Cricket 1907

256 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J u ly 4, 1907. TH E HAM BLEDON M EN * There have been many attractive editions of Nyren , but none which can appeal more strongly to the cricket bibliophile than the one just given to the world by Mr. E. Y. Lucas. It should at once be stated that the present volume contains much besides The Young Cricketer's Tutor and The Cricketers of My Time. There are, for instance, poems by Mr. Andrew Lang and Mr. A. Cochrane, reproductions from the writings of Haygarth, Pycroft, Clarke, and Dr. Montgomery, and> best of all, the review of Nyren which appeared in the Gentleman1 s Magazine from the pen of the Rev. John Mitford. It is good to have all these extracts collected into one volume, though perhaps too much prominence has been accorded to William Clarke, of Nottingham, who did not come into note until years and years after the Hambledon Club had broken up. Mr. Lucas holds the reader’s attention from the very first; he commences his introduction by making the following quotation from Gilbert White’s correspondence of 1786 :— “ Little Tom Clement is visiting at Petersfield, where he plays much at cricket: Tom bats; his grandmother bowls; and his great grandmother watches out!! ” One of the most interesting portions of the book is that wherein Mr. Lucas tells the story of John Nyren. A few years ago he was fortunate enough to become acquainted with three of the old cricketer’s grand-daughters, and by that means was enabled to obtain information which carries the etory of his life a little farther than Mr. J. W . Allen’s excel­ lent memoir in the Dictionary of National Biography. This is, undoubtedly, the most valuable chapter in the volume, though the fact that Nyren appeared for the Gentlemen in their two matches against the Players in 1806 has been overlooked (p. 104). In hia Introduction Mr. Lucas sayt.:—“ My object in the pre'ent book has been to bring together as many authentic prais< s of the ear,y cricketers first celebrated by N\ren as I could find—together with a few new fa-jts concerning Nyren himself: the whole to form rather a eulogy of the fathers of the noblest of games than a history of its rise or contribution to the literature of its theory.” In this he has succeeded admirably, though a few sources of information have been over­ looked. The value of the book would have been increased if a record of the Hambledon matches had been included, or, at least, a few figures to enable one to see at a glance what Small, Tom Walker, Beldham and others accomplished in their prime. “ The reader will fin d ............. no well-ordered facts, but much enthusiasm,” writes Mr. Lucas, who lias accordingly made no attempt to chronicle the deeds of any of the early worthies for whom he professes such affection. li The Hambledon Men ” is very tastefully bound, and contains some interesting illus­ trations. The frontispiece—a page of George Shepherd’s sketches preserved at Lord’s, depicting Beld iam, Tom Walker, David Harris, Lord, and others—will probably be fresh to the m .jority of the followers of the game. Editor aud publisher alike are to be congratulated upon the production of the volume, which is worthy of the subject of which it treats. *The Hmnbledon Men. Edited by E. V. Lucas. London : Henry Frowde. 2s. 6d.net. and 3s Gd. net. PAR SEE S v. HINDUS. At a meeting of the representatives of the different cricket clubs of Bombay, called in the Parsee Gymkhana on Saturday evening (May 25th), to lay down the fixtures for the forthcoming season, Mr. J. M. Framji Patel presided. It was resolved to postpone the laying down of the fixtures and to invite the Hindoo Gymkhana to co-operate in the fixing of them. The Chairman said that his connection with the Parsee cricket extended to close upon 35 years; it was his wish to see the standard of Parsee cricket played on still higher basis before his retirement. With this object in view, he requested the Parsee players to let bygones be bygones, and act in the common interest of the game with amity, unity and good sense, and to arrive at a unanimous resolution for the honour of their community. Mr. Cardmaster said that in view of the letter written by the Hindu Gymkhana about the withdrawal of the resolution they had p issed declining to play matches with the Parsees, and asking through their Cricket S ^cretary to arrange matches, the Parsees cancelled their retaliatory resolution ; and the meeting authorised cric&et representatives of the different clubs to arrange matches with the Hindoo Gymkhana, and to send out the general circular about it to the Secretary of that institution aho. The resolution was seconded by Mr. R. E. Modi and unanimously adopted. The Chairman having expressed himself pleased with the sporting spirit in which bis recommendation had been met, the meeting concluded .—Bombay Gazette. WANDERERS V. ORAVESEND-Bayed at the Bat and Ball Ground on June 29. G ravbsbnd . F.W.Boorman,bBarker32 i L. O. Troughton, lbw, C.G.Robson,cBehrend, b T aylor..................20 I) Barker.................24 B.Luff, Ibw, b Taylor 8 R.M.Wakeley,bBarker 4 L.W.Savile.cJephson, F.H.Stevens,cStafford, b Wyatt ................. 21 b Jephson ..........44 R. R. Emsell, b Taylor 25 H.Gramshaw,bBarker 1 O.K.Ohadwick,notout 0 B. Tabrum, c and b B 17, lb 6 ..........23 Taylor .................28 T otal..........230 W anderers . S. Colman, b Boorman 34 D. L. A. Jephson, c Troughton ,bRobsonlOO T.O. Stafford, c Gram- shaw, b Boorman ... 18 R.Kenward, c Stevens, b Boorman ..........37 T. J. Wheeler, c Luff, b Boorman ..........20 K.E.M. Barker, lbw, b Rev. Eusell .......... 6 T.A.. Darke, c Stevens,-1 b Luff ................. 9 O.G.Wyatt, cTabrum, b Luff .................13 H.Ohurch, c Tabrum, b Robson................. 5 A .H. Behreud, not out 9 O. Taylor, lbw, b Luff 0 B 10, w 1 ..........11 Total ...262 HAMPSTEAD v. ST. MARY’S HOSPITAL.- Played at St. Quintin’s Park on June^. H ampstead . G. G. Dumbelton, b Straton ..........17 H. Wade, b Neagle ...51 J. G. Donaldson, c Wooster, b Nare ... 46 H. Walters, notout ... 33 C. H. G. Smith, c Timothy, b Straton 17 W. A. Forsyth, run out ............................3 Howard-W i 11i a m s , not out .................. 9 B 18, lb 5, nb 1 24 Total (5 wkts) *200 Price-Williams, T. S. Wheater, R. T. Orr, and * Innings declared closed. O. D. Drayson did not bat. S t . M art ’ s A. R. Hobb8,'c Donald­ son, b Wheater ... 75 T. R. Shirgoakar. c Dumbelton, b Smith 54 E. W. Archer, c Dum­ belton, b Donaldson 3 T. Hare, run out..........11 R. D. Neagle, c sub., b Donaldson .......... 1 H ospital . A. A. Straton, b Donaldson ... 4 T. K. Meers, c Smith, b Wheater .......... 0 H. L. Barker, not out 11 T. H. Burdett(not out 8 B 2, lb 1, nb 1 ... 4 Total (7 wkts) 171 R. T. Wooster and T. Timothy did not bat HAMPSTEAD v. GUY'S HOSPITAL.—Played at Hampstead on July 29. H ampstead . B. S. Foster, b Tooth 7 T.S. Wheater, c Coveil, b Tooth ............... 18 E. L. Marsden, b Kah- lenberg ................ 4 A. A.Barron, b Kalilen- berg .......... ... 11 R. 1) Robertson, c Doll, b Kahlenberg..........81 T.M. Farmiloe.c Smith, b Kahlenberg.........14 G uy ’ s H ospital . First innings. H. Archer. Ibw, b Pawling... 9 H. T ,ee, b Marsden .......... 1 H. V. Gibbons, b Pawling... 10 Hope Orispe. lbw, b Kahlenberg A.R. Trimen, b Young C. RraithwaitP, c Young, b Smith S. S. Pawling, b Kah- lenberir ................ G. R. Perkins, nor out Byes ......... . ... Total .177 P. Smith, b \1arsden G. E. Covell, c Foster, b Pawling . .................. 0 W. T. Clark, run ou t.......... 1 J. T. Young, c Foster, b Pawling ........................ 8 F. Kahlenberg, not out ... 31 W. Doll, b Marsden ......... 0 Tooth, b Marsden ..........20 B 9, lb 3 ........................12 Total- Second innings. notout.......... b Wheater... b Foster ... b Wheater... b Foster ... b Foster ... b Foster ... 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