Cricket 1905

A p r il 13, 1905. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 59 O ur contemporary has also turned on its Spring poet with considerable effect, as will readily be seen from the follow­ ing extract from his yerses :— They were Englishmen and so were “ bound to win,” When they fetched St. Vincent’s fair vol­ canic isle, But some how or the other to begin, They didn’t seeminclined for quite awhile ; But a start at last they had to, and soon found Much to their surprise and chagrin that the game Wasn’t going in their favour, that in fact our men’s behaviour Was becoming quite a menace lo their fame. Oh, dear British fellow-sportsmen, you got funkey didn’t you ? And you’ve left your reputation on a wicket hard and true ; You should call again however, your lost prestige to recover, We will be at home to meet you, the acquaintance to renew! In the list [of players who have been chosen for the Oxford and Cambridge golf match on April 25th at Sunningdale will be found the names of L. D. Brown­ lee (Oxford),the Gloucestershire cricketer, and H. C. McDonell (Cambridge), the Surrey cricketer. A h ew golf club has been fcrmed by cricketers with the idea of p la y iD g matches and holding a county champion­ ship. Cricketers who have played in first-class matches or for the second- class counties are eligible as members. The Right Hon. Alfred Lyttelton is the president of the club, while Mr. H. W. Bainbridge is captain and Mr. G. L. Jessop honorary secretary and treasurer. The committee includes Messrs. J. R. Mason, C. L. Townsend, George Brann, and Ernest Smith. Thursday, June 15th, v. Royal Naval Hospital, at Great Yarmouth. Friday, June 16th, v. Norfolk County Club and Ground, at Norwich. Saturday, June 17th, v. Canon C.C., at Norwich. Monday and Tuesday, June 19th and 20th, v. Yarmouth Town C.C., at Great Yarmouth. Wednesday, June 21st, v. Norfolk County Asylum, at Thorpe. Thursday, June 22nd, v. Norwich C.E.Y.M.S.,r_at Norwich. Friday, June 23rd, v. Lowestoft College, at Lowes­ toft. Saturday, June 24th, v. Flegg Burgh,^at Flegg Burgh. F rom the Daily Telegraph :— It must be admitted in the matter of de­ portment, English girls are far from what they should be. This was rather forcibly brought to notice at a ball recently given in one of the Spanish colonies in honour of the Fleet. There were as many Spanish girls present as English, and they were easily distinguishable—the Spanish girls by their graceful deportment, cultured movements, and proud carriage ; the' English by reason of their fair skins, well-developed forms, and easy, almost reckless bearing. Most of the latter were truly athletic girls, in that they were capital tennis players, good cricketers, swimmers, golfers, and riders. All were, in fact, splendid specimens of the healthy, athletic Englishwoman, but their own coun­ trymen and women had to confess that they showed to infinitely better advantage on the courts and cricket ground than in the ball­ room. It is not right, however, to blame athleticism for this. The reckless disregard for appearance which distinguishes so many Englishmen is shared by many women, and was exemplified in this instance. Careless­ ness is at the root of the evil. Grace of manner and movement are within the culti­ vation of every girl, whether she is a mad hockey enthusiast or merely a bookworm, but, in its attainment, the athletic girl will perforce take first place, since in her favour she has also robust health, which need not imply a sunburnt skin, a heavy gait, loud manners, and over-developed muscle. I n a report of a pennant match at Melbourne between University and Fitz- roy “ Felix ” says in the Australasian : — I may mention that Rainey bowled the widest wide I have ever seen. The ball slipped out of his hand, and went past cover- point. It was actually wider than the wide bowled by “ Charlie” Beal in Scotland in 1882. S ome amusing remarks by St. Vincent natives who went to see the matches against Lord Brackley’s team appear as follows iu the St. Vincent Rambler: — The Lard (Lord Brackley) bring a red lion on the Park an’ let it go, tink it was gwine faighten everybady; but when cappen Vanloo let go de St. Vincent black demon pon Prichhead, an’ wen de Kingstown “ Lion” clap his paw pon poor Pussy-ket an’ Tampson, de lard roll he red lion in he flag an’ away his tak to his heals for de bocas. Look here, when Cappen Vanloo go in, so. He stan’ up before Thompson like W. G. Grace. And when he sit down pon de bowlin’ till he weary he sen’ dem to de boundry like a streak o’ grease. A n Australian local newspaper, referr­ ing to the bowling of Maish, the abori­ ginal, who is touring with a Hippodrome company as a show bowler, says :— A buzz of expectation on the announce­ ment of Marsh, the Australian bowler, was followed by a most demonstrative welcome, and it was plainly apparent that tne famous lightning-break bowler had many admirers and sympathisers among the large audience. Marsh created great amusement by bowling several local batsmen with the first ball, and it was amusing to watch the puzzled look on their faces when the stumps were sent flying out of the ground, to know where the ball came from. A t the present time there are four well-known members of former Austra­ lian teams acting as cricket coaches in New Zealand. 8. P. Jones is at Auck­ land, H. Graham at Dunedin, A. Coning- ham at Wellington, and Charles Banner- man at Christchurch. M r. J. H. B ra in took the chair at the annual meeting of the Glamorganshire County C.C., at whioh it was stated that there was a profit of £25 on last year’s matches. To this is to be added £219, the proceeds of a football match between East and West Wales. Lord Windsor was elected president for the ensuing year. From a list on another pige of the Glamorganshire matches it will be seen that the county is flying at higher game than in previous years. R e fe r r in g to the match played by the Australians against Auckland, the New Zealand Herald says :— “ The match has been a decided success from a financial point of view. On Friday the takings amounted to £110, on Saturday to £315, and yesterday to £50, which makes a total of £475 for the three days. There are upwards of £100 worth of tickets still out, and there is every probability that the greater part of them were sold. As the expenses should not exceed £100, and count­ ing the £250 guaranteed to the visitors, the profits will, roughly speaking, amount to more than £100. From a cricketing point of view, also, the match has been invaluable, for it has shown that Auckland has a large cricket-loving public, and it has provided standards for our players in batting, bowling, fielding, and team generalship.” I t sometimes happens that a club captain or a local reporter, when he has to make out a list of a cricket team in which there is a man whose name he does not know, invents a name such as A. B. Owler, or A. S. Logger. A local native reporter in India, possibly prompted by a sinful European, de­ scribed his man as “ Sonofagun.” H u g h T ritm ble played for Melbourne against St. Kilda in a Pennant match on February 4th, 11th and 18th. He took six wickets in the first innings for 72, and four in the second for 75, besides making 20 runs. H. Hill, a brother of the great Clement, made 67 runs for Melbourne, and took two wickets for 20 runs. In te r v ie w e d at Auckland (N .Z.), F Liver, the Australian manager, said :— ’ As to the strength of the team, it is a very solidbatting and fielding combination. There is not a poor field ou the side, and the batting strength is undeniable. The bowl­ ing lacks variety a little, but it is very good. The men will get wickets all right, and the bowling will have to be absolutely collared before the lack of variety is felt. Our fast bowler, Cotter, should prove very successful at home, especially on sticky wickets. Howell is a fine length bowler, and we have both leg and off trundlers, so that the attack is not so monotonous as some people try to make out, and I do not think the absence of. a left-hander will make much difference. Whatever team may be picked, some fault will be found with it. Every man in the team is worthy of his place, and, in my opinion, they will prove it before their return. T h e Committee of the Bombay Gym­ khana have decided that a Presidency match shall be arranged with the Hindus as well as with the Parsees. The com­ mittee have quite rightly decided that in selecting their team the Hindus must not go outside the Presidency and the Western Command, which means that several T h e Devon and Somerset Wanderers C.C. has arranged a tour in Norfolk for June, the dates of the matches being as follow s:—