Cricket 1905

J uly 6, 1905. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME 249 S in ce the Test match at Lord’s on June 15th, 16th and 17th (in which he scored 56 and 79), A. C. Maclaren has played in three matches. He has scored 1 and 0, 2, and 0. And yet, so firmly has he established his reputation as a great player for a great occasion, that there is hardly a cricketer in England who would have suggested that he should be left out of the Test match at Leeds last Monday if he had been able to play. A n e ig h b o u rin g and deserving charity in the shape of the Belgrave Hospital for children will benefit, I understand, to the extent of over two hundred pounds as the result of the second match between Jockeys and Amateur Athletes, played at the Oval last Monday. That the among the new C.B.’s. Unhappily it turned out to be a false alarm, and instead of being the Australian cricketers the two recipients of the honour were ordinary persons. ------ W ic k e t-k e e p e rs , as a rule, do not stand out as prominently in the public eye as they ought. As a consequence many notable performances escape notice. It is the more gratifying, therefore, when one comes across a good record of a stumper and is able to give it “ bold advertisement.” Such a one I saw in the match between Sherborne and Tonbridge Schools, at Tonbridge, last Thursday and Friday. The Sherborne wicket-keeper, H. G. May, son of a good old cricketer, who has played for the Young Amateurs of Surrey more than once, secured five of two balls (four balls an over), three maidens, twenty-four runs, six wickets.” R e fe r r in g to the match betweenEssex and the Australians “ Wanderer” in last Thursday’s Sportsman says :— I might mention one or two coincidences between the recent g»me and the success of 1899, which also came as a big surprise. A prominent home batsman in each case “ bagged a brace” —then F. L. Fane, now Percy Perrin ; McUahey made thirty-nine on that occasion, ind the same score in the second venture on Friday last; the one match made “ Doctor ” Young, the other has set the seal of fame on Buckenham, the Essex fast bowler, who, with Tremlin, was responsible for the whole of the twenty Australian wickets in the proportion of 6 to 4 in each venture. It might also be hr, e. w. mann (Cambridge). (Photo by Messrs. Steam , Cambridge). MR K. M CARLISLE (Oxford) {Photo by Messrs Baker <57* Dixon). THE UN IVERS I TY C A P TA IN S . game which was organised last summer by Messrs. W. Lotinga (Larry Lynx) the old athlete, and Momington Cannon the well-known jockey, has lost none of its popularity was conclusively shown by the large and enthusiastic gathering on the Surrey Ground this week. The Jockeys too, made the recent game memorable by a fine display of fast scoring at the close. Thanks to the vigorous hitting of J. Woodman and G. Williamson they got the 97 runs wanted to win with five minutes to spare, making 101 in twenty-five minutes for the loss of two batsmen. In a list of the Birthday Honours, one of the provincial papers gave the names of Sir Clement Hill and C. McLeod, Esq., the ten wickets in tbe first innings of Tonbridge, stumping three and catching two. Moreover, the only “ extra” in Tonbridge’s two knocks of 121 and 80 for two wickets was one leg-bye. W ith reference to the “ Chat” which appeared in Cricket last week about Mr. W. W. Read, a correspondent writes:— “ You omitted to mention that once at least in his life Mr. Read did the hat trick in a first class match. In 1891 at Scar­ borough for Gentlemen of England against Sherwin’s Notts X I. he dismissed W. Barnes, W. Attewell and Dr. Dixon with successive balls —not a bad haul by any means, was it ? In the course of the innings he took six wickets, and had quite a remarkable analysis, viz., fifteen overs pointed out that each victory was gained at about the same hour on the Saturday. A lt h o u g h most of the sides which won the toss last Thursday seemed to have an enormous advantage, for they batted on the easiest of wickets before the rain came, and then apparently had their opponents at their mercy, their efforts were thrown away, and there was a large crop of drawn matches. Worcestershire made 534 against Somerset, the Australians 527 against Gloucestershire, Lancashire 389 against Sussex, Leicestershire 315 against Notts, Warwickshire 357 against Hamp­ shire. In the London district there was no play at the Crystal Palace, and at the Oval Surrey reaped no benefit from bat­ ting first against Cambridge. At Hull,