Cricket 1906

A u g 23, 1906. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 361 1901 b y A bel. This should n ot b e a difficult task fo r he has still several matches to p lay. H is ow n record is 3,170 in 1904. N o one else on M onday had scored tw o thousand fo r the season, but T yldesley was at 1,962 and Hayes, who has had a splendid year, at 1,950. It m ay be noted that tw o o f the m ost prom ising o f the youn gest generations o f batsm en, K . L . H u tchin gs and W . B . Burns, have each exceeded the thousand this season. I n b ow lin g the N ortherners were to the front in M on d ay ’s averages, and the list was headed b y Cuttell, w h o m ay be considered quite a veteran. The only amateurs w h o are prom inent in tbe list are N . A . K n o x and J . W . H . T. D ju glas, o f w hom the latter is, perhaps, the most im proved all-round player o f the year. In fact, w ith the exception o f H irst, there turned very considerably. This recent record is so remarkable that it deserves a place am ong cricket curiosities, and accordingly the score o f the innings is a p p e n d e d :— M iddlesex . J. Douglas, c Oates, b Wass ........... ... 30 Tarrant, c Taylor, b Wass ................... ... 3 P. F. Warner, b Wass .......................... ... 33 R. V. Buxton, c HaHam.b Wass........... ... 39 Trott, c Oates, b Hallam .................. ... 55 Murrell, c Day, b Gunn.......................... ... 5 W . P. Harrison, c Oates, b Hallam ... ... 22 L. G. Colbeck, c (Dates, b Hallam ... 3 Hearne (J. T.), not o u t ........................... ... 7 G. G. Napier, c Oates, b Hallam ... 1 Mignon, c Oates, b H allam .................. ... 1 B 2, lb 6, w 1, nb 2 ................... ... 11 Total .................................. ...210 “ C r ic k etin g C h r is t ia n it y ” is the subject o f S py’s cartoon in last w eek’s Vanity F air. The particular C ricketing Christian in this case is the R ev. F . H . o f the M .C .C . had already replied that it was too late fo r them to undertake the task, and this they repeated on a second appeal from the B oard. The M arylebone Club, in view o f recent experiences, is only true to its traditions in hesitating to carry out a tour in volvin g such heavy responsibilities, w ithout reasonable opportunities fo r satisfying themselves as to the m any and com plex details incidental to its successful fulfilment. F rom an evening new spaper’s contents bill on F riday la s t: — EARTHQUAKE IN VALPARA ISO . SURREY W ICK E T S F A LL IN G . W e n ow know the true cause o f Surrey’s dow nfall against Lancashire. A COINCIDENCE. In the second innings o f N otts v. Surrey at the Oval, on August SURREY v. LANCASH IRE A T T H E OVAL. LANCASHIRE COMINQ OUT TO FIELD. is no one w ho can be considered his equal ju st now as an all-rou nd man. A s h o r t time ago L ord Harris made over 80 fo r Band o f B rothers at H ythe, and last w e e k fo r the same team his score was 73 n ot out against the R oy a l Engineers. In both matches he bow led, taking eight w ic k e ts fo r 51 in the first innings o f the Engineers, and, although in the other match he on ly had one or tw o w ick etB , he w ould have had several m ore bu t fo r mistakes in the field. It w ill be remembered that L ord Harris was in the O xford eleven thirty-five years ago. O n Thursday last Oates, the N otts w icket-keeper, caught n o few er than six men off H allam in the first innings of M iddlesex. F ew o f the catches were difficult, bu t in one of them the ball was G illingham , a distinguished representa­ tive o f a distinguished fraternity. T h e Decem ber m eetings at L o rd ’ s w ill this year be later in the m onth than is ordinarily the case. The Secretaries o f C ounty Clubs w ill foregather fo r the arrangem ent o f the m atch list for 1907 on Tuesday the 18th. The n ext after­ noon theCaptains of the first-class C ounty Clubs w ill meet to appoint the umpires for n ext season. The annual m eeting o f Captains o f M inor Counties the next day, fo r the same purpose, w ill close the series o f official gatherings. A ccording to a R euter’s cablegram from M elbourne, under date o f A ugust 21st, the Australian B oard o f C ontrol has again cabled to the M arylebone Club asking it to send an E nglish team to Australia this season. The Comm ittee 7th, Irem on ger was m issed in the slips off the first ball. W hen Lancashire w ent in at the Oval last F riday afternoon for the fourth innings, w ith 226 to w in, a missed catch in the slips o ff the very first ball gave R . H . Spooner a life. In the form er case Irem onger, w ith A . O . Jones, put on 116 before a w icket f e ll: in the latter Spooner made 92 before he was dismissed. The difference in the tw o incidents, otherwise parallel, was that while Surrey were able to draw w ith N otts, a defeat by L anca­ shire practically settled their chances for the Championship, F rom all one can hear, it is pretty certain that the S outh A fricans w ill not be the only outside team to be seen in E nglan d n ext summer. R um our has it that there is every probability o f another visit from the Gentlem en o f Philadelphia. Another report is that Pennsylvania U ni