Cricket 1907

292 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J u ly 25, 1907. Fortunately, it seldom happens that a scene such as occurred at Lord’s on Tuesday afternoon is witnessed on a cricket ground. Briefly, the facts may he stated as follows: Several spectators, having paid for admission, were discontented when it became known that no play would take place, and several of them walked upon the wicket, doing con­ siderable damage to if, and made a disturb­ ance in front of the Pavilion. Mr. Lacey, speaking from the Pavilion steps, endeavoured to pacify the discontented spectators, but his remarks could not be heard owing to the noise and confusion. The playing area was cleared by the police, and, when it was an­ nounced that all who had paid for admission would be given a pass for the following day’s play, the crowd left the ground. After their departure the captains inspected tho wicket, and, after much discussion, MacLaren handed the following notice to the Press:— “ Owing to the pitch having been deliberately torn up by the public, I, as captain of the Lancashire eleven, cannot see my way to continue the game, the groundman bearing me out that the wicket could not be again put right. A . C. M a c la r e n .” Two points in the above are deserving of attention—the use of the word “ deliberately” and the inference that he arrived at his decision to give up the match owing to the opinion of the ‘ groundman’ and not of the umpires. In this connection it is interesting to turn to Rule 43 :— FITNESS OF GROUND. At the commencement of a match the umpires may be appealed to by either side as to the fitness of the ground for play. Should they not agree, play will not commence until they are agreed. In case of interruption from rain, as soon as the rain has ceased, the umpires shall immediately, with­ out further instruction, inspect the wicket, unaccom­ panied by any of the players, and decide upon its fitness. Should it prove unfit, they shall continue to inspect at intervals, until they decide that it is fit for play, when they shall call upon the players to resume the game. The ground is unfit for play—when water stands on the surface, or when it is so wet,muddy, orslipx^ery as to deprive the bowlers of a reasonable foothold, or the fieldsmen of the power of free movement. The umpires are not to be biassed by the opinions of either side, still less are they to allow themselves to be influenced by the impatience of spectators for a resumption of the game, and are not to be in­ duced, by the public interest in a particular match, to declare the ground fit for play, unless they would consider that ground fit under any circumstances. Mr. MacGregor obviously was not in agree­ ment with MacLaren’ s action, seeing that he did not sign the statement issued to the Press and declined to express an opinion upon the matter. The onus of abandoning the match therefore rested entirely with Lancashire. At the end of the day the following official statement was issued :— “ The return passe3 which were issued to-day at Lord’s, in view of the disappointment experienced by spectators, will be available for any one day of a Middlesex match to the end of this season. “ F. E. L a cey, Secretary, M.O.C.” A few years ago a match used to be played at Lord’s, under the supervision of Mr. W. J. Ford, between a picked eleven of the Public Schools and the M.C.C. and Ground. Very interesting cricket was the result, but during the last season or two the fixture has been discontinued. It has occurred to me that a very attractive match would be the outcome of a meeting between Pennsylvania University and a combined Public School 1 earn. Is it too late to arrange such a match P The Americans have shown such good cricket during their stay in this country, defeating, amongst other sides,Win' hester, Cheltenham, and Marlborough, that such a game as the one suggested would not only be a tribute to their skill, but should produce a good match. HAMPSTEAD CRICKET WEEK.. 1 st M a tch .— v. H O R N S E Y . —Played on July 15. H am pstead. A. E. Stoddart, b R. E. E. W. Brightman, c Grimsdell .......... 6 Brown, b Swinstead 15 F. W. Bacon, c and b ! C.H.G.Smith,b Brown 0 Grimsdell ......... 20 L. J. Marcus, c Swin- H. H. Walters, c and stead, b Grimsdell... 12 b Wade .................48 J. Greig, b Wade ... 5 A. R. Trimen, b Wade 3 B 10, lb 2 ..........12 R. C. Procter, b Wade 20 — H. C. Hextall, not out 05 Total .........224 J. C. Toller, b Brown 9 H ornsey . R.W.Nicholls,b Smith 25 L. T. Weaver, c Marcus F. H. Swinstead, run b Greig ................. 1 out ........................ 0 E. W. Sutton, b Smith 14 P. Boundy, c Toller, b F. B. Dent, not out ... 15 Trimen ................55 B 14, lb 7 ..........21 H. Wade, b Hextall... 3 — J. H. Nicholls. not out 52 | Total (6 wkts) 186 R. E. Grimsdell, H. Morgan and T. Brown did not bat. 2nd M a tch .— v. OLD WESTMINSTERS.—Played on July 16. O ld W estm insters . A. A. Milne, b Wheater L. H. S. Barkworth, b Smith.......................................................................... 10 D. W. Brightman, run out ................. ..12 L. J. Marcus, c Proc­ ter, b Wheater ... 11 E. W. Sutton, b Bacon 13 J. Greig, b Bacon ... 6 H ampstead . A. E. Stoddart, not 1T.M. Farmiloe,notout 21 out ........................100 B 7, w 2 .......... 9 G. Hillyard Swinstead, b Murray...............................................................123 | Total(1wkt)253 R. C. Procter, F. R. D. Monro, L. N. H. Baily, H. C. Hextall, H. H. Walters, T. W. Bacon, C. H. G. Smith and T. S. Wheater did not bat. E. Berens, c Farmi- low, b Wheater ... 2 T L Johnson,b Bacon G. N. Perkins, st Proc­ ter, b B acon.......... 0 R.E. Murray, not out 0 B 1, lb 1 ......... 2 Total (9 wkts) 58 3 rd M atch .— v. OLD TONBRIDGIANS.—Played on July 17. H am pstead . First innings. Second innings. A. T. Orr, c Brown, b Body 6 not out................. 9 A. C. Hextall, b Bryen Brown............................11 A. R. Trimen, c Wright, b Body .............................. 3 b Hubbard........... 4 E. L. Marsden, st Brown, b st Brown, b Hub* Body ............................... 8 bard................ 1 L. N. H. Bailey, b Bryen Brown............................. 0 ran out ........... 0 H. Wade, b Bryen Brown... 9 c and b Hubbard 9 S. S. Pawling, b Body ... 41 C. L. Smith, b Dunell ... 18 c Bryen Brown, b Hubbard.......... 6 T. S. Wheater, c Heber, b Bryen Brown ............. 23 st Brown, b Orr 2 J. T. Ash, b Body ... 0 c Body, bAirey... 5 J. Greig, not o u t................ 2 c Hill, b Hayley.. 9 B 10, lb 8 ............... 18 Extras......... 0 Total ..139 Total (8 wkts) 48 G. Bryen Brown, Marsden ................. Capt. A. Airey, c Hex- tail, b Marsden C. C. G. Wright, b Marsden ................. S. Hayley, b Wade ... F. W. Orr, c Smith, b Marsden ................. J. C. Hubbard, b Mars­ den ........................ O ld T onbridgian s . H. R. H ebert, b Marsden................. A. Brown, c Wade, b Pawling................. R. A. Hill, c Bailey, b Pawling .......... H. D. Dunell, b Mars­ den ........................ J. Body, not out B 3 ,lb 4 .......... Total 4 th M atch .—v. MARLBOROUGH BLUES.- on July 18. H ampstead . -Played C. H. Smith, lbw, b Rogers.................10 E. W. Beaton, c Oatay, b Rogers ... 96 J. C. Toller, run out 2 L. J. Marcus, not out 2 B 9, lb 1, W 3 ... 13 T. S. Wheater, Rogers, b Wright ... 9 R. A. Hill, b S. Rogers 11 B. S. Foster, b Wright 10 H. B. Hayman, b Rogers .................17 G. Crosdale, b Rogers 16 E. L. Marsden, c Rogers, b Black ... 8 T. M. Farmiloe, c Gatay, b Rogers ... 57 Second Innings : B. S. Foster, not out, 20 ; H. B. Hayman, c Rogers, b Black, 41; C. H. Smith, b Black, 0 ; J. C. Toller, c Rogers, b Black, 106 ; L. J. Marcus, c Rogers, b Galloway, 19; B 5.—Total (4 wkts), 191. Total ...251 M arlborough B lues . A. W. Dickinson, c Beaton, b Wheater 1 H. D. Ruston, c Wheater, b Foster 9 J. C. McDonald, b Foster .................12 L. N. Rogers, b Foster 6 R. A. Wright, lbw, b Foster .................19 R. Gatay, b Wheater 5 H. Church, c Hill, b Foster ................. 6 E. C. Galloway, c Hayman, b Wheater 9 M.O. Lewis,b Marsden 30 A. M. Black, b Mars­ den ........................15 M. S. Rogers, not out 5 B 9, lb 1, w 1 ... 11 Total ...128 5 th M a tch .— v. TROJANS.—Played on July 19. T r o ja n s. A. P. Strange, run out 72 W. H. Day, c Hill, b H. Wilson, b Marsden 14 Swinstead .. 6 E. L. Day, b Foster ... 0 D. Brown, not out .. 0 H. Persse, b Foster ... 2 S. Whiting, c and b H.K.Whitting, c Greig, Swinstead .. 2 b Smith ................. 71 A. H. Saunders, b E. W. Rickett, lbw, b Swinstead •• 0 Marsden ................. 6 B 12, lb 8 ... .. 20 H. A. Smith, b Hebert 50 — Total ... ..243 Second innings: H. Wilson, b Crosdale, 33 ; W. H. Day, not out, 8 ; D. Brown, not out, 29 ; S. Whiting, c Crosdale, b Greig, 6 ; B 1, lb 4, w 1. Total (2 wkts) 82. G. R. Hebert, Whiting .................21 G. H. Swinstead, b Whiting .................13 B. S. Foster, c Brown, b Whiting................ 4 A. R. Trimen, c Saunders, b Whiting 6 G. Crosdale, st Day, b Saunders ..........43 E. L. Marsden, b Whiting .................11 H am pstead. b R. A. Hill, c Persse, b Whiting ......10 C. H. Smith, b W hiting.................. 9 F.J. Potter, c Rickett, b Persse..............26 J. Greig, b Persse ... 2 J. T. Ash, not out .. 0 Byes .................. 1 Total ...146 6th M atch.— M.C.C.—Played on July 20. Ham pstead. First innings. Second innings. H. B. Hayman, c Oates, b Hearne ................. 21 lbw, b Trott 29 B. S. Foster, c Trott, b Hearne ................ 0 c Payne, b Napier 26 G. A. S. Hickson, b Trott 2 c Page, b Napier 8 F. R. D. Munro, not out 25 b M ay................. 11 G. Crosdale, b Hearue 0 b Napier .......... 1 W. R. Moon, c Trott, b Hearne ................. 2 c Trott, b Napier 15 R. E. Eiloart, c Trott,' b May ........................ 14 b Napier .......... 0 R. D. Robertson, b May 0 c Page, b Napier 12 E. L. Marsden; c Oates, b May ........................ 2 lbw, b Hearne ... 18 T. S. Wheater, b Hearne 0 run out .......... 4 S. S. Pawling, c Trott, b May ........................ 2 not out .......... 7 B 12, lb 4 .......... 16 B 22, nb 2 ... 24 Total .......... 84 Total..........155 M.C.C. First innings. Second innings. M. W. Payne, b Marsden 19 b Marsden.......... 4 A. Butcher, c Eiloart, b Foster ........................ 0 E. S. Littlejohn, run out 21 c Pawling, b Marsden.......... 0 C. C. Page, b Marsden 0 c Wheater, b Marsden.......... 80 C. Palmer, b Marsden 2 not out .......... 10 Trott, c Marsden, b Pawlc Hayman, b ing ........................ 1 Marsden . 31 P. R. May, b Marsden 4 c Eiloart, b Hick­ G. G. Napier, c Hickson b son ................. 6 Marsden ................. 0 b Marsden.......... 0 Oates, b Pawling.......... 6 Hearne, lbw, b Pawling 0 not out .......... 7 W. P. Harrison, senr, not out ........................ 1 B 4, lb 1, w 1 6 B 8, lb 3 ... 11 Total .......... 60 Total (6 wkts)149 C RICKET Report Sheets, lOd. per dozen, post free. Order of Going-in Cards, 7d. per dozen, post free; Cricket Score Books, 6d. and Is. each; postage 2d. extra.—To be obtained at the Offices of “Cricket,” 168, Upper Thames Street, London, E.O.