Cricket 1906

2 1 8 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J une 21, 1906. Buckenham were bustling them on Saturday morning. T h e return of C. J. Kortright to the Essex team in the West Indian match was heartily welcomed by the spectators. Kortright played adelightfulfirstinnings, and although hedidnot take awicket, this was only because it happened to be a day in which the ball would go all round the stumps and all round the bat without touching. He still bowls fairly fast, but not as fast as in former days, and his bowling undoubtedly is still “ class.” A g o o d performance at the close of the innings in one of the second round of house matches, Pageites v. Lockites, at Charterhouse, deserves special notice. TheLockites’ score on the fall of the ninth wicket was 124, and as it was 246 when the innings came to an end it will be seen that the total was all but doubled. The heroes of this last stand, which represents a record for cricket at Charterhouse, were S. A. Pike, who carried out his bat for 76, and A. Monro, who had got 42 before he was run out. V i c t o r T ju m p e r 's display of batting on the occasion of the match played early last month against Eighteen of Townsville, gave unqualified pleasure to the Queenslanders, for whom it was speciallyarranged After makiog 246, the local team had a nice little outing while Trumper and hiB men scored 478, to which the captain contributed 23 and A. J. Hopkins a cypher. In order to set V.T. going again, the Eighteen closed their innings on the fall of the eleventh wicket. This time they had their reward, for Trumper, playing in his best and most attractive form, assisted in putting on 136 in 25 minutes, carrying out his bat in the end for 75. M e t r o p o l i t a n cricket readers in par­ ticular will be interested to hear of the exhibition of Major George Boiler’s pictures now open for public inspection at the rooms of the Fine Art Society, 148, New Bond Street. Major Boiler, who is abrother of thewhilom Surreycricketer, W. E., of that name, has won distinction as a soldier as well, having served in the Boer War with the Imperial Yeomanry. His life-like picture of his brother going out to bat will be familiar to every one who knows the pavilion at the Oval. Talking of that picture reminds one of a curious incident—and one not without a certain humour of its own—in which W. E. was also the central figure. He was passing through the large room in the Oval pavilion, and by the picture, as two visitors were examining it. “ Poor Roller,” was what he heard said. “ It was very sad; he died in Australia.” I n A. W. Spring, the latest addition to the Surrey Eleven, the county has a young professional born and reared within its borders. Spring, who was bom at Dulwich on May 17th, 1881, came to the Oval originally as a ground boy. Subsequently he was promoted to Surrey’s ground staff, of which he has been a member since 1902. He played first for the Dulwich Hamlet C.O., but latterly has been chiefly identified with Honor Oik, for whom, this year, he has done several fineperformances with ball as well as bat. Last season he was, if any­ thing, more successful as abowler than as a batsman. It was his excellent all­ round cricket against Yorkshire’s Second at Epsom, a month ago, which got him his trial in Surrey’s First Eleven at Cambridge early in the month. So far h 9 has quite earned his place, and as he can save runs and make them as well as get wickets, there is every likelihood of his being a useful member of the side. T r e v o r B o wr in g , who achieved the rare feat of going through the innings for Surrey’s 2nd X I. v. Lancashire’s 2nd X I. at Ashton-under-Lyne on Monday, was at the head of the batting averages at Rugby in 1904. He hardly played up to his school form in the matches in which he took part for Surrey’s 2nd XI. last season, though there was plenty of promise. He was one of the most suc­ cessful of the school bowlers at Rugby two summers back, and as he is a dis­ tinctly useful all-round cricketer there is every reason to believe that he will be of service to the county. His score of 118 not out in Surrey’s first tctal of 245 at Ashton was the result of very sound and taking batting. T h e announcement that the visit of an English amateur teamto New Zealand in the winter is under the consideration of the Marylebone Club has the solid foundation of fact. Indeed, I know of more than one amateur cricketer who has already been approached with a view to making the tour. To successfully exploit such a scheme requiresnot only consider­ able tact and trouble, but also a more than ordinary amount of favouring circumstance. This makes one the more anxious to hear that the efforts of M.C.C. have been attended with the success they deserve. T h e Hon. Alfred Lyttelton’s return to Parliament after a short absence will add considerably to the cricket strength of the Lower House, as it will increase the fighting strength of the minority. Men­ tion of the House of Commons reminds me that a recent number of Vanity Fair contained a speaking likeness of another Parliamentary cricketer, the Paymaster- General, in other words R. K. Causton, the old Incog, and member of the Surrey Committee. T h e members of the West Indian team have accepted the invitation of the Surrey County C.C. to dinner on Monday even­ ing after the first day’s cricket in their match at the Oval. The occasion will produce a small gathering of West Indian notabilities, as, in addition to the cricketers, the guests will include Sir A. W. L. Hemming, a former Governor of British Guiana and Jamaica, and Sir Cavendish Boyle, formerly Colonial Secretary at Bermuda and Government Secretary of British Guiana, now Governor of Mauritius, with several of the leading members of the West Indian Club. ------ I h e a r from a thoroughly reliable source that Lord Harris will be seen in the Kent Eleven once, at all events, this season. It will be very gratifying to cricketers of every class to find him in the field again. One would wish to see the example followed more frequently. I can picture in my mind’s eye the enthusiastic welcome Mr. John Shuter, Surrey’s great little ex-captain, would have from the Surrey crowd on leaving the pavilion at the Oval to bat. And how popular it would be in Surrey cricket! Opportunity would seem to be to hand in the two matches to be played at the Oval next week. The latest news fromAustralia, seems to show a possibility of a “ combine” which may prove to mean the ultimate removal of the deadlock there. F. A. Iredale’s cablegram, which appeared in the Daily Mail of yesterday, states that the New South Wales Association, in reply to a suggestion of the Hon. Mr. Lyne, had agreed to favourably consider co-opera- tion with the Melbourne Club and the South Australian Association in order to send a joint invitation to the Marylebone Club if the Melbourne Club made application for co-operation through the Viotorian Association. Mr. Lyne was proceeding to Victoria with the object of urging the Melbourne Club to accept this condition and to end the deadlock. English Oricket readers will be of one accord that the sooner the incident is closed for ever the better for cricket everywhere. C o n s id e r in g that they had not succeeded inbeating Kent since 1899, the Surrey Eleven deserve some sympathy for the disappointment they experienced at the Oral last Friday. As it was, they played up with all the fighting spirit which used to be characteristic of the side, and in this case defeat was only a little lower than the angels. If Surrey had managed to pull through they would have had chiefly to thank Lees, whose seven wickets for 55 runs was a perform­ ance worthy of a great bowler at his very best. T h e outstanding feature of an exciting finish was the admirable coolness of the young Kent professional, F. Woolley. He played during a rather prolonged crisis with all the nerve of a veteran, showing conclusively that he has the right temperament for cricket and is made of the right stuff. Tonbridge has good reason to be proud of him as he is a native of the town. As he is now only nineteen, everybody will hope to see his brilliant promise as an all-round cricketer fully maintained in the future. As the Daily Telegraph pointed out yesterday, his record of 282 runs in six innings, one of them a not out, and