Cricket 1907

M a y 30 , 1907. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 169 self, making six catches in the first innings and taking a couple of wickets in the second. Mr. A. W. Shelton, of Nottingham, has kindly forwarded me an analysis of his doings in last year’s inter-County matches which is published below, and which shows how greatly Notts have benefited by his assistance :— TEN HOME MATCHES. Given to Notts. Byes Given by Notts' Byes Extras. only. Extras. only. Leicester ... ... 8 ... 4 .* ... 2 .., 0 Surrey.............. .. 21 ... 6 ... ... 14 ..., 5 Essex .......... ,.. 23 ... 12 ... ... 10 ..., 5 Northants........... .. 11 ... 2 ... ... 8 ... 3 Yorkshire ... ... 13 ... 2 ... ... 8 ... 0 Lancashire ... ... 35 ... 18 ... ... 7 ..., 2 Derbyshire ... .... 13 ... 7 ... ... 10 .... 5 Gloucestershire ... 27 ... 14 ... ... 9 ... 2 S ussex.............. ,.. 31 ... 23 ... ... 10 ... 6 Middlesex ... .... 38 ... 20 ... ... 20 .... 5 TEN AWAY MATCHES. Yorkshire ... ... 17 ... 8 ... ... 13 ..., 9 Surrey................. 32 ... 15 ... ... 18 ... 9 Lancashire ... .. 8 ... 5 ... ... 6 ... 4 Essex ............... .. 30 ... 29 ... ... 9 ... 9 Gloucestershire... 12 ... 10 ... ... 3 ... 0 Sussex.............. ... 23 ... 20 ... ... 9 .. . 5 Middlesex ... .,.. 44 ... 35 ... ... 26 .... 14 Northants. ... ,... 22 ... 5 ... ... 6 .... 2 Leicestershire .... 23 ... 21 ... ... 14 .... 13 Derbyshire ... , 9 ... 5 ... ... 15 .... 12 Totals .. 440 ... 261 ... ... 216 .... 110 Ia these 20 matches he disposed of 57 batsmen : the opposing wicket-keepers of 44. The net results can, therefore, be summarised as follows :— Balance in favour of Notts. Total extras ......................................224 Byes only.............................................151 Wickets ............................................. 13 I n a match at Cambridge last Friday between Sidney and Downiog Colleges there was a long stand for the last wicket. Downing, in respjnse to a total of 105, had lost nine wickets for 92 when E. H. Chapman joined W. Baines. Together, the pair added 103 before the latter was caught for 91. P a r tic u la r s of a noteworthy feat performed on Whit-Monday have just reached me. Playing for Birkenhead Park against Boughton Hall, Eogers scored 101 out of 119 obtained during the fifty minutes he was in. He hit two 6’s and fifteen 4’s. He also took three wickets for 1 run at the end of the Boughton Hall innings. E v e n more unusual, howtver, wai the batting of S. Swithenbank for Saltaire against Windhill in a Bradford Leigue match last Saturday. Swithenbank, going in first, carried his bat through the innings of 114 for 100, the only other score higher than a single being 10 by W. Starr. The Saltaire innings is well worthy a place in “ Gossip ” :— S altaire . S. Swithenbank, not out ................ 100 N. Firth, c Dawson, b Keighley ... 0 T. Ives, b Hall...................................... l W. Starr, c Widd, b Halliday ......... 10 H. J. Pratt, st Brooksbank, b Halliday 1 F. Stead, c Dawson, b Keighley ... 0 Proctor, b Keighley ........................ 0 A. Craven, c Horsfield, b Halliday ... 1 F. Smith, b Keighley ........................ 0 H. Knight, b Keighley......................... 0 E. Rhodes, c Dawson, b Keighley ... 0 B y e ........................ 1 Total ..................................114 On Whit-Monday, in a match at Pad- dockWood, some very similar scoring took place. Playing for Paddock Wood against St. George the Martyr, E. Lam­ bert, going in when two wickets had fallen, carried out his bat for 100, the only other score above 5 in the completed innings of 136 being 11 by F. Ballard. The last mail from Australia, however, brings news of an even more remarkable feat. C. W. Landon, playing for Com­ bined Public Schools against Sydney Grammar School, on the Sydney Ground on April 10th, made 127 not out of a total of 179, no one else reaching double figures. Landon is the young player who made 369 on the Petersham Oval eighteen months ago. I t is announced on good |authority that, owing to business claims, Mr. J. F. Byrne has decided to retire from the captaincy of the Warwickshire Eleven. He will, however, continue to assist the side whenever possible. C o v e n t r y and Barwell have met regularly twice a season for the last one hundred years, and the centenary was celebrated last week at Coventry. M r . C. C . C lar k e , [the well-known Surrey cricketer, led the singing of the National Anthem on the Stock Exchange on Friday last, Empire Day. The follow­ ing afterwards appeared in the Financial News in celebration of the event:— Overheard in the KafiSr Circus:— “ Dot vas a very goot song Charlie Clarke wrote to-day. Has he written any odders ?” P l a y in g in an eleven-a-side match at Wembley on Saturday between Gresham (N.-W. London) and Wembley, F. Thur- ton took eighteen of the latter’s wickets, nine in each innings, at a cost of only 20 runs. A telegram from Melbourne states that the Victorian Cricket Association has approved the proposal to guarantee the M.C.C. ten thousand pounds for their tour in the autumn. At the same time a message from Sydney announces the resignation of Mr. Trickett, the President of the New South Wales Cricket Associa­ tion, because, at a special meeting of that body which he had called in order to discuss the advisability of rescinding the resolution by which some of the leading players were suspended from holding office for five years, it was resolved to consider his resolution in committee. A propos of the M.C.C proposed tour, the Sydney Referee remarks that it should obliterate any remnant of the bitter local feeling that arose over the events which precipitated the cricket crisis last year. It should bind in harmony all forces for the purposes of overthrowing in a fair and manly struggle the holders of “ the ashes.” It is to be therefore sincerely hoped that all parties interested will pull together, and help to make the new government of International oricket in Australia a success from every point of view. M e lb o u r n e Grammar School, playing against Xavier on April 6th, scored 622 in their second innings. A. C. K. M a c k e n zie , who accom­ panied the New South Wales team to Western Australia, stated upon his return that “ Parker, who learnt his cricket at college at Adelaide, reminds you of Clem Hill, only that he is a right-hander. He gets both hands low down on the handle, and from the moment he goes in is after the ball all the time. He cuts and pulls well, and has a lovely square cut. Twelve months’ practice here, would, I believe, get him into the State eleven, and, having done that, he would go higher in all probability. He’s only a young chap, about 24, and of the modest and unas­ suming style. He’s the only man we played against with possibilities ahead of him. It is a pity a player like Parker does not have a chance to get better cricket.” “ I n this connection,” continued Mr, Mackenzie, “ Dr. Anderson, a great sup­ porter of the game in West Australia, has an idea that if a player in that State stands out above his fellows, South Aus­ tralia should be allowed to play him in the Sheffield matches; that, similarly, Victoria should draw on Tasmania, and New South Wales on Queensland. I believe it is to be brought up at the next meeting of the Board of Control. An objection is that it might destroy the representative character of the matches, but it might be the means of improving Australian cricket. It might unearth another Trumper, who would otherwise languish for want of first-class cricket.” I t might be pointed out, remarks “ Not Out ” of the Sydney Referee, that the Board of Control has no jurisdiction over inter-State cricket. Dr. Anderson’s idea, as far as it applies to West Australia only, by reason of its great distance from the East, might be acceptable, but it would have a prejudicial effect on cricket in Tasmania and Queensland if extended to those States. There is, one believes, no possibility of its being carried out in the Eastern States. A t the commencement of the week two captains—Lord Dalmeny at the Oval and Mr. Palairet at Taunton—upon winning the toss, adopted the sometimes hazardous policy of putting their opponents in. In each case the experiment turned out well, Surrey defeating Gloucestershire by ten wickets, and Somerset beating Sussex by six. In putting Gloucestershire in at the Oval, the Surrey captain risked practi­ cally nothing, for at the present time the Westerners are so weak in batting that Surrey would probably have won in any case. How unfortunate the policy of putting one’s opponents in can prove, however, has more than once been plainly shown. At Leyton, in 1900, for instance, Derbyshire made 434 for five wickets