Cricket 1904

J uly 28, 1904. CRICKET • A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 297 A l t h o u g h Lancashire, with a record of fourteen matches won cu t of eighteen, and no losses, can poiut to a success which no other county can approach, it by no means follows that they will win the champicnship. F or Yorkshire, who have only won eight out of eighteen, may quite easily be victorious. It is always possible that some county or other may one of these days win the championship with only two or three victories, thanks to a great many drawn games, none of which need be in their favour. D u r in g the Cricket Week the Hampstead C.C. won three matches and lost two, the other match being drawn. The club scored 1,457 ruiis for sixty-eight wickets, against 1,369 for sixty-four by their oppo­ nents. J. IBEMONQRB. (From a photo by E. Hawkins & Co. Srightou.) I r e m o n g e r , the famous Notts batsman whose portrait is given above, has had a share in so many long partnerships for the first wicket with A. O. Jones, that the combination of the tw o men is as well known as that of C. B. F ry and Yine, J. T. Brown and Tunnicliffe, L. C. H . Palairet and Braund, and Abel and Hayward. It used to be said of him when he first played for Notts that he had only about one stroke, but in 1901 cricketers suddenly woke up to the fact that he was a great player, and the best Notts professional batsman since the palmy days of W . Gunn. S in c e that time Iremonger has steadily increased his reputation, and although he has not the grace of a Palairet, he is an U p to Monday Hayward alone bad scored over 2,000 runs this season, but C. B. F ry’s total was 1,925, and Tyldesley’s 1,710. No one else seems likely to be in the running for the two thousand for some little time. F ry’s total to-day stands at 1,942, and Tyldesley’s at 1,765. Tw o very interesting paragraphs refer­ ring to the present strength of England and Australia in the cricket field, have appeared during this week. The first was in M onday’s Daily Telegraph, and is as follow s :— Though such remarkable cricket is being shown in match after match, it is perhaps well for us that the Australians are not here this season. If an England eleven had to be picked for a Test game next week the all- important matter of bowling would assuredly make the task of selection a very difficult one, our resources just now being in this one respect far inferior to what they have been L a s t week Mr. L . A. Shuter, a brother of Mr. John Shuter, the famous old Surrey captain, scored 103 for Eastbourne against Pembroke, a Dublin club, and also 67 for an eleven taken b y his brother to play against Reigate Priory. L . A. Shuter himself played forSurrey with considerable success some twenty-five years ago, among his scores being 89 against Kent in 1877, and 65 against the same county in 1879. Other scores of his were 54 against Middlesex in 1877, and 53 against Sussex in 1878. A eon of Mr. Shuter is in the Tonbridge School Eleven this year. H a y w a r d has now added his name to the list of men who have scored two separate hundreds in a first-class match. For Surrey v. Sussex at Brighton he made 106 and 112 at the end of last week, and his success is all the more noteworthy because Surrey in both innings were playing a most uphill game. J. T. B r o w n , the famous Yorkshire batsman, has been compelled to send in his resignation to the Yorkshire committee, on account of ill-health. For some years he has been more or less unwell, and consequently has not lately been seen at his best. He played for Yorkshire against Leicester­ shire last May, but went home ill, and now the dootors say that he must give up county cricket. Three years ago he had a benefit match at Leeds, which produced over two thou­ sand pounds. He and Tunnicliffe hold the record for a first wicket partnership, viz. 554 for Yorkshire againstDerbyshireatChester- field in 1898; Brown’s score was then 300. H is best season was 1896, when he made 1,755 runs, with a highest score of 311 against Sussex. In 1894-5 he was in Australia with Mr. Stod- dart’s team, and was one of the few men who increased his reputation by the visit. W il l ie Q u a ii ' b ’ s innings o f 193 for Warwickshire against Hampshire was his fourth hundred in successive matches. His scores in these matches are as follows :— July 12. 110 against 8urrey at Edgbaston. July 14-16. 24 and 123 against London County at Coventry. July 18-20. 2 and 131 not out against Leicestershire at Leicester. July 22 . 193 againBt Hampshire at Edgbaston. I t is stated that the Oxford and Cam­ bridge match next season will be played a week later than usual, and will com ­ mence at Lord’s on Thursday, July 6. This will also put back the Gentlemen v. Players, which will, it is understood, be decided at Lord’s on Monday, July 10, and follow ing days, whilst Eton v. Harrow ig fixed for Friday and Saturday, July 14 and 1 5 . ------- C a p ta in G r ie g , the Hampshire cricketer, who is still in India, made 105 (retired) for the Indian Armv against The World at Poona on June 30ch. Lieut. Carrol also retired when he had made 101, and the Army declared at 287 for seven. The World ran up 206 for two wickets. ------- T h e newly-appointed headmaster of Ardingly College, the Rev. H . A. RhodeB, who succeeds the Rev. F . K . H ilton, is a cricketer who still keeps up the game. He is also an old Oxford Football Asso­ ciation Blue. attractive batsman to watch, because he not only makes his runs in a workmanlike way, but makes them quickly. Last year he was fifth in the tirst-class averages with a total of l ^ O runs in thirty com ­ pleted innings, and a highest score of 210. This year he has already scored 1,622 rum in twenty-five c impleted innings, and has an av* rage of 64 88. H e is an international Association footballer. T h e proceeds of the match between Hampshire and Surrey, which begins to-d a y at Southampton, are to be set apart for the benefit of Webb, who has played well for the county for several years. His best season was 1901, when he made 1,020 runs with an average of 35. H e was originally in the army, but Hampshire purchased his discharge.