Cricket 1906

J u l y 12, 1906. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME 265 (Eton.) (Photo by H ills Saunders, Eton,) (Harrow.) (Photo by H ills <5>* Saunders, Harrow.) H. E. VlGAK , the young wicket-keeper, who made his first appearance for Surrey at Edinburgh this week has had rather a rapid promotion in Surrey cricket. It was only in 1904 that he came under the notice of the County authorities. In the result he secured an engagement last year at the Oval in which he fully con­ firmed the promise he had shown as a stumper. Still he did not get a chance even in the second eleven till a fortnight or so ago. This was against Lancashiie’s Second Eleven at Reigate and as he was born and bred at Redhill, his distinct success on that occasion, both with the gloves and bat was, naturally, extremely popular. As he has plenty of pluck, and is, moreover, very quick he is bound quiring foreigner who happened to be in London at the time, but intelligible enough to any Englishman. B y scoring 208 for Surrey against Warwickshire at the Oval last week on the Thursday, Hayward brought his record of hundreds for the season to ten, and his aggregate to more than two thousand. This is his second innings of two hundred this year, the other being 219 against Northamptonshire. He was the first man to reach the aggregate of a thousand and the first to reach the second thousand. D u r i n g his innings of 208 the more tired Hayward became the harder he hit. hundred for Sussex, and Crawford was in splendid form with the ball for Surrey. Ordinary people who have to wear spectacles in the open air wonder how these three cricketers manage to perform such remarkable feats, for spectacles, when worn out of doors, have a way of becoming blurred, which is very exasper­ ating. W. J. H. C urwen and E. G. Martin will be able to look back upon the University match of 1906 with very great pleasure. Curwen, who is the Associa­ tion footballer, was not out in either innings, scoring 12 and 34, while in the second innings Martin made 66, by far the highest score he has ever made in through the Sussex innings against Kent, scoring 53 out of 165. He also made 135 not out, going in first for Kent against Surrey in 1866, and in 1867, 137 for Sussex against Marylebone. His average was in 1865, 25 per innings. 1866, 17 „ 1867, 25 „ 1868, 18 As the above has the support of both the Kent County and the Sussex County Cricket Clubs, we venture to ask if you can see your way to send a donation. Donations may be paid to Mr. T. Pawley, Manager Kent County Cricket Club, Ton­ bridge, or to Mr. W. Newham, Secretary Sussex County Cricket Club, Brighton. Among the donations already promi<ed are twenty guineas from the Kent C.C C. and ten guineas from M.C.C. to come on as a wicket-keeper. In addition to his capabilities as a cricketer, he is also a good footballer, being one of the front line of Norwich City, one of the Clubs in the First Division of the Southern League. T h e match which was to have been played last Monday, Tuesday and Wed­ nesday between Dublin University and London County, at Dublin, was aban­ doned last week. O n e of the evening papers gave the following on its contents bill on Thursday evening last week : — HAYWARD ’ S 1 0 t h . A little mystifying, perhaps, to an iu- Whenever he was able to take the time to do so he walked between the wickets for a single, but he was always ready to try to knock the cover off the ball. Towards the end of his innings he was a hitter of the type which is hardly ever seen now­ adays. He was a second C. I. Thornton, with the difference that he often went out to the ball, whereas Thornton lifted it out of the ground without moving from his position. Thb spectacled brotherhood of J. N. Crawford, Killick and Young gave a wonderfully good account of itself at the end of last week. Young had the distinction of making a hundred in what, to a University man, is the match of the year. Killick made a THE ETON AND HARROW C A P T A IN S .