Cricket 1905

44 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M ah . 30, 1905. club is in an excellent position as regards finances, and in addition to having a substantial balance, it now possesses the freehold of the St. Lawrence ground at Canterbury. M r . F r a n k P e n n , the new president of the Kent County C.C., came into notice in 1875 by his score of 101 for Kent v. Gentlemen of the M.C.C. Until he was compelled by ill-health to give up first-class cricket in 1882 (he only played in one match for Kent in the previous year, scoring 102 against the M.C.C. at Lord’s), he was known as one of the greatest players of the day. He played for England against Australia in the test match at the Oval in 1880, the first played in England, and scored 23 and 27 not out. He also accompanied Lord Harris’s team to Australia in 1878, being third in the averages with a highest score of 87. It will be remem­ bered that his son played for Kent last year in a few matches. A su g g e stio n has been made to raise the necessary funds to send a past and present team of Aligarh College cricketers to England. This, if it ever becomes an accomplished fact, will do much to further the interests of native cricket generally. Aligarh College is not only the nursery of Mahomedan cricket, but is perhaps the principal institu­ tion in the country for the game. Players like Ahsan - ul - Hak, Said Mahomed Khan, Ali Hassan, Abdul Razzak. Masood Ahmed, and Shafkat Housain are among the best cricketers in India, and these would form the nucleus of a team strong enongh at all points of the game to render a good account of itself in ordinary English club cricket. T h e death is announced at the age of seventy of Tom Plumb, who was one of the finest wicket-keepers of his time. I n the St. Deineol’s Library at Hawar- den Mr. Gladstone’s books are to be seen. Among them is an Iliad which he used at Eton, and on one of its pages is a plan of a cricket field with the names of the players placed in the positions which they occupied. M r . A. C. M a c l a r e n arrived at P ly­ mouth on March 24th on his return from India. I n the course of a speech at a meeting at Southampton at the end of February, Dr. Russell Bencraft, who was honorary secretary of the county for so many years, said that it would be a lasting disgrace to Hampshire, the county which produced the famous old Hambledon Club, if its cricketers allowed the Southampton ground to be built upon. He therefore made a strong appeal to Hampshire cricketers to endeavour by every means in their power to preserve the ground for the county. A t the annual meeting of the Sussex County C.C. on Monday, the Duke of Richmond and Gordon was elected as president for the ensuing year, while Lord Sheffield was made a patron of the club. The report showed that there was a loss on last year’ s matches of £650; but the proceeds of a bazaar covered this and left a balance of £170, which, it was stated, would be used in building a ladies’ pavilion, with the idea of getting many more lady subscribers. Mr. K. O. Goldie, who has received a six month’s leave of absence, will be able to assist the county, after being absent for some years in India. R e f e r r in g to the proposed addition to law 1 of the words “ unless otherwise arranged,” the Field says :— “ Law 1 in its amended form may serve as a model for a reformed code. It will run thus: ‘ A match is played between two sides of eleven players each, unless otherwise agreed to ; each side has two innings taken alternately, except in the case provided for in Law 53. The choice of innings shall be by tossing, unless otherwise arranged.’ Now if Law 23 were reconstructed on th» same principle we might get something of this kind : ‘ The striker is out (unless other­ wise arranged) if with any part of his person he stops the hall, which in the opinion of the umpire at the bowler’s wicket (or of the captains of the contending sides) shall have been pitched in a straight (or any other kind of) line from it (or from any other point agreed upon) to the striker’s wicket, and would have hit (or gone within a stipulated number of points of the compassof) it.’ And so on with the remaining laws. After all cricket was made for the public, and not the public for cricket. Besides, what a relief it would be for the M.C.C. to get rid of its legislative troubles by one summary coup." T h e annual dinner of the Hampstead C.C. took place at the Caf6 Royal on March 20th, when many well-known cricketers were present, including Messrs. F. R. Spofforth, G. W. Beldam, P. P. Warner, B. J. T. Bosanquet, R. Leigh- Ibbs, F. C. Wheeler and C. D. McMillin. A b l y edited by Mr. P. C. Toone, the Yorkshire county secretary, the hand­ book of the Yorkshire County C.C. for 1905 has just appeared. This is the thirteenth annual issue of the volume, which, as usual, is very neatly bound and beautifully printed. It forms a complete record of county cricket in Yorkshire last year, gives many useful statistics in connection with previous Yorkshire matches, a list of members, etc., etc. Altogether, it is an admirable book, which no Yorkshire cricketer can afford to neglect. I t is announced that S. M. Woods and J. F. Byrne will turn out for the Past of the Blackheath F.C. against the Present on the afternoon of the Boat Race. They are both Rugby Internationals, and both had a splendid reputation as footballers. P u b l is h e d by John Leng &Co., “ The 1905 Cricket Handbook ” contains nearly a hundred pages of clearly printed matter, and is sold at the price of a penny. The handbook includes statistics of various kinds, as well as a list of fixtures for 1905, with results an d scores of the corresponding matches in 1904. LO RD B R A C K L E Y ’S TEAM IN TH E WEST IND IES . (Continuedfrom page 21.) THE FIRST MATCH AGAINST BARBADOS. (FIFTH OF THE TOUR.) Played at the Kensington Oval on Jan. 31, Feb. 1 and 2. Lord Brackley’s team won by 177 runs. Although the English team won by a large margin, the finish of the match was most exciting, the more so as, an hour before the time for drawing stumps on the third day, there seemed not the slightest prospect that the game would b» played out. The Englishmen declared at about three o’clock, and then H. B. G. Austin, K. Mason, and H.A. Cole played so steadily that when the second wicket fell only an hour remained. But the visitors played up with great deter­ mination, and the match was won ten minutes before time, Burn bowling with great effect. In the second innings of Lord Brackley’s team Hayes and Captain Wyn­ yard played remarkably good cricket. L ord B rackley ’ s T eam . Lord Brackley, o Mason, b Goodman ..............................34b Hinds .........15 Capt. E. Q-. Wynyard, b st Bancroft, b H in d s................................... 3 Austin .............75 Hayes, b Goodman ... ...22notout .........100 O. P. Foley, b Austin................58b Barrow ......... 13 Thompson.c Mason,b Hinds 10 C. H. M. Ebden, run out ... 58cHinds,b Barrow 3 A. F. Somerset, run out ...50not out ......... 5 G. H. Simpson-Hayward, c Barrow, b Hinds ................ 47e White, b Hinds 8 T. G. O. Cole, c Hinds, b Goodman ... ..................... 0 H. Hesketh - Prichard, b Simmons ............................ 9run’out ......... 1 Ii. G. W. Bum, not out ... 4 Extras........................ 6 Extras..........18 Total .................301 * Innings declared Barbados. L. Barrow, c Hayward, b Thompson........................27 K. Mason b Thompson ... 25 H B. G. Austin, b Hayward 31 Lieut. White, b Thompson 8 P. A. Goodman b Hayward 75 ' .23 Total (6wkts) *238 closed. b Hayes c Somerset, Thompson c Wynyard, Burn.......... lbw, b Hayes c and b Burn bBum... ”... b ... 32 ... 0 ... 0 ... 18 b Thompson ... 15 b Burn .......... 2 II. A. Cole, run out H. Barnes, c Somerset, Thompson........................... 14 F. Hinds, not out .............26 R. Challenor, c Foley, b .H ayes................................ 3 b 1 H. P. Simmons, b Hayes ... 5 notout O. K. Bancroft, c Bum, b Hayes ... ............................H b Thompson ... 1 Extras...........................18 Extras.........13 Total .................. 266 Total.........96 L ord B rackley ’ s T eam . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Mason................. 23 4 65 0 ............ 21 5 71 0 Hmds................. 19.4 3 59 3 ............ 16 3 63 2 Goodman.......... 20 6 36 3 ............ 8 1 24 0 Simmons.......... 26 4 60 1 ............ 3 0 15 0 Barrow ..........U 1 49 0 ............ 5 0 18 2 Austin ... ... 6 0 26 1 ........... 4 1 29 1 # _ B arbados . First innings. Second innings. ^ „ 0. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Prichard......... 12 1 35 0 .......... 12 5 20 0 gayward......... 25 2 84 2 .......... 4 0 8 0 Thompson ... 27 9 63 4 .......... 18’4 9 38 3 B um ................. 22 9 38 0 ........... 6 4 1 4 Hayes .......... 12 3 28 3 .......... 11 4 16 3