Cricket 1903

A u g . 20, 1903. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 363 whom, on three consecutive years in the early fifties, challenged All England and beat them thoroughly. There is many a worthy yet living in the neighbourhood who remembers, as if it were yesterday, that proud day that saw All England’ s best known men, Clarke, G. and W. Parr, Box, Bently, Caffyn, Felix, and others, all attired in white shirts and white top-hats with black bands, dismissed in one innings for twelve runs, the like of which had scarce been known before in the annals of sport. Such an event will not occur again. As cricketers the Hungerford men are now no better than their neighbours, but the memory of those stirring times will linger long and die hard, for “ It was a famous victory.” T he very heavy rains of the last few days have been the cause of some remark­ able bowliiig in the matches this week. For Gloucestershire in the first innings of Worcestershire Dennett took five wickets for 6 runs. Blythe took seven wickets for 41 in the first innings of Surrey, and five for 26 in the second. On Tuesday morning he bowled four overs and three balls, and took five wickets for 13 runs. T h is week on Monday there was no play at Lord’s (Middlesex v. Lancashire) or at Leicester (Leicestershire v. Hamp­ shire). On Tuesday there was the same tale to tell at Sheffield (Yorkshire v. Essex), Chesterfield (Derbyshire v. War­ wickshire), and Leicester. M b . T. L. T a y l o b left New York for England on Friday last in the Cedric, says the Sportsman, and is therefore ex­ pected to be home at the end of the present week. It has been understood that Mr. Taylor was returning via Suez, but he caught the Empress o f Japan steamer at Yokohama, and has travelled via Vancouver. L o b d H a b b is still plays cricket, and he made 47 on Tuesday for Band of Brothers against the Mote at Maidstone. T h e Vanity Fair cartoon for this week represents George Hirst. A week or two ago L. C. H. Palairet appeared in the same series. A t the end of last week the arrange­ ments for the visit of a Kent team to the United States were completed. Under the captaincy of C. J. Bumup the team will leave Liverpool on Wednesday, September 9th, on the Oceanic, and will reach home in the middle of October. It) is proposed to play four matches, two against the Gentlemen of Phila­ delphia, one against the Colts of Phila­ delphia, and the other against Baltimore. A m on g the players who have promised to accompany Bumup are : E. W. Dillon, W. M. Bradley, and H. Z. Baker (Beck­ enham), Alec Heame, Huish, Blythe and Seymour. Mr. T. Pawley will accom­ pany the team and act as manager. I t is now definitely arranged that a match will take place at the Oval on September 14th, 15th, and 16th between the Champion county and the Best of England. The proceeds of the match will be divided between the Cricketers’ Fund Friendly Society and the L ndon Playing Fields’ Committee. W it h regard to the above match the Surrey committee have been twitted with having made the mistake of only ap­ proaching Yorkshire and Middlesex, whereas Sussex may possibly be the champion county after all. But as a matter of fact Yorkshire, Middlesex and Sussex have all been consulted, and each of these counties has agreed to play if it is fortunate enough to come out first. I n the race for the County Champion­ ship Yorkshire are having no luck at all. They had ever so much the best of their match against Derbyshire, but rain pre­ vented them from taking advantage of the situation. Against Essex the weather again fought hard and successfully against them, and although they de­ clared their second innings in the most plucky manner, and brought down the Essex wickets with such rapidity that they always had hopes of snatching a victory, they were baffled in the end. In all human probability another ten minutes, or even less, would have given them a victory. M e a n w h il e Middlesex have gone on their way rejoicing, for, owing to this very weather, they have been saved from all risk of defeat. On the other hand, Sussex who may possibly, with great good fortune, win the championship, have been marking time this week. I t is always with pleasure mingled with sorrow that one first sees an adver­ tisement of the Hastings Cricket Week— with pleasure because one is glad to re­ member that the famous Festival still keeps up its popularity, with sorrow because it reminds one that the summer (such as it is) is nearly over. Tbis year the two matches are Lancashire andYork- shire v. Rest of England, and Gentlemen v. Players. With Mr. Carless again at the head of affairs, it may be safely pro­ phesied that all will be well during the Week, which begins on Monday, Sep­ tember 7th. HAMPSTEAD v. SOUTH HAMP3TEAD.—Played at Hampstead on August 3. H ampstead . E. L. M»rsden, b Hale E. W . H. Beaton, b Blewitt ................. 3 H. Greig, c Couchman, b Blewitt................. 3 T. 8.Wheater, b Parris 63 F. J. Potter, b Parris.. 6 H. S. Maclure, c and b Thornhill.............. . 4 J. C. Toller, b Blewitt H. C. Preston,c Han- well, b Parris.......... A. Eiloart, b Parris ... J. Greig, b Hale J. C. h. Dickson, not out ........................ B 2, lb 1 .......... Total 91 S outh H ampstead . W. Couchman, c Greig, b Wheater ......... 1 P. W . Bale, st Beaton, b Wheater ......... 6 H. Ernst, b Marsden 13 W.Hanwell, c Preston, b Mareden .......... 2 H. E. Chichester, run out ........................14 J.J.Lambert,b'W heater 0 H.T.Blewitt,bWheater 0 F.W. Tew, b Wheater 11 G.A. Thornhill, c Pot­ ter, b Marsden ... 0 H. J. Parris, c Greig, b Marsden .......... 4 J. T. Watson, not out 1 Byes ................. 3 EARLY ONE MORNING. [On Saturday morning the Daily Express announced that C. B. Fry had declined the invitation of the M.C.C. to go to Australia.] Early one morning, when going to breakfast, I heard Pelham sing with anaccent of woe “ 0, you’ve deceived me, O, you have grieved me ! How could you use a poor captain so ? ” “ Remember the help you might be to your country, Remember that we’ ve not another like you ; O, you’ve deceived me, O, you have grieved me ! How could you use a poor captain so ? ” “ 0, gay was your Pelham, and fresh was the laurel I’d plucked from the garden to bind on your brow ! O, you’ve deceived me, O, you have grieved me ! How could you use a poor captain so ? ” Thus sang the poor captain, Fry’ s answer bewailing. Thus sang the poor man with an accent of woe :— “ 0, you've deceived me, O, you have grieved me ! How could you use a poor captain so ? ” W. A. B. Total , , 66 CRICKETERS AND LAWN TENNIS.* So many cricketers play lawn tennis that we need make no apology for noting this book. The Dohertys have proved themselves to be the two greatest lawn tennis players in the world, and their aIvice to beginners and advanced players would be well worth consideration even if it were not as clearly expressed and as sensible as it is in their book. They frequently compare points in the game with similar points in cricket, and there is no doubt that the qualities which go to make a good lawn tennis player are much the same as those required to make a good cricketer. Cricketers ceased long ago to look upon lawn tennis as child’s play, for the experi­ ences of well-known players who excelled at both games, like Mr. G. W. Hillyard, the old Leicestershire cricketer, knocked this idea on the head. To become a famous lawn tennis player is even more difficult than to become a famous cricketer, and entails even harder work, with just as much brain power. It is at least as necessary for the lawn tennis player as for the bowler to vary the pace of the ball if he wishes to emerge out of the common ruck. With no unnecessary details, and no attempt at what is known as “ fine writing,” the two Dohertys go straight to the point in their book, which ought to be read by every cricketer who plays lawn tennis. Mr. G. W. Hillyard writes with knowledge on the subject of grass courts, and Mr. Eustace Miles, who seems to write about all subjects under the sun with equal boldness, compares lawn tennis with other games. He asks: “ Is lawn tennis monotonous?” and replies with truth, “ Some players make it very monotonous, as some players make cricket very monotonous. But that is not the fault of the game. .. . Success may require patience and endurance, but sameness is not essential to success.” * R. F. and H. L. Doherty on Lawn Tennis. With chapters by G. W. Hillyard, etc. Lawn Tennis Laurence Pountney Hill, Cannon Street, E.C.