Cricket 1906

344 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A u g . 16, 1906. JimIBM iCO. CRICKET BALL MAKERS, 8upply all the Principal Counties and Clubs through­ out the world with their well-known M a rve llou s Tes tim ony . The Inns of Court Hotel, 18th Sept., 1905. Messrs. John Wisden & Co., London. Dear Sirs,—Before leafing for home, I should like to bear testimony to the Bats you supplied me with and which I have used nearly all the tour. I must also speakin praise of your “ Special Crown” Cricket Balls, which, of course, we have used in all the Tests and many other Matches, they are less hard on the hands, in my opinion, than any other make.—Yours faithfully, W a r w ic k W . A rm strong . S.S. “ China,” 18th, Sept., 1905. Messrs. John Wisden & Co. Dear Sirs,—During the tour of the 1905 Australian Eleven, your “ Special Crown ” Cricket Balls were the only balls used in the Test Matches, and theygaveeverysatisfaction. 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THURSDAY, AUGUST 16 th , 1906. $atotlton The abstract and brief chronicle of the time.— Hamlel T h e Bournemouth Festival, which seemed to have established itself as a permanency, will be deprived of one of its matches this year, the committee finding it impossible to get together teams for the match, Somerset, Wor­ cestershire and Warwickshire v. Kent, Sussex and Hampshire. Nor can the West Indians be induced to play at Bournemouth during the Festival. The only match will therefore be Kent v. Hampshire. G. D. K a t i n a k i s , who has played for Hampshire, scored 211 not out last week at Ryde for Ryde against the Stade Franc-ais. G r a d u a l l y all the well-known old players who used to represent the Uppingham Rovers in their annual tour have disappeared, but H. B. Steel was to be found last week in the team which opposed the Aldershot Army Corps at Aldershot. P. R. J o h n s o n , the Somerset batsman, came very near to scoring two separate hundreds for his county in the match against Worcestershire at Taunton. His scores were 96 and 109 not out. In tbe same match R. E. Foster made his second appearance in first-class cricket this season, and came within two runs of scoring two hundred. The compilers of the exe silent “ Guide to Southend,” published by the Corpora­ tion, seem to be a little at sea as regards their information about the arrangements of the Southend C.C. The guide says :— “ During the past two years the Southend Cricket Club have arranged a cricket ‘ Week,’ when several good clubs visit the town, two County matches being played here.” It is hardly necessary to point out that two County matches are not, and have not, been played at Southend. I im a g in e that the average cricketer must be in a chronic state of “ ’e dunno where ’e are,” as far as the present crisis in Australia is concerned. He reads one day in his paper that all is peace, and on the next that there is no peace. Then he reads that united Australia has told the M.C.C. that it may send over a team without any fear of unpleasant conse­ quences. Later he is informed that the M.C.C. has definitely decided that it is too late to think about sending a team, and now again he hears that the M.C.C. still thinks it is too late, but may alter its opinion. It may be pointed out that it is not every cricketer who, at a few days notice, can make arrangements to spend about six months in Australia. A c o r r e s p o n d e n t writes : — “ When watching the match at Leyton between Essex and Sussex I could not help think­ ing that if a county possessed a couple of bowlers like Vine it never need fear defeat if it lost the toss when the wicket was good. All that it would be necessary to do to ensure safety would be to turn on the two bowlers and keep them on until the innings of the other side is ended, which might or might not be soon. But in any case the scoring by the opposing team would not exceed about 150 per diem. It does not Beemto matter whether the batsmen try to hit, for if they do they only touch the ball about twice an over.” A n o t a b l e bowling performance marked the match between the Bur- warton and Stanley Clubs, played at Burwarton, Bridgnorth, on Bank Holiday. In their first innings Stanley