Cricket 1904

148 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME, M a t 26, 1904. ' Two small Annuals have kindly been forwarded to me by their editors. The Suffolk Cricket Annual , published by the authority of the Suffolk County Cricket Association, is now in its second year, and is issued at threepence. Its editor, Mr. Randolph LI. Hodgson, has succeeded in getting together much information of value and interest to Suffolk cricketers, the article on Mr. John Francis, who was asked to assist the Gentlemen against the Players at Lord’s in 1863, being especially attractive. Copies may be obtained from Mr. Hodgson, of Campsie Ashe, Wickham Market, Suffolk. The second publication is the more familiar Sussex County Cricket Annual , now in its fourth year, issued at twopence at the Sussex Evening Times Office, Brighton. No higher recommendation can be given the book than t« state that the present issue, which is liberally illustrated, is as good as its pre­ decessors, and is, as in previous years, edited by the Sussex cricket encyclopedia, Mr. Alfred D. Taylor. “ H O W W E R ECO VERED TH E A SH E S .” The delightful optimism which enabled Mr. P. F . "Warner to surmount all the difficulties incidental to the captaincy of the English side in the Australian tour finds expression in every one of the three hundred and forty pages of the book he has just issued under the above title. In his opening sentence the author sets out, to use his own words, to “ give a plain unvarnished narrative of the exploits of the M .C.C. team in Australia.” This plain unvarnished narrative tells us a good deal of the inner history of the tour, which it was not possible to learn from the elaborate account of the matches which came from Australasia, or the con­ tributions to the Eaglish press furnished b y so many of the team, with the captain himself at the head of tuem. To English cricketers not the least interesting of the seventeen chapters will be the first. In this Mr. Warner tells how he was first approached by Major Wardill on behalf of the Melbourne Club to take a team out himself to Australii when he was in New Zealand with Lord Hawke’s team iQ Maich, 19w*3. Later on Sydney j >ined Melbourne in a similar request, which was met by Mr. Warner with the reply, “ Ask the M.C.C. They are the proper people to send out a team .” A t the instance of the M elbjurne Club Mr. Warner suggested to the M.C.C. on his return to England the advisability of sending out a team with F. 5S. Jackson as captain. The latter was not able to accept the captaincy, an 1 then—last June—M r. Warner was asked by M .C.C. to captain the side in the event of tne club undertaking the tour. H ow , after Borne consideration, he decided to occupy the position, and the steps he took m conjunction with the committee appointed by the M.C.C. to choose the team, is told in detail. The Committee to whom , with him, was entrusted the duty of selecting the players consisted of Lord Harris, Messrs. W. H. Patterson, A. G. Steel, and A. J. Webbe. Mr. Steel was responsible for the proviso that no man should be chosen who was not personally approved by the captain, a very proper provision under any circumstances. A reference to the misrepresentation of certain newspapers with regard to his attitude to Mr. Maclaren, would seem to show that Mr. Warner took what he calls the mischievous reports too seriously perhaps. A t the same time, his version of the incident is none the less welcome as thoroughly dis­ proving tbe statements current at the end o f last summer of friction between the captain and Mr. Maclaren. As we have already said, his account of the negotia­ tions which finally led to the collection of the excellent all-round side he had to captain w ill be of special interest to cricketers both here and in Australia as the official version of the preliminary stages of the tour which otherwise would perhaps have not seen the light. That Mr. Warner’s book takes the reader up to the closing incident of the trip will be understood from the fact that the last chapter gives a full, true and particular account of the banquet given to the team b y the M.C.C. on the 22nd of last month. 44 H ow We Recovered the Ashes ” will repay careful reading—every page of it. Our only regret is that the tax on our space prevents us giving even one of the many extracts we should have liked to have given. Bishop Welldon who travelled to Australia with the team on the “ O rontes” is responsible for an introductory chapter dealing with the principal incidents of the voyage out. Upwards of eighty photographs give additional interest to a most compre­ hensive, as well as a most readable account of an historic tour. Mr. Warner’s “ plain, unvarnished narrative” is a fitting accompanimeut to the first Aus­ tralian trip under the auspices of the Marylebone Club. UPPER TOOTING v. STREAT3A.M.—Played at Upper Tooting on Monday, May 23. S t b b a t h a m . First innings. Second innings A. E. Fortescue, b J. F. Hosken ....................... 13 c & b Handcock 4 C. M. Thomas, c Stiebel, b Handcock .......... .......... 18 c Hosken, H mcoek ... b 28 L. E. Gillett, c Stiebel, b Davies................ .......... 49 b Handcock 0 J. L. Spicer, b Divies.......... 4 run oat 14 A. K. Wileman, c Harvey, b Davies ........................ 2 not out........ 18 E. H. Leaf, c Stiebel, b Handcock ........................ 9 b D ivies ... 1 E. P. Pulbrook, b Hosken.. 1 c Handcock, Stiebel ... b 20 A. R. Reel c &b Handcock 0 b Handcock 6 E. B. Miller, c Pollard, b Hosken ......................... 5 c Pollard, b P Frith... ... L. 1 N. Horncastle, c Tanner, b Hosken ........................ 6 b P. L. Frith 10 O. tt. Crawfurd, not out ... 4 c Kynaston, Hindcjck b 2 B 9, lb 3, w 1, nb 1 14 B 22,lb 3, w2 27 Total ..........125 Total ... ...131 U pper T o otin g . J. F. Hosken, lbw, b Pulbrook.................. 32 A .M .P olla rd ,c hom as, b Fortescue . 55 E. A. etiebel, b Wi'e- mtn ......................... 0 R. M. Harvey, bWila- m a n ................................. 0 H. D. Handcock, b Fortescue.................. 7 B. G. Frith, b Wile- man ......................... 0 R. L. Frith, cThomas, b Keed .................34 H. Taader, b Wileman 13 H. V. Morrid-Daviej, bHorncastle ..........14 G. F. Kyniston,notout 0 G. W. 'fireman, absent 0 B 9, lb 3 ..........12 Total ...167 THE WANDERERS v. LEATHERHEAD.—Played at Leatherhead on May 23. T hb W a n d erers . S. Colman, b Potts ... 77 D. L. A. Jephson, b Grahame ... ......... 27 A. E. Damian, b Potts 19 L 8. Wells, b Potts .. 31 J. Carr, c Hewlins, b Potts.......... ... 4 W. F. L.Frith.bPotts 8 A. M. Latham, notout 15 R. B. Brooks, b Potts J. E. Stedman, o Lambton, b Potts ... A. L. Russell, b Grahame.......... ... F. Cooper, run out ... Extras ................. Total ...218 L e a th b r h e a d . R. G. Goodman, b W . Hewlins, c Carr, b Wells....................... 28 Wells................. ... 25 D. Lambton, b JephF. 8turt, b Jephson ... 2 son ..................... 5 H. J. Hiagerty, not out 2 A. W. F. Rutty, c and B. L. Potts, st Brook*, b Jephson .......... 0 b Wells ................. 5 F. Maples, st Brooks, Davis, c Cooper, b b Jephson 6 Wells.. ................. 0 D. Grahame, b Carr .. 1 Extras................. 3 Rev. F. Berwick, c — Colman, b Jephson 21 Total .......... 98 HAMPSTEAD v. LONDON SCOTTISH.-Played at Hampstead on May 23. H a m p s t e a d . E. E. Barnett, b BenO. S. Hickson, b Dick­ nett ........................ 47 son ................. „. 9 D. J. Crump, lbw, b F. R. Spofforth, not Smail........................ 21 out ........ .V, T. M. Farmiloe, b J. G. Q. Besch, c sub , Brachi 13 b Kinross................. 7 H.R.Hebert,c Brachi, J. C. Toller, c Codd, b b Bennett .......... 19 Bennett ................ 15 E. L. Marsden, c HenJ. Greig, c Bennett, b derson, b Brachi ... 5 Smail................. ... 0 H. 8. Maclure, b B 23, lb 2, w 1, nb 1... 27 Brachi ................. 25 — Total ...........244 L ondon S cottish . First innings. Second innings. J. Lamont, b Spofforth ...10 lbw, b Spofforth 9 A. E. Codd, c Hickson, b Marsden ... .. ... 1 c and b Hebert.. 3 W. G. Henderson, c Toller, b Spofforth .. .............. 2 lbw, b Hickson .. 9 H. Dunkley, b Spofforth .. 0 c Besch, b Mac- lure ....................11 R. H. Hebert, b Spofforth .. 2 not out .......... 8 J. C. R. Dickdon,c Barnett, b Marsden ......... ........... 0 b Greig ... ... 8 H. W. bmail, b Marsden ... 11 b Bpofforth ... 4 R. A. Bennett, lbw, bMars­ den . ... . ... 4 b Spofforth 0 L. Brachi, b Spofforth ... 0 bSpofforth .. .... <0 A. Kinross, not out .......... 0 c Maclure, b Spofforth ........... 5 B ‘3, lb 1 ........... 4 Byes ...........14 Total ..........34 Total .......... 72 J. Lang did not bat. TBE WANDERERS v. GUY’S HOSPITAL. - Piayed at Honor Oak Par* on May 21. T hb W a n d erers . 8 Co'man, cBojkiess, bWyatt ................. D. L. A. Jephso i. c Husband, b Davie» A. E. Darnaia, b Wyatt ............... R. B. Brooks, c Tol- hurat, bD ivies K. E. M. Barker, c Sims, b Davies W. T. Graburn, c Bookless, b Davies 30 T. A. Dtrke, b Wyatt 24 L. 8. Wells, not out .. 30 J. D. uiliespie, c Wyatt, b B)v>t£less 1 M. R. Smith, b Wyatt I d. F. Waller, c and b Booklet ................. 1 Extras ..........15 Total ...154 G uy ’ s H o sp it a l . H. M. Tolhurst, c D~rk, b Barker ... 43 J. Bojkless, st Brooks, bJephson.................12 R. Willan, c Jephson, b Barker................. 1 F. Husoand, b Barker 3 H.D. Wyatt, c Brooks, b Barker................. 3 H. Archer, hot out ... 24 L. G. Davies, not out 0 Extras ..........18 Total ...103 A. L?ming, T. 8ims, H. A. Carter, and A. Illiffe didnot bat. C RICKET Report Sheets, lOd. per dozen, post free. Order of Going-In Cards, 7d. per dozen, post free. 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