Cricket 1905

434 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. O ct . 26, 1905. both Harrow and WinChester. It was chiefly through my fault tbat we lost the match against Winchester in 1871. I had to go in last in the second innings when nine runs were required to win. I don’t think I was nervous, but 1 began my innings by dashing down the pitch for a very short run, and being sent back by my partner, could not get home in time. I was terribly annoyed at my error of judgment, but the rest of the team let me down very easily.* My partner was E. O. H. Wilkinson, who was captain in the next year. I fancy I must have a record for batting against Winchester, for in my five innings I made four duck’s eggs.” “ In the Harrow match of 1871,” said Mr. Buckland,“ W.A.Ridley madell7and bowled lobs with success in the second innings. His lobs were exceedingly good, and I cannot help thinking that it is a pity lobs have gone entirely out of fashion, for there are always so many men who can never learn how to play them.” “ In my second year in the Eton Eleven,” continued Mr. Buckland, old Bob Thoms was umpiring in the Win­ chester match. I took several wickets in the match, and once, when the game was resumed in the middle of the Win­ chester innings after lunch, he handed me the ball and said ‘ Now we will resume this searching enquiry.’ During my first two years in the X I. at Eton I used to make the ball turn from leg, but I never could understand afterwards how it was that I ever managed to get anybody out, for all that I could do was to bowl straight. I believe that b »tsmen said the ball eeeuied to be coming up farther than it did and that it rose very quickly cff the pitch, but perhaps this was their fancy.” “ Will you tell me about your historical square leg hit in the Eton and Harrow match in 1872 ? ” “ I suppose you mean the hit into the window close to the clock of the old tennis court, but there was nothing remaikable about it. I was sent in first wicket down in order that I might be quite fresh when I had to bowl. I had to receive my first ball from Shand, a fost left-hand bowler. I thick it must have been a half volley just outside tie leg stump, and naturally I had a go at it, with the remit that it went pretty quickly into the window of the old tennis court, about four feet from the right hand side of the clock which had only been put up a short time. I am under the impression that I only survived that over, and was then out at the other end.” “ You did not play against Cambridge in your first year at Oxford ? ” “ No. After I had made about 130 in the Freshmen’ s match I played in all the iri-il matches and it was my own fault that I did not get my blue. I had been on the river for some time before the matches in London against Middlesex and Marylebone, and was quite off colour. So I made no runs and bowled badly and was left out. It is a little curious that *As Mr. Buckland took five wickets for 11 in the first innings and six for 41 in the second, it is not, perhaps, very surprising that he was forgiven. W. S. Patterson made a hundred in the Freshman’s match at Cambridge in the same year and, like me, was left out after playing in the trial matches. We each played in the next three years in the ’Varsity match.” “ Your first ’Varsity match ended in an exciting manner ? ” “ We won by six runs. The game began to be extremely exciting when Cambridge had about three wickets to go down and not many runs to get. Then Ridley went on with lobs and won the match for us. It may have seemed a bold move to try lobs at such a time, but the men who had to come in were likely to be a little nervous, and as it happened Ridley took two wickets at the critical time. That was the year in which Webbe made a wondexful catch at deep square leg, disposing of Edward Lyttel­ ton. I had bowled a half-volley which Lyttelton hit very hard and low, and it seemed any odds against a catch.” “ The next year was disastrous to us,” said Mr. Buckland. “ Just before the ’Varsity match we played Middlesex in tremendously hot weather, and both tides made very large scores. We were tired and worn out when we met Cambridge, and we had a bad time of it. I remember that I had over a hundred runs hit off me in the two innings, and only took one wicket. In 1877 I had to read hard for the schools, and did not play at all until the matches in London. So I escaped being one of the eleven which was dis­ missed for 12 by Morley and Rylott. I dcn’ c think there can be any doubt that Cambridge had the stronger team that year, but the luck was against them, and we won by ten wickets.” At Eton Mr,Buckland was in “ Drury’s House,” one of the smallest in the college. “ In my last term,” he said, “ we could only muster ten for the house cup matches, but we managed to get into the semi-final, in which we had to play Dr. Warre’s house, and the scores were somewhat peculiar. In the first innings we made 97 or 98 and they followed with same score. In our seond innings we made about the same numbe1’, an t they had to make two runs to win wLei the last man came in. Tnen, as I was the only bowler on our side who was likely to keep straight, I ought no doubt to have bowled two overs in successi n, as was at that time allowed, but I did not think of tLis until afterwards, and we lost the match by a wicket.” W. A. B e tte s w o r th . AN OLD CR ICKETER . On September 16tli a match was played at the Brisbane Cricket Ground for the benefit of William Swain. The old man on September 8th entered on his 79th year, having been born at Burley-in-Wharfedale, Yorkshire, in 1827. He had numerous professional engagements, and, of course, was personally acquainted with most of the giants of the fifties and sixties. At Oxford he came into touch with such celebrities as B. A. H. Mitchell, C. G, Lane, the three Marshams, J. W. Hay­ garth (now of Boonah), A. S. Teape, and others, who earned greater fame in other fields than that of cricket. In 1864 Swain was engaged on the ground staff at Lord’s, and the records of the year con­ tain at least one interesting item. In the score of the match M.C.C. v. South Wales appears the following entry:— “ W. G. Grace, c Swain, b Hearne, 2.” This was “ W. G.’s ” first match at Lord’s, he being then only 15 years of age, and Swain was keeping wicket (for the only time in his life), when he dismissed the budding champion. Though he never appeared for his county, perhaps because he belonged to Leeds and not to Sheffield, Swain figured in many important matches in different parts of the country, including several against the All England and other touring elevens. His opponents in these contests were such notabilities as George Parr, Thomas Hayward, Robert Carpen­ ter, William Caffyn, John Jackson, R. C. Tinley, Tom Lockyer, George Anderson, Tom Hearne, Julius Csesar, and other mighty men. In minor matches Swain accomplished innumerable successes, his most remarkable, perhaps, being the defeat, unaided, of the whole eleven of the Burley Club. He continued to perform in the same remarkable manner long after he settled in Brisbane in 1884, and shortly after entering on his 74th year had the satisfaction of dismissing four batsmen with successive balls in a match at Wool- loongabba. From the foregoing it will be readily conceived that the veteran has had a very useful career in the cricket field. —Saturday Observer (Brisbane). U.C.S. OLD BOYS C.C. (1 st X I. -1 9 0 5 . Hatches played, 17 ; won, 8; lost, 5; drawn, 4. Old Boys scored 3034 runs for 145 wkts.—Aver. 20*91 Opponents „ 2400 „ „ 159 „ „ 15'03 BATTING AVERAGES. Three innings:— No. Times of not Total inns. out. runs. Most in an inns. Aver. E. S. Westhorp ... ... 14 .... 1 ... 496 .. . 91 ... 38*15 F. Eastman.......... ... 12 ... 1 ... 360 ... 92 ..., 32-72 W. A. O. Goodchild ,... 3 ... 1 ... 60 ... 30 ..,. 30 00 F. Rowley ................. 16 ... 0 ... 460 ... 80 .... 28-75 H. O. Preston ... 13 ... 2 ... 293 ... 56 .... 26 63 J. N. Crawford ... ... 4 ... 1 ... 76 ... 33 .... 25 33 L. J. Marcus........ ... 9 ... 2 ... 137 ... 33 . 19-57 11. G. Price-Williams... 8 ... 1 ... 120 ... 47 .... 17-14 S. A. Gard .......... ... 9 ... 1 ... 129 ... 52 .... 16 12 V. E. Dart ................. 8 ... 1 ... 112 ... 42 .... 16-00 A. II K. Burt ... 8 . ... 1 ... 89 ... 32 .. . 1271 1). Price Williams ... 4 ... 0 ... 40 ... 34 ... 10 00 M. P. Griffith-Jones ... 10 ... 0 ... 81 ... 53 .... 810 N. M Binney ... ,... 9 ... I ... 62 ... 17*.... 7-75 J. A. Morley.............. r. J. S. Richardson . ... 10 ... 1 ... 68 ... 20 .... 7-55 .. 8 ... 3 ... 21 ... 6 .... 4-20 BOWLING AVERAGES. Five wickets:— Overs. Mdns. Runs.Wkts. Aver J. N. Crawford ... ... 18 ... 4 ... 45 ... 6 .... 7-50 P. J. 8. Richardson ... 39.5. .. 9 ... 112 ... 13 .. . 8-61 A. H. K. Burt ... ...150.1. ..20 ... 512 ... 48 .. . 10-66 E. S. Westhorp ... ...189.4. ..53 ... 431 ... 33 .. . 13-06 H. C. Preston .... ... 25.4. .. 7 ... 100 ... 7 ... 14*28 F. Rowley .............. .. 97.4... 8 ... 407 ... 18 ... 22-61 D. Price Williams ... 53.3... 3 ... 233 ... 10 ... 23-30 FIELDING. C atches :—W esthorp, 10, Rowley, 8; Preston, 6; Griffith-Jones, 6 (and stumped 4); Eastman, 5; Dart, 5. R ICflARD DAFT’S “ Nottinghamshire M*rl.” — Particulars apply, Radcliffe-on-Ti.nt, Notts. [A dvt .1