Cricket 1906

Nov. 29, 1906. CRICKET: A. WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME, 463 30 years. During this time he had the opportunity of playing with or against all the principal clubs, among them Hackwood Park, Hurstbourne Park, the Yyne, Hartley Row, Basingstoke. The cricket was always of the best, and one can easily picture how real and keen the sport must have been with men like Col. (now Sir) John Wallington, the Ferrers, of Hurstbourne Park, the Riynbird", of Hackwood Park, J. J. Sewell, who afterwards played for Middlesex, Sir Herbert Stewart, the brilUnt officer who lost his life in the Soudan, Alf. Wood, A. P. Jeffreys, and others of eqiul capacity, and all sports­ men to the backbone. Several of these have played their last ball, others remain ch.ery and hearty, as keen as ever on the game, though now merely passive resisters, men like Sir John Wallington, a splendid type of the fine old English gentleman, with whom the writer had a most delightful conversation last summer on the subject of cricket and hunting. In this association Col. M ty gives as his opinion that the best cricketers in his time were invariably the best hunters and the best shots. I don’t know that anyone will take serious exception to his statement, the accuracy of which could very easily be proved. Cricket in North Hants is fortunate in having its records perpetuated with such a liberal and loving hand. The author himself has in other ways done much to deserve the last­ ing gratitude of Hampshire cricketers. The ground at Basingstoke was his property, but in July, 1905, he handed it over to trustees, to be held on behalf of the Basingstoke andNorthHants C.C., so that it maybe retained forthe purpose of a cricket ground for ever. Basing­ stoke naturally looms a little large in the volume. But the history of every club in North Hants is given, and as each chapter is accompanied by a photograph of the particular ground, full justice is done to all the various centres. An interesting reference to the Alresford club shows that cricket must have been in vogue there, even before ttie nineteenth century began its course. Tne author himself seems to lean to the belief that the game was popular in North Hants very nearly, if not quite, as early as the great days of Hambledon. In its revisid state in 1812 there was evidently something rotten in the con- dilion of Alresford cricket. The follow­ ing extract from the Sporting Magazine of July, 1812, was evidently a fair specimen of the cricket humour of the times:— GREAT BARGAINS. To be sold by private contract in a very short time, of wiiich lurther notiec will be given, all the undermentioned valuable articles, the property of eleven inen, who, under the stroug conviction of the futility of the idea of tiieu- supporting any longer the name of cricketers, Lave come to the laudable resolution of selling their effects for the benefit of eleven old washerwomen who have generously undertaken to endeavour to retrieve the loat fame and to establish the future reputation of New AlreBford, a town which formerly made no contemptible figure in the brightest annals of cricketing. The following articles being to be disposed of for so laudable apurpose, it is to be hoped that the undivided attention of a liberal and generous public will be directei to the furtherance and completion of so desirable an object:— Lot 1.—A great number of bats, halls, stumps, and all the apparatus of the turf. Lot 2.—A large assortment of list and spiked shoes, flannel jackets, &c. Lot 3.—-The humble resignation of eleven men to all pretentions to a knowledge of the game of cricket. Lot i .— A large collection of penitential sighs and unavailing regrets. Lot 5.—A small jar of animal spirits; the j ar is kept constantly open for inspection, no fears being entertained of evaporation. Lot 6.—-A large collection of undigested jokes. Lot 7.—A register of bad beis alphabetic illy arranged and enriched with notes, illus­ trative of the painful emotions theyhave not failed to excite, and the le>son they have most feelingly inculcated. Lot 8.—The painful anticipations of future humilitating rubs, the consciousness of inferiority, a long train of uneasy ideas, embarrassing remembrances, and bitter reflections too tedious to mention. N.B.—A su'xscrip ioii will b3 immediately set on foot by Messrs. b'ellowfeeling and Pity to enable the unhippy proprietors of the above-mentioned articles to purchase a much desired oblivion of the past. * The II story nf Cricket in North Hants , by Lt.-Col. Johu May. Warren and Son, Winchester. 7s. 6d. net. CRICKET IN INDIA. A very interesting match was played at Jullundur on the 1st November between the Civil and the Military. For the Military Messrs. Lynch, Cooper and Inskip and Pte. Tansley played excellent cricket, while Lieut. Patterson delighted the onlookers with a hurricane innings of 28. Lieut. Cooper took six wickets fur 88 runs. For the Civil Mr. Ahsan-ul-Hak (Middlesex) contributed a delightful inning3 of 89. Feroz Din, Major Muspratt-Williams and Mr. Ata-ul-Haq played attractive cricket, the last named also taking four wickets for 12 runs. Khan Mohammad bowled at a great pace, and took four wickets for 35 runs. At one time the Military had 170 runs up for three wickets, but a change of bowlers enabled the Civil to win by 30 runs, the Military very sportingly playing five minutes beyond time to finish the match. Scores:— Khan Mohammad, b Inskip ................ 6 Feroz Din, c aud b Cooper ................ 41 Mr. Ahsan-ul-Hak, c sub, b Inskip ......... 89 Major Muspratt-Wil- liams, c sub. b Cooper 23 Mohammad Bashir, b Cooper ................. 4 Captain B. O. Roe, b Cooper ................. 0 M ili1 Lieut. H V. Lynch, c Kliau Mohammad, b Nazim Din ..........15 Pte. Tansley, run out 22 Lieut. G. S. Cooper, b Khan Mohan?mad ... 68 Lieut. B. D. Inskip, c &b Khan Mohammad 36 Lieut. N. Patterson, b Ata-ul-Haq ......... 28 Capt. F. T. Duhan, b Khan Mohammad ... 0 Mr. E. P. Broadway, c and b Cooper.......... 6 Mr.Ata-ul-Haq,b Tans­ ley ........................81 Nazim Din, b Tansley 5 Nand Lai, b Cooper ... 3 Major P.S.M. Burlton, not out ................. 0 Extras ..........14 Total ...227 Lieut. H W. F. Clior, b Ata-ul-Haq.......... Corpl. Mellors, b Ata- ul-Haq ................. Capt. Churchill, b Ata- ul-Haq ................. Capt. Cartwright, b Khan Mohammad... Corpl. Coates, not out Extras .......... Total ...197 CENTURIES SCORED IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA DURING 1903. T ne follow ing interesting table has been kindly sent to us b y M r. F . F . K elly, who w rites:— ‘ ‘ On account of so m tn y wet Saturdays the list is not so long as usual, and there has been no cricket in ta n Francisco o w in g to the earthquake.” Capt. A. de Mowbray-Bell, Army Service Corps v. Royal Canadian Artillery, Sept. 8 .....................101* P. E. Bousfield, Staten Island Football v. Staten Island Cricket, June 14...................................... 108* R. Brooking, Woodcrest v. Radnor, Sept 24 ... 101* D. Brown, Rjyal Canadian Regiment v. H.M.S. “ Dominion,” Aug. 8 ...................................... 116 P. H. Ciarke, Germantown ‘‘ A ” v. Germantown “ B,” July 21 ................. ............................... 120 H. Clay, Baltimore v. Frankford, July 26 ..........128 H. G. Davey, Halifax (Nova Scotia) v. Windsor, Seps. 1.......................................................................123* S. Deane, Columbia Oval v. Essex County (Newark, N. J.), July 7 ...................................... 105* F. C. Evans, Mimico Asylum v. Royal Military Academy (Kiugston), July 23 ........................123 J. N. Ewiug, Merion Juuiorsv. Wood-jrest, Aug. 25 100 A. C. Garrett, Frankford v. Merion “ B,” June 16 111 E. J. Gregson, Cornell University v. University of Pennsylvania, June 11 ................................118* E. Guest, Delaware County Club v. Frankford, Aug. 8 ........................................................................107 E. H. Hanson, Radnor v. Germantown “ D,” May 26................................................................... 110 S. H. Hart, Frankford v. Philadelphia, July 12 ... 123 C. P. Hurditcb, Staten Island Married v. Single, Juue 9 ...................................................................109 * J. B. King, Belmont v. University of Pennsyl­ vania, Maty23 .................................................... 105* J. B. King, Belm3nt v. Merion “ B,” July 7 ... 341*' B. Kortlang, Cjlumbia Oval v. Essex County (Newark, N. J.), July 7 ..........................................114* L. Lee, University of Pennsylvania v. Rosedale (Canada) June 15 ........................ .................125* J. A. Lester, Merion **A ’’ v. Germantown “ B,” May 26...................................................................Ill* J. A. Lester, Philadelphia Pilgrims v. Eastern Canada, Aug. 29 ............................................... 109* H. Lomas, Baltimore v. Morrestown, June 2 ... 114 W. P. M. MacDonald, Pantucket v. Everett, May 30...................................................................115 E. Marsden, St. Clementsv. Cookstown, July 23 100 G. W. Melville, West Philadelphia v. Philadelphia and Reading Railroad,July 14 ........................ 144 W. W. Montgomery (jun.), Merton v. Frankford, July 14...................................................................117* J. Pacey, Frankford v. West Philadelphia, April 21 ............................................................102* J. Pacey, Frankford v. Baltimore, June 9 ..............162 R. L. Perot, Germantown “ C ” v. Belmont “ C,” June 2 ........................................................................125 J. L. Poyer, Biooklyn **A ” v. M inhattan, May... 102* J. L. Poyer, H. A. Laurie’s XI. v. Sir H. Mortimer Durand’s XI., Sept. 1 .......................................107* F. J. Prendergast, Bound Brook v. Brooklyn “ C,” June 9 .............................................. .................127* D. W. Saunders, Toronto v. Chureh Mercantile, Aug. 21...................................................................108* D. W. Saunders, Toronto v. Philadelphia Pil­ grims, Aug. 2 4 .........................................................109 Rev. F. W. Terry, Mimico Asylum v. St. Cyprians, July 26 ................................................................125 O. Wallace, Gordon-Mackay v. St. Simon, July 28 101* W. A. Ward, Germantown Brit.sh Americans v. K. I. B. A., July 14............................................. 120* J. Wheatley, St. Albans v. Dovercourt. Sept. 25... 141 F. S. White, Germantown “ A ’’ v. Philadelphia, July 14...................................................................103* C. H. Winter, Frankford Juniors v. Germantown Juniors, July 11 ..................................................100 J. R. Vetterlein, Merion v. Frankford, Aug. 15 ... 106* L. S. Y. York, Victoria (British Columbia) v. New Westminster, Aug. 21 ...................................106 H. R. N. Cobbett, Victoria (British Columbia) v. New Westminster, Aug. 21 ...................................143 H. R. N. Cobbett, Victoria v. Burrard, Aug. 23 ... 1 1 4 H. R. N. Cobbett, Victoria v. United XI., Aug. 25 152 W. J. Daplan, Royal Engineers v. Army Service Corps (Halifax, Nova Scotia, June 20 ..............102 * Signifies not out. R IOHARD DAFT’S “ Nottinghamshire Marl.”— Particulars apply, Radcliffe-on-Trent, Notts. [A dvt .