Cricket 1906

A u g . 2, 1906. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 313 this year. He was born at Middles­ brough, in Yorkshire, on August 22ad, 1882. I n the House of Commons last week the Chief Secretary for Ireland said that “ the Local Government Board of Ireland is a hind of malignant fairy which, as it were, has scored off its own bat.” A k e e n sportsman who reads his Cricket regularly in the Par East has sent me a score of a match played ia Bombay on the 7th July which is well worthy of a special notice. The game was between the Telegraph Recreation Club Team and the Public Works Depart­ ment C.C. It produced two curiosities Lipscomb, which bounded off close to short leg. Like a fUsh W.G. was across the wicket, but the “ Parson” was unable to respond to the call of “ Come on, old man.” Both were at the same wicket when the other was about to be put down, and in a moment J.C.C. stepped out of his ground and was run out. W.G. carried his bat through the innings for 81, and the match lasted all three days. Willsher told Mr. Crawford afterwards that his benefit realised £1,200, and that the prompt sacrifice of his wioket had been worth nearly £400 to him. The Daily Telegraph points out a coincidence in Tuesday’s first-class cricket which I should venture to agree herd’ s Bush, against whom he want one better, his side scoring 39 to 38. A l t h o u g h he made only 30 at Leyton on Monday against Middlesex, Mead had a remarkable ovation when he returned to the pavilion. With the exception of a few moments when Turner made half-a- dozen fine hits, the period between half­ past three and a quarter to six had been depressing iu the extreme, for one after the other the batsmen had played weari­ some cricket. Mead then went in last and it was at once seen that he did not intend to let the grass grow under his feet. Therefore the delighted crowd rose to him, and when, after a lively and even brilliant innings, he was out, he had a THE RUGBY AND MARLBOROUGH C A P T A IN S . MR. K. T. COX. (Rugby). {Photo by G. A. Dean , Rugby. at least, as the latter were dismissed in their first innings for six and all ten wickets were taken by A. M. Moore. The full score of the game will be found “ in another place.” H is t o r y repeats itself oddly in cricket as in other things at times. The “ run out ” of J. N. Crawford in Lees’ benefit match last Friday recalls the “ run out ” of bis father in the benefit match (Kent v. Mr. W. G. Grace’s X I.) for Edgar Willsher in Mote Park in the early seventies. “ W .G .” took “ Par­ son ” Crawford in with him to open the itmags, and when each had scored ten, the younger player was hit on the knee-cap by a very fast ball from R. * (Pi s is hardly likely to have had a parallel. It consisted in a couple of hat-tricks, and both in first-class matches. Sedgwick, a fast right-handed bowler, signalised his first appearance for Yorkshire in this way in the second innings of Worcestershire, at Hull, and Gregson his second match for Lancashire in the first innings of Leicestershire, at Blackpool. “ W. G.,” who was up at the Oval for a short time during the early play iu the Surrey v. Yorkshire match on Friday, down to the Crystal Palace in time to “ skip ” the London Bowling Club against the New Zealanders. The latter won by 22 points to 21, The following day ‘ W .G .” had his revenge against Shep- MR. J. G. C. SCOTT. (Marlborough). by E, H. Roberts, Marlborough .) reception which he is not likely to forget. Oaly one other run was made whilst he was in. B y scoring 124 for Surrey against Kent at Blackheath, Hayward has now brought his total of hundreds for the season to twelve, and his record is thus equal to that made by Abel in 1900. Hayward, —who in 1904 played eleven innings of a hundred—-still requires another hundred to equal C. B. Fry’s record of thirteen, with another clear month before him. O v e r h e a r d at a oounty cricket ground during the innings of the home team. The batsmen are finishing a second run. Excited s p e c t a t o r G o o n ! G o o n /