Cricket 1905

92 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A p r il 27, 1905. ings of a match. Then, W . L. and R. E. Foster established a record in the game for Worcestershire against Hants, July 27th- 29th, 1899. “ W . L.” scored 140 and 172 not out, and “ R. E.” 134 and 101 not out. Against Mr. A. J. Wehbe’s XI. at Oxford, May 17th-19th, 1900, “ R .E .” made 128 and 100 not out, his figures, in the Gentlemen v. Players match, already spoken of, being 102 not out and 136. Then another brother, H. K. Foster, and F. Bowley, scored 309 for the first wicket — Worcester against Derbyshire, at Derby, August 19th-20th, 1901, the Foster contribution being 152. R. E J Foster has also earned international honours in the football field, for he was a ’Varsity blue in 1898-9 ; played for England against Wales 1900-01-02 ; against Ireland, 1901, and against Scotland, 1901. At racquets H. K. Foster has been amateur champion of England—and that title is open to the world—for eight years, i.e., from 1894 to 1900, when he resigned his honour, won then by F. Dames Longworth. In 1904, however, “ H. K.” captured it back, and there is every possibility of it staying in the family for a few more years. “ H. K .” has figured conspicuously in the cricket averages since 1894, and in 1902 his batting average came out at 42-00. “ W . L .,” now Captain and D.S.O., has contributed his quota to the success of “ Fostershire ” cricket, but the claims of the army are too great for him. Possibly there is a budding international inside right association forward in U. K. Foster, yet another brother. TH E M ELBOURNE C.C. AN D IN T E R N A T IO N A L CR ICKET . From the Melbourne Age. Even outside people who have not felt sufficiently interested in the subject to closely study it in detail must have seen that the methods pursued in the manage­ ment of Australian cricket, so far from being satisfactory, leave a great deal to be desired. In Sydney an undisguised feud has been for years carried on be­ tween the New South Wales Cricket Association and the trustees of the Sydney cricket ground, those two bodies last year even going to the extent of an appeal to the law courts in order to settle their differences, and in Victoria there has long been a simmer of disturb­ ance which has at length developed into open and bitter friction. The present turmoil concerning the management of International cricket is the outcome of a proposal that it should in future be managed by a board of control, to be appointed by the associations of New South Wales, Victoria, and South Aus­ tralia — and others if their inclusion should be considered necessary or desir­ able. The object of this suggested new departure is to take the power to arrange for the visits of English teams to Aus­ tralia from the Melbourne Cricket Club, by which institution such visits have been frequently arranged in the past, sometimes on its own responsibility and som etim es in conjunction with the trus­ tees of the Sydney cricket ground. On the broad democratic principle of rule by majority, the proposed innovation may seem desirable and commendable, but as practicabilitymust always be an important consideration in connection with matters involving serious financial risks, to say nothing of the maintenance of good feel­ ing and the reciprocity of international cordialities, it is desirable to seriously consider the probable results before arriving at a hasty conclusion on senti­ mental grounds. As far as the Victorian Cricketers’ Association is concerned, it has been clearly shown, without the least attempt at refutation, that in deciding to take part in the management of inter­ national cricket it is acting in distinct violation of the terms of its own constitu­ tion, but so eager have the principal movers in the matter been to carry their point that the very reasonable proposal to first consider the question of so revising that constitution as to give legality to the association’s action has been com­ pletely ignored. In the discussion of this question of control there has been made painfully evident, by the use of hitter and acri­ monious expressions, the existence of an unreasonable antipathy to the Melbourne Cricket Club on the part of some of the delegates representing other clubs. For example, the issue of a circular to the presidents of associated clubs by the Mel­ bourne C.C., containing certain financial and other statements concerning that club’s connection with the management of international cricket, was wrathfully and illogically stigmatised as “ impertinent and arrogant, and a grave infringement of courtesy and good taste.” The un­ conscious humor of that outburst hardly calls for comment. As reasonably might the club have been accused of imperti­ nence and arrogance and lack of courtesy for having, on various occasions come to the financial rescue of some of the clubs whose representatives are now the most bitter in attacking it, or for having, at its own risk and loss, come forward and prevented the time honoured matches between Victoria and New South Wales lapsing, or for having the presumption to assist the association by giving it free use of the Melbourne ground for more than twenty years, and for other acts of generous support which have been year after year acknowledged in the annual reports of the association. LORD B R A C K L E Y ’S TEAM IN TH E WEST IND IES . (Continuedfrom page 53.) THE TRINIDAD MATCH. ( eighteenth of the tour .) Played on matting at Port of Spain on March 25, 26 and 28. Trinidad won by 120 runs. A ll T rinidad . ,,,,, innings. Second innings. W ilson,cfeomerset,bThom p- T .........., .................. 2 b Thompson ... 17 G. G. Learmond, c Cole, b Thompson... ................ 35 b II.-Prichard ... 14 E. V. Acton, c Ebden, b H - Prichard .....................26 b Thompson ... 0 L. Constantine, c Brackley, cHayes.bThomp- . b Thompson ..............n son ....... *4 A. E. Harragin, c Brackley, „ 1;TH- Pri,(Slar^ ............ 10 1) Thompson ...29 M.Hector, lbw, b Thompson 6 b H.-Prichard 0 W. G. Sarel, b H.-Prichard 14 notout 41 \V. Hoad, lbw, b Ttompson 5 c Ebden, b Burn 6 S.Smith,cCole,bH.-Pnchard 30 b Haves 22 J.A.Pinder,c Brackley, b H.- Prichard ........ ' ............ 0 c Cole,b Hayes... 9 Cumberbatch, not out ... 5 b Hayes 0 Extras ................. 5 Extras !!! 21 Total... ...149 Total ...163 L ord B raokley ’ s T eam . Second innings. b Cumberbatch.. 0 b Cumberbatch.. 1 c Smith, b Hector 12 First innings. Lord Brackley, c Smith, b Cumberbatch ................. 4 Capt.Wynyard,lbw,b Cum- berbatch ........................ 9 Hayes, c Acton, b Cumber­ batch ............................... 5 C. H. M. Ebden, b Cumber­ batch ............................... 14 Thompson, not out ..........24 A.F.Somerset, c Harragin, b Cumberbatch ................. 0 C.P. Foley, c Constantine, b Cumberbatch ................. 0 T.G.O.Cole, b Cumberbatch 14 Hesketh-Pritchard, b Cum­ berbatch ........................ 0 R. C. W.Bum, c Learmond, b Hector ... .................12 H. Powys-Keck, b Sarel ... 0 Extras........................10 Total .................92 b Cumberbatch.. 1 b Hector ..........15 c Constantine, b Cumberbatch... 2 b Hector ..........11 notout.................28 c Constantine, b Smith .......... 0 cWilson, b Smith 21 c Sarel,bCumber- batch .......... 0 Extras.......... 9 Total ...100 A ll T rinidad . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R.W. O. M. R. W. 2 0 13 0 .......... 5 0 18 1 17 3 59 5 4 1 23 0 11-4 1 49 5 Hayes... Thompson delivered eight no-balls and H.-Pricliard two. L ord B rackley ’ s T eam . Bum ... . Thompson P.-Keck ... H.-Prichard 13 2 62 4 2 0 11 0 14 4 42 2 83 3 19 3 First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W Smith ... . . 11 2 31 0 .. ... 7 1 15 2 Cumberbatch . 18 8 27 8 .. ... 15.3 6 30 5 Hector ... . . 11 3 17 1 .. ... 8 2 27 3 Hoad ... . . 2 0 6 0 .. ... 2 1 8 0 Sarel.............. . 1.1 0 1 1 .. ... 3 0 11 0 THE SECOND MATCH AGAINST THE WEST INDIES. ( n ineteenth of the tou r .) Played at St. Olair, Trinidad, on March 31 and April 1, 3 and 4. Lord Brackley’s team won by 4 runs. Captain Wynyard was unable to play in this match on account of an injury to his leg which he received when playing against St. Vincent. The finish of the match was very exciting. When 19 runs were required to win by the West Indies in the fourth innings of the game they had three wickets in hand. Burton was then fun out when 15 runs were wanted and Morrison followed his example when one more run had been made. The last two men, Hinds and Cumberbatch, played well until a boundary hit would have made a tie, and then Hayes brought off a very difficult catch at short slip. L ord B raokley ’ s T eam . First innings. Second innings. Hayes, c Sarel, b Smith ... 46 b Cumberbatch 1 Thompson, lbw, b Smith... 20 c Harragin, b Smith ........... 1 T. G . O. Cole, run out........... 1 c Morrison, b Ollivierre ... 0 C. H. M. Ebden, c Constan­ tine, b Smith ................. 4 c Smith, b Bur­ ton ............... 24 A. F. Somerset, st Constan­ tine, b Cumberbatch ... 4 not out ............ 49 C. P. Foley, c Smith, b Cum­ berbatch ........................ 0 b Ollivierre ... 20 G . H. Simpson-Hayward, b Burton............................... 18 c Smith,b Burton 8 Lord Brackley, not out ... 31 b Morrison........ 28 G . H. Drummond, c Layne, b Burton ........................ 0 c Morrison, b Smith ... ... 7 Hesketh-Prichard, c Hinds, b Cumberbatch .......... 37 run out ............ 1 R. C. W. Bum, c Constan­ tine, b Ofllvierre .......... 2 b Burton ............ 0 Extras .................... 18 Extras .............. 8 Total... ...181 Total ..........147