Cricket 1905

S ept . 14, 1905. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME 409 between the two games except that they both have eleven a-side, just as a comet and a pussy-cat both have tails. T he list of Champion Counties since 1884 is as follows:—: 1885. Notts. 1886. Notts. 1887. Surrey. 1888. Surrey. ( Notts. 1889.j Lancashire. ( Surrey. 1890. Surrey. 1891. Surrey. 1892. Surrey. 1893. Yorkshire. 1894. Surrey. I t will be seen that since 1895 the championship has only come to the south twice. During the twenty-one years the championship has been confined to five countieE—Surrey, Yorkshire, Notts, Lan­ cashire, and Middlesex. Including the year 1889, when three teams were bracketed equal, Surrey has been champion county nine times, Yorkshire seven times, and Lancashire and Notts three times. I n county matches Tremlin (Essex) has been not out 17 times in 31 innings. Butt (Sussex) 16 times in 35 in n in g B , Hum­ phries (Kent) 15 times in 34 in n in g s , and Strudwick (Surrey) 12 times in 32 innings. It will be noticed that three of these men are wicket-keepers. Hunter, the York­ shire wicket-keeper, has done some re­ markable things in the way of not out innings, but this year his record is only 8. Th e remarks which appeared in “ Gossip” last week with reference to “ confident appeals ” received an amusing illustration at the end of the match be­ tween Essex and the Australians. Dur­ ing the exciting partnership of Bucken­ ham and Freeman no fewer than five very confident appeals were made against Buckenham for lbw. Yet the umpires were obdurate, for the simple reason that they did not think the ball would have hit the wicket. But I fancy that five appeals at a critical period of a match is not a record, either for England, Aus­ tralia, or America. I t is not often that a captain who, in club cricket, wins the toss and puts his opponents in first, has such a startling experience as befel the captain of the Douglas Park “ B ” team (Chicago) on August 5th. The opposing side, the Wanderers, had run up a total of 445 for nine wickets when darkness put an end to the game, which was adjourned to the following Saturday. I n a match at Pullman (U.S.) the wicket-keeper was struck on the head by a rising ball and had to retire. His sub­ stitute was almost immediately after­ wards hit by a ball on an injured knee, with the result that a blood-vessel was broken. It may be added that the ground was exceedingly rough. A t the end of last week Armstrong brought his total for the season to 1,962, and thus still required 38 runs to com­ plete the two thousand, with but one match before him. As he had previously taken over a hundred wickets, he had an excellent chance of joining Hirst in scoring two thousand and taking a hun­ dred wickets during the season. On Tues­ day he made 19 at Hastings, and yesterday when the South of England second innings was closed there was just time for him to make the required 19 runs, and he accomplished his object with two runs to spare. C. B. F r y ’ s position as first in the batting averages was unassailable at the end of last week, and there was not much chance that Hirst could be deposed from second place. On Monday Lees was within ten wickets of his second hundred, with in all probability two more matches to play. Brearley’s total of wickets was 181, and Rhodes’ 171. T yl d e sle y , Hayes, Hill, and Vine were all in sight of their second thousand on Monday, Tyldesley requiring 36, Hayes 42, Hill 173, and Yine 130. Hill and Vine, whose chances were very remote, both had to play at Hastings, and Tyldesley and Hayes are selected for the Rest of England X I. against York­ shire. In sending the scores of two cricket matches played at Salt Lake City, U.S., Mr. J. J. Morris, the honorary secretary of the Salt Lake C.C. says, “ I thought you might like to insert them in Cricket and so let the people at home know that we are doing our best to introduce the grand old game in this inter-mountain region. I may add that the Denver boys came nearly 800 miles to play against us, which shows there is a good deal of enthusiasm over the game in this part of the world.” The scores of the matches will be found on another page; it will be noticed the Salt Lake City won the first match by an innings with a total of only 40. The reports of these matches in the Salt Lake Herald (which, with much enterprise, gives two photographic groups of the teams) afford entertainment. Re­ cognising that most of its readers know little of the game, the Herald is at great pains to make everything simple for them. Thus:— The Salt Lake cricket club defeated the Denver cricket team yesterday hy one inning and four runs. That is, the local cricketers scored enough runs in the first inning to beat the visitors’ run-getting efforts in two innings, and had four to the good. For the benefit of about 90 per cent, of Salt Lake’s population, it should he stated that a cricket game lasts two innings, the length of -which is anywhere from one hour to one week, or until ten men have been put out. I A mong the interesting comm ents which appear in our contem porary are the fo llo w in g :— Beginning at 11 o’clock yesterday morn­ ing, the game, including the numerous stops for rest and refreshment, lasted until about 6 o’clock in the evening, during which time a number of cricket admirers watched the sport with interest, while quite a crowd of others stood around and asked questions. The latter did not “ savey,” and raised serious obj ections when a fielder dropped a fly or booted a grounder without being given an error. W . Huddenham, who, according to rumour has been playing the game for the past one hundred years, and who lives in Ogden, lined up with the local team yesterday and was as chipper as any of them. In the second inning, with Salt Lake at bat, Wicket Keeper Sharp caught a tip from the hat square on the forehead, which put him down and out for a few seconds. How­ ever. he soon recovered andfinishedthe game. Davies, one of Salt Lake’s best batters, led his team in the first inning, but was bowled, ]eg before wicket, in the second inning before he fairly got set. I may add that the gentleman who was bowled leg before wicket before he fairly got set had not troubled the scorers when he was dismissed. T h e annual sports of the Hampstead C.C. will be held next Saturday, Sep­ tember 16th. Mr. F. C. Wheeler, the honorary secretary, has arranged a very interesting programme, which includes Throwing the Cricket Ball, Throwing at the Wickets, Running between the Wickets, and a race of 70 yards for veterans over 40. The sub-committee for the sports, which begin at two o ’clock, is as follows: —Messrs. F. S. Alford (chairman), J. T. Ash, C. Nicholas, F. R. D. Monro, R. Leigh-Ibbs, L. Pavitt, J. C. Toller and F. C. Wheeler. Two amusing points in the speeches which followed the dinner to Lord Hawke at Scarborough seem to have escaped notice. One of them occurred in the speech of H. D. G. Leveson-Gower, who, referring to a well-known cricketer, spoke of him as “ The joy of Middlesex and the Googlie King.” The allusion was, of course, obvious, and was greeted with laughter and applause. I n the second case Canon Carter, the well-known old Yorkshire cricketer, told a story which he said might be taken by Lord Hawke as a bint. It was to the effect that at Blackburn a match was played between Married and Single, and when the former won by a consider­ able margin, a woman was heard to exclaim, “ Eh, but it do warm ’em up to be wed ! ” I t is sometimes interesting to take up an Indian newspaper with which one is not familiar, as one finds quite a new set of names. For example, here is a list of names of members of a team which played for Dahr at Mhow against one of the English regiments:—Badriprasad, Daulat Singh, Jilani, Bomonjee, Abdul Karim, Raghonath, Pannalall, Nandi, and Pinge. The death is announced of William F. King, a younger brother of J. B. King, the well-known Philadelphia cricketer. Mr. King met with a serious accident 1895. Surrey. 1896. Yorkshire. 1897. Lancashire. 1898. Yorkshire. 1899. Surrey. 1900. Yorkshire. 1901. Yorkshire. 1902. Yorkshire. 1903. Middlesex. 1904. Lancashire. 1905. Yorkshire.