Cricket 1904

S ept . 22, 1904. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 42-3 tome difficultyin translatinghis remarks, but I understood him to reflect on the slider’s prowess as a player of the noble game of base-ball, the beauty of his countenance, his genealogy, and his female relatives. “ I became angry, but was informed it was ‘ all in the game,’ and that he was only ‘ the official rattler,’ and it was his duty to try to *rattle’ the player; in other words to put himoff bis game. “ PresentlyI sawaman in the uniform of the clubber go behind him, and as the pitcher delivered his ball the clubber’s mate jumped in the air and waved his club to put the other man off. Then I arose and roared, but eoon sat down again, for it was 15,000 to 1, and I did not want to increase my avoirdupois by collections of old lead; also I realised that the standard of good taste in Con­ stantinople is not that of London. Neither is the standard of sport in America that which prevails inEngland. I knew I should not have roared. Our standard of sportsmanlike conduct is not necessarily the right one, but after this, somehow, ‘ the subsequent proceedings interested me no more,’ and I fell to wondering how it would look in a test match to see Dr. Grace turning hand­ springs behind Eanjitsinhji to put old Trumbleoff, orina county match to hear PryrevilingLordHawkeandhis ancestry because the latter was getting near his century. “ Then in my heart I thanked my gods that we have grass and cricket ‘ down to Lord’s.’ ” ©orrejtyonflence. The Editor does not hold himself responsible lor the opinions of his correspondents. To the Editor o f Cricket. THE REV. P. H. GILLINGHAM. D e a r S i r , —Owing to the retirement of Rev. P. H. Gillingham from Essex cricket, I thought a few facts as to his work for Essex might prove interesting to someof yourreaders. Mr. Gillingham made his first appearance in first-class cricket on May 14th last year for Essex against Yorkshire. He was not very successful, only scoring 12 and 5. His first good innings was agaiDst Kent on June 1st, when he andBuckenbamadded 126, Mr. Gillingham claiming 79. After several failures he scored 71 against Leicestershire in July, and in the last county match in which he took part last year he scored his first century—also against Leicestershire. His record for his first season in first-claes cricket was exceptionally good, his figures being 387 runs in fourteen completed innings, average 27’64. He was third in the Essex averages. His first appearance in 1904 was a promising one, as against Derbyshire at Leyton, when things were going badly for his side, he scored 103 and 46. He followed this up with 37 against Yorkshire, and 31 and 46 not out against Sussex. Then came his best per­ formance, viz., 201 against Middlesex at Lord’s. While he was inwith Perrin the score was increased from 69 for three to 296 for four. Thus, in successiveinnings for Essex, he made 103, 46, 37, 12, 31, 46 not out, and 201. Mr. Gillingham was then chosen to play for the England eleven against the Scuth Africans, but he only scored 5and 3. Against Derbyshire he and Mr. Perrin (who eventually made 343 notout) put on 121 for the fourth wicket, Mr. Gillingham claiming 43. He finishedup in rather a disappointing way, only scoring 0 and3 against Leices­ tershire—his last county match. In the E sspx averages heC3me out top, having made 550 runs in ten completed innings, average 55, with two centuries, already referred to. Altogether his record for Essex is 8s follows :— N o . M ost T im es o f T ota l in an n ot in ns. runs. in rs. o u t. A ver. 1903 .................. J6 ... 3S7 ... 116 ... 2 ... 27 61 190 J .................. 11 ... 550 ... 201 ... 1 ... 55*10 T otal ... 27 ... 937 ... 201 ... 3 ... 39C 4 C E N T U B IE S (3). 116 v. L eicestershire a t L eyton . 103 v. D erbyshire a t L * jto n . 201 v . M iddlesex a t L o rd ’s. Yours faithfully, A R e a d e r. ANIMALS ON CRICKET GROUNDS. To the Editor o f C r i c k e t . D e a r S ir , —In your number of this week, 15th inst, you gave as a cricket curiosity, thefact of a match havingbeen interfered with by two swans, and give a list of animals which at various times have interferredwithmatches. You can, if you like, add to the list “ weasels.” I was playing at Darlington many years ago now, I forget the year, and was bit­ ting myself, when five weasels ran across the ground between the wickets in an attempt to get from the one side of the groundtotheriverSkemewhichabounded theother side. Needlessto say, the game was interrupted, and the fielding side, umpires and batsmen, all joined in the pursuit. All the weasels escaped but one, which was killed by a dog which joined in the chase. This incident ia quoted by my brother, Mr. Edward Roper, inyournumber of June 16th. My brother refers to me in the same number, I being the one who bowled the man Stelling first ball six innings in succes­ sion. Yours faithfully, G e o . R o p e r . Gilling Lodge, Richmond, Yorkshire. Sept. 18th, 1904. O B ITU A R Y . MR. GEORGE SAYILE. The death is announced at Tetbuiy, Gloucestershire, of Mr. Georgs Savile, eldest son of the late Hon. and Rev. Philip York Savile, who was for many years rector of Methley, near Leeds. Mr. Savile was born at Methley on April 26th, 1847, his height being 5 ft. 10 in. He was educated at Eton andRossall and subsequently at Cambridge. In 1864, 1865 and 1866 he was in the Rossall Eleven and filled the post of captain in his last two years. Already hehadmade his mark as a fine bat and extremely fine fieldsman, his batting averages for the three years being 30, 20 and 27. Going up to Cambridge be made 11 and 29 iu the Freshmen’s Match of 1867, and on receiving a trial in the University Eleven played an admirable innings of 49 against the M.C.C., goiDg in first and being highest scorer in the first innings against such bowlers as Wootton, Grundy and Hearne. In the next match, which was against the Gentlemen of England, he made 27, but in subsequent fix'urea was unfortunate andwas not oneof theLight Blue team that played against Oxford that year. Etrly in July he assisted the Gentlemen of Yorkshire against the Gentlemen ofLarcishire, at OldTrafford, amatch wherein the Laccastrians ran up a total of 586, towards which Mr. E. B. Rowley subscribed 219. Mr. Savile’s 56 and 35 were the highest individual totals in each innings ofhis side, and it wasnot surprising to find a place accordedhimin the county team when a fortnight later Yorkshire encounteredCambridgeshire at Dewsbury. Though he had the satisfac­ tion of being on the winning side his personal effortsamounted toonly5 and0. In 1868 he got his “ Blue ” at Cambridge, and though he failed against Oxford he made a splendid 105 for his University against the M.C.C., as well as 57 against Cambridgeshire. Among bis contem­ poraries in the Cambridge Eleven were J. W. Dale, W. B. Money, H. A. Rich­ ardson, C. E. Green and C. A. Absolom. His 65 for Yorkshire v. Lancashire at Holbeck (a match not recorded in “ Wisden ”) was not only the top score of the match but exceeded the aggregate runs from the bat made by the Laccas­ trians, who were dismissed by Freeman and Emmett for totals of 30 and 34. Mr. Savile did not again play for Cam­ bridge, and so far as county cricket is concerned he made but two more appear­ ances for Yorkshire, viz , when he made 24v. Cambridgeshire in 1869 and 38 v. an All-England Eleven in 1874. It is worth recording that playing in a match in Hertfordshire, in 1874, Mr. Savile hit a ball a distanceof 135 yards. He was a nephewof the late Earl of Mexborough. For many years he had been a complete invalid. U .C .8. O L D B O Y S v . H A M P T O N W I C K .-P la y e d a t H am p ton W ick on S eptem ber 10. U . C . S. O l d A . H . K . B u rt,c S p ear- J. in g , b W a lk er............. 0 M . P . G riffith -Jon es, b S. S p e a r in g .......................85 F. E .S .W esth orp ,bF pear- io g ................................25 J. L . J . M arcu s, b L ov ell 1 N . M . B in n ey, b S pear- C. in g ................................ 3 A . C. H u ll, b S pearing 0 B o y s . A .M orley ,cS . M iles, b W a lk e r .....................14 G ard , b S p ew in g .. 33 ,H .W a d h a m , lb w , b S p e a rin g ....................... 0 N . C raw f >rd, c S. M iles, b W a lk er ... 12 , E astm an, n ot o u t 4 B 13, lb 4, w 1 ... 18 T ota l ...145 H a m pt o n W ic k . J . W a lk er, b B u rt ... S. A . M iles, st G riffith- Jon es, b B u r t ........... E . T . S pearin g, b W es­ th orp ................................ D . G . W illia m s, b W es­ th orp ................................ G . L o v e ll, b W esth orp W .F a rq u h a rson ,b B u rt J .W .B ig g s, c G riffith- Jones, b B u rt............. A .E . M iles,b W esthorp H . H u gh es,lbw ,b B u rt D . W h ite, n ot o u t ... D e G . G avey, b B u rt B yes ....................... To'al 000 7 . 26