Cricket 1906

66 flM."LunvU. * L J(iL kfi*U<, lW^J , IJli. 4u;«Ju J # # -3 U E - 'U U & ' f A u . 7 « . C R ICKE T : A W EEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A p r i l 19, 1906. forget what village he was representing on this occasion, but I well remember that the wicket w is hopelessly bid. Stubberfield was a fiend on that day, and it was much more by good luck than good cricket that I carried my bat through the innings for 19 out of about 25 or 30. When the last man was in 8tubberfield gave me a half volley to leg — the only lime I remember to have bad a ball from him which was not straight. It happened that I managed to pet the bat full on it, and we ran six, while Stubberfield pranced about in the greatest excitement, saying with a prescience which saddened his B ide, “ It will lose us the match ; it will lose us the match.” To a modern cricketer it may seem absurd that a man should talk of losing the match when nine wickets of the other side were down for about 20, but modern cricketers, even those who play on county council grounds, have no idea of what their pre­ decessors sometimes suffered in the way of bad wickets. Stubberfield was quite right, and we won quite easily on the first in n iD g s , rain then coming down and putting an end to ihe match. The last time 1 saw Stubberfield was seven or eight years ago. He was then, at the age of sixty-four, walking four miles every morning to his ten hours work as a carpenter, and walking back at night without feeling that he was a martyr, or that he was doing more than ought to be expected of any man at his time of life. It will indeed be hard if, while he is still able to work at his trade, no work can be found for him. W. A. B etthsworth . THE DEV IL AND THE PEERS OR, THE PRINCELY W AY OF SABBATH-BREAK1N G * Being a True Account of a famous Cricket Match between the Duke ofM------, another Lord, and two Boys, on Sunday the 26th of May last, 1712, near Fern-Hill in Windsor Forrest; for Twenty Guineas. That nothing is more Commendable than for the Great to unbend themselves from Matters of the highest importance at season­ able junctures, and divert themtelves with ihe innocent Sports of their Jnferiours in Age and Grandeur, is undeniable, and con firm’d by the Practices of several of the Caesars, lo the best and greatest of whom the I* of M------ has been more than once compar’d and preterr’d ; who that he might excel ’em not only in the Field of Mars, hut be more Celebrated in the book of imports than the hot he that ever wore a Head, and to show the superiour Goodness of his II- ad- piece in his choice of a seasonable Juncture Sy dus et Occuiti Miranda Potentia Kali. Since Great Men ought to select the most memorable and distinguished Days to unbend in, this Great Prince pitch’d on Sunday was Sevn. night., May 2oth, being the Anniversary of Dr. Eems’s piettnded Resurrection, to signalize bis Abilities lor the Sports of Peace as well as those of Venus and Mars. Accordingly being arriv’d near Fern-Hill in Windsor honest, hencelorth to he esteem’d the Olympus of Great Britain, by way of Union Comprehension, and mixing the Olympick Games and the Childish Sports. Some of the Caesars us’d to condescend to Caesar Britannicus, or the Immortal Man (as the Whig Authors term him) resolv’d to be beforehand with our Peace makers, and Institute Pacifick Games, by his Princely Example, in Country Parishes; in order to procure the Good-will by his Princely Example in Country Parishes ; in order to procure the Good-will of our numerous Freeholders against the next Election, by ingratiating himself with their Children; well knowing the meaning of the Old British Proverb, When you the Child’s Will have got, You have the Mother by God-knows what. As the Devil never is wanting in his own Cause, so he had taken all imaginable care to second the Duke’s inclinations, for, as the Devil wou’d have it, the Duke and Lord found several Boys ready to their Hands playing Cricket. Quoth the Lord, When I went to Eaton School 1 understood this Game better than my Book;—And I (says the Duke) lov’d it better than Moral Philosophy. —I ’ll play with you for Twenty Guineas (says the Lord :)—A Match, cries the Duke ; and so the Game began. The two Nobles agreed to chuse the two best Boys at Cricket for each a partner, and promised ’em crowns apiece for their pains when the Match was won or lost, and Twelve- pence to a third Boy to knotch the Game down exact. The Boy that was Partner against the Duke whispers my Lord and tells him, Sir, I can play ten times better than t’other Boy, and if you’ll make my Crown ten Shillings I’ll catch them both out in three or four stroaks. The Lord readily agreed to’ t, and the Boy perform’d his promise, and won him the 20 Guineas, but not so easily' as imagin’d, tor the Duke gave ’em several Master stroaks before he was outed. I had this Information from the Mouth of Justice, and it’s questioned whether or no these Sabbath-Breakers will long escape the Hands of Justice; for the Reformers of Manners, and many Conscientious Dissenters are strangely alarm’d at this Princely way of Sabi ath breaking. The Truth hereof you may have Vouch'd and Confirm’d at Windsor, Oakingham, Maidenhead, Harford Bridge, Staynes, Slough, Colebrook, at all the adjacent Villages, and at the Tower of London, where you may find the abovesaid Duke and Lord alter the arrival of a Foreign Mail, or any fine afternoon, playing at Skittles with Mr. Walpole. Hence who can doubt the Wars will cease, When Generals lake to Games of Peace, And pass a Sunday, or an Hour, In Windsor Forrest, or the Tower; There at Cricket, here at Skittles, For Stomachs to their Cause and Vi’t’als ; Fern Hill shall hence as famous be As any Place in Geiinany; For here Fernhillian Swain shall s iy, Europe’s Chief General lost the Day. Then point j ou out the very Place, Here stood my Lord —— and here his Grace; And that’s the 1 oy, with Courage stout, Who caught the mighty General out; And on this mournful Spot he paid With Tears, the Sum fur which he play’d. Printed for J. Barker in Pater-Nosier-Row 1712. * This exceedingly quaint article lias been kindly copied out /or Cncker by Hr. A. L. Ford from the original broadside, which is ia his possession. ODDS AND ENDS IN NAMES IN TEST MATCHES. C o m pile d b y B. H. C a m p b e l l . D. W., E. J. and S. E. Gregory, father, son and uncle have played for Australia; J. and W. Gunn, uncle and nephew, have repre­ sented England. Three brothers, E. M., G. F. and W. G. Grace have played for England; also the brothers C. T. and G. B. Studd. Brothers A. C. and C. Bannerman, G. and W. F. GifEon, D. W. and E. J. Gregory, C. E. and R. W. McLeod, A. E. and G. H. S. Trott, and H. and J. W. Trumble have represented Australia. Unrelated, S. F. and W. Barnes (England), B. B. and W. H. Cooper (Australia), A. (England) and C. (Australia) Hill, A. O. (England), E. and S. P. (Australia) Jones, J. J. and T. J. D. Kelly (Australia), J. M. and W. W. Bead (England) and H. and R. Wood (England) have represented their country in the series. Double-initialled players: A. A. Lilley, S. S. Schultz and W. W. Bead have played for England ; B. B. Cooper, H. H. Massie, J. J. Ferris, J. J. Kelly, J. J. Lyons and W. W. Armstrong have represented Aus­ tralia. Players with similar initials who have appeared for their respective countries are ‘ •A. C.” Bannerman (Australia) and Mac­ laren (England), “ A. E.” Knight, Belf and Stoddart (England) and Trott (Australia), “ A. J.” Hopkins (Australia) and Webbe(Eng- land), “ A. P.” Lucas (England) and Marr (Australia), “ F. A.” Iredale and Laver (Aus­ tralia) and Mackinnon (England), “ F. H.” Sugg (England) and Walters (Australia), “ G. A.” Alexander (Australia) and Lohmann (England), “ G. F.” Grace and Vernon (England), “ J. J.” Ferris, Kelly and Lyons (Australia), “ J. M.” Blackham (Australia) and Read (England),“ J. T.” Brown, Hearne and Tyldesleyr (England) and Cottam (Aus­ tralia), “ J. W .” Sharpe (England) and Trumble (Australia) “ W. G.” Grace and Quaife (England), “ VV. H.” Brockwell, Lockwood and Scotton (England), and Cooper and Moule (Australia), “ W. R.” Rhodes (England) and Robertson (Australia), and “ W. W.” Armstrong (Australia) and Read (England). Sixteen playtrs whose names end in “ er” : A. Fielder, R. E. Foster, J. Hunter, J. Shuter, R. H. Spooner, W. Storer and P. F. Warner have played for England; G. A, Alexander, B. B. Cooper, W. H. Cooper, A. Cotter, P. A. McAlister, G. E. Palmer, V. T. Trumper and C. T. B. Turner have represented Australia. W . E. Midwinter has played for both Eng­ land and Australia. No other combination of names each with a similar ending exceed seven. Omitting the letters x and z, players repiesenting each letter in the alphabet, with the exception of “ i.” have appeared for England. Australia lacks representatives for 0 , q, u, v and y. Fry (C. B.) and Gay (L. H.) are the short­ est names in the series; Christopherson (S.) the longest. Playrers whose initials exceed two : Bosan­ quet (B. J. T.), Charlwood (H. R. J.), Ford (F. G. J.), Leslie (C. F. ll.)Palairet(L. C. H), and Tylecote (E. F. S.) have played for Eng­ land; Gehrs (D. R. A.), Kelly (T. J. D.), Scott (H. J. 11.), Trott (G. H. S.), Turner (C. T. B.) and Woods (S. M. J.) have repre­ sented Australia. J. Darling (Australia) and the Hon. F. S. Jackson were both born on the Same day.