Cricket 1907

186 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J une 6, 1907. for one season on tbe ground-staff at Tonbridge, but is, I am informed, a Sussex man by birth. T h e programme of matches drawn up by the Board of Control for the M.C.C.’s team in Australia, and seut to the M iry- It-bone Club f r approval, is as follows :— October 26, v.'Western Australia, at Perth. November 9, v. South Australia, at Ade­ laide. November 15, v. Yictoria, at Melbourne. November 22, v. New South Wales, at Sydney. November 29, v. Queensland, at Brisbane. December 6, v. Australian Eleven, at Bris­ bane. December 13, First Test Match at Sydney, December 21, v. Victorian Team, at Mel­ bourne. December 26, v. Bendigo, at Bendigo. January 1, Second Test Match, at Mel­ bourne. January 7, v. Ballarat, at Ballarat. January 12, Third Test Match, at Adelaide. The English team will then visit Tasmania and play in Launceston and Hobart. February 1, v. Victoria, at Melbourne. February 8, Fourth Test Match, at Mel­ bourne. February 15, v. New South Wales, at Sydney. February 22, Fifth Test Match, at Sydney. The Englishmen will afterwards visit Adelaide to play against South Australia, and then go on to Perth, where they will meet Western Australia. T h e match between Mimico Asylum and Grace Church, at Toronto, on May 18th, produced the first hundred of the season in Canada. The Asylum scored 198 for two wickets, A. A. Beemer making 110 not out and F. W. Terry, the old Somerset cricketer, 65- Grace Church were dismissed for 16, W. Whit­ aker, who has appeared the last two years for Canada against the United States, taking seven wickets for three runs. A t one time in the first innings of Northamptonshire against Kent on Saturday, C. Blythe’s analysis was:— 6 overs, 5 maidens, 1 run, 7 wickets. On the same afternoon Penfold, playing for Bury and West Suffolk v. Ipswich School, at Bury St. Edmunds, had the following, almost identical, figures in the second innings:— 5 overs, 4 maidens, 1 run, 7 wickets. Other remarkable feats with the b-ill were also recorded in connection with Satur­ day’s minor games. In a Heywood and District League match Christopher Hor- rocks took five wickets in six balls ; J. K. Pitcairn obtained nine wickets without a run in a house-match at Blundell’s, Tiverton; whilst, playing for R.G.A. against Lake and Sandown United, at Freshwater, Gunner Pritchard took all ten wickets for 19 runs. The match between Woodham Morti­ mer and Chelmsford Press, at Woodham Mortimer, on Saturday, furnished Eome curious cricket. On account of the weather no start was possible until 4.45. Chelmsford Press then went in and were dismissed for 8, the first three wickets falling without a run. The home side commenced their innings in a poor light, which rapidly became very bad. Six wickets fell for one run, seven for 2, eight for 5, and the last two at 8, in which were included two extras. Tbe match thus ended in a tie. A correspondent writes to me asking whether last week’s match at Chesterfield between Kent and Derbyshire ranks as the shortest upon record, the duration of play being only four hours and fifty minutes. Speaking entirely from memory, I can recall only one instance of a first-olase match being completed in a shorter period. When the first Austra­ lian team beat the M.C.C. and Ground, at Lord’s, in May, 1878, by nine wickels, play lasted only four hours and a-half, thirty-one wickets falling for 105 runs. M r. F red erick M a r sh a l l L ee , who scored 71 out of 63 in 80 minutes for Somerset against Lancashire at Bath on Monday, was born on January 8th, 1871, i.nd was educated at Uppingham, where he was in the Eleven in 1889 and 1890. In 1895 he appeared twice for Kent. He is a fine batsman, a useful change bowler, and a good field at point. For Somerset v. Worcestershire, at Taunton, last year, he and S. M. J. Woods added 90 together for the ninth wicket in 35 minutes. He has made many large scores for the Lansdown Club. F. H. H tjish , who is now assisting Kent for the thirteenth consecutive year, till maintains his wicket-keeping form wonderfully well. In the recent match at Northampton he allowed only four byes in the two innings of his opponents, and made three catches aud stumped three. In the 250 matches in which he has kept wicket for Kent, Huish has performed as follows :— Year. Matches “ kept” in. Caught. St. Total. 1895 ... ... 3 .. . 5 ... 1 . ... 6 1896 ... ... 20 .. . 40 ... 6 ... 46 1897 ... ... 19 ... 37 ... 7 ... 44 1898 ... ... 21 .. . 48 ... 3 ... 51 1899 ... ... 21 ... 73 ... 4 ... 77 1900 ... ... 19 ... 31 ... 10 ... 41 1901 ... ... 21 .. . 46 ... 6 ... 52 1902 ... ... 25 ... 40 ... 15 ... 55 1903 ... ... 22 ... 27 ... 13 ... 40 1903| - ... 4 ... 15 ... 3 ... J8 1904 ... ... 21 ... 49 ... 8 ... 57 1905 ... ... 25 .. . 54 .. 24 ... 78 1906 ... ... 22 ... 46 ... 14 ... 60 1907 ... ... 7 ... 10 ... 9 ... 19 Totals ... 250 ... 521 ... 123 ... 644 tAmerican Tour. I t is to be regretted that it was not found possible to finish the Kent and Yorkshire match at Leeds yesterday, for some very interesting play would in all probability have been seen if the weather had been fine. The state of the game certainly appeared to favour Yorkshire, but Kent are capable of such great things that they might have pulled off the match, their arrears on the first innings notwith­ standing. D u r in g the present week a Summer I Sports and Pastimes Exhibition is being held in the Tribune Rendezvous, Bouverie Street, E.C. On each day, at noon, the Exhibition is declared open by a gentle­ man prominently identified with some branch of sport or open-air life. To-day the ceremony is to be performed by Mr. J. A. Pease, M.P., aud Tom Hay­ ward, to-morrow by Mr. Eugene Sandow, and on Saturday by Mr. Guy Nickalls. There is on view a large loan collection of trophies, pictures, and other objects associated with sporting incidents and history. M r . G eorge H il l y a r d S w in s t e a d , for so long the Hon. Secretary to the Artists’ C.C., has resigned the position, and has been succeeded by M r. H . J. Ford, a member of the famous brother­ hood. As all readers of Cricket are probably aware, it is to M r. Ford that we are indebted for the design which has appeared on the cover of this journal during the whole period of its existence. I h e a r on the best authority that “ The History of Kent County Cricket,” which has been in preparation for some time past, will be ready by the end of the month. The volume will consist of 499 quarto pages, apart from the index and the illustrations, which are about 130 ia number. F or the benefit of our Colonial readers the leading batting and bowling averages in first-class matches up to Monday last are appended:— BATTING. Times Most not in an Total Inns. out. Inns. runs. Aver. C. A. Faulkner .. 6 .. 2 .. .101*. . 244 . . 66 Gunn (G.) ... .. 6 .. 2 . . 70*. . 213 . . 53*25 Hayward .. 7 .. 0 .. 161 . . 353 . . 50*42 J. N. Crawford .. 7 .. 2 .. . 83 . . 236 . 47-2 Iremonger ... .. 7 .. 1 .. 130 . . 268 . . 44-66 Tyldesley .. 12 .. 1 .. 116 . . 469 . . 42-63 E. S. Litteljohn .. 7 .. 0 . . 94 . . 297 . . 42 42 Holland......... .. 11 .. 2 .. 72 . . 362 . . 40-22 Braund......... .. 13 .. 3 .. 137 . . 402 . . 402 C. P. McGahey .. 11 .. 1 . . 96 . . 390 . . 39 Hardinge .. 10 .. 1 .. 129 . . 347 . . 38-55 Hayes .......... .. 12 .. 0 . . 86 . . 429 . . 35-75 D enton.......... .. 12 .. 2 . . 149 . . 356 . . 35 6 Hobbs .......... .. 12 .. 3 . . 79*. . 319 . . 35-44 * Signifies not out. BOWLING. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Aver Fairservice ... . 66 5 ... 16 ..,. 133 ..„ 18 ... 7-38 R. O. Schwarz ... 111-2 ... 25 .. 215 .... 27 ... 7-96 Blythe ................. 2212 ... 67 .... 463 ..,. 54 ... 857 llallam ................. 1495 ... 42 .... 344 .... 40 ... 86 Fielder ................. 172-5 .. 37 .. .. 490 .... 52 ... 942 A. E. Vogler... ... 71 ... 16 ... 196 ... 20 .... 9*8 Wass ......... ... 167-2 ... 49 .... 414 .... 40 ... 10-35 J. N. Crawford ... 180-2 ... 59 ... 399 ... 37 .... 10-78 Tarrant................. 289 ... 78 .... 676 ... 60 ... 11*26 Lees................. ... 292-5 ...107 ... 617 ... 53 .... 11*64 Trott ................. 244-5 ... 80 .... 586 ..,. 50 ... 11-72 T h e following are some of the latest hundreds :— MAY. 18. A. A. Beemer, Mimico Asylum v. Grace Church.................................................... 110* 18. Lieut. Payne, R.G.A., South v. 1st Border Regt. (at Gibraltar)............................... 131 25. Hon. F. Montgomerie, Lord Eglington’s XI. v. Col. Menzies’ XI........................... 140 25. A. E. Street, I/)rd Eglington’s XI. v. Col. Menzies’ XI.............................................. 101 25. W. B. Laird, St. Thomas’ Hospital v. Cane " Hill Asylum ...................................... 132 25. H. D. G. Leveson-Gower, Old Wyke­ hamists v. Dulwich C ollege................. 104* 25. F. F. Boles, Spencer v. Brixton Wanderers 104 28. J. H. Hunt, I Zingari v. Uppingham School 122