Cricket 1906

A u g . 23, 1906. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 355 BUSSEY’S DE|K 0 Ji DRIVEHS.” TRADE ( < c c i h O V. MARK GEO. G, BUSSEY & CO,, LTD,, Beg to inform Cricketers all over the world that their new Peckham Factory, the largest and best equipped of its kind, is now completed. Provision has been made for a still further increase in output and the carrying of a finished stock of TWENTY THOUSAND BATS. Geo. G. Bussey & Co., Limited, much regret that for some time past the supply of the FAMOUS “ DEMON DRIYERS ” has been quite inadequate to meet the demand, but during the period of re-building, when the output was necessarily restricted, the finest stock of W ILLOW TIMBER has been accumulating, and now repre­ sents about 1 0 0 ,0 0 0 BATS. Cricketers may therefore rely upon BUSSEY’ S “ DEMON DR IYERS ” being the choicest selection from this enormous stock and THOROUGHLY SEASONED. The flexibility of the Handles is just what Batsmen desire, and the special form of handle covering is the admir­ ation of all players who use “ BUSSEY’ S DEMON DRIYERS.” Catalogue on application to — GEO. G. BUSSEY & GO., L IM I T E D , 36 & 38, QUEEN VICTORIA STREET, LONDON, O p Provineial and Colonial Dealers. FACTORY— TIMBER MILLS— PECKHAM, S.E. ELMSWELL, SUFFOLK. AT THE SIGN OF THE W ICKET . By F. 8. A shlby -G oopbb . We have all become so accustomed to seeing Hayward’s name at the top of the averages during the present season that to many it must have come almost as a shock when, on opening Monday morning’s papers, it was found that Burnup had deposed him. The Kent amateur during the past few weeks has been very consistent, and, without doing anything altogether remarkable, has generally proved to be one of, if not actually the highest scorer on the side. On Friday last—against Somerset, at Taunton—he played his largest innings of the year, scoring 169 out of 358 in 144 minutes, and taking a leading part in an extremely fast run-getting performance. He was educated at Malvern and Cambridge, and, when only nineteen years of age, was chosen to assist the Gentlemen of England against the I Zingari, in the match played at Lord’s in 1895 to mark the Jubilee of the famous amateur club. He not only started the bowling for the Gentlemen—he took three wickets for 82—but carried out his bat for 66. The following year—1896—marked his debut for Kent, and how well he has performed for the county the appended short table, giving his averages in matches wherein he has represented Kent, will readily show :— Year. Matches. Inns. Not out. Highest score. Total. Aver. 1896 ... 13 .... 23 ... 2 ... 101 .. . 629 ... 29.95 1897 ... 1 ... 1 ... 0 ... 108 .. . 1C8 ...108.00 1898 ... 10 .... 19 ... 2 ... 131 .... 651 ... 38.29 1899 ... 21 ..., 38 ... 3 ... 171 .. . 1557 ... 44.48 1900 ... 22 .... 36 ... 0 ... 200 .... 1160 ... 32.22 1901 ... 23 .... 40 ... 1 ... 144 .... 1472 ... 37.74 1902 ... 25 ... 41 ... 3 ... 135 .. . 1440 ... 37.89 1903 ... 21 ... , 39 ... 2 ... 134 .. . 1192 . .. 32.21 1903t ... 4 ... 7 . .. 1 ... 94*.. . 182 ... 30.33 1905 ... 2 ... . 4 . .. 0 6 .. 13 ... 3.25 Totals 142 ..., 248 . .. 14 ... 200 .. . 8404 ... 35.91 | Denotes American Tour. * Signifies not out. In the same matches he took forty-six wickets at a cost of 38.00 runs each. His innings of 200 against Lancashire at Man­ chester in 1900 ranks as the highest ever played for Kent. Whatever Fortune may have in store for them during the rest of the season, Kent will always be able to look back to the campaign of 1906 with feelings of intense satisfaction. Their triumphs in theWest lastweek, coming immediately after their successes over Surrey, Sussex, and Lancashire, Stamp the side as one of the best seen for many years. Kent can boast a glorious record for the years that are gone, but it can reasonably be doubted whether the county has ever accomplished greater deeds than during the past few weeks. The present will be an opportune moment to append a table showing the results of all Kent matches, the scores of which have been preserved:— Date of 1st Against. Match. Won. Lost. Dwn. Total. Australians 1882 ... 5 ... 7 ... 0 ... 12 Benenden ........... 1834 ... 2 ... 3 ... 2 ... 7 Bexley ........... 1805 ... 0 ... 1 ... 0 ... 1 Cambridgeshire.. 1861 ... 2 ... 3 ... 0 ... 5 Derby................... 1874 .... 9 .... 9 ... 0 ... 18 England (xi.v.xi.) 1744 ... 19 .... 33 .... 4 ... 66 ,, (xi.v.xiii.) 1863 ... 2 .... 6 ... 0 ... 8 „ (xi.v.xiv.) 1861 .... 2 ... 0 . ... 0 ... 2 „ (xi.v.xv.) 1861 . ... 1 . ... 0 ... 0 ... 1 „ (xi.v.xvi.) 18ti0 ... 2 ... 0 ... 0 ... 2 ,, (xii.v.xix.) 1800 ... 1 ... 1 ... 0 ... 2 ,, (xii.v.xxiii.) 1800 . ... 1 . ... 1 ... o ... 2 ,, (xiii.T.xxiii.) England,Gents.of 1807 ... 2 . ... 0 ... o ... 2 1881 . ... 1 .... 0 ... o ... 1 Essex................... 1782 .... 10 .... 4 ... 8 ... 22 Gloucestershire.. 1887 ... 14 ... 12 . .. 14 ... 40 Grace’s XI.. W.G. 1871 ... 0 .... 1 ... 1 ... 2 Hambledon 1774 .... 11 .... 9 .... 2a... 22 Hampshire Herts, Essex, and 1789 .... 24 .... 8 ... 1 ... 33 Middlesex xxii . 1 7 » ... 0 ... 1 ... 0 ... 1 Lancashire 1871 ... 18 ... 38 ... 10 ... 66 Leicestershire ... 1906 .. 2 .. 0 .. 0 .. 2 Maidstone........... 1777 .. 2 .. 0 .. 0 .. 2 M.C.C. (i.e., Gents of) 1822 .. 2 .. 9 .. 2 ... 13 M.C.C. & Ground 1791 .. 20 .. 29 .. 2 .. 51 M.C.C. and Ham­ bledon ........... 1791 .. 1 .. 0 .. 0 . 1 Middlesex........... 1796 .. 16 .. 26 .. 10 . . 52 Nottingh’mshire 1837 .. 9 .. 26 .. 23 .. 58 Oldfield Club ... 1794 .. 0 .. 1 .. 0 . 1 OxfordshireXVI. 1849 .. 0 .. 1 .. 0 . 1 Oxf’rdUniversity 1895 .. 1 .. 2 .. 1 .. 4 Philadelphians... 1897 .. 1 .. 1 .. 0 .. 2 Princes O. & G. 1872 .. 1 .. 0 .. 0 .. 1 Som erset........... 1881 .. 22 .. 8 .. 5 .. 35 South Africans .. 1901 .. 2 .. 0 .. 0 .. 2 Surrey ........... 1773 .. 32 . . 52 .. 236 .. 107 Sussex ........... 1825 .. 69 .. 56 .. 22 .. 147 Town Mailing ... 1885 .. 2 .. 2 .. 0 .. 4 Warwickshire ... 1890 .. 8 .. 8 .. 5 .. 16 West Indian* ... 1906 .. 1 .. 0 .. 0 .. 1 WhiteConduitCC 1786 .. 0 .. 2 .. 0 .. 2 Worcestershire... 1900 .. 7 .. 1 .. 5 .. 13 Yorkshire........... 1849 .. 14 .. 34 .. 15 .. 63 Totals ... 1744 338 390 155c 883 a signifies inclusion of a tie-match, 6 of two, and c of three. The above table deals with Kent matches up to the 23rd inst. Last week’s match at Trent Bridge between Nottinghamshire and Middlesex deserves more than a passing reference on account of the great performance of Oates, who, in the two innings of his opponents, caught nine and stumped one. In these days, when so much attention is centred upon the doings of batsmen, wicket-keepers are seldom rated at their proper value, the amount of notice they receive being altogether disproportionate to the work they get through. How unusual the feat of Oates was is evident from the fact that we have to go back twenty-eight years ere we come across a parallel performance. There are, in fact, only the four following instances on record of a wicket-keeper taking as many as ten wickets in a first-class match: 12 (c 8, st 4), Pooley, Surrey v. Sussex, at the Oval .......................................................... 1868 10 (c 5, st 5), Phillips, Sussex v. Surrey, at the Oval .......................................................... 1872 10 (c 2, st 8), Pooley, Surrey v. Sussex, at the Oval .......................................................... 1878 10 (c 9, st 1), Oates, Notts v. Middlesex, at Nottingham................................................. 1906 The late Joseph Hunter, when playing for Yorkshire v. Gloucestershire, at Gloucester, in 1887, made nine catches in the two innings of his opponents, he and Oates being alone in obtaining so many in a first-class match. In 1868 Pooley, in four consecutive Surrey matches, caught 16 and stumped 16 :— 12 (c. 8, st. 4), v. Sussex, at the Oval, 8 (c. 4, st. 4), v. Kent, at Gravesend, 6 (c. 3, st. 3), v. Notts, at the Oval, 6 (c. 1, st. 5), v. Lancs., at the Oval. A few weeks ago Oates’ best wicket-keeping performances were referred to in this column, so need not be again enumerated now, but it may be remarked that he has obtained 301 wickets during the decade in which he has been participating in great matches. A glance at the score of last week’s match at Trent Bridge, against Middlesex, will show that, of the 35 wickets which fell, the wicket­ keepers claimed 13. In the Surrey v. Sussex match at the Oval, in 1872, Phillips (c. 5 and st. 5) and Pooley (c. 4 and st. 1) obtained as many as 15 of the 32 wickets lowered. It is very pleasing to find old-time players so prominent in the records of this important branch of the game. The many successes which have recently attended the efforts of Dennett, coupled with the return of Mr. C. L. Townsend to first- class cricket, will cause a great deal of interest to centre in the match between Gloucestershire and Yorkshire which com­ mences at Bristol to-day. At the present time Gloucestershire are in the fortunate position of being able to place their strongest