Cricket 1906

378 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A u g . 30, 1906. L illey, the W arw ickshire and E ngland w icket-keeper, held at the Grand H otel, B irm ingham , for the pupose o f w inding up the fu nd, M r. G . D . W elding stated that £250 had been paid into the bank and £45 had gon e in expenses. I t was decided that the hon . secretary apply to all persons w h o had received subscrip­ tion cards and had not sent them in to return them , and that the fu nd b e closed on September 15th. I t was decided that a sm oking concert should be held at the Grand H otel, at w h ich the presentation should be made, and the E arl o f D art­ m outh, chairman o f the comm ittee, w ill b e asked to preside. I t was further decided to ask the R ig h t H on . Joseph Chamberlain, w h o has taken an interest in the m ovem ent, to attend the gathering. W ell-k n ow n cricketers are also to be invited to the concert. E . H . D . S e w e l l had a g o o d time o f it in the m atter o f ru n -gettin g in the recent tour o f the Granville (L ee) Club. H is scores w e r e : 188* v. Tonbridge, on August 20. qg* J v. Blue Mantles, on August 23. 55 * j v, Eastbourne, on August 24 and 25. w h ich g iv e an aggregate o f 451 runs for tw ice out. A n incident in connection w ith the Sussex and W arw ickshire m atch at H astings last w eek cannot w ell be allow ed to pass unnoticed. Dw yer, the Sussex bow ler, after delivering five overs, injured his hand so ba d ly in endeavouring to m ake a catch that he had to retire from further participation in the gam e. U nder the circum stances, the W arw ick­ shire captain agreed to allow a substitute, in th ep erson o f J . W . N ason, to take his place fo r the m atch, w ith fu ll privilege o f batting, b ow lin g and fielding. T w o years ago a sim ilar th in g was done in G entlem en v. P layers at the Oval, when G . W . Beldam , w h o had bow led 14 overs, and P . F . W arner w ere taken ill on the first day, and were replaced b y W . L . M urdoch and L . V . Harper. T h ou gh there w ere then adm ittedly pre­ cedents fo r such a procedure, and in first- classmatches at L o rd ’s, some o f the cricket scribes m ade great capital ou t o f what they regarded as a violation o f the rules. One o f their num ber, I believe, made representation to the M .C .C . to give ju d gm en t on the m atter. T he effect o f that was an official pronouncem ent o f the M .C .C . as follow s :— A t a meeting of the M .C.C. Committee on Wednesday, August 4th, it was resolved that what was done in the Gentlemen and Players match at the Oval— allowing a substitute to take the place of Mr. G. W . Beldam, after he had howled on the first day—was an infringe­ ment of Law 37. Haying regard, however, to the fact that similar cases have occurred in the past upon which the M .C.C. have not been asked to give a ruling, no retrospective action will be taken. W h il e n otin g as a little singular a conspiracy o f silence in the Press anent this particular incident, one can find at least satisfaction in the fa ct that it gave an opportunity he otherw ise m ight n ot have g ot, at all events for some tim e, to the y ou n g Sussex amateur in question. H is second score o f 53 n ot out was a plu cky as w ell as attractive innings, and as he is, I believe, on ly seventeen, his future w ill be watched w ith interest. H e was born in G loucester­ shire bu t lives in Sussex. A s he goes up to Cam bridge U niversity n ext year there should be no lack o f cricket possibilities for him . A tie in a gam e o f fou r innings is such a rarity that b o ld advertisement may fairly be given to the m atch betw een Sidm outh and Somerset Stragglers, at Sidm outh, on A ugu st 24th and 25th, the fu ll score o f w h ich appears in another place. G oing in fo r the fourth innings with 214 to w in, the Stragglers made a g o o d fight to the bitter end, and the last w icket put on 47. W hen the scores were level Prebendary W ickham sent a catch to cover-poin t, and as this was accepted the honours were divided. E ven if the battin g in the m atch at the O val this w eek at times erred on the side o f caution, there was a g o o d deal in the cricket to give a pleasant relief to the onlookers. The general fielding of the D erbyshire eleven was distinctly above the average, and the w ay the w icket was knocked dow n was a lesson in throw ing. It even affected the substitutes, and B aker, w ho had to suffer fo r an excess o f zeal in try in g a sharp run, was out to a g o od piece o f fielding and th row in g b y his Surrey club-m ate, Davis. H um phries’ w icket-keepin g, too, was o f the very best, and at the present time he has n o superiors, few , if any, equals. A ll his fou r wickets were from W arren’s fast deliveries, and his stum ping o f H ollan d and R ush by was in each case the outcom e o f a particularly fine piece o f cricket. T h a t was a pleasant little gathering o f K en t cricketers over w hich L ord H arris presided on F riday evening at the Fountain H otel, Canterbury. The occa­ sion was the annual dinner given to the K en t team b y L ord H arris, and the opportunity was seized b y the profes­ sional members o f the side to present a silver cigar b o x to the Captain, C. H . B. Marsham , in testim ony o f their personal respect, as w ell as o f their confidence in his Captaincy. I n m aking the presentation on behalf o f his colleagues, F . H . Huish said :— “ They felt that it was a gEeat honour to be iu the Kent X I. at the present time, and they thought that the position of the team was largely due to the brilliance of the amateurs, about whom they always heard such nice things in every part of the country they played. The Kent professionals knew that they were treated by the Committee' and the amateurs not only as worthy players hut also as gentlemen, and that was a great incentive to them to do their best to place the county on a high pedestal. They freely acknowledged the many kindnesses received from Mr. C. H . B. Marsham, and, speaking for himself, he Bhould like to say that he considered whatever success he may have achieved was greatly due to the kind words and encouragement of Mr. J. R . Mason. In regard to this year’s brilliant success of the team, he would, say that it .was principally due to the tact, ability, and influence of their captain, Mr. C. H . B. Marsham, who was immensely popular with the professionals, and had their supreme confidence. They (the professionals), therefore, availed them­ selves of the opportunity so kindly afforded by Lord Harris to ask Mr. Marsham to accept some tangible recognition of their esteem for him. It was his privilege, as the senior professional present, to hand to Mr. Marsham a silver cigar box, subscribed for by the professionals. They regarded him (Mr. Marsham) as a sportsman and a gentleman, and trusted that their token would often remind him of the many happy days they had enjoyed together on the cricket field with the honour of playing under his captaincy.” M b . C. H . B . M a r s h a m , t o whom the presentation had com e as a great surprise, responded in fitting terms. T he cigar b o x bore the follow in g inscription : “ Canterbury C ricket W eek, 1906. P re­ sented to C . H . B . Marsham , E sq., b y the follow in g, as a token o f esteem and appreciation o f his captain cy—W alter Hearne, A lec H earne, F . H . Huish, A . Fielder, C. B lyth e, J . Seym our, E . Hum phreys, F . W oolley, W . J. F a ir- serrice, W . H ardinge and J. H u b b le.” SIDMOUTH v. SOMERSET STRAGG LERS.— Played at Sidmouth on August 24 and 25. S id m o u t h . First innings. S.Brutton,c Shore,b Heatley 27 B. E. Mathieson, b Scott ... 62 Rev.C.H. S. Gwelin, c Scott, b H eatiev..............................11 J. W . Cave, c Hellard, b Heatley ............................ 3 Guy Hardy, b He&tley ... 0 O. M. Lees, c Cuthbertson, b Heatley ........... ............. 1 O. O. Clarke, b Heatley ... 1 A. Barnard, c and b Hodg- kinson................... ........... O. Wells, st W ickham, b Heatley ... ......................24 H. Raxworthy, not out ...15 P. E. A. Morshead, b Hodg- kinsdn.................................. .10 B 16, lb 4, nb 1 :............ 21 13 Second innings. b Heatley ........... 7 b Heatley ........... 7 c Cuthbertson, b Scott.................. 97 c Vaughan, b. Heatley ...........20 b H odgkinson ... 0 b H e a tle y ........... 3 b H odgkinson ... 9 lbw, b H odgkin­ son ................... 1 c Hellard, b Heat­ ley: .................. 31 b Hodgkinson ... 44 not out.................. 6 B 13,1b 4, w 1 18 Total ...188 Total ...243 S o m er set S trag g le rs . First innings. G. W . Hodgkinson, b Rax­ worthy.................................. 4 W . Stradling, not out ...123 E. H. Outhbertson, st Mathieson, b C a v e........... 0 A. E. Heatley, b Cave ... 7 Hon. D. Scott, c Brutton, b Cave .................................. 17 L.Vaughan, c Lees, b Wells 0 W . Shore, run out ... ... 12 J. Hellard, c Morshead, b Gwelin ...........................12 A. G. Barrett, c Barnard, b Cave ..................................12 Rev.Prebendary W ickham, b Cave.................................. 0 A.Reid, c Morshead, b Cave 12 B 15, lb 1, w 3 ...........19 Total ...................218 Second innings. b W ells ... ... 0 b W ells ...........10 c Raxworthy, b Morshead ... 28 b Wells ........... 0 c W ells, b Cave... 14 b W ells ........... 5 b Gwelin ...........19 b W ells b Gwelin ... 72 ... 1 c Gwelin, b Cave 28 notout............... 19 B 13, lb 3, w 1 17 Total ...213 F OR SALE.—Lillywhite’s Scores and Biographies, vols. 1, 2, 3, 58s.; M.O.O. ditto, vols. 5 to 11 (inclusive) 6 s. 6 d. each, vol. 12. 9s. 6 d .; Lillywhite’s Companion, ’79 to ’85 (inclusive) 9d. each ; W isden’s Almanack, 1870, ’72, 10s. each; ditto, 1894, ’95, ’96, ’98, ’99, 1900, Is. 6 d. each. A ny of the above post free.— W al t e r , 21; Mornington Crescent, Camden Town, N.