Cricket 1904

322 CRICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A u g . 11, 1904 Bide was batting he should ask White­ head who waa the best left-hand bowler. So the gentleman asked him when Shil­ ton was clo'e at hand, and Whitehead replied that it was a near thing between Peel (who was then quite at the top of the tree) and Shilton, but that he thought Shilton ought to be placed first. Shilton went across and shook Jimmy’s hand heartily, and 1 don’ t think he minded in the least when he discovered that it was all a put up thing. Both Shilton and Whitehead have gone to their last rest, Whitehead only six weeks ago, the day after his benefit match.” “ Do you think that the increase from five to six balls an over has helped the bowlers ? ” “ I don’t. I daresay that to a man with an easy run and action like Wilfred Rhodes it does not make much difference, but to a man with anything like a run it is a great strain to bowl six balls right off, and for fast bowlers with a long run it is heartbreaking. On the whole the alteration has helped the batsmen much more than the bowlers.” “ I don’t think that bowlers keep such a good length as they did a few years ago,” said Santall, “ the reason probably being that they try to do more with the ball now. I cannot speak about the bowlers of twenty years ago, but it seems to be generally admitted that they were remarkable for their great accuracy, and relied more on length than on break. I suppose that after all is said and done, length is still a matter of the utmost importance, but the wickets are so much batter now than they used to be, that bowlers have to try to invent new methods. True tbe wickets are not as a rule quite as good as they were before the recommendation of the M.C.C. was made, but you seldom om e across a downright bad one, and they recover so quickly after rain that a bowler does not often get much chance of distinguishing himself. And, again, the heavy roller brings the water on top, and for a couple of hours a wicket is often quite easy.” “ Don’t you think that tne new strokes have made almost as much difference to bowlers as the improvemmt in wickets ? ” “ I ’m not so sure about that. I think that the pull stroke would not orne off as often as it does if a batter length were k“pt. It has often been pointed out to me that the moment a hitter comes in the bowling becomes short, and so the pull stroke has a splendid chanc?. I don’t believe that men would have been able to do anything with the pull stroke against Alfred Shaw, or Attewell when he was at his best — a s ight n ii- take would have had such disastrous results. But it i* my opinion that if no wickets were faked there would be no necessity to have wider stumps.” “ Have you any hints which you could give to young bowlers ? ” “ I don’t think that a young bowler ought to be discouraged because when he is unsuccessful he is told that a first-class bowler is born and not made. I believe that success in bowling depends as much as anything on perseverance and deter­ mination. Besides, how can a youngster know that he isn’ t a born bowler until he has tried his very utmost to succeed ? No doubt there are a great number of youngsters who think that they are born to be great bowlers because on the wickets which they meet with they cau make the ball do almost anything they like ; they often have a very rude shock to their feelings when they come to bowl on a perfect wicket. But even then they need not jump to the conclusion that they are failures, for with experience they may overcome the difficulties caused by easy wickets. I don’t think it is of much use to be able to bowl at a tremendous pace, or to make the ball break, unless it is combined with good length, for without length all other qualifications aredelusions and snares. One of tbe most important things that a young bowler should attend to is to see that all his field have got into their places before he begins his run. You will often see a man starting to bowl when half the field are walking to their places with their hands iu their pockets. Another thing is to practise a good style and action, for I have hardly ever seen a really fine bowler whose style and action were not good.” Like most men who have played in Scotland, Santall has a tale to tell about a Scottish umpire. “ When I was play­ ing at Arbroath for Louis Hall’s eleven,” he said, “ Storer, who was keeping wicket, and Attewell, who was bowling, both appealed for a catch at the wicket. The umpire said ‘ not out,’ whereupon Atte­ well said, ‘ Why, he hit it hard.’ The umpire shrugged his shoulders and said in broad Scotch, ‘ Too feen, too feen.’ When this was interpreted we discovered that although the umpire knew that the batsman had hit the ball he considered that he had hit it too fine to deserve to be out.” W . A. B e t t i s w o r t h . KENSINGTON PARK y. BANSTEAD.—Played at Banatead on July 27. K ensington P a r k . First innings. 8econd innings. J. R. Conyers, b Ticehurst 59 b Forster .......... 4 C. Dixon, lbw, b Randall .. O b Forster .........! 6 C.H. M. Thiing, c Re; gate, b James ........................23 b Forster ......... 0 A. P. Burton, b licehurst.. 2 notout ......... 9 H. F. Palmer, b Ticehurst.. 0 b H all......... 16 H. D. Nicholas, c James, b Clark .... ........................ 0 not out .........10 W. R. Murray, b Clark ... 4 C. C. Buxton, b Ticehurst.. 0 H. W . Jacomo, c Forster, b Ticehuist ........................ 4 G. Blunt, c James, b Tice- hurat ............................... 2 A. Balchin, not out .......... 1 B 6, w 1 ................. 7 T otal .. N.D. Alston, b Palmer 0 E. Clark, c Murray, b Conyera ................. 6 H. M. Forater, c and b Murray ................21 D.B. Jamea, b Conyeis 63 J. Randall, c Thring, b M urray................ 4 R. Hall, run out ... 23 M. Maton, b Conyera 1 , 102 BAN8TRAD. Total (4 wkta) 44 C. Reygate, c Jacome, b Nicholas ............ 16 J.R. Kodg -*r,cBalchin, b Palm er..................... 33 H. J.Wood, b Conyers 13 C B.Ticfhurst notout 1 B 12, lb 4 ............ 16 T ota l.........202 C R I C K E T I N A M E R I C A . U N IT E D S T A T E S v. C A N A D A . F or the tw enty-third tim e since 1844 the Am erican team were victorious in the Inter­ national match with Canada, played at H averford, Philadelphia, on J u ly 12 and 13. The first half of the gam e was all in favour of the United States, who led b y 147 runs on the first innings. In the second innings the Canadians fell short of their first total b y ten, and the Americans got the 26 runs wanted to w in for the loss o f three batsmen, thus winning with seven wickets to spare. C anada . Frat inning*. Second innings. T. C. S. Sounders b Patton 61 c Cregar, b King 8 Capt. bymons, b K in g........ 61 b Cregar ............ 4 W . C. Baber, b King.......... 4 c Jordan, b King 16 H T.Lownsborough.bLeroy 2 runout ..........29 Dean Plumptre, b Patton .. 6 b Goodman........ 27 F. L. Pereira, run out ... 2 c White, b Patton 6 H.Ackland,cKing,b Patton 8 notout ..........64 T. P. Lucas, c Foulkrod, b Goodman ........................ 20 b K ic g ..................12 Gordon 8outham, c White, b Patton........................•... 0 b King.................. 0 J. L. Counsell, 0 Leroy, b Goodman ........................ 28 c Jordan,bPatton 7 A. Beemer, not out ........ 0 c Hains, b King. 2 Leg-byes ........................10 Extras ............ 8 Total .................182 Total ...........172 U nited S tates . J. B. King, b Beemer.........49 J. L. Evans, c Ackland, b Pereira..............................26 P. N. Leroy, c Pereira, b Counsell ........................77 S.Goodman, jun., c Symons, b Peiiera ........................15 F. S. White, b B b»r... ... 19 notout.................. 9 H. A. Haines, b Beemer ... 69 W. W. Foulkrod, jun., b Beemer ....................... 6 b Luoaa „ ... 9 H. H. Patton, c Ackland, b Lownaborough................ 0 cPlumptre.bBaber 0 E. M. Cregar, 0 Lowna- borough, b Beem r .........17 b Baber ........... 9 T. C. Jordan, run ou t.........16 notout.................. 1 W. Graham, c li-iber, b Beemer ........................ 26 Extras............................... 10 Total .........829 Total ..........28 C a n a d a . B. M.R. W. B. M. R. W. K in g ................. 78 0 56 2 ........... 90 1 49 5 Graham .......... 24 0 16 0 ........... 18 0 18 0 Leroy................ 42 0 31 1 ........... 86 1 26 0 Patton .......... 66 3 39 4 ........... 81 1 20 2 Goodman.......... 66 8 27 2 ........... 16 1 9 1 Cregar... 90 6 43 1 U n ited S tatu s . Firat innings. Second innings. B. M. R. W. B. M. R. W. Baber................. 144 4 109 1 ........... 30 1 17 2 L ucas ................ 60 1 41 0 ........... 24 0 11 1 Counaell ... ... 36 1 24 1 Beemer .......... 87 3 67 6 Pereira .......... 42 1 34 2 Lownaborough.. 34 1 41 1 UPPER TOOTING v. STREATHAVf.-Played at Upper Tooting on August 2. S tb e a th a m . “ Nottinghamshire Marl.” — Particulars apply, Radcliffe on-Trent, Notts. (A d v t .1 E. Field, c Griffin, Parez........................ 6 N. Miller, b Harvey .. 68 W.J.Hancock.c Parez, b Houken.................12 H. H. 8 cott, b Hoaken 0 H .S.Barkworth, 1 T in­ ner, b Stndilands ... 29 E. J. Dobson, c F»itb, b Harvty................. 0 A. 8 . Bailey, b Sandi- landa....................... 5 H.K.s. Adama, c Har­ vey, b Russell..........21 J . L. Phillips, c Sandi- landa, b Hosken ... 18 V. F. Fteny, not out 16 D.O.K?rr,bSindilands 10 B 12, lb 4 , nb 2 ... 18 Total ...........192 U pper T o otin o . First inning*. Second innings. “ 6 b Field..................14 4 not out.................. 30 3 b Phillips . 0 0 cMiller, b Held 21 7 1 1 R. R. SandiUnds, b Dobson D. H. Butcher, b Do son ... W. V. Butcher, b D j' son . L. V. Harp**r, b Feeny W. B Gnffia, b Dobsjn ... A. H. ParcZ, b Feeny.......... J.F.Hnakeu.cKtrr.bDobaon R. M. H *rvey, c & b Miller 60 G. P. Russell, n .t out .. ... 30 P. L. Frith, b Haacock ... 4 H. Tanner, b Hancock ... 1 B 9, lb 2 ............... 11 b Feeny ... ... 47 c Miller, b Feeny 17 c Barley, b Miller 12 Total.......... B 2, lb 8 , wb 1 6 ...117 Total (6 wkta)147