Cricket 1904

194 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J u n e 16, 1904 took the bail off the off-stump. Stalling kept his word I am glad to say, for he came to Richmond to live, and played for the club.” “ I remember a remarkable incident,” said Mr. Roper, “ in connection with one of the Richmond matches against Ley- burn. We made 35 on a very bad wicket, and L eybum about 32. In the end Ley- bum had to make about 40 in the fourth innings of the match, and their captain, a clergyman, named Hamilton, went in first and began hitting about until, when it was close upon time and the last over was about to be bowled, there were only 4 runs to make, and nine wickets to fall. Our umpire stood with bis watch in his hand, and when the third ball had been bow led he said, ‘ Gentlemen, it is time,’ pulled up the stumps, and walked off. I said to my brother, ‘ W e must finish the over,’ and, of course, he agreed. So we went after the umpire, who had walked quickly away, and was now sitting on the stumps lighting bis pipe. I said to him, ‘ George, we must have this over finished ! ’ To which he replied, ‘ I will not have the over finished, Mr. Roper. I know that you are captain, but I ’m the umpire, and therefore above you, and I will not put the stumps back into the ground.’ And he didn’t. And so we won the match b y two runs on the first innings.” “ You seem to have had some interest­ ing times when playing in Yorkshire ? ” “ We had. I remember that once we were playing at Leeds. On our side were several parsons—Irvine, who, I think, kept wicket for Cambridge, Sims, Hamilton, Rawdon Briggs, and one or two others. They all hit tremendously hard. When Sims had hit the ball out of the ground three times, the bowler, chucking the b ill down on the ground, said, ‘ Are there ony mair of these meenisters to come in ? For I ’ve not come here to-day to be turned into knurr and sp e ll! ’ —a game in which the player does nothing but hit a little hard wooden ball.” “ One of the matches at Richmond,” continued Mr. Roper, “ ended in a double tie. It was against Bedale. But our scorer always declared that we won the match b y a leg-bye or an extra of some sort, but that he had been cheated out of it by the other scorer. I need hardly say that we were very glad that he had been done out of the extra run, supposing that his story was correct, for it was much more interesting to have played in a double tie than to have won. A ll four innings were played on the same day. Ia the middle of another matoh, at Darling­ ton, an old weasel came out of a hedge with four young ones, and took them right between fhe wickets to a bank on the other side of the field. Stumps were pulled up, and a hunt was instantly organised, but the only weasel who did not escape untouched fell to the sporting instincts of a small d og wljo joined in the chase.” Mr. Roper often used to take teams to play in various parts of Lancashire. “ In o n e o f these m a tch e s,” he said, “ a big fellow, like a navvy, was run out b y two or three yards. But although the umpire of his own side gave him out, he took not the slightest notice of the decision, and prepared to receive the next ball. I humbly whispered to him, ‘ I think you’re out. Y our own umpire has given you out and I ’m afraid you’ll have to g o .’ ‘ What for ? ’ he asked in surprise. I said that he had been run out. He replied, slowly but firmly, ‘ Nay. I ’m not going till one of them sticks is bowled out of t’ground— and maybe not then ! ’ I had to go to the pavilion and get the captain of his side to come out and soothe his wounded feelings before he would leave the wicket.” “ In one of the matches in which I played on the same side as Teddy Carter,” said Mr. Roper, “ the other side’s umpire gave one of our men out leg-before. Our own umpire went across to his fellow umpire and talked to him, and when he was going back to his place I said ‘ What’s the matter ? Why did you go and speak with the other umpire ? ’ ‘ Well, Mr. Roper,’ he said, ‘ I could see very well from where I was (he was, of course, at square leg) that the batsman was not out, and so I went to tell him. But he’s been very nasty and obstinate about it, so I told him ‘ Yery well, I shall take the first opportunity I have of giving one of your side out.’ Now Carter bowled lobs with a break from the leg, and the third or fourth ball hit the new batsman on the stem. The wicket-keeper, having the batsman between him and not seeing the pitch, asked ‘ H ow ’s that ? ’ Carter hurriedly said ‘ No, n o ! ’ but the question was quite enough for our umpire, who slowly walked a little way up the wicket, lifted up his hand and said, ‘ Out,’ and then, turning to his rival, he added, ‘ Now then ! ’ ” “ I claim to have got up more teams than any man that ever lived,” said Mr. Roper. “ F or the Liverpool Club I have g ot together more than a hundred elevens for eleven years, and for twenty- three years before that for Sefton, and other teams—probably about seventy per annum— so I calculate I have got up somewhere about 2,700 teams, or say 2.600 to be sure.” W . A. BETTIDSWORTH. THE WANDERERS v. CHARLTON PARK.— Played at Charlton Park on June 8. C hablton P a r k . S. D. Robertson, c Langdale,bStafford- Webber ................. 1 G. Hazlerigg, not out 2 B 12, lb 6, W 3 ... 20 R. a. Cowley, b Col­ man ........................SO H. G. Sargent, c Langdale,bStafford- Webcer ... ..........130 B. D. Banning, e Webber, b Moon ... 61 S. Caatle, not out ..121 W. McCaulis, S. R. Sargent. H. Milla, G. W. Bumpus, and Rev. H. P. Wells did not bat. * Innings declared closed. T he W andebbbs . Total . ... *366 S. Colman, b Cowley 96 Hardy-Corfe, c S. R. Sargent, b H. C. Sargent ................ 14 H. M. Langdale, e and b Banning .. 11 A. E. Waller, runout 106 H. Stafford-Webber, st S. R. Sargent, b Cowley ................. 5 H. W. Dillon, not out 4 B 4, lb 1, w 1 ... 6 Total .242 LONDONJOINT STOCKBANK v. UNION BANK. —Played at Beckenham on June 6. L.J.S.B. A. M. Hughes, b O’Bryne ... ........ 61 H. Cutforth. b Simon 1 F. M. Randall, b Strong ................60 W. D. Manley, b Strong ................. 0 R. B. Bird, b Strong 0 A. Morris, b O’Bryne 41 C. J. Allen,b Bluntish 6 * Innings declared closed. U nion B ank . R. S. Mumford, b O’Bryne ... .. 1 G. Eliott Lockhart, not out ................. 0 A. Newnham, b Blunt­ ish ........................ 1 Li. Lilley, not out ... 11 Extras ................. 8 Total (9 wkts).. *182 C. Pothecary, c and b Allen...................... 21 R. W. Jex Blak°, b Allen ............... 6 E. A. Stevenson, b Morris .................20 N. Hobbs, b Allen ... 36 H. Summers,bManley lo E. Hibson, b Allen ... 8 ti. O’Bryne, run out 8 J. R. Oxley. c Mum­ ford, b Morris . ... 16 R. S. Bluntish, b Randall ................. 4 J. P. D. Strong, not out ........................12 G. Simon, absent ... 0 Extras.................20 Total ...160 J. C. LOVELL’S XI. t . BARNE3.—Played at Tulse Hill on June 11. B abnbs . Sir C. Moon, A. L. S. Ro-te, G. J. Gillespie, J. M. Smith, H. G. Pearce did not bat. C. V. Staples, not out 20 P. M. Rees, c Moun­ tain, b L. Lovell ... 8 F. D. Bird, b J. S. Lovell ................. 6 Extras ..........1L Total (6 wkts.)*238 P. R. Earnshaw, c Mountain, b L. Lovell .................76 H. W. Steadman, c Mountain, b L. Lovell ................ 109 T. C. Manders, b L. Lovell ................. 0 W . F. L. Frith, c Hil- lier, b J. S. Lovell... 9 H. A. Busher, A. G. H. Stevens, H. E. Barham, C. A. Hackman and H. Tidy did not bat. * Innings declared closed. J. C. L ovell ’ s XI. First innings. Second innings. T. Hillier, c Earnshaw, b Manders ........................ 1 P. P. Tyacke, c Frith, b Manders .................19 lbw, b Earnshaw 16 C. H. Mountain, lbw, b Manders ........................ 9 W . H. Golds, b Manders ... 0 e Bird, b Earn­ shaw ................ 9 L.Lovell,oTidy,bManders 4 notout................ 6 H. N. Ring, b Manders ... 0 F. H. Tyacke, b Hackman 16 J. S. Lovelt, b Manders ... 1 C. L. Ring, not out ..........14 run out ......... 10 E. D. Lovell, c Earnshaw, b Hackman ........................ 6 S. H. Flindt, b Barham ... 12 G. A. Ring, b Barham ... 0 Extras ... 6 Extras... ... 3 Total......... 86 Total (3 wkts) 41 QUERNMORE SCHOOL v. SIDCUP COLLEGE. —Played at Sidcup College on June 8. S idcup C o lle g e . B. Farnfleld, b F. G. Heath, b F. G. Scott.. 2 Scott........................ 41 Durlacher, c A. T. Holmes, b F. G. Scott 0 Harvey, b Davies ... 4 Ker, b F. G. Scott ... 3 A. Baxter, b Davies... 0 Anderson, b F. G. Day, not out .......... 0 Scott ........................ 25 Shapton, b Davies ... 0 Orchardson, c Davies, Extras .......... 18 b F. G. Scott......... 6 H. Baxter, b Davies... 2 Total ..........105 Q ukrnmobk S chool . A. M. Lewis, st Ker, b A. T. Harvey, b Ander­ Farnfleld................. 18 son ........................ 2 F. G. Scott, lbw, b R. M. Bruce, b Farn­ Anderson................ 1 fleld ........................ 0 H. 8. Pearsall, b FarnO. C. Johnson, b Fam- fleld ........................ 7 fleld ....................... 0 G. Davies, bFarnfleld 0 H. Whyte, b Anderson 1 W. C. D. Maile, c W. L. Harvey,notout 2 Holmes, b AnderExtras .......... 5 son ........................ 0 __ R. S. 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