Cricket 1907

354 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A ug . 22, 1907. AN INNOVATION. “ W.G.,” in the course of an article recently c >ntribu‘ ed to the Morning Post wrotrt as follows : - A new system designed to effect a great advance in the interests of spectators and the Press at Test and other important cricket matches has been placed before me by Dr. R. Macdonald, whose name is associated with Australian (Queensland) and Leicestershire cricket. Briefly, the idea aims at giving the spectators and the Press before the match commences knowledge of the state of the wicket, and immediately at the fall of each wicket the technical particulars of the ball which has brought about a batsman’s .dis­ missal. The different breaks, _ swerves, variations of pace, and all the subtleties which the art of bowling has developed would, as occasion arose, be signalled to the spectators and the Press, and the closest touch with the game would thereby be maintained. This is brought about by a system of code signalling between the umpire and the scoring-box official. The umpire is provided with a small adjustable indicator, similar in appearance to a small flat hand camera, and which fits easily into a coat pocket. When a batsman is dismissed the umpire signals by means of this instrument a letttr, which the scoring-box official by means of field glasses is easily able to decipher. Each letter is made to designate a different sort of ball, so that any ball which the art of bowling has developed may be thus ex­ pressed by a code letter. The umpire has this tabulated list giving all the different balls, such as: (a) “ Ball broke in from the off,” (b) “ Ball swerved from the leg,” ( c ) “ Ball kept low ,” ( d ) “ Ball rose sharply from the pitch,” &c. On the fall of the wicket the umpire refers to this list and signals the particular letter, which designates the particular sort of ball which effected the dismissal of the batsman. The scoring-box official then hoists the signalled letter along­ side the batsman’s i*core, and the scoring- board reads, “ Last batsman, 114, B .” The spectators on seeing this will refer to the back of the official penny scoring card, and will there see a tabulated printed list corres­ ponding to the one the umpire has. They will thus be able to interpret the meaning of the signalled letter “ B ,” so that before the batsman reaches the pavilion the spectators will be in possession of the technical feature of the ball with which the bowler effected his dismissal. This system of Macdonald’s is also devised to signal the “ state of the wicket.” This will be signalled in the same way, as the result of consultation between the umpires They would, on forming their opinion, refer to their official tabulated list, which would also give the different sorts of wickets, such as “ W icket soft,” “ W icket hard-and true,” “ W icket crumbling,” “ W icket very difficult,” “ W icket likely to improve,” &c These states of wicket would be designated by different letters, such as “ W icket very difficult” would be designated say by the letter “ N .” The spectators and Press would thus be kept well informed not only as to the condition of the wicket at the start of play in a Test Match, but of any varying conditions throughout the day, a knowledge which must be possessed if a right judgment of the play is to be formed. The system is, as Dr. Macdonald points out, intended only for Test and other great matches. The umpires would not have their time infringed on in the slightest degree, as they would be called upon to exercise their new duties only in the intervals of play between the fall of wickets. There is little doubt that the introduction of this system would intensify the interest and pleasure of the spectators. HAMPSTEAD v. W. P. HARRISON’S XII.—Played at Hampstead 011 August 10. H am pstead . E. W. H. Beaton, b Phillips .................11 G. G. Dumbleton, lbw, b Pawling................. 0 B.S. Foster, b Armitage 83 T. M. Farmiloe, e Paw­ ling, b Phillips ... 23 H. B. Hayman, e and'b Armitage.................17 W. T. Danby, c Davis, b Armitage .......... 0 D. J. Crump, b Phillips 11 A. R. Trimen, c and b Pawling................. 0 J. C. Toller, c and b Armitage ... ... 24 G. M. Hodgson, lbw, b Braithwaite ... 36 ILS.Chappell, not out 27 C. A. Rey De Castro, st Davis, b Phillips 1 B 5, lb 2 .......... 7 Total ..240 W. P. H a r r is o n ’s X I I . S. S. Pawling, b Dumbelton ..... 0 J.Armitage, b Dumbel­ ton .....................75 O. H. Davis, lbw, b Chappell ............... 4 H. J. Snowden, b Dumbleton ...30 J. L. Phillips, bFoster 10 W. P. Harrison, Junr., b Dumbleton .. ... 0 D. MacGregor, c Hodg­ son, b Foster . . ..1 0 C. Braithwaite, b Dumbelton ......... A. C. Braithwaite, b Dumbelton ......... F. Andrew, b Foster W. P. Harrison, Senr., b Dumbelton......... II. Maas, not out ... B 2, lb 5, nb 4 ... Total ...17 SOUTHGATE v. Mr. T. H. C. LEVICK'S GOLFERS XL—Played at Southgate on August 10. S outhgate . H. Church, b Darling­ ton ........................44 G. L. Vivian, c Fair- weather, b Rowley.. 44 G. W. Cranfield, b Dar­ lington ................. 10 A. J. Carter, c Darling­ ton, b Perry .......... 1 L. R. Lewis, c and b Perry........................ 2 R S. Dickson, run out 29 R. A. Maude, c Fair- weather, b Rowley C. S. Goule, c Levick, b Ford ................. W.T.Ricketts,c Perry, b Ford ................. F. S. Lewis, b Dar­ lington ................. R. B. Heygate,not out 10 B 19, lb 3 ......... 22 29 Total ...210 M r. T. H. C. L e v ic k ’s G o lfe r s XL C. C. Rawlinson, b F. S. Lewis........................ 1 R. J. Hutchinson, b Cranfield ............... 17 J. C. Ford, b Cranfield 9 H. H. Perry, b Cran­ field ........................50 H. G. Rowley, st Church, b F. S.Lewis 13 T. Darlington, c Dick­ son, b F. S. Lewis ... 19 J. M. Mirylees, c & b F. S. Lewis ......... D.Fairweather,cL. R. Lewis, b Cranfield.. W. J. Crook, b Cran­ field ........................ T. H. C. Levick, b Cranfield................. L. Rock, not out B 22 lb 2 .......... Total.................1 LONDON AND WESTMINSTER BANK (2) v. PRIVATE BANKS (2). Played at Norbury on August 3. L. & W. B ank (2). R. S. Hartree, S. Bowman, c Ledger, b Sercombe ..........35 ! L. G. Black, c and b T>owleii ... .......... 0 H. E. Coomber, c Jones, b Sercombe 50 j G. Logan, c Ledger, b Sercombe ........ 10 C. F, G. WeUbome, c and b Ledger.......... 5 L. P. Brook, c Plumer, b Sercombe ......... 5 Thomas,bSercombe 13 Homcastle, b Ser­ combe .......... ... 6 H. H. Keeping, c Harden, b Dowlen 8 F. Ralls, not out ... 14 A. Podmore, b Ser­ combe ................. l B 5, lb 2 .......... 7 Total . ...154 P r iv a t e B an k s (2). W. F. Harden, b Coom­ ber ........................ E. J. Thomas, c Brook, b Coomber ..........: M. J. Jones, b Hartree O. K. Bennett, run out H. C. Plumer, c Bow­ man, b Hartree R. W. Thomas, b Hartree ................. C. Ledger, b Hartree 6 H. W. E. Sercombe, c Podmore,bCoomber 19 L. G. Isler, run out... 0 H. E. Glibbing, st Brook, b Hartree... 0 W. J. Dowlen, not out 0 Byes 4 ......... 4 LONDON AND WESTMINSTER BANK (2) v. A BANK OF ENGLAND XI. A B a n k o f E n g la n d XL First innings. W. F. Ramsey, b Coomber 2 H. Curtis, b Bowman ... 4 G. C. Forman,b Bowman... 15 H. E. Muriel, b Podmore ... 37 A. E. Phillips, c Black, b Bowman ........................ 1 S. Lloyd, c Bowman, b Wellborne........................<»0 A. H. Buller, b Bowman ... 0 A. Stark, c Sampson, b Wellborne........................21 C. Chisholm, st Bennett, b 1 Podmore ........................ 6 E. G. Toyne, c Smith, b Podmore ........................ 0 P. Ramsey, not out .......... 0 B 4, lb 5 ................. 9 Second innings. notout................. 2 b Podmore.......... 0 b Podmore......... 0 run out ......... S run out c Bennett, Coomber... notout.......... c Coomber, Logan c Bennett, b Pod- ... 14 b ... 24 ... 0 b 34 more, c Coomber, Wellborne b Bowman... Byes .. Total ...15.'; Total ... 38 b ... 1 ... 0 ... 12 ...133 L . a n d W . B a n k . C. F. G. Wellborne, lbw, b Chisholm ... 19 L. Pitt Brook,c Muriel,- b Toyne .................74 G. Logan, c Ramsey, b Lloyd .................28 S. Bennett, c Forman, b Toyne ................. 2 L. G. Black, c and b Chisholm.................20 II. E. Coomber, notout OS S. Bowman, b Lloyd 19 A. Podmore, b Stark 57 T.C.Sampson, c Lloyd, b Stark ................. 2 F. Ralls, b Chisholm 0 J. D. Smith, b Chis­ holm .......... .......... 8 B 38, lb 2 ......... 40 Total ...3-13 LONDON SCOTTISH v. TOWNLEV PARK.—Played at Brondesbury on August 10. L ondon S cottish . Total . 84 First innings. E. A. Bennett, b Wallers... 1 E. Lacey, b Wallers .........21 Second innings. E. Hogg, st White, b Baker S. Lienard, lbw, b Baker ... A. E. Begg, b Wallers J. Lamont, c White, b Wallers ........................ R. A. Bennett, lbw, b Baker C. C. Tollit, c Wallers, b Baker............................... H. Easton, b Baker .......... F. R. Connell, not out H. Chown, c A. Hoe, b Baker............................... B 0, lb 2 ................. 3 1 1 b Parker b Gassen not out.. , 39 11 c White, b Parker 10 run out ......... 10 Byes......... 4 Total........................53 Total (4 wkts) 79 T o w n ley P a r k . A. White, c E. A. Ben­ nett, b Lacey.......... 4 A. B. Gassen, c and b Lacey ................. 1 G. Howell, run out ... 4 G. Parker, lbw, b Lacey .................21 A. Wallers, lbw, b E. A. Bennett ... 64 W. J. Baker, b Lacey 1 A. S. Hoe,b E. A. Ben­ nett ........................ 37 P. W. Hoe, not out ... 15 E. N. Speller, run out 2 A. A. Thomas, c ‘R. A., b E. A. Bennett ... 9 J. C. Laker, b E. A. Bennett ................. 0 B 20, nb 1 ......... 21 Total ..178 STREATHAM v. UPPER TOOTING.—Played at Streatham on August 5. T ooting . First innings. J. A. Lyon, b Haworth H. D. Franks, b Holmes H. D. Handcock, lbw, Holmes........................ C. L. Fabel, c Shattock, Holmes........................ ... 9 G. H. Lyon, b Haworth ... 1 F. N. Smith, b Haworth ... 0 E. A. Stiebel, c Haworth, b Parton............................... 13 A. Bishop, not out ..........24 L. A. Parez, b Holmes.......... 4 C. Creasy, c Holmes, b Parton 3 C. Brewer, b Holmes .......... 3 B yes.......... ... ... 5 . 57 . 0 ) 23 Second innings, not out ......... c Shattock, b Thomas......... 9 cGillett,bHolmes 56 b White ... ... 10 b Holmes......... 1 not out ......... 6 b Holmes......... 0 B 5, w 1 ... 6 Total .............. 142 Total (5 wkts)...125 S treath am . C.M. Thomas, c Smith, b Handcock ..........27 E. B. Miller, b Parez 9 G. S. Steed, b Parez... 7 C. J. Parton, c Hand­ cock, b G. H. Lyon 94 L. E. Gillett, lbw, b Parez........................ 11 H.A.Sergeant,cBisliop b G. H. Lyon..........18 E. K. Shattock, st Franks, b G. H. Lyon 2 R. J. Haworth, run out 10 F. S. White, st Franks, b G. H. L yon......... 8 L. A. M. Fevez, not out 43 F.G.V.Holmes,run out 6 B 13, lb 4, nb 1... 18 Total ...253