Cricket 1904

420 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME, S ept . 22, 1904. OUR CRICKETERS. From Puck . As a “ nation of shopkeepers ” it is interesting to note the numbar of in­ dustries haviEg representatives among our first-claes cricketers. The players well known to the public include a Butcher, a Baker, a Carpenter, a Taylor, a Glover, a Hunter, a Forester, a Fowler, a Smith, a Mason, a Diver, and an IremoDger. Other examples m ight be cited, should you N eedham ; and, of course, where there is a Fowler there are Gunns. Lovers of the country may discover a Field and a Mead, a Vine and a Bush, a Lilley, Woods, Rhodes, Burrows, and a Warren— these last having some connec­ tion, no doubt, with Mr. G. L . Jessop’s “ rabbits.” They may also note a Bird or two, including a Martyn, a Hawke, and a Woodcock. Not far from Marlow some decidedly not small F ry may be found, and, should one wish to boat, a Cox is ready. Am ong architectural features may be noted a Fane and a Moorhouse, some Barnes, a Penn (perhaps destined for the Head-lam ’ ), and an anything but casual Ward. One cricketer is credited with being Spry, another is Abel, another Nice, another Bland. A ll are good, but one is even Gooder—and Grace pervades the lot. B y way of Whittle there is Rice, and a careful Storer. While as to eggs, they all Latham occasionally. One can Trott, another Cuttell long quickly, while a third is only a Walker. Curiously enough, Spooner seldom spoons the ball, or even Lucas if he would like to do so. Y oun g and Whitehead, of course, represent the extremes of age, while music is supplied by a Harper in any Key, and in Hampshire they hold a Smoker. We are now Foster conclude our cata­ logue, but all those not mentioned may be summed up together in the words “ and Coe.” LANCASHIRE (CHAMPION COUNTY) v. REST OF ENGLAND. (Concluded.) Played at the Oval on September 12, 13, 14 and 15. Drawn. Although four days were set apart for this match, the weather was so bad that there was no time to finish it. When the game ended on the second day the position was that Lan­ cashire had scored 173 for six wickets against a total of 235 by the Rest. It rained so hard on the next day that no play could take place, and thus when the game was resumed on the next morning it was pretty evident that the result would be a draw. So successful was Hirst with the ball that, of the remaining four Lancashire wickets, he took three for one run—the fourth wicket did not fall, as I ’Anson was unable to bat owing to an injured finger. Thus the Rest had an entirely unexpected advantage of 58 runs on the first innings. Scoring was very slow when they began their second innings, and when, after a quarter of an hour’s play, Hayward was bowled, the total was only 3 runs. Jessop then went in, and hit so splendidly on a very difficult wicket, that when lunch time came the total was 119 for three wickets, Jessop being not out 76. But in the first over after lunch Jessop was caught at mid-off for the addition of one run. He had played brilliant cricket for about an hour. After his dismissal it was evident that Lord Hawke would soon declare the innings closed, and accordingly Hirst and Bosanquet lost no time in making runs, and the result was that, without further loss, the innings was closed. Lancashire, with two hours and a quarter before them, required 215 runs to win. Maclaren was bowled at 13, but Tyldesley and Spooner brought the total to 85 in three-quarters of an hour before the former was finely caught by Hirst. Poidevin was splendidly caught at point by Ernest Smith at the same total, and at 92 Jessop brought off an extraordinary catch while running by the side of the long-off boundary. This disposed of Tyldesley, who had played a great game for his side. In a poor light things continued to go badly with Lanca­ shire, but when five wickets were down a successful appeal against the bad light saved the county from the danger of defeat. R est of E n g lan d . First innings. Hayward, b Cuttell ..........44 P. F. Warner, b Kermode . 24 Denton, lbw, b Cuttell 16 Hirst,c Poidevin ,b Kermode 6 B. J. T. Bosanquet, c Pvidevin, b Cuttell.......... 0 G.L. Jessop ,c and b I’Anson 47 E. Smith, c I’Anson,b Cuttell 22 Rhodes, run o u t .................29 Arnold, b Kermode ......... 11 Lilley, c Findlay, b Cuttell.. 8 Lord Hawke, not ou t......... 3 B 22, lb 2, w 1 ..........25 Second innings. b Kermode.......... 2 c Garnett, b Ker­ mode ..........16 c Maclaren, b Kermode........ 0 not out ..........42 not out.................. 12 c Hallows, b Ker­ mode ..........77 Byes......... Total ................ 236 Total (4 wkts)* 156 *Intings declared closed. L an c a sh ir e . First innings. A. C. Maclaren, c Hayward, b Smith R. H. Spooner, b Rhodes Tyldesley, c Hayward, Sm ith........................ L. O. S. Poidevin, c and Rhodes........................ H. G. Garnett, not out A. H. Hornby, b Smith Hallows, b Hirst.......... Cuttell, c Arnold, b Hirst.. 14 I*Anson, absent hurt......... 0 W . Findlay, c Bosanquet, b Hirst ............................... 0 Keimode, b Hirst ......... 0 B 1, lb 4, w 1 ................. 6 Second innings. b Hirst................. i c Hirst, b Arnold 3( 10 c Jeesop, b Smith 52 6 c Smith, b Arnold 0 60 notout .......... 6 18 b Smith .......... 0 10 not out .......... 3 Total.. B 4, lb 1, nb 1 6 ..177 Total (5 wkts) 106 R est of E n gland . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Hadows .......... 7 1 21 0 ........... 12 2 60 0 Cuttell ......... 28-3 6 78 5 ............ 6 0 30 0 Kermode .......... 26 7 7f? 3 .......... 17 1 69 4 I’Anson .............11 1 36 1 Kermode bowled one wide. L an cash ire . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W. Hirst ................. 10-2 2 48 4 . . . . 9 2 30 1 Arnold.................. 9 1 340 ... ... 11 3 25 2 Sm ith.................. 14 0 44 3 ........... 5 1 22 2 Rhodes .......... 10 1 17 2 ........... 7 3 23 0 Bosanquet.......... 5 0 28 0 Smith delivered one no-ball and Rhodes one wide. R ICHARD DAFT’S “ Nottinghamshire Marl.” - Particulars apply, Radciiffe on-Trent, Notts. [A d v t .1 A PERSONAL RECOLLECTION OF THE LATE MR, HERBERT JENNER-FUST. By “ V e t e r a n ” in th e Madras Times. H e has been described as the finest wicket-keeper of his day, and likely enough he was. But I did not see him till 1861, when he had just turned five and fifty, and at that date, of course, he could not compare with the wonderful Tom Lockyer. Yet he was still remark­ able, and as his methods were unique, a few words about them may be of interest. He was utterly unlike any other wicket­ keeper within my recollection, and though no one could have done in first- class cricket quite what he did in that match between West Kent and the Royal Artillery, yet I have often thought that for all but first-class cricket he would have been worth imitating. T o begin with— he stood neither up at the wicket nor far back, but about four yards behind it. Those were the days of long stops, the condition of the ground absolutely demanded one, and probably nobody ever dreamed of what Blackham was some day to accomplish—but with this exception, that to really slow bow l­ ing, Drake’s lobs or Bennet’s round arm curlers, the loDg stops woidd move round to a fine slip and still be ready to stop a bye should occasion arise. Mr. Jenner was free, therefore, to stand where he pleased. The bow ling was fast one end and medium the other, therefore, the long stop was in his place. Very good— he took up his place about a dozen feet from the wicket, and watched the flight o f the ball, which, according to almost invariable custom, was delivered from the on-side of the bow ler’s wicket, not over the wicket as now. If he saw the ball coming straight or nearly so, he moved up and was ready to stump ; if it was com ing well to the off he moved slightly towards slip ; if com ing to leg (and leg balls were common in those d*ys) he worked well round to an angle of perhaps thirty degrees from the line between the wickets, and was in a position to catch, and did catch, balls “ drawn ” or put away in that direction. He saemed to cover all the ground behind the wicket in this way. It goes without saying that his eye and nerve were excellent, and that he had an instinctive knowledge as to where the ball would travel. It was all done very quietly—apparently without effort. SUTTON (2) v. NORTHERN ASSURANCE CO.— Played at Sutton on September 10. E. A. Redman, c Hall, b Clark .................24 S.J.Poole,lbw, b Clark 'i4 Collins,cPettrs,b Clark 2 L. Straker, not out ... 57 S d tto n (2). W .B.Haycraft,cClark, b Peters ................. 0 F. Whicboum,notout 63 Extras .......... 6 Total (4 wkta)*166 C. Nicholls, J. R Tulloch, J. R. Haynes, W . M. You"g, and H. Webb did not bat. * Innings declared closed. N.A..C. R. Hall, b Haynes ... 6 J. Westland, b Young. 14 H.CWrke,c Haycraft,b Haynes ................. 6 K. Peters, c Poole, b Young .................23 H. Moseley, b Haynes 8 W. King, not out ... 16 R. Bingham, not out 18 Extras .......... 11 Total (5 wkts) 101 F. Clark, T. Thomson, T. Jeffriea, and E. Hardiog did not bat,