Cricket 1906

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THURSDAY, JULY 19 th , 1906. $atotiton Gossip* The abstract and brief chronicle of the time.— Hamlel W h e t h e r the Eton and Harrowmatch of 1805 was a legitimate match between the two schools or not, only concerns those interested in one or the other. The fact remains that it was the first game between Etonians and Harrovians of which the soore remains. Mr. Arthur Haygarth in Scores and Biographies states that some few games had been played before between the two schools, but of this there is no direct evidence extant. The match of 1806, in any case, was interesting fromthe fact that Lord Byron was one of the Harrow eleven on that occasion. The famous poet, like the majority of the Harrovians, had to be content with a few runs, though accord­ ing to hig account he made eighteen in his two innings, while the one published score we have gives him only nine. I n the convivialities whioh followed the game, he seems to have taken his own part, to judge by his own admission which appeared in “ Byron’s Letters,” published some years back. We have played the Eton and were most confoundedly beat; however, it was some comfort to me that I got eleven notches in the first innings, and seven in the second, which was more than any of our side, except Brock­ man and Ipswich could contrive to hit. After the match we dined together, and were extremely friendly ; not a single discor­ dant word was uttered by either party. To be sure, we were, most of us, rather drunk, and went together to the Haymarket, where we kicked up a row....................How I got home after the play, God knows.” T he score of the match between Eton and Harrow shows that Eton won by four wickets, but this does not give the slightest idea of the desperate struggle which took place. Indeed, if Harrow had only enjoyed ordinary luck during the fourth innings of the match, when Eton were batting, they would probably have won with ease; as it was, the fates were against them all through the inn­ ings. Pearson-Gregory had a charmed life, for, besides escaping two or three times because the ball missed the wicket by a fraction of an inch, he was missed in the slips and twice put up a ball just out of the reach of the fieldsman. Yet he played a great game for his side, and it was very largely through his efforts that the victory was gained. W h e n the first Eton wicket fell with the total at two the Harrow boys, massed together on the mound, cheered very loudly. When, without any addition to the score, the second wicket fell they rose in their enthusiasm. At the fall o(