Cricket 1905

S ept . 21, 1905. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME 425 first match is down for decision at the Cape on December 2nd, 4th and 5th, against the Western Province. The Natal matches are as follow : Maritzburg on January 16th, 17th and 18th; Durban on January 20th, 22nd and 23rd. Test matches have been arranged as follows : Johannesburg, January 1st and 4th; Johannesburg, March 10th and 14th ; Capetown, March 30th and 31st and April 2nd and 3rd. Provisional lists were posted to England and the chief centres on August 21st. O n another page will be found .the scores of the match between Canada and the United States at To­ ronto. Canada won for the first time since 1897, chiefly owing to good bowling and fielding. C aptain G reig, the Hamp­ shire cricketer, arrived in India on August 25th. Th e annual report of the New South Wales Cricket Association contained the following reference to the Australian Board of Control: One of the most important reasons -which had actuated the association in desiring to bring about the formation of the hoard was that in consequence of the divided authority, the management and control of the game, so far as the visits of Australian teams to England was concerned, was fast drifting away from the governing cricket authorities, and becoming vested in those having practi­ cally only a pecuniary interest in the game, and without being responsible to those in authority for their action. The associa­ tion regretted the decision of South Australia not to join the board unless the constitution was amended by eliminating the power to control and finance the visits of Australian teams to England, and by giving the players direct representation on the board, which amendments the association could not, in the interest of pure sport, and consequently of the game, agree to. The association was deter­ mined under all circumstances to adhere to the board as constituted. first day, 3,123 on the second, and 1,661 on the third. M r. H. W. B a in b rid g e , who, until a year or two ago, captained the Warwick­ shire eleven, has consented to act as honorary secretary to the Lilley Testi­ monial Fund. In a letter to the com­ mittee Mr. Bainbridge says : “ His case is certainly exceptional, or I could not agree; in fact, I only consent now because it seems to me that a wicket­ keeper is entitled to more reward than any cricketer, and never gets his proper share.” strawberries whilst discussing the pros­ pects of each candidate for the eleven. And woe betide the one who happened to be fielding out close to where George Curzon and his friends were disporting themselves! I remember once hearing— although happily the prophecy was not ful­ filled—that, owing to a duck’s egg I had obtained that morning, all chance of display­ ing my “ just proportions ” in light blue at “ Lord’s ” had vanished. I can never quite understand why we did not kick Curzon when he “ cheeked ” us. I am sure we often felt it was our duty, and yet I never heard of it being done; but then his chaff, although clever, and at times irritating, was never ill- natured. T h e same magazine con- fains an article entitled “ The Colonial Secretaryat Home,” but the references to Mr. Lyttelton’s connection with cricket are few. Inciden­ tally it is mentioned that: “ There is no fire in the blue-tiled grate (of the hall), where, inside a high brass fender, stand some interest­ ing mementoes of Mr. Lyttelton’s prowess when he was captain of the Eton and Cambridge elevens—a set of stumps and no less than four of his old cricket bats.” A REMINISCENCE. The above photograph was taken by Major Morkham, the well-known member of the Melbourne C.O. It represents what happened at the end of the first innings of Sussex against the Australians at Brighton. With the last ball of the last over Cotter bowled Butt. One of the bails was driven yards away from the wicket; the other jumped up and fell on the top of the middle stump. We have received other photographs showing the bail resting on the middle stump, but they were not sufficiently clear to be reproduced. W h itin g from Toronto about the recent match between Canada and the United States, Mr. Lynd- hurst Ogden says: “ Al­ though we did not have the assistance of Montreal and Ottawa, events showed that we were able to do without it. _ Canada is so large that it is impossible to choose a representative eleven without causing friction somewhere or other. Two years ago I suggested that Philadelphia should play the Province of Ontario at Toronto, and the Province of Quebec at Mon­ treal. In my opinion the most noticeable point about the international match was the wicket-keeping of Dyce Saunders, who did not allow a single bye in either innings of the States.” A le c Bannerm an, the famous old Australian “ stonewaller,” has been appointed vice-captain of the Paddington C.C., Sydney, and will act as captain until M . A . Noble returns. It will be remembered that Victor Trumper is also a member of this club. D is p ite the cold weather and the unrepresentative character of the Best of England team, more than 8,000 people paid for admission to the Oval last week to see the match between Yorkshire and the Best of England, viz., 3,540 on the Some notes on Lord Curzon’s career at Eton appear in the “ Pall Mall Magazine ” for October, from the pen of an old schoolfellow. Lord Curzon does not seem to have played cricket, but he some­ times watched the game, as the following will show :— “ I have already said that Curzon, although no great athlete, was a good judge of cricket. Surrounded by his little court of kindred spirits, of whom poor Charlie Butler (who afterwards went into the 17th Lancers and died in India) and his brother Hubert were always part, he used to lie full length on his rug when a school match was in progress in Upper Club, and devour cherries and W. S. Lees, the Surrey bowler, is to have a benefit match at the Oval next season. At present it is not certain whether he will form one of the M.C.C. team which is to leave for a tour in South Africa in November. He was, I under­ stand, asked some months since semi­ officially, and intimated his readiness to go, with the approval of the Surrey authorities. In view cf the report that the Surrey Committee were not particu­ larly keen about his plajing much cricket during the winter, no official invitation, I hear, has as yet reached him from Lord’s.