Cricket 1906

98 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M ay 3, 1906. His first appearance for Surrey was, as has been said, free from ill-luck. Going in first, as he did, with Hayward was a good thing for him. At all events, in the match against Mr. W. G. Grace’s eleven at the Oval on Easter Monday he proved his ability beyond a doubt, particularly in the second innings, with a score of 88 against the bowling of W . Brearley, G. W. Beldam, W. W. Odell, W. G. Grace, and C. L. Towns­ end. As a companion to Hay ward *in opening the batting for Surrey he has been a success. Though towards the end of the season he seemed at times a bit stale, he more than fulfilled the high expectations formed of him. That he scored, as he did, 1,004 runs in County matches alone is the best proof of this. Some of his performances with Hayward for the first wicket deserve special notice. Against the Australians, in the return match, they put on 127 runs, of which Hobbs’ share was 68. Against Middle­ sex at the Oval they “ went one better,” for they made the 168 wanted to win at the finish without the loss of a wicket. This season Hobbs started well with scores of 29 and 85 not out v. The Gen­ tlemen of England in Easter Week, so that he ought to have the confidence begotten of early success. As he is young—he is now only half through his twenty - fourth year— and careful, he should have a great future before him. THE AUSTRALIAN BOARD OF CONTROL. F r o m The Australasian . The last phase of cricket in Australia, hut especially in Victoria, is always worse than the stage immediately preceding it. The negotiations for the formation of a Board of Control were understood to have been settled some time ago—hut the settlement was some­ thing of the nature of an armistice in battle, which merely enables the combatants to collect their energits and begin afresh. Incidentally, the armistice enables the fighters also to collect their dead, and if this battle continues there will be need for the same solemn office in connection with the remains of cricket. All that is left of a once live game will be fit for little else than to carry off to a mortuary for decent interment. The game must have had wonderful vitality to begin with, or it never could have stood the buffeting its misguided friends are giving it. Finality with the Board of Control seems as far off as ever, if one may judge from the tone of the last meeting of the Cricket Association. “ Come outside!” appeared to be the main argument, and though that resource seems to be a little out of date in a deliberative body, it has sometimes the merit of being conclusive. The inside work —if one may so class the innumerable con* ferences and conversations on the subject— has produced nothing but a heated atmo­ sphere. When agreement had apparently been reached, some time ago, there was still a feeling of uncertainty in the minds of some of those who had helped to bring it about. We scouted the suggestion that there was a possibility of the Melbourne Cricket Club going back on its word or its bond, and we still believe that nothing of the kind is intended. The M.C.C. no doubt feels that to abandon those who were pledged to stand in line with it when the prospect was a fight to the death would be at least ingratitude—while sticklers for sturdy speech might almost call it treachery. They are under an obligation to do the best they can for South Australia, and South Australia, for reasons which no one can quite fathom, makes the position difficult, by putting forward claims on behalf of a body which has occasional, but not perma­ nent existence, viz., the Australian Eleven. Why South Australia, which has generally smaller representation in Australian Elevens than either Victoria or New South Wales—and was represented in the last team much in excess of her deserts—should become the champion of the crack players, the great majority of whom live in New South Wales, is a mystery. And if it were not a mystery it would still be a striking incon­ gruity. There is something behind this claim by South Australia which has not been made quite clear, and it is causing an infinity of mischief. Hitherto, the representatives of South Australia have been chiefly absorbed in watching their own interests in international cricket, and, to do them justioe, they have been vigilant and successful. Anyone who undertakes to teach them points in the game will need to get up before cockcrow, and study all the artifices of diplomacy. Their concern for the members of the late Australian Eleven—many of whom will cer­ tainly not be in the next Australian Eleven— is neither chivalry nor patriotism ; it is first, last, and always—business. If we are wrong in this conclusion, it is because we have a high estimate of their business capacity, and are driven in the alternative to the preposter­ ous conclusion that they have suddenly abandoned the practical and become hunters of shadows, devotees of dreams. Where they make the position difficult is that, after they have finished with the M.C.C. and the Vic­ torian Association in their dissertation on the value of negative phrases, the Sydney Asso­ ciation has to be consulted on the compro­ mise. And we think that the Victorian delegates, who are in a position to know the views of the Sydney Association, would not fight so strenuously about conditions which hardly attain the dignity of being principles if they were not aware that the Sydney Asso­ ciation has conceded all that it means to concede. In this respect the Victorian Asso­ ciation is in much the same dilemma as the M.C.C.—it must stand by its friends. If we are correct in this estimate of the very latest phase of the trouble, what remains but to say, disconsolately, of international cricket, “ Poor thing I If you had words you would cry, in your despair, ‘ Save me from my friends.’ ” U.C.S. OLD BOYS v. ENFIELD.—Played at En­ field on April 30. E nfield . S.Edwards, c Griffith- Jones, b Burt.......... A. Minton, c and b Westhorp................. R. Pritchard, c Wes- thorp, b Burt.......... W. Chart, st Griffith- Jones, b Burt.......... S.G.C Starky.cGriftith- Jones, b Westhorp G. W. Cranfield,c & b B u rt........................ 6 C. P. W. Lloyd, b Burt 4 W. J. Savage, b Burt 16 W.Gifford,bWesthorp 0 M.H. Jenkins, not out 8 T. Sidney, b Burt ... 0 Byes ................. 3 Total 69 U.C.S. O ld Boys. F. Eastman, run out... 6 J.C.Cravvford.bMinton 0 E. S. Westhorp, b Min­ ton ........................16 S. A. Gard, b Minton 20 H.C.Preston.b Alinton 2 H.F.Wadham, run out 5 F. Rowley, c Jenkins, b Pritchard .......... 6 M. P. Griffith-Jones, b Pritchard ......... 0 L.Marcus, b Pritchard 0 M. M. Binney, not out 28 A.H.K.Burt, c Gifford, b Minton................ 20 B 2, lb 5 ................. 7 J. O. LOVELL’S XT. v. NORBURY PARK.— Played at Norbury on April 28. J. O. L o v e ll’s XI. P. P. Tyacke, c Hobbs, b Johnstone .......... 3 C.L.Ring.b Johnstone 5 C. H. Mountain, c Wil­ son, b Johnstone ... 89 J. A. Lovell, b John­ stone ........................ 0 L. Lovell, c Reichert, b Wood ................. 6 R. Harrison, c John­ stone, b Shoobridge 35 W.H.Golds.b Langton 0 E.D.Lovell, b Langton '6 G. A. Ring, b Langton 6 O. Lovell, not out ... 4 B 9, lb 6 ..........15 Total (9 wkts)*169 F. Lovell did not bat. * Innings declared closed. N o rb u ry P a rk . P. F. Wilson, run out 7 C. B. Wood, c sub.,b L. Lovell .................25 V.A. J. Hicks, c sub., b J. A. Lovell .......... 8 T. H. Knight, b J. A. Lovell ................. 1 O. Shoobridge, b J. A. Lovell .......... ... 11 W. E. Hobbs, W. L. Johnstone and J. J. Macaldin did not bat. H. O. Plummer, b J. A. Lovell ................. 4 M. Reichert, not out... 7 E.Langton, not ou t... 2 Byes .................10 Total (6 wkts) 75 WANDERERS v. BICKLEY PARK.—Played at Bickley Park on April 28. W anderers . S. Oolman, c Kelsey, b Willett .................32 F. L. Nightingale, c Hilder.b Willett ...88 K.E.M.Barker.cMoore, b W illett................. 2 H.T.Bull,bP.Simmons 35 A.M.Latham, c Hilder, b W illett................. 5 D. L. A. Jephson, b P. Simmons................. 7 J. E. G. Hadath, c & b P. Simmons ..........12 A. L. Sloper.b Willett 10 T. H. Edey, c Willett, b P. Simmons ... 0 A. L. S. Rose, not out 3 O.Taylor,st S.Phillips, b W illett................. 5 B 12, lb 1 ..........13 Total ...212 T.P. Hilder, b Jephson 5 J. H. Kelsey, b Barker 11 W. Phillips, b Barker 1 L.R.A.Shuter,bBarker 9 S. Phillips, lbw, b Jephson .................29 F.Simmons.b Jephson 47 P.Simmons,b Jephson 4 B ickley P ark . E. Willett, b Jephson L. A. Shuter, c Night­ ingale, b Jephson... R.B.Aitkin,t Jephson B. Moore, not oue 5 9 1 B 22, lb l,nb 1... 24 Total ... ..149 GRANVILLE (Lee) v. CHARLTON PARK. Played at Charlton Park on April 28. C harlton P a r k . H.C.Sargent.cF.Helder, b Passmore .......... 1 R. G. Cowley, b Pass- more ........................ 0 T. H. Dermer,b Thom­ son ........................28 H. C. Ogilvy, b Pass- more ........................ 5 C. T. Turpin, b Thom­ son ........................18 C. M. Bernays, c Pass- more, b Ixmgworth 13 G ranville , G.W.Bumpus, st Ken- dle, b Longworth... 19 A. J. Mascall, b Long- worth ................. 0 S.R. Sargent, b Long- worth ................. 2 H. C. Cross, not out... 18 R. M. Allen, lbw, b Passmore... Extras... Total. ...113 0. E. C. Kendle, b Dermer .................99 F. Helder, b Turpin... 19 H.W.LeMay, b Turpin 1 V.B.Longworth,bTur- 17 J. P. Clarkson, not out ........................ 8 R. S. I^eMay, not out 11 Extras........4- ... 28 Total (4 wkts) 183 H. E. Thomson, P. P Lincoln, G. Helder, T» L. Passmore and E Moss did not bat. GRANVILLE “ A ” v. CHARLTON PARK 1 —Played at Charlton Park on April 28. G ranville “ A .” A .” Total ..110 F. E. Thomson, c and b Warport ..........31 A. C. Taylor, c Hale, b Rickwood.................73 W. J. Helder, c All­ port, b Horner ... 26 E. T. Gale,b Rickwood 6 J.A.Johnston,b Horner 3 P. C. Wood, b Rick­ wood ........................ 0 S. C. Burnett, not out 14 S. A. Walker,b Horner 0 A. H. Pease, not out... 7 Extras................. l Total (7 wkts) *161 A. D. Spencer and C . Helder did not bat. * Innings declared closed. C h a r lto n P a rk “ A.” Thompson, b Walker 7 Hand, not out ..........44 Horner,c W. Helder, b Burnett .................87 Allport, c C. Helder, b Burnett................. 0 Extras.................18 Total (3 wkts) 156 Mills, Rickwood, Mascall, and Cross did not bat. GRANVILLE “ A ” v. UNION-CASTLE.— Played at Manor Way on April 28. Granville “ A ” 146 for 7 wickets (V. E. Thomson, 44, J. E. Heath 32). Unipn-Castle, 54.