Cricket 1907

346 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A ug . 15, 1907. Nesbitt made 273 together for the first ■wicket -without beiDg separated in 105 minutes. The innings was then declared closed, but Morpeth experienced no difficulty in placing out tin e. A CABLED messege from Johannesburg sugge sts that in 1909 or 1910 a three- cornered contest for cricket sup-emacy between England, Australia, ai-d South Africa should take place in this country, and that tbe matches should be played to a finish. Although there is nothi g tew in the proposal, it is pleasing to find that the suggestion meets with favour in South Africa. Presumably, too, the Australians, ioasmuch as they have decided to open negotiations with the Sou*h African Cricket Association to arraDge mutual visits, would agree to the proposal. Perhaps it could be arranged for the triangular contest to take place in England, Australia, and South Africa in turn. In the match between Ormtkirk and Liverpcol, on Saturday, the latterdeclarei their innings closed with five wickets down for 219, leaving Ormskirk an hour «nd three-quarters iu which to make the runs. Thanks to W. P. Barnes, who carried cut his bat for 149, the task was accomplished for the loss of five wickets, 224 being obtained in 95 minutes. Parnes liit five 6 ’s and sixteen 4’s. This rate of run-gettiDg, however, was exceeded in a match at Frensbam Hill between the Army Service Corps and Free Foresters, the latter making 230 in 65 minutes, 114 at one period being obtained in 28. A recent instanca of three separate hundreds being obtained in an innings comes from Worcester, where the Gentle­ men of Worcestershire met Old Cheltonians on Friday and Saturday last. The score of the home side was as follows :— W. B. Bnrns, run o u t........................120 A. W. Isaac, c Oliver, b Chaytor ... 64 G. L. Crowe, b Winterbotham ... 144 F. H. Ripley, hit wkt, b Champain . 6 It. E. Foster, c Mackenzie, b Neam.. 131 Rev. W. G. Gillingham, c F. Cham­ pain, b Winterbotham................. 7 J. O’Brien, st Cockburn, b Winter­ botham ....................................... 6 S. Waterfield, c Chaytor, b Winter­ botham ....................................... 10 F. R. Hudson, st Cockburn, b Win­ terbotham ...................................... 0 Hams, st Cockburn,b Winterbotham 0 Straw, not out ................................ 1 E xtras............................... 21 Total ..........510 The run-getting was exceptionally rajid, Burns and Isaac making 150 together iu 55 minutes, and Foster and Crowe adding 175 in an hour. Foster was batting only 70 minutes for 131, and, apart from a chance in the long-field just before he was out, made no mistake. The total of 510 was obtained in four hours. M r. B y l t s , M.P. for Salford, referred to the noble game in the course of a speech in the House of Commons at the end of last week. His remark*, in tl e early part of his speech, on less import­ ant matters were interrupted by cries of “ Divide,” “ A jrecd ,” “ Time,” and “ Let’s have another,” The Daily Tele­ graph states that: — Flattered by this friendly reception the representative of Salford went on to tell how the Hou*e of Commons in the seventeenth century “ hemmed” when a prosy talker afflicted it. By “ hemmed” he presumed the chronicler meant “ hummed.” “ Then why don’t you hum ? ” inquired a restive Hadical. “ I wish to point out he continued. “ Hum, hum ! ” chanted the Eadicals ; “ hum, hum !” cried the Unionists. Since the late Mr. Whalley,whenmember for Peterborough, was requested to “ sing,” there has been no such unanimous demonstration in the House of Commons. Finally, amid cries of “ Oh ! ” and “ Shame ! ” Mr. Byles admitted that he fre­ quently attended the Oval and Lord’s to see the cricket contests there. “ Hum, hum ! ” once again chanted the Radicals; “ hum, hum ! ” cried the Unionists in chorus. To the game of cricket as an institution the hon. gentleman extended the most cordial compli­ ments. “ Cricket—that’s more in the way of Bowles thanByles,” cried a senator below the gangway. This allusion having reference to Mr. Stewart Bowles, the representative of Norwood, who was one of the keenest appre- ciators of the scene. Salford’s member reached the grand climacteric by stating that when a man had his middle stump bowled at cricket he at once retired to the pavilion. “ Why not the Canterbury ? ” “ Or the Oxford? ” asked a couple of wags on the Radical side. Great cheering welcomed Mr. Byles’ assertion that it was the duty of every man to accept the decision of the umpire, and the outburst of enthusiasm was renewed as he resumed his seat. In a Parliamentary week of much dul- ness the speech shone forth as a beacon light. Lord Balfour of Burleigh said, in the House of Lords, the other evening, ‘ ‘ The noble peer opposite me shakes bis head—I am glad to hear it.” But Mr. Byles’ humour reached a more ambitious level than that. A OOBBKSPONDENT kindly draws my attention to some unusual scoring in a mid- 8 urrey match on the 5th inst. between Meadvale and Crown Hill, Croydon. Tbe game was played at Meadvale, and in the first innings of the home side W. F. Noakes went in when two wickets had fallen for 5 runs. When the player named was bowled, tbe score was 45 for five, and he had so monopolised tbe scor­ ing that all the 40 runs made whilst he was in came from his bat. A t the moment the greatest run-getting club batsman in the country is probably E. A. C. Druce, who has recently made six scores of over a hundred in a little over a fortnight’s cricket :— July 22. J. Le Fleming’s XI. v. Jersey Leopards 104 „ 23. „ „ v. E. Surrey Hegt. 132 Aug. 3. P. Loft’s XI. v. Old Northovians (at Northaw Place) ...............................201 ” g" |Trinity Wanderer's, v. Eastbourne J *139 ” 10. „ „ v. Blue Mantles ... 103 * Signifies not out. It is regrettable that two such fine bats­ men as Druce and Du Boulay are not seen in great matches. Concebmng this player, the recen'ly- published official History o f Kent Coui,ty Cricket remarks (p-ge 281): — “ Mr. Eliot Albert Cross Druce appeared once for the County in 1898 and twice in 1900. He was born at We)bridge on June 20 th, 1876, and was educated at Marlborough and Cambridge, hut was not in either Eleven. He is a fairly fast scorer, and makes most of his runs in front of the wicket; his bowling is right-band fast-medium, whilst in the field he is generally slip. In 1900 he scored 201 not out for Trinity Wanderers v. Eastbourne, on the Saffrons, and in partnership with Mr. V. P. Johnstone (120) added 293, which established a new record for the ninth wicket. He is first cousin of Messrs. N. F. and W. G. Druce.” Druce is qualfisd for Surrey by birth, and for Kent by residence. G. O. S m it h , who made 37 and 132 for Oxford in the ’Varsity ma'ch of 1896, scored 83 and 103 not out for Old Car­ thusians against Old Cliftonians, at Newbold Bevel, on Friday aud Saturday last. For the latter, R. P. K is;wiu made 140 and G. W. Holloway 177, the pair putting on 298 together for the second wicket. It is curious that four such fine batsmen as A. D. Nourse, G. O. Smith, C. B. Fry, andO. T. Norris should have been born iu Croydon without either of them playing for Surrey. Fry, I amaware, appeared in the Warwickshire match at the Oval in 1891, scoring 3 and 0 not out, but he is pre-eminently a Sussex man by cricketical associations. ------ A TELTGRAM from Australia announces that the Board of Control has appointed a Selection Committee composed of Dar­ ling (South Australia), Iredale (New South Wales), and McAllister (Victoria). It will be seen that Noble, perhaps the best judge of cricket in Australia, is no longer the representative of the senior State. The same message stated that the Board decided to ask the Marylebone Club whether it would be preferable for the next Australian team to visit England in 1908 or 1909. To this, the M.C.C. replied that 1908 would not be opportune. T h e following is the programme of the Australian tour as approved by the M.C.C. Leave London per steamer “ Orient” September 20th. Arrive at Fremantle October 24. Western Australia.—At Perth, October 26, 28 and 29. Leave Fremantle per the P. & O. steamer October 30. Arrive at Adelaide November 3. South Australia.—At Adelaide November 9, 11, 12 and 13. Victoiia.—At Melbourne November 15, 16, 18 and 19. New South Wales.—At Sydney November 22, 23, 25 and 26. Queensland.—At Brisbane November 30, and De­ cember 2, 3 and 4. An Eleven of Australia.—At Brisbane December 6 , 7 and 9. Leave Brisbane Tuesday, December 10. Arrive in Sydney Wednesday, December 11. Play Australia (first Test).—At Sydney, December 14, 16, 17 and 18. Victoria.—At Melbourne December 21, 23, 24, and 25. Bendigo.—December 26, 27 and 28. Australia (second Test).—At Melbourne January 1, 2, 3 and 4. Australia (third Test).—At Adelaide January 10,11, 13 and 14. Leave Adelaide January 16.—Catch steamer for Launceston January 17. Tasmania.—Launceston January 18, 20 and 21. Tasmania.—Hobart Januai*y 24, 25 and 27. Leave Launceston January 29. Arrive Melbourne January 30. Victoria.—Melbourne January 31, and February 1, 3 and 4. Australia (fourth Test).—Melbourne, February 7, 8 , 10 and 11 .