Cricket 1905

A p r il 13, 1905. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME 5? H. GRADIDGE & SONS, Manufacturers o f all Requisites for Cricket, Lawn Tennis, Racquets, Football, and all British Sports. PATENTEE' AND SOLI MAKER,' OF TH1 Price Lists Free on Application. Of all First=Class Outfitters and Dealers. Factory, ARTILLERY PLACE. WOOLWICH, C r i c k e t : A WEEKLY RECORD OF TEE GAME. 168, UPPER THAMES STREET, LONDON, E.C. THURSDAY, APRIL 13 th , 1905. $a\rilton The abstract and brief chronicle of the time.— Hamlet. T h e Right Hon. Alfred Lyttelton, the Colonial Secretary and old Cambridge blue, has accepted the presidency of the new Isthmian Association Football Laague, which comprises some well- known London amateur clubs. T h e annual dinner of the Wanderers C.C. was held on March 31st at the Trocidero, and about sixty members were present, Mr. Clement Colman, the president of the club, being in the chair. O n Saturday S. M. J. Woods, the Somersetshire captain, played in Rugby football for Blackheafh Past v. Present. He showed much of his old form, but unhappily just when he was going strongest he slipped in trying to tackle an opponent, and broke his collar­ bone. It is to be hoped that this acci­ dent will not keep him out of the Somersetshire eleven. Mr. Woods is an old international who has played Rugby for England fourteen times. His last appearance in an inter-national match was in 1895. A n o th e r well - known cricketer and international footballer, J. F. Byrne, was also playing on Saturday for Blackheath Past against the Present, and he greatly distinguished himself. He has playei Rugby for England thirteen times, his last international match being in 1898. A th ir d cricketer, who is also an international football player, was taking part in an international match on the same day. This was Sharp, the Lanca­ shire professional, who played outside right for England against Scotland at the Crystal Palace. It was his first match against Scotland, but he played against Ireland in 1903. E. M. B a e r le in has won the final of the Amateur Rackets Singles Champion­ ship. He has now to meet H. K. Foster, the Worcestershire cricket captain, in the championship round, but there seems some doubt whether Mr. Foster will defend his title. A l i , doubts as to the future of the Angel Ground at Tonbridge were set at rest on April 5th, when, at a special general meeting of the Tonbridge C.C., Mr. Tom Pawley said that great difficul­ ties had been encountered in trying to obtain a new ground. Two offers had been received, but it was found that the expenses of drainage, making entrances, etc., to the ground, would have been so great that when the Angel ground was again offered all other negotiations were abandoned and it was ultimately decided to give the sum of £4,300 for the ground and some cottages at the entrance. Mr. C. Fitch Kemp, who presided at the meeting, stated that nearly £1,250 had already been raised by subscriptions. The chief donations were: The Beeching family (formerly owners of the ground), £500; Messrs. F. W. D. Deacon, O. E. d’Avigdor Goldsmid and F. W. Franks, £100 each ; Major A. G. Boscawen, M.P., Messrs. A. P. Hedges, Fritz Pattisson and C. Fitch Kemp, £50 each. Mr. Kemp also stated that Lord Harris felt the warmest sympathy with the club, and would advocate at the next meeting of the county club that a circular be sent out to all the members, seeking their support. It is hoped to raise about £3,000 by public subscription. Th e match receipts and expenses of the Sussex County C.C. during 1904 were as follows;— Receipts. Expenses. £ S.“i d. £ s. d. v. Notts............................... 53 16 6 130 8 11 v. Gloucestershire .......... 213 7 0 134 11 0 v. Somerset........................ ID 9 f 6 130 16 9 v. Derbyshire ................. 65 1 0 136 11 2 v. Leicestershire .......... 60 5 9 129 7 11 y . Essex............................... 96 18 6 117 11 6 v. Hampshire ................. 77 18 6 120 16 6 v. Lancashire ................. 236 17 6 132 5 6 v. Yorkshire ................. 223 5 0 132 8 6 v. Middlesex ................. 98 18 6 112 10 0 v. Kentf ........................ 113 11 7 119 11 6 v. Surrey ........................ __* 118 16 6 v. M.C.C. and Ground ... — 8 15 0 v. Oxford University 51 4 0 67 19 0 v. Cambridge University 43 4 0 62 5 0 v. South Africans .......... 38 17 6 59 2 0 v. Kent (2nd XI) .......... 1 15 6 36 12 6 v. Middlesex (2nd XI.) ... 4 9 0 15 17 6 Club and Ground Matches 14 15 0 -------- — v. Mr. F. Murray’s XL ... ---- ;— 9 10 0 Total ... £1434 12 4 £1775 16 9 * Marlow’s benefit. t Played at Hastings. M an y readers of Cricket will be pleased to learn that the “ Australian Cricket Annual, which was published in 1896-97-98, is to be revived at the close of the present Australian season. Mr. J. C. Davis, cricket editor of the Sydney Se/eree, will undertake tbe editorial department, assisted by G. Leonard Garnsey, who recently made his dehut in iater-state cricket. Mr. Garnsey is an enthusiastic collector of cricket literature and is probably the only person in the world who possesses a complete library of Australian cricket publications. Among the gems of his collection are to be found the rare annuals of Biers, Fairfax, Thompson and Hammersley, besides several volumes the existence of which is unknown in England. Mr. Garnsey hopes shortly to issue a ccmplete biblio­ graphy of Australian cricket publications. A. H. F y ff e , who threw the hammer 128 yards, 6 in., on Friday, March 31st, at the University Sports, is the Sutsex cricketer of that name. W r itin g from Australia a c.resp on ­ dent says I hope shortly to send you an account of how cricket is played here, and the disad­ vantages under which we, in sunny N.S.W. at all events, labour. In First Grade cricket, which is the stepping-stone to Interstate honours, the cricketer who obtains ten innings deems himself a lucky man. A case in point is the Paddington C.C. This club some years ago used regularly to put up totals of three and four hundred for a couple of wickets in match after match. The season opened, say about the 1st October, 1898. One man, whose order of going in to bat was ninth on the list did not get a strike until February of the following year ! I mention this on account of a remark overheard, from which I took it that the general impression in England was that we played more cricket here than in England, on account of the longer period of summer weather. “ T h e Cheltenham Cricket Week, 1878- 1904,” is in the preis, and will be pub­ lished in the course of a few weeks from the offices of tbe Gloucestershire Echo. The author is Mr. Alfred D. Taylor, and besides the letterpress, the full scores of every match played during the Festival will be presented. Mr. Henry Bennett, sporting editor of the Gloucestershire Echo, is collaborating with the author.