Cricket 1904

242 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME J uly 7, 1904 wretchedly uncomfortable, makes one think that Emmett would not have failed. Most of the tales which are told about Emmett would induce the suppo­ sition that he was a man of little wit, but it was not so much the things he said as his manner of sayiDg them, which made him seem so amusing to those who played with or against him. I have seen him stand in the middle of the pitch waving a bat in his hand, and dramatically addressing a somewhat unruly crowd in a manner which proved irresistible both to the crowd and the fieldsmen, who were in roars of laughter. But to set forth his remarks in print would give absolutely no idea of his eloquence. He was a b om actor, and if he could have appeared in a play as a native of Yorkshire he might have made a sensation— if he had not made so many eccentric interpolations in his part as to upset the gravity of the other performers. The last time I saw him was when he was standing in a hansom in London giving explicit direc­ tions as to the route by which he wanted to reach his destination, to the vast amusement of the driver, and the delight of a small crowd which had been rapidly collected. Bat if his speech could have been given verbatim in the next morn­ in g’s papers it would not have attracted any attention except perhaps from students of the Yorkshire dialect. For several years Emmett used to coach the boys of Stonyhurst College in the spriog, and his low action when bow ling (probably caused because he formed his style before the famous no-balling of Willsher led to a law allowing the arm to be raised above the level of the shoulder) was much commented on. The Stonyhurst boys had an original and amusing way of showing their regard for a favourite professional. When the period of coaching was up, they presented the professional with strawberry tarts— more or less, according to his popularity. Emmett was once seen departing with a huge pyramid of these tarts, and one of the bigger boys, with a furniture van in his mind’s eye, suggested that the method of transit needed consideration. But Tom saw not the slightest difficulty in carrying his tarts, and simply said “ Ah’ll joost tak ’em whoam to t’missus.” Once Emmett paid a visit to the school in the middle of term, and told the boys with great glee that Mr. Frank Penn, who was then at his best, could not play forward, and how he had fairly trapped him and bow led him for a duck’s egg a day or two previously. Emmett played for Yorkshire regu­ larly until 1886 and occasionally in 1887 and 18t>8. Then he was cm - sidered out - of - date for first-class cricket, but it is to be noticed that in the latter year he played for an England team against Cambridge Uni­ versity, who were very strong that year, and bow led 20 overs, 11 maidens for 15 runs and 5 wickets in the first innings. A dozen times during his career he bowled unchanged through both innings of a match for Yorkshire, six times with Freeman, five times with Allan H ill, and once with Bates. The only time that he made a hundred for Yorkshire was against Gloucestershire in 1873, but he could generally be depended on to make a useful score. He had a tremendously hard cut, and in a local match he once hit point on the side of the head and nearly killed him. After he gave up first-class cricket he acted as coach for some years at Rugby School, and later coached on the Leices­ tershire County ground. W . A. B e t t e s w o r t h . J. C. LOVELL’S XI, Croydon, on June 25. C roydon . CROYDON—Played at C. P. Wicks, b Robin­ son ........................62 H. E. Barnes, b Moun­ tain ........................ 21 C. G. Paget, c Tyack, b J. S. Lovell .......... 1 A. T. Latham, c Moun­ tain, b Robinson ... 21 T. A. Watson, b J. S. Lovell......................... 8 T. Rothwell, c G. A. Ring, b Mountain 23 S. J. Ching, c Tidy, b Mountain............... 19 H.W.Patey,bG.A.Ringl5 F. W. Fifield, not out 32 A.H.E.Phillips,notout 3 Extras................ 9 Total (8 wkts.)*204 V. G. A. Butler did not bat. ♦Innings declared.closed. J. C. L o v k ll’s XI. H. West, c Robinson, b Phillips................. 4 K. Robinson, c Roth­ well, b Phillips ... 13 G. A. Ring, c Butler, b Phillips ................. 1 P. P. Tyacke, c Fifield, b Phillips.................23 C. Lovell, b Phillips... 0 C. H. Mountain, c Fifield, b Phillips ... 0 C. L. Ring, b Phillips 6 E. D. Lovell, lbw, b Watson .................11 8 . H. Flindt, b Phil­ lips ... ................. 0 J. 8 . Lovell, b Phillips 6 H. Tidy, not out ... 8 Extras.. ... ... 3 Total ... 75 KENSINGTON PARK v. EMERITI.—Played at St. Quintin’s Park, on June 25. K ensington P ark . C.F.Nicholas, bNe me 8 M. Stratton, c & b Neam°! .................12 C. W . O’Brien, c & b Neame ................ 2 C. E. Reynolds, b Comyns .................10 J. L. Nicholson, c Neame, b Comyns... 1 H. D. Nicholas, c & b Neame ................. 3 L. E. G. Abney, b Comyns ................. 2 B. H. Conran, not out 20 W. S. Nicholas, b Comyns ................. 0 W. Wintle,b O’Connor 4 W. G. Thompson, b O’Connor................. 0 Extras................. 0 Total , 62 E msbiti . M. , 47 V. O’Connor, b Stratton ........ H. T. Roberts, b B. H. Cooran .................16 H. G. Dunkley, b L. E. G. Abney................. 8 H. J. Foliman, b M. Stratton ............... 9 A. P. Comyns, not out 40 P. Elyard, run out ... 0 E. B. Payne, c and b H.D. Nicholas ... 4 F. Stewart Neame, c Abney, b Thompson 11 C. Deprez, lbw, b H. D. Nicholas .......... 0 F. Head, not out ... 6 Byes .......... 7 Total ...148 B. Scott did not bat. INCOGNItt v. MOOR HALL.-Played at Harlow on June 26. M oob H all . First innings. Second innings. J. H. Balfour, c Winter, b Sharp ......... ................ 0 not out.................. 49 B.P. Dobson, st P. Castle, b Haynes............... .......... 8 stCastle,bHaynes 6 F.R. D. Monro, c Winter, b S harp ......... .'................ 0 cWinter,bHaynes 18 Sewell, c and b Sharp.......... 4 st P. Castle, b Haynes .......... 6 A. J. Coode, c Winter, b Baynes............................. 0 c Boyle,b Dixon... 43 R. H. Green-Price, c Raw- linson, b Sharp................ 3 E. Lowes, b Haynes .......... 2 C. Tasker-Evans, c Rawlin- son, b Sharp ................. 7 N. Dawson, not out ......... 0 not out.................. 1 J. Balfour, b Sharp .......... 0 W. P. Robertson, at sent ... 0 st P. Castle, b Haynes .......... 21 B 2, lb 2 ................... 4 it 3, lb 1 ... 4 Total ................. 28 Total (5 wkts) *481 •Innings declared closed. • { I ncogniti . First innings. H. W . bharp, c Lowes, b Tasker-Evans ... ... 14 M W.Keith, c J.H. Balfour, b Evans ....................... 3 P. Castle, b Tasker-Evans... 0 D.H.M.Boyle,lbw, b Sewell 9 G.E.Winter,cTasker-Evans, b Sewell ... 21 S. Haynes, b Tasker-Evatas 1 D. Castle, bTasker-Rvans... C S. Mann, c and b Sewell ... 4 A. B. Cipriani, b Tasker- E vana............................... 9 C. Dixon, c Monro, b Sewell 5 T. A. Riwlinson, not out ... 2 B 6 . nb 2 ................. 7 Second innings, c J.H.Balfour, b Sewell ..........47 b Tasker-Evans., c Robertson, b Lowes ......... lbw, b Tasker- Evans . . c Green-Price, b Trtsker-Evans c Robertson, b Lowes .......... not o u t............... lbw, b Sewell ... c J. H. Balfour,b Lowes ......... b Sewell .......... b Sewell .......... No-balls ... Total ... 75 Total ... 8 . MARLBOROUGH COLLEGE v. MARLBOROUGH BLUES.—Played at Marlborough on June 24& 25- M ablbobough C ollege . First innings. Second innings. A. P. Scott, b Gibs <n.......... 1 b Evans ... ... 27 H. M. Butterworth, b Gib­ son .. ........................ 30 run out .......... 3 q W. W. Milton,b Gibson ... 4 c Horsfall, b Gib­ son .................is G. H. Irelacd, c L. Rogers, b Gibson ........................85 b Bartholomew... 28 H. T. Goodwin, lbw, b Gibson........................ ... 0 b Gibson ........... 0 C. C. Phillips, b Gibson ... 4 c Horsfall, b Gibson .......... l N. T. White, b Gibson 0 bGitson ... ... 1 L. A. N. Slocock, b Gibson 20 notout .„ ...6 6 A. Patterson, b Gioson ... 1 b Gibson .......... 0 C. H. Fair, b Gibson.......... 7 c Horsfall, b Col- beck................. 47 L. C. Eostock, not out ... 0 b Gibson .......... 0 B 4, lb 3, nb 2 ... 9 B 9, lb 1, w i, nb 1 12 Total 161 Total .. 237 M ablbobough B lues . L. G. Colbeck, b Goouwin... 13 b Hostock .......... 51 T. H. Gunner, c sub, b Scott 69 c Bostock, b Phillips ..........23 A. M. Horsfall, c Butter- worth, u Phillips .......... 3 not o u t................ 66 L. Rogers, c Goodwin, b Phillip* ........................ 0 c Butterworth, b Phillips ......... 19 G R. S. Round, c Scott, b Bobtock ........................ 4 M. i.ogers, c Phillips, b Goodwin ............... ... 57 not out ..........46 A. Bartholomew, c Fair, b Scoit ............................... 2 H. C. B. Gibson, not out ... 23 B. Wilemau, ht wkt, b Goodwin ........................ 1 E. O. Evans, b Phillips ... 6 nev. A. P. Wickham, b Phi.lips ........................ 0 b 8, lb 3, w 1 ..........12 Byes ............ 4 Total... ...190 Total .........S MARLBOROUGH BLUES v. PRIVATE BANKS. Played at Catford on June 18. P rivate B anks . W. Farquhar Smith, c sub, b Black .......... 15 J. L. M. Davidson, c sub, u Burdett ... 21 C. E. Melville, c Ser- combe, b Black ... 9 J. H. Downward, b Thring ................. l W. H. Hilton, b Black 4 V.M. Woriock.c Lewis, b Black 21 8 . E. Burnett, not out 15 C. Penman, st H. M. Rogers, b Black ... 24 S. J. Forfar, d Lewis 3 J. T. Fitch, c Lewis, b Black........................ 7 L. A. Stanley, runout 12 B 4, lb 4 .......... 8 Total .143 C. H. M. Thring, Downward, b Fitch 61 W. Prest, c Worlock, b Stanley................ 2 A. McG. black, c Wor-j lock, b Stanley ... 6 L. N. Rogers, c Pen­ man, b Worlock ... 16 M. O. Lewis, b Fitch 5 M arlborough B lues H.G.Burdett,c Hilton, b Burnett................. 8 H. M. Rogers, not out 51 A. N. Rogers, b Fitch 3 H. W. E. Sercombe, c Penman, b Burnett 9 E. T. Harvey, b Smith 3 B 4, lb 4 .......... 8 „ Total..........172 T. Y. Hallam did not bat. M ARQUEE:* aND TENTS uf every description on SALE or HIcwE. Marquees ia good condition : 121 c. by 8 ft., £ 3 , left, by 8 ft., £4; 18ft. by 10 ft., £4 ir8. ; 20 ft. by 12ft., £5 ; 28ft. by 14fc., £7 ; 30ft. by 16ft., £ 8 . New square tents ; tft., £2 2 s. ; 8 ft., £4 10s., without centre pole. Lists free.—B bow n, Three Colt Street, Limehouse, E.