Cricket 1907

422 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. S e p t. 19, 1907. “ All right, then, doan’t make a song about it,” said Churcher. “ Good-bye for the present, Churcher,” said Mark, stretching out his hand, “ I’ll come and tell you on Saturday all about it.” “ Oh, doan’t you come worritin’ me with your school tales,” replied Churcher, who had been at a night-school for a fortnight and had come away with a supreme contempt for the alphabet; “ I ’ve no time for that there muck ; I’m a man of haction, I am ! ” On the very last page of the book Churcher reappears. Tears have passed. Mark has drunk tte cup of athletic fame, and the news that he has died a soldier’s death in South Africa has just come home to those who love him. Gooseberry Gandy has told Churcher of his own giief. Churcher stood where Gandy had left him. His face told nothing. Then, very stiff and straight, lifting his feet steadily and slowly, as if each boot were loaded with lead, he stalked forward and followed the cows to their pens. In the shadow and gloom of the raftered cow-house, the old man threw down his stool, rested his arm slowly against the lintel of the door, and then, with the pail still grasped in his other hand, he bowed his face in the crook of his elbow, and mourned for Mark Lovell. The end of the book is sad ; but to me it seems much more natural and fitting than some of the critics have held it. I think that Mr. and Mrs. Fry wanted to show that Mark Lovell had learned how to die as well as how to live. And that missed catoh—at which also the critics cavil—the missed catch that lost the match for England—I think I read their meaning in that: the lesson that for him who strives to the uttermost failure and success are less far apart than the world would make them; that indeed, having done one’s best, failure is hardly a thing to be mourned fo r ; the lesson, in short, “ to set the game above the prize.” Per­ haps I have misread their meaning; but I think not. This is not a book to get from a library, and read, and return, and forget. It is a book to keep on one’s shelves, and take down from time to time. For it is full of good things; and the best of those things is its atmosphere. English sunshine and English grey skies; the spring of the good greensward beneath one’s feet; the smell of crushed grass that every cricketer knows; the delight in a gallant horse; the zest of strenuous physical exertion; the love of fair play and the rigour of the game; all these are in it. Mr. Fry has never played a better innings. J. N. P e n t e l o w . F OR SALE.—Valuable Cricket Books.—Set of Scores and Biographies, 14 Vols., 1744 to 1878, price £10; Wisden’s Cricketer’s Almanack, complete set, 1864 to 1907, price £10; Fred Lillywhite’s Guide, complete set, 1849 to 1866, price £9 ; set of Cricket , Vols. 1 to 24, price, £9 ; Duplicates of W isden’s Cricketers’ Almanack for 1865, ’67, ’68, ’69, ’70, ’71,’72, ’73, ’76, 1879 to 1907, cheap. Lillywhite’s Cricketers’ Companion, green wrapper, also many rare books, including Love’s Poem, 1770,Lillywhite’s“ Illu8trated Hand-Book on Cricket,” 1844,1st Edition (4 Copies), “ Felix on the Bat” (1st Edition), Lord Charles Russell’s “ Recollections of Cricket,” etc., etc.— Address, Mr. A. J. Gaston, Preston, Brighton. THE SOUTH AFRICAN TOUR. Matches played 31: won 21, lost 4, drawn 6. v. Leicestershire, at Leicester, May 20, 21, 22.—Won by 98 runs. v. Essex, at Leyton, May 23, 24, 25.—Won by an innings and 99 runs, v. M.C.C. and Ground, at Lord’s, May 27, 28.—Won by three wickets, v. Oxford University, at Oxford, May 30, 31, June 1. —Drawn. v. Cambridge University, at Cambridge, June, 3, 4, —Drawn. v. Northamptonshire, at Northampton, June 6, 7, 8. Won by 83 runs, v. Middlesex, at Lord's, June 10, 11, 12. Won by 278 runs. v. Hampshire, at Southampton, June 13, 14, 15.— Drawn. v. Warwickshire, at Edgbaston, June 17, 18, 19.— Won by 276 runs, v. Derbyshire, at Derby, June 20, 21, 22.—Won by an innings and 108 runs, v. Kent, at Catford, June 24, 25, 26.—Won by 2 runs, v. E n gland, a t L o rd ’s, J u ly 1, 2, 3.—Drawn, v. Sussex, at Brighton, July 4,5,6.—Won by 39 runs, v. Surrey, at the Oval, June 11, 12, 13.—Lost by 85 runs. v. Yorkshire, at Bradford, July 15, 16.—Won by five v. XI. of Scotland, at Glasgow, July 18, 19.—Won by an innings and 371 runs, v. Scotland, at Edinburgh, July 22, 23, 24.—Won by eight wickets, v. Durham, at Sunderland, July 25, 26.—Won by an innings and 29 runs, v. E n gland, a t L eeds, J u ly 29, 30, 31.—Lost by 53 runs. v. Lancashire, at Manchester, August 1, 2.—Won by an innings and 165runs, v. Gentlemen of Ireland, at Dublin, August 5, 6, 7.— Won by 151 runs, v. Woodbrook Club and Ground, at Bray, August 8, 9.—Won by an innings and 66 runs, v. Nottinghamshire, at Nottingham, August 12, 13, 14.—Lost by five wickets, v. Essex, at Leyton, August 15, 16, 17.—Won by 104 runs. v. E n glan d , a t th e O va l, A ugust 19, 20,. 21.— Drawn. v. Gloucestershire, at Bristol, August 22, 23.—Won by an innings and 38 runs, v. South Wales, at Cardiff, August 26, 27.—Won by an innings and 66 runs, v. Somerset, at Bath, August 29, 30, 31.—Won by 358 runs. v. M.C.C. and Ground, at Lord’s, September 2, 3, 4. Lost by an innings and 9 runs, v. An England XI., at Uttoxeter, September 5, 6.— Won by an innings and 14 runs, v. C. I. Thornton’s England XI., at Scarborough, September 9, 10, 11.—Drawn. BATTING AVERAGES (ALL MATCHES). No. Times Most of not in an Total inns. out. inns. runs. Aver. S. J. S n ook e.......... 41 ... 5 ... 157 ...1127 ... 31*30 G. A. Faulkner ... 48 ... 6 ... 107 ...1288 ... 30*66 A. D. Nourse.......... 47 ... 2 ... 148 ...1329 ... 29*53 W. A. Shalders ... 42 ... 4 ... 105 ... 974 ... 25*63 P. W. Sherwell ... 41 ... 4 ... 115 ... 871 ... 23*54 L. J. Tancred ... 35 ... 1 ... 119 ... 784 ... 23*05 A. E. V og ler.......... 42 ... 4 ... 103 ... 831 ... 21*86 G. C. White .......... 46 ... 3 ... 162*... 939 ... 21*83 H. E. S m ith .......... 19 ... 3 ... 83 ... 337 ... 21*06 R. O. Schwarz ... 40 ... 8 ... 71 ... 656 ... 20*50 J. H. Sinclair.......... 40 ... 1 ... 92 ... 779 ... 19*97 Rev. C. D..Robinson 13 ... 6 ... 38*... 117 ... 16*71 M. Hathorn .......... 40 ... 4 ... 117 ... 584 ... 16*22 J. J. Kotze .......... 16 .. 5 ... 60 ... 131 ... 11*90 S. D. Snooke........... 21 ... 5 ...38*... 175 ... 10*93 HUNDREDS FOR. G. A. Faulkner v. Essex, May 2 3 ...................... 101* G. A. Faulkner, v. A Scottish XI., July 18 ... 107 G. A. Faulkner, v. Lancashire, August 1 .......106* M. Hathorn, v. Warwickshire, June 17 ...........117 A. D. Nourse, v. Warwickshire, June 17 ......127 A. D. Nourse, v. Derbyshire, June 20..............148 A. D. Nourse, v. Scottish XI., July 18..............105 W. A. Shalders, v. Hampshire, June 13 ......105 P. W. Sherwell, v. England (Lord’s), July 1 ... 115 P. W. Sherwell, v. Scotland, July 28 ..............109 S. J. Snooke, v. Derbyshire, June 20 ... .......114* S. J. Snooke, v. Somerset, August *29............... 157 L. J. Tancred, v. A Scottish XI., July 1 8 ......119 A. E. Vogler, v. Scotland, July 22......................103 G. C. White, v. Gloucestershire, August 22 ... 162* HUNDREDS AGAINST. Braund, for E ngland (Lord’s), July 1 ...................104 C. B. Fry, for E ngland (O val ), August 19 ... 129 Hardstaff, for Notts, August 12 .......................... 124* Hayward, for Mr. C. I. Thornton's England XI., September 9 ..........................................................105* ♦Signifies not out. BOWLING AVERAGES (ALL MATCHES.) Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Aver. R. O. Schwarz .. 728*3 ..157 ..1647 . . 143 . . 11*51 G. C. White... . . 322*3 .. 59 .. 969 . . 72 . . 13 45 A. E. Vogler . 647*5 ..133 ..2029 . . 133 . . 15*25 G. A. Faulkner. . 418*3 .. 86 ..1133 . . 73 . . 15*5*2 A. D. Nourse . 164*3 .. 43 .. 4*26 . . 27 . . 15*77 J. J. Kotze ... . . 212*5 .. 36 .. 770 . . 37 . . 20*81 J. H. Sinclair . 308*3 .. 67 .. 930 . . 39 . . 28*84 S. J. Snooke 158 .. 27 .. 445 . . 16 . . 27*81 W. A. Shalders (12-1-32-0) bowled twice, and S. D. Snooke (8-411-1) once only. Schwarz delivered 44no-balls, Kotze 19, S. J. Snooke 15, Faulkner 13, Shalders 3, and Vogler one. Schwarz bowled 24 wides, Faulkner and Kotze 2 and Noui-fo, Shalders, and White one each. THE TEST MATCHES. BATTING AVERAGES. No. Times Most of not in an Total inns. out. inns. runs. Aver. A. D. Nourse ... 6 ... 2 . 62 ... 127 ... 31*75 P. W. Sherwell ... 5 ... 0 ... 115 ... 154 ... 30*80 S. J. Snooke... ... 5 ... 0 ... 63 ... 131 ... 26*20 G. A. Faulkner ... 6 ... 1 ... 44 ..,. 117 ... 23*40 W. A. Shalders ... 0 ... 1 ... 31 ... 83 ... 16*60 J. H. Sinclair ... 5 ... 0 ... 28 ... 67 ... 13J0 M. Hathorn ... ... 5 ... 1 ... 30 ... 46 ... 11*50 A. E. Vogler... ... 5 ... 0 ... 19 ... 47 ... 9*40 R. O. Schwarz ... 4 ... 3 ... 5*... . 7 ... 7*00 G. C. White ... 5 ... 0 ... 7 .. . 15 ... 3*00 J. J. Kotze ... ... 1 ... 0 ... 0 .. 0 .. __ S. D. Snooke ... 1 ... 0 ... 0 ... 0 .. . __ L. J. Tancred ... 2 ... 0 ... 0 ... 0 .. __ ♦Signifies not out. HUNDREDS FOR. P. W. Sherwell, at Lord’s, July 1 ......... ... 115 BOWLING AVERAGES. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Aver. A. D. Nourse... ... 23 ... 7 ... 55 ... 4 ... 13*75 G. A. Faulkner ... 73 ... 11 ... 218 ... 12 ... 18*16 A. E. Vogler... ... 104*5 ... 24 ... 295 ... 15 ... 19-66 J. H. Sinclair ... 34*3 ... 7 ... 85 ... 4 ... 21*25 R. O. Schwarz ... 87*4 ... 22 ... 192 ... 9 ... 21*33 G. C. White ... ... 40 ... 7 ... 127 ... 4 ... 31*75 S. J. Snooke (5-3-8-1) and J. J. Kotze (12-2-43-0) bowled in one innings only. Faulkner delivered three no-balls and S. J. Snooke two. Schwarz bowled three wides. ENGLISH BATTING IN THE TEST MATCHES. BATTING AVERAGES. No. Times Most of not in an Total inns. out. inns. runs. Aver. C. B. Fry .. 5 ... 0 ... 129 .,.. 221 .. . 44*20 Braund................. 5 ... 0 ... 104 .. 157 ... 31-40 Lilley .............. ... 5 ... 1 ... 48 ..,. 102 ... 25-50 R. E. Foster... ... 5 ... 0 .. 51 ... 116 ... 23-20 G. L. Jessop... ... 5 ... 0 ... 93 ... 116 ... 23-20 Tyldesley ... ... 5 ... 0 ... 52 ... 113 ... 22*(>0 Hayward ... ... 5 ... 0 ... 24 ... 63 ... 12-60 Blythe .............. .. 5 ... 3 ... 10 ... 23 ... 11*50 Hirst .............. .. 5 .. 0 .. . 17 ... 46 ... 9*20 J. N. Crawford ... 3 . .. 0 .. . 22 ... 26 ... 8*66 N. A. Knox... .. 4 . .. 1 .. . 8+..,. 24 ... 8*00 A rn old .............. .. 3 . .. 0 .. . 12 ... 16 .. 5*33 ♦Signifies not out. HUNDREDS FOR. Braund, at Lord’s, July 1......................................104 C. B. Fry, at the Oval, August 19......................129 ENGLISH BOWLING IN THE TEST MATCHES. BOWLING AVERAGES. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Aver. Blythe.............. .. 1003 ... 26 ... 270 ... 26 ... 10*38 Arnold......... .. 52 ... 17 ... 99 , 6 .. 16*50 Hirst .............. .. 87 ... 28 ... 185 ... 10 ... 18*50 N. A. Knox.. .. 21 .. 2 ... 105 ... 3 .,.. 35-00 Braund ... 12 ... 4 ... 41 . .. 1 ., .. 41-00 J. N. Crawford ... 29 ... 6 ... 86 . ... 0 .... — G. L. Jessop (2-0-8-0)bowled in one innings only. Hirst delivered 5 no-balls and Jessop a wide. “ CRICKET ” VOLUMES, 8 /6 , post free 9 / - . Handsomely bound in dark green cloth, with lettering in gold. Cloth Cases for binding Cricket, 2 / - each. Post free, 2 /3 . “ C ricket ’’ O ffices , 168, Upper Thames Street, E.O