Cricket 1906

68 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A p r i l 19, 1906. A N OLD CR ICK ETER . MR. H. B. PARR. The memory of Mr. Parr, who played for Lancashire in the sixties. ci.rri<j8 him back to the times when Dr. E. M. Grace was the most famous cricketer of the day, while W. G. was beginning to show the wonderful skill which in a short time exceeded that of his brother. For various reasons Mr. Parr was not able to take his place regularly in first-class cricket, but he was recognised as a most useful man to have in a county team. “ Scores and Biographies” says of him: — “ Rarely played except in the North. Good hitter, stubborn defenca, and the palience of Job ; fields generally ‘ long leg.’ For Liverpool v. Dingle in 1874 made 202. Born at Grappenhall Hayes, near Warrington, Lancashire, June 5th, 1845; 5 ft. 8 in. ; weieht 8 st. Was in Cheltenham College X I. in 1863 and 1864.” Another testimony to his merits appears in F. Lillywhite’s Guide, 1864 (1863 season) : “ First-rate cricketer, very safe and pretty bat, splendid field at point or anywhere.” And again in 1865 (season 1864): “ Remarkably fine bat, hitting well all round, more especially to square le g ; first-rate poin t; has left.” The la9t two extracts appear under Lillywhite’s notes on the Public Schools. Mr. Parr made 37 for Lancashire against Yorkshire in 1872, the highest score on either side, and the Yorkshire bowlers were Lockwood, Hill and Emmett. In this match, wbich, as may easily be imagined, was played on an exceedingly difficult wicket, W. McIntyre took eleven wickets for 31 for Lancashire. Again in 1873 Mr. Parr scored 61 for Lancashire against Derbyshire, the highest score in the match. Another fine innings of his was 52—the highest in the match, for Lancashire against Leiees tershire in 1875. His hits included two sixes, a five, and a four. Mr. Parr was at school at Cheltenham College. When he first went there he was the smallest boy in the school among about 700. Soon after he was in the eleven, E. M. Grace and W. G. came to play against the school, and Mr. Parr caught E. M. off the very first ball he received. W. G. made the top score. The last time Mr. Pair played against W. G was for North against South at Notting­ ham. In making a run Mr. Parr had gone past the wicket when the ball came to W. G., who knocked off the bails and loudly asked, “ How ’s that ? ” Theumpire promptly gave the batsman out. After­ wards, when asked why he had done so, seaing that the batsman was a long way past the wicket, he replied, “ Well, really, I don’t know, sir. But Mr. Grace asked in such a decided manner that I thought he must be righ t! ” Mr. Parr was sent to Cheltenham because he was supposed to be very delicate, and it was thought that the waters and the pure air would be the best thing for him. The doctors said that he was to be very careful to drink the waters regularly, but of course he never touched them. When he wrote to his father and told him that he was to have his colours his brothers laughed and told him that it was only for the House eleven. When the father wrote to ask him about this, the son was tremendously indignant and explained that he was not in the habit of telling lies, and that he was in the School eleven. So his brothers apologised handsomely. Three of them were at Eton and the fourth was at Harrow. Soon after he left school he represented the Gentlemen of Cheshire, at a time when Mr. A. N. Hornby often played for the team. The ground was then at Chelford, between Crewe and Manchester, and a very pretty old ground it was. Among the men who used to play for the team were the Armsteads, who were in the Cam­ bridge eleven, and E. K. Hornby, the elder brother of Harry, Cecil and Charles Hornby, who all played good cricket. Mr. Parr also played for Birkenhead Park, which used to take on George Parr’s England team—playing eighteen themselves—and ia five matches were never beaten. Birkenhead Park in thosB days was very strong. Rylott and an old bowler named Harvey were the pro­ fessionals, and Rylott was just begin­ ning to ba recognised as a fine bowler by the authorities. Mr. Parr played for Lancashire, but as his father did not like the idea of his playing in county cricket, he went into the Bank for two years, and when it was turned into a limited liability comp my his father bought him a partner­ ship in another bank. Here he found that his partner did not approve of county cricket, so that things were a little against him. Mr. Parr was a well-known racke*' player. He used to go over to Manches­ ter when the first racket club was started there. One of the best players was Milne, the Oxonian, and Latham, who became famous afterwards, acted as the club professional. The great match every year was between Manchester and Liver­ pool and there was a challenge cup attached to it which Mr. Parr won. CR ICKET IN ANTIGUA. ANTIGUA v. THE POINT.—Played at Antigua on July 27 and August 3 ,190r>. A ntigua . First innings. W . G. Davey, b Edwards... 22 J. S. ITdal, b Frederick ... 0 Rev. J. Weiss, b Frederick 22 A. J. Camacho, c Carty, b Frederick........................18 J. S. Watt, b Frederick ... 0 G. Edwards, c Carty,b Hart 4 F. Gomes, c Frederick, b Edwards ........................ C. Malone, c Carty, b Frederick........................ V. Gomes, b Edwards Rev. C. Martin, b Frederick W. Hart, not out................. B 11. lb 1, w 1 .......... Second innings. b Edwards.........15 c & b Edwards... () c Osborne, b Edwards......... 1 b Edwards......... 1 b Edwards... ... 0 c Frederick, b Osborne......... 7 1 b Edwards... b Edwards......... 1 run out ......... 1 cLewis.bOsbome 3 not out ... . 16 B 4, lb 1 ... 5 T h e P oint . First innings. Second innings. E.Matthew,ht.wkt,., b Weiss 0 A. Roberts, b Udal .......... 0 H. Frederick, c Malone, b Udal ............................... 5 not out. ........ 2; J. Hart, st Davey, b Weiss 11 b Udal......... ... 2: A. Lewis, st Davey, b Weiss 0 b Watt ......... 1 R. Carty, b Udal................. 5 W. Osborne, b U dal.......... 2 E. Lewis, run out ......... 1run out ......... 1 C. Roberts, b Watt ......... 19 b Watt ......... J.Edwards,st Davey, b Udal 18 b Watt ......... M. Payne, not out ......... 3 B 2, lb 1 ......................3 Wides ................ Total ... 67 Total (5 wkts) 61 ANTIGUA v. ANTIGUA GRAMMAR SCITOOL.- Played at Antiqua on November 23,1905. A ntigua G rammar S chool . D. Christian, c John­ ston, b Weiss.......... V. Brooks, c Johnston, b Udal ................. L. Camacho, st Davey, b Udal ................. W. Malone, b Weiss... C. McConney,b Weiss R. Buckley, b Udal ... F. Malone, st Davey, b Udal........................ R.Ivelsick, c Camacho, b Weiss ................. O. Kelsick, b Udal ... E. Jardine, b Udal ... 1-f. Shepherd, not out Total 1 11 <) •J 24 Second Innings.—D. Christian, b Malone, 36; V. Brooks not out, 8 ; I.. Camacho, not out, 1; R. Buck­ ley, b Edwards, 9; R. Kelsick, b Holme, 4 ; bve 1 - Total 59. A ntigua . W. G. Davey, b Chris­ tian ........................41 Rev. R. Martin, b Brooks ................. 2 A. J. Camacho, b Christian................. 3 H. F. Holme, lbw, b F. Malone ..........15 J. S. Udal, c Sc b L. Camacho................. 2 Rev. J. Weiss, c & b L. Camacho .......... 9 J. S.Watt, retired hurt C. Malone, c Malone,b L. Camacho .......... G. Edwards, not out... F. Gomes, c & b L. Camacho................. N. S. Johnston, c & b Christian................. Lb ................. Total 86 ANTIGUA v. ANTIGUA GRAMMAR SCHOOL (Past and Present).—Played at Antigua on Dec. 7 1905. A ntigua G rammar S chool . E. Michael, b F. Cam­ acho ........................31 1). Christian, run out 14 E. B. Jarvis, b Udal... 36 H. F. Ilolme, st 1>avey, b Udal ................. 8 A. J. Camacho, b Udal 13 W. Hart, not out ... 9 C. Malone, b Udal ... 32 R. Goodwin, b Weiss 9 G. Roden, b Weiss ... 9 F. Goodwin b Udal... 11 F. Gomes, c Watt, b Udal.......... 7 B 10, lb 1, w 1 Total . .. 12 ..191 A ntigua . W. G. Davey, c Cama­ cho, b Jarvis.......... 4 J. S. Watt, b Camacho 1 Rev. J. Weiss, st Cam­ acho, b Jarvis.......... 9 A. J. Camacho, notout 25 J. S. Udal, run out ... 1T. E. Walter, retired h u rt........................ •R. Camacho, not out B 4, lb 2, nb 1 ... Total... F. E. Camacho, N. S. Johnston, Rev. C. Martin and C. Gomes, did not bat. Total.. 92 Total 51 ANTIGUA v. WANDERERS.—Played at Antigua on December 26, 1905. A ntigua . W. G. Davey, c Chris­ tian, b Buckley ... 18 J. S. Watt, b Pereira 14 Rev. J. Weiss, b Christian.................11 A. J. Camacho, b Christian................. 9 R. Camacho, lbw, b Christian................. 3 T. E. Walter, c A. Joseph, b Buckley 0 J. S. Udal, b Chris­ tian ........................31 C. Gomes, not out ... 12 H. F. Holme, b B uckley................. 1 F. E. Camacho, b Christian................. 8 F. Gomes, b Christian 0 Byes ................. 7 Total ...114 A. Joseph, b Udal ... * J. J. Martin, st Davey, b Udal ................. 1 G. Sweeney, c F. Camacho, ‘b Weiss 32 J. Hunt, run out ... 2 E. Pereira, not out ... 48 W anderers . W. Christian, runout 0 J. Martin, b Weiss ... 14 S. Gallion, not out ... 19 lb 1, w 1 ........ 2 Total (6 wkts) 120 R. Joseph, G. Nisbet, and T. Buckley did not bat.