Cricket 1905

426 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. S ept . 21, 1905. Among the names of the players not mentioned as probable starters are those of a well known Surrey amateur and that most cheery of cricket personalities, the Gloucestershire stumper, Board. I hear on good authority that it is quite possible, even if Mr. H. Martyn of Somersetshire goes, that Board will form one of the party. In this case both are good batsmen, so that the run getting will not be weakened by the presence of the second wicket-keeper. T h e death of Mr. Walter Boden has removed one of the best workers county cricket has ever had, which is saying a good deal. He was indefatigable in the early struggles of Derbyshire to get the county club an assured position, and it is not too much to say that to his personal influence was due in a great measure Derbyshire’s advance in cricket just at a time when tact and judgment were particularly requisite. Derbyshire has been indeed fortunate in having at the head of its affairs through all its troubles workers like Walter Boden, Arthur Wilson, and others of the same type. H a t e s and Tyldesley have each failed by fewer than ten runs to reach the second thousand this season. Hayes has made 1,997 runs and Tyldesley 1,994. On Saturday they both had an easy chance of reaching: the two thousand, Hayes requiring 20 and Tyldesley 24, but Yorkshire v. Rest of England was no holiday match, and the Yorkshire bowlers could not afford to throw away even a few runs, although they were doubtless sorry that they had to spoil the chances of both men. O n ly two men have made over two thousand runs in each of the last three seasons, v iz .: C. B. Fry and Hayward. Their totals are as follows : Fry Hayward 1903. 2683 2177 1904. 2824 3170 1905. 2801 2592 T h e complete list of men who have scored two thousand in the last five years is as follows :— F r y .............. Hayward Tyldesley Ranjitsinhji . Hirst ... . Denton ... . Abel ... . Quaife ... . Bumup ... . Trumper... . Jones ... • Wood ... . Jessop ... . Th e total receipts for the nine days of the Scarborough Festival amounted to £1,550, the share of the Australians being £350. The festival committee have now a balance in hand of about £450. On Friday last four of the Australian team, viz., Darling, Gregory, Kelly and Howell, left England for Australia by the s.s. China, Trumper having preceded 1901. 1902. 1903. 1904. 1905. 3M7 . .. 2083 ... 2824 ... 2801 2535 .. . — .. 2177 ... 3170 ... 2592 3041 .. — . .. — .... 2439 ... — 2468 .... — ... — ... 2077 ... — __ __ __ . 2501 .... 2266 __ " __ — .. . 2088 .... 2405 3309 !! 2299 .. — .. — .. ---7 __ — ..,. — ... 2060 — .. 2048 .... — ..,. — .. — — .. 2570 ... — ... — ... — 2292 .. — ... — ... — ... — 2032 ,. — .. — .. — .. — 2323 .... — ... — ... — .•• — them on the Monday. The remainder of the team will make the voyage either on the Omrah, which sails on Friday, or the Orontes. T h e teams for the charity match which is to be played to-dav (Thursday) at the Richmond Athletic Ground in aid of the funds of the Richmond Hospital, include some well-known players. Tom Hay­ ward has presented a bat to be sold on the ground; it is inscribed with the auto­ graphs of the twenty-two players who took part in the fifth Test Match. The teams for the charity match will be selected from the following; :— E .G .H a y e s ’s XI.— E . G.Hayes (capt.). T. Hayward, W. Lees, F. O. Holland, F. Stedman, J. T. Hearne, I.. O. Braund, J. Moulder, F. Huish, R. Pearson, W. Davis, G . W. Ayres, and Hamish Stuart. W. G. E a s t’s XV IH .-A . O. Jones, II. D. G. Leve­ son-Gower, H. B. Chinnery, J. A. Healing. R- S. Lucas, J. W. H. T. Douglas, C. McGahey, H. Smurthwaite, S. H. Dodwell, H. Napper, G. Platt, M. Jackson, C. Ratcliff, B. Covell, E . Lee, H. B. Denham, Bruce- Kerr, Q. Thomas and W. Lotinga. T h e team which has been announced as likely to represent the M.C.C. in South Africa this winter is as follows :— P. F. Warner (Middlesex) (capt.), F. L. Fane (Essex), H. Martyn (Somerset), L. J. Moon (Middlesex), J. N. Crawford (Surrey), Capt. E. G. Wynyard (Hampshire), Lees (Surrey), Hayes (Surrey), Haigh (Yorkshire), Denton (Yorkshire), Thompson (Northamptonshire), Keif (Sussex), and Dennett (Gloucestershire). This would include only two men, Denton and Haigh, who have played for England this year. Haigh played in two of the matches and Denton in one. A t Secunderabad on August 23rd, R. S. M. Daymond (89) and Lieut. Dangar (138 not out) made 227 between them out of a total of 271 from the bat. T h e innings of Bangalore Gymkhana opened in a curious way in the match against the Essex Regiment, at Banga­ lore, on August 24th. The score reads as follow s:— B angalore G ym khana . Mr. Bell, run o u t ...................................... 1 Mr. Poore, run out ............................... 2 Capt. Standage, run out ........................ 35 T h e New South Wales cricket season begins on September 30th. A Country Carnival is to take place on November 3rd and 4th, and there will be Trial matches on November 11th and 13th. In the Country Carnival the twelve First Grade clubs, nine country district teams, Combined Great PublicSchools, Combined City and Suburban Association, and Combined Juniors will take part. T h e South Australian Association has not been idle, and letters have been sent out to the electorate clubs asking their opinions as to the best way in which to encourage junior cricket. H e a r ty congratulations to our big brother of the Daily Telegraph on the attainment of its Jubilee. In its cricket columns the D. T. has shown the same ripe judgment, dignity of tone and in­ dependent spirit which have been so characteristic of the general policy of the paper, so that its influence has always been for the good of the game. May it go on and prosper ! T h e Colombo C.C. has accepted an invitation of the Madras C.C. to visit Madras during the Christmas season. According to present arrangements the team will leave Colombo on Dacember 21st, and remain at Madras for about a fortnight. T h e re is a probability that the Ceylon Colts cricket teim will also pay a visit to India in December, and will play matches at Madras and Bombay. It is suggested that the Colts shall be opposed at Bombay by the Presidency, the Parsees, the Hindus and the Mahometans. I n a match score which appears in an Indian newspaper there are the following entries:—- Mr. Govindasawmy, self out, Poorusliotbem ... 14 Mr. Somasoondaram, st b Soobramaniah.......... 5 As will be seen from a report on another page, the Victorian Cricket Association has come to an agreement with the Melbourne C.C. in connection with the Australian Board of Control. In the New York Evening Mail , C. P. Hurditch, who is, I believe, a nephew of the Rev. R. S. Holmes, strongly urges the claims of New York cricketers to be included in the teams which represent the United States against visitors from other nations. He says:— Whenever a foreign eleven visits these shores the Gentlemen of Philadelphia play two games, and a third is given up to the Colts. With very slight changes, the former teams are identically the same, consequently were a side composed of the stars in various cities selected, always provided their form justified their inclusion, it would mean that the game would become more popular all over the country, but, best of all, it would result in much stronger elevens visiting us. There are several players in New York City to-day who can be justly claimed as being every whit as good as their confreres in the City of Brotherly Love, and in some cases their superiors. No one could urge for a moment that the team recently sent out under the auspices of the M.C.C. was in every way a representative one; indeed, it might be truthfully added it was the weakest seen over here for years, but if the associated clubs of Philadelphia, in their arrangements with the foreign authorities, were to hint of their desire for stronger opponents the thought would instantly bear fruit. Mr. H ujrditch continues as follows: — Strong representations are being brought to bear to this end. There is no question about it, it would be the most popular of any movement to encourage this game over in this country if the desired result were brought about. As Philadelphia always makes all