Cricket 1906

S e p t . 6 , 1906. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 391 THE INCOGNITI CLUB IN 1906. B y “ F .F .” The In cogn iti, which dates back to 1861, has n ow been on the g o for fo rty - five years, and in unother five w ill attain its Jubilee. I t can ju stly lay claim to bein g one o f the m ost famous o f wandering clubs, fo r it has done m uch to popularise the gam e in nearly all the counties of E ngland, as w ell as in S cotland, Ireland and W ales. The club has ju st finished a m ost successful and pleasant season. Sporting finishes were w ell to the fore, w in or lose rather than draw bein g the order o f the day. The H on orary Secretary, M ajor C. E. Greenw ay, had provided a m ost excel­ lent card for the season, comprising matches w ith clubs, colleges and schools, comm encing at C am bridge in M ay, and term inating at P ortsm outh in the latter part o f August— a very fine list of fixtures, m ostly tw o-day m atchfs. D uring this tim e the In cogs, journeyed into all the H om e counties, also in to Derbyshire, Rutland, Staffordshire, Hampshire, D o r­ setshire, Gloucestershire, Somerset and D evonshire. The P ublic Schools, U p p in g ­ ham , H aileybury, E apton, Sherbourne, Cheltenham , W estm inster and Charter­ house, and the M ilitary centres, A ider- shot and W oolw ich , were also visited, as w ell as the tw o M ilitary Schools (W o o l­ w ich and Sandhurst). Visits were also made to B aron de W orm s at E gham , to M r. J . Colman at Gatten Park, and to M r. W . H . P alm er at W okenham . The weather was on its best behaviour, Jupiter Pluvius not gettin g m uch of an innings this season, and the Incogs, show ed their appreciation b y com ­ p ilin g some very fine scores, there bein g n o less than nine centuries scored fo r the old club, and fo rty -eig h t innings of betw een fifty and a hundred. M ajor Greenw ay was assisted in gettin g the teams together b y the follow in g gentlem en : Sir W illiam B us­ sell, G . E . W inter, A . B . Cipriani, W . E. M artyn, D . C. Lee, C. M . Tuke, R . H . D illon, L . W . H . T rou ghton, E . C. Lee, T. A . Iiaw linson, H . F . Sicb, G. R . Joyce, P . N orth cote, B . Tabrum , G. G . M . B en­ nett, N . C. F ranklin-Sm ith, and P . P . D obson, w h o captained the team in part o f the W estern Tour, during the absence o f the H on orary Secretary, M ajor Greenway. The M arried and Single m atch was played as last year (captained b y C. M . Tuke and Sir W illiam Russell) at M r. Tuke’ s house at Chisw ick. The President o f the C lub, Sir Augustus H emm ing, G .C .M .G ., was present. T he tours were under the management o f M r. G . E . W inter, Cam bridge Tour (T rinity, K in g ’ s and Clare and Jesus C o lle g e s); and o f M ajor Green w ay, the M idland T our (R epton , Lichfield and U ppin gh am ), the Schools T our (Sher- boum e, Bath and Cheltenham ), part of the W estern Tour, and also the Southern T our (Southam pton and P ortsm outh). In all, forty-th ree m atches were played. The club came out w ell, havin g i8 wins against 14 losses, 11 bein g drawn. The principal scorers during the season were : G. E . W inter (127 and 122 n ot out), Staff-Surgeon M ornem ent (158), H . E . E 'lin g er (111 not out), L. B . Bailey (103), C. F . L y o n (116), G . G. M . Bennett (116', H . T. V . W atts (102), and H . A . Francis (122). Those w ho knocked up 50 w ithout reaching the hundred w ere as fo llo w s : G. W ilder (tw ice). G. H . W alker (tw ice), J . Colman (tw ice), R . A . H ill, F . B . W ilfon , G. E . W inter (tw ice), E . C. Lee, W. G. H eym ann, A . C. B oyd, Staff- Surgeon M ornem ent, W . E . Harrison (tw ic«), FT. E . Etlitiger, M ajor Greenway (tw ice), C. F . L yon (tw ice), Capt. M ac- Rae, E . M . Crosse, L . H . W . T roughton, F . P aw le (three times), J . A rm itage, Capt. M oody, C. M . Tuke, H . B . Carver (tw ice), W . E. M artyn, B . P . D obson (tw ic»), E . A . Beldam (tw ice), R ev. G. S. ow ann-M ason (three times), T . B . C. P ig g ott, P . Stout, H . A . Francis, G. Crosdale, H . L . Havers and E . J. D obson, who was m ost unfortunate in n ot gettin g the century, fo r fce made 95 in fine style against The United Services at P orts­ m outh. As regards the bow lin g, the m ost effective w ere Staff-Surgeon M ornem ent, L . Stedman, Capt. M oody, H . B . Carver, C. J . Carver, C. H . W . Cockrane, J . C ol­ man, G. W ilder, E . M . G . G illett, and E . J. D obson, w ho did some very fine per­ formances w ith both bat and ball. M ay the weather be as fine n ext season, the cricket as keen as it was in 1906, and the In cogs, pile up the runs in as fine a style ! THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN 1906. SHERBORNE SCHOOL. BATTING AVERAGES. No. Times Most of not Total in an inns. out. runs. inns. Aver. W. J. Dow ........... ... 11 .. . 2 .... 417 ... 103 . O. H. Cole ........... ... 13 .. . 0 .. . 513 ... 125 . W . R Bull ........... ... 14 ... 1 ..,. 349 .. . 147 . O. O’D. Carey ... 9 .. . 1 .. . 188 .. . 65 . H. O. May ........... ... 10 .. . 1 ... 208 .. 57*. L. Frewen ........... ... 13 .. . 0 .. 280 .. 44 . E. S. Hornidge ... ... 13 .... 3 .,.. 189 .,,. 51*. P. P. Hope ... ... ... 10 .,,. 1 ... 115 .... 33 . A. O. Mastey........... ... 6 .. .. 0 . .. 45 ... 14 . R. H. Hornidge ... ... 7 .. .. 0 . .. 36 .... 12 . E. G. T. Simey ... ... 9 .. ,. 1 . .. 31 .... 11 . * Signifies not out. BOW LING AVERAGES. Overs. Runs. Wkts. Aver. P. P. Hope ................ ......... 37 ... 114 .... 8 .... 142 E. S. Hornidge ..................251 .. . 722 .. . 47 .. . 15-3 W . R. Bull .......................... 36 .... 141 ... 6 .... 23-5 L. Frewen ........... ... 108 ..,. 408 ..,. 17 .. . 24 00 O. H. Cole .......................... 33 . .. 145 ... 6 ..,. 24/1 E. G. T. Simey ......... . ... 116 .. . 351 .. . 13 ... 27-00 R. H. Hornidge ... .......... 81 . .. 31 ... 8 .. 39 7 TONBRIDGE SCHOOL. BATTING AVERAGES. No. Times Most of not Total in an inns. out. runs. inns. Aver. L. F. O. S. Honey ... 14 ... 0 ... . 466 .... 100 ... 33 28 G. McD Bottome ... 14 ... 1 ..,. 389 .... 155*.. . 29 92 C. Marzetti........... ... 12 ... 5 .... 188 .... 40 ... 26-85 B .W . P ig g ........... ... 14 ... 1 ... . 347 .... 74 ... 26 69 L. R. A. Shuter... ... 14 ... 0 ... . 370 ... 82 ... 26-50 J. W. D e w ........... ... 14 ... 1 .. . 344 ... 82 ... 26-46 O. O. G. W right ... 14 ... 0 .. . 357 .... 74 ... 25 50 O. K. Cotton ... 12 ... 2 .. . 204 .. 44*.. . 20-40 W . F. Lord........... ... 4 ... 1 ... , 35 ... 19 ... 11-66 A. L. H. Gotlev... ... 5 ... 1 ... . 30 .. 13 .. . 7-50 A. O. Houlder ... ... 9 ... 2 .. . 28 ... 17 ... 4*00 Signifies not out BOW LING AVERAGES. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Aver. G. McD. Bottome ... 14.4.. . 1 .. ,. 56 ..,. 4 ..,. 14-00 O. K. C o tto n ........... 163.4.. . 25 .. . 539 .... 34 .... 1585 C. Marzetti ........... 213 .. . 46 ..,. 596 .. 33 .... 1806 C. C. G. W right ... 77 .. . 6 .. 317 .. . 17 .. . 20*41 W . F. Lord ... .... 70 .. . 9 ..,. 285 .... 12 .,.. 2375 B. W. Pigg ......... . 172.5.. . 24 ..,. 610 ... 21 .. 3047 A. L. H. Gotley . 3 .. . 0 . .. 16 . .. 0 . •• — W ESTM IN STER SCHOOL. BATTING AVERAGES. No. Times Most of not Total in an Inns . out. Runs. Inns. Aver. P. T. Rawlings .. ... 16 ... 1 ... 569 .. . 131 ... 37.93 F. G. Turner ... ... 16 ... 1 ... 326 .... 66*.. . 21.73 G. L. W orlock ... ... 4 ... 0 ... 81 .. . 52 .. . 20.25 S F. Johnson ..., ... 10 ... 1 ... 174 .. . 43 ... 19.33 W . R. Birchall ... .. 15 ... 0 . .. 250 .. . 51 .. . 16.66 G. Hepburn ... 16 ... 2 ... 201 .... 52*.. . 14.35 S. O. Edgar ... 16 ... 2 ... 191 .... 47 .... 13.64 J. O. Gow ........... ... 15 ... 2 ... 120 .. . 34*.. . 9.23 A. E. F. W ood ... ... 12 ... 1 . .. 92 .. . 26 ... 8.37 C. G. R e e d ........... ... 14 ... 1 . .. 91 .. . 22 .... 7.00 A. J. L. Circuitt ... 10 ... 6 ... 22 .. 6*.. . 5.50 •Signifies not out. BOW LING AVERAGES. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Aver. A. E. F. W ood ... 108.3 ... 17 ... 364 ... 23 .. . 15.71 F. G. Turner... ... 120 5 ... 8 ... 597 ... 36 .. . lfi.58 G. H epburn... ... 240.5 ... 39 ... 802 .... 41 ... 19.56 A. J. L. Circuitt ... 115.1 ... 7 ... 5C0 ... 24 .. . 20 83 P. T. Rawlings ... 57.3 ... 4 ... 220 ... 10 ... 22.00 C. G. Reed ... ... 95 ... 4 ... 405 ... 10 .. . 40.50 THE WANDERERS C.C. Matches played, 32; won, 17 ; lost, 10; drawn, 5. BATTING AVERAGES. No. Times Most of not Total in an inns. out. runs. inns. Aver. F. W . Robarts ... ... 9 ... 0 .. . 491 ... 173 ... 54*54 D. L. A. Jephson ... 18 ... 2 ... 514 .. . 78 .. . 32-13 G. U. B. Roose ... 10 ... 1 .. . 286 ... 100 .. . 31-77 L. S. W ells ... ... 10 . .. 1 .. . 261 .... 78 ... 29-00 F. L. Nightingale ... 7 . ... 0 ... 198 ... 88 .. . 28-28 R. B. Brooks ... ... 26 ... 6 .... 498 ... 70 .. . 24*70 S. Colman............... ... 36 .... 3 .... 807 .. . 90 .. . 24-45 E. H. Fischer ... ... 17 ... 1 ... . 400 ... 91 .. . 24-10 P. P. Lincoln ... ,... 13 . ... 1 .. . 281 .. . 53 .. . 23-41 J. E. G. Hadath ... 23 ... 3 .. . 467 .... 60*.. . 23-35 B. Batchelor ... ... 10 ... 0 ... 216 .. . 51 .. . 21-60 T. A. Darke ... 24 ... 2 .. . 471 .... 101 .. . 21-40 H. T. B u ll................... 14 ... 2 .... 212 .. . 41*... 17-66 K. E. M. Barker ... 13 . .. 0 .. . 179 .. . 53 .. . 13-76 A. M. Latham ... ... 8 ... 0 .. . 100 .... 59 .. . 12 50 A. L. S. Rose ... ... 28 ... 15 .. . 152 .. . 21 .. . 11.61 A. L. Sloper ... ... 12 ... 3 .... 86 .. . 26*.. . 9*55 O. T a y lo r............... ... 13 ... 4 .. . 69 .. 19 .. . 7-66 A. E. Earnshaw ... 11 , ... 1 .. . 66 .... 21 .. . 660 N. A. Damian ... ... 11 ,... 2 .. . 37 .. . 9 ... 411 Played less than seven innings :— R. T. Crawford ... 5 ... 0 ... 285 .... 158 .. . 57.00 E. D. H. Sewell ... 3 . ... 0 .. . I ll ..,. 81 .. . 37.00 W . J. Bryant ... ... 5 . ... 1 ... 146 .. . 67 .. . 34.50 W . E. H obbs ... ... 5 ... 0 .. . 141 ... 54 .. . 28.20 Dr. H. C. Pretty 3 ... 0 .. . 61 .... 27 ... 20.99 E. A. Beldam ... ,... 6 ,... 0 .. . 84 .... 44 .. . 14.00 R. M. B e ll......... ... 4 .... 1 ... 40 .... 32* .. 13.33 E. Litclittold ... ... 4 ... 1 .. . 33 ... 27*.. . 11 .0 0 H. D. Wyatt ... ... 5 ... 0 ... 42 ... 20 ..,. 8.40 The following also played:—A. L. Kemp, 102* and 26; R. Kenward, 15 and 55; W. T. Graburn, 2 and 12; G. R. Blades. 21* and 6; F. Morris, 15 and 4; G. P. Broad, 3 and 39; R. W. Neumegen, 7 and 7; T. H. Edey, 0,1, and 7; S. C. Wyatt, 0; M. Baker, 4 and 7*; F. P. Rider, 0 ; A. M. Langdale, 5. * Signifies not out. BOW LING AVERAGES. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Aver. R. T. Crawford ... 99 ... 33 ... 249 .. . 19 .. . 13.10 B. B atchelor......... . 101.2..„ 18 .. . 255 .... 19 ..,. 13.42 1). L. A. Jephson.. . 225 ... 18 .. . 816 .. . 54 .. . 15.11 O. Taylor................. . 197 .. 44 .. . 580 ..,. 37 .. . 15.67 T. L. Nightingale.. . 49 ... 6 .. . 181 .. . 11 . . 16.45 L. S. WTells ......... . 98 .. . 12 .. . 375 ..,. 20 .. . 18.75 N. A. Damian......... . 131 .. . 27 .... 353 .... 18 .. 19.61 H. T. Bull ......... . 66 .. . 5 .. .. 255 .... 12 .... 21.25 K. E. M. Barker .. . 143 .... 23 .... 513 ... 24 .,.. 21.37, S. Colman ......... . 108 .... 8 .... 344 ... 12 .,.. 27.60 The following also bow led: —R. M. Bell, 3 for 179; E. D. H. Sewell, 5 for 84; A. E. Earnshaw, 7 for 185; T. W . Robarts, 6 for 149; A. L. Kemp, 4 for 68; G. R. Blades, 2 for 35; J. E. G. Hadaih, 3 for 22: G. U. B. Roose, 1 for 12; W . T. Graburn, 1 for 28; H. D.J Wyatt, 4 for 105; Dr. H. C. Pretty, 3 for 112: H. M. Langdale, 0 for 14.