Cricket 1904

146 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME M a t 26, 1904 those days ? ” “ We had a pretty good side, but chiefly because of want of money the club was never in a flourishing state— people at Stockport wouldn’ t c >ine to see our matches when they could so easily get to Old Trafford. Am ong the men who played were Sain Brown (the old Notts bowler), now umpiring in first- chi si matches, George Davenport, Sidney Crosfield, James Ravenscroft, Whitelegge (a really good bowler who died after play- lug for only a single season) and James Bretherton, quite one of the finest amateur bowlers I have ever seen. One c f his best performances for Cheshire was to take six wickets for 27 against a strong Lanca­ shire eleven. He and I were very great friends. H e was a bit peppery, and I suppose I may say the same about myself. Sometimes when I asked him why he would insist on p u t t iD g them down on the leg side, he would reply, ‘ Why on earth don’ t you take them ? ’ Apparently he was so angry that men on our side who did not know us intimately used to think we were going to come to blows. At the end of the innings he would stride down the wicket in such a way that everyone thought he was going to knock me on the head ; but he only came to link his arm in mine to take me off to have a drink.” “ What cricket did you get when you came to live in London ? ” “ W tile I was at Oxford, J. B. Oakley, a member of the Surrey Club, came up with the Stygians, and when I came up to town put me up for the Surrey Club, so that I was able to get a lot of practice, besides playing in club and ground matches. A t that time they were often short of a wicket-keeper in these matches, and sometimes 1 was the only amateur on the side, so that I had to take on the captaincy. Ttiey were very pleasant matches, and I never had any difficulty at all with the professionals, who obeyed orders without any question. I don’ t think I ever had occasion to report any one of them. We had pretty good team. Am ong those who played at different times were BroCkwell, Watts, B obby Henderson, Sharp, C. Mills, Huish (not the Kent wicket-keeper), Tom Bowley, Ayres, Harris (now the groundman at Guy’s Hospital), and Reddick. I remember that once when a match was over early we were all asked to a garden party given by a local celebrity. While we were there I came across Rsddick, who was supposed to be a strict teetotaller. He was drinking a good sized glass of champagne, and seemed to be thoroughly enjoying it. 4 Why, Reddick,’ I said, ‘ drinking cham­ pagne ! I understood you were a tee­ totaller.’ ‘ Dear me, Bir,’ he replied, ‘ I thought it was very good lemonade ! ’ ” “ When did you join the Wanderers Cricket Club ? ” “ In 1890. I had played in a match against them the previous year and made some runs, and soon after­ wards was elected a member, and frequently played for them. I remem­ ber that iu the first match in which I played against the Wanderers I hit an eight. Not that the hit was anything out of the common, for the ball did not quite reich the boundary. But the field all thought that it would do so, with the result that no one attempted to go after it. In 1891 and 1892 I did not play much, thinking it my duty to remain in chambers. But I came to the conclusion that I did not get any increase in practice by remaining ia chambers, and so I began to play cricket more frequently. Four years ago I became seoretary. The club is limited to 160 members, and the number at present is within two or three of the maximum. There are no hpnorary members, and everybody pays the same subscription.” In one of the matches played against Lancashire by Cheshire Mr. Latham, who made 57 in the second innings and only gave seven extras out of 345 runs, played a ball of Alec Watson’s into his pad. At that time the ball in such a case was not considered dead. Accordingly there was a lively scene. “ Pilling and Barlow from point both rushedatme,” said Mr.Latham, “ and I fled like a hunted hare. They pursued me until at last by a lucky chance I managed to w iiggle the ball on to the ground. In that match I caught Barlow at the wicket before he had made a run. It was an unmistakable chanoe, but the umpire said ‘ not out,’ whereupon Barlow turned to me, and in a deprecatory manner said ‘ Well, I ’ve been given out many times when I haven’t been out.’ To which I replied with sorrow that this did not make it any better for us.” W . A . B e ttesw o r th . FORESTHILL v. LOND jN AND WESTMINSTER BANK.—Played at Norbury on May 14. F o rest M il l . H. A. Hooker, not out 51 C. F. Phillips, c sub, b Baker.......................10 F.J. Balkwill, c Brook, b Dear ................. 5 C. G. Hill, b Baker ... 6 J. Balkwill, b Snell . 21 W. K. Williams, c Manfield, b Willson. 20 C. G Welchman, run out ........................ S. Silverthorne.b Boys S. J. Owens, b Willson W. M. Bradley,c Will­ son, b Boys ... ... F. Skipper, b Boys ... Extras................. Total ... m.136 L. & W . B an k . H. C. Boys, not out... 16 L. Pitt Brook, b Welchman .......... 1 H. 8. Baker, b Bradley 0 H. D Dear, not out... 1 Extras.................18 C. J. Bowman, lbw, b Williams.................27 A. G. Gough.bBradley 2 S. Bowman, b Bradley 28 C. N. Snell, c Hill, b Bradley ................. 1 W.Bradbery,b Bradley 2 H. O. Manfield, st Sil- verthorne, b Welch­ man ........................ 3 E. A. Willson did not bat. LONDON AND WESTMINSTER BANK (2) v. ROWCLIFFE’S. L. & W . B an k (2). Total (8 wkts) I F. W. Newcomb, b Hudson .................51 H. E. Power, b Davis 1 K. S. Hartree, b Davis 9 H. E. Muriel,bGoatley 0 A. M. Cockell, b Davis 6 T. H. Pritchard, b Hudson .................38 W . E. Smith, lbw, b Goatley .................19 A. Podmore did not bat. •Innings declared closed. R o w o liffk ’ b . E. Beeching, c Cockell, b Coomber ........ 4 Davis, c Muriel, b Power........................83 N. Davy, b Power ... 4 E. H. Hudson, b Power 0 LONDON AND WESTMINSTER BANK (3) v. CROYDON (3).—Played at Norbury on May 14. L. & W. B a n k . S. G. Tyte, c Goatley, b Ramsden ..........16 J. H. Herschell, lbw, b Ramsden .......... 0 H. E. Coomber, not out ........................ 0 B 17, lb 2 ..........19 Total (9 wkts)*153 F. Gregory,bPower... 1 Goatley, notout.........21 A. Warsley,bCoomber 0 P. Hosegoud, not out 2 Total (6 wkts) 115 A. Anson, run out .. 10 E. W. Hennett, lbw, b Paish .................23 G. Logan, c F. Alien, b Pai-h ............... 12 C.F.G. Wellborne, not out ........................131 G. P. Rhodes, lbw, b Paish...................... 4 A. S. Harton, b Paish 3 R. Wood, b R. Allen 25 W. Horneistle.c Perry, b Bariev ................. 3 H. Hardingham, b Barley ................. 0 G. O. Anson, b Barley 20 T.C.Sampson,b Barley 5 B 13, lb 2, wb 2 ... 17 Total ..253 C boydon . C. W. Woolcott, b A. Anson ................. H.T.Groom,bA.Anson L.W. Paish. c Rhodes, b Wood .................; F.G. Allen,bA. Anson T.S. Perrv, bA. Anson A. C. MacAdam, b Rhodes ................. J. E. Hobbs, b Rhodes R. F. Barley, b Hard- ingham ................. R. Allen, run out ... P.G. Matthew,'bHard- ingbam ................. D. Robil iard, not out Total ... , 64 LONDON &COUNTY BANK v. OLD OLAVIANS. —Played at Green Lane, Dulwich, on May 7. O ld O l a v ia n s . A. C. Wilson, c Mist, b P. Brownlow, run out 13 W.B.Owen.bGoddard. 6 F.Lowe,c31idt,b Fran­ cis ........................ 4 A. H. Wilson, runout 4 C. Krauss, b Hubbard 13 A E 8earl#»,c Sutton, b Hubbard.................14 Stephens ... O. Howard, not out... G. Harton, b Hubbard S. Westover, lbw, b Hubbard................. Uyes ................. Total L. & C. B a n k . A. G. Stephens, b A. Wilson .................21 P. F. Allen, c Owen, b Krauss ................. 0 P. W. Hubbard, st Brownlow, b Lowe.. 54 C.'W.Goddard.cSearle, b Krauss.................48 N.A.Whitton, not out 2 W. Sutton, c Barton, b Krauss ................. 0 G. Spalding, b Lowe.. 2 B 1, w 1 .......... 2 Total (6 wkts) 129 C. R. Trowell, H. A. Francis, E. Stiff and R. Mist did not bat. BRIXTON WANDERERS v. ADDISCOMBE. - Played at East Dulwich on May 14. B bixtok W an d erers . J. Faulkner, c Wew- comb. b Kenward 10 F. Odell, c Allen, b Robarts ..............53 R. J. Burlington, st Beaton, b Newcomb 50 F. P. Rider, lbw, b Robarts ................. 2 E. T. Gale, b Brown... 45 C. 6. Smith, b Brown 11 H. Goodall, b Brown 2 L M.Simmons,bBrown 13 W.A. Gilligan, st Bea­ ton, b Robarts ... 3 H. Mison, not out ... 1 W . J. Benge, b Brown 0 B 11, lb 2 ..........13 Total W . Ramsden, E. Pidgeon and W. Fairfax did not bat. F. Warrei, b Benge .. 0 P.Alien, c Simmons, b Benge ................ 18 A. Newcomb, st Gale, b Benge ................. 5 R. L. Turner, c Odell, b ttenge ... .......... 7 T. •urry, c and b Bur­ lington ..........43 F. W. Robarts, and H. A d d isc o m b e . C. Kenward, b Benge 2 W. W. Ashcroft, b Smith........................11 A. C. Beaton, not out 36 F. P. Grant, not out .. 1 B 14, lb 2, wb 1... 17 Total (7 wkts) . 140 Y. Brown did not bat. LONDON SCOTTISH ▼. WESTMINSTER HOS­ PITAL. - Played at Brondesbury on May 14. L ondon S co ttish . E.A.Bennett,bNimmo 28 J. C. Cooper, b Wood. 11 H.M.Goafray,notout 86 P. Child, b Nimmo ... 2 L.J. Bush.c &bBarker 1 T. S. Taylor, b Barker 24 C.KoeChild,cHayward, b Barier ... .......... 0 F.R. Connell, b Barker J. S. Chown, b Barker C.R.Bland,cBunting,b Bryson ................. H. Chown, run out ... B 9, lb 1, w 1 ... Total ..........: W estm inster H o spita l . A. Barker, cCooper, b Bush........................12 W. Wood, run out ... 16 C. Hallett, b Bush G. L. Bunting, bBush W . C. Nimmo, c and b Connell ................. G. G. James, b Connell J.Farrant.st Chown, b Connell ................. A. C. Bryson, c and b Connell ................. 0 J. Dawson Smith, b Bush........................11 A.W.Hayward.b Bush 2 G. L. Johnson, not out 0 B 8, lb 1 .......... 4 Total 49 nYRES’ CRICKET COMPANION, 1904 (third year of issue). Full of interesting and valuable information for oricketers of every class. Price 6d., obtainable of all newsagents, or post free 8d.—F. H. A t ass, 111, Aldersgate Street, London. (Advt.