Cricket 1904

M at 19, 1904. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME. 139 a racket player without a superior, beat­ ing Frank Erwood, the professional champion, in both matches he played in 1862. L ord H a w k e has not lost his reputa­ tion for making a plucky stand when things are going badly for his side, and it was not a little due to his determination that Yorkshire had such a commanding position on Tuesday evening in the Leicestershire match. Yorkshire had lost five wickets for 55 and six for 80, when Lord Hawke, with Rothery as a most useful partner, stemmed the tide. T he Notts and Yorkshire committees would without much doubt have been betterj pleased if the Colts’ match at Trent Bridge between the counties had produced some fine bow ling instead of fine batting. As things turned out 958 runs were made in the two days for the loss of only 21 wickets, an average of nearly 46 runs a wicket. O n e of the clergy who officiated at the funeral service of Sir H . M . Stanley at Westminster Abbey on Tuesday was the Eev. T. E. H ine Haycock, the old Oxford Blue, who played against Cambridge in 1883 and 1884. His scores were 12 and 24, and 40 and 35 not ont. In the Oxford eleven with him were M. C. Kemp, C. F. H . Leslie, Sir T. C. O'Brien, and K . J. Key. T h e r e were some curious contrasts in the match between Herefordshire and the Worcestershire second eleven at Here­ ford. Worcestershire second scored 247 runs, Cuffe making 143 of them, while Herefordshire could only total 31 in the first innings and 29 in the second. There were ten duck’s eggs in the two innings. The visitors’ eleven included Gaukrodger, Pearson, A. W . Isaac, Burrows, and H. Wilson, who all played more or less for the county last season. F rom the Daily Telegraph :— Prom some cause which we cannot pretend to explain, Oxford and Cambridge batsmen in these days take much longer to get to their best than did the great players of the sixties and seventies. To take the most conspicuous examples, C. B. Fry had left Oxford three years before he touched his present level; Jackson improved out of knowledge towards the close of his Cambridge career ; and it. E. Poster, in his last year at Oxford, made au advance to which we can scarcely recall a parallel. On the other hand, William Yardley and C. J. Ottaway played for the Gentlemen of England strictly on their merits as Preshmen, and A. P. Lucas, though only just over eighteen, was good enough for any eleven when he played first for Cambridge in 1875. To go a little further back, it has often been stated that R. A. H. Mitchell and C. G. Lyttelton (now Lord Cobham) were asked to play for the Gentlemen while still at Eton. T h e Cheltenham College firsteleven,who have M . G. Salter for their captain, play twelve matches this term. Am ong them are the inter-school matches with Marl­ borough, Clifton, and Haileybury, with one v. Haverford College. The full card is as under :— MAY. It. v. Hertford College 27. v. Liverpool* JUNE. 4. y R.A.C., Cirencester 10. v. Incogniti* 14. v. Marlborough College* 24. v. Old Cheltonians* 58. v. Haverford College, U.S.A.* JULY. v. Clifton Club v. Clifton College (Clifton)* v. Cheltenham v. East Gloucestershire v. Haileybuiy College (Lord’s)* •Two-Day Matches. S econd X I. F ix tu r e s . MAY. v. Cheltenham Town v. East Gloucestershire v. Hatherley JULY. v. Roseleigh v. All Saints v. Crewe Training College All at Cheltenham. T h e programme arranged for the Haverford College team which is due at Liverpool on June 18 th from America, has now been completed. The full eird fo llow s:— JUNE. 21. v. Rugby School 22. v. Shrewsbury School 28. v. Cheltenham College* JULY. 1. v. Malvern College 2. v. Clifton College 4. v. Marlborougn College* 7. v. M C.C. (Lord’s) 11. v. Winchester College* 14. v. Harrow School 16. v. Eton College 19. v. Haileybury College 20. v. Tonbridge School 22. v. Charterhouse School* 25. v. Repton School* * Two-day matches. S pectators at Bristol yesterday were fortunate enough to see Jessop at his best. H is innings of 61, in fact, is worthy to rank with the most extra­ ordinary of his hitting displays. Off two consecutive overs from Braund he obtained 40 runs, making 28 off the first and a dozen off the second. Altogether he hit Braund for two sixes and nine fours, and made 45 in ten minutes off fourteen balls, 60 in 15 minutes, and, altogether, 61 out of 73 in 24 minutes. ‘ Prodigious ! ! ! ” HAMPSTEAD v. LONDON SCOTTISH.—Played at Hampstead on May 7. L ondon S co ttish . E.A. Codd, cMarsden, b Spofforth ..........48 T. S. Taylor, st Mac­ Gregor, b Spofforth 0 G.M.Clark,bSpofforth 0 R. A . Bennett, cMars­ den, b Spofforth ... 3 W. G. H endersoD , c MacGregor, b Spof­ forth ........................ 0 F. R. Connell, b Spof­ forth ........................ 0 T.B Porter.bSpofforth F.Lacey.stMacGregor, b Spofforth .......... A. Kinross, c Mac­ Gregor, b Hebert ... J.H.Adamson, cCros- dale, b Monro.......... II. W. Smail, not out B 1, lb 6................. Total H am pptead . G. MacGregor, c Con­ nell, b Smail.......... 7 F.R.D.Monro,not out 101 E. L. Marsden. b Lacy 23 F. W . Orr, b Bennett 0 H.H. Walters, not out 25 G. Crosdale, c Codd, b Bennett ................. 0 B 5 ,lb 2 ................. 7 Total (4 wkts) ...163 F. R. Spofforth, H. R. Hebert, H. S. Maclure, R. D. Robertson, and F. J. Potter did not bat. CR ICK ET CRITICS. Our cricketers are taking more and more to jour­ nalism till it is hard to find a first-class player who does not write cricket articles for somepaperorother. —Daily paper. Oh, what will become of our national cricket When every player devotes The time he would otherwise spend at the wicket To penning elaborate notes ? To face a fast bowler is always exciting, But wouldn’t it cause you distress If between each two overs you had to be writing Your views on the game for the Press ? I can see “ Plummy” Warner appealing to “ L ock y” “ I say, can you wait for a bit P My memory’s apt to be awfully rocky; I must make a note of that h it! ” And “ Locky ” will pause in the midst of his bowling, While onlookers barrack and scoff ; He will not surrender his chance of extolling That stunner that broke to the off. With pencil and paper the field is provided, To note ev’ry item of play ; Though their missing of catches is loudly derided, Their note-books get so in the way. But if cricket is robbed of a few of its glories, A splendid advance has been made When the newspapers come out with twenty- two stories Of how the great match has been played! In the Press box there’s Jessop, and Fry, and Maclaren, And Sewell, and Jephson, and Knight; Their loss makes the field look excessively barren, But still they are beggars’to write. And although they have given up playing— or nearly, What need to repine about that For the pen of the critic of cricket is clearly More mighty by far than the bat! —Evening News. STREATHAM v. MERTON.—Played at Streatham on May 14. S tr e a t h a m . C.J.Parton,b Godward 14 N. Miller, b Godward 11 H.H.Scott, b Morrison 8 C.M.Thomas.cBiegood, b Morrison .......... 5 J. F. W. Hooper, lbw, b Morrison .......... 0 H.T.Cross,c E. F.Bis- good, b Godward ... 11 L.A.M.Fevez.bMorri- son ........................12 N.Homcastle, not out 12 O. S. Crawfurd, b Morrison................. 0 W . Taylor, c Bisgood, b Godward .......... 4 N. Lloyd, b Morrison 0 Bye ................. 1 M ekton . Total ..........78 E. F. Bisgood.'run out 16 E.Godward, st Miller, B. L. Bisgocd, lbw, b *■ Miller........................ W . Sutherland, b Hooper ................. F. De la Cour. lbw, b Hooper ................. E.D. Bisgood, &tScott, b Miller C.W.Morrison,notout 37 b Patton................3 2 C. W. Godward, b Thomas ................. 4 G.Williamson,bParton 12 P. Downham,bParton 1 D.S. Moore, b Parton 7 Bye ................. 1 Total..........119 LONDON AND WESTMINSTER BANK v. NATIONAL PROVINCIAL BANK.-Played at Norbury on May 9. N. P. B ank . E.W. Armstrong, c S. Bowman, b Dear ... 17 A. Harrison, b Dear... 15 J. Price, b Dear......... 0 A. D. Phillips, b Dear 2 E. J. Innocent, b Dear 0 H. E. Moore, b Dear 13 C.Hughes,cPitt-Brook, b Dear................. 4 J.W.Richards, not out 11 L. & W . B a n k . L.Pitt-Brook,b Cosser 6 S. Bowman, not out... 40 C. J. Crossley, cSub., b Cosser ................. 0 R. 8. Hartree, c Sub.,b Cosser .................16 S. E. H. Stocks, b Bowman................. E.A.Cosser.cCrossley, b Bowman .......... A. King, c& bHartree Extras .......... Total .......... C.J.Bowman.cHughea b King ................. 4 H.O.Manfleld, not out 31 Extras................. 9 Total (4 wkts) 10