, at Cambridge and Leicester-, but whereas at the former place the home team could claim a win by 21 runs, at the latter they had to rest content with a ‘ 1 moral victory.” Warwickshire’s narrow defeat by the University was no disgrace, considering that the side obtained as many as 345 of the 367 runs required to win, and that with aman absent on account of illness. Apart from the batting of Dowson and Wilson, the Cambridge success was in a considerable measure due to Howard - Smith, who fielded brilliantly throughout the match. At Leicester, Sussex j ust managed to escape defeat by the skin of their teeth, the two last men staying in together twenty minutes, and so playing out time; when stumps were drawn, Sussex were 77 runs behind. A curious ending, owing to the somewhat quixotic conduct of Leices­ tershire, waswitnessed in the match between the same counties on the same ground two years ago, when the home side, by consenting to field for ten minutes in the pouring rain, enabled their opponents to administer defeat. In this latter match the players were drenched to the skinwhen they reached the pavilion. On Monday last the new Dorset County Ground at Poole Park was opened by a match between Dorset and Hampshire. “ The Mayor of Poole bowled the first ball of the match at noon,” says a report of the proceed­ ings. Suppose that ball had obtained a wicket would the batsman have retired ? Or, had the striker made a hit for which he and his partner ran, would the runs have been scored ? Probably no notice would have been taken of anything which might have occurred in connection with the delivery, although I believe that when a “ celebrity ” kick’s off at a football match the game is not re-started as soon as he has quitted the field. ARTISTS May 22. v. AUTHORS. — Played at Esher on J.C. 8 n%ith, c Chowne, b Nightingale..........18 Hesketh Pritchard, b Swinstead................. 0 E.V. Lucas, c Nightin­ gale, b 8 winatead ... 8 J. G. Wodehouse, run out ........................38 A. Kinross, c Chowne, b Swinstead .......... 7 Sir A. Conan Doyle, b Swinstead................. A uth ors . E. W . Homung, b Nightingale .......... 3 Shan. F. Bullock,lbw, b Gascoyne ..........44 G. C. Ives, not out ... 23 J. M. Barrie, b Night­ ingale ................. 10 A. E. W . Mason, b Nightingale .......... 0 B 9, lb 3, w 2 ... 14 Reginald Blomfield, b Hesketh-Pritchard .. G. Gascoyne, b Snaith Hon.W.J.James,c and b Snaith ................. G. Hillyard Swinstead, c Ives, b Snaith L. D. Luard, retired... 21 Gerald Chowne, lbw, b Snaith........................ L. C. J. Nightingale, b Doyle........................ 28 A r t is ts . Total ...184 12 14 A. Chevallier Tayler, b Snaith................. C. M. Q,. Orchardson, run out ................. G. Spencer Watson, b Snaith ................. E. A. Abbey, not out B 10, nb 3 .......... T o ta l.......... UPPER TOOTING v. KEN LEY.—Played at Upper Tooting on May 23. K r n lr y . P. R. Rutherford, c Powell, b Bartley ... 18 E. D. Lewis, c and b Hoskin .............. 3 S. W . Ma*shall, c Powell, b Harvey ... 15 E. H. Beazlev, c Butcher, b Hosken 30 E. Eliot, b Harvey ... 2 M. Wilson, ht wkt, b Bartley ................. 1 C. F. Drake, not out 18 F. S. Darkin.b Hosken 0 E. Densham,b Hosken 0 W. Lamaison, b Parez 2 J. Beechey, b Parez ... 0 B 5, lb 2 ......... 7 Total 91 U pprr T oo tin g . A. H. Parez, c Wilson, b D arkin.................27 C. C. F. Hosken, b Darkin ..........19 P. G. Windsor, b Darkin .................10 R.M. Harvey,b Darkin 16 D. C. Bartley, run out 4 J. F. More, b Darkin 3 H. G. Franks, b La- maison ................. 17 P.W. Butcher,c Drake b Darkin.................n E. T. Powell, b La­ maison ................. 4 H.L.Scott.b Lamaison 0 P. L. Frith, not ou t.. 1 B 14, lb 2 ..........16 Total ..131