Cricket 1907

312 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A ug . 1, 1907. JOHN WISDENS GO. _CRICKET BALL MAKERS, 8upply all tbe Principal Counties and Clubs through­ out the world with their well-known M a rve llou s Te s tim ony . From the EveningStandard ScSt. James's Gazette. Monday, May 29th, 1905. AU STRAL IAN S OBJECT TO TH E BALL. A slight delay occurred at the start, as the Australians would not use the ball provided, Darling returned to the pavilion where Jack- Bon met him, Jones taking out the new hall, which also was rejected, Noble running in to fetch the desired brand. The desired brand was a John Wisden & Co.’s “ SPECIAL CROWN.” F. S. Jackson has agreed to your “ Special Crown ” Balls being used in all the five Tests. There were not any of yours here, so we lent them three until they received some from you.— Yours very sincerely, J oe D arling . The Balia to be used in Teet Matches are now settled WISDEN’S are the only makes permissible. 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T h e great match at Leeds has naturally dwarfed everything else in the cricket world during the last three days, and Englishmen, whilst rejoicing in the suc­ cess of their side, will regret that the game was not favoured with genial weather and was obliged to be played on a wicket ruined by rain. Everybody in a position to express an opinion on the point has throughout the season main­ tained that the South Africans, in order to be seen at their best, require a hard wicket: if it really is so, and there is no reason to doubt the statement, they would certainly stand every chance of beating England in fine weather. A v ic t o r y by 53 runs would not, in ordinary circumstances, represent a great margin, but on the present occasion it denotes a superiority of about thirty per cent. In such a low-scoring match, a little luck may mean a great deal, and it must be admitted that England gained an advantage by winning the toss, and were also fortunate in having a compara­ tively easy wicket to bat upon between the showers on Tuesday. It was a game in which the South Africans, although beaten, lost nothing ia prestige. T he meeting at Lird’a a week ago of Notts and Middlesex, the only two unbeaten counties, not only proved a great attraction, but produced cricket worthy of the occasion. The success of the visitors proved very popular, and that it was thoroughly deserved no one who witnessed the play can deny. Nottinghamshire occupy so prominent a place in the history of the game, and are so keen and sporting a side, that nothing could have been more pleasing than the revival of their fortunes. They still have matches to play which must cause them some anxiety, but they now possess so strong a lead that a defeat would not jeopardise their position. N. Y. C. T u r n e r ’ s batting in the first innings of Notts was quite one of the features of the match. His form whilst at Repton could never have led one to suppose that he would so rapidly improve as to make the highest score on either side in so important a match. He was in the School eleven three years, but never met with anything more than very ordinary success. In 1906 he was tried on a few occasions for the County, and played an innings of 44 against Essex at Nottingham. Last week, however, he did much better, carrying out his bat for 73 against Tarrant, Trott, Hearne, and Mignon. He made his runs by the following hits:—1 4 4 1 4 4 1 4 4 1 4 4 4 4 4 1 4 4 4 4 1 1 4 1 1 -sixteen 4’s and nine singles. T h e cricket on the last day was full of interest and incident from the first ball to the last. Notts were greatly handi­ capped by the state of the wicket, and would undoubtedly have been beaten had all the chances they offered been accepted. Tarrant bowled splendidly throughout, and his analysis of nine for 59 would have been even better had he been well supported in the field. Io the final Btage of the game, when Wass was ineffective, Hallam bowled superbly and the fielding was as perfect as it can ever be. So long as Warner remained at the wicket there was always a chance of Middlesex making the runs, but Hallam accounted for the last few men in quick succession, and almost before Warner could have had time to^resolve to be a little more enterprising, the innings was over.