Cricket 1906

S e p t . 13, 1906. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 409 R e c o g n is in g the great amount o f interest and enthusiasm evoked both in London and throughout the country by the splendid achievement of Kent in winning the Cricket Championship, the Association of Men of Kent and Kentish Men has made arrangements to entertain the team at a dinner to be held in the King’s Hall, Holbom Restaurant, Lon­ don, on Tuesday, November 6th. Mr. John Henniker Heaton, M.P. for Canter­ bury, the President o f the Association, will take the chair, and a large and representative company will attend to meet and honour the county champions. In view of the large demand for tickets, the fairness of a championship based on the results of these matches will at once be seen. As regards the scoring of points, I have awarded three for a win in a completed match, and have decided drawn matches on the first innings and allowed two points for a win. The results speak for themselves. It will be seen that Kent, Yorkshire and Surrey, the first three counties on the official table, head the list with respect to matches lost on the first innings but left drawn. The position of Lancashire, also, provides food for thought. Notts might have been included in the table, but as they did not meet Kent during the past days, and which that paper declares to be perfeotly true. A well-known lesser club went on tour for one week for six one-day matches in Kent and the South. The toss was lost six times. The home team batted throughout the day each time, and not one of the tourists ever put on his pads for an innings. It is reported of this unfortu­ nate side that they buried their first captain on the Wednesday evening, locked the second into his room on the Friday morning, in case he should lose the toss, and threw all their cricket gear out of the window on their way back to town on the Saturday. Bowler ( his sixth appeal fo r an obvious leg-before). “ ’ Ow ’s t h a t ? ” Umpire (drawing out watch). “ W e ll , h e ’ s been in ten minutes now — H o u t ! ” [Reproduced by kin d permission o f “ Punch.” early application should be made to the Hon. Sec., Mr. James Bills, 195 and 196, Aldersgate Street, London, E.C. “ A l l o w me,” writes Mr. J. Knap- man, of Kimberley House, Station Road, Westclifif-on-Sea, “ to put before the readers of Cricket what I consider to be an ideal cricket championship based on this season’s results. You will see that I have selected eight of the strongest counties, each of whom has played home and home matches with each of the other seven counties. As each oounty has therefore played the same number of matches, andagainst the sameopposition, season the uniformity of the number of matches played would have been some­ what upset.” Drawn. Matches W on on Lost on Oounty played. W on. Lost. 1st inns. 1st inns.Pts. K e n t ........... 14 . . 9 . . 2 . . 1 . . 2 . . 29 Lancashire 14 . . 7 . . 5 . . 2 . . 0 . . 25 Yorkshire... 14 . . 7 . . 2 . 1 . . 4 . . 23 Surrey 14 . . 7 . . 4 . . 0 . . 3 . . 21 Essex.......... 14 . . 3 . . 6 . . 4 . . 1 . . 17 Gloucester.. 14 . . 5 . . 8 . . 0 . . 1 . . 15 Middlesex... 14 . . 3 . . 7 . . 3 . . 1 . . 15 Sussex 14 . . 2 . . 9 . . 2 . . 1 . . 10 “ P.T.O.” tells of an episode which occurred in the pre-declaration cricket As was foreshadowed in “ Gossip ” last week, the recent Scarborough Festival achieved a double first. The receipts came to over thirteen hundred pounds, which is a best for the gathering when no Australian Team has been over. Besides that there was another record, this being the first occasion on which there has been full nine days' cricket. I t was hardly to be expected that the final decision of the M.C.C. not to send out a team to Australia this autumn would occasion anything but disappoint­ ment in the Colonies. It is a pity that the wishes of the Australians could not