Cricket 1907

Nov. 28, 1907. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME. 457 why I am quite at a loss to understand. Tarrant is a Victorian by birth, and there­ fore possesses the best of all qualifications for assisting the State. Hal he not proved so successful—he scored 65 and 81 —it is possible his appearance against the Englishmen would have esc aped comment. A cable from Australia states that he will be allowed to play in inter-State, but not in Test, matcbe3, but as he has so un­ doubted a right to appear for Victoria he should surely be permitted to re- pra ent his native country. The question to what extent his visit to Australia will affect his qualification for Middlesex has also been much discussed, but sections 4 and 6 of the “ R iles of County Cricket ” pi n’nly elucidate the matter : — 4.—Where a cricketer uses as residences in the course of the year, tenements in more than one county, or where he leaves the country for the winter months, and in ‘all other cases where his qualification is in any doubt, it is obligatory on the county for which he wishes to play to prove his qualification to the satisfaction of the M.C.C. 6.—A cricketer may play for the county, for which he ha-» acquired a residontal qualification, for two successive years immediately after he has ceased to reside in such county. Section 5, which s lys that a cricketer who has played for a county for five successive year) is qualified to play for that county for the rest of his cricket career, or until he plays for some other county, is not applicable in Tarrant’s case as he has not been a member of the Middlesex team for so long a pariod. It has be3n decided that in the England team’s matches the follow-on rule will be optional to the side leading by 200 or more runs; in inter-State games it is compulsory. The Australian Board of Control will appoint the umpires for all matches save the Tests, for which umpires will be allotted by ball )t after the names of four are agreed to by the English captain. The Board has also arranged that if, in the Test matches, each si le has not completed an innings by the end of the- second day, play shall commence an hour earlier on each of the subsequent mornings. M r. J o s s p h M . C o t t e r i l l , M.B., C.M., E iin., F.R .CS., has been elected President of the Royal College of Sur­ geons, Edinburgh, for the ensuing year. Mr. Cotteiill played in twenty-five matches for Suisex between 1870 a id 1877 and in five in 1888. His highest score was 191 against Kant at Brighton in 1875. L a s t se isou the Bournemouth Week showed a profit of £798 19 ..althoughthe expenses amounted to £310. The Hamp­ shire County C.C., who, by-the-way, have offered Llewellyn the Kent match at Southampton for his benefit next year, now possess a balanca in hand of £169 6). 31. I t wai very pleasing to find the names of two cricket eithuiiasts included in the list of Birthday Hon urs. Mr. Jeremiah Colman, who becomes a baronet, is the Treasurer of the Surrey County C.C., and at his seat, Gatton Park, possesses a charming ground. His father was one of the eleven sons of Robert Colman who, about half-a-century ago. frequently took the field in a body. A baronetcy has also baen conferred upon Mr. Frank H illins, one of the trustees of the Old Trafford ground and the father of Messrs. F.H ., A.M., and P. H. Hillins. I t has been decided to recogniz 3 Lord Hawke’s completion of his twenty-five years’ captaincy of the Yorkshire Eleven by a testimonial, subscriptions to which are not restricted to those belonging to the County. Tne nature of the presenta­ tion will, of course, depand upon the sum received : so far, a very ready response has been givan to the appeil for sub­ scriptions, anl several well-known cricketers, including Lord Harris, have written warmly supporting the project. T h e balance-sheet of the Yorkshire County C.C. shows that a profit of £51 17s. 61. was made on the year’s working. Considering that two matches were abandoned without a ball being bowled, and that almost every other home fixture was interfered with by rain, the financial pjsition must be very satisfactory to all concernel. T n e amount taken at the matches in Yorkshire was £6,266 7s. 61., of which £1,636 1 la. went to Denton’s Bonefit Fund and £1,253 7s. 6d. to the Advisory Board for the Test Match. Denton received £1,915 13s. as a result of his benefit, £1,400 being invested by the Yorkshire County C.C. and the remainder handed to the beneficiaire. T he following announcements will interest cricketers in many parts of the world :— GRACE — BRAIN. — On October 30th, at St. Matthew’s Parish Chui*ch, Walsall, by tha Vicar, Rev. Arthur Paice, Rural Dean, Edward Mills Grace, of Park House, Thornbury, physician and surgeon, Coroner for the Lower Division of Gloucestershire, to Sarah Elizabeth (Lillie), daughter ol the bite Mr. George Brain, of Cardiff. No cards. BURNUP—BOWEN.-On November 8th, at Tam- worth Parish Church, Cuthbert James Burnup, the well-known Kentamateur cricketer, to Beatrice Hope Bowen, of Lsdbroke Hall, Warwickshire. THOMAS—MURDOCH.—On the 14th inst., at St. Helen’s Church, St. Quintin Avenue, W., William Charles, only son of Mr. T. C. Thomas, merchant, 52, St. Helen’s Gardens, North Kensington, London, W., to Edith May Ruby, eldest daughter of Mr. W. L. Murdoch, the celebrated cricketer and captain of the Australian team, and grand­ daughter of the late Mr. J. B. Watson, of Mel­ bourne. Mr. Murdoch, I believe, has for some time p«st been settled in Paris. Mr. J. R. Mason acted as best mau at Mr. Burnup’s welding. L ord L oreburn ’ s marriage, which is fixed to take place on Tuesday next, is to be solemnised in the historic crypt of St. Stephen’s Chapel, at the House of Commons, and it is interesting to note that, so far as is known, no ceremony of the kind has before taken place within its walls, and that no Lord Cnancellor has ever been married during his tenure of office. A l l followers of Kent cricket will be interested to hear that an engagement is announced between George Akers-Doug- las, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (son of the Right Hon. A. Akers- Douglas, M.P., and Mrs. Akers-Douglas, of Chilston Park, Maidstone) and Doris, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Christopherson, of Bramley, Surrey. The Right Hon. Aretas Akers-D ouglas was President of the Kent County C.C. in 1£S5, whilst Mr. Christopherson is the famous fast bowler who playel for Eng­ land against Australia at the Oval in 1884, the year following his entry into first-class cricket. A m a r r ia g e has also bean arranged between Sir Foster Hugh Ejerton Cnnliffe, 6th Bvrt., of the Oxford X I. of 189o and three following years, and Lady Violet Anson, youngest daughter of the 3rd E irl of Lichfield, who was President of the M.C.C. in 1897 and, as Viscount Anson, played for Harrow in 1874 and subsequently for Staffordshire. G e o r g s H a y , the old Derbyshire cricketer and present head grounds­ man at Lord’s, recently married his third wife at the Chesterfield Registry Office. His last two wives were sisters and half- sister to the first. W h e n Mr. L. C. H. Palairet succeeded Mr. S. M. J. Woods as captain of Somer­ set a year ago he promised to fill the position for twelve months. He has now informed the ex cu'ive of the County Club that he will be unable to undertake the duties in future, and it is considered probable that Mr. J. Daniell, the old Cantab, who has bean tea-planting in Bengal during the past three years, will be asked to lead the side. Mr. Daniell was born at Bath on December 12th, 1878, and played his first match for the County at the age of 19. D uring 1907 the Somerset County C.C. experienced another disastrous season financially. Thanks, however, to the bazaar held at Taunton in the spring, which realised nearly a thousand pounds net, and the receipt of £123 from the Test Matches, the year’s working shows a profit of £133. M r . E. W. E l l i o t t , to whose batting performances it has often been my pleasant duty to refer in “ Gossip,” hag left England in order to take up an important position in Chili. F jr years he headed the Sunderland and Durham County averages, and for four seasons captained the County eleven. That he will ba greatly missed goes without saying, but his decision to settle in Chili will doubtless prove a very good thing for the game in that part of the world. J. H. M o u l d e r , who has appeared for Surrey on a few occasions, has also decided to leave England. The destina­ tion in his case is South Africa, where he considers his prospeots of advancement in the cricket world to be brighter than