Cricket 1905

18 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. F eb . 23, 1905. d escrib 9 d as the strongest ever turned out by either of the Universities. That was the year of the first visit of the Australians, and we beat them by an innings at a time when they were carrying everything before them. I think that every man in the Cambridge team that year was fairly well-known afterwards. The team con­ sisted of A. P. Lucas, Alfred and Edward LytteltoD, H. Whitfeld, L. K. Jarvis, F. W. Kingston. Ivo Bligh, P. H. Morton, A. F. J. Ford, and my brother and myself. We were panicularly strong in bowling, with my brother Allan, whose curly ones were at that time an innovation, P. H Morton, the best ama­ teur fast bowler of his day, A. P. Lucas and A. F. J. Ford.” “ Whtn did you first play for Lanca­ shire ?” “ The fiist time was against Notts in 1876. I remember that I made between 80 and 90. A curious thing happened in that match. Wild, the Notts wicket­ keeper, damaged his hand, and Smith, a Lancashire professional who was allowed to keep wicket in his place, got four of us out in the second innings. This led to a discussion whether a substitute ought to be allowed to keep wicket, and the M.C.C. made an informal rule that he should not. In 1879 I went to live at Liverpool, and played off and on for the county until the eighties, but I never could get away regularly. Most of my cricket since then has been played in the neighbourhood of Liverpool.” “ How do you think Northern club cricket compares with Southern ? ” “ I don’t know very much about club cricket in the south, but in the north it is wonderfully good, and very nearly up to county form. There are a great many professionals who, although they could not stand the continued strain entailed by playing in three-day matches, can bowl splenoi lly in an afternoon’s cricket. Nearly all the clubs in the north include professionals in their teams, and no doubt tLis makes the bowling which one has to meet vistly more difficult than it would be if only amateurs played. At the same time there are disadvantages connected with the inclusion of professionals in club teams. Mr. Steel has played cricket both in Ireland and Scotland. ‘ ‘ Cricket is not an Irish game,” he said, “ and as I was living in an outlandish place in Kerry I did not often get a chance of playing when I was there. But I played at different times at Cork, Waterford, and in Pkoeaix Park, Dublin, where the cricket is good. During my residence in Ireland I wrote a series of articles on Golfing Cricketers for Golf Illustrated. In Scotland I lived at a long distance from a telegraph office, and I remembei that once I received two telegrams on the same day for each of which I had to pay five shillings porterage. One of the telegrams asked me to play for the Free Fores'ers against the Gentlemen o' Scotland; the other asked me to plaj for the Gentlemen of S 2 o :lj.nd agains' the Free Foresters.” W. A. B e t t f s w o b t h . CR ICK 1ST IN A N T IG U A— WEST IND IES . OFFICIALS v. NON-OFFICIALS. — Played at Antigua on December 8, 1904. Non-Officials won by 68 runs. N on -O fficials . 3 W. G. Davey, b Watt R. Camacho, lbw, b Watt .............. Rev. Weiss, c A. I. Camacho, b Udal ... 2 C. A. Gomes, run out 3 Geo. Edwards, b Watt 61 .T. Maginley, b Udal... 7 Fred Gomes, b Udal... 2 O fficials . 11 N. S. Johnston, b Udal V. Gomes, run out .. Rev. Martin, not out... F. M. Camacho, c Watt b Knollys .......... Extras................. Total J. S. Watt, c and b F. Camacho.................14 A. J. Camacho, c Martin, b Davey ... 0 J. S. Udal, c F. Cama­ cho, b Edwards ... 13 R. Malone, c Martin, b F. Camacho ..........14 W. I. Abbott, absent 0 H. R. Cruise, not out 22 G. C. Faille, c Magin- ley, b Weiss ... ... 3 R. Pigott, lbw b Weiss 1 H. Holme, sub C. Malone, st F. Davey, b Weiss ................. 0 H. L. Knollys, absent 0 E. 8. J. Branch, absent 0 Extras................. 4 Total 71 ANTIGUA v. WANDERERS—Played at Antigua on December 26, 1904. Wanderers won, after a most exciting finish, by 5 runs. His Honour, J. S. Udal, took five wickets for 10 runs. A ntigua . W. G. Davey, b Chris­ tian ........................18 A.J .Camacho,cNisbet, b Christian ..........13 Rev. J. Weiss, c Bird,b Perara .................23 II.l’.Cruise,bChristian 4 J. S. Udal, b Christian I H.F.Holme.b Sweeney 10 W anderers . J. S. Watt, b Sweeney 12 Geo. Edwards, b Bird 6 It. Camacho, b Bird ... 9 Rev. Martin, not out... 5 II. L. Knollys, b Sweeney................. 0 Extras.................10 Total .114 b It. Joseph, c It. Cama­ cho, b W eiss.......... S. Galleon, lbw Holme ................. J. Joseph, b Weiss ... C.Sweeney,st Davey, b U dal........................ E. Perara, b Weiss ... J. Bird, c Watt, b Udal 11 C.Christian.c & bUdal J. Martin, b Udal E,Samuel, c & b Weiss G. Nisbett, not out ... A. Joseph, b Udal ... Extras................. Total ......... 1 ANTIGUA v. ST. JOHN’S. Played at Antigua on December 27th. 1904. Antigua C.C. won by 48runs on the first innings. St. J ohn ’ s . First innings. W.Heath,cC.Gomes,bWeiss 39 E. Michael, c Weiss, b R. Camacho ..................... 3 W. England, b R. Camacho 4 B. Willock, b Weiss ......... 2 Second innings, not out................. 9 C.Pigott,lbw, b R. Camacho 2 1). Donoghue, b Weiss ... 0 J. Gonsalves, not out.......... 9 A. Gomes, b Udal R. Pigott, b Weiss R. Nanton, b Weiss H. Tobitt, b Weiss Extras.......... Total ... b Udal................. not out................. st Davey, h Mar­ tin ................. lbw, b Martin ... c C. Gomes, b Edwards......... c R. Camacho, b Davey ......... b Udal................. b Udal................. b Martin ... Extras ..........65 Total ... 86 A ntigua . W.G. Davey,c Heath, b R.Camacho,bC.Pigott 13 R. P igott................. 0 C. Gomes, b R. Pigott 1 G.Edwards,b R.Pigott 14 A.J.Camacho, b Heath 9 Rev. J.Weiss, b Heath 10 J. S. Udal, b R. Pigott 20 J. S. Watt, b C. Pigott 14 F.M.Camacho, c Eng­ land, b R. Pigott ... u F. Gomes, c Michael, b J. Gonsalves ... 11 Rev. Martin, not out 4 Extras.................17 Total .113 ANTIGUA C.C.—AVER \UES FOR 1904. W .G. Davey... A. J. Camacho .......... Hev. J. Weiss ......... His Honor J. S. Udal.. R. Camacho................. H. F. Holme................. A. W. I indsay ......... I'VE. Camacho .......... BATTING. (In 10 or more innings). No. Times of not Total inns. out. 26 24 ... 24 ... 20 ... 16 ... 20 ... 16 ... 47 ... runs. Ill . 366 . 296 . 218 . 127 . 151 . 147 . 115 . Moat in an inns. . 82 .. . 68 .. . 67 ., . 40 .. . 21 . . 46 .. . 28 .. . 32 . Aver. . 18-37 . 18-30 . 14*09 . 13-62 . 10*58 . 1006 . 9-80 . 9*66 Rev. A. Martin Geo. Edwards J. S. Watt ... N. S. Johnston No. Times Most of not Total in an irtns. out. runs. inns. ... 46... 6 ... 94 ... 12 .. ... 23... 0 ... 195 ... 64 .. ... 27... 3 ... 184 ... 14 .. ... 13... 2 ... 58 ... 10 .. Aver. 9-40 8-47 7-66 5-27 BOWLING. (In 10 or more innings). Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Aver. His Honour J.S.Udal 105 ... 8 . . 377 .. 54 .. 6-98 Rev. J. Weiss . . ... 198 ... 30 . . 593 .. 58 .. 8-67 J. S. Watt... . ... 102 .. 15 . . 295 .. 27 .. 10-92 A. W. Lindsay. . ... 143 .. 31 . . 360 . . 32 .. 11-24 F. E. Camacho ... 98 ... 21 . . 229 .. 20 .. 11-45 H. F. Holme . . ... 100 ... 21 . . 260 .. 10 .. 26-00 W A RW IC K S H IR E COUNTY C.C. The following are the chief items in the report for 1904 :— In submitting the report for 1904, your committee has, unfortunately, to announce a serious loss on the year’s working of £059. From the statement of accounts annexed it will be seen that gate receipts were almost identical in amount with those of the previous year, viz., £1,994. Subscriptions produced only £2,070, compared with £2,206 in 1903, and £2,397 in 1902, the number of subscribers being 1,775 full members and 110 lady mem­ bers, as against 1,837 and 125 respectively in 1903. The following professionals have been engaged upon the ground staff:—Bates, Baker, Charlesworth, Field, Hargreave, Hyde, Kinneir, Lilley, Moorhouse, Quaife (W. G ), Santall, Smith, Weldrick, and Whittle. INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT. For the year ending 31st December, 1904. MATCH EXPENDITURE. £ s. d. To M atch E xpenses , viz . - County Matches Cambridge University Derbyshire ............... Essex ........................ 204 2 1 Do. (Benefit) .......... 65 1 10 Hampshire .......... Lancashire - Match Exs.................. 182 1 I Insurance Prm. ... 15 If) 0 Leicestershire ....................... London C ounty....................... Surrey— Match Exs................. 180 7 1 Insurance Prm. ... 23 12 6 South Africans .......... 76 7 0 Do. (Share of Gate) ... 22 2 6 Worcestershire 1st XT.— Match Exs.................. 187 0 5 Insurance Prm. ... 78 15 0 Worcestershire 2nd XI..................... Yorkshire — Match Exs.................. 190 17 11 Insurance Premium 15 15 0 £ s. d. 160 3 I 161 19 1 269 3 11 185 9 2 197 16 1 159 16 3 184 47 0 MATCH RECEIPTS. £ s. d. G ate M oney R eceived Cambridge University... Derbyshire ................. Essex.................................. Hampshire ................. Lancashire........................ Leicestershire................. London County .......... Surrey............................... South Africans................. Worcestershire 1st XI. ... Insurance Claim Worcestershire 2nd XI. Yorkshire....................... 418 7 80 15 203 19 7 98 9 6 i 265 15 5 58 0 5 206 12 11 -2,149 2 5 £ s. d. 77 10 0 139 9 3 170 4 6 91 15 9 232 12 9 50 14 6 186 10 9 168 7 3 . 56 ) 5 0 1 499 3 8 38 14 6 . 283 3 3 £1,995 1 2