Cricket 1906

m CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME J uly 12, 1906. out pads or gloves to defend their wicket against tha fastest bowlers on pitches which to the modern player would be absolutely unplayable. The Eton Eleven of 1841 had a trio of express bowlers in W . Marcon, G. E. Yonge and Harvey Fellows. Marcon and Fellows were regarded in their time as two of the fastest bowlers ever seen, and though, of course, he had lost a great deal of bis pace even a quarter of a century later, Fellows was still a long way above the speed of the ordinary fast bowler and a terror to the average batsman on Lord’s ground as I can vouch from personal experience. With three such bowlers as Eton had it was a good per­ formance of Winchester to win as they did that year. To old stagers, too, that match of 1841 will revive pleasant memories of the dear “ Old Buffer,” otherwise Frederick Gale, who never ceased to describe with pardonable pride the part he took as one of the Winchester Eleven in that triumph. By the middle of the forties Eton’s three fast bowlers had gone down, as had Y. C. Smith, who had shown such excellent all-round cricket for Winchester for several years. Just then E. W. Blore, a slow bowler with an off-break, was the mainstay of Eton’s attack. In the two School contests of 1845 Blore took twenty-five wickets. He had good reasons, otherwise, for remem­ bering the Winchester match of that year as he was run out when the game was a tie, the only record of the kind in the long series of matches. Blore’s experiences in the Wir Chester match were a wee bit peculiar. The followiDg year bis bowling was quite as successful, but his name has been handed down to posterity on this occasion chit fly from the fact that in Winchester’s first innings he ran out the captain, H. J. Wickham, who had backed up too far before the ball was delivtred. Up till 1854 Eton and Winchester had met at Lord’s mostly to the advantage of Eton, though the Wykehamists, who had not won between 1843 and 1850, bad the satisfaction of closing their account at Lord’s with a victory by three wickets. Since 1855 Eton and Winchester have met alternately at Eton and Winchester without an interruption. It was, indeed, the only match in which the Etonians were able to take part in 1856, as they were forbidden to go up to Lord’s that season. Just then the Hon. C. G. Lyttelton was coming to the fore in Eton cricket. He was the first of seven brothers to represent Eton, several of them to take the highest honours on the cricket field. About the sime time another Etonian destined to make bis mark in first-class cricket, as well as to model the whole style of the Eton batting of the future, had just got into the Eleven. R. A. H. Muchell’s first appearaLce for Et.>n, which was in 18c8, was noteworthy for the fact that Winchester won after a most exciting finish with only one wicket to spare. In the early sixties Eton h>td a particularly good side, though only able to beat Winchester in 1862 with one wicket in hand. Later on Winchester, in their turn, asserted their superiority. This was the golden era for Winchester of J. R. Mason, and in proof of the Wykehamists’ strength about then, it may be said that the first time Eton had won since 1887 was in 1893. Another success for Winchester was in 1896, but in this case the Etonians had mostly themselves to blame in putting Win­ chester in to bat when they won the toss. G. A. Sandeman’s bowling in 1902, when he took all ten wickets in Win­ chester’s first innings, stands out in bold relief as the best individual performance of the last ten years. During this period honours have been pretty fairly divided, with a slight advantage on the side of Eton, who have, none the less, had to struggle hard to pull through, notably in 1901 when they won by two wickets, and in 1899 when they had but one wicket to spare. If space would allow, one could go on almost indefinitely with reminiscences of one of the most interesting historic matches of the year. And what a long line of distinguished cricketers the eighty years of the Eton and Winchester would unfold ! To enumerate all of themwould be laborious, even if the labour would be one of love. A mere mention of those who have achieved greatness during the last half-century will bring home to Cricket readers the value of the play­ ing fields of Eton and Winchester as a training ground for the higher cricket. Among Etonians, what names to conjure with in the Lytteltons, R. A. H. Mit­ chell, the Lubbocks, Hon. T. de Grey— now Lord Grey—James Rjund, O. Mor­ daunt, Hon. F. G. Pelham, 0. J. Thorn­ ton, C. J. Ottaway, Lord Harris, G. H. Longman, A. S. Tabor, S. E.Butler, A.W. Ridley,W. F. Forbes, F. M. Buckland, the Stud Is, Hon. Ivo Bligh, H. Whitfeld, Lord Hawke, P. J. de Paravicini, H. W. Bainbridge, F. Marchant, H. Philipson, H. W. Forster, F. Thomas, F. H. E. Cunliffe, B. J. T. Bosacquet, with not a few others who have graduated during the last ten years ! How much cricket, too, has been enriched by the best efforts of Wykehamists of the calibre of J. W. Haygarth, T. P. Gamier, H. Stewart, the famous Sir Herbert Stewart (who was killed at the battle of Abu Klea), L. S. Howell, W. Lindsay, C. Mirriott, J. Shuter, H. R. Webbe, A. H. Trevor, Hon. F. J. N. Thetiger, Y. T. Hill, H. D. G. L9ve8on-Gower, J. R. Mason, to laooe only a few of those who have made Winchester cricket a by-word for all that is good and chivalrous in the game. [A portrait of this year’s captain of the Eton XI., together with that of Harrow’s, will be found on page 265.] HAMPSTEAD v. OXFORD UNIVERSITY AUTHENTICS.—Played at Hampstead on July 4. H ampstead . D. J. Crump, c Vasey, b Carter ........ F.R.D. Monro, c Craw ford, b Fisher..........24 G. G. Dumbleton, c and b Norris .......... 6 L. J. Moon, lbw, b Norris ................. 3 G. Crosdale, b Norris 4 G. A. 8. Hickson, c Fox, b Norris ... ... 1 68 E. L. Marsden, not out ........................68 C. Braithwaite, b Car­ ter ........................ 0 L. N. H. Bailey, b Fisher ...........39 T.S.W heater, b Norris 6 J. Greig, b Norris ...1 B 24, lb 6, w1 ...31 Total... ...251 O xford U niversity A uthentics . P.W.Vasey, b Marsden 48 A.M.P.Lyle.b Hickson 13 J. W. F. Crawfurd, b M oon........................22 W. L. Medlicott, c Marsden, b Moon ... 2 O. T. Norris, b Moon 0 W. Bonham - Carter, lbw, b Moon .......... 7 O. D. Fisher, b Mars­ den ........................12 T. H. Donaldson, run out ........................23 R. W. Fox, c Cros­ dale, b Marsden ... 20 H. Church, b Greig...101 O. F. Younger, not out ........................ 9 B 15, lb 7 ..........22 Total... ...279 LONDON AND WESTMINSTER BANK (2) v BRIXTON WANDERERS (2).— Played at Nor­ bury on July 7. B rixton W anderers . C. W. Phillips, b Dear 15 A. Harbett, c Reding- ton, b Power ..........15 W. A. Mitchell, c Coomber, b Power 15 A. Lee, b Power.......... 0 A.E.Henderson.bDear 27 W. R. Ceesar, b Dear 28 L.Thurston,bCoomber J.W.E Murray, b Dear A.R.Whitley, b Power E. Gilbert, b Power... W. J. Benge, not out B 4, lb 8 .......... Total ...115 H. E. Power, lbw, b Mitchell ................. 3 S.G. Tyte, c Murray, b Harbett .................56 G. Logan, c Benge, b Mitchell .................12 H.E.Coomber,c Ceesar, b Benge .................10 M. J. Lepingwell, b Mitchell ................. 4 H. D. Dear, c Caesar, b Thurston.................31 L. & W. B ank . A. M Cockell, c Hen­ derson, b Thurston 12 W.E.Redington.cHen- derson,b Harbett... 0 F. Ralls, run out ... 7 D. W. Cox, b Harbett 7 A. Podmore, not out 0 B 1, lb 1 .......... 2 Total ...144 LONDON AND WESTMINSTER BANK (3) v. BRIXTON WANDERERS (3).—Played at Nor­ bury on July 7. L. and W. B ank (3). G. O. Anson, b Luker 64 H. H. Keeping, b Headon .................26 S. Wood, c Hedger, b Nightingale ..........23 W.Horncastle.bLuker 63 F.L.Sharpin,cMurray, b Luker ................. 4 * Innings declared closed. B rixton W anderers (3). S. A. Ellerm, b Perks 46 T.C. Sampson, c and b Perks........................ 4 C.H.Chapman, notout 0 B 15, lb 1 ..........16 Total (7 wkts) *246 E. Preston, b Smith... 0 —.Tarrock, b Smith.. 21 E. Clark, c Ellerms, b Wood .................12 L. D. Looker, b Wood 2 —. Nightingale, c Sharpin, b Smith ... 2 H. Heron, b Wood ... 0 R Minnion,c Ellerm, b Sharpin ... ..........26 F.Perks.c and b Wood 9, N. Murray, c Patch, b Smith .................10 L. Lewis, c Wood, b Smith ................. 0 R. O. Headon, not out 0 B 5, lb 4, w 1 ...10 Total 92 LONDON COUNTY v. CROYDON.-Played at the Crystal Palace on July 4. C roydon . C. P. Wicks, c Man- chee, b Marshal ... 49 J. S. Killick, b Smith 14 H.J. Tovey, b Manchee 14 J. Archer, b Marshal 0 T. A. Watson, b Mar­ shal ........................ 4 V. G. A. Butler, b Mar­ shal ........................ 9 A. T. Latham,b Smith R. Darvill, run out ... : J. A. Campbell, c Bridge, b Smith ... A. Pascall, b Marshal F. W. Fifield, not out Extras................. P. G. Gale, b Watson 9 Marshal, retired ...300 L. G. L. Smith, c Fi­ field, b Watson ... 8 G. U. B. Roose, c & b Tovey..........................14 E. P. Kay, b Watson 54 L ondon C ounty . Total ..140 C. Hayward, not out 18 S. Manchee, bWatson 0 F. Benton, not out ... 4 Extras ..........28 Total (6 wkts) 435 HAMPSTEAD v. HAYWARDS HEATH. -Played at Haywards Heath on July 7th. H ampstead . G. G. Dumbelton, b R Higgs ...............37 H S. Maclure, c Warri- ner,b R. Higgs ... 6 H. Greig, b R. Higgs 2 H. G. Dunkley, b Knowles................. 7 L. N. H. Bailey, b K. 4 Higgs ..............103 A. R. Trimen, c Stone, b R. Higgs .......... 0 T. M. Farmiloe, lbw, b R. H iggs.................40 J. Greig, lbw, b K. Higgs .................14 H. Crisp, c Knowles, b K. Higgs ..........17 F. R. Eiloart, not out 15 S.S. Pawling, c Warri- ner, b K. Iliggs ... 3 Byes ... .......... 3 E.Whinney, c Trimen, b Dunkley ..........25 K.Higgs.lbw, b Dunk­ ley ........................ 0 R.K.Henderson, c Far­ miloe, b Pawling ... 8 W.L. Knowles, not out 76 Total... H aywards H eath . ...247 C.Cartwright, b Pawl­ ing ........................ 8 F.M.Warriner,c Pawl­ ing, b Trimen ... 10 C.G.Bridgman.notout 0 B 5, w 1 ... ... 6 Total (5 wkts) ...139