Cricket 1907

M a y 9, 1907. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME. 121 formed by the meeting of the bowling crease and the return crease, had the latter considerably extended. The Laws do not restrict the length of the return crease, but not many people, I should imagine, had ever before seen one about eight yards long. I n last wei k’s “ Gossip ” I chronicled the fact thfct, in a small match at the Crystal Palace, Yivian Crawford made a huge hit out of the ground. On Friday last, when assisting the Gentlemen of England against Surrey, he performed a similar feat at the Oval by means of an on-drive tt the expense of Smith. On the following day he made 68, and his brother, R. T., 64, for the Wanderers against St. Bartholomew’ s Hospital. D r. J. J. C am eron , who was included in the Gentlemen of England tide which met Surrey last week, has had a varied experience as a cricketer. He is a native of the West Indies, and in 1905 appeared for Canada in the match against the United States at Toronto, playing an innings of 16 and taking nine wickets for 105 runs. Last season he appeared for the West Indian team on a few occasions, whilst this year he blossoms into a Gentlemen of England cricketer. I t is generally recognised that the South Africans’ bowl­ ing is of the kind best adapted for hard wickets, and, in con- sequerce, there has been much speculation as to what would happen if cricketers were to experii nee a wet season this year. But, as the Evening News points out, one or more of the visitors might, in such circumstances, develop unfore­ seen ability, and it recalls that when the first Australian team visited us, in 1878, Boyle proved far more effective on our wet wickets than he had ever been on the perfect pitches of Melbourne ana Sydney. T II eke was, until the team arrived last week, considerable doubt over here concerning the identity of the South African’s reserve wicket-keeper. He proves to be the old Cantab, C. D. Robinson, who scored 45 in the Freshmen’s match in 1893, 5 and 30 for Next XV I. v. The X I. in 1894, and 0 and 11 in ihe Senior’s match, 34 v. C. I. Thornton’s X I., 11 and 41 v. The Gentlemen, 23 v. Yorkshire, 27 v. M.C.C. and Ground, 6 v. Dublin Univerjity, and 14 and 29 v. Surrey, at the Oval, in 1895. Iu the autumn of the last-mentioned year he went to America with F. Mitchell’s team and scored 166 in eight innings. In 1896 he made 16 and 23 in the Seniors’ match, and played in three matches for the Eleven, but did little as a batsman. He appeared for Natal against the M.C.C.’s team, making 5, 8, 3 and 16. S in c l a ir and Kotz6 played on Satur­ day for Silwood Park against the Officers’ Staff of the R.M.C., Sandhurst. Sinclair, who failed in batting, took six wickets for 31 runs, whilst Kotze scored 85 and took three wickets for 30. From the ecore, which appears on another page, it will be seen that Sherwell and S . J. Snooke played in this week’s match be­ tween M.C.C. and Ground and Yorkshire. wickets to fall. As a last resource Mr. I Gregory put on a fast bowler named Callaway. Standing in the slips, Mr. I Gregory caught out the seven batsmen, and his side won by 5 runs. F rom the Sydney Mail :— A number of members of the M.C.C. Amateur team, who have just concluded the New Zealand tour, came to Sydney to catch the “ Ophir” for home. Mr. S. H. Fairland met and showed them over the Sydney Cricket Ground, and later in the afternoon, under the wing of Victor Trumper, they had a knock. I had a short chat with Mr. Douglas, in the course of which he said that every one was kind to them and that they had had a splendid time. They were all pleased with the cricket. Judging from what they had learned from Lord Hawke’s team, a great improvement had taken place in the standard of cricket over there. B addon and Williams, as batsmen, and Upham, amongst the howlers, created a most favour­ able impression. Everywhere they played they met a good wicket­ keeper. The Englishmen were below their home form, which was thought in a measure to be due to travelling. Wickets were soft, and were liable to crumble, but were not difficult or dangerous. I n the last week of March the return match between Western Australia and New South Wales was played at Fremantle and resulted in favour of the former by the very narrow majority of five runs. The total scores were :— Western Australia, 255 and 185 ; NewSouth Wales, 251 and 184. A m o n g cricket curiosities the following, says the Adelaide Observer, should take high rank. On Easter Saturday a city team organised by H. Blinman was playing at Mount Barker, and while J. F. Travers, the inter-State cricketer, was bowl­ ing the batsman hit him to leg. At that moment a trap was being driven across the open corner of the ground inside the boundary to the tennis court, and the ball, having passed through one wheel safely, be­ came wedged in the narrow part between two spokes of the far-side wheel. The fieldsman, who happened to be Blinman himself, had to run alongside the trap until he could make the driver understand what had happened, and meantime the batsmen were “ going their hardest.” When the vehicle stopped Blinman dislodged the ball, but 5 runs had been scored. G. H . S. T r o t t , in a match at Mel­ bourne on April 1st and 2nd between the Melbourne Club and a country team, scored 85 not out in the second innings of the latter. A few days before he had made 171 not out in a match between THE GRAND C R I C K E T M A T C H Between Hampshire, with Four Players of England, against Nottinghamshire, on Trent Bridge Ground, on Thursday and Friday, June 29ht and 30th 1843. NOTTINGHAM. FIRST INNINGS. SECOND INNINGS. W. Masters, b by Martin, 10 G. Kettle, Esq. b by Day 3 Mr. Warwick, b by Sir F. Bathurst, 4 E. Patchitt, Esq. run out, 5 H. Maltby, Esq. c by Richardson,2 F. Noyes, c by SirF. Bathurst, 50 Mr. Cresswell, b by Sir F. Bathurst, Clarke, c by Barfoot, Barker, b by Sir F. Bathurst Guy, c by Sir F. Bathurst, au Redgate, not out, 2 Byes and Wide Balls, 17 W. Masters, Esq. G. Kettle, Esq. Mr. Warwick E. Patchitt, Esq. II. Maltby, Esq. F. Noyes, Esq. Mr. Oresswell i Clarke 5 i Barker 16 Guy Redgate Byes and Wide Balls, Total 152 HAMPSHIRE. Total FIRST INNINGS. Captain Richardson, st Guy, 0 J. Greenwood, Esq. b Redgate, 0 Martin, run out 17 Mr. Brown, b Clarke, 1 Mr. Bailey, b Redgate, 6 Day, b Barker 14 Bodle, b Clark 12 Sir F. Bathurst, b Barker 13 Barfoot, b by Clarke 7 J. Chamberlayne, Esq. b Clarke 0 J. Hadden, Esq, (of Nottm.) not out 0 Byes and Wide Balls, 6 SECOND INNINGS. Barfoot, b by Clarke, 1 Martin, b by Barker, Sir F. Bathurst, b Redgate 3 Mr. Brown, b Clarke 0 Mr. Hadden, leg before wicket 0 J. Greenwood, Esq. st Warwick 2 Mr. Bailey, c Cresswell 22 Captain Richardson, run out 0 Day, b Barker 15 Chamberlain, not out 0 Bodle, absent 0 Byes and Wide Balls, 4 Total 57 Total 76 iNottingham winning in one inning, by 19. July 26—Eleven gentlemen of Rugby against eleven gentlemen of Nottinghamshire. August 24—Mary-le-bone Club and Ground against the Trent Bridge Club and Ground. J. Plant, Printer, 6, Clare Street, Nottingham. The abo.ve is reproduced from a copy of an old score card kindly forwarded by Mr. A. J. Gaston. E ric P. B arbour , a son of G. P. Barbour, one of the New South Wales selectors, has broken a Sydney Grammar School record held by G. L. Garnsey. During the paBt season he made more than 1,300 runs and took over 130 wickets. D o e s any reader know of a better record than the following, asks “ Not Out ” of the Sydney Referee Mr. Albert Gregory some years back took a team to Windsor to play a local club. The visitors looked like being beaten badly, as only 7 runs were wanted with seven