Cricket 1905

114 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M ay 11, 1905. self, his brother Alfred, and Mr. Spofforth in the famous match between the Aus­ tralians and Cambridge University in 1878. There had been much discussion about Spoffjrth’s bowling, and his art of varying his pace in such a way that bats­ men could not know what sort of a ball wa? coming to them. Mr. Lyttelton had, he thought, discovered the secret, and when he had to receive his first ball from the great Australian, he made up his mind, from Spoffjrth’s manner of holding the ball, that it was to be a slow. But, in the meantime, a thoughtful friend had told Spofforth about the discovery, and the result was that Spofforth purposely deceived the bats­ man by his manner of holding the ball, and then sent down a tremendously fast one. Mr. Lyttelton, more by luck than skill, managed to get his bat down in time, and the ball went for a three, his brother congratulating him heartily on the excellence of the stroke. Canon Lyttelton believes that much may be done for young cricketers by good coaching, but he has always been of the opinion that more may be learned from studying the style and methods of famous batsmen than from mere coaching at the nets. At Eton he was coached by Mr. B. A. H. Mitchell, who at that time was considered one of the finest coaches ever known for boys—he may be said to have divided the honours with H. H. Stephen­ son—but he derived more benefit from watching Mr. Mitchell at the nets than from his advice; for Mr. Mitchell was a batsman with a beautiful style which was not too complicated for a boy to copy. Other men whose batting influenced Mr. Lyttelton were D. Q. Steel, F. E. B. Fryer, and last, but not least, W. G. Mr. Lyttelton played for Eton against Harrow and Winchester in 1872, 1873 and 1874, his best scores being 22, 61, and 58. In 1875 he gained his blue for Cambridge, and, making two useful scores against Oxford, was out in the second innings to a catch which he and Mr. A. J. Webbe are never likely to forget. It was a running catch at deep equare-leg, and was made almost on the boundary. Mr. Webbe had disposed of him in the previous year in the second innings of Eton in the Harrow match by an equally brilliant catch in the long field. In 1877 Mr. Lyttelton, working very hard for examinations, lost his form almost completely during the cricket term, but regained it by playing for Trinity Long Vacation Club. It is his advice to good oricketers who cannot make runs, owing to bad luck or whatever cause, to play in small matches for a time. It may interest a good many modern schoolboys, who would never dream of throwing the ball about to each other while waiting for the next batsman to come in, to know that Mr. Lyttelton and Mr. Walter Forbes, who fielded alternately at mid-off and long-leg, threw the ball to each other right across Lord’s when a Harrovian was out. What is more they caught the ball when it came to them. Mr. Lyttelton’s task was much the harder, since Forbes was one of the strongest throwers ever seen on a cricket field, and when he threw to a man for a catch, the ball seemed to go nearly out of sight among the clouds. W. A. B e ttb sW O R T H . LONDON & WESTMINSTER BANK (3) v. OLD FORESTHILLIANS. — Played at Norbury on May 6. O ld F oresthillians . W. G. Glennie, b A. Anson ................. 0 N. F. Richardson, b Willson .................38 P.E.Herrick,bA.Anson 0 F. Eames, b Merry ... 0 L. J. Kemp, b Willson 0 E. C. Richardson, b A. Anson ................ 30 W. J. Anderson, b Total Nicholson................. 1 L on d on & W e stm in ste r B ank, O. K. Freiligrath, b Nicholson .......... H.B.Walker, b Nichol­ son ........................ W. G. Genth, not out S. Eames, c Brenan, b A. Anson................. Extras................. A. Anson, b Eomes ... 4 G O.Anson, b Glennie 0 G. Logan, b Kemp ... 51 R.T.Candwell,cAnder- son, b Eames......... 0 T.D. Brenan, b Eames 0 C.H.Chapman, not out 75 J. T. Merry and H. CL W.Horncastle,cGentli, b Kemp .................22 M.Nicholson, b Eames 0 T.C^Sampson, not out 12 Extras.................24 Total (7 wkts) 188 Willson did not, bat. LONDON AND WESTMINSTER BANK (2) v. HAMPTON WICK “ A.”—Played at Hampton Wick on May 6th. L. & W. B an k (2). F. W. Newcomb, run out .......... ......... 11 E. W. Bennett, run out ........................ 0 O. I. Crossley, b King 0 R. S. Hartree, c Gard­ ner, b Hulland ... 19 H. E. Muriel, c King, b Hulland ......... 0 A. M. Cockell, b King 9 G. I.. A. Kerr, c Bull, b Gardner ..........44 H. O. Manfield, b Hul­ land ........................ 0 G. S. Tyte, b Hulland 0 H. E. Coomber, c Tug- well, b Gardner ... 45 A. Podmore, not out... 21 B 9, lb 2 .. ... 11 A. E. Miles, b Hartree 11 P. Dows, b Hartree ... 4 R. F. Bull, b Kerr ... 2 E. Gardner, b Hartree 0 A. S. Tugwell, b Har- D. G. Govey, b Har­ tree ........................ 8 H. O. Smith, b Kerr... 4 H ampton W ick “ A .” Total ...160 J. F. Fitzgerald, c Tyte, b Kerr .......... H. 1. B. King, st Man­ field, b Hartree A. E. Hulland, b Kerr H. D. 0. Bailly, not out ......................... No-ball .......... Total... 34 SPENCER v. CROYDON.-Played at Wandsworth Common on April 29. S pencer . E. C. Kirk, c Tovey, b Watson ..........22 T. Wheeler, b Butler 9 F. Barton, c Butler, b Watson .................15 F. F. Boles, run out... 0 W. Ingram, b Watson 1 H. W. Wheeler, c Latham, b Brierley 26 J. Paget, b Barton H. Tovey, b Wheeler A. Latham, st Barton, b Wheeler ......... W . R o th w e ll, b Wheeler ................. C roydon . J. C. Larkin, b Paget 54 L. Wood, not out ... 6 W. Johnson, cFifteld, b Perrin .................22 G. Sykes, b Watson... 11 W. R. Featherston- liaugh, not out ... 0 Extras ... ... 15 Total (9 wkts) ...181 28 T. A. Watson, c Bar­ ton, b Wheeler Brierley, not out Perrin, not o u t ........ Extras........ Total(5wkts) ...127 LONDON & WESTMINSTER BANK v. HAMP­ TON WICK.—Played at Norbury on May 6. H am pton W ick . J. Armitage, b Boys... W. Farquharson, b Willson .......... ... 1 G. Petterbridge, b Willson ... .......... 1 R. J. Livers, c Snell, b Simpson ................ 16 G. V. Forrester, b Simpson .................40 E. Spearing, b Simp­ son ........................ 2 L. & W. B an k. W. J. Barrie, st Pitt- Brook, b Snell D. White, c C. J. Bow­ man, b Boys .......... R. W. Lee, b Willson G. Lovell,b Willson... P. F. Knox, not out... Extras ... ... Total . 22 9 21 . 22 16 ..155 C. A. Snell, b Armit­ age ........................ 1 A. G. Gough, b Armit­ age ........................13 C. Bowman, b Barrie 1 S. Bowman, b Barrie 3 H. C. Boys, b White 48 L. Pitt-Brook, run out 8 H. S. Baker, not out 13 H. D. Dear, c Forres­ ter, b Armitage ... 1 Extras .......... 4 Total 92 W. Bradbery, C. C. Simpson and E. A. Willson did not bat. HOW TRUM PE R W A S OUT. For the benefit of future cricket historians we append a selection of reasons why Trumper was bowled at the Crystal Palace:— AUSTRALIA v. GENTLEMEN OF ENGLAND. First innings. V. Trumper, b Brearley .......... 2 Brearley had the satisfaction of yorking Trumper for 2.— Daily Chronicl-. Victor Trumper was bowled by a rather good ball from Brearley; it was well pitched up, but kept low and broke in just enough to beat the bat.-D ai y Express. Brearley began the bowling, and the fourth over proved too good for Trumper. —Daily Telegraph. It was a fine ball with which Brearley outwitted this fine young batsman; a shade over the perfect length, yet not far enough up to be a yorker, he was caught between two minds and saw his off stump go down before his bat answered the signal of his brain.— Sportsman. In trying to drive Brearley he misjudged the length of the ball, got over it, and was yorked. This made an instance of the batsman converting a slightly over-tossed ball into a yorker —Morning Leader. In Brearlev’s second over he played late and inside a good yorker. Standard. Brearley deserved every credit for getting the wicket, the ball being such an ingenious one as to length that the batsman over-reached himself in trying to meet it. iLveniug New . Second innings. V. Trumper, b Beldam................. 7 Trumper was bowled by a ball that he was trying to sweep round in front of square-leg.— Daily Telegraph. Trumper was bowled in the attempt to hit Beldam to the on.— Daily Chronicle. Victor Trumper was bowled in trying to drive a ball that swung a littie in the air.— Daily Express. His wicket was disturbed by a ball from Beldam which kept extremely low, and at which, in an apparent attempt to get it round to leg, he played just a trifle too high.— Sportsman. In Beldam’s second over a swerve clean bowled Mr. Trumper, who tried to hit it to square leg.— Standard. Trumper, in attempting a square-leg hit, missed the ball, which either came in, or swerved and took his wicket.— Morning Post. The Middlesex amateur, making the new ball swerve, fairly beat and bowled the Australian crack with a good length ball.— Morning Leader. J. C. LOVELL’S XI. v. HONOURABLE ARTIL­ LERY CO.—Played at Tulse Hill on May 6. J. C. L o v e ll’s XL P. P. Tyacke, b Murray 23 C. L. Ring, c Adair- Thompson, b Bonser 22 W. H. Golds, c Adams, b Watts .................19 C. H. Mountain, c Bell, b B onser................. 0 J. P. Candler, b Bon­ ser ........................ 1 K. Robinson, b Adair- Tliompson ..........23 J. Anthony Lovell, b Adair-Thompson ... 14 L. Lovell, b Adair- Thompson ........ 0 E. D. Lovell, b Adair- Thompson S. H. Flindt,not out... C. Lovell, c Adams, b Adair-Thompson B 10, lb 4 ... Total ..126 H. J. Sharpe, c Robin­ son, b F lin dt.......... 0 R. W. Neumegan, b Robinson................. 2 L. M-. Murray, c Cand­ ler, b Robinson ... 0 J. D. H. Watts, run out ........................46 F. C. Adair-Thompson, not out .................74 H. A. C. H. W. Bell, c Golds, b Candler ................. 0 H. J. Bonser, b An­ thony Lovell .......... 1 A. D. Collins, not out ........................ 2 B 3, lb 7, nb 1... 11 Total (6wkts)*136 A. J. Adams, A. R. Shield, and H. H. Walshe, did not bat. •Innings declared closed.