Cricket 1904

234 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J une 30, 1904. (2), at Brighton, regiaterm ? 35 and 26 not out, while last season he turned out for the Hampshire County Club on three occasions, scoring 37 runs in his six innings with an highest score of 24, and averaging but 6-16. Mr. Bead, who is Hampshire bom , is a nephew of Dr. Bussell Bencraft, the honorary secretary of the Hampshire County Club. A t the first meeting of the M.C.C. Advisory Committee on Tuesday, it was decided that a recommendation should be made to the M .C.C. to extend an invita­ tion for an Australian visit to this country in 1905. I t was recommended in the event of the tour taking place that there should be five Test matches; that three days should be allotted to each of the first four, but that in the event of the results of the first four producing a tie, the fifth should be played out. The County Championship scheme of the Minor Counties, and Mr. H . W . Bainbridge’s amendment that each county should meet each other county once in a season, were referred to a sub­ committee with a request that that body should report at a subsequent meeting of the Advisory County Committee. It was decided that the sub-committee should consist of Messrs. H. W . Bainbridge and B. H . Mallett, the latter of whom will act as hon. secretary, together with one representative each from the follow ing counties: Middlesex, Yorkshire, Notts, Surrey and Lancashire. The question of commencing first-clasi matches on W ed­ nesdays and Saturdays was not dealt with, the required notice not having been given. S i r S p e n c e r C e c il B r a b a z o n P o n - BONBY F a n e , who has just been appointed by the K in g Honorary Bath K ing of Arms in place of the late General Sir J. C. McNeill, one hardly needs to remind Cricket readers, has been treasurer of the Marylebone Club for many years, as well as president of the Somersetshire County C.C. for the last few years. As the sole survivor of the four founders of I Zingari he was recently presented with a set of silver bowls and an album containing the names of 400 subscribers, in recognition of his long and active service for I Zingari. D . H . B u t c h e r , who played such a useful first innings for Surrey against Middlesex at the Oval this week, is not new to county cricket. He represented Surrey in three matches in 1900, and played tw ics last year. H is 71 against Middlesex on Monday is his first score of any importance for Surrey. His batting then on a wicket that helped the bowlers was so good as to emphasise the regret that he is only able to take part in county cricket on veiy rare occasions. Like L . V . Harper, the old Cantab, who made his first appearance for Surrey against Oxford University last week, he plays for the Upper Tooting Club, for which he has scored several hundreds already this season. T h e teams as at present arranged for Gentlemen v. Players, at Lord’s on Monday next, July 4, are as follows. L will be noticed that Hirst and Mr. Brearley are not included, but both wt-rn asked to play, and had to decline owing to injuries. At present (Wednfsday), the name of Hayward does not appear in the list. GENTLEMEN. Hon. F. 8. Jackson (Yorkshire), R. H. Spioner (Lancashire), *C. B. Fry (Sussex), *K. 8. Rinjitsinhji (Sussex), A. O. Joms (Notts), H.K. Foster (Worcestershire), G. J j . Jessop (Gloucestershire), •B. J. T. Boeanquet (Middlesex), *H. Martyn (Somerset), •Hesketh-Prichard (Hampshire), and Another. PLAYERS. Lilley (Warwickshire), •Tyldesley (Lancashire), Iremonger (Nottx), •Gunn (J.) (Notts). •Knight (Leicestershire), •Arnold (Worcestershire), •Denton (Yorkshire), Rhodes (Yorkshire), •Braund (tiomer-et). Hearne (J. T.) (Middlesex), and Another. • Played in last season’s match at Lord’s. F o llo w in g up its practice of the last few years, the Standard Athletic Club of Paris has arranged a flying visit to the South Coast for the latter part of the season. This time Kent is the objective, and the matches will be as follow s: — August 29 and SO, 11vthe,—v. Hythe Club. August 31 and September 1, Fort Uurgoyne.—v. Royal Artillery. September 2 and 3. —Walmer.—v. Royal Marines. September 5 and 0, Folkestone.—v. Folkestone C.C. September 7, Dover.—v. Dover Wednesday C.C. The headquarters of the teamwill be at the Hotel Metropole, Dover. I n his last four innings Iremonger has scored 652 runs for Notts, viz., 189 not out against Middlesex, at Lord’s ; 272 against Kent at Nottingham, and 142 and 49 against Derbyshire at Chesterfield. M a jo r B. M . P o ore , the famous Hants cricketer, was among the officers who arrived at Southampton from the Cape on Tuesday in the transport Sicilia. W it h the total at 399 for five wickets in the s e o n d innings of Middlesex v. Surrey at the Oval on Tuesday, D . L. A. Jephson, who had previously taken a wicket with his lobs, went ou to bowl again. Off the second ball of his first over Bosanquet was stumped for 126, with the third ball K . I. Nicholl was bowled, and the next ball was fatal to MacGregor. F o r the England team which is to oppose the South Africans at Lord’ s on Thursday, July 14, the follow ing players have been chosen : —Gregor McGregor (ciptain), K . S. .Ranjitsinhji, C. B. Fry, W . H . B. Evans, G. L . Jessop, Iremonger, Knight, Wass, and J. Gunn. W h e n Hampshire went in to bat in the fourth innings of the match against Yorkshire at Leeds they required 407 rung to win. Rhodes began the bow ling, and took a wicket with his first ball. A t the other end Haigh dismissed two men in his first over, and Rhodes in his second over placed two more wickets to his credit. Thus in three overs five wickets fell, and the total scire was 4 runs. D r . G r a c e has such a keen sense of humour that he doubtless greatly appre­ ciated the follow ing remarks about himself, which appeared in the Star on S iturday from the pen of A. E. Knight. But one would have liked to see his face when he pondered over the statement that he does not possess “ the peculiar fulness of leaf of the beech ” : — Like Wordsworth's cloud, when he moves at all, he “ moves altogether,” and his stroke is himself at work, so to speak. He towers like some majestic oak amid the forest, dominating and masterful, firmly rooted, nor bending to the storm. Not quite so graceful as the elm, nor possessing the peculiar fulness of leaf of the beech, hut strongly girt without any of the fragmentariness of appearance which sometimes characterises these. T h e difficulty which even well-known cricketers find in agreeing upon the state of the wicket in any particular match is well shewn in the follow ing extracts, which refer to tbe wicket at the Oval on Thurslay last week. It is no secret that the wicket had not been watered with the hose, nor had any rain fallen on it, since the previous Monday. On a wicket which looked good enough for 400, we won the toss. After a quarter of an hour’s play we wished we hadn’t, for the ball turned and got up sometimes almost danger­ ously. What was really wrong with the wicket I cannot tell, but it seemed a trifle juicy on the top.— T y l d e s l e y (Daily Mail). And here is a question that it will take a wise man to answer. I hear on one hand from men playing in the match that the wicket was over-watered; on the other, I learn from men also playing that it was a real good wicket—-an Oval wicket. Sam Apted, who, if any ground man living knows anything of wickets and how to prepare them, is ot a surety the man to ask, agrees with Holland, that it was a good “ run-seeking ” pitch. Now, what are you to do ? Here we have in their varying paths two men, both at the top of the tree, and their opinions diverge as diverge the waters behind an ocean liner. Well, I give it up. —D. L. A. J e p h s o n (Daily Chronicle. Accidents will happen in the best regulated families, and there certainly was one with the watering-can at the Oval, 1he wicket to the eye appeared likely to be perfect, but such was far from the case. There was a lot of assistance to be got out of it by the bowlers, and Lees used his opportunity__A. C. M a c ­ l a r e n (Daily Chronicle). C o lo n e l W .S . K e n y o n -S l a n e y , M .P ., who has just been sworn of His Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council, is the well-known cricketer, who in years gone by played for the M .C.C., I Zingari, the Household Brigade, etc. He has sat in the House of Commons since 1886. A chat with Colonel Kenyon-Slaney will shortly appear in Cricket. A MECHANICAL contrivance which satis­ factorily meets the difficulty that all cricket coaches experience in teaching beginners not to “ draw back ” the right foot when batting has been produced by the Educational Supply Association, 42,