Cricket 1904

386 CRICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. S ept . 8, 1904. “ I remember,” said W ootton, “ the first time Yorkshire ever played in the Canterbury Week. That was in 1885. It was veryjwet on the last two days of the match, and when the second day’s play ended the Yorkshiremen were all out for 138 against our total of over three hundred, and of course they had to follow on. It was evident on the third day that there could be no play until the afternoon, but in the hope of begin­ ning at about two. Lord Harris suggested to Louis Hall, who was captaining the Yorkshire team, that lunch m ight be taken at one o’clock. But Louis couldn’t see it, and so lunch took place at the usual time, with the result that Y ork ­ shire began their second inrings at about three. Of course there was nothing for them to do but to try to play out time, and Louis Hall set about the work in his very best style. But Mr. Stanley Chris- topherson got rid of three men in a few minutes, and when Tom Emmett came in we were beginning to feel pretty sure o f victory. Old Tom was very funny. Soon after fce came in the clouds gathered and threatened a tremendous storm, hut still the rain kept cff. A t last Tom could stand it no longer, and turning to Lord Harris he said, ‘ Beg pardon, m y Lord, may I ask you a question ? ’ ‘ Certainly, T om .’ said his Lordship. ‘ W ell then, my Lord, do you happen to know whether your committee has any control over the weather ? I f it had looked like this at Sheffield it would have rainfd eight hours ago ! ’ We couldn’t get Tom out, and Louis Hall still held on to his end with a persistence which was disheartening to us. At last Prank Hearne was put on to bow l and he began to make the ball rear at Tom . Once after such a ball he turned and was about to bow l the next ball, when he saw Tom puffing about up the pitch smoothing out the holes. ‘ Wait a bit, Franky,’ he said, ‘ I ’m just smooth­ ing out the creases in the carpet.’ Eventu­ ally I bowled him with a full pitch, much to his disgust, but he had stopped iu an hour and a-half, and he and Louis had saved the game. Louis was batting nearly three hours for his twelve runs not out.” “ Do you see much of Mauriea Read now ? ” “ We sometimes play against each other — I always play for the City when I can get away. N ot lon g ago we played at Tichborne Park, where he is coach, and I noticed that he can still hit, and that he bowls almost as well as ever. Y ou remember how he always used to keep pegging away, and how he nearly always managed to get somebody out when no one else could do so. When we were playing at Tichborne he told us a tale about George Lohmann. George was playing for Surrey in the West of E n g­ land, and happened to stroll on the ground a little late in the evening of the first day of the match. He found an old chap busily mow ing the wicket, and said, ‘ You mustn’t do that, you know. It’s quite against the rules.’ ‘ N ot i t ! ’ was the reply. ‘ But it is,' said Lohmann, much amused. ‘ W ell, / say it is n ot,’ CRICKET IN BARBADOS. PICKWICK v. HARRISON. Played at Kensington on July 30. P ic k w ic k . P.H. Tarilton, st Ban- cioft, b Ciarke ... 8 H . F. Austin, c Ban­ croft. b Phillips ... 89 H . A. Cole, c Browne, b Clarke .................74 P.A.(ioodman,cCocks, b Clarke .................60 H.P Simmons,bCIarke 6 Dr.H.8.Greaves,cBan- croft, b Clarke ... 18 J. Kioney, not out ... 7 C. Blades, not out ... 4 Leg-byes .......... 3 Total (6 wkts) 209 said the old chap, *and I can show you.’ So he went to the pavilion, and produced a copy of the rules about a hundred years old, and triumphantly showed that he was right. Mind, I don’t know whether this was an invention of Lohmann’s or n ot.” One of the professionals on the ground staff at Winchester College is Herbert Elliott, of whom W ootton says : “ When I first went to Winchester he was one of the very best bats I ever saw, and good enough to play for any county in England. H e was also a gcod bowler, with a curious action which was very deceptive to a batsman. I could never understand how he escaped the notice o f the Hampshire authorities in those days. I remember that once when he had made a good many runs in a match in which Tom Richardson was playing, Tom said, ‘ Well, they must have some pretty good men in the county if they can aSord to do without E lliott.’ ” Some j ears ago Wootton told me two or three tales which, although I have referred to them before, are well worth repeating. He was often mistaken for both Alec and Frank Hearne, and one day when he arrived at Cannon Slreet Station on his way to Catford, where his benefit match was being played, a gentleman came up to him and said, “ H a llo ! Alec, what’s going to happen t o -d a y ? ” “ So, without bothering to explain,” said Wootton, “ I took the drink which followed. Immediately afterwards another gentleman said, ‘ Well, Alec, I hope you are going to have a good day.’ I said that I should be very pleased, but I had just had one. And then just as the train was starting, the guard jumped up on the step of the carriage and said, ‘ Well, Alec, I wish you luck.’ ” And again. “ I remember playing in two matches in which our side wanted to put the other team in first on a wet wicket. I objected strongly, and was allowed to have my way. We went in first and only made 96. When the other side went in they began to make runs very rapidly, and I came in for a good deal of chaff. But after lunch the wicket began to play very queerly, and the whole side was out for two or three more runs. In the other match we made about 70. The first two of cur opponents made fourteen in the first two overs, and my companions told me that they knew how it would be all aL n g. In the end I took six wickets for seven runs, and the total was only about twenty.” W . A. B e t t i s w o r t h . G. B. Y. Cox, c Co!e,b Hendy .................18 G.Chailenor.c Greaves, b Simmons ... . 3? H. Barnes, c Austin, b Gieaves ................. 0 H arrison . C.Browne, b Simmons 6 F. Racker. not out ... 12 C. Bancroft, notout... 2 Extras... .......... 9 Total (4 wkts} 79 M. Greaves, T. Phillips, A. 8. Cocks, L. Clarke and F. Clairmonte did not bat. PICKWICK v. LODGE. Played at Kensington on August 6. P. A. Goodman took six wickets for 7 runs, and made a score of 92. C. K. Hendy, K. Bancroft and L. Hoad did not bat- A. C. H. Pi’grim, b Goodman................. C. W. Barnett, b Goodman... .......... J. Turville.b Goodman J. R. Phillips, c sub, b Greaves ................. P. Worme, b Goodman F. Barnett, c Tarilton, b Goodman .......... L o do r . F.Peterkin, c Tarilton, b Goodman .. ... A. T. t'keete, c Cole, b Goodman................. W. Phillips, c Thorpe, b Greaves................. G. E. Pilgrim, not out J. Lynch, b Greaves... Total 1 0 1 20 S. G. Tarilton, c Tur- \ille, b Worme ... 12 P.H Tarilton, run out 4*> J. Kidney, b Barnett.. 93 C D. Thorpe, b Worme 22 A. H. Johnson, not out 7 H.S.Greaves,bBareett 10 PlCKWrCK. P. A. Goodman, b Phillips ... ..........92 C E. Blades, b Barnett 64 H . P. Simmons.runout 18 E xtras................. 7 Total (8 wkts) 371 H . A. Cole and H . F. Austin did not bat. MITCHAM v. YOUNG SURREY AMATEURS. Played at Mitcham Green on September o. T. Bowring (Rugby School) made 126, in the course of which he hit twenty-two 4’s. C. Powers (Westminster) took five wickets for 52. M itch am . C. Corden, b Powers .. 15 H. Pellinger, c Green­ field, b Powers ... 15 J. Wormald, b Powers 12 G. Wormald, b Thorn­ hill ........................ 0 J. Boxall.stMathieson, b Graburn ... ... 41 A.Jewell.c Mathieson, b Bjnnard .......... 7 W.C. Rhoades,bPowers 6 H.G.Currie,cGraburn, b Greenfield ..........19 A. C. Butler, c Mathie­ son, b Nesbitt ... 9 A.F. Clarke, c Mathie- fcon, b Powers.......... 4 W. Jones, not out ... 0 B 4, lb 1, w 1 ... 6 Total ...133 Y odno S u bbey A m ateu rs . R. B. Frith (Dul«ich College), c Clarke, b Rhoades ... ........... 16 C. M.'lhornhill (Prad- field College), b Butler ............... 0 T. Bowring (Rugby), c Jewell, b Corden ...116 W,T. Graburn (Suir^y C.C.), lbw.b Boxall 9 C.F.Sadler (Tonbiidge School), st Claike, b Rhoades................. 1 P. Nesbitt (Bradfie'd College), c Rhoades, b Butler ................. 2t N. C. Tufnell (Eton College), bt Claike, b Corden .................46 H.C. Greenfield (Lanc­ ing Coll* ge), not out 19 B.E.Mathieson ( Lanc­ ing College, b R hoades.................li C. Bonnard, (Surrey C.C.), st Clame, b J. Wormald................. 0 C.Powers( Westminster School), not out ... 18 B 13, lb 8, w 1 ... 22 Total (9 wkts) 597 UPPER TOOTING v. KENLEY. — Played at Tooting on September 3. K rn lry . N.C.Tufnell.c Harper, b Mimpson ..........18 F. G. Tnorne, c Har­ vey, b Clare ..........22 M. Pooles, st Harp?r, b Hosken.................11 El. Dearie, c Clare, b flo sk e n ....................... 1 B 7, w 2, nb 2 ... 11 Total ..132 V. F. S. Crawford, c and b Clare ... 25 T. A. Roose, st Harper b Hosken................ 18 F. S. Darkin, c Harper b Clare ................ 0 E. N. G. Haiper, lbw. b Simpson .......... 8 H. C. Tufnell, c Grif­ fin, b Harvey..........13 fl. J. Beale, not out... 1 F. W. Lighton, b Hosken ................. 4 U pprr Toothed. P. G.Windsor, run out 5 C.C.F.Hosken.notout 45 E.R. 8imj33on,b Darkin 4 W.B. Grifiin, b Darkin 5 L. V. Harper, c Tuf- H D.Handcock,not out 3 nell, b Darkin........ 42 B 10, nb 2 .................. 12 R. M. Harvey, c Roose 1 — b Harper.................£4 Total (5 wkts) 150 E. A. Clare, H. W . Bleackley, P, L. Frith, and G, P. Russell did not bat.