Cricket 1904

82 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME A p r il 28, 1904. when Abel, entirely unknown as a cricketer, was playing fjr the village. “ The matoa,” he said, “ was against Sutton, who had 14 runs to make to win, with three wickets to go down. They had got seven of the runs when George Jones was put on with orders to bow l his fastest. The first ball went towards Abel at short slip. H e made a jump, caught it with his left hand and rolled over on his back. The next ball also cim e somewhere near him. H e sprang up like a spider and jast got it. The next ball went to the wicket-keeper, who was standing back. He succeeded in partly stopping it, and it went over his head into the hands of Abel, who had got round him like a shadow. I wrote particulars of this to Fred Burbidge, who was a great advocate for Abel. The Hon. Robert Grimston afterwaids noticed his fielding, and told me that Burbidge had recommended him as a brilliant short slip. B y their influence I think Abel was permanently fixed in the Surrey eleven.” As a conversationalist Mr. G J e , until the last two or three years, was quite brilliant. H e seemed to have an inex­ haustible stock of anecdotes which had never appeared in priut, and although he wrote so much he had by no means reached the end of his tether when he gave up writing. Tne last time I saw him he showed me some long letters of his which had just appeared in the Sporting L ife, and he said that he had positively made up his mind that this should be Lii very last appearance in print. Bat. the old gentleman had said this so many times that I thought he was only joking, although I believe that he kept his word. He often wrote for Cricket and the Cricket Field, and it was not so very long ago that an article by him appeared iu Cricket. In the old days he was a frequent contributor to Baily, the Sporting Life, aud espt cially Bell's Life, aud tbe number of his cricket books is considerable. Like most cricketers who played more than fifty years ago, Mr. Gale had very strong opinions about what he considered unfair play—such as using the legs to keep the ball out of the wicket. When he got well going on subjects such as this, he became almost angry until he began to talk about the way iu which the legs of players were knocked about in his early days; but bis anger never lasted long. Naturally enough he despised the huge scores of modern days, and he wuuld have liked to see drastic changes made in the rules in order to bring the game back to the same position in which it was fifty or sixty y ears ago. I remember that he once told me he would have no objection whatever to the perlect modem wickets if the groundman were em­ powered and ordered to take a harrow over them a few minutes before the match began. H e was very proud of his old tcaool, W inclester, and I think that Winchester must be proud of him. W . A. B ette s w o r t h . N ote .—A more or lees incomplete list of Mr. Gale’s books on sport is given below. Perhaps some of the readers of Cricket may be able to give a complete lis t:— “ The Game of Cricket. ’* “ Sports and Recreations in Town or Country.” “ The Country Parson.” “ Modern Eaglish Sports: their use and abuse.” “ The Old Dover Road.” “ Tom Spring’s Back Parlour.” “ The Public School Cricket Matches 40years ago.” “ Echoes from Old Cricket Fields.” * *Memoirs of the Hon. Robert Grimaton.’ ’ “ Ups and Downs of a Public School.” LONDON COUNTY C.C. FIXTURES 1904. APRIL. 16. Palace, v. Dartmouth 20. Palace, v. Pen*e Wednesday ‘23. Palace, v. Ciapham 26. Palace, v. Thorpe St. Mary 28. Palace, v. Surrey* MAY, 2. Lord’s, v. M.C.C. and Ground* 4. Palace, v. London Hospital 5. Oval, v. Surrey* 7. Palace, v. Streatham 11. Honor Oak, v. Guy’s Hospital 12. Palace, v. Cyphers 14. Palace, v. Engineering School+ 14. Sutton, v. Sutton 18. Palace, v. West Herts 19. Palace, v. Derbyshire* 21. Norbury, v. London and Westminster Bank+ 23. Palace, v. The Occasiooals 23. Leicester, v. Leicestershire* 25. Palace, v. Norbury Park+ 26. Cambridge, v. Cambridge University* 28 . Pa ace, v. Beddington JUNE. 1. Palace, v. Goldsmiths’ Institute 2 . Palace, v. Wanderers 4. Palace, v. Worcester Park Beagles 4. Ealing, v. Ealiug 6 . Pala e, v. Leicestershire* 8 . Bromley, v. Bromley 11. Norbury, v. Norbury Park 11. Palace, v. Old Citizens 13. Palace, v. Cambridge University* 16. Palace, v. Old Chantoa 17. East Acton, v. Pallingswick 18. Palace, v. Uuy’s Hospital 18. Wandsworth, v. bpeucer 21. Palace, v. Honor uak 22. Palace, v. Brixton Wanderers 23. Palace, v. South Africans* 25. Brookwood, v. Brojkwood Asylum 25. Finsbury v. H. A..C.+ 27. Palace, v. Oxford Authentics 28. Palace, Past v. Present Engineering School 28 . balisbury, v. Wiltbhirt} 29. Paltce, v. Stoics 30. Norwood, v. N >rwood JULY. 1. Pa’.ace, v. Theapids 2. Palace, v. Ealing 4. Perry Hid, v. Forest Hill 6. btreatham, v. Streatham 9. Palace, v. St. bartholomew’s Hospital 11. East Dulwich, v. brixton Wanderers 12. Palace, v. Whitgift Wanderers 14. Coveauy. v. Wa wickshire* 16. Palace, v. St. Thoaiab’s Hospital 18. Pa ace, v. M.C.O. and Ground* 21. Chariton, v. Old Chariton 26 Upper Tooting, v. Heathtield 27. Palace, v. West End Cricket Association 28. Beddington, v. Bedding on 30. Palace, v. Addiscombe 30. Croydon, v. V\hitgift Grammar Schoolt AUGUdT. 1. Palace, v. Beckenham 1. Norwich, v. Norfolk t 4. Banstead, v. Banstf*ad 5. Palace, v. Oundle Rovert-i 6. Nonh End, Croydoy, v. Vvhitgift Wanderers 8. Chesteiiield, v. Deroyshire* lu. Watford, v. West Herts 11. Palace, v. Brixton 13. Palace, v. Bickley Parkt 13. Honor Oak, v. Honor Oak 16. Kent House, Beckenham, v. Cyphers 17. Palace, v. H.A.O. 18 . Palace, v. Forest Hill 20. Palace, v. Heathfleld 20. Beckenham, v. Beckenham 22. Palace, v. WarvMckshiie* 26. Palace, v. Leicester Thursday 27. Palace, v. Upper Tooting 27. Calford, v. catford 29. Palace, v. Wiltshire* 31. Palace, v. Bromley Town SEPTEMBER. 1. Palace, v. Catford 3. Palace, v. Sutton 6. Palace, v. Thorpe St. Mary 8. Palace, v. Ealing Park 10. Palace, v. The Occasionals 13. Palace, v. Norwood 14. Palace, v. Pallingswick 15. Palace, v. Sydenbam 17. Palace, v. Addiscombe 17. New Cross, v. Goldsmiths’ Institute 21. Palace, v. Ciapham T H E N O T T S CO L TS M A T C H . Played at Trent B ridge on A pril 25 and 26. This match, which in bygone days was played on Easter M onday and Tuesday,, began in very cold weather, w ith a slow but. not very difficult wicket. E xcept for about, an hour when Irem ongcr and G . Gunn were batting, the colts were at the wickets all through the first day. W h en stumps were drawn the Eleven had made 60 for the loss of one wicket, against a total of 188 . T he Colts. Wliysall (G.) (Pleasley), b Pennington ................. 0 b Pennington ... 0 Alletson (E.) (WelbeckC.C.) b PenniDgton ................. 0 Day (J. W.) (ground staff), b Anthony........................23 Carvill (T. S.) (Wood- borough), c Oates, b Pen­ nington ... ... 1 run out Hardstaff (J.) (ground staff), c Chambers, b Pen­ nington ... ..........11 not out........... V. Westwood (Bingham), b Pennington ................. 3 b Pennington Stocks (F.) (ground staff), c Oaten, b Chambers..........21 E. L. Wright (Forest Ama­ teurs), b « hambers .. .. 4 James (C C.) (ground staff), c Oates, b Ballam.. 15 Hemsley (G. E.) (Rudding- ton), b Hallam.................10 b Pennington Simpson (H. L.) (ground staff), lbw, b Pennington 0 Hartshorn (A.H.)(Bestwood Park C.C.), run ou t........ 10 run out Housley (J. B.) (Jacksdale) st Oates, b H allam .......... 0 Morrell (G. A.) (Lenton United C.C.), b Hallam . 0 Mee (W.) (New Brinsley), c Gunn (<jL), b Hallam ... 5 Leivers (T .) (Underwood Institute C.C.)b Penung- ton ... ....................... 0 Brammer(J.W.) (Sutton-in- Aahtield) run out ... 29 Meakm (G.H.)(Newthorpe) b Hallam ....................... Langham (W.) (Eradmore) b Iremonger ................. Shakespeare (G.) (----------), bV\a-s... .......... Brownlow (J. H.) (Shire Oaks), b Iremonger........ J. W. Marshall, not out B 8 , 1b 1, w 1 b Pennington c Chambers, Pennington cHallam, bGunn (G .)............... 1 c& b Pennington 2 9 c & b Pennington 28 8 2 10 Wide Total Iremonger (J.), c Mee, b Morrell.................27 Gunn (G.), b Day ..122 Gunn( W.),cDay,bMee 48 R. E. Hemingway, c V\right, b bhake- ppeare ................. 9 ..........188 Tota'(lOwkls) 68 T ub 1.LKVBK. Anthony, not out .. 40 A.O.Joues.c Marshall, b D a y.......................12 Oates, not out .......... 6 Byes .................22 Total (6 wkto)**85 Vennington, Wass, Hallam and Chambers did not bat. •Innings declared closed. 'i he C olts . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W . Pennington ... 23 6 48 7 ... ... 14 3 26 7 Hallam ... ... 21 11 63 6 ... ... 8 2 23 0 Chambers .. j 3 6 17 2 ... Anthony... ... 12 4 18 1 ... Iremonger ... 11 3 16 2 ... Wats ... ... 8 3 26 1 .. Gunn (G.)... 4 Pennington bowled two wides. 1 Ha E leven . O. M. R. W. 7 2 14 0 7 3 9 0 8 3 11 Wehtwood Meakin.. Morrell Shakespeare.14 4 33 AlletSoU ... 7 2 12 Brammer . . 8 4 12 Housley ... 7 1 20 Leivers ,. 5 0 15 O. M. R. W. Langham... 7 0 23 0 Mee ..........7 1 24 1 Brownlow... 7 1 22 0 Hartbhorn.. 9 1 21 0 Wright ... 7 1 17 0 Day . ... 7 1 17 2 Simpson ... 4 1 12 Q