Cricket 1906

92 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A p k il 26, 1906. words “ if necessary” were inserted in clause b of the objects of the board, it was thoueht all difficulty would be re­ moved. But the board had the idea that there was something more in the matter than the introduction of those simple words, and anyhow the board were not prepared to alter the constitution in the manner desired. They hold that the arranging, controlling, regulating, and financing of the visits of Australian Elevens to England is the raison d’ etre of the board. The two words proposed to be added wculd leave the matter regarding the financing, &c., of a team for England in an uncertain position. ■WILL MELBOUBNE C.C. BRING OUT A TEAM? There have been quite a number of reports in circulation lately that the Mel­ bourne Club, behind the backs of the Board of Control and the Association, had forwarded an invitation, either to the Marylebone Club, or to some prominent cricketer, such as MacLaren or Jackson to bring out a team in the spring of this year. In October Mr. F. E. Lacey, secretary to the Marylebone Club, said to an interviewer that the club was perfectly willing to negotiate with any body, even the Melbourne Club, or the Sydney organisation, provided it was authorised to speak for all important cricket interests. In view of this, it is hardly likely the English club would send out an eleven in the absence of unanimity amongst the Australian bodies. The same cable mess­ age stated that the dayB for taking an English cricket team to Australia, as a private enterprise, has passed by. That might, or might not be so. It does not seem possible that the Marylebone Club would interfere with private enterprise if they did not see their way clear them­ selves to send out a team. And the remark by Jackson would not stop a private individual from organising a tour. Assuming that some body outside the Board of Control has issued an invitation for a team to come to Australia, that action would not be taken unless, firstly, the body had the support of the leading players, and, secondly, that matches in Sydney were assured. With­ out both these provisions it would be madness to embark on so heavy a financial undertaking as the visit of an English team to Australia. No one can say at present how long the New South Wales players will remain loyal to the Associa­ tion. The Melbourne C.C. is, un­ doubtedly,popularwith theplayersall over Australia. The old players, who owe more tolMelbourne C.C. than the young genera­ tion, are retiring from the game. There was quite an exodus when the Australian Eleven returned this season. And the younger the team, the greater will be the loyalty to the controlling body ia New South Wales. Against this, however, it may be said that loyalty is largely in every man’s pocket. Every cricketer is ambitious for a trip to England, and when he goes he wants to ba under similar conditions to those who have preceded him, that is, share and share alike. He will not appreciate the Board of Control’s claim to finance the tour, for one very good reason—he will not know whether his dividend will be a set sum, say £300, instead of anything up to £1,000. To finance the team may mean simply advancing preliminary expenses, or it miy mean taking the whole matter out of the hands of the touring players. An interpretation of the word might have been embodied in object “ b ” of the constitution. WILL MATCHES BK PLAYED IN SYDNEY ? Assuming that the players are with the Melbourne C.C., th<=n if becomes a ques­ tion of ground. The New South Wales Associa'ion has by law the right to say what cricket shall bejplayed onthe 8 ydrey Ground, and if any other body did bring out a team, and had the support of the players, there would be no Sydney Cricket Ground on which to play the matches. I understand the New South Wales Cricket Association has communicated with the Melbourne Club to that fffect. If a team do not come out it will be a severe fight between the Melbourne C.C. and the Board of Control, the defeat of the latter means no further use for it. CHURCH OF ENGLAND .* CRICKET. A Grand Match will be played in Lords’ Ground, St. Mary-la-bonne, on Monday next, June 18ch, 1810, and following days, between Eleven of Surrey, against Eleven of All England, for One Thousand Guineas a side. The Wickets to be pitched at Eleven o’clock. PLAYERS. S u r r e y . E n g l a n d . J a m e s L a u r e l l , T h e R e v e re n d L ord E s q . F. B eau c l e r k . J o h n T a n n e r , Esq. T. S m it h , Esq. L a m b e r t . E. H. B u d d , Esq. B e l d a m . B. A is l a b ie , E sq . R o b in so n . H a m m o n d . W a l k e r . H o w a r d . W e l l s . S m a l l . H a r d in g . F r e e m a n t l e . B r id g e r . B e s n e t . G . S p a r k s . H. B e n t l e t . J. H a m p t o x . C a r t e r . Admittance, Sixpence. British Press Newspaper, June 15th, 1810. NOTA BENE. 1. Incredible as in this godly age it may appear, it is, nevertheless true, that advertise­ ments similar to the abovehave been published in the newspapers week after week during every summer for several years past. 2. The foregoing advertisement is an exact copy from the British Press, with the correction only of a very uncanonical omission, either of the editors of that news­ paper or of the managers of this Clerical Exhibition, in depriving one in the holy orders of a priest, a beneficed clergyman of the Church of England, of his proper style and character—The Reverend. 3. “ The proper work of a Vicar General is the exercise and administration of dis­ cipline, purely spiritual, by the authority * Ilie original Placard is in the possession, of Mr. A. L Ford,Who Idniliy copied it lat CricUt. and under the direction of the Bishop, as visitation, correction of manners, granting institutions, and the like; with a general inspection of men and things in order to the preserving of discipline and good order in the Church'’ —Vide Gibson’s Codex Jur. Eccl. Anglican. 4. This clerical spectacle is exhibited in the diocese of London. Yet the Bishop of London’s Vicar General, Sir William Scott, says, that the canons of the Church forbid any one in the orders even of a deacon to exercise the spiritual and canonical profession of an advocate in the courts and offices of the Church of England, although superintended by the Archbishop of Canterbury ! ! ! 5. The Archbishop of Canterbury has “ Deemed it unadvisable to permit any appeal to the Church’s laws or any public and legal hearing of these Ecclesiastical matters. Printed by G. Sidney, Northumberland Street, Strand. TH E CATALOGUE OF C R IC K ET L IT E R A TU R E . By A l f r e d D. T a y l o r . (Continuedfrompage 71.) Hutchinson (Horace G.) Cricket. The Country Life Library of Sport. Profusely Illustrated. 12s. 6d. George Newnes, London. 1903. Hutchinson (Horace G.) Cricketing Saws and Stories. Illustrated. Is. Long­ mans, Green & Co., London. 1889. [This little pamphlet is very rare, and worth from 69. to 8s.] Hutchinson (Horace G.) Peter Steele, the Cricketer. 3s. 6d. J. W . Arrowsmith, Bristol. N.D. Igglesden (Charles). The Demon Eleven and Other Cricket Stories. Is. and Is. 6d. Kentish Press, Ashford. Two editions. 1901. Illawarra Cricket Association’sAnnual. First issue, 1905. Sydney. (See St. George’s Cricket Association.) Illustrated Handbook of Cricket. (See. Lillywhite, W.) Illustrated Laws of Cricket. (See Burden, J.W.) Improvement of Cricket Grounds, The. (See (iibbs, J. A.) Incogniti Scores and Averages. 1861-1870. James Wakeham, London. 1871. A second volume, dealing with the years 1871-1884, was issued in 1885, and since that year the scores have been issued annually in book form. [A complete set is now difficult to obtain, and would probably realise from twenty to thirty shillings.] Index to Cricket Scores and Biographies. Vols. 1-13. Compiled by A. L. Ford. Cricket Office, London. 1885. [This valuable index is very rare, and worth abou twelve-and-six.] Index to all First Class Matc hes in Scores and **“" Biographies. (See Payne, J. B.) Indian Cricket, Stray Thoughts on. (See Patel, J. M.) Indiau Cricket See also :— KUan, SI.A' I Parsee Cricket. Instructions aad Rules for Playing the Noble Game of Cricket. (See Lambert. William.)