Cricket 1904

226 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME J une 30, 1904 Cambridge I wag unable to come to the ground until very late, and a man fielded for me all the first day. I arrived on the ground just in time to take m y innings. I had to take the first ball from Simpson- Hayward, the Worcestershire lob bowler, and I played it gently back into his hands. I often wondered what must have been the feelings of the player who had fielded for me.” Of Norfolk cricket, Mr. McCormick said : “ I think that Norfolk is one of the most sporting counties in England. The club has a fair number of members, who are all keen, and the amateurs do much of the bow ling as well as most of the batting. O f course, the county is not as flourishing as it was in the days of Jarvis, but it has some excellent men who back it up well, while Mr. E. Q. Buxton, the secretary, is a host in himself.” “ When did you begin to play for Norfolk ? ” “ When I was a curate at Yarmouth in 1899, although I had played for some of the local clubs since 1897. Fince then I have played every season for Norfolk, but I can only get away during my holidays, which I generally take in playing cricket. Last year I went to Devonshire with the M j C.C. team, of which Conan Doyle was skipper.” In the winter months, when he was at Cambridge, Mr. McCormick rowed in his college boat. “ One year,” he said, “ I had to row absolutely untrained in place of a man who had broken down at the last moment. I shall never forget the experience. On the third night we were overlapped at about a hundred yards from the starting point, and were not bumped until we were about the same distance from the finish. But as far as I was concerned, the race was a complete blank, and when we went on shore I wai quite deaf and could see nothing.” “ D o you ever bow l ? ” “ I t used to be a standing joke against me at Cambridge that I was never put on to bow l until someone had made a hundred, and then I used to get the man out in some mysterious way. I buwled very slow with a high action, aud I ’ve often had every ball in the over hit for four. But on one memorable day I took seven wickets for thirteen runs.” “ A clergyman must be greatly handi­ capped as a cricketer ? ” “ Y ou are certainly very much handi­ capped, for you cannot play regularly. This year I ’ve only been able to get away on occasional Saturday afternoons, and I shall not be able to get away at all soon. There are so many things which a parson has to do. We have a young men’s club in connection with St. Paul’s Church, and it includes a cricket team. I find that in the North working-men have far stronger sporting instincts than in the South, and far more backbone; they are more independent and like to do more for themselves.” Speaking of his fattier, Mr. McCor­ mick said, “ There are many tales told agaiust him of the days when he was at Cambridge, although he will not own up to many of them. There is a tale to the effect that once when the ’Varsity boat was out, a bargee refused to move out of the way, whereupon my father without any fuss lifted him up and threw him into the river. M y father always professes to know nothing about this, but I myself have heard the Master of Jesus say that he saw him do it. A c­ cording to another story my father, soon after he was ordained, had some trouble at a meeting by an organised opposition. After he had stood it long enough he climbed down from the platform over the benches to the middle of the hall, and threw the ringleader out. Then he returned and quiet ensued. Once my father made a hundred in one of the ’Varsity matches and then had to go straight to the boats and row over the course. He complained o f being tired; so someone wrote a parody on him which ran something like this :— “ Alas poor Joe ! For once he’s got Too many runs to please him, But as he’s ‘ Six,’ And rows like bricks, It’s hardly fair to tease him.” “ D id your father coach you at cricket when you were a boy ? ” “ He used to bow l to me and my brothers, one after the other, in the evenings. He also used to give us boxing lessons. He would say: ‘ Now you try to hit me,’ and we tried as hard as we could, and that was all we ever managed to do. Then he would say : ‘ Now I ’ll try to hit you,’ and when we had sat down three or four times, we used to suggest that we would rather box each other, and that he should coach us. I remember that when he was in his sixtieth year he played in a cricket match in Scotland, with my two brothers and myself on the same side. He made the highest score on the side, 25 not out, twice hitting the ball out of the ground, and his total exceeded that made by all his three sons put together.” W. A. B e tt e sw o r th . INCOGNITI v. CTARTERHOU3E SCHOOL.— Played at Godalming, June 15. E. W . Dillon, c Hoo- man, b Gilbert......... 9 H.V.Gillett.c Hooman, b Giloert ................. 0 G. N. AsDrcy.c Gilbert, b Kemp-vvelch ... 15 D. U. M. Boyle, run out .................23 W. Holland, b Gooch 45 A. Brown, c Hooman, b Gilbert .................34 W . Williams, st Stra- nack, b Gilbert ...32 M. G. Nelson, st btranack, b Gilbert 48 A. S. Bailey, cCripps, b Gilbeit................... 57 P. B. Vanderbyl, not out ...........................12 T. C. Bett, c Hooman, b Payne .................. 0 B 20, w 3 .............23 Total ...298 C h arterh ou sb S ch ool . C. A. L. Payne, c & b Dilloa...................... 16 C. V. L. Hooman, c Nelson, b Williams 23 J. Blagrove, c Bett, b Dillon ................ 0 E. 8. Cripps, b Nelson 17 P. H. Coleridge, b Hollard ................. 2 J. W . buchanan, c & b W illiams................. 7 H.A.Gilbert, cBrown, bWilliams .......... 1 J.H.Dixon, b Holland 3 M. Kemp-Welch, not out ........................18 C. T. Gooch, c Asprey, b Williams ........ 2 H. B. stranack, e Dillon, b Holland ... 10 Leg-byes ... 4 Total ...103 J. A. Knight, not out 25 V. R. Bromage, c Glass, b Bandall ... 33 C. F. Reiner, c Alston, b Ransome .......... 6 Extras.......... 9 Total (7 wkts) *223 SUTTON y. BANSTEAD.—Played at Banstead on June 11. S utton . R. A. Sheppard, b Sharp ....................90 G. K. Blades, c Alston, b Kandatl....... 5 R. S. Dally, c James, b Sharp ....................24 R. M. Hell, e Glass, b Sharpe ....................34 J. G. M. Bell,b Sharp 0 G. B. O. Tuck. F. H. Blades, and A. R. Dagg did not bat. * Innings declared closed. B an ste a d . D. B. James, c Dagg, R. Hale, c R. Bell, b b Sheppard ...0 Sheppard........................... 0 N. Alston, c Tuck, b W . S. Mason, not out 0 G. Blades....54 C. C. Macaulay, not C. Knight, c Dagg, b out ....................... 1 Sheppard ......... 0 Extras........................15 W. Glass, bKnight ..18 — C. Ransome, c Knight, Total (6wkts) 125 b Sheppard ...........37 E. Sharp, F. Alston, and J. Randall did not bat. SUTTON (2) y. WHITGIFT Played at Sutton, on June 11. S utton (2.) WANDERERS.— E. A. Redman, cRoose, b Smith .................ay F. R. Whitbourn, b Smith........................ 4 B. W. Appleton, b Smith... 3 W. S. Holford, b Smith 11 W. G. Poole, b Smith 13 L. V. Straker, b Smith 0 G. S. Po< le, c Smith, b Humble ................. 4 D. D. Napper, b Smith ................. 7 R. Sutherland,cHum­ ble, b Smith o W. M. Young,cRoose, b Sm ith.................11 F. C. Roberts not out 0 Extras .......... 3 Total 95 T. A. Roose, not out .. 79 H. Biscoe, c Roberts, b Appleton .. 23 N. Cutler, c Whit­ bourn, b Appleton .. 0 E. v*. Turner, b L. Straker .................41 G. W. B. Roose, lbw, b Straker ... ... 5 D.Humble,b W.Young 28 W an d erers . A. Armpitt, c and b Redman.................17 W. Smith, b Redman 0 A. Warner, did not bat ........................ 0 E. Chancy, b W . Young ... ... 7 A. Brodie, not out ... 0 Extras ... ... 15 Total ...215 SUrrON (?) v. GRANVILLE (*).—Played at Le« on June 11. S utton (2). A. L Sloper, cThomp­ son, b .Levinson ... 16 A. CollinB, b Gain ... 78 F. G. btarkey Smith, cThompson,bLoog- woith.......................25 N. S'vr*chan, c Long- worth, b Gale........15 E. C. Steward, b Walker ... 13 F. Collins, b Walker 6 D. G. Collins, run out 13 H. Nickalls, c Helder, b Gale .................0 A.D.Collins.c Holling- worth, b Helder .. 2 C. J. Easton, not out 3i W. S. Wbitbourn, run out ......................0 Extras ..: ... 15 Total . 215 H. Ttmple, run out ... 31 F. Heldtr,bD. Collins 9 G. delder, c and b D. Collins ................. 0 F. Thompson, c and b D. Collins................ 0 V. Longworth, c Sloper, b D. Collins 0 J. Hollingworth, Ibw, b D. Collins .......... G ra n v ille (2). 11 H. Levinson, b Easton 23 E. Gale, b Easton ... 7 J. Johnstone, lbw, b Starkey Smith ... 1 A. Ryder, not out .. 0 ti. Walker, st Sioper, b D Collins ........... 2 Extras.................. 5 Total HONOR OAK (2) C*tford, June 18. v. CATFORD (2). Played at H onor O a k . A. R. Cutbush, b Curtis........................ C. A. Woodbridge, c Vercoe, b ouriis W. Faikner, b Norfolk W .R. Young, b -Nor­ folk . . . . W. E. Holford, c Vercoe, b Curtis ... F. G. Cutbush, b Nor­ folk ........................ 10 R. R. Crump, b Vercoe 58 W. Woodrojfe, lbw, b Vercoe .........14 A. ulover, b Vercoe... 11 F. Fry, not out.......... 9 E. Minsell, b Curtis 0 Extras................ 22 Total ...173 C atfo rd (2). J. H. Vercoe, b Young 9 A. Taylor, c Mansell, b Young ................. 9 W. J. Bird, b Young .. 8 A. H. Portch, b Fry ... 3 R. L. Allpori, bYoung 13 A. E. French, b Fry ... 1 J. Long, b Young ... 2 H. E. Wilkins, c Glover, b Fry.......... 0 H. Curtis, not out ... 7 H. D. Barber, b Fry 0 A. Norfolk, c Wood- roofe. b Young ... 5 Extras.................13 Total 70