Cricket 1904

410 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. S ept . 15, 1904. Queensland matches, ought to be con­ sidered as first-class, and it is surprising that the Australians themselves are content to regard them as second-class. The Queensland eleven made the success­ ful M .C.C. Australian team Bit up, and the Tasmanians did better against them than the Australian States. Bat instead of putting their best teams in the field against Queensland and Tasmania, the two chief states—Victoria and New South Wales— treat them in the same way as we treat the South Africans, that is to say, they leave out several of their best men. On the face of it this is a great mistake, and is bad for the future of Australian cricket. Both Tasmania and Queensland made a far better fight against the M.C.C. Australian team than Hampshire or Worcestershire would be likely to make. A ga in st Norwood on Monday C. Ken­ ward took all ten of the Norwood wickets for 32 runs in a total of 67. Addiscombe made 169 for eight wickets (declared). The score of the Norwood innings is appended:— N obwood . G.Lance, b C.Kenward A. Francis, lbw, b C. Kenward................. B. Batchelor, c Brown, b C. Kenward.......... J. Gillespie, c Curry, b G. Kenward ......... C. W . Le May, b C. Kenward................. B. P. Kay, b C. Ken­ ward ... ................. P. A. Urth, lbw, b C. Kenward................. 13 H. H. Le May, c R., b C. Kenward .......... C.A. Briggs, b C. Ken­ ward ........................ S. Le May, c Beaton, b C.Kenward ... ... C. E. Griffiths, not out Bye ................. Total .......... T he estate of the late Mr. Herbert Jenner-Fust is valued at £43,464 3s. 5s. F o r W oodford Wells, last Saturday, G. Bussell took five wickets for 5 runs against South W oodford, the last three wickets with successive balls. In the “ Review o f the Season,” which appeared in Cricket last year, it was said of Hayward : “ H e has played in more innings than anybody else, but he has also scored more runs than anybody, except Fry, and as usual he owes his position to a series of good innings rather than a few very b ig ones aga in B t weak bow ling. For a time he seemed to show signs that his powers were failing a little, but he soon reasserted himself, and despite the discouraging form Bhown by Surrey, he kept well to the front. That he had few chances o f pulling his county out of a hole was not his fault but his misfortune.” I f the words “ except F r y ” are left out, the remarks made in 1903 will exactly describe Hayward’s record during the past season. A n o t h e r innings of three figures to Capt. Greig. This time it was one of 100 not out for the Poona Gymkhana against the Hindus on August 26. The Captain generally goes in first, and as he was still in when the last wicket fell, presum­ ably carried his bat through the innings. In any case, as the total was only 170, he was clearly the predominant partner in this instance. T h e Surrey season dies hard this year and indeed the Oval will be busy with cricket of one sort or another till quite the end of the month. The last match under the auspices of the county club will be played on Monday and Tuesday next. It will be a Surrey test match in every sense as the bulk of the players will be new, or comparatively new, to Surrey cricket. The tw o sides will be as follow s: Gentlemen of Surrey: A. T. Garrett, H. Teesdale, R. M. Bell, C. Powers, J. Randall, J. G. M. Eell, W . J. Baker, O. T. Norris, W. J. H. Curwen, E. F. R. Cbi'man and N. C. Tufaell. Fifteen Young Cricketers: E. A. Fowler, T. Wright, R. G. A. Kerr, P. Nesbitt, F. Alexander, F. Wright, Yigar (Redhill), Elliott (Milford), BlacklidgefCran- leigh). Mills (A.), (Sunniogdale), Watts (W. S.), (Camberwell), Perkins (Mortlake), Stagg (Mitcham), Morgan (Wimbledon), Whitboum (W.) (Shalford), and Ledger (Cobham). T h o u g h some weeks have elapsed Bince the Marylebone Club cabled the invita­ tion to the Australians to send a team “ h om e” next year, no reply, as far as I can hear, has yet been received. The steady extension of the first-class county match list has of late necessitated an earlier arrangement of programmes. With the dates for the Inter-University match, Gentlemen v. Players, and Eton v. Har­ row for next summer fixed some weeks ago, the county secretaries have baen able to get to work much earlier than usual, and in some cases matters are already well advanced. Until, however, the International Board meets, and the dates and grounds for the test matches are definitely fixed, programmes can hardly approach completeness. An early meeting of the International Board would seem to be of vital importance immediately an Australian visit is assured. O ne thing is certain, that if the Australian team do come, whoever has the arrangement of their programme will have a more difficult task than ever. Even as it is, though nothing can, of course, be definitely decided, there have, I learn, been sufficient enquiries to show that the demand will far exceed the supply in the matter of engagements for the prospective team. The Australians will have, indeed, to prepare for a full card and a thoroughly busy time of it. A CLUB captain writes to say that “ one of the bowlers has done very excellent service for the club this season by taking 49 wickets for 31 runs, accomplishing the ‘ hat trick ’ no less than ten times.” He adds that “ many batsmen say his break balls are marvellous.” But our correspon­ dent gives an address which cannot be deciphered, while he describes his club simply as V .W .C .C . The office-boy says that perhaps the club is the “ Very Wonderful C.C.” A CORRESPONDENT points out that Mr. Brearley has taken nearly as many wickets for Lancashire this season as he has scored runs. He has taken seventy- seven wickets, and made 91 runs. P l a y in g for Upper Tooting against Bromley on Saturday last, C. C. F, Hosken had the remarkable analysis c f 12 overs, 10 maidens, 6 runs, 6 wickets> as follow s:— Upper Tooting made 223 for three wickets (declared), and Bromley 31. I t is stated that the Rev. F . H . Gillingham, the Essex cricketer, has accepted an appointment as Army chap­ lain, and that his services w ill not be available for the county next season. This will be a great disappointment to Essex cricketers, for Mr. Gillingham— always a useful man— is now one of the very finest players on the side. C o m m en tin g on the number of tre­ mendous drives made during the Hast­ ing week, “ Wanderer,” in yesterday’s Sportsman, says, “ I heard an extra­ ordinary story of another ball which went clean out of the ground at the southern end, across the road, through a window of a room, and was then lost until discovered lodged inside a flower vase, the folds of a curtain, or something of the s o rt!” I f one may judge by “ Wanderer’s ” note of exclamation in the above paragraph he regards this as something like a fairy tale—as perhaps it may be. But cricket balls have done some curious things. In the Cricket Field of April 29th, 1893, Mr. C. W . Alcock relates a remarkable inci­ dent. “ Once when the Australians were playing the Gentlemen of England,” he said, “ I happened to be in the secretary’s office when Bonnor was batting. I was just going to unlock a cupboard, when a ball hit by Bonnor off Ramsay came into the room, after striking against the cornice in front of the window. It knocked the keys out of my hand, and smashed the old picture of the Kent and Sussex match. Y ou can see the mark on the engraving now. I was never so startled in my life.” M r. W. B r e a r l e y , the well-known Lancashire bowler, who, despite his great success in the early part of the season, was not chosen to represent the county in its later matches, has stated that he will be playing for London County next season instead of for Lanca­ shire. Mr. Brearley’s absence from the team has been the subject of much comment, for every cricketer who has batted against him knows that he is a great bowler. But it is greatly to be hoped that a strong effort will be made by the committee to induce Mr. Brearley to alter his decision, for no county can afford to lose the services of such a tine bowler. A t the Hampstead C.C. Sports on Saturday last, F. R . Spofforth, the famous old Australian, won the Throwing at the Wicket competition. A. D . Hays, with 93J yards, won the Throwing the Cricket Ball, and F. R. D. Munro won the Running between the Wickets. There