Cricket 1905

2-26 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J u k e 29, 1905. he held his own with the two or three greatest players of the day. From 1884 to 1893 he played in all the test matohes with three exceptions, scoring 434 in seventeen innings, with an average of 27-12. Hi* highest score in these matches was 117 at the Oval in 1884. He was considered to be some­ what out of form, and so strong was the English team in batting, at least on paper, tbat he was placed tenth on the order of going in. He went to Australia twice—with the Hon. Ivo Bligh’s team in 1882 and with Mr. Vernon’s team in 1887, his average for the latter tour being 67'77 in eleven a-side matches—a record which has not been beaten. In the Gentle­ men and Players matches he played pretty frequently between 1877 and 1895, scor­ ing 1,067 runs in thirty-nine innings with an average of 28'83 ; but only once in this series of matches did he score over a hundred—in July, 1885, at the Oval, when he made 1 and 159. On the other hand he very seldom failed to make a useful score. Hi? highest total was 33S for Surrev v. Oxford University in 1888, and in 1877 he made 247 against Lanca­ shire and 244 not out against Cambridge Uriversity in successive matches. In the field he did not attract the attention of the man in the crowd, be­ cause he seldom seemed to make tre­ mendous exertions—the ball seemed to come to him as it does to so many good fieldsmen who instinctively gauge its direction as soon as a batsman shapes for a hit. They move quietly, whereas the man who has to wait until the ball is far on its way must hurry, and thus seems to be doing a brilliant performance when he succeeds in arresting the ball after a great effort. It was not wise to lift the ball in the neighbourhood of “ W .W .” Although Mr. Head cannot claim to bp the actual inventor of the modern style of batting wbich has brought pulls and leg glances almost to perfection, he was incontestably the first man who dis­ covered the infinite possibilities which lay in the pull, and put his discoverief into practice, to the extreme disgust <f those who held that only the orthodox way of hitting; a ball was legitimate. Years ago Mr. Head gave me the expla­ nation of the way in which this new stroke of his was brought about. “ I had often thought of it, and at last I began to work out the idea thoroughly,” he said. “ It seemed to me that with all the men on the off-side it was a thousand pities to neglect any opportunity of getting a ball to the on. It struck m i that the hit which would serve the pur­ pose best was the same stroke as a square leg hit. So I tried at home to see how 1 could manage it, with the aid of a small boy to bowl. After a time I found 1 could hit most balls to leg in that way, and, of course, I adopted the stroke, for which I was very much blamed; and, for the matter of that, am still blamed. But I think a batsman is perfectly justi­ fied in trying to get runs any way he nan. I found that by putting the left leg right across at an off ball, and hitting almost exactly as you would to square leg, the desired effect was attained. Whether it was a graceful stroke or not did not enter into my calculations at all. As far as I have been able to discover, you have to hit a little sooner than you would in making a square leg hit; you must go at. whit you think will be the pitch before the ball actually drop*. The objection to the stroke is that if you are in the least out of form you get out every time, and on a bad wicket it is very risky. I have certainly been out pretty often in misjudging the hit, but it has been an extremely useful streke to me all the same.” W . A. B e t t e s w o r t h . GRANVILLE (LEE) HOME WEEK. 1 st MATCH, V. FOREST HILL. —Played at Lee on June 19. C.J. Bingham, st. Ken die. b Richardson... V J. Balkwill b Groves 1 A. H. Talma,b Groves 8 C. E. G. Lee, b Groves 0 W. R. Bingham, b Groves ................. 0 T. J. Balkwill, b Groves .................13 J. J. Mansell, b Groves 10 F o r e s t H ill Flowers, not out......... lf> W. S. Holt, b Richard­ son ........................20 H. Simmonds, b Rich­ ardson ................. 0 L. H. Baskett, lbw, b Richardson ......... 0 Extras................. 2 Total 77 G ranville . N. Cockell, lbw, b Flowers .................. 12 C. E. C. Kendie, b T. Balkw ill............... 155 IT. W. Le May, c and b J. Balkwill.......... 7 F. E. Lander, b Flow­ ers ........................... 17 J. P. Clarkson c W.R. Bingham, b Talma 66 P. P. Lincoln, b Ilolt 42 J. A. Johnston, not out ........................ 2 Extras.................33 Total (6 wkts) 334 T. II. Summers, W. Helder, H. T. Richardson, and Groves did not bat. 2 nd MATCH, v. WANDERERS.—Played at Lee on June 20. W anderers . First innings. Second innings. S. Colman, b Richardson... 55 F. L. Nightingale.cGroves, b Parker ........................ 120 O. J. Damian, b Groves ... 12 F. Morres, b A.-Thompson 0 c Cockell, b Lin­ coln ................. 4 b 13 and R. Hardy-Corf, Armstrong... A. M . Latham, c Helder, b Richardson ........ E. II. Fischer, not out. M. Baker, not out .......... 24 . 18 18 notout... ... 21 J. L. Phillips ) E. J. Nelson VDid not bat A. L. S. Rose j B 13,1b 7, w5, nb 1... 26 notout.................22 c Parker,b Lincoln 2 b L in coln ........ ! 8 Byes ......... 4 Total (6 wkts) *286 Total (3 wkts) 61 * Innings declared closed. G ranville . N. Cockell, c Nightin­ gale, b Rose ..........36 A.L. Armstrong, c Fis­ cher, b Hardy-Corf 10 G.C.Beasley.cDamian, b Hardy-Corf.......... 0 F.C.Adair-Thompson, b Hardy-Corf.......... 14 J. P. Clarkson, lbw, b Hardy-Corf .......... l r . P . Lincoln, b Rose 9 W. Helder, b Hardy- C o r f........................ 7 H. T. Richardson, c Nightingale, b Rose 26 S.A. Walker,b Hardv- Corf ................. ... 8 Groves, b Rose.......... 0 Parker, not o u t.......... 3 B l, lb 1 .......... 2 Total .116 3 rd MATCH v. HAMPSTEAD.--Played at Lee on June 21. N. Cockell, c Orr, b Spofforth................ 32 H. W. Le May, b Spof­ forth ... ................. 24 J.P.Clarkson, c Bailey, b Spofforth ..........21 C.E.O. Kendle.c Dray- son, b Spoffonh ... 18 F.E.Lander.b Pawling 42 P. P. Lincoln, c Orr, b Pawling .................37 G ranville . H. T. Richardson, c Greig, b Marsden... 8 W. Helder, not out ... 16 T.L.Passmore, b Spof­ forth ........................ 2 J.A.Rutter, b Pawling 0 A. C. Rodwell.b Spof­ forth ........................ 0 Extras.................32 Total ..........232 T. S. Wheater, b Rich­ ardson ................. L.W.H.Bailey.cRutter, b Richardson.......... E. L. Marsden, b Pass- more ........................ F. Rowley, b Passmore A.J. Orr, b Richardson B.S.A. Manson, b Pass- more..........................] F.R.Spofforth.cRutter, b Richardson.......... H ampstead . C. D. Drayson, b Pass- more ........................ H. S. Buckley, not out J. Greig, o Clarkson, b Richardson......... S. S. Pawling, b Rich­ ardson ................. Extras................. Total 41 4 th MATCH, v. M.C.C. & GROUND.- Played at Lee on June 22. G ranville . N. Cockell, c Hunter, b Allsopp.................22 IT. W. LeMay, b Gee- son ... .............. 1 H. E. Thomson, b Wainwright ..........87 I. P. Clarkson, b All­ sopp ........................ 1 A. S Johnston, b All­ sopp ........................35 F. E. Lander, c Hun­ ter, b Allsopp......... 37 M.C.C. and G round . P. P. Lincoln, not out 60 T. H. Summers, c Gee- son, b Allsopp ... 0 H. T. Richardson, b Geeson ................. 0 T. L. Passmore, c Fawsitt, b Allsopp 1 Groves, b Geeson ... 4 Extras.............. 8 Total . .256 G. C. Beasley, b Pass- more ........................ 2 Geeson, b Passmore... 13 R. B. Skinner, b Richardson ..........11 O. C. Raphael, b Pass- more ........................ 8 Wainwright, b John­ ston ........................28 C. II. Hunter, b Pass- more ........................ 2 Allsopp, b Groves ...27 J. H. Mills, b Groves 1 I„F. Fawsitt,b Groves 4 Major Salmon, not out ........................12 E. Rodriguez, c Le May, b Johns on ... 3 Extras.................12 Total .123 5 th MATCH, v. OLD MERCHANT TAYLORS.- Pla.ved at Lee on June 23. O ld M erchant T aylors . R.B. Elderton, b Rich­ ardson .................1 T. Dennis, c Helder, b Richardson.......... R. K. Henderson, c Lincoln, b Richard­ son ........................ F. R. Farmer, run out W. G. Henderson, not out ........................S A.T.Marshall,c Helder b Richardson.......... F. B. Wood, b Rich­ ardson ............... E. Moss, c Le May, b Richardson .......... H. W. Marshall b Richardson .......... J. A. Rutter, c Helder, b Richardson.......... A. N. Other, absent... Extras................. Total 12 0 5 78 G ranville . N. Cockell, c W. Hen­ derson, b Rutter ... 36 H. W. Le May, b R. Henderson ..........26 H. E. Thomson, st Elderton, b R. Hen­ son ........................ 0 J. P. Clarkson, c R. Henderson,b Rutter 14 C. Hunter, st Elder­ ton, b R. Henderson 17 F. E. Lander, c Moss, b R. Henderson ... 2 P. P. Lincoln, c and b Rutter ................. 9 T. H. Summers, lbw b R. Henderson......... 3 V. B. Longworth, c and b Rutter.......... 4 W. Helder, b Hender­ son ........................ 0 H. T. Richardson, not out ........................17 Extras................. 3 Total ...131 6 th MATCH, v. GRAVESEND.- Played at Lee on June 24. G ranville . .Cockell, b McCanlis 5 .W.LeMay, c Cooper, bL.H.W.Troughton 113 . E. Thomson, b Ash­ down ........................15 i. A. Beldam, lbw. b L. H. W. Troughton 58 . E. C. Kendle, b L. H. W. Troughton 7 P. Clarkson, c Rob­ son, b Ashdown ... 6 T. L. Passmore did not bat. P.P.Lincoln, c Cooper, b McCanlis ..........19 F. E. Lander, c Coo­ per, b Harrison ... 69 T. H. Summers, lbw, b McCanlis ......... 5 G. M. Staples, not out 3 H. T. Richardson, not out ........................ 7 Extras.................15 Total (9 wkts)*322 •Innings declared closed. G ravesend . 10 J. Croft, c Cockell, b Richardson.......... i. IT. W. Troughton, c Clarkson, b Rich­ ardson .................22 F. Cooper, R.N., c Cockell, b Passmore 1 G. Robson, b Sum­ mers ........................27 W. Boorman, b Thomson.................10 . B. Harrison, R.N..C Beldam, b Richard­ son ................. 51 L. C. Troughton, run out ........................ 0 Ashdown, lbw, b Thomson................. 6 E. D. Vergette, b Richardson ........ 3 F. Abraham, c Thom­ son, b Summers ... 20 J. Sandford, b Rich­ ardson .................12 G. McCanlis, not out 9 Extras ..........14 Total ...185