Cricket 1904

J u n e 2, 1904. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 171 finest players the county ever produced. Flowers had a benefit in 1896, but the match was a failure as regards gate- money. A strong Liverpool team which was touring among the Schools last week, included the follow ing well-known players:—E. E. Steel, H . B. Steel, E. C. H ornby and A. T. Kemble, the old Lan­ cashire wicket-keeper. Several of the matches were entirely spoiled by rain. A m o n g the golfers who took part in the Amateur Golf Championship at Sand­ wich on Tuesday and Wednesday, were the follow ing old cricketers; — H . M. Braybrooke (Kent), H . W . de Zoete (Cambridge and Essex), Leslie Balfour Melville (Scotland) and Or. W . H illyard (Leicestershire). C om piled b y Mr. E . M . Ede, the old Hampshire county cricketer, and pub­ lished at sixpence by Henry K ing, Southampton, the Hampshire County Cricket Guide for 1904 has just made its appearance. The present number of this useful Annual (the thirteenth of the series) contains a lot of information which will be very useful to Hampshire cricketers. In the list of hundreds scored last year in Hampshire, I see that K . S. Banjitsinhji made 122 not out for the trainiDg-ship “ Mercury,” and that for the same ship C. B. Fry is credited with four innings of a hundred. Maurice Bead, the old Surrey cricketer, played three innings of a hundred for Tich- borne Park, where he has been coaching for several years. A t a meeting of the Yorkshire com ­ mittee on Tuesday, it was decided to make a grant of £20 to the widow of the late Charles Ullathorne, the old Yorkshire cricketer, who died recently. It was also decided to make a collection for George Hirst’s benefit on the first days of the matches against Surrey at Bradford, and Sussex at Sheffield, and the first two days of the benefit match at Leeds against Lancashire. F o r Sutton against Beddington J . R . Tulloch took all ten wickets iu the second innings for 50 runs. The score of this innings is as follows : — BEDDINGTON. H. Hayter, c and b Tulloch ........... 22 W . Winton. c Appleton, b Tulloch .. 16 R. Benderson, b Tulloch ................. 0 W. Windsor, c Blades, b Tulloch ... 0 G. Coles, c Dagg, b Tulloch .......... 19 Rev. H. Hodgson, b Tulloch .......... 7 F. Lingand, b Tulloch........................ 0 R. Manvel, b Tulloch........................ 3* G. Windsor, not out ........................ 9 F. Ashbury, c Bell, b Tulloch......... 19 A. Spiketman, b Tulloch ................. 0 B 6, lb 2, Db 2 ............................... 9 Total .............................. 133 A d in n e r will be given to the South African team at L ord’s on July 14th, the first day of the match between the tourists and an England eleven. U n d e r the heading of “ A Glorious Past,” the follow ing remarks about Surrey cricket appear ia the Daily Chronicle :— Those who grieve over the poverty of the Surrey County cricket team may find solace in recollection of the county’s glorious epoch between 1887 and 1895. During those nine years Surrey only once failed to reach the top of the table, Yorkshire heading the list in 1893. In 1889 there was a tie between three—Surrey, Lancashire, and Nottingham. Taking these years together, we find the following brilliant record :— Won. Lost. Dm. Won. Lost. Drn. 1887 ... 12 .. 2 .. 2 1892 ... 13 .. 2 .. 1 1888 ... 12 .. X .. 1 1891 ... 7 .. 8 .. 1 1889 ... 10 .. 3 .. 1 1894 .. 13 .. 2 .. 1* 1890 ... 9 .. 3 .. 2 1895 ... 17 .. 4 .. 6 1891 ... 12 .. 2 .. 2 105 27 16 •Tie. I n this era of success, continues our contemporary, the Surrey County records were B a t t in g . Runs. Wkts. Aver. Wkts. B o w l in g . RU U 8. Aver. 1887 . . 6247 .. 239 ,. 26-13 303 .. 6041 ... 16-63 18-8 . . 4390 .. 177 .. 24*80 261 .. 3056 ... 11-70 1889 . . 4398 .. 212 . . 20-74 251 .. 4010 ... 1617 1890 . . 4367 .. 191 .. 21'86 266 .. 3812 ... 14-33 1891 . . 4651 .. 217 ... 21*43 292 .. 3785 .. 12*96 1892 . . 4893 .. 219 . . 22 34 296 .. 4529 ... 15-30 1893 . . 4850 .. *54 .. . 19-C9 302 .. 6254 .. 17*43 1894 . . 4882 .. 220 . . 22 19 314 .. 4419 ... 14*07 1895 . . 8883 .. 339 . . 26 20 493 .. 8320 ... 1687 These figures, summarised, show that Surrey aggregated 47,561 runs for 2,068 wickets, average 22 99; and took 2,778 wickets for 42,286 runs, average 15 22. The difference is not nearly so remarkable as one would have expected from the achievements, but it emphasises the fine finishing powers of the team of that era. O B ITU A R Y . M r . E. G. M c C o r q u o d a l e . The death is announced, from appen­ dicitis, of E. G. McCorquodale of Trinity College, Cambridge. He formed one of the Harrow Eleven in 1899 and 1900, and though he did not prove a success against Eton, he captured sixty-two wickets for the ecbool at 12’33 runs each in his second year, sending down hard upon a hundred more overs, and securing forty-seven more wickets than any other man on the side. With the ball he was clearly the sheet anchor of the team. In the Harrow batting averages of 1899 he stood fifth with a highest score of 51 not out, and an average of 26. Going up to Cambridge he made his mark in the Freshmen’ s match of 1901 by obtaining seven wickets for 58, and four for 65, which were distinctly the best bow ling figures of the match. As a result he was tried in the University team against Worcestershire, but though he bowled steadily in the first innings his solitary wicket in the match cost 60 runs. A week later he was enlisted against Surrey, and after sending down six overs strained himself and had to retire. Though he had bowled, another man was allowed to take his place, a little courtesy which Mr. W . J. Ford described as a “ generous illegality.” It will be remembered that Mr. Maclaren once made a similar con­ cession at Brighton, nor are similar instances wanting. For the “ Sixteen ” against the “ Tw elve” in 1902 he took four wickets for 5 runs iu the second innings, and in the same fixture of the follow ing year he obtained the same number of wickets in the match for 49 ruDS, but never secured his blue. H*d he been able to use the full p e ib d allowed he would have been eligible as a candidate for the Light Blue team of the present season. J. B. P. INC03NIIT v. LICHFIELD.—Played at Lichfield on May k6 and 26. L ic h f ie l d . W.E.Harrison,cMann, Rev. F. 8. Dennett, b Shepstone ... 4 run out ................. 2 R.V.Barker,cSchwarz, Rev. H. L. Muriel, c b ShepstoDe ..........10Shepstone,bSchwarz 6 Capt. J. B. Cockburn, Rev. R. A. Wilson, b cLnompson,bSchwarz 0 Dangar ............... R. J. Armes, b Bhep- Sergt. Paynter, b stone........................ 6 Shepstone .......... / Capt. W. J. Lockey, b B 9, lb 3, nb 2 ... 14 Shepstone................. 0 — P. Lyon, not out........ 32 Total..................89 E. E. Felton, c Shep­ stone, b Sinclair ... 2 Second innings: W . E.Harrison, not out, 4; R. Y. Barker, not out, 4.—Total (no wicket) 8. 6 I n o o g n it i . G. H. Shepstone, b Wilson ................21 Capt. Airey, run out.. 27 R. O. Schwarz, cLyon, b Barker.............. 109 B. P. Dobson, cArmes, b Locker...............74 Capt. Andru8,cLocker, b Wilson ................ 8 Major C. E. Green­ way, c Cockburn, b Barker ................. 0 S. R.Dangar, cArmes, b Wilson.................17 R. Hargreaves, not out ........................27 E.L.Sinclair,cDennett b Wilson.................18 Capt. Thompson, c Muriel, b Wilson ... 7 S. Mann, b Wi son ... 0 B 10, lb 2, wl, nb 1 14 Total ..325 INCOQNiri 7. REPTON SCHOOL.-Played at Repton on May 2Jand 24. I n c o g n it i . First innings. Second innings. C.F.Wells-Coles cBarnardo, b Crawford........................24 b Crawford.12 S.Mann, st Young, b Craw-......... c Young, b Hal­ ford ............................... 3 kett 1 R.O. Schwarz, c Johnson, b cHalkett,bCraw- Greswell ........................26 ford... ...........64 G.H. Shepstone.b Crawford 6 lbw, b Halkett... 81 Major Greenway, run out... 4 oGreswell, bPar­ kin .................34 B. Hargreave, b Crawford.. 17 b Halkett ..... 8 R. B. Baanon, b Crawford., 40 b Halkett .....21 Capt. Andrews, c Crawford, c Birrell, b Gres- b Greswell........................67 well ............. 6 Capt.Thompson, b Thwaites 6 cBirrell, b Craw­ ford ................. 0 Capt. Airey, c Parkin, b stYoung, b Craw- Thwaites ........................ 7 ford................. 31 E.Sinclair,c Birrell, b Craw- c Parkin, b Craw­ ford 4 ford... ........... 2 J. E. Raven, not out.......... 4 notout............... 0 B 6, w3, nb 1 .......... 9 B 1, lb 1 ... 2 Total ... ..........206 Total ... 26 R e p t o n S c h o o l . First innings. Second innings. R. A. Young, b Sinclair ... 14 c Greenway, b Shepstone ... 2 F.C.Johnson,candbSchwarz 23 c Shepstone, b Schwarz.......... 0 J.N.Crawford, c Greenway, b Sinclair ..................... 148 notout................. 2 E. A. Greswell, c Schwarz, b cSinclair, b Shep- Shepstone...................... 67stone ... .,. 7 N.V. C. Turner, c Schwarz, b Shepstone ................. 8 notout............... 6 G.C. Barnardo, b Shepstone6 C. S. Meyer, c Greenway, b Sinclair .......................16 J. Thwaites, c Sinclair, b Schwaiz ...................... 26 H. A. Birrell, b Schwarz ... 10 R. C. Parkin, c Sine air, b Schwarz ........................ 8 J.H.Wakefleld, b Shepstone 9 G. W. Halkett, not out ... 0 B 37, lb 3, w 6, nb 2... 47 B 1, nb 1 ... 2 Total ... ...380 Total ... 19