Cricket 1907

120 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M a t 9, 1907. jammsmtto. ’ CRICKET fBALLJ^MAKERS, Supply all the Principal Counties'and Clubs through­ out the world with their well-known M a rve llou s Te s tim ony . From th.eEveningStandard&St. James's Gazette. Monday, May 29th, 1905. AUSTRALIANS OBJECT TO THE BALL. A slight delay occurred at the start, as the Australians would not use the hall provided, Darling returned to the pavilion where Jack­ son met him, Jones taking out the new ball, which also was rejected, Noble running in to fetch the desired brand. The desired brand was a JohnWisden & Co.’s “ SPECIAL CROWN.” F. S. Jackson has agreed to your “ Special Crown ” Balls being used in all the five Tests. There were not any of yours here, so we lent them three until they received some from you.—Yours very sincerely, J oe D a r l in g . The Balls to be used in Test Matches are now settled. WISDEN’S axe the only makes permissible. 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As to the question of the appointment of Mr. Findlay to the secretaryship, he assured the meeting that the Committee had selected the man they conndered the best fitted for the post; they woyld naturally have given the preference to a Surrey man if that course had been practicable. As regards the qualification of Marshal, his lordship remarked that much nonsense had been talked and written. That player was utterly unknown to the Committee until he had settled in Surrey, and, in engag­ ing one whom they believed would prove a useful member of the eleven, they had simply exercised the right they enjoyed under the rules of county cricket. To­ wards the end of his speech Lord Alver­ stone stated that Surrey hoped to see the match with Somerset renewed, but they could not well take the first step in the matter. M r. C ecil H e a d l a m , the old Rugby, Oxfordshire, and Middlesex cricketer, is to tell “ The Story of Oxford” for Mr. J. M. Dent’ s “ Medifeval Town Series.” The fame author and publisher have already produced “ The Story of Nurem- burg ” and “ The Story of Chartres,” as well as several other books not in the same series. M r . J. F. M acph ekso n , a well-known figure in Metropolitan cricket, has written a novel entitled “ A Yankee Napoleon,” which Mr. John Long has just published. Mr. Macpherson was born in Melbourne in 1873, and is married to the sister of P. R. May. The latter, who, by-the- way, owed his introduction to big cricket to Mr. Macpherson, is now a master at Elstree. TO THE ROPES. [Deck cricket is only a pastime, not real prac'.ice, says Mr. Allsop, the manager of the South African cricket tour.] The eccentricities of ships, That send the batsman through the slips When breakers break the bowling And sharks are fielding, must enrich The pleasure of an ocean pitch Enhanced by Neptune’s rolling. — The Daily Vhronicle. D tjrikg 1906 the b dance in hand of tLe Cricketers’ Fund Friendly Society was increased from £445 to £1,047. Subscriptiors amounted to £183 and donations to £123, whilst £412 16s. was r<ceived as part proceeds of the Kent v. England match at the Oval in September last. With the receipt of the legacy left to tbe Society by the late Mr. V. E. Walker further investment in stock to the extent of four figures has been made. T h e season proper opened in the latter part of last week, and, as is not infre­ quently the case at such a time, bowlers had things much their own way. Lees, Brearley, and Smith at the Oval all had gocd analyses, but Wass, who took six wickets for three runs at Lord’s, proved the most effective of all. Brearley did excellently on the soft ground to take eight Surrey wickets for 71 runs in an innings of 155. T h e r e was a very unusual occurrence at the Oval last Friday during the second innings of the Gentlemen. The umpires, being doubtful whether Smith, when delivering the ball, got beyond the angle