Cricket 1906

A ug 9, 1906. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 329 From the Daily Mail : — LINES TO A FAST BOWLER. (After the Surrey v. Yorkshire match.) Bowler, that with an elongated run, And sinuous, say some twenty yards or more, Comest at racing speed, and just before Thy journey to the bowling crease is done, Jumpest—then from thy height of six feet one Hurlest the bill that mates the batsmen sore, And tries e’en nerves long used to cricket war, For dangerous blows are not exactly fnn— The ball that whizzes past a head that dips, Rattles on ribs or makes the fingers swell, Flies from the bat to one of four deep slips, Or cracks a stump as if it were a shell— These are thy triumphs, Knox, and they eclipse All that fast bowlers of to-day can tell. G. H. T. T h e run-getting in the match between C. E. Hambro’s XI. and the Old Clifto- nians, on the Saffrons at Eastbourne, on Friday and Saturday last, reached such abnormal figures that bold adver- vertisement in the shape of a prominent notice in “ Gossip ” is fully merited. As the following score will show, 1,191 runs were totalled on the two days, while only eighteen wickets fell:— O ld O liftonians . First innings. R. H. Johnston, b Burnup.. 23 J. A. Healing, b Marriott... 124 D. Meakin, st Welman. b Leveson-Gower ............ 127 E. Field, b Voscler ...........12 K. J. Key, b Vogler .......... 14 G. 0. Wall, b Burnup ... 1 R. T. Raw, c and b V ogler.. 12 G. T. C. Watt, b Vogler ... 22 F. B. May, not out ...........15 R. J. Filgate, b Vogler ... 1 11. O O. Ward, st Welman, b Vogler ........................... 0 Extras..........................64 Second innings. c A. Torrens, b Vogler ........... 0 notout.................. 43 b Vogler .......... 45 c A. Torrens, b Vogler ........... 0 c Leveson-Gower, b Vogler...........44 Extras...........29 Total .................. 415 Total (4 wkts) 161 M r. C. E. Ham bro’s XI. C. J. Burnup, c Healing, b Meakin ...118 RHMarriott.c Johnston, b Healing ...204 .T. Martin-Smith, c Watt, b Wall ... 2 H. D. G. Leveson-Gower, not out ...201 A. Torrens, b R a w ..................................59 Extras ..........................................31 Total (4 wkts) ... *615 J. Hornsby, O. E. Hambro, A. V. Hambro, M. Torrens, Vogler, and T. Welman did not bat. * Innings declared closed. A m o n t h or so ago, in a sketch of the Eton and Harrow match, reference was made to the very large proportion of extras in some of the earlier fixtures. That was, in a great measure, the result of bad wickets. But on the true and fast pitch at the Saffrons in the match above referred to extras totted up 124, ornearly one-ninth of the entire total. A so n of A. G. Steel, the versatile cricketer, who did such splendid service in turn for Marlborough College, Cam­ bridge University, Lancashire aud England, played a by-no-means unim­ portant part in the victory which gave Impey’s the Junior House Cup at Eton College a week or so ago. After the manner of his father, the young Etonian can bat as well as bowl. In the match in question he scored 2 and 10, and took half-a-dozen wickets. The Committee of the Surrey County C.C., it is stated, have already determined on July 15, 16 and 17 as the dates for the annual match between Gentlemen and Players to be decided on the Surrey Ground in 1907. As next year will be the Jubilee of Gentlemen and Players at the Oval, one may express the earnest hope that the County Clubs will co­ operate to admit of the best sides being available. By taking all ten wickets for 40 runs in the first innings of Essex at Bristol on Monday, Dennett can claim the distinction of having sat up a fresh record for Gloucestershire cricket. As a glance at the full score will show, he and F. B. Roberts bowledunchanged through both completed innings of Essex. This latter feat had only twice before been accomplished for Gloucestershire — by W. G. Grace and W. R. Gilbert v. G. DENNETT. (Photo bv Hawkins Co., Brighton .) Lancashire, at Clifton, in 1878, and by Dennett himself and Roberts (F. G.) v. Surrey, at Bristol, three years ago. It is a curious fact that on Monday last F. B. Roberts bowled throughout the first innings of Essex without taking a wicket. As the outcome of the two days’ match between the Young Amateurs and Young Professionals of Surrey at the Oval in the middleof lastweek, 1,031 runs were scored for 39 wickets. Though the chief Public Schools were only poorly represented this time in the Amateur side, the Young Professionals were fairly and squarely beaten. The cricket was full of interest from first to last and some particularly promising form with the bat was shown by B. H. Holloway (Leys School), 119; and H. E. Snell (Mill Hill School), 112; and E. K. Quick, 58 and 25, who is also a likely young wicket-keeper. On the other side, Carver, of Thames Ditton, a left-handed batsman as well as bowler (69 and 58) and Turner (of Mitcham) (44 and 45) both shaped well. T h e departure of the Corinthians on Friday last for their football tour in America and Canada has .unfortunately, deprived Surrey of a very effective fast bowler in P. E. May, just at a time when the breakdown of N. A. Knox would have made him particularly valuable to the side. Besides May the Corinthians have a lot of other players now on the “ big drink ” who have been successful in first- class cricket. Among themmay be men­ tioned C. C. Page (Cambridge University). G. C. Vassall (Somerset), S. H. Day (Kent), C. Wreford-Brown, the old Gloucestershire cricketer, and G. N. Foster (Oxford and Worcestershire). F r e q u e n t e r s of the Oval, as well as those who journey from the South of London to St. John’s Wood, will be interested to learn that the electric tram cars of the London County Council, since Sunday last, have been running direct from Victoria to Camberwell Green and back. This means, of course, that one can now get from Yictoria to the Oval gates without a change. On Sunday, too, the extension of the Bakerloo line to the Elephant and Castle was opened. By a subway at the Elephant the Bakerloo’s passengers can now get on to the City and South London line for the Oval Station, which is, as everyone knows, within some hundred yards of the main gates of the Surrey ground. T h e r e can, I should imagine, be few heavier ruu-getters in club matches than Alan Marshal, the young Queenslander, who will be qualified for Surrey next year. For London County he has made the following hundreds during the present season:— v. Dulwich College, May 30 ............... 112 v. Cyphers, at Crystal Palace, May 31... *204 v. Norbury Park, at Norbury, June 9 ... 219 v. Croydon, at Crystal Palace, July 4 ... *300 v. Chiswick Park, July 14 ............... 135 v. “ Egypt,” at Crystal Palace, July 25... 245 v. Stoics, July 26 ...................................... 157 v. Oroydon, August 1 ........................... 171 ♦Signifies not out. In addition to the above, he scored 107 for the Referee against Fulham, on May 3. For the London County C.C. last year he made 2,752 runs (average 56-16) and took 118 wickets (average 16.41). T he headmaster of Clitheroe Grammar School, in relating some amusing replies given by boys who were set to answer a general knowledge paper, told of one who gave a humorous account of what happened when W. G. Grace and Dr. Johnson were playing cricket together. Dr. Johnson, he said, played for Sussex and compiled a dictionary. T he 7th Duke of Rutland, who passed away at Belvoir Castle on Saturday last in his 88th year, made a cricket speech in the House of Commons on August 15th, 1843. He was then known as Lord John Manners, and he asked the Attorney- General whether six boys, who had each been fined three shillings and costs for playing Sunday cricket at Hurley, in Berks., could be compelled to pay the