Cricket 1906

M ay 3, 1906. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 107 “ This is not correct,” says Mr. Jackson. “ It is true that Darling caught me after a miss, but I cannot say I tried to send him a catch.” But nine spectators out of ten on the ground must have been of the same opinion as the writer of the report ia “ Wisden,” for the second hit was quite unlike anything ever previously made by Mr. Jackson. It may be stated that Cricket, of June 25th, 1896, said with regard to the incident, “ Jackson appeared to be walking away towards the pavilion (after the first hit), but returned to his wicket after a few words with Trott. He hit the next ball, not quite so hard, and was caught; it almost seemed as if it were done intentionally, to make up for Darling’s disappointment.” S urrey will commence its first inter­ county match of the season at the Oval to-day when Hampshire will be opposed. hand slow bowler, who came off in the early matches of 1904, were the most successful bowlers for the Sixteen. The batting of the Eleven was handicapped, however, by the extra men in the field, the full sixteen being against them. Gamble, the left-handed bowler, who made his first appearance for Surrey in the Easter Monday match at the Oval against the Gentlemen of England, maia- tained the reputation be made on that occasion. The Sixteen found he wanted a lot of watching, as did Lees, who took four wickets in sixty-three balls at the end of their first innings for 19 runs. A very curious incident occurred in the match between the London County C.C. and Kensington at the Crystal Palace last Saturday. Marshal was bowling, and one of the Kensington batsmen, in pulling him, mishit pretty we learn that the player named has obtained 21 “ centuries ” for Derbyshire, and that from 1883 to date he ha's made 14,291 runs in county cricket with an average of 27'64. The booklet, which is published by Messrs. Bacon and Hudson, of Colyear Street, Derby, at twopence, has been compiled by Messrs. L. G. Wright and W. J. Piper, jun. R. H. S pooner , the Lancashire bats­ man, has begun the season well. In the first match played by the Liverpool C.C. against Birkenhead Park, he scored 60 out of 106 for four wickets for the former, and was unconquered. A ccobding to a cablegram received yesterday (Wednesday) in London, the Melbourne C.C. has definitely decided not to join the Australian Board of Control. This means that the Board A N O L D C R IC K E T P IC T U R E . The above engraving is a reproduction of an old picture in the possession of Mr. A Streete, through whose kind permission we are enabled to publish it in Cricket. The picture, which is to be offered for sale at Christie’s this month, is an oil painting, representing a match between Gentlemen and Players at Bembridge, Isle of Wight. The picture is signed W. Pratt, 1761, its size is 58 inches by 28 inches, and it is in a perfect state of preservation. Lord Dalmeny will have charge of the eleven which w ill b e selected from the f o llo w iD g twelve:— Lord Dalmeny, J. E. Raphael, N. A. Knox, J. N. Crawford, Hayward, Hayes, Holland, Lees, Stedman, Smith, Hobbs, and Baker. L obd A lverstone , the president, will take the chair at the annual general meeting of the Surrey County C.C., which is to be held in the Pavilion at the Oval in the afternoon at five o’clock. T he victory of theNextSixteen over the Surrey Eleven was so far noteworthy in that it is the first occasion in which the match has been decided in favour of the odds since 1893. Rushby, of Cobham, a fast bowler, who was tried for the county in the return match with the Australians last year, and Jackson, a left hard to C. B. Grace at short square-leg. C. B. in trying to catch missed the ball, which hit him on the top of his head, knocked him down, and went on to be caught, at least fifteen or eighteen yards away, by mid-on ! W. G., who made 120 without a mistake, and Marshal (90) put on 143 for the first wicket of the London County C.C., and E. H. D. Sewell gave the Kensington bowlers the long handle, scoring 57 in less than twenty- five minutes. T he Derbyshire Cricket Guide for 1906 —the eleventh issue of the publication— has just made its appearance. In addi­ tion to containing almost everything that anybody could wish to know concerning the county’s cricket, there is an interest­ ing article on “ First-class Cricket in 1905,” as well as a portrait and biography of Mr. L. G. Wright. From the latter now consists of three representatives from New South Wales, two from Victoria, and one from Queensland, and that South Australia, the Melbourne C.C., West Australia, and Tasmania are not repre­ sented. Which, as the arch-enemy of our boyhood says, is absurd. H. M. B utterworth , who played an innings of 130 on Tuesday in the Senior’s match at Oxford, was a Freshman last year, but did not do anything to justify his being tried in the first-class matches. He learnt his cricket at Marlborough, and was in the school eleven in 1903 and 1904. In the former year he had a very modest record, failing in both innings against Rugby at Lord’s, and only averaging 13, but in 1904 he made a great advance, coming out first in batting with an average of 34 and an aggregate of 512 runs. Moreover, he had a con-