Cricket 1906

170 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M a y 31, 1906. lowing clause anent Law 43 : “ In the event of the captain? agreeing as to the condition of the ground or light, the umpires will so far be relieved of their responsibility.” The suspension of the game on recent occasions owing to bad light has certainly been very vexatious. It was particularly so in the match between Surrey and Essex at the Oval a fortnight ago. In that case, if any exception could be taken to the appeal, the batsmen on both sides were equally to blame. T he long arm of coincidence was distinctly in evidence at the finish of the match between Surrey and Gloucester­ shire at the Oval on Tuesday. The 122 runs required by Surrey to win were all got from the bat—a record of which Board, the Gloucestershire wicket-keeper, has reason to be proud—and J. E Raphael and Hayward got them in exactly equal proportions without either of them being out. It is some time since the cricket crowd anywhere had the opportunity of seeing the Gloucestershire captain play so well, and personally I think it was one of the very best displays he has ever given, not even excluding his memorable second score of 104 in the test match at the Oval with the Austra­ lian team of 1902. A ccording to the Port o f Spain Gazette, the following are the players now on their way to represent the West Indies in their English tour this summer :— Trinidad—A. E. Harragin, G. C. Learmond, S. Smith, L. Constantine, and Cumber- batch (professional). B arbados —H. B . G. Austin, C. K. Ban­ croft, G. Challenor, P. Goodman, and Layne (professional). D em erara —J. E. Parker and Burton (profes­ sional). J am aica — C. S. Morrison. S t . V in cent . —E. Ollivierre. Of the fourteen, Learmond, Constantine, Goodman and Burton were over here with the last team in 1900. Constantine and Goodman both got into three figures once on the occasion of that visit, and, with Learmond, are likely batsmen. Burton’s bowling was one of the most conspicuous features of that tour. In all, indeed, he took 78 out of 230 wickets, and certainly as a bowler showed himself considerably above the average. As far as one can judge, Learmond, Goodman, Constantine and Austin are likely to be the most reliable batsmen. Burton, Smith, Cumberbatch, Layne, Parker, and Morrison are apparently the best bowlers, with Goodman and Constantine as changes. Bancroft is the wicket-keeper, with Ollivierre a very useful understudy. Tbb Sportsman is responsible for the announcement of an extraordinary per­ formance in which one, E. P. Martin, of the Camberwell Grammar School, took all ten wickets of Manor House School for no runs, incidentally doing the hat trick. The paragraph in the Sportsman, unfortunately, does notgivethedate of the match in question, which was played on the Manor House ground. The Manor House, presumably, is the Clapham School of that name, which can claim to have trainedD. L. A. Jephson, the Surrey cricketer. A c t t b i o s i t y . In the batting averages as given on Monday the names of the first five men all begin with H. Thus ; — Most in Times Ians. Runs, an inns, notout. Aver. Hobbs.......... 12 ... 625 ... 125 ... 2 ... 62.50 Hayward ... 11 ... 629 ... 219 ... 0 ... 57.18 Hayes.......... 9 ... 394 ... 155 ... 0 ... 43.77 Hirst .......... 10 ... 382 ... 104 ... 1 ... 42.44 Hardstaff ... 6 ... 243 ... 63 ... 0 ... 40.50 J ust at present the H’s would make a fine eleven. It might be selected from the following :—Hayward, Hirst, Hayes, Hobbs, Harry, Hardstaff, Haigh, Hol­ land, Hunt, Hearne (J. T.), Hargreave, Humphries, Hubble, Huish, Hardinge, Hawke (capt.), Hallam, Huggins, and Hornby. It will be noticed that most of these men are bowlers. W hen Surrey went down for 72 against Lancashire last week on a bowler’s wicket, it was generally agreed that such feeble and spiritless batting was never seen before. On the other hand, when Lancashire broke down before the Notts bowlers on Monday and made only 68 , it was admitted on all sides that Wass bowled in irresistible form, which shows once more that what is sauce for the goose is not always sauce for the gander. O f Cotter, the Australian fast bowler, the Sydney Arrow says :— Tib is a pretty good three-quarter back at Eugby football. He plays for the “ Dirty Beds,” is a strong runner and solid tackier, and can kick well. But he may not play next winter, for our grounds are1hard, and if he were injured Australia would be handi­ capped in the race for “ the Ashes.” An English team is expected out next season, and Tib Cotter is the one man above all others who is expected to help Australia to victory—if it come. I t is very seldom iu the course of a season that the bowlers all over England have the upper hand as much as they had on Monday. The record up to lunch time was almost startling, and is thus given in the Evening News :— O n e H o u r ’ s P l a y (1 p.m.). Gloucester, 38 for one wicket. Sussex, 26 for four wickets. Lancashire, 36 for six wickets. Worcester, 43 for two wickets. Northampton, 24 for five wickets. Leicester, 75 for four wickets. Two H o u r s ’ P l a t (Lunch). Gloucester, 65 for nine wickets. Notts, 10 for two ; Lancs, out 1.35 for 58. Worcester, 112 for five wickets. Northampton all out 57. M.C.C. 10 for 3 ; Leicester all out 1.20 for 87. Sussex 87 for four wickets. I n the pennant matches at Melbourne Hawksburn gained the first place by winning ten matches, losing one, and drawing one. East Melbourne came second and Melbourne third. Hugh Trumble was at the head of the Mel­ bourne C.C. bowling averages and fourth in the batting averages, although Hazlitt, the promising young bowler, took nearly three times as many wickets at about the same cost. T he chief averages of the Melbourne C.C. are as follows: — BATTING. Most Times Total in an not Inns. Runs. inns. out. Aver. W. W. Armstrong .. . 3 .... 277 .. . 20(1*.. . 1 .. . 138.50 O. H. Peryman . 11 ... 392 ... 132 .. . 2 .. . 43.55 F. Vaughan ........ . 8 .... 296 ... 123*.. . 1 .. . 42.28 H. Trumble ........ . 6 .. . 196 ... 63*.. . 1 .. . 39.20 V. Ransford ........ . 6 . . 225 ... 67 .. . 0 .. . 37.50 ♦Signifies not out. BOWLING. Balls. Runs. Mdns. Wkts. Aver. H. Trumble ......... 780 ... 242 ... 39 ... 22 ... 11 G. Hazlitt .........1873 ... 642 ... 102 ... 57 ... 11.26 Me A lister , the Victorian cricketer, has made 1,024 runs in nineteen completed innings, including pennant and inter­ state matches. His highest scores were 157, 141, 128 and 135 not out. The Brighton College Eleven who this year have A. I. Carr for their captain, play their first really serious match next Saturday at Brighton. Their opponents are Dulwich College who have already shown a good deal of improvement under the capable coaching of the little “ Guv’nor,” Robert Abel. The other engagements of the Brightonians are:— JUNE. 9. v. Reigate Hill 14. v. M.O.O. aid Ground 16. v. Dolphins 21. v. Eastbourne 23. v. Merchant Taylor’s School 26. v. 20th Hussars JULY. 4. v. Christ’s Hospital 7. v. Lancing College 10 v. Beddington O.O. 14 v. St. Paul’s School 30. v. Old Brightonians* *Two-Day Match. All the above are to be played on the College Ground except those v. East­ bourne, Merchant Taylor’s School and Lancing College which are to take place at Eastbourne, Bellingham, and the Sussex County Ground respectively. A mono the many remarkable bowling performances on Monday morning were those of Mead (six wickets for 26 runs, four of them for 1 run); Wass (eight wickets for 25) ; J. N. Crawford (dve for 38); N. A. Knox (four for 21); A. F. Morcsm (six for 25) and P. R. May (four for 20). M any batsmen will remember the day for some time to come, more especially the following who were all unfortunate enough to make duck’s eggs :—Langdon, R. T. Godsell (2), Knight, Coe, Jayes, Tarrant, R. H. Fox, Capt. C. Roebuck, Arnold, Wilson, Gaukrodger, East, H. E. Kingston, Buswell, Seymour (Sussex), Cox (Sussex), Butt, Tyldesley, Harry, Cuttell, Payton, Day (Notts), Wass, and G. Gunn.