Cricket 1907

O c t . 31, 1907. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 441 On September 14th. T. H. Clarke, playiDg for King’s County v. Columbia Oval, at Prospect Park, Brooklyn, made a drive for which ten were run without an overthrow. The match was ODe in the second section of the Metropolitan Cricket League Championship. M r . C. F . A d a m s o n , o f Hastings, kindly sends me the score of a double- tie match played at Blacklands Farm, Hollirgtcn, near Hastings, on Wednes­ day, September 18th. It will be seen that each side made 27 in their first innings and 29 in their second. The score is well worthy of a piice in “ Gossip ” :— B attle R oad S w ifts . First innings. Second innings, c Ticehurst, b Carpenter, b Geer .......... 9 Hilton, c Lee, b Lusted ... 1 Morris .......... run out .......... 0 0 Mansbridge, b Lusted 0 Ibw, b Lusted ... 2 E. Vigor, b G eer................. 4 b Morris .......... 15 Crouch, b Lusted .......... 0 b Morris ......... 2 Agate, run out ................. 2 b Morris .......... 1 Winch, c Hayler, b Geer ... 0 b Morris .......... 1 Webster, c Oliver, b Lusted 1 b Lusted .......... 2 Miller, b Lusted................ 3 b Lusted ......... 0 Saunders, b Geer................. 0 b Lusted .......... 1 Lusted, c and b Lusted ... 0 b Morris .......... 1 R. Oliver, not out................ 0 not out................. 0 Byes, etc........... ,.. 7 Byes, etc. 4 Total ................. 27 Total .......... 29 M r . T . G eer ’ s XI. First inning3. Second innings. J. Oliver, b Mansbridge ... 0 b Mansbridge ... 2 A. Lee, b Vigor ................. Geer, c Mansbridge, b V ig o r ............................... 0 b Mansbridge ... 0 1 b Vigor .......... 1 A. Lusted, b Vigor .......... 0 c Mansbridge, b Vigor ......... b Mansbridge ... 0 0 Ticehurst, b Vigor ......... 4 J. Thompsett, b Mansbridge 2 c W in c h , b Morris, b Vigor ................. 0 Vigor .......... b Mansbridge ... 14 0 H. Lee, b Vigor ................. 0 c Crouch, b Blackman, b Vigor .......... 7 Mansbridge ... b Mansbridge ... 0 3 Hayler, b Mansbiidge . . 0 b Vigor ......... 0 King, b Vigor ................. 2 c Hilton, b Mans­ W. Lee, not out ................. 2 bridge .......... notout................. 0 3 Byes, etc.................. 9 Byes,etc. ... 6 Total ................. 27 Total ... 29 M r . P. R. M a y has written, and Messrs. Eyre and Spottiswoode will shortly publish, an account of the M.C.C. tour through New Zealand la9t winter. It is hoped to have the book on sale by Christmas. A f r i e n d kindly draws my attention to the three following instances of fast scoring in minor cricket in Surrey recently:— (i).—E. Abel, jun. (78) and W. Abel (80) put on 100 in 40 minutes for Borough of Southwark v. Cross Arrows, at Lord’s, on September 16th for the first wicket. {ii). —A. E. Palmer (34) and Hamish Stuart (33) put on 63 in 20 minutes for Borough of Southwark v. Horton Asylum, at Epsom, on September 21st for the third wicket. (Hi). —A. W. Spring (101) and Hamish Stuart (27) added 75 in 20 minutes for the fifth wicket of Stedman’s Surrey XI. y . XV III. of Cobham and District, at Cobham, on September 19th. In the last match all the 18 fielded, so that it was a somewhat remarkable per­ formance. C o n g r a t u l a t io n s to Mr. W . Findlay, the Secretary of the Surrey County C.C., upon his marriage, at Milstead, near Sittingbourne, to Mifs Mary Eleanor Tylden, only daughter of Mr. Ii. J. Tylden, of Milstead Manor. Mr. R. H. Spooner was best man. Mr. R. H. Fox, who was wicket­ keeper to the M.C.C. team in New Zealand last winter, was married recently in Sydney to Miss Grace Rees, sister of R. B. and J. S. Rees, the well-known Adelaide cricketers. He met his bride while she was touring in New Zealand with Williamson’s Opera Company. T h e wedding has also been announced of J. H. King, of Leicestershire, to Miss Florence Norton, of Sbelbrook, Ayle- stone, on the 25th ult. F o r London County last season “ W. G.” commenced twenty innings, was not out twice, and scored 854 runs with an aver­ age of 47‘44. His highest scores were 140 v. Forest Hill on July 5, 118 v. Catford on August 5th, and 102 not out v. Cyphers on August 1st. In the same matches his bowling figures were 824‘2 overs, 106 maidens, 1161 runs, and 89 wickets—average 13 04. His complete record for the season was 1,051 runs, with an average of 47 an innings, and 104 wickets at a cost of 13 runs each. This was by no means a bad performance for an old gentleman of 59. A t a recent meeting of the Croydon Liberal and Radical Association Mr. J. E. Raphael, the Merchant Taylor, Oxford, and Surrey cricketer, was unanimously approved as prospective Liberal and Radical candidate for the borough. A t Great Waltham, Essex, on Sep­ tember 7th, X I. Tufnells (134 and 94 for eight wickets) played an eleven composed of collateral branches of the same family, who made 151. The scoie was kept by Miss Elsie Tufnell. The Old Etonian, Mr. N. C. Tufnell, who was a member of the M.C.C. team to New Zealand, made 56 not out and 38. T h e batting statistics of 1907 reveal the fact that more than one player gained a three-figure average. Among the instances are the following:— No. Times Most of not in an Total inns. out. inns. runs. Aver. K. R. B. F ry (Sussex Martlets) 3 ... 1 ... 330*... 359 ... 179’50 L. J. C ou ves (Enfield) ......... 5 ... 1 ... 131* .. 476 ... 119 00 V. F. S. C ra w ford (London County) 4 ... 1 ... 131 ... 300 ... lOO’OO ♦Signifies not out. For Streatham N. Miller averaged 66'73 for 19 completed innings, for Upper Tooting D. H. Butcher aggregated 1,356 runs and averaged 52-15, whilst for Folkestone A. C. Edwards, making seven hundreds, with 142 not out as his highest score, obtained 1,926 runs in 35 completed innings with an average cf 55'02. In a recent article in The Pall Mall Gazette on “ The Kaffir as a Sportsman,” by a Policeman on the Yeld, the follow­ ing interesting allusion to cricket was made: — “ It is nothing in summer for black teams in the Transvaal to travel thirty or forty miles to play a match, and it is impossible to ignore the fact that they show.a wonderful capacity for the finer points of the game which many Englishmen never acquire. Not only are the Kaffir enthusiasts constantly practising, but they club together to provide themselves with the most orthodox gear— white flannels, shirts, and boots, pads, gloves, and capital bats. There are no bank holidays nowadays in the Transvaal without plenty of native cricket, and it is well worth watching. In the last match which I saw there was a bowler quite good enough to have toured in England, lie was a tall left­ hander, and sent down a fast ball with a nasty break. The batting, too, was mostly very good, and there were many beautiful drives all along the ground, while the fielding would have put many a home team to the blush. The black soft sex, gaily bedizened in white skirts and coloured silk blouses, graced the cricket ground in great numbers, and showed much more genuine keenness than one could find in their white sisters on our “ ladies’ days ” at home, never hesitating to join in the war-dance and general corrob- berie which broke forth all round the ground, besides seizing the fielding side, whenever a wicket fell. As the batsmen lost their wickets, instead of retiring to the “ pavilion,” they ranged themselves near the umpire, and never moved from this position till the end of the game, when they instantly charged with wild yells at the last man out, who had made top score, and carried him round the ground in what seemed to be a most uncomfortable position for the recipient of the honour. This man, who was also the wicket-keeper, was a regular Blackham, and took balls of any pace with either hand, right, left, or oyer his head, in marvellous style.” It mu9t be distinctly interesting to see the “ black soft B e x ” joining in the corrobberies and war-dances. T h e Scarborough Cricket Festival, generally favoured by fortune, this year showed a profit of £500. M r . V. F. S. C r a w f o r d , since the “ Chat” with him appeared in CricJcet of the 12th ult., hss scored 131, 140, 74, 37, and 178 not out in successive innings. The two last-mentioned scores were made in one match-—for his father’s X I. against Merstham : in his first innings he made his 37 in the first three overs by means of nine 4’s and a single, and in his second bit forty 4’s ! In 1907, in spite of ad­ verse weather, he made 938 runs in first- class cricket and 2,105 more for M.C.C., London County, the Wanderers, and other well-known clubs. His aggregate of runs and wickets for the year were 3,143 and 78 respectively, his highest innings being 264 against London County. During his career—he is now only 28 years of age—he has made 29,390 runs and taken 1,218 wickets. Last season J. N. Crawford, in all matches in which he took part, made 1,687 runs and obtained 165 wickets, whilst “ R .T.’s” aggregates were respectively 1,309 and 133, and the