Cricket 1907

O c t. 31, 1907. CRICKET : A WEEKLY BECOBD OF 1 BE G A M E. 447 against Harrow and Eton, and being on the losing side on each occasion in the former year and on the winning in the latter. In the matches with Harrow he made 5, 8, 0, and 10, and in those with Eton, 5, 3, 3, and 33, in addition to taking six wickets in the two years. His score of 33 was the second highest made from the bat in the Eton match of 1840, wherein as many as 108 of the 445 runs obtained were extras, there being 41 wides, 65 byes, and 2 no-balls. Among his contemporaries at Winchester was V. C. Smith, who, with C. Kandolph, the present Rector of Chartham, W. Marcon, G, E. Yonge, and C. H. Ridding, afterwards appeared with him in the Oxford Eleven against Cambridge. Mr. Moberly played in four inter-University matches, 184*2-45, but did not once h ive the satisfaction of being on the winning side, Cambridge proving successful in three of them, and the fourth— that of 1844—being drawn, somewhat in Oxford’s favour. In the 1843 match he particularly distinguished himself, for, in addition to being the only Oxford player to make double figures in both innings, he took fourteenwickets—hewasaround-armedbowler of moderate pace—but this did not prevent Cambridge from winning by 54 runs. His highest score in a match of note was 55 for the University against Cowley, on the Magdalen Ground, Cowley Marsh, in 1844. The Rev. H. E. Moberly was an assistant master at Harrow in 1846, and at Winchester from 1859 to 1880. Since 1883 he had been Rector of St. Michael’s, Winchester. In the course of his sermon at Winchester College on Sunday morning, the 22nd ult., Dr. Burge said:—“ It seems almost presumptuous to speak of one who was for more than 70 years a Wykehamist not only in name but in deep love of this place, and in the loyal service he rendered to it as a boy and as ahouse-master. I shall only say that I am happy to have known him and to have appreciated the warmness and sincerity of his friendship. He bore a name that will be honoured so long as the history of Winchester is known and read.” The deceased was nephew of Dr. Moberly, Bishop of Salisbury, and cousin of Mr. J. C. Moberly, of the Eton Eleven of 1866, who was for many years hon. treasurer of the Hampshire County C.C. J. D. B. G eneral C. C l a y . General Cecil Clay, a familiar figure in the cricketing circles of Philadelphia for nearly half a century, died on September 23. M r . P. G. C onnell . Mr. P. G. Connell, of the Loretto Eleven of 1901 and 1902, was drowned in Canada on the 27th ult. In the former year he headed the batting averages with 23.43 runs per innings, but in the latter had to be content with third position and an average of only 13.45. ______________ M r . E. J. S tan ley . Mr. Edward James Stanley, ex-M.P. for West Somerset and subsequently for the Bridgwater division of the County, died at his seat, Quantock Lodge, on September 28th, aged 81. He was the father of the late Mr. H. T. Stanley, who was killed in the Boer War, and had served on the Committee of the Somerset County C.C. Although he was very fond of the game he was not a great performer, and did not get into the Eleven either at Eton or Oxford, but he had a capital ground at Quantock Lodge, where many good matches were played. E a rl S ondes . George Edward Milles, 2nd. Earl Sondes, who is best known to cricketers as Viscount Throwley, was born at Lees Court, Faver- sham, on May 11th, 1861, and died in London on the 1st inst. It has been generally stated, but erroneously, that his death was due to a wound sustained in the South African war. He was not wounded, but contracted pleurisy: complications followed, necessitating two operations, from the last of which he did not recover. He was buried at Sheldwick on Saturday the 5th inst., when about 200 men of the Royal East Kent Mounted Rifles attended under the command of Col. Lord Harris. Last Easter a report of his lordship’s death was circulated, the result being that he had the rare experience of reading his own obituary notices. l*.arl Sondes played his first match at Lord’s on July 9th and 10th, 1880, for Eton against Harrow. Mr. Haygarth said of him :—“ Is a good and steady bat?man, and in the field takes no place in particular.................. On January 1st, 1884, whilst out hunting with the Tickham Fox-hounds, he was thrown w'hen crossing a ploughed field and sustained abroken collar-bone . . . Height 5ft. 11in., weight 11st. 4lbs.” After leaving Eton his lordship proceeded to Cambridge, but did not obtain a place in the Eleven. He appeared, however, in the Kent team four times in 1882 and twice in 1884, scoring 119 runs in seven completed innings with an average of 17. In the first of the six matches—against York­ shire, at Sheffield—he failed to score in each innings, but on his next appearance he made 82 against Sussex, at Gravesend, and, with Lord Harris (176), scored 208 for the first wicket. In 1891 he was elected President of the Kent County C.C., and the same year visited America asamember of Lord Hawke’s Team. When playing for Mr. A. E. Fellowes’ XI. v. Huntingdonshire, at Huntingdon, in July, 1881, he and Mr. W. F. Forbes (331) scored 404 together for the opening partner­ ship, his lordship then being dismissed for 123. Lord Throwley, who succeeded to the earl­ dom in September, 1894, belonged to a family which has been closely identified with Kent cricket for a great number of years. In Surry Triumphant , or the Kentishmeri's Defeat , published in 1773, we find the follow­ ing stanza:— Gentle and simple, squires and clerks, with many a lady fair; Fam’d Thanet, Fowell’s beauteous bride, and grace- . ful Sondes were there. His grandfather, Baron Sondes, was a great patron of thegame in Kent, whilst his father, the first Earl (1824-94), who played for Eton in 1842 as the Hon. George Watson Milles, was President of the County Club in 1873 and 1877. A younger brother of the late Earl, the Hon. Henry Augustus Milles (now Milles- Lade), was a member of Lord Hawke’s team to America in 1891. It is an interesting fact that the 4th Baron Sondes, by marrying into the Knatchbull family, became connected with the Knights, Deedes, Bridges, and (very distantly) the Marshams, in addition, of course, to the Knatchbulls and Knatchbull- Hugessens. The late Earl died unmarried, and is succeeded in the title by his brother, the Hon. Lewis Arthur. T. J eeves . Tom Jeeves, at one time a well-known professional cricketer in Scotland and the North of England, died suddenly at Nelson, in Lancashire, on the 1st inst. in his fifty- sixth year. Ho was for some years very prominently associated with the Lasswade C.C., and on more than one occasion appeared for the Players of Scotland. Among his many large scores perhaps the most note­ worthy were 186 not out for Lasswade v. Leith Caledonian, in 1877; 123 not out for Brunswick v. R.H.S. (F.P.), in 1878 ; and 130 for Kincardineshire v. Forfarshire, in 1880. In 1883 his name will be found occasionally in the Hertfordshire Eleven. He afterwards returned to the North, and was for many years professional for Keighley, and subsequently coach at Dewsbury and groundman at Nelson. Y . A. T itchm arsh . Valentine Adolphus Titchmarsh, who was born at Belvidere House, Royston, Cambs., on February 14th, 1853, died on the 11th inst. at St. Albans, where he was buried five days later. It cannot be said that the news of his death came as a surprise, for he had been suffering from locomotor ataxy for twelve months and it was known that his condition was hopeless. In 1877, when he made his first appearance at Lord’s—for Hertfordshire v. M.C.C. and Ground—he was 5 ft. 11 in. in height and weighed 12 st., and was described in Scores and Biographies xiv., 82J as “ An excellent batsman, and a successful fast round-armed bowler, while in the field he takes no particular place. . He is a left-handed batsman, but bowls and fields right. Beginning his cricket as an amateur, he subsequently, commencing in 1880, appeared as a professional.” One of his best feats with the ball was performed in the match between Essex and Hertfordshire at Hitchin, in June, 1877, when he took all ten wickets in the first innings of the former for 33 runs and five in the second for 44. The Essex score was as follows :— First innings. R. Pryor, c Ryder, b Titch­ marsh ............................... 3 Oapt. Fane, b Titchmarsh 1 A. Burghes,b Titchmarsh.. 14 F. Silcock, b Titchmarsh ... 0 Mr.H.Fowler, b Titchmarsh 14 Mr. J. Wheble, c Hearn, b Titchmarsh ................. S. Smart, c Hearn, b Titch­ marsh ............................... 8 Mr. J. Wilkes, c Pearce, b Titchmarsh ................. 6 Mr. O. G. Merewether, b Titchmarsh .................12 W. G. Marten, st Pearce, b Titchmarsh ................. 3 Mr. C. E. Ridley, not ou t... 0 Total .......... Second innings. b Titchmarsh ... 2 c Anderson, b Titchmarsh ... 8 b Titchmarsh ... 21 run out ..........12 c Hearn.bHughes 17 2 cPoarce,bHughes 0 runout b Titchmarsh b Titchmarsh not out b Titchmarsh Leg-bye > Total ... 75 Capt., now Col., Fane, whose name is found above, is father of Mr. F. L. Fane, of the present-day Essex XI., and who is now visiting Australia as amember of the M.C.C.’s team. In 1879 Titchmarsh was seen at his best in the only two matches which have ever taken place between Hertfordshire and Sussex; at Hitchin he took ten wickets for 35 runs (three for 16 and seven for 19) and Hertford­ shire won by eight wickets, whilst in the return, at Brighton, he obtained thirteen for 60 (five for 20 and eight for 40), and bowled unchanged throughout with Hughes, Sussex being beaten by five wickets. Just about that time Hertfordshire possessed some very good players in William Hearn, Titchmarsh, Hughes, Pearce, and Messrs. C. and H. Pigg, and it is to be regretted that the county did not meet stronger opponents than it was in the habit of doing. In the early eighties Titchmarsh was en­ gaged as a bowler at Oxford, but he relin­ quished the position when, in 1885, he became a member of the ground-staff at