Cricket 1907

J une 20, 1907. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 217 hands of Worcestershire in the second fixture, the Week will always be remem­ bered on account of the collapse of Northamptonshire and Dennett’s feat in taking fifteen wickets in a single day for 21 runs. It is of interest to know that as far back as the reign of George I. the good people of Gloucester were enjoying the game. I have, in fact, a record of a match played on September 22ad, 1719, between two elevens in the “ Town-ham at Gloucester, for upwards of twenty guineas.” It was in the same year that we first hear of a Kent County Eleven taking the field. such a player been included it may well be doubted whether the visitors would have pulled off the match, owing to the advantage accruing to the side successful in the toss. A t e l e g r a m from Sydney is responsible for the statement that O. B. Fry has received an invitation to accompany the M.C.C.’s team to Australia in the autumn. As the player named is still able, despite his injured leg, to make runs agtinst obtained his five hundredth wicket for Sussex. The left-hander, by-the-way, will be making his two-hundred-and- fiftieth consecutive appearance for his County when he takes the field against the South Africans at Hove on July 4th. Surely the latter must be a record of its kind ? O n Monday last Harvey Thomas, a member of the Swansea Town C.C., died from the effects of a blow received on the head from a cricket ball. I n his notes in last Mon­ day’s Morning Post “ W.G.” wrote:— Some discussion has taken place during the week as to whether or not a captain should play on after time, and so allow a match to be finished and won by hip opponents. On Tuesday evening when Northants had lost seven wickets for 40 runs, it is stated that G. L. Jessop suggested to E. M. Crosse that they should finish the match that evening, but Crosse would Dot continue after time, and, as rain prevented any play on Wednesday, by declining to go on he saved his side from de­ feat. As so much now depends upon the position a county takes at the end of the seasonin the Championship, there can be no doubt the right thing to do is to save your side from defeat if you possibly can, and never throw a chance away, however remoteit is. It would be very unfair to other counties in the competition if a county gave another a victory by going on after time. There must be hard-and-fast rules to govern a competition like the Cricket Championship, and it is the duty of every captain to see that these rules are enforced in every particular. It is very sportsmanlike for a captain'in a friendly match, if no declaration has been made, to go on after time and allow his opponents to gain a well-deserved victory, but to do so in a competition would be decidedly wrong. I seem to remember the “ Old Man ” himself upon one occasion acting as E. M. Crosse did last week, and provoking much hostile and unnecessary criticism in consequence. The above-quoted remarks may, there­ fore, be taken as “ W. G.’s ” defence for his action upon that occasion. L a n cash ir e were certainly seen to advantage in their matoh with Surrey at Old Trafford last week, and, although winning the toss benefited them to no small extent, they thoroughly deserved their success. Surrey’s lack of a left- handed bowler for slow wickets was rendered painfully evident, but even had G r a n d C r i c k e t M a t c h , NOW PLAYING ON JBtotttngljam&ace Course, BETWEEN 11 Of all England, & the Nottingham Club fo r 1000 Guineas. First Day Monday, June ‘23rd, 1817. NOTTINGHAM, FIEST INNINGS. Mr. J Brittain. 2 Caught Budd H. Hopkin. 3 Run out W. Henson. 8 Caught Holloway G. Thorpe. 3 Bowl’d Lord Beauclerk W. Clarke. 1 Bowl’d Lambert W. Leeson" 2 Caught Budd T. Warsop 2 Bowl’d Lambert R. Jeffries. 3 Stump’d Howard J. Dennis. 3 Run out R. Warsop. 2 Caught Budd E. Pacey. 0 Stump’d Howard Q. Smith. 1 Bowl’d Lambert T. Holmes. 3 Bowl’d Lord Beauclerk P. Bramley. 0 Stump’d Howard W. Hewit. 0 Bowl’d Lambert Jno. Hewit. 0 Bowl’d ditto Bowl’d ditto W. Warsop. 2 S. Foster. 1 Caught Holloway W. Jeffries. 2 Caught Lambert J. Brewster Jun. 1 Ditto ditto S. Hudson. 10 Bowl’d Howard W. Chapmam. 0 Not out Bye 1 50 ALL ENGLAND. Mr. Bently. 9 Run out Bennett. 5 Stump’d Dennis Beldam 7 Holloway. 1 Bye Lorp F. Beauclerk. G. Osbaldeston Esq. M.P. H. E. Budd, Esq. Mr. Lambert. Howard. Slater. Shearmam. 1 Hodson, Printer, Nottingham The above is reproduced from a copy of an old score card, kindly by Mr. A. J. Gaston. some of the bett bowling in the country —he scored 85 against Yorkshire, at Sheffield, on Monday—it is to be hoped that he will fully regain his old powers of run-getting, be able to accept the invitation, and go through the tour without his leg giving way. L ast week’s match at Trent Bridge between Nottinghamshire and Sussex marked the former side’s five hundredth appearance in the County Championship competition. In the same match Killick A te leg r am from Sydney announces that the New South Wales Cricket Asso­ ciation have decided to cur­ tail the term of suspension from holding office passed upon several of the leading cricketers. The term has been reduced from five years to one, and will expire on the 30th inst. This is cer­ tainly a very welcome pro­ ceeding on the part of the N.S.W.C.A. M r . F. F. K s l l t , of New York, kindly informs me that on May 30th, A. Felton, jun., bowling for Willow Park against Hopedale (Mass.), on the latter’s ground, took five wickets with consecutive balls. On the same date a tie-match was played at Providence, Rhode Island, between Providence Whites (76 and 57) and Neddie Island (54 and 79). M id d l e s e x cricketers will be interested to hear that Mr. T. A. D. Bevington, of Southgate, who appeared for the County on a few occasions, has been playing the game successfully in Manitoba. In a match at Winnipeg on May 24th, he made 104 for Civics, of which club he is the captain, against R.M.C.R. E. C. Reynolds scored 100 in the same innings, which amounted to 355. A local paper said that Bevington’s “ 104 was one of the prettiest sights ever seen on a Winnipeg cricket field. A remarkably clean hitter, he plays the game correctly, and when a ball comes along off the wickets he lays about it in such a manner as to stamp him a player of the first water. One of his drives yesterday deserves to be specially mentioned. The ball was slightly off the off-stump, and he promptly lifted it clean over the road and street car into Mr. Mansfield’s grounds.” T h e M.C.C. Committee have decided to recommend to the counties that it is not advisable that wickets should be pro­ forwarded