Cricket 1903

330 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A ug . 6, 1903. W it h the Week at Fairford, Gloucester­ shire, the home of Mr. E. A. Abbey, R.A,, who put up the team, the Artists’ C.C. finished its season, and its members have now dispersed to prepare their out-door sketches for their next year’s pictures. The occasional matches played by the club during the London season are the very best possible recreation for men who have to work very hard at a profession which, interesting as it is, necessitates a great deal of sitting or standing in one position. During the Week there were several fine displays with the bat, notably a furious innings by C. O. H. Sewell, who made 68 out of 74 for the first wicket against the Artists, scores of 64 not out, and 56 not out by H. J. Ford, made quite in the manner of the family, and 101 not out by G. Hillyard Swinstead, who followed this up tby making 100 not out for Hampstead against the London Scottish. F rom Cape Town Mr, A. W. Norman writes :—“ With reference to the enquiry made by your British Honduras corre­ spondent in Cricket of June 25th, I have the pleasure to give you the information required. The match was England v. Australia, played at Birmingham, May 29th, 30th and 31st, 1902. Braund was fielding at ohort-slip when he caught Hill off Hirst. Braund had to move from short-slip to behind the wicket-keeper to effect the catch. Cricket describes the citch thus :— ‘ Braund made a typical ‘ Braund er,’ as in Australia they describe a magnificent catch in the slips which disposed of Clement Hill.’ ” F ok Bedworth C.C. (Warwickshire) v. Wyken on Saturday last, P. Scutt took all ten wickets for 15 runs. A similar feat was accomplished on the same day by W. Ward, who took all ten wickets and did the hat trick for Cowley v. Penge and Beckenham Co-operators. T h e Surrey team to oppose the Gentle­ men of Philadelphia to-day at the Oval will be chosen from the follow ing:— L. Walker, Lord Dalmeny, Capt. H. S. Bush, E. M. Dowson, Hayward, Hayes, Richardson, Stedman, Smith, Holland, Lockwood, Moulder, and Lees. I f F. A. Iredale accurately represents public opinion in Australia, it is pretty easy to see from his cablegram in the Daily Mail yesterday, that the M.C.C. team is not considered very strong down there. For although he considers that if Fry, Braund and Tyldesley are all in­ cluded in the team it will be “ fairly representative,” while England’s only loss would be Maclaren, he also says “ Cricketers here say it is paculiar that England, when wanting full representa­ tion, cannot get it.” And again, “ In view of the defections among the amateurs, it is held here to be quite possible that future teams to Australia will consist of professionals only.” This somewhat curious statement makes one wonder how many defections there would be among Australian players if they were offered exactly the same terms as the M.C.C. are giving to Englishmen. R ED IN TEG R A T IO AM O R IS . L ast week Dr. E. M. Grace, playing for Thornbury, took fifteen wickets against Wickwar. This represented the whole of the Wickwar wickets which fell except one, which was a run out. The famous doctor took 9 for 21 in the first innings and 6 for 13 in the second. Many times in the course of his career he has taken all ten wickets in an innings. A w a i t e r in T. P .’s Weekly says:— “ The man who has not ‘ gutted ’ his morning papar simultaneously with the conclusion of his breakfast is not worthy of the name of expert newspaper reader. I do not s»y that he should have read it all through, but he should have acquired “ the things that matter” —from Mr. Chambarlain's latest policy to Mr. Fry’s latest average—and he should have noted the minor items which he will read later if opportunity occurs.” Perhaps the illustration is not very felicitous, for “ Mr. Fry’s latest average ” is only to be found in the papers on one day in the week. I n bis last six matches Hirst has taken forty-three wickets for 406 runs. His analyses are as follows :— First innings. Second innings'. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. v. Worcestershire ... 9 3 318 6... 20 10 16 3 v. Notts .................. 31 11 77 4 ... 10 2 36 7 v. Warwickshire .. 33 1261 6 ... 16 6 29 1 ▼.Gloucestershire ... 16 5 26 6 ... 11 7 10 4 v. S u rrey.................. 17*3 5 35 6... 12*4 4 32 4 v. Lancashire........... 18 5 89 0 ... 18 3 59 1 A t the end of last week, A. C. Maclaren and Iremonger each made a score of over two hundred, the former for Lancashire and the latter for Notts. Maclaren made his runs on the Thursday, and the Lancashire score on this day was so remarkable that it deserves a place in “ Gossip.” It was as follows :— L ancashire . A. O. Maclaren, c Board, b Huggins ... 204 R. H. Spooner, c Mills, b Huggins..........168 Tyldesley, not out....................................... 67 H. G. Garnett, c Spry, b M ills................. 23 Sharp, not o u t ................................................. 13 B 3, lb 2, w 1, nb 3 ................... 9 Total (3 wkts) 474 F or Rugby v. Marlborough, A. O. Snowden, the captain of the team, did the hat trick in the first innings, his victims being L. Parker, N. T. White, and L. Woodroffe. A l t h o u g h the Canterbury Week no longer occupies the almost undivided attention of the cricket world, it still holds its own among the numerous competitors which have sprung up of late years, while in Kent it is still regarded as the great week of the year. The matches this week are, Kent v. Essex, and v. Worcestershire, the latter team making its first appearance in the Week. W. H owell , the Australian cricketer, met with an accident in June while shooting quail. He was accompanied by his brother-in-law, who, seeing a quail rise, fired, with the result that part of the charge entered Howell’ s thigh. T he M.C.C. team, as at present con­ stituted, is as follows :— P. F. Warner (Middlesex) (capt.), R. E. Foster (Worcestershire), B. J. T. Bosanquet (Middlesex), Hirst (Yorkshire), Rhodes (Yorkshire), Hayward (Surrey), Tyldesley (Lancashire), Braund (Somerset), Strudwick (Surrey), Arnold (Worcestershire), Relf (Sussex), Fielder (Kent). B enefit matches are so often ruined by rain that it is pleasant to record that on Monday the gate money at Bradford, where Tunnicliffe’s benefit match was played, amounted to something like £1,000. Tunnicliffe himself had three- quarters of an hour’s batting, and was not out 10 at the close of play. Off the last ball J. T. Brown made a hit which brought his total for the season to a thousand runs. The Yorkshire com­ mittee have guaranteed that no benefit to one of their professionals shall produce less than a thousand pounds. T hb estate of the late Arthur Shrews­ bury, the famous Notts batsman, has been valued at £7,149 gross, and the net personalty at £6,620. [In the Cricket Star of Saturday “ Rover” says :—“ From what I hear it is not very long odds against W. G. Grace playing for his old county, Gloucestershire, next year.] When we two parted In silence and tears, I lived broken-hearted In London for years. Small grew thy scores, and then Smaller thy “ gates ” ; Members were scarcer when Cold seemed the Fates. The Palace of Crystal Won matches enough, But down there at Bristol Thy fortune was rough. Thy power is broken, And light is thy fame; I hear thy name spoken, And share in its shame. They name thee before me The rottenest team; A shudder runs o’er me— Things are what they seem. They know that I made thee As sound as a bell; Again I shall aid thee, And all will be well. ’Twas time that we set Our quarrels aside; So let us forget Each other to chide. Thus shalt thou meet me After long years, Nor wilt thou greet me In silence and tears. W . A. B.