Cricket 1907

S e p t. 12, 1907. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 407 LONDON AND COUNTY BANK V. BELLEVUE. —Played at Wandsworth Common on Sept. 7. B ellevue . C. Wetherill, b Mills... 10 H. Kitson, c Bradley, b Mills .................. 13 A.R.Jones,cBienvenu, b Feavcr .................20 C. E. Carpenter,b Mills 4 F. Wilson, b Mills ... 0 J. I). Fyrie, c Allen, b M ills........................ 0 G. H.Turner, b Mills... 2 L. and C. Bank. J. Fowles, c Bradley, b Mills ................ H.Aitcheson,b Feaver A. Pearson, c Allen, b Mills........................ L. Jeffries, not out ... Byes ................. Total ................. C. R. Trowell, run out 21 E. G. Gayfer, run out.. 14 II. L. Hearsum, b Jeff­ ries .........................44 A. A. Feaver, c Kitson, b Carpenter .......... 0 B. Ridding, b Car­ penter ................. 1 W. I). Bradley and J. A. S. C. Tealby, c Jones, b Jeffries.................11 G. A. Mills, b Jeffries 0 W. Sutton, not out ... 20 P. F. Allen, notout... 4 B 3, lb 2, w 1, nb 2 8 Total (7 wkts)123 Bienvenu did not bat. OBITUARY. M b . E d g a r L u b b o c k , LL.D . Mr. E Igar Lubbock, who ■was born in London on February 22nd, 1847, was found dead in bed at 18, Hans Court, Chelsea, on Monday morning last, the cause of death, it is supposed being a weak heart. He was a younger brother of Alfred Lubbock, and was in the E ‘ on X I. in 1864 and two follow ing years, beiDg Captain in 1866. Against Harrow his scores were 28 and 12, 35 end 11, and 25 and 0, and 8gainst Winchester 35 and 14, co t out 0, and 18. Each of the three matches with Hairow was lost by an innirigs, but Winchester were beaten in 1864 and 1866, the 1865 game being ruined by rain before each side had com­ pleted an innings. Mr. Lubb'ick appeared only oiice in the Kent X I. — ageinst M.C.C., at Canterbury in 1871—and then scored 11 and 54. In 1872 he visited America as a member of Mr. R. A. Fitz­ gerald’s team. Mr. Poilip Norman, in his interesting Annals o f the West Kent Cricket Club, has seii t f him : He is an instance that success in batting may be achieved without following the methods usually taught. Bending down, his hat firmly grasped close to the blade with both wrists behind the handle, his legs so far apart that it looked as if they might part company altogether, he appeared to select the most uncomfortable attitude possible for receiving the ball; but he watched it so care­ fully, and when it arrived (though he never opened his shoulders for a hit) he placed it with so much skill and discretion, that he was a most useful run-getter against all kinds of bowling. I should add that between each ball he seldom omitted the ceremony of arranging his cap. He was a right-handed batsman and bowled left underhand, fast, with a good deal of break, varying his pace, and occasionally letting one ofl “ at half cock,” if I may use the expression, that is to say, from about two yards behind the bowling crease. In playing him it was necessary to drive with a straight bat. I have seen men who generally hit hard, feebly trying to block balls off which they might have scored freely, but they did not long survive. While Fitzgerald’s eleven were touring in the States they played a match at Phila­ delphia, where a programme was issued, in which each member of our team was fitted—• or misfitted—with a Shakespearian motto. E. Lubbock had apparently acquired the reputation of being an uncertain runner, for he is thus portrayed:—Coriolanus, Act V., Scene 2 : “ Stand and go hack—I mean go— back, that is the utmost of your having, back.” I should rather select a sentence from Lear, which I am sure expresses the feeling of his many friends : —“ While Edgar lives, O bless him.” Mr. Lubbock was the eighth Eon of the late Sir John William Lubbock, 3rd B irt., and youngest brother of Lord Avebury. At tho time of his death he was Deputy- Governor of the Bank of England and High Sheiiff of Lincolnshire. He repre­ sented England three times against Scot­ land at Association Football, won the Redcoat Steeplechase at tbe Belvoir Hunt cn no less than five occasions, and until recently was Master of the Blankney hounds. He had been a member of the M.C.C. Eince 1869. T h e 5 t h E a e l o r W in t e r t o n . Edward Turnour, 5th Earl of Winter­ ton, was born at Shillinglee PaTk, near Petworth, in Sussex, on August 15th, 1837, and died there suddenly on the 5th inet. As Viscount Turnour he played in the Eton X I. of 1855, scoring 3 and 5 a id taking four wickets for 65 runs in a total of 191 v. Harrow and making 5 and 0 and obtaining three wickets in the second innings of Winchester, at E ton ; the Harrow match was lost by an innings and 66 runs, but that with Winchester won by 46 runs. In 1856, when E ‘on won at Winchester in an innings, his lordship made 1 and took a w icket: there was no match that year with Harrow. Among the late E jrl’s contemporaries in the E'even were T. E. Bagge, B. W. Waud, C. L. Sutherland, and F. H. Ncrman. Scores and Biogra­ phies (v. 89) described him as “ A good nard hitter, a fast round-armed bowler, end in the field generally cover-point and cover-slip.” For S.illinglee 8gainst Liphock, in July 1865, he played an innings of 141. On a few occasions (like his father, the 4 h E irl) he appeared in the Sussex Eleven, his averages being :— Mchs. Not Highest Year. Batted in. Inns. Out. Score. Total. Aver. 1862 ... 1 ... 2 ... 1 ... 27* .. 27 .. 27-00 1863 ... 1 ... 2 ... 0 ... 0 .. 0 . .; — 1865 ... 2 ... 3 ... 0 ... 8 .. 17 . . 566 1867 ... 1 ... 2 ... 0 ... 0 .. 0 . — Totals... 5 ... 9 ... 1 ... 27* ... 44 ... 5'50 He aleo assisted Norfolk on a few occasions, but not many large scores will be found to his came. Perhaps the best innings Le ever played was bis 96 for Gentlemen of Sussex against Gentlemen of Kent, at Biighton in 1867, against the bowling of Eobert Lipscomb. In 1863 he was seen to advintage in the match at Brighton between Gentlemen of Sussex end Gentlemen of Hampshire, making 29 and 43. For some years he served on tbe Committee of the M.C.C., and in 1884 was the President of the Club, <f which he w as elected a member in 1857 ; his father had been the President thirty - eight years before — in 1846. The deceased, who retained his interest in the game to the last, succeeded to the Peerage in March 1st, 1879. In 1898 he was tl-ected President of the Sussex County C.C., of which at the time of his den h he was a vicc-prtfcident. A. D. T. A CURIOUS MArOH. The death of the 5th Earl of W interton recalls a curious match played at the fam ily seat in 1846, when an Eleven played against F ifty-six Labourers. T he match was drawn. Three years before, the 4th Earl’ s Eleven had beaten Thirty-seven Labourers b y five wickets, the totals being 115 and 87 against 98 and 106 for five wickets. The score of the 1846 match is appended :— IN SHILLINGLEE PARK, AUGUST 23, 1846. F ifty - six L abourers . First innings. Second innings. J. Standing, b Taylor......... G. Ellis, b Winterton.......... P. Hughes, b Winterton ... T. Pennycot, b Taylor H. Pannel, s t....................... O. Hughes, b Taylor.......... W. Standing, b Winterton Jas. Durrant, jun.,b Taylor G. Blake, c Winterton G. Marshall, c Heather O. Durrant, c Taylor.......... Jas. Pannel, b Taylor.......... S. Pledge, c Winterion ... J. Splash, b Winterton ... T. Kemnant, b Taylor T. Marshall, b Taylor D. Denyer, b T aylor......... John Durrant, s t----- Jas. Gunnery, sen., s t ------ It. Pennycot, c Taylor T. Mackerell, b Winterton Jas. Durrant, sen., b Win­ terton ............................... G. Ware, b Winterton Jas. Stovold, b Taylor W. Denyer, b Taylor.......... Jas. Herington, b Taylor ... B. Miles, c Greenfield......... M. Tester, b Taylor .......... G. Remnant, b Taylor H. Herington, b Winterton O. Stovold, b Taylor.......... W. Howick, c J. Newman G. Herington, b Taylor ... J. Herington, b Taylor ... M. Vanson, c T aylor.......... T. Howick, b Taylor .......... J. Wood-, b Winterton ... J. Woodford, b Taylor W. Gunnery, c W. Newman B. Barns, s t ...... .................. G. Truseler, c Durrant ... T. Barber, b Taylor .......... W. Riddel, b Taylor.......... S. Street, s t.......................... W. Lintott ........................ J. Barnes, s t........................ W. Elliott, b T aylor.......... W. Herington, b Winterton W. Stovold, b Winterton... G. Denyer, run out .......... J. Truseler, b Taylor......... H, Herington, b Winterton O.Kemnant,c& bWinterton W. Ware, b Winterton ... W . Kash, b W interton H. Pullen ....................... N-b ........................ Total................. T hb 4 th E arl of W interkon ’ s XI. First innings. Second innings. J. Newman, b T. Pennycot 6 b T. Pennycot ... 7 G. Taylor, b T. Pennycot... 50 Earl of Winterton, run out 1 Jas. Durrant, b T. Pennycot 0 Jas. Gunnery, b H. Paunel 12 notout ......... 6 H. Ware, b T. Pen ycot ... 3 b Elliott ......... 0 G. Coalman, c Street..........10 not ont ......... 9 W. Newman, b T. Pennycot 0 D. Heather, b Elliott.......... 0 Jas. Keene, b Elliott........ 0 M. Greenfield, not out ... 7 b Eliott ......... 2 B 4, w 1 .......... 5Byes, &c. ... 0 Total ..........94 Total ............24 Unfinished. Scores and Biographies remarks th at: “ No other such match with such odds has ever been played, but it shows that no number of such men are sufficient (unless assisted by given players) to contend with a good eleven. Lord W interton’ 8 Eleven was in this case also vtry inferior indeed. A n Eleven of England m ight have beaten 100 such players.” 2 b Winterton ... 14 4 b Winterton ... 3 0 c Heather ... ... 0 1 b Winterton ... 0 3 b J. Newman ... J4 0 run out ... 0 0 c J. Newman ... 0 2 b J. Newman ... 0 0 s t.................. ... 0 0 b J. Newman ... 0 0 b J. Newman ... 4 0 runout ... 0 0 b Winterton ... 0 1 b J. Newman ... 3 0 runout ... 0 0 s t.................. ... 0 0 st...... ........... ... 0 0 b Winterton ... 0 0 c W. Newman ... 3 3 absent ......... ... — 0 run out ... 2 0 b Winterton ... 1 20 c Durrant ... ... 9 0 c J. Newman ... 0 0 cW. Newman ... 4 1 b J. Newman ... 0 6 b Taylor ... ... 1 5 c Heather ... ... 0 4 c Taylor ... 0 0 b J. Newman ... 3 2 absent (?) ... ... — 1 c Keen......... ... 5 1 run out ... 2 0 run out ... 0 2 c Heather ... ... 0 3 b Newman... ... 3 0 b Winterton ... 0 1 s t...... ........... ... 0 2 c Keen......... ... 1 0 b Winterton ... 0 1 b Winterton ... 3 1 c Heather ... ... 0 0 b Winterton ... 1 0 run out ... 1 5 b Winterton ... 1 0 b J. Newman ... 0 0 b Winterton ... 3 0 b J. Newman ... 3 1 run out . .. 0 0 absent (?) ... ... — 1 b Winterton ... 0 0 absent ........ ... — 0 c Taylor ... . .. 0 0 b J. Newman ... 0 0 (R. Fennard) not out ......... ... 0 0 b J. Newman ... 0 1 Byes, &c.... . .. 0 74 Total ... ... 84