Cricket 1903

462 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. Nov. 26, 1903 THE SPEECH OF MR. BASSTONE, S enr . Now this is the intended speech of Mr. Adolphus James Everton Basstone, senr., as he originally wrote it out in a precise minute hand on a sheet o f beautiful clean white notepaper, some three or four weeks before the Annual Dinner of the Gravelands Cricket Club. As a copy of the speech became somewhat soiled— which it did about every day or so, owing to a habit of constant reference—Mr. Basstone made a fresh one, never altering the contents in the slightest degree. Of course, he had taken a prodigious amount of trouble to prepare i t ; indeed, it had been in hand for some months—in fact, from the dayjwhen Mr. Basstone was first informed that he would be expected to propose the third toast on the list (“ The Ladies” ) at the said Annual Dinner of the Gravelands Cricket Club. Mr. Basstone had acquired a peculiar habit of rehearsing the speech every evening to his wife and daughter, who had learnt to supply the elaborations as directed by him. Of course, Mr. Basstone, junr. was kept in ignorance of the affair, it being the intention of Mr. Basstone, senr., to surprise his son—who was captain of the said club—with an example of local oration. By way of preface, it should be mentioned tbat the italics in parentheses are stage directions and warnings. ( Loud voice) “ Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen ( Stand back glasses, etc . on table during applause) : It is my pleasant duty this evening to call upon you to drink the next toast—that of *The Ladies.’ (Pause fo r applause.) Why I should be called upon to do so passes my comprehension, as where ladies are concerned 1 have always been of a somewhat shy and retiring disposition. ( Cough slily and pause fo r laughter .) Curiously enough, my mother was a lady [pausefo r laughter); in fact, on the maternal side I descend from an unbroken line of females (pause fo r laughter ), so that although as I have said, 1 am not a ladies’ man, I am decidedly a ladies’ child. (Pause fo r laughter, and drink.) There is, I am sure, no need for me to commend this toast to those present here to-night. We are all partial, in fact, if I may use a paradoxical expression, wholly partial to the ladies (pausefo r laughter , etc.), and I therefore will not keep you any longer, but ask you at once to drink with me to the flowers in Life’s desert, *The Ladies.’ ” (Remain standing with glass held aloft. See that cuff shows well.) II. Now, this is the speech of Mr. Adol­ phus James Everton Basstone, senr., as he. delivered it on the occasion of the dinner referred to above. In this instance the italics in parentheses are impromptu elaborations supplied by members of the company, and by Mr. Basston^ himself. (M r. Basstone rises hurriedly , upsetting his chair and a glass of wine in so doing.J “ Mr. Gentlemen and Chairman ( laughter and cries of ‘ Speak up I 1 ‘ Hear , hear / * * Order ! 9 etc.J : A-a-why I should be called upon to do so passes my combination, fDead silence , whilst the speaker hurriedly consults his notes.J Cnriously enough, I ask you in-a-a-an unbroken line to-a-drink the health of my mother-a-no-beg pardon. ( Screams of laughter and various strange cries , during which Mr. Basstove attempts to drink from a matchstand.) It is my pleasant duty to be partially a ladies’ child—I-a-will not therefore keep you any longer, but ask you to the Deserts in the Flowers of Life— ‘ Woman.’ ” (Loud applause and laughter , during which Mr. Basstone raises a small vase of flowers which a neighbour has thoughtfully placed in his way.) III. And this is the speech of Mr. Adolphus James Everton Basstone, senr., as reported in the following issue of a local paper: M r . A . J. E. Basstone, senr.. in a humorous and telling speech , proposed “ The Ladies. ” A. D. T. CRICKET IN JAPAN. YOKOHAMA v. KOBE. Played at Yokohama on October 19, 20 and 21. Yokohama won by an innings and 13 runs. Seventeen matches have now been played between Yokohama and Kobe, Yokohama having won nine and Kobe six, while the remaining two have been drawn, namely those during the years 1895 and 1900. The first match between themwas played in 1884, but then there was a gap for four years until 1888. This year’ s match has been greatly looked forward to, as Kobe have won the last two seasons, but their supporters were not sanguine of their success this time. Mr. G. C. Murray was their captain and he has held that post for a good many years, and the same can be said of Mr. F. E. White, the Yokohama captain, who has been one of the best cricketers in Yokohama for a great many years past. The best men in the combined two teams on this year’s form are the brothers E. W. and H. W. Kilby, J. M. Mollison and A. H. Gillingham, all of whom were born in Japan. In bowling, both teams were 6omewhat weak, though Yokohama was considerably better off than Kobe. During the match nine out of the Yokohama eleven took a turn with the ball, which, considering the poor scores totalled by the Kobe team, is rather exceptional. The veteran of the Yokohama team was C. Murray Duff, who has kept wicket for them for years past, and is still an excellent man although, owing to some of the erratic bowling that went on in this match, he got rather badly knocked about. Mr. G. C. Murray is the veteran of the Kobe team and has been playing inter-port cricket for years and years. Teams, as many readers of Cricket will know, from these two ports occasionally go on a tour to Shanghai and Hong Kong, meeting the respective teams at those places, but they have not done so recently, though there was an effort to get up a team to visit Shanghai this season, but it meant practically three weeks away from business, and there Were not enough who could afford to do that. Y okohama . H.W.Kilby.cEdwards, b Braess.................101 W. 8. Moss, b Hardy 1 E.W.Kilby, c Murray, b Edwards ..........33 Dr. Moon, b Murray 19 J. M. Mollison, c Mur­ ray, b Brae88..........88 J. Mann, b Edwards .. 24 P. A. Cox, c Edwards, b Murray.................17 K obe . First inning's. F. EUerton, lbw. b Mann .. 16 C. J. Lucas, b W hite............ 36 H. 8. Thompson, b Mann... 5 W . Braess, b Mollison ... 1 A. H. Gilliagham, lbw, b Edwards ......... .............73 W .D.8.Edwards,cMollison, b White ...........................23 C. H, Lightfoot, c Mann, b Mollison ...........................14 G. O. Murray, c and b Mann 17 E. C. Jeffery, c Mann, b Mollison ......................... 0 G. Stephens, not out ........... 2 W. Hardy, c E. W . Kilby, b Mollison ......................... 2 Extras., F.E.White, b Edwards 7 A. Kingdon, c and b Edwards................. 3 E. B. 8. Edwards, b Murray .................20 C. M. Duff, not ou t... 0 Extras.................19 Total ..352 ........... 11 Total .................199 Second innings, c White, b Moon 9 o White, b Moon 3 b Mollison.......... 0 b Moon ..........23 b Moon ..........66 c H. W. Kilby, b Mann .......... 0 b Mann .......... 2 b Mann ..........10 b Mollison.......... 1 c Cox, b Moon ... 22 not ou t................ 6 Extras.......... 8 Total 140 Y okohama . O. G.C.Murray28‘ W. Hardy 16 W . D. S. Edwards 35 7 104 M. R. W. 5 82 3 1 63 1 O. M. R. W . W. Braess 16 2 54 2 G. Stephens 5 0 26 0 K obb. First innings. O. M. R. W. J. M. Mollison J. Mann ... , P. A. Cox ... F. E. White . E. S. Edwards ... 10 H, W. Kilby ... 4 A. Kingdon ... 5 E. W . Kilby ... 3 14-1 4 24 6 . 10 17 Dr. Moon . Second innings. O. M. R. W . 28 2 10 , 17 2 19 7 34 5 BRIXTON WANDERERS 1903. Matches played, 54; won, 21; lost, 17; drawn, 15. BATTING AVERAGES. No. Times Most of not Total in an inns. out. iuub . inns. Aver. H. Goodall ... 14 .. 6 . . 361 . . 90 .. 4512 F. P. Rider ... ... 22 .. 3 . . 519 . 102*.. 2S-86 F. Odell .......... ... 29 ... 0 . . 799 . .110 .. 27*55 C. G. Smith ... 28 .. 5 . 600 . . 96 .. 26-08 L. M. Simmons ... 16 .. 4 ... 810 . .105*.. 25 83 R. Waterhouse ... 14 .. 2 ... 28i . . 65*.. 23-83 A. V. Storey ... ... 15 .. 5 . . 231 . . 48*.. 231 A. J. Whyte ... ... 18 .. 0 . . 398 . . 57 .. 2211 R. J. Burlington ... 11 .. 0 .. 230 . . 63 .. 20*9 J. Faulkner ... ... 15 .. 0 . . 299 . . 68 .. 19-93 C. Hof?g ......... ... 20 .. 2 . . 352 . . 86 .. 19-55 E. T. Gale........ ... 16 .. 3 .. 217 . . 44 .. 16-69 A. Harbert ... 19 .. 2 . . 231 . . 45 .. 13-58 H. Mason......... ... 19 .. 4 . . 196 . 39 .. 13*06 W. A. Gilligan ... 16 .. 2 .. 174 . . 48 .. 12*42 A. V. Russell ... ... 10 .. 1 . . Ill . . 26 .. 12-33 E. A. Brymer ... ... 19 .. 1 . . 221 . . 39*.. 12*27 W . A. Mitchell ... 13 ... 2 . . 108 . . 32*.. 9-81 H. E. Smith ... ... SO .. 3 . 155 . . 46 .. 911 C. F. Jones .. 15 .. 2 . . 113 . . 34 .. 869 J. Maxwell ... 14 ... 3 . . 94 . . 18 .. 854 B. A. Glanvill ... ... 13 .. 0 . . 65 . . 17 .. 500 J.B . Brooks ... ... 10 .. 0 .. 45 . . 23 .. 4-5 J. W. E. Murray ... 11 .. 2 . . 17 . . 7*.. 1-88 • Signifies not out. BOWLING AVERAGES. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Aver. A. V. Russell ... ... 95 ... 17 . . 277 . . 28 .. 989 W . J. Benge ... ... 71 .. 21 . . 657 . . 47 .. 11-85 A. Harbert .. 66 ... 14 . . 216 . . 17 .. 12-75 W. A. Mitchell ... 118 ... 20 . . 294 . . 23 .. 12 78 W. Godrich ... ... 68 .. 10 .. 249 . . 17 .. 1464 L. M. Simmons ... 344 .. 65 .. 1021 . . 69 .. 14-79 W. A. Gilligan ... 221 .. 42 . . 675 . . 38 .. 15-13 A. V. Storey ... ... 262 .. 54 . . 657 . . 36 .. 15-47 C. F. Jones ... 193 .. 33 . . 542 . . 27 .. 20-07 J. Maxwell ... 83 .. 13 . . 284 . . 14 .. 20.28 C. G. bmiih ... 221 ... 32 . . 719 . . 33 .. 21 78 H. Goodall ... ... 110 .. 13 . . 376 . . 17 .. 22-11 H. Mason.......... ... 125 .. 16 . . 415 . . 12 .. 34-68