Cricket 1905

474 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. t)EC . 2 l, 1905. possession of Sir Thomas Lipton, who bought it in Madras at an auction, to which the friends I had given it, in­ continently sent it, was a grand one. N e x t season the Cheltenham Festival will last nine days, from August 13*;h to 22nd. The matches will b9 Gloucester­ shire v. Kent, Sussex and Worcestershire. O B ITU A RY . F jhed C oward . Fred Coward, who died recently at Preston at the age of sixty-three, was a brother of the better known Cornelius (Kerr) Coward, the old Lancashire and United All England player. Fred also played for Lancashire, and for many years was coach at Stonyhurst College. For eight or ten years, until the end of 1894, he was one of the official umpires. TH E M.C.C. TE AM IN SOUTH A F R IC A . THE MATCH AGAINST WESTERN PROVINCE. ( fir st o f t h e t o u r .) Played at Newlands, Cape Town, on December 2, 4 and 5. M.C.C. won by an inning3 and 127 runs. This match began on a Saturday and the visitors were batting all day, making 318 for the loss of only five wickets. At lunch time the score was 89 for one wicket, Warner and Denton both playing fine cricket. On the Monday the tail were soon disposed of, but Relf, who was not out 27 on the first day, carried his score to 61 and was still uncon­ quered. Whitehead, who was by far the most successful bowler for the home team, seems to have been chosen at the last minute on account of the inability of another man to play. The Western Province could make but little headway against the bowling of Haigh, and had to follow-on. Before stumps were drawn they scored 80 for three wickets in their second innings, Coggins carrying his bat for 43. The innings was over before lunch on the third day, Crawford being almost irresistible. M.O.C. Relf, not out .......... Haigh, st Bisset, b Whitehead .......... Board, b Whitehead... J.O. Hartley, b White­ head ........................ Blythe, b Rowe.......... Extras................. ...365 Capt. E. G. Wynyard, run out ................. 6 P.F.Warner.c Snooke, b Whitehead..........56 Denton, b Whitehead 78 Hayes, c Carolin, b Rowe........................29 F. L. Fane, b Carolin. 60 J. N. Crawford, c Cog­ gins, b Wnitehead.. 46 Total W estern P rovince . First innings. Second innings. Difford, b H aigli.................15 st,Board,bBlythe 13 Snooke, b Haigh.................24 b Crawford Commaille, b Blythe.......... 1 b Crawford ... 4 Bisset, c Board, b Blythe ... 0 lbw, b Hayes ... 7 Horwood, b Haigh ..........15 b Crawford .... 7 Coggins, run out.................20 lbw, b Blythe ... 43 Jones, c Wynyard,bHartley 2 b Crawford ...21 Carolin, c Warner, b Haigh 1 c Haigh, b Craw­ ford ................. Whitehead,cDenton,b Hart­ ley ...................................... 15 Rowe, b Haigh ................. 0 Kotze, not out ................. 0 Extras.......... .......... 3 Total ...............96 22 b Hartley .......... 3 not out................. 6 cBlythe.bllartley 0 Extras.......... 8 I Total ...142 M.C.O. R. W. R. W. Whitehead... ... 100 6 Kotze......... .. 46 0 Rowe .......... ... 103 2 Snooke ... .. 50 0 Carolin ... 45 1 W estern P rovince . First innings. Second innings. R. W . R. W* H aigli.......... .......... 29 5 .......... 2 0 Blythe.......... .......... 33 2 ......... 46 2 Hartley ......... 19 2 .......... 36 2 Crawford ... .......... 12 0 ...... 41 5 Hayes .......... 18 1 THE MATCH AGAINST COUNTRY DISTRICTS OF CAPE COLONY. SECOND OF THE TOUR. Played at Worcester on December 6 and 7. M.C.C. won by an innings and 52 runs. For the M.C.C. Denton scored 68, and H. D. G. Leveson-Gower 82, out of a total of 362. The home team made 107 and 203, Leveson-Gower taking five wickets for 14 runs. THE SECOND MATCH AGAINST WESTERN PROVINCE. THIRD OF THE TOUR. Played at Newlands on December 9, 11 & 12. M.C.C. won by ten wickets. In the return match Western Province went in first on the Saturday, but could only score 81 against the bowling of Crawford, Lees, and Haigh. The Englishmen only did moderately well, and when stumps were drawn their score was 124 for six wickets, Relf being not out 13, and L. J. Moon not out 28. On the Monday, Relf, who played a very steady game, increased his total by 42, and Moon and Haigh both gave an excellent account of themselves. Some bold hitting was seen when Western Province went in again, Horwood and Snooke making 137 in partnership. Horwood was at the wickets for a little more than an hour and a half for his 74. But except for these two men, no one could make any effective resistance to the bowling of Crawford, and when stumps were drawn seven wickets were down for 195. On the next day the match was over by two o’clock. W estern P rovince . First innings. S. Snooke, b Crawford H.Coggins.c & b Crawford A. Dilford, b Lees .......... A. Bisset, c Relf, b Lees ... M. Bisset, b Crawford P. Jones, b Crawford........ S. Hoi wood, b Lees .......... W. Trickett, c Crawford, b H aigh............................... W. Short, b Haigh .......... G. Rowe, b Haigh .......... Whitehead, not out .......... Extras........................ Second innings. b Lees.................80 b Crawford ... 0 b Crawford ... 4 b Crawford .. 9 b R elf.................18 c Relf,bCrawford 0 b Crawford ... 74 b Haigh .......... not out................. c Denton, b Relf lbw, b Crawford Extras.......... Total .................81 M.C.O. Total..........233 Capt. E.G. Wynyard, c Rowe, b Whitehead 2 Denton, c Snooke, b Rowe........................ 0 P. F. Warner, b Short 29 Hayes, b Short .......... 0 J.N.Crawford,bSnooke 17 F. L. Fane, b Snooke 24 Relf, b Snooke ..........60 L. J. Moon, run out... 57 H.D.G.Leveson-Gower, b Rowe .................11 Haigh,lit wkt, b Short 61 Lees, not out .......... 0 Extras ................. 11 Total Second innings.—Warner, not out. 15; Wynyard, not out, 27 ; extra, 1. Total (no wickets), 43. W estern P rovince . First innings. ^ __Second innings. Crawford Lees......... Haigh R e lf.......... W. 4 ... 3 ... 3 ... 0 ... Hayes R. 79 58 53 2 Rowe ......... Whitehead... Short .......... M.C.O. 66 2 |Snooke... 53 1 Trickett 69 3| 71 2 0 THE FIRST MATCH AGAINST GKIQUALAND (XV.). ( f o u r th of t h e t o u r .) Played at Kimberley on December 15, 16 and 18. M.C.C. won by ten wickets. The M.C.C. played twelve men, and scored 3'3 (Hayes 123, Captain Wynyard 82) on the first day. Griqualand made 174 and 110 for seven wickets. Self took eight wickets for 36 in the first innings. On Monday Griqualand brought their total to 207, leaving the M.C.C. to make 8 to win. THE SECOND MATCH AGAINST GRIQUALAND XV. Commenced on December 19th. On the first day Griqualand scored 233 and the M.C.C. 52 for one wicket. Eelf took four wickets for 29. ...272 W. 6 1 1 A FORTHCOM ING CR ICKET BOOK. The following letter has been ssnt to the Press :— Sir,' —Lord Harris has asked me to assist him in preparing material for an important volume dealing with the history of Kent county cricket, amongst the prominent con­ tributors being Lord Harris himself, the Hon H. Knatchbull Hugessen, Mr. Frank , Marchant, Mr. J. E. Mason, Mr. W . South Norton and Hr. W. H. Patterson. As we are anxious to make this work com­ plete in every respect, may I be allowed, through your columns, to express the hope that, should any of your readers possess any interesting records, either in the form of old scores, advertisements of matches, prints or original drawings of prominent cricketers identified with Kent, old engravings of various important cricket grounds in the county, etc., they would very kindly send me particulars to the appended address, and also say whether they would be willing to lend them to us, with a view to their possible reproduction in the book. I need hardly say that the greatest care will be taken of whatever may be sent, and should we be able to use anything, an acknowledgement of the lender’s courtesy will appear in the work. I am, yours faithfully, W. H u g h S p o t t isw o o d e . His Majesty’s Printing Office, 6, Middle New St., Fetter Lane, E.C. December ith, 1905. A PO L IT ICA L SPEECH . In the course of a speech at a luncheon in Glasgow, on December 6th, Earl Percy said that like the other members of the Government he was now in a state of suspended animation. He felt as if he were partaking of refreshment in the interval of a cricket match. It had been said that during the past two or three years the Government had been playing with their second eleven, but he rather thought it was less due to their^superior batsmanship than to the very inferior bowling which they had had to play to that they had at last felt that it was due