Cricket 1905

274 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J uly 20, 1905. declined, and have played with it this year. My trst meeting with Charley was when the Butterflies played their first match against Forest School in 1863. We went one short. Just before the game began we saw a young lad on horseback looking on. Guillemard and I went up to him and told him that we were short. Would he play? “ Cer­ tainly.” He played and was put on to bowl. He proved to be so fast that we put our wicket-keeper where long-stop should be. I was longstop as a rule, but had to go far behind him, Guillemard at cover-slip backing me up. The straight ones took wickets, but sometimes a ball pitched on a path that went across the ground, rose over the wicket-keeper’s head, over mine, past Guillemard, and occasionally into Epping Forest for five, I remember that once, when I was play­ ing with Charley for the Butterflies against Wimbledon, he made five superb catches at short slip in one innings, all with one hand—three with the left and two with the right. I can think of several incidents refer­ ring to Charley Green’s connection with the Uppingham Rovers C.C., but one of the most interesting was a match many jears ago at Derby, when my friend arrived at the head of a glorious X I. to give battle to the Gentlemen of Derbyshire and two professionals, Mycroft and Platts, two of the best bowlers in the country. A. P. Lucas batted first, and played so superbly that his 100 runs were soon on the board ; he then evinced a wish to get out, and ran out to hit everything that was sent up, a thing he had never been seen to do before; but it went on successfully, except for Mycroft, who was hit out of the ground for 6 about five times. When his cip - tain went out to him with a drink, and said: “ Look here ‘ Bunny,’ old man, you have never made 200 yet, you are getting near it.” “ Buany ” went back to his original beautiful cricket, made his 200, then bit out again, and was caught. A wonderful change of diplomacy for one of C. E. Green’ s best pupils. In this match Hugh Rotherham knocked one of R. Docker’s bails the record distance of 63 yards. A propos of this remarkable old school club, Charley Green used to remark, “ I wonder how it is that the only fast bowler that can be found to play for England v. Australia is my fourth change in the Uppingham Bovers!” This was Stanley Curistopherson, who used to follow Hugh R jtherham, Schultz, and A. P. Lucas. I am grieved to have to admit that practical jokii g, though of a perfectly innocent kind, is part of Charley’s nature; if he took a Bishop to church with him he would place the eminent Prelate’s hat in such a potition that he would be obligei to subside upon it. Did any of j our readers ever let C. E. G. drive them to the station, or elsewhere in a two­ wheeled dog-cart ? 1 hope not. “ For ] aslime, ere he went to town,” he would tcol you at a tremendous pace, with a locge lein and a young horse, never in harness probably before, and, if he saw a big heap of stones by the wayside, for pure love of sport he must go for it with one wheel, and many a catastrophe has resulted. As to his kindness, gentleness, and hospitality, they know no bounds. I once saw an elderly gentleman arrive at Theydon Grove while a tennis party was going on. The host singled him out immediately, and gave orders for a foot­ man to follow him about wherever he went, “ because the gentleman is always so exhausted,” with a large tray of whiskey, soda, ice, etc. I believe that stout gentleman’s name began with a G, and that he was qualified for Kent. “ His name remains not in my memory,” as Ivanhoe said. It used to be said, nay, may be said now, that some of the ancient sculptors and painters exaggerated form and muscle. Michael Angelo, Phidias, or Rubens never put finer, more gigantic muscles into marble or on canvas than those of Charles Green. I am perfectly certain that at about the time he left Cam- bridgehe could have upset Hackenschmidt as often as he chose, and chucked Sandow over the Monument. And was it only in feats of strength, in sport, that he was and is famous ? No ! Go and dine with him and get him to sing you “ The Rhine Maiden,” by Henry Smart. You will have a lump in your throat; that is a ll; if you have any feeling for perfect words, perfect melody, and a perfect way of interpreting both. Good-bye, my dear old friend. I have not said half as much as you deserve, though, perhaps, more than you desire, for great men are, like yourself, as modest, as they are great and good. May you have a happy and prosperous year of office, old friend; and at your resignation in May 1906, may you be able to find as good a man, cricketer, sportsman, gentleman, to fill your place! SOUTHGATE v CHESI1UNT.—Played at South- gate on July 15. A. A. Hargraves, F. S. Lewis A. II. Horner, b J. F o r d ................. W. Bentley, b J. F o r d ................ F. B. Debenham, F. S. Lewis, b J. F o r d ................. C. Childerstone, J. C. Ford E. C. Galloway, J. C. Ford ... C heshunt . b 12 O. ... 20 C. ... 22 c C. M. Newson, lbw, b J. C. Ford .......... 8 F. Bentley, c White, b J. C. F o rd .......... 3 M. Evans, not out ... 8 Dr. Halstead, c Bev- ington, b J.C. Ford 0 A. O. Penny, b J. C. Ford ................. 0 B 3, lb 2, w 1 ... 6 Total 87 S outhgate . H. Y. Bevington, b Childerstone......... 0 L. R. Lewis, b W. Bentley .................37 F. S. Lewis, c New­ son, b W. Bentley... 25 H. R. Ford, c Har­ graves, b Newson 6 J. C. Ford, b Newson 11 E. J. Mann,cNew8on, b W. Bentley.......... 0 A. H. Jacob, not out 31 W. T. Ricketts, c W. Bentley, b Penny... 16 E. H. Saunders, b Childerstone.......... 0 J. Whitehead, b Childerstone.......... 1 E. White, c and b Childerstone.......... 6 B 1, lb 2 .......... 3 Total ...136 C RICKET Report Sheets, lOd. per dozen, post free. Order of Going-in Cards, 7d. per dozen, post free; Cricket 8core Books, 6d. and Is. each; postage 2d. extra.—To be obtained at the Officesof “ Oricket,” 168, Upper Thames Street London, E.O. NATIONAli PROVINCIAL BANK v. LONDON AND COUNTY BANK.—Played at Norbury on July 15. N. P. B ank . E. W. Armstrong run out ........................ A. Harrison, lbw, b Bieuvenu................. A. King, c Bienvenu, b Goddard .......... H.E.Moore, b Goddard J.W. Richards, b God­ dard ........................ J.Price,c & b Bienvenu E. J. Innocent, b Bien­ venu ........................ 13 18 7 1 6 1 21 L.&C . A. A. Feaver, b King 9 J. A. Bienvenu, c Richards, b Price ... 15 E. A. Tealby, c Harri­ son, b Price ..........13 C. W. Goddard, c Pur­ nell, b Price .......... 5 W. Sutton, b King ... 27 Masin, R. V. Brown and A. C. Purnell run out C. A. Shaw, c Sutton, b Goddard ......... H. L. Stephenson not out ........................ G. A. Cosser, b Bien­ venu ........................ Extras .......... Total ...105 B ank . C. R. Trowell not out 34 E. F. Robinson, c In­ nocent, b Moore ... 11 P. F. Allen not out ... 10 Extras .......... 6 Total ..........130 E. Stiff did not bat. NATIONAL PROVINCIAL BANK v. UNION AND SMITHS BANK.—Played at Lower Syden­ ham, on July 12, 13 and 14. E. W. Armstrong, b Hobbs ................. A. Harrison, c Pothe- cary, b Hobbs......... 13 A. King, b Willson ... 70 C. G. E. Jones, c Pothe- cary, b Ledger ... 82 H. E. Moore, lbw. b Ledger ................. 6 J.W. Richards, not out 0 N.P. B ank . 11 H. L. Stephenson, c Ledger, b Willson E.J.lnnocent,c Pothe- cary, b Willson ... W. H. Fear not out... G. A. Cosser, c Pothe- cary, b Willson ... Extras .......... Total (8 wkts.)*195 A. C. Purnell did not bat. * Innings declared closed. U nion & S miths B ank . H. J. Morris,c Stephen­ son, b King .......... 0 C. P. Russ, c & b Moore 54 C. Pothecary, c Moore, b Richards ..........29 E. A. Stevenson,cArm- strong, b Richards 4 R. W. Jex Blake, I Richards............... II. Willson, not out.. C. Ledger, not out .. Extras ........ 0 19 Total (5 wkts.) 118 HAMPSTEAD v. BECKENHAM.- Played Beckenham on July 15. H ampstead . L. A. l’avitt, c Powell, b Stenning ..........45 E. W. Sutton, b Baker 66 C. W. Alexander, c Powell, b Baker ... 47 B. A. Everitt, c and b Baker........................22 T. M. Farmiloe, c Greenside, b Baker 6 H. II. Walters, c Craig, b Baker ................. 0 J. G. Toller, c Field, b Baker ................. 1 H. G. Price-Williams, not out .................14 R. G. Davies, c Stenning. b Baker 2 R. G. Wright>-Booth, b B ak er................. 0 L. Brachie, run out... 0 Byes .................18 Total ...221 F. D. Browne, Farmiloe, b Tollerl24 E. Field, c Toller, b Davies .................87 B eckenham . H. Greenside, not out 28 J.B.Stenning, not out 21 B 6, lb 1, .......... 7 Total (2 wkts) 267 J. D. Craig, A. R. Colyer, W. B. Baker, H. Z. Baker, W. A. Powell, C. W. McAndrew, and H. B. Vincent did not bat. HAMPSTEAD v. EALING.—Played at Hampstead on July 15. E aling . E. S. Littlejohn, c Wheater, b Manson 3 R.R.Dangar,cWheater b Manson................. 5 A. F. Nepean, lbw, b Spoffonh................. 3 R. H Mallett, lbw, b Spofforth................. 9 H. Squire, b Spofforth 25 D. 11. Dangar, b Spof­ forth ........................17 H.B.Hayman.c Nepean, b Dangar.................31 B. E. A. Manson, st Nepean, b Mallett... 12 W. T. C. H. Danby, b Barnes .................50 E.L.Marsden,b Barnes 14 W. R. Moon, c Squire, b Barnes................. 4 R. D. Robertson, b Littlejohn................ 2 C.T.Barnes,bMarsden 14 A. R. Littlejohn, b Marsden.................21 H. D. Ruston, c & b Marsden.................22 F. Stileman, c Hay- man, b Marsden ... 12 A. R. Darnton not out 0 B 15, lb 9 ......... 24 Total ...155 H. Greig, c Dangar, b Mallett .................43 A. P. Dube run out... 0 D.MacGregor.c Little­ john, b Mallett ... 0 F. R. Spofforth not out ........................11 T. S. Wheater not out 12 B 8, lb 1 .......... 9 Total (9 wkts) 191