Cricket 1904

A pril 14, 1904. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 57 Cricket: A WEEKLY RECORD OF TEE GAME. 168, UPPER THAMES STREET, LONDON, E.G. THURSDAY , A P R IL 14 t h , 1904. ^atnlton Gossip* The abstract and brief chronicle of the time.— Hamlet. O w ing to u n foresee n circu m sta n ces the P icto ria l S u pplem ent u su a lly p resen ted w ith the first w eek ly n u m b er o f CRICKET is u n a v o id a b ly h eld o y e r un til n ext w eek, A p ril 21st. A t th e annu al m ee tin g o f th e L eicester­ shire C o u n ty C .C . it w as sh o w n th a t last y e a r’ s receip ts a m ou n ted to £ 3 ,9 2 8 , in clu d in g £ 1 ,8 1 0 fro m g a te -m o n e y and £ 1 ,7 4 2 fro m su b scrip tion s. T h e expen ses cam e to £ 4 ,5 3 3 , th e loss on th e season b e in g £ 3 2 6 . T h ere is n o w £ 6 0 5 o w in g to th e b a n k as a ga in st £ 2 7 9 at th e b e g in n in g o f th e y ea r 1903. B e lo w w ill b e fo u n d a sum m ary o f the receip ts an d expen ses o f the K e n t C ou n ty C .C . fo r last season :— £ s. d. £ s. d 1S62 15 0...883 18 1 v. Essex (away) .. ................ ....... ... 44 3 9 v. Worcestershire (away)......... ....... ... 62 11 7 v. Notts (Catford) .................106 1 6 .114 13 0 v. Notts (away) ........................ ....... ... P3 9 8 v. Sussex (Tonbridge) .......... 14 13 9... 98 12 8 v. Sussex (away)........................ ....... ... 64 16 7 v. Gloucestershire (Tonbridge) 113 16 6...113 17 4 v. Gloucestershire (away) ... ------ ... €6 6 11 v. Lancashire (TunbridgeWells) 266 19 0.130 6 7 v. Lancashire (away)................................ ..................... ..7 1 07 y. Middlesex (Tunbridge Wells) 286 0 0 ..136 7 2 y. Middlesex (aw ay)............... ....... ... 48 2 6 v. Hampshire (Catford) .......... 43 16 0 .. 9i 10 9 v. Hampshire (away)............... ....... ... 65 19 0 v. Somerset (Gravesend) ..........Ill 15 3 ..114 8 9 v. Somerset (away) ............... ....... ... 62 8 2 v. Surrey (Maidstone)................. 30 7 0...126 5 7 v. Surrey (away)...................... ....... ... 60 17 11 y. Yorkshire (Canterbury) ... 182 13 6...150 12 5 v. Yorkshire (away) ............... ...... ... 72 7 3 v. Philadelphians (Beckenham) 79 0 6...160 15 10 v. M.C.C. and Ground (Lord’s) ------ .. 4 17 8 Totals.................. 2607 17 0 2305 9 9 T h e victo riou s team n o w o n th eir w a y to England with the blushing honours of a successful tour thick on them are to he entertained by the Marylebone Club at a dinner, to be held at the Trocadero on April 22nd. The president of the club, L ord Alverstone, will preside. A t the annual meeting of the Derby­ shire County C.C. the chairman, Mr. Arthur Wilson, made some suggestions as to the best means of increasing the club’ s revenue. H e advised a personal cinvass through the county, and the holding of concerts at different towns, while he stated that he understood the Derby County football club was prepared to play a match for the benefit of the club. Sir Peter Walker was re-elected president. A cco rd in g to the Sydney Bulletin, the difference between Rhodes on a soft wicket and Rhodes on a fast wicket is so remarkable as to suggest that the Y ork - shireman is a demon among arm bowlers, but only a commoner among head bowlers. As for Hirst, who ranks as a great bowler in England, Australia has not yet discovered any sort of wicket which suits his particular style of deadli­ ness. His delivery of the ball is impres­ sive, but he has never shown Australians where the virtue of his hop-skip action comes in. I n connection with the benefit match which is to be played on behalf of Gaorge Hirst on August 1st, 2ad and 3rd, Lord Hawke has written a letter to the Y ork­ shire County C.C. in which he says that Hirst is one of the most popular players who ever donned flannels, and one of the most brilliant cricketers who ever repre­ sented England. Lord Hawke concludes his letter as follows — “ I would say, then, let this benefit be worthy of a great cricketer, and let Georgie Hirst say, when he must give up the ball and lay down the willow, ‘ M y county did me proud.’ ” D iscu ssin g the question of the difficulty of getting together a native team of Indian cricketers the Indian Civil and Military Gazette says :— The Parsis will never combine with the Hindus, Mahommedans, and Cingalese, as they are already j ealous in the extreme of the progress that has been made by the latter in the game, unless practically the selection of the team is left to them. If they could make sure of having eight or nine of their com­ munity in the team, and the captain and manager Parsis, then, and only then, would they he willing to co-operate with the Hindus and Mohammedans. When the scheme was first taken up five Parsi gentlemen were invited to join the Committee, and it was felt that substantial sums in the shape of subscrip­ tions would be forthcoming from the Parsi community on the strength of this representa­ tion on the committee. A glance at the list of subscribers shows the names of only two Parsis, who each contributed Rs. 150. I t is now stated in India that next season a team of native cricketers, ex­ cluding Parsis, may be sent to England under the auspices of the Maharajah of Kolapur and the Maharajah of Cooch Behar. R ic h a r d H u m p h r e y , the famous old Surrey cricketer, has fallen on hard times ow ing to continued ill-health, and is not well enough to ba able to accept an en­ gagement which had been offered to him as coach at Oundle School. Subscrip­ tions are asked for on his behalf to enable him to take a small business, and the Surrey County Committee have given £10 towards this desirable end. I t was rumoured a short time ago that Mr. A. N. Hornby, the famous old Lancashire cricketer, would be a Con- 8 :rvative candidate for Blackburn at the general election, when Sir William Coddington and Sir Harry H ornby are expected to retire. Mr. H ornby has, however, stated that he is not prepared to accept nomination. A t the present moment, when the subject of test matches is still mono­ polising conversation, a summary of the games since their institution in 1877-78 will be of interest: — Won Won Name of by by Season. Visiting Captain. Eng. Aust. Drn. Ttl. 1876-77. .. J. Lillywhite, jun. ... 1 1 0 2 1878-79 .. Lord H arris.......... ... 0 1 0 1 1880 ... W. L. Murdoch ... ... 1 0 0 1 1881-82... A. Shaw................. ... 0 2 2 4 1882 ... W . L. Murdoch ... ... 0 1 0 1 1882-83... Hon. Ivo Bligh ... ... 2 2 0 4 1884 .. W. L. Murdoch ... ... 1 0 2 3 1881-5 . . A. Shrewsbury ... ... 3 2 0 5 1880 ... H. J. H. Scott ... ... 3 0 0 3 1886-7 ... A. Shrewsbury ... ... 2 0 0 2 188r-8t .. W. W. R ead ........ .. 1 0 0 1 1888 ... P. S. M’Donell ... ... 2 1 0 3 1890 ... W. L. Murdoch ... ... 2 0 0 2 1891-2 ... W. G Grace.......... .... 1 2 0 3 1893 ... J. M’C. Blackham ... 1 0 2 3 1894 5 ... A. E. Stoddart ... ... 1 4 0 5 1893 ,. G. H. S. Trott ... 2 1 0 3 1897-8 ... A. E. Stoddart ... ... 3 4 0 5 1899 .. J. Darling ......... ... 0 1 4 5 1901-2 ... A. C. Maclaren ... ... 1 4 0 5 1902 ... J. Darling .......... ... 1 2 2 5 1903-4 ... P. F. Warner......... ... 3 2 0 5 Tnt»l« ! in Australia 18 Totals ... j in Eog]and 13 ‘22 2 42 6 10 29 Grand Total ................. ... 31 28 12 71 t la this match the English XI. was drawn from the combined teams taken to Australia by Arthur Shrewsbury and Mr. Or. F. Vernon. T h e twelfth annual issue of “ The Yorkshire Cricket Club ” (1904) is a nicely bound little book, witti the white rose placid in a gold shield on the cover. The volume is edited by Mr. F. C. Toone, the secretary, and contains a complete record of the Yorkshire season o f 1903, with many statistics and notes of especial interest to Yorkshiremen, com­ piled by the Rev. R . S. Holmes and Mr. A. C. Denham. The volume, which is published b y the Committee of the Yorkshire County C.C., is worthy of a place on the bookshelf of every cricketer. F ro m the Daily Chronicle :— “ A suggestion was made a few years ago that among the friendly ’ first-class cricket matches of the season should be one Writers v. Non-writers to replace those now obsolete fixtures which were at one time popular— Married v. Single, or Smokers v. Non- Smokers. At the present time, however, it would be extremely difficult to make up a team of cricketers, either among amateurs or professionals, adequately to represent those who have not become critics on paper. Mr. Warner’s Australian team is an example of how far the passion for scribbling has spread among those for whom the bat is a more familiar weapon than the pen ; and most of them have proved that it is a mightier one also.” A b a n q u e t is to be given to A. E . Knight on his return from Australia by the committee of the Leicestershire County C.C. At the banquet a presenta­ tion is to be made to him. T he marriage took place on April 6th, at St. Saviour’s Collegiate Church, Southwark, of the Rev. L. B. G. J. Ford, the headmaster of Repton School, to Miss Mary Catherine Talbot, daughter of the Bishop of Rochester. Mr. Ford is a member of the well-known brotherhood of cricketers. One of his brothers, Mr. Henry J. Ford, the well-known artist Canterbury Week (v. Essex ) and Worcester.-hire ..........i