Cricket 1907

282 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J u ly 18, 1907. W a s s has had an experience during the last ten days which, I should imagine, is unique. He was invited to hold him­ self in readiness for the Test match at Lord’s and for the Gen liemen v. Players match both at Lord’s and the Oval, yet on each occasion he was twelfth man. As he received his fee for each matA , although he did not bowl a ball in either, he certainly received more than adequate remuneration for his services. A. D. I mlay ’ s wicket-keeping in this week’s Gentlemen v. Players match at the Oral was of a very high standard indeed and created much favourable comment. It was, I believe, owing to the high opinion Brearley expressed of him daring the match between Cambridge University and the Gentlemen of England, at East- bourne three weeks ago, that he was awarded his Blue. Iu any case, his form during the match which ended at the Oval yesterday was quite worthy of the occasion. O.'f Saturday last a tie was chronicled in the West Ead Junior Cap match between Lotus and Tottenham House, each side scoring 65. In the correspond­ ing match of the previous year a precisely similar result had been recorded, the totals, then as now, being 65. Therefore, all four inniags played in the two matches were of identically the same value. This reminds me that when Woking played Shiere, at Woking, in 1818, each of the four innings realised 71, and that when Tenby met the Royal Fusiliers, at Tenby, in 1885, four totals of 51 were recorded. M a n y happy returns to the Grand Old Man of Cricket, who completes his fifty- ninth year to-day ! I h a v e been asked t o publish the fol­ lowing correspondence respecting the absence of Mr. A. E. Lawton from the Derbyshire Eleven:— 8, St. Mary’s Gate, Derby. July Hth, 1907. Dear Lawton,—At a Meeting of the General Committee held to-day the following resolution was unanimously passed : ‘ ‘ That a letter he sent to Mr. Lawton expressing- the regret of this Committee at the incident which cansed his retirement from Derbyshire county cricket, and the hope that he will see his way to again give his valuable services to the county.” Yours faithfully, W . B ahclay D elacombe , Secretary, Derbyshire C.C.O. July 14th, 1907. Dear Sir,—I have consulted my father regarding the resolution passed by your Committee on the llth inst., and we have agreed that I should play with j our team during the present season whenever I can be spared from my business. You may count on me playing at Derby on the 18th and 22nd inst. I am, yours truly, A. E. L awton . To the Secretary, Derbyshire County Cricket Club. The news that the long - continued estrangement has ended will b 3welcomed by all followers of the game. C r ic k e t e r s everywhere must have rejoiced at the agreeable change in the weather during the past week, for cold winds and heavy rain have given place to gentle breeze! and unclouded skies. Before the improvement took place several of the C ^unties had exp rienced a heavy loss, and especially was this the case so far as Yorkshire was concerned. Mr. F. C . Toone, the Sscretary to tbe Yorkshire County C .C ., has comp led the following table, showing the receipts during 1907 end those in the c -respond­ ing matches of the previous season. 1916. 1907. Against £ s. d. £ s. a. Derbyshire................ 197 4 9 ... Nil f Hampshire............... 315 18 0 ... ... 53 6 3 Kent ....................... 435 18 0 ... ... 177 6 6 Surrey....................... 1,148 19 10 ... ... 301 15 9 Sussex....................... 351 5 0 ... ... 507 9 6 E ssex....................... 386 7 5 ... ... 243 9 6 Somerset ............... 272 18 0 ... ... 147 4 6 Notts.......................... 281 8 3 ... Nil + Lancashire 2nd. XI.. 27 0 0 ... ... 12 6 3 Lincolnshire ........ Nil. 7 14 0 Durham ............... 23 5 3 ... 11 16 9 Surrey 2nd. XI. 19 8 0 ... ... 39 4 0 Staffordshire ......... 17 9 9 ... ... 16 6 3 Totals........ 3,810 2 3 ... ...1,518 9 3 t Abaudoned without a ball being bowled. This Bhows a financial loss of £2 291 13s. L o r d H a w k e , who played his first, match for Yorkshire as far back as 1881, is evidently in good form just now. At Leyton, on Friday last, he carried out his bat for 61 against Essex, whilst at Woolverstone Park on Monday he scored 163 for Eton Ramblers agaiast Oxford University Authentics. W h a t e v e r hope Kent may have enter­ tained of retaining the Championship must have been dispelled by their defeat at the hands of Gloucestershire at Djver on Saturday. After their brilliant form of last season, their displays this year have been very disappointing, but the wickets have almost always been against the side. I cannot, however, help feel- itig that a mistake was made in d spens- ing with the services of Alec Hearne. In the absence of Burnup, his steady play would at times have been invaluable: he is, too, a very useful bowler and a fine field. M a k e p e a c e , the Lancashire batsman, was unfortunate in not reaching three- figures against Sussex, at Eastbourne, on Saturday. Off the last ball prior to lunch he obtained a single, thinking that was all he required to complete his hundred. It was discovered, however, that a mistake had been made on the telegrapVboard, and that two runs had been wanted. As the closure was put into force during the luncheon interval, Makepeace did not have another oppor­ tunity of making his initial century for his County. M r . Du B ou la y ’ s innings of 402 not out, made on Friday last, at Chatham, in a match the ecore of which will be found o n p a g e 287, is th e eleven th h ig h est record ed in th e annals o f th e g a m e. T h e list o f in d ivid u a l scores o f 400 o r m ore ii n o w as fo llo w s : — Individual Aggregate Score. Score. 623*, A. E. J. Collins, Clarke’s House v. North Town, in a Junior House-Match, at Clifton College, in June, 1899 ........... 836 566, C. J. Eady, Break-o’-Day v. Wellington, at Hobart', in March and April, 19 >‘2 ... 911 485, A. E. Stoddart, Hampstead v. Stoics, at Hampstead, in August, 1886 ..............*813 43K, W. W. Armstrong, Melbourne v. Mel­ bourne University, at Melbourne, in March and April, 1901 ........................ h 699 424, A. C. MacLaren, Lancashire v. Somer­ set, at Taunton, in July, 1895 .......... 801 419*. J. S. Carrick, West of Scotland v. Priory Park,at Chichester, in July, 1885 (£745 417*, J. Worrall, Carlton v. Melbourne University, at Carlton, in February, 1896 ............................................................ 922. 415*, W. N. Roe, Emmanuel College L.V.C. v. Oaius College L.V.C., at Cambridge, in July, 1881................................................(*703 412, O. H. Dean, Sydney C.E.G.S. v. New­ ington College, on the North Sydney Oval, in October, 1901 ......................... 670 404*, E. b\ S. Tylecote, Classical v. Modern, at Clifton College, in May, 1868 ......... 630 402*, Lieut. A. H. Du Boulay, School of Military Engineering v. Royal Navy and Royal Marines, at Chatham, in July, 1907 ............................................ /J32 402, T. Warne, Carlton v. Richmond, at Carlton, in December, 1893 .................. 880 400*, W. G. Grace. U.S.E.E. v. XXII. of Grimsby and District, at Grimsby, in July, 1876 ............................................... 681 *Signifies not out. a, b and c, &c, show the number of wickets down. M r. A rth u r H oussem ayn e D a B ou l^ y was b ora at C hatham on J a n e 18th, 1880, and was in th e Cnelttintiam E lev en fo r three seasoas, com m en cin g in 1895. In J u ly last he m a le 204, 153, a n d 175 fo r the R o y a l E lgin eers in on e w eek . H e appeared fo r K e n t on five occasion s ia 1899, and d id so w ell that it is to be regretted th a t h e has been u n ab le to assist th e C ou n ty since. O. V . L . H o om an , o f C harterhou se and O x fo rd , p la y e d a som ew hat rem arkable in n in gs fo r D e v o n D u m p lin g s against U n ited S ervices, at M ou n t W ise on M o n d a y . T h e la tter, g o in g ia first, w ere dis Dosed o f fo r 196, and it w as d u e solely to H oom a n th at th e D u m p lin g s w ere able to ob ta in a lea d o f 17 on th e first in n in g s :— D evon D umplings . Major Bigge, b Finlaison ........................ 1 H. G. Oruwys, c Majendie, b Finlaison ... 6 C. V. L. Hooman, b Pearson .................160 Rev. K. A. Lake, st Majendie, b Christian 1 Hon. O. Scott, b Finlaison........................ 6 W. B. Bramwell, b Christian ................. 2 C. G. Brittain, b Christain........................ 0 E. G. Jones, c Majendie, b Finlaison ... 5 C. H. Allison, c Finlaison, b Christain ... 4 H. J. Roe, b Christian................................ 3 L. Tamworth, not o u t ...............................14 Byes, &c........................................... 11 Total ........ 213 E & traord in ary as the a b o v e p e rfo rm a n ce u n d ou b te d ly w as, it neverth eless has to y ie ld p rid e o f p la ce to th a t a ccom p lish ed b y C ap t. A. C . R ich a rd s, the H am p sh ire crick eter, fo r E . C o. 2nd. H a n ts. R e g t. v. A. Co. 2nd. H a n ts. R e g t., at B a rberton , on O cto b e r 30 a n d 31, 1901. In his first in n in g s th e C ap tain scored 101 c o t ou t o u t o f 114 (in clu d in g 8 ex tra s), and in his secon d 185 o u t o f 221 (in clu d in g 16 e x tra s), th e n e x t h ig h est score fro m the b a t b e in g 2 in th e first in n in g s a n d 6 ia th e secon d .