Cricket 1907

D e c . 19, 1907 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME, 475 CRICKET FIXTURES FOR 1908. APRIL. 20 (Easter Monday)-Oval, Surrey v. Gentlemen of England MAY. 28 28 2 6 28 28 28-' 28 -Oval, Surrey 1st XI. v. Next XVI. -Oval, Surrey v. Northamptonshire —Lord’s, M.O C. and Ground v. Notts. —Lord’s, M.O O. Meeting and Dinner -Oval, Surrey v. Hampshire -Oval, Surrey County C.C. Meeting -Northampton, Northants. v. Yorkshire —Leicester, Leicestershire v. Warwickshire —Lord’s, M.O.C. and Ground v. Yorkshire -Oval, Surrey v. Derbyshire -Bath, Somerset v. Lancashire —Lord’s, M.O.O. and Ground v. Kent —Oval, Surrey v. Gloucestershire -Northampton, Northants. v. Notts. -Leyton, Essex v. Leicestershire Birmingham, Warwickshire v. Sussex -Oxford, Oxford University v. Lancashire -Cambridge, Cambridge Univ. v. Yorkshire -Lord’s, M.O.O. and Ground v. Hampshire -Worcester, Worcestershire v. Surrey -Bradford, Yorkshire v. Kept -Nottingham, Notts, v. Leicestershire -Derby, Derbyshire v. Sussex -Manchester, Lancashire v. Northamptonshire -Lord’s, M.O.O. and Ground v. Worcestershire -Leyton, Essex v. Yorkshire -Manchester, Lancashire v. Derbyshire -Taunton, Somerset v. Sussex -Birmingham, Warwickshire v. Surrey —Lord’s, Middlesex v. Hampshire -Taunton, Somerset v. Warwickshire -Brighton, Sussex v. Leicestershire -Jieeds, Yorkshire v. Surrey —Northampton, Northamptonshire v. Kent -Cambridge, Cambridge University v. Lanca­ shire —Leicester, Leicestershire v. Surrey -Taunton, Somerset v. Worcestershire -Bristol, Gloucestershire v. Notts -Chesterfield, Derbyshire v. Yorkshire -Northampton, Northamptonshire v. Lancashire -Cambridge, Cambridge University v. M.C.C. and Ground Oxford, Oxford University v. Gentlemen of England -Oval, Surrey 2nd XI v. Yorkshire 2nd XL JUNE. -Lord’s, Royal Artillery v. Royal Engineers -Oval, Surrey v. Essex -Cambridge, Cambridge University v. Kent -Nottingham, Notts, v Lancashire -Brighton, Sussex v. Derbyshire -S ou th a m p ton , Hampshire v. Leicestershire -B ir m in g h a m , Warwickshire v. Yorkshire -Oxford, Oxford University v. M.O.C. and Ground -W a k e fie ld , Yorkshire 2nd XI. v. Surrey 2nd XL. -Lord’s, Middlesex v. Gloucestershire -Oval, Surrey v. Somerset -Catford, Kent v. Derbyshire -Worcester, Worcestershire v. Yorkshire -Cambridge, Cambridge University v. Sussex -(W hit Monday)--Lord’s, Middlesex v. Somerset -Leyton, Essex v Gloucestershire -N o ttin g h a m , Notts, v. Surrey -Sheffield, Yorkshire v Lancashire -Southampton, Hampshire v. Derbyshire -B r ig h to n , Sussex v. Kent -N orth a m p ton , Northamptonshire v. Leicester­ shire ■Rirmineham, Warwickshire v. Worcestershire -O v a l surrey 2nd XI v. Kent 2nd XI. -Lord's, Middlesex v. Sussex -Derby, Derbyshire v. Surrey -Nottingham, Notts, v. Essex _ -Bath Somerset v. Gloucestershire -Leicester, Leicestershire v. Yorkshire -Manchester, Lancashire v. Kent -Northampton, Northamptonshire v. Warwick- - Oxford"Oxford University v. Worcestershire -Cambridge, Cambridge University v. Gentlemen of England , . -Lord's. Army v. Navy (two days) -Tonbridge, Kent v. Gloucestershire (Tonbridge Week) -Bath, Somerset v. Hampshire -Brighton, Sussex v. Essex -Manchester, Lancashire v. Surrey - Huddersfield, Yorkshire v. Northamptonshire -Edinburgh, Sco.land v. Notts. -Lord’s, Middlesex v. Yorkshire -Northampton, Northamptonshire v. Derbyshire -Tonbridge, Kent v. Essex (Tonbridge Week) -Worcester, Worcestershire v. Hampshire -Leicester, Leicestershire v. Sussex -Birmingham, Warwickshire v. Lancashire -Oval, Surrey v. Cambridge University -Oxford Oxford University v. Free Foresters 22 22 22 - 22 22 22 22 - : -Lord’s Middlesex v. Notts. •Oval, Surrey v. Worcestershire •Gloucester, Gloucestershire v Somerset •Brighton, Sussex v. Cambridge University Bradford, Yorkshire v. Warwickshire •Catford Bridge, Kent v. Northamptonshire •Leyton, Essex v. Lancashire -Lord’s, M.C.O. and Ground v. Cambridge Uni­ versity —Oval, Surrey v. Oxford University -Leyton, Essex v. Middlesex -Derby, Derbyshire v. Warwickshire -Nottingham. Notts, v. Yorkshire -Gloucester, Gloucestershire v. Sussex —Liverpool, Lancashire v. Somerset —Worcester, Worcestershire v. Kent -Lord’s, M.O.O. and Ground v. Oxford University —Oval, Surrey v. Warwickshire —Manchester, Lancashire v. Notts -Chesterfield, Derbyshire v. Essex -Bristol—Gloucestershire v. Northamptonshire -Portsmouth. Hampshire v. Sussex -Dewsbury. Yorkshire v. Somerset zy—Leicester, Leicestershire v. Kent 29- Eastbourne, Cambridge University v. Gentlemen of Eugland (Eastbourne Week) JULY. 2—Lord’s, Gentlemen v. Players 2—Derby, Derbyshire v. Kent 2—Birmingham, Warwickshire v. Hampshire 2—Eastbourne, Oxford University v. Gentlemen of England (Eastbourne Week) 6—Lord’s, Oxford v. Cambridge 6—Nottingham, Notts, v. Derbyshire 6—Leicester, Leicestershire v. Hampshire 6—Manchester, Lancashire v. Sussex 6—Dover, Kent v. Yorkshire (Dover Week) 6—Northampton, Northamptonshire v. Surrey 6—Cardiff, South Wales v. Gentlemen of Phila­ delphia (provisional) 9—Southampton, Hampshire v. Northamptonshire 9—Dover, Kent v. Somerset (Dover Week) 9—Huddersfield, Yorkshire v. Sussex 9—Blackpool, Lancashire v. Warwickshire 9—Oval, Gentlemen v. Players 9—Worcester, Worcestershire v. Gentlemen of Philadelphia 10—Lord’s, Eton v. Harrow 13—Lord's, Middlesex v. Surrey 13—Leels, Yorkshire v. Notts.' 13—Worcester, Worcestershire v. Gloucestershire 13—Southampton, Hampshire v. Gentlemen of Philadelphia 13—Brighton, Sussex v. Somerset 13-Leicester, Leicestershire v. Essex 13—Birmingham, Warwickshire v. Northampton­ shire 13-Tunbridge Wells,Kent v. Lancashire(Tunbridge Wells Week) 16—Oval, Surrey v. Lancashire (Hayes’ benefit) 16-Tunbridge Wells, Kent v. ‘Middlesex (Tun­ bridge Wells Week) 16—Northampton, Northamptonshire v. Gloucester­ shire 16 —Worcester, Worcestershire v. Somerset 16—Brighton, Sussex v. Hampshire 16 -Birmingham, Warwickshire v. Leicestershire 16 -Hull, Yorkshire v. Essex 17—Folkestone, Gentlemen of Philadelphia Match (two days) 20—Lord’s, Middlesex v. Gentlemen of Philadelphia 20 —Portsmouth, Hampshire v. Surrey 20—Leyton, Essex v. Notts 20—Derby, Derbyshire v. Leicestershire 20—Sheffield, Yorkshire v. Gloucestershire 20—Birmingham, Warwickshire v. Somerset 20—Brighton, Sussex v. Lancashire 20—Maidstone, Kent v. Worcestershire 23—Lord’s, Middlesex v. Lancashire 23—Blackheath, Kent v. Surrey 23—Leyton, Essex v. Derbyshire 23—Nottingham, Notts v. Gloucestershire 23—Brighton, Sussex v. Worcestershire 23—Harrogate, Yorkshire v. Leicestershire 24—Woolwich, Royal Artillery v. Gentlemen of Philadelphia (two days) 27—Oval, Surrey v. Sussex 27—Leicester, Leicestershire v. Notts 27—Leeds, Yorkshire v. Derbyshire 27—Bristol, Gloucestershire v. Kent 27—Southampton, Hampshire v. Worcestershire 27—Manchester, Lancashire v. Essex 27—Northampton, Northamptonshire v. Gentlemen of Philadelphia 29—Lord’s, Rugby v. Marlborough 30—Oval, Surrey v. Gentlemen of Philadelphia 30—Nottingham, Notts v. Sussex 30—Bristol, Gloucestershire v. Middlesex 30-Southampton, Hampshire v. Kent (Llewellyn’s benefit) 30—Leyton, Essex v. Northamptonshire AUGUST. 3—(Bank Holiday)—Oval, Surrev v. Notts. 3—Lord’s, M.O.O. v. Public Schools (two days) 3—Canterbury, Kent v. Sussex (Canterbury Week) 3—Derby, Derbyshire v. Hampshire 3—Manchester, Lancashire v. Yorkshire 3—Bris.ol, Gloucestershire v. Essex 3—Taunton, Somerset v. Middlesex 3—Leicester, Leicestershire v. Northamptonshire 3—Worcester, Worcestershire v. Warwickshire 3 -Dublin, All Ireland v. Gentlemen of Philadelphia 6—Oval, Surrey v. Middlesex 6—Canterbury, Kent v. Hampshire (Canterbury Week) 6—Leyton, Essex v. Sussex 6—Leicester, Leicestershire v. D 'rbysliire 6—Birmingham, Warwickshire v Gloucestershire 6—Worcester, Worcestershire v. Lancashire 6—Dublin, All Ireland v. Yorkshire 7—Belfast, Northern Counties Union v. Gentlemen of Philadelphia (two days) 10—Nottingham, Notts, v. Northamptonshire 10—Glossop, Derbyshire v. Lancashire 10—Gloucestershire v. Worcestershire 10-Bradford, Yorkshire v. Middlesex 10—Southampton. Hampshire v. Somerset 10—Brighton, Sussex v. Surrey 10—Leyton, Essex v. Kent 13—Lord’s, MO.O. and Ground v. Gentlemen of Philadelphia 13—Oval, Surrey v. Yorkshire 13—Chesterfield, Derbyshire v. Notts. 13—Liverpool, Lancashire v. Middlesex 13—Cheltenham, Gloucestershire v. Warwickshire (Cheltenham Festival) 13—Northampton, Northamptonshire v. Hampshire 13—Taunton, Somerset v. Kent 13—Worcester, Worcestershire v. Sussex 14—Hythe, Kent 2nd XI. v. Surrey 2nd XL 17—Oval, Surrey v. Kent 17—Nottingham, Notts, v. Middlesex 17—Derby, Derbyshire v. Gentlemen of Philadelphia 17-Cheltenham, Gloucestershire v. Hampshire (Cheltenham Fesiival) 17—Brighton, Essex v. Warwickshire 17—Leicester, Leicestershire v. Lancashire 17—Northampton, Northamptonshire v. Essex 17—Sheffield, Yorkshire v. Worce>tershire 20—Leyton, Essex v. Surrey 20—Canterbury, Kent v. Leicestershire 20—Brighton, Sussex v. Middlesex 2 0 -Portsmouth, Hampshire v. Warwickshire 2J—Cheltenham, Gloucester v. Yorkshire (Chelten­ ham Festival) 20—Nottingham, Notts v. Gentlemen of Philadelphia 20—Manchester, Lancashire v. Worcestershire 24—Lords, Middlesex v. Kent 24—Brighton, Sussex v. Notts 24—Birmingham, Warwickshire v. Derbyshire 24—Bristol, Gloucestershire v. Surrey 24—Taunton, Somerset v. Yorkshire 24—In Durham, Durham v. Gentlemen of Phila­ delphia 27—Lord’s, Middlesex v. Essex 27 Bath, Somerset v. Surrey (Braund’s benefit) 27—Derby, Derbyshire v. Northamptonshire 27—Bournemouth, Hampshire v. Gloucestershire 27 —Brighton, Sussex v. Yorkshire 27 Manchester, Lancashire v. Leicestershire 27—Canterbury, Kent v. Gentlemen of Philadelphia 31—Oval, Surrey v. Leicestershire 31—Brighton, Sussex v. Gloucestershire 31—Bournemouth, Hampshire v. Middlesex 31—Scarborough, Yorkshire v. M.C.O. and Ground (Scarborough Festival) 8EPTEMBER. 3 -Hastings, M.C.O. Australian Eleven v. An England Eleven (Hastings Festival) 3—Scarborough, Gentlemen v. Players 7—Hastings, North v. South (Hastings Festival) 7-Scarborough, M.O.O. Australian Eleven v. Lord Londesborough’s England Eleven (Scar­ borough Festival) 14—Oval, Champion County v. England (four days) BOOKS RECEIVED. Ayres' Cricket Companion. Edited by W. R. Weir. London: F. H. Ayres, 111, Aldcrsgate Street, E.C. Price, Od. Barbados Cricket Annual for 1906-07. Edited and compiled by J. Wynfred Gibbons. Barbados: The Globe Office. Price Is. The Intercolonial Cricket Tournament. Georgetown, Demcrara: TheDaily Chronicle Office. Pennsylvania's Athletic Year of 1906-07. By Edward R. Bushnell. Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Co. Price, c/0 cents. Pip: ARomance of Youth. By Ian Hay. Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons. Price 6s. South African Cricketers' Annual, 1907. Edited by J. T. Henderson, Maritzburg: P.O. 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