Cricket 1907

260 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J u ly 11, 1907. a bail. Even more extraordinary appear the cases of a batsman who shook off a bail in striking the ground with his bat, and of the player whose spectacles were bowled off his nose on to the wicket and dis­ turbed it. A flying splinter from a bat dislodging a bail is comparatively common: in any case, less unusual that for a bail to be removed by the dangling string of a bat. Many other remarkable instances of dismissal could be cited if necessary, but sufficient has been said to convince anybody that many things have happened in cricket which the original framers of the laws never anticipated. At Lord’s on Monday last I was fortunate enough to meet Mr. Philip Sheridan, of Aus­ tralia, who is making a stay of a few months in the old country. To all readers of Cricket his name will be very familiar, for he may justly be regarded as the father of the game in Sydney. It was due to him that the Sydney ground was formed, and it was inter­ esting to hear that up to the present time as much as a hundred and ninety-four thousand pounds has been spent on the enclosure. From what Mr. Sheridan said, I could easily believe what several cricketers had previously told me—that the Sydney ground is by far the best-appointed in the world. It was pleasing to have first-hand information concerning many of the best-known men who came over with the earlier teams— of Boyle, Horan, Bailey, Allan, the Banner- mans, and others. Asked what his opinion was of Tom Kendall, who accompanied the 1878 team on their preliminary tour through the Colonies, but did not proceed to England owing to increasing weight, Mr. Sheridan replied— “ If I had to choose a ‘ world ’ team he would be one of my first selections,” which was certainly high praise coming from so good a judge of the game. At the same time, Mr. Sheridan, like almost everybody else entitled to express an opinion, regards Spofforth as the finest bowler the world has produced, during the last half- century at any rate. Whilst speaking very highly of the early Australian cricketers—his memory carries him back over fifty years—he did not praise their skill simply because they belonged to a previous generation. He spoke well of Sam Cosstick and Jerry Bryant, but thought that T. J. D. Kelly had been over­ rated as a point. Mr. Sheridan leaves England in the Ormuz early in September, and will call upon Ranjitsinhji in India on his way home. No finer innings has been seen in London this season than Hayward’s 146 not out for the Players at Lord’s on Monday. It was worthy of the occasion and the man, being a faultless display and the result of attractive cricket. Alone of professional batsmen, he has now made as many as seven three-figure scores in Gentlemen v. Players matches — four at Lord’s and three at the Oval:— A t L ord ’s. 116* in 1896 lit „ 1900 123* „ 1905 146* „ 1907 A t th e O val. 134* in 1899 177 „ 1902 203 „ 1904 * Signifies not out. His innings quite dwarfed everything else seen in the match, though Napier’s bowling in the second innings of the Players was of very exceptional quality, whilst Mr. Jones’ fielding and catches were also of the highest class. It is an interesting fact that only onc8 before—by Shrewsbury, in 1891—had a bats­ man succeeded in going right through the innings at Lord’s for either side. There are now eight instances of the feat having been accomplished in the history of the match :— Score. Batsman. Ground. Year 67 ... Lockwood (E.).........Oval..........................1874 47 ... A. P. Lucas .........Oval..........................1883 81 ... Shrewsbury .........Lord’s ...................1891 151 ... Shrewsbury ......... Oval... ...................1892 62 ... J. J. Ferris ......... Scarborough..........1892 168 ... A b e l................ ... Oval........................ 1894 153 ... Abel ... .................Oval..........................1900 146 ... Hayward.......... ... Lord’s .................1907 Considering that as many as 166 matches have taken place, the above list is b y no means large. PENNSYLVANIA UNIVERSITY TOUR. 1 st M a t c h .— v . HARROW SCHOOL. Played at Harrow on June 27. Harrow won by 26 runs. Falcon and Mumm made 73 for the first wicket of Harrow, whose ninth wicket fell when the game was a tie. Falcon hit five 4’s. P ennsylvania U niversity . First innings. Second innings. C. M. Graham, c Earle, b Bird .................................. 2 not out .......... 8 W. Evans, lbw, b Bird ... 2 bLaverton.......... 0 F. W. Baker, c Adair, b c Anson, b Laver- Bird ...............................25 ton ................... 6 H. Bond, c Lang, b Bird ... 3 not out ........... 0 D. Graham, c Adair, b Anson................. ........ 45 H. V. Horden, lbw, b Anson 13 c Earle, b Anson 1 A. N. Goodfellow, c Laver- ton, b Earle .................... 2 c and b Laverton 1 L. Lee, b Bird ................34 R. Lee, st Lang, b Bird ...11 st Lang, b Laver­ ton ................. 1 N. S. Hales, c Bird, b Laverton ........................... 3 c Falcon, b Anson 1 C. Winters, not out ............ 1 Byes................................. 6 Bye.................. 1 Total ...................147 Total (6 wkts) 19 H arrow . J.E.Mumm, st Winter, b D. Graham M. Falcon, b Evans ... R. B. Cowley, lbw, b Horden ................. M. C. Bird, c Baker, b Horden ................. R. Anson, c Baker, b Horden ................. 8 J. V. Adair, c R. Lee, b H orden................. 3 11 13 A. H. Lang, not out 32 G. F. Earle, b Good- fellow ................. 0 G.A. Laverton, c Hor­ den, b Goodfellow 0 D. R. J. Halliday, lbw, b Horden ... 1 A. V. Makant, c L. Lee, b Horden ... 8 Extras.................11 Total ... ...173 P ennsylvania . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Bird ... 14 5 38 6, Earle ... 7 1 33 1 Makant... 2*4 1 15 0 Anson ... 6 0 26 2 Laverton 8 2 29 1 | H arrow . O. M. R. W. Hordern 22*15 74 6 IGraham Goodfellow 24 2 49 2 |Evans ... Lee .......... 6 2 8 0 | O. M. R. W. 7 1 33 1 1 1 0 1 2 nd M atch .— v. ST. PAUL’S SCHOOL. Played at West Kensington on June 29. Drawn. C. Mervyn Graham played a fine innings of 151 not out, going in first and carrying out his bat. He has at various times appeared for the Gentlemen of Philadelphia, the Colts, and the Belmont Halifax Cup team : he is regarded as the steadiest and most experienced batsman on the side. P ennsylvania U niversity . C. M. Graham, not out ..........................151 W. F. Evans, b Sar­ gent ... .................. 6 F. W. Baker, lbw, b Sargent .................. 0 H. V. Hordern, lbw, b Whorlow.................. 2 D. Graham, c Spic6r, b Whorlow ......... 5 L.. Lee, c Ley, b Brown .................33 A. N. Goodfellow, b Whorlow ... ... ... 12 H. H. Bond, c and b Chesterton ..........34 R. Lee, not o u t..........14 B 15, lb 5 ..........20 Total (7 wkts.) *277 N. S. Hales and C. H. Winter did not bat. * Innings declared closed. St. Paul’s School had no innings. P ennsylvania U niversity . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Sargent ... 16 1 71 2 I Brown ... 6 0 28 1 Whorlow... 18 4 54 3 Chesterton 13-2 1 23 1 3 r d M a t c h .— v. CLIFTON COLLEGE. Played at Clifton on July 2. Pennsylvania won by ten wickets. The visitors’ success was due largely to the all­ round cricket of Hordern, who scored 27 and took twelve wickets for 85 runs. C lifton C ollege . First innings. Second innings. R. D. Crew, c Lee, b c D. Graham, b b Hordern...................... 2 Hordern...........19 G. M. Cleghom, b Good­ fellow ... ......................19 b D. Graham ... 3 F. H. Martin, b Hordern... 7 b D. Graham ... 0 W.M. Brownlee, b Hordern 4 st.Bond, b Hor­ dern ................. 3 R. V. Cullinan, b Hordern 6 st Bond, b D. Graham......... 1 A. H. Mcllwaine, c Baker, b Hordern.................... 14 b Hordern.......... 16 T. D. Morison, not out ... 10 c Shoemaker, b D. Graham ... 5 T. W. Melhuish, st Winter, b Hordern......................... 4 b D. Graham ... 9 L. Thorp, st Winter, b c C. M. Graham, Hordern ........................ 1b D. Graham... 4 A. M. Clark, b Goodfellow 0 b Hordern.......... 0 H. M. Clews, b Hordern... 0 not out .......... 1 B 8, lb 1 ................. 9 B 5, w 4, nb 1 10 Total Total 71 P ennsylvania U niversity . H. V. Hordern, c and b Morison ........27 R. Lee, not ou t........15 N.S. Hales, b Clews... 3 C. H. Winter, lbw, b Clews........................ 0 J. M. Shoemaker, b b Morison ........ 12 B 4, w 1.......... 5 Total....... 133 C. M. Graham, b Morison ................. 5 H. H. Bond, c Mori­ son, b Melhuish ... 0 W. S. Evans, b Mel­ huish ................. 5 F. W. Baker, c Culli­ nan, b Martin ... 30 D. Graham, b Mel­ huish .................14 A. N. Goodfellow, b Melhuish.................17 Second Innings :—Hales, not out 9 ; Lee, not out 6.—Total (no wkt) 15. C lifton . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. li. W. Hordern........ 13’4 3 46 8 8 1 39 4 Goodfellow ... 13 4 21 2 7*4 2 22 6 P ennsylvania . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Melhuish ... 16 3 35 4 3 0 7 0 Morison........ 10 0 47 3 4 1 8 0 Martin ........ 10 1 33 1 Clews ......... 4 1 13 2 4 th M a tc h .— v. SHREWSBURY SCHOOL. PJayed at Shrewsbury on July 3. Drawn. Rain prevented play from commencing at the appointed hour, and, in consequence, it was found impossible to complete the match. The draw, how­ ever, was largely in favour of the visitors. P ennsylvania U niversity . A. N. Goodfellow, c Forman, b Bardsley 2 R. Lee, c Forman, b Bardsley................. 0 H. V. Hordern, not out 33 B 11, w 1 ..........12 Total (6 wkts)*141 C. M. Graham, b For­ man ........................ 1 W. S. Evans, b For­ man ........................17 H. H. Bond, not out... 50 F. W. Baker, b Raikes 15 D. Graham, c Baron, b Raikes .................11 N. S. Hales, J. M. Shoemaker, and C. H. Winter did not bat. * Innings declared closed. S hrewsbury S chool . R. V. Bardsley, c Good­ fellow, b Hordern... 1 A. Whale, st Winter, b Hordern ..........16 J. Baron, c and b H ordern................. 4 R. Burton, not out ... 16 H. Forman, c Bond, b Evans........................11 K. C. Raikes, b Hord­ ern ..................... 0 B 4,nb1 .......... 5 Total (5 wkts) 53 S. Bremner, J. Heselton, C. Thompson, N. Zim- mem, and K. Leake did not bat. P ennsylvania U niversity . Forman Burton Leake O. M. R. W. 18 4 11 2 3 60 2 23 0 9 0 Raikes Bardsley ... O. M. R. W. 2 20 2 2 17 2 S h rew sbu ry S ch ool. O. M. R. W. Hordern ... 7 4 Goodfellow 5 1 O. M. R. W. 16 4 j D. Graham 4 0 17 0 14 0 IEvans......... 1 1 0 1