Cricket 1907

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T ekms of S ubscription : — 6/- per annum. 7/- post free abroad. Payable in advance. All communications to be sent direct to the Offices of Cricket, 168, Upper Thames Street, London, E.C. free on . Application. f» Of all First=Class Outfitters and Dealers. Factory, ARTILLERYPUCE. WOOLWICH, Cricket: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 168, UPPER THAMES STREET, LONDON, E.C. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19th, 1907. The abstract and brief chronicle of the time.- Hamlet. O n Wednesday of last week a curious match took place at Trent Bridge before an attendance which exceeded a couple of thousand. In order to benefit the funds of a girls’ orphanage, eleven ladies played a team of Indian Mutiny and Crimean Veterans of Nottinghamshire. The Sheriff of Nottinghamshire and Mr. A. O. Jones officiated as umpires. The Veterans, who scored 83, sent their opponents in first but lost by 23 runs, although Private Corner took eight wickets for 58. Private Mathew Holland played with a bat of his own make fully as wide as the wicket, “ but Miss Hickling bowled him with a curly one for a duck.” T h e South African team began to dis­ band immediately upon the conclusion of their match at Scarborough last week, for the same day Schwa) z and S. J. Snooke left for Liverpool tn route to America. On Saturday, Hathorn, Kot ze, Vogler, and Robinson sailed for the Cape from Southampton. “ L f a t h e r H u n t e r ,” w ri'irg in the Brighton Argus, remarks: — “ The physical energy displayed by the players from South Africa has been marvel­ lous, and very different from the Australian combination of two years ago. 1 do not wish to be too critical, but, in several instances, the last Australian team lacked the energy and ihe dash which was particularly notice­ able in the first Australian teamwhich visited England, in 1878. They welcomed, like the South Africans of to-day, hard work. And this brings me to an important point. Are our first-class cricketers now as hardy as they used to be ? “ I think not. Ciicket is an athletic con­ test ; and there is perhaps no athletic com­ petitor who distresses himself so slightly, or denies himself so little, as the modern first- class cricktter. Long programmes, long journeys, are plead*d frequently in extenua­ tion. But our fathers and grandfathers took long journeys, in the days when travelling was twice as t-low, and much more than twice as uncomfortable. “ The travelling of to-day, as the first-class cricketer travels, our predecessors would hail as a rest. I am quite aware that there are exceptions. One or two of our fast bowlers bowl their fastest for three hours at a stretch. Mr. Gilbert Jessop, too, batting, fielding, or bowling, never spares himself for a moment. Hayward, Hirst, Hobbs, Hayes, and a few others, are practically always on the tops of their tees in energy. But it is not so with the majority. It is vitality and hardihood which tir£>t-clai?8 cricket needs at the present time. In this the South Africans have been our superiors.” I n a match at Lord’s last week between Fulham and Cross Arrows an individual score of over 200 was chronicled. Such innings are of sufficient rarity at head­ quarters to warrant the full score being given in “ Gossip.” F ulham . II. W. Frampton, lbw, b Banks .......... 35 F. R. Holmes, not out.......... .................202 B. O. Rayner, not out .............................. 55 Byes, etc................ 27 Total (1 wkt.) 319 * Innings declared closed. E. L. Jones, F. R. Wells, S. A. Mussabini, G. E. Richmond, G. Nixey, S. F. Cox, W. H. Marsh, and F.W. Cox did not bat. C ross A rrows . E. Hendren, b Mussa- i A.F.Bettinson.cRich- bini ........................60 mond, b Holmes ... 4 D. Hendren, b Holmes 68 Hamish Stuart, l^w, J. Morgan, not out ... 48 b Holmes................. 0 M.J. L. Thomas, c and W. Ginger, not out... 9 b Frampton ..........39 Byes, etc............. 5 W . Deane, b Holmes 0 — Total (6 wkts) 233 S. G. Fennel, A. Lambert, and H. Banks did not bat. The match was played on the 11th inst.