Cricket 1904

1 2 2 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME!. M a y 12, 1904. 242 for five -wickets, and the two brothers knocked off the runs just before time. I n the first inniogs of Surrey against the London County C.O., at the Oval, W . Brearley, the Lancashire fast bowler, took seven wickets for 95. A t first he was quite unsuccessful, but when he was put on for the second time with the total at 114, he bowled with the follow ing result:— O. M. R . w . 13 2 ..........39 ............ 7 T h a t the Yorkshire public were not much impressed by the prospect of exciting cricket held out in the announce­ ment of the time-limit match was shown by the gate receipts, which only amounted to about £40 for the three days. T h e “ Derbyshire Cricket Guide for 1904” contains various Derbyshire re­ cords and statistics, besides an article on “ Cricket in 1903,” by M r. L. G. Wright, a notice o f the H on. W . M. Jervis (a former president of the county club) and an article on “ Current Topics ” b y Mr. F. S. Ashley-Cooper. The little book, which is compiled b y Messrs. L. G. W right and W . J. Piper, jun., is pub­ lished at the price of twopence b y Bacon and Hudson, Derby. A t the end of last week two individual scores of over 200 were made at Oxford. For Exeter v. Corpus E . C. Cruwys made 211 not out, and for Balliol v. Oriel A. P. Boissier made 242. T h e lapse of time does not make much difference to the success of the famous old Australian bowler, F . R. Spofforth, and on Saturday, on the Hampstead ground, he took eight wickets for 24 runs for the home club against London Scottish. Gregor Macgregor, who was also playing for Hampstead, caught two men at the wicket and stumped two others. S e v e r a l members of the Somerset eleven were playing on Saturday at Taunton in the match between Taunton and Bridgwater. S. M . J. Woods made 63, Braund 42, F. M. Lee 34, Lewis 26, and L. C. H . Palairet 17. In addition to these A . E. Newton, Tyler, Robson, and G. Fow ler took part in the match. G ood judges of the game who saw the Surrey match at the Oval against Lon­ don County, were much impressed by the batting of Lord Dalmeny. In both innings he made runs when things were going very badly for his side, and he faced Brearley’s fast bow ling with plenty of confidence, com ing down hard on the ball. If he sticks to cricket he ought to make a name for himself as a batsman. SANTALL, the well-known Warwick­ shire professional, has compiled two little cricket books. One of them is entitled, “ Warwickshire as a First-class County,” and gives a complete record of the per­ formances of the elevens in the county championship and other matches from the year 1894, when the club was pro­ moted to first class. In addition to this the book contains articles b y H . W . Bainbridge ( “ The Warwickshire team in first-class cricket ” ) ; W . G. Quaife ( “ Bat­ ting ” and “ Fielding” ) ; Lilley ( “ Wicket- keeping” ) ; and Santall himself ( “ Hints to young bowlers ” ). The book is pnb- liihed at threepence by Quaife Bros, and Lilley, 313, Broad Street, Birmingham. T h e other book b y Santall is of the same price, and is entitled “ Ten Years of First-class Cricket in England ” (1894- 1903). It gives a record of batting, bow ling, fielding, and wicket-keeping during that time. C. B. Fry writes some “ Forewords,” in which he states that he has read the book through from beginning to end. I n his “ Hints to Y oung Bowlers ” in the Warwickshire book Santall advises them not to take too long a run, to think o f length and variation of pace before break (wherein he agrees -with Mr. Spof­ forth), to try bow ling round the wicket when the ball does too much, and, if they wish to make the ball swerve in the air, to bow l it seam upward against the w ind. Many a young bowler would learn much b y studying this chapter. The same may also be said of Quaife’s article on fieldiug, and it will surprise some apathetic fielders to read that “ In every position on the cricket field something more is needful than a mere pass of hands, viz., an active brain to designate the place to stand, how to back up, and to which wicket to throw .” S ome football reminiscences appear in the Ardingly Annals for May, from the pen of George Brann, the Sussex cricketer, who was also an international Association footballer. T h e natural anxiety shown in Australia by the reports of V ictor Trumper’s illness, to which reference was made in Cricket a fortnight ago, prompted a Brisbane re­ porter to ask M. A . Noble what was the truth about Trumper. Noble replied that there was “ nothing radically wrong with him ,” and every cricketer in England will hope that there w ill be nothing radically wrong with him for years to come. W r it in g from Brisbane on the evening of the first day of the match between New South Wales and Queensland, a correspondent states that Noble bowled 13 overs and four balls for 19 runs and four wickets. Queensland scored 132 on a slow wicket, and New South Wales 93 for the loss of Duff, who made 56. Trumper was not playing for New South Wales, while Henry, the Queensland aboriginal fast bowler, was also away. T h e time seems to be rapidly com ing when coaching at the nets will only form a part of the education which is con­ sidered necessary to prepare a young cricketer for his entry into first-class crick et ; he w ill have to undergo a training in journalism as well. The number of well-known amateurs who have never done any journalistic work is becoming smaller and smaller, and it looks as if the amateur cricketer who does not write for the press will soon become extinct. Already there is a lon g list of great cricketers who have tried their hands at journalism. Am ong them are Dr. Grace, K . S. Ranjitsinhji, C. B. Fry, A. O. Jones, A. C. Maclaren, D . L . A. Jephson, Knight, Y . F. S. Crawford, Sewell, B. J. T. Bosanquet, P. F. Warner, F. H . Bacon, W . H . B. Evans, H. B. Chinnery, and G. L . Jessop, while it is stated that Abel, G. W . Beldam, A. E. Lawton, H. K. Foster, Tunnicliffe, Tyldesley, C. McGahey and others are about to enter the field. T h e return to form of Lees, the Surrey bowler, has been very marked this year, but those who have played against him have often wondered why he has not been more successful during the last few years. Everybody seems agreed that he ought to be a really great bowler. In the first Surrey match of the season, against London County at the Crystal Palace, he only took one wicket for 80 runs, but in the two succeeding matches he has met with very great success, his figures in the Hampshire match remind­ ing one of the times when Alfred Shaw (with only four balls an over instead of six) frequently used to bow l more overs than the runs which were hit off him. It is long odds that no better bow ling performance will be done this season, but on the very next day Smith accom­ plished a feat which is worthy to bear comparison with that of Lees, for he took nine Hampshire wickets in the second innings for 31 runs, his analysis being 18 overs and a ball, 8 maidens, 31 runs and 9 wickets. Lees has had the follow ing analysis this season :— O. M. R. w. v. London County............. 24 ... 4 ... 80 ... 1 v. London County (return) j ^ 2 ® •• ^ ^ v. Hampshire ............j ;;■« •• j* •• j* At one time during the match at the Oval between Surrey and London County Lees bowled seven overs for seven runs and five wickets, while at another time Lockwood took four wickets for five runs in twelve balls. F rom the Morning Leader :— Hants County cricket includes quite a number of interesting personalities. There are soldiers in the team, as represented by Lieut. Sprot and Capt. E. (i. Wyn- yard; a parson (Rev. V. Jephson), and author (H. Hesketh Prichard), a dashing Cantab in A. J. Hill, who on one occasion scored 50 in two overs for the Hampshire Hogs; a brother of the well-known trainer in the person of Webb, and a South Africaa in Llewellyn, who has proved himself to be one of the best all-round cricketers of the day. Two or three years ago Gandy, the brother of the well-known ventriloquist, played for the Hants team. L. H. Gay and the Rev. G. B. Raikes, the two well-known goal­ keepers, have also assisted the county; and