Cricket 1907

M arch 28, 1907. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 41 C r i c k e t : A W E E K L Y RECORD OE THE GAME. 168, UPPER THAMES STREET, LONDON, E.C. THURSDAY, MARCH 28 th , 1907. $ a \ n l t o i t < ® o s s t p . The abstract and brief chronicle of the time.— Hamlet. T h e funeral of the late Mr. C. W. Alcock, for almost 25 years the editor of Cricket, took place at Norwood on the 2nd inst., at 1 p.m. Very many friends attended, and doubtless several more would have done so but for the elections : among those who were prevented were Lord Alverstone, Mr. J ustice Bucknill, and Lord Dalmeny. The service was read by the Rev. John Darlington, D.D., Yicar of St. Mark’s, Kennington. The family were represented by two daughters, Mr. J. Forster Aloock (brother), and Mr. and Mrs. J. Francis Taylor (brother-in- law and sister); athird daughter remained with her widowed mother in Brighton, two were in Germany, and one in the Far East. Among those present were Messrs. F. E. Lacey, A. J. Webbe, O. R . Borradaile, T . Pawley, J. Shuter, H.D. G. Leveson-Gower, O. E. Horner, D. L. A. Jephson, Denzil Onslow, Rev. J. C. Craw­ ford, C. A. Stein, J. D. Broad, Murray Marshall, H . H. Scott, W. T. Graburn, S. H. Pardon, E. R. Ward, H. V. L. Stanton, H. B. Hatcher (of Messrs. Merritt and Hatcher), G. H. Blake {Cricket), F. S. Ashley-Cooper, W. E. Peters, F. W. Boyington, Abel, Apted, Brockwell, Hayes, Hayward, Henderson, Hobbs, Jackson (F. M.), Jones (G. G.), Lees, Marshal (A.), Mills (C.), Nice, Rushby, Shepherd (W.), Stedman, Smith (W. O.), Thompson (H.), Vigar, and Wood. F ootball was well represented by Lord Kinnaird, Messrs. C. Crump, G. S. Sherrington, F . J. Wall, V . G. Smith, P. Brandon, B. A. Glanville, W. J. Wil­ son, P. A. Timbs, E. L. Holland, A. Davis, W. Pickford, H. J. Hubbard, Lorraine Wilson, T. H. Kirkup, W. J. Marriott, H. G. Norris, R. W. Mulford, and E. T. Gurdon, Capt. Walker and a detachment from the Guards’ Depdt at Caterham were also present. T h e floral tributes were very numerous. Apart from those from members of the family, which were placed on the coffin, were tributes from the M.C.C., the Essex, Hampshire, Kent, Middlesex, North­ amptonshire, Surrey, and Yorkshire County Clubs, Lord Dalmeny, the Pro­ fessionals of the Surrey X L , the Servants at the Oval, H. D. G. Leveson-Gower, W. E. Roller, P. M. Thornton, Jeremiah Colman, Hon. S. R. Beresford, C. A. Stein, W. T. Graburn, F. S. Ashley- Cooper, R. Henderson, C. F. Tufnell, the brothers Bambridge, W. A. Bettes- worth, W. Lotinga, Messrs. Merritt and Hatcher, G. H. Blake, Harrow, the South London Harriers, the Football Associa­ tion, the Lancashire, London, Middlesex, Surrey, and Sussex Football Associations, Old Westminsters, Lord Kinnaird, N. L. Jackson, W. E. Wright, H. S. Winch, the Guards Dep6t, etc. T h e following; letter of sympathy was sent by the Prince of Wales’ private secretary to Lord Alverstone, President of the Surrey County C.C. Marlborough House, March 1st. Dear Lord Chief Justice, The Prince of Wales was grieved to hear of the death of Mr. Alcock, Secretary of the Surrey Club and Ground, as His Koval H igh­ ness had had the pleasure of meeting him on several occasions. The Prince would be much obliged to you if you would be kind enough to convey to Mr. Alcock’s family an expression of his sympathy and condolence in their sorrow, and say that His Royal H igh­ ness fully realises what a great loss ihe Surrey Club has sustained by his death. T h e announcement, made exclusively last month in Cricket, that there was a possibility of J. R. M. Mackay, of New South Wales, assisting the South Africans during the coming season, was cabled to Johannesburg, where the news appears to have caused something of a sensation among followers of the game generally. Public opinion there was strongly against his inclusion in the side, and this feeling was reflected at a meeting of the South African Cricket Board at which it was decided not to bring him over, but the resolution was only carried by eight votes to six. T h e constitution of the side is still somewhat uncertain. Halliwell, who has been a member of every former team sent over, has found it impossible to make the journey, and the Rev. L. Robin­ son, who has appeared for Somerset, will take his place as wicket-keeper. L. J. Tancred will, after all, be able to come, as his recovery after a serious illness has been more rapid than was expected. A t the Annual General Meeting of the Leicestershire County C.C., held in the Assembly Rooms, Leicester, on March 13th, it was announced that there was a loss of £218 18s. 5d. on the year’s work­ ing—a result in a large measure due to the bad weather associated with the new fixture with Kent. T h e M.C.C. tour in New Zealand has concluded, and the team are now on their journey home. Of the sixteen matches played, ten were won, two lost and four drawn. The full strength of New Zea­ land was encountered twice, the result being that honours were divided : the M.C.C. won the first match by nine wickets, and lost the second by 56 runs. The only other defeat sustained during the tour was in the first match with Canterbury, when they were beaten by seven wickets. A curious match took place in New Zealand early in January between Albion and Waimate. The former made 83, Cox contributing 51, two other batsmen 2 each, and sundries amounting to 28. Eight players failed to score. C lem H il l , so it is said, seems likely to forsake his first love, cricket, in favour of bowls. In any case, he has joined the premier Adelaide club, and plays in its Pennant matches. Australian cricketers may derive comfort from the knowledge that Mr. L. C. H . Palairet, who became a first-class exponent of—whisper it gently —croquet, will this year agaiu appear regularly in great matches as captain of the Somerset X I. P r io r to the match at Sydney between Victoria and New South Wales, the score of which will be found in another column, W. W. Armstrong had made 900 runs in Siven completed innings, average 128-57. In his only inter-State match he scored 27 and 168 not out, whilst his figures for Pennant cricket were: 3, 69, 116, 57, 9, 251, 200 not out, which is a very eloquent record for a man troubled with a bad knee. When making his 200 not out he at one time scored 50 whilst his vis-a-vis, F. Vaughan, did not make a run. T h e Sydney Mail states that the N.S.W.C.A. has declined to allow A. Cotter a bonus for playing in Adelaide and Melbourne. Mr. W. A. Firth urged that Cotter was j ustly entitled to a bonus, as he had lost considerably in the interests of cricket. Before the last team left for England Cotter was in a good situation. He was unable to keep his position and play ; so he threw up his work, and since then has not been able to get a permanent place. The chairman of the meeting, Mr. J. H. Clayton, upheld a point of order that there was no provision in the rules for such a case. B y their victory over Victoria, at Sydney, New South Wales were enabled to claim an unbeaten record in Sheffield Shield matches for the third year in succession. The position of the States for the past season are as follows:— Won. Lost. Total* New South Wales ...............4 ... 0 ... 4 South Australia................... 1 ... 3 ... 4 Victoria............................... 1 ... 3 ... 4 C. T . B. T u r n e r , it will interest English cricketers to hear, still keeps up the game in New South Wales. On January 19th he scored 60 for Ramblers against Petersham Veterans. P laying ! for Toombul v. Toowong, at the latter place, Queensland, on January 19th, W. T. Evans made three hits for six off consecutive balls delivered by Chatfield. I n a match between Callan Park Asylum and Double Bay, on the Asylum ground on January 19th, the hat-trick was performed twice for the former by two different bowlers iu the same innings. The first three wickets were taken by B. J. Folkard at 4, and the fourth, fifth, and sixth by F. Schmidt at 50. The total was 113.