Cricket 1906

A p r i l 26, 1906. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 91 Brace, £5 5s. per annum. In addition, I have received promises of donations of £10 from Mr. C. K. Palmer-Morewood and Mr. G. J. Marples, and of £5 from Mr. J. T. Eadie, Mr. R. Knowles and Mr. Wm. Curzon. F o r an opening year in first-class cricket the committee of the Northan1 8 Ocunty C.C. have a very satisfactory financial statement tomake at the annual general meeting which is to he held at the Peacock Hotel, Northampton, on Monday next, at 3 p.m. The match receipts and expenses come out as follows: RECEIPTS. £ s. d. Leicestershire............................................. 13 3 9 Sussex....................................... ........... ... 51 2 9 Druids............................................................ 6 18 3 Colts’ Match ... ........... ............................ ... 11 16 3 Derbyshire................. ......... ... ■ 35 8 3 Surrey.............................................. 79 17. 6 Hampshire.................................................... 56 5 0 Warwickshire .......... ................ . . 187 18 0 Australians ................................................................... ... 328 17 0 Peterborough Match ........ ..7 ... 3' 8 ’ 2 £774 14 11 Hampshire Sussex Leicestershire Derbyshire Surrey Warwickshire EXPENDITURE. (home) ... . (away) ... . (home) ... . (away) ... . (home) ... . (away) ... . (home) ... . (away) ... . (home; ... . (away) ... . (home) ... . (away) ... . Australians . ........................ Druids (home) Colts’ Match (home) Peterborough Match (away) Guarantee paid to Sussex ... Talent Money ................. ... Advertising ........................ £ s. d. . 70 0 10 46 11 11 65 18 1 . 43 3 0 64 17 7 28 19 6 69 1 5 . 47 2 8 69 11 1 37 3 6 63 5 9 33 16 6 77 8 9 2 8 0 30 9 4 29 14 0 50 0 0 •15 0 0 .38 14 10 £883 6 9 The profit and loss account shows a profit of £442 4s. lid . for the year. Spencer W. Gore, whose sudden death last week will have occasioned deep regret to a large number of Cricket readers, would have been sure of a high place in first-class cricket had he been able to devote the requisite time and attention to the greatest of games. A con­ temporary of W. Penn, W. H. Hadow, W. B. Money, F. E. E. Fryer, and W. Law in the Harrow Eleven of 1867, he was one of the best all-round school athletes of his time. Later he played for Surrey, but only in 1874 and 1875, and then but rarely. He was a fine field, a good free-hitting bat, and a useful fast bowler. He was also a racket champion at Harrow, and eight years after (in 1877) won the lawn tennis championship at Wimbledon. He was a nephew of the Earl of Bessborough and the Hon. Sir Spencer Ponsonby Fane, the treasurer of the Marylebone Olub. As a sporting writer, Martin Cobbett, whose sudden death on Tuesday has deprived the writer of an old friend and mate, was of late years known mostly in connection with the turf. His know­ ledge of sport was, however, in no way , confined to racing, and indeed I know of no one Who could write better or with more authority on every kind of athletic subject. Years ago it was my privilege to be in close touch with him throughout tl e summertime, and 1 shall remember him always as a trusty comrade, a loyal friend, and the best of companions. He was one of the soundest cricket critics in the days I am speaking of. In the capacity of cricket journalist he accom- p inied tbe English team which visited Australia in 1882 under the captaincy of the Hon. Ivo Bligh throughout the tour. T h e prospects of the London and Westminster Bank C.C. for the forth­ coming season are excellent. Unfor­ tunately three of the old captains are resigning through stress of work—V. C. Sampson (third eleven), J. L. Cballis (fourth eleven) and G. Sire (fifth eleven) — and their places will be taken by S. Wood, E. S. Daw and J. A. Barnard. The new hon. secretary is Mr. A. M. Cockell, 41, Lothbury, E .C .; he takes the place of Mr. George Sire, who has filled the post practically for the last ten years. The majority of the members of the M.C.C. South African team arrived at Southampton on Saturday, without, arousing any undue excitement. Captain Wynyard had previously reached Eng­ land, and H. D. G. Lsveson-Gower and L. J. Moon are remaining in South Africa. LONDON SCOTTISH CRICKET CLUB AVERAGES FOR 1905. BATTING. No. Times Most of not Total in an Inns. out. runs. Inns. Aver. E.A. Codd .... 9 ... 1 ... . 258 ... 66* ... 32.25 T. B. Porter ... 6 ... 1 ... 159 ... 74* .. . 31*8 E. Lacey.......... 13 ... 2 ... 315 ... 133* .. . 28-63 E. A. Bennett..,. 15 ... 1 ... 350 ... 57 ... 25-00 T. S. Taylor .... 5 ... 1 ... 92 ... 47 ... 23-00 W.G.Henderson 14 ... 0 .... 268 ... 80 .... 1914 P. C h ild .......... 15 ... 2 ... 219 ... 34 ... 16-87 F. R. Connell..., 15 ... 1 .. . 179 ... 58 .... 1278 L. J. Bush . 15 ... 1 ... . 178 ... 56 ... 12*71 J. Lamont . 14 ... 0 ... . 170 ... 50 ... 1214 H. J. R. Pope.. 12 ... 3 ..., 103 ... 32 ., . 11*45 J. S. Chown ... 13 ... 0 .. 145 ... 45 .. . 1115 G. J Neal ... 6 . 2 34 ... 21 .,.. 8-5 R. A. Bennett... 19 . 2 163 ... 24 .,.. 9-58 J. D. Laing ... 6 . 0 44 .,.. 20 .. . 7-34 J. H. Adamson 4 ... 0 ... 27 ... 19 .. . 6-75 H. M. Godfray 4 ... 1 ... 20 ... 9 .. . 6-67 F.J. Codd ... 5 ... 1 ... 25 ... 8 ., . 625 R. L. Mason ... 4 ... 0 ... 24 .. 7 ... 6*00 O. W. Trench... 10 ... 0 ... 59 ... 34 ... 5-9 C. Koe Child... 11 ... 1 ... 56 ... 11 .. . 5-6 H. Ohown 8 ... 2 ... 33 ... 14 .. 5"5 A Kinross 7 ... 0 ... 29 .... 18 .. . 414 G,F. Tren«li... 13 ... 3 ... 45 ... 14 .. . 415 O. R. Bland ... 9 ... 3 ... 13 . . 2*16 * Signifies not out. BOWLING. Overs. Mdns. Runs.1 E. Lacey .................. 191 ... 39 ... 495 ... 55... . 9 00 F. J. Codd ........ . 26 .. . 6 .,,. 88 .... 8 .. . 1100 H. Chown................ . 16 .. . 2 ... 68 ... 5 . 13‘6 W. G. Henderson .. . 17 ... 0 ... 70 ... 5 .. . 14-00 O. Koe Child .. . .. . .17 .. . 0 ...112 .... 8 .... 14-00 F. R. Connell .......... 137 .. . 18 ... 494 ... 34 ., . 14-52 E. A. Bennett ... . 137 .. . 26 ..: 416 ... 23 ..;; is-08 H. J. R. Pope :.. ... 98 ..,. 15 .... 364 .,.. 18 .... 20-23 G..J. Neal................., 22 ... 3 ... 86 ... 4 ... 21-5 ■ J. Lamont................ . 55 .. . 1 .. .. £96 ... 13 .... 22*76. A. Kinross............... . 33 .... 7 .,.. 116 ., ,. 5 ., . 23*2 L. J. Bush................ . 92 .,.. 10".... 27,6 ., . i r . .. 25-09 P. Child ... :.. 53-.. 6 .,• 236 ..,V 9 ., . 26-23. G. Trench... •... . 18 ;; 2 ;. . 95 ..•. 3 . 31-67 TH E AUSTRALIAN BOARD OF CONTROL. ITS ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENTS. The following concise account, with comments on the situation, is taken from the Sydney Mail of March 14th :— THE POSITION. Briefly the history of the matter is as follows : Some time ago a conference was held between representatives of the Vic­ torian Cricketers’ Association and the Melbourne Cricket Club, and it was generally understood that the decision arrived at that the Melbourne Clubs should have the nomination of a repre­ sentative on the board was satisfactory to the club. And this came along after a financial agreement had been entered into between the Melbourne C.C. and V.C.A. The matter came before the Victorian Cricketers’ Association, and the findings of the conference became a recommenda­ tion to the associations comprised in the board. A conference was subsequently held in Sydney, and eventually the New South Wales, Victorian, and Queensland associations agreed to the alteration in the constitution of the Board of Control, which provided for an increase in the New South Wales andVictorian representation to three delegates each, and that the third Victorian delegate should be nominated by the Melbourne Cricket Club. Queens­ land, as before, have one representative. Since that time nothing whatever has been heard of in connection with the matter as far as the Melbourne Club is concerned. It was thought when the Melbourne Club in the first instance agreed to the proposal for the extra delegate the way had been cleared of difficulties which it was thought would block the English team from coming to Australia in the spring of this year. The Board of Control have asked the V.C.A. to communicate with the Melbourne Club requesting that its representative on the board be nominated, and it was thought the matter would be brought to a head one way or another last night. THE CAUSE OF THE TROUBLE. Ever since the Board of Control was formed it has been opposed by the Mel­ bourne Club and the South Australian Association ; the former because the Victorian Cricket Asajcisttioa were thereby placed on equality with New South Wales Cricket Association in reap­ ing benefit pecuniarily of any English team which would come to Australia— which, of course, means a big loss to the Melbourne Cricket Club—and by the South Australian Association because they wanted to enforce the pooling and equal division of all profits, and they also wanted the first-class players for the time to be specially represented on the board. The New South Walei and the Victorian ieprtsentatives objected to the equal division of profits. It was stated towards the end of January, in a telegram to the Sydney Morning Herald from its Melbourne correspondent, that if the