Cricket 1908

A p r il 2 3 , 19 0 8 . CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 95 G. S. King, b Freeman Hall, b Freeman G. M. Louden, b Reeves Percy G. East, st Bow­ ler, b R e e v e s ............... A. W. Jennings, b Reeves C. P. McGahey (capt.), not out .......................... Byes 24, lb 2 Total 224 E ssex . Byes ... 6 Total (5 wkts) 114 P. Perrin (capt.), c Francis, b Jen­ nings ............24 J. W. H. T Douglas, b East ................ 1 S. P. Meston, c Mayes, b Jennings ... 14 W. F. O. Faviell, b Benham ............... 1 Mead, b Murray ... 0 Buckenham, b Mayes 4 Reeves, c Murray, b Mayes ............... 8 Young, c Louden, b F r a n c is .............. 7 Freeman (E. J.), b Mayes .............. 12 Russell (E.), not out 18 Bowler (E. A.), c Richardson, b Mur­ ray .......................... 2 Byes 10, lb 1 ... 11 T o t a l .............. 102 AN ALYSIS OF THE BOWLING. N ext X V IIL 0 . R M. W. O. R. M. W. Buckenham 13 3 29 2 .............. 1 14 0 Reeves ... 29.4 <; 84 7 ........... 1 37 3 Young ... 10 5 18 1 ........... 2 20 1 Douglas ... 6 3 1 1 ...........5 2 12 1 Faviell ... 4 1 If 1 ........... 1 4 0 Mead ... 2 0 10 1 ........... Meston ... 4 3 6 1 ........... Froeman, E. 10 3 2f 4 ........... 0 7 0 Russell, E. 0 14 0 E ssex . O. M. R. W. O. M. R. VV. East ... 11 4 11 1 Mayes ... 12 4 19 3 Benham 0 1 10 1 Francis ... 6 2 11 1 Louden ... 6 0 IS 0 Murray ... 5.21 5 2 Jennings 13 4 22 2 A rmy T e n ts and M arqures , all sizes; lists free. —Thos. James Gasson, Rye, Sussex. A LOST BA L L MATCH. The death at Leicester on Sunday last of Harry Custance, the once-famous jockey, who rode the Derby winner in i860, 1866, and 1874, recalls an amusing circumstance in connection with a single-wicket match in the sixties between George Fordham, the jockey, and Jackson, the mammoth bookmaker. The incident has been described by the Rev. R. S. Holmes for Cricket in the following words:— It was during some race meeting. Jack­ son was the challenger, and for a fiver a- side. Fordham was not much of a cricketer, nothing like so much at home on this turf as his brother-in-arms, Cannon ; whilst the “ booky ” was a cricketer of some pretention. The condi­ tions of the match were that Jackson was to bat with a broomstick. Fordham let his friend Custance into the secret, and requested him to be present at the match, telling him of the conditions agreed upon. When Custance arrived on the field—a small one, with an orchard behind the bowler’s wicket—Jackson was batting, but with a hedge stake, a couple of feet long and perhaps 2$ inches wide. Ford­ ham told him that his opponent would play with nothing else. Well, the batsman got his eye in, and there was no dis­ lodging him. I should have mentioned that it was arranged as a one-day match. Custance, seeing that his brother “ jock” had no chance whatever, begged him to pitch a home toss, and with the result that the ball was quickly banged out of the field into the orchard. Off ran Cus­ tance to find it, but it could not be found, so Fordham cried lost ball, and then joined in the search, a group of small boys offer­ ing their services. Fordham promised five shillings to the finder of the ball, Custance adding, “ Make it ten, George, it’s all the same.” Jackson likewise offered a reward, but spite of all the ball was not found. And home they all went. The next morning Jackson obtained a new ball from a neighbouring town, wishing to play the match out. His opponent was not so keen, and refused, as the match was agreed to be begun and completed on the same day. Consequently the wager was off. Need it be said that Custance had quietly pocketed the ball without being noticed, adding, when Jack­ son learned of the trick that had been played on him, “ You took George in by not using a broom-stick ; you want to know what I did with the ball. You’ll find it where you got the hedge stake, and remember, in future, that two can play at your game.” R IOHARD DAFT’S “ Nottinghamshire Marl.”— Particulars apply, Radcliffe-on-Trent, Notts. TA dvt . GEORGE AVERY & SON, W h olesale C ricket Ball M anufacturers, S O U T H B O R O U G H , K E N T . “ Under the patronage of two generations of leading cricketers.” G A V E R Y & SON have rarely known a trial • order fail to elicit continued patronage; in durability and appearance their balls are unsur­ passed, and their easy response to every stroke is noted by all who use them. STUART SURRIDGE & CO., ^ r I cke T I ats , ■ w w b b b b b m w w i ™ w w ° J As ^ d by both the English and Australian Teams. L o r d ’s C r i c k e t G r o u n d , L o n d o n , N.W. Dear Sirs,—I have great pleasure in sending you an old bat, one of your make, which I used during the last two seasons. I have made about l,6co ruus with it, and do not hesitate to say that I consider it one of the very best I ever & - remember having played with.—Yours truly, (Signed) F. STANLEY JACKSON. S u r r e y C o u n t y C r ic k e t C l u b , K e n n in g t o n O v a l , L o n d o n . Dear Mr. Surridge,—I have made wilh this bat 2,500 runs, and quite endorse Mr. G. L. Jessop and Mr. C. B. Fry’s opinion that they conlain all the points essential to a batsman, and I myself consider your bats the best I have ever used. Yours truly, T. HAYW ARD (Surrey XI.). S o m e r s e t V i l l a , C h e lt e n h a m Dear Sir,—You will be pleased to hear that one of your bats that I purchased at the Oval was used in all my matches, both 1st and 2nd class, last season I should in all probability have been using it next season had not the damp got hold of it whilst crossing over to America. I can safely say it was the best bat I have ever had in my career. You are at liberty to make any use of this recommendation you please. Sincerely yours, GILBERT L. JESSOP. Seasons 1889, 1900, 1901— 3,600 runs with this bat. Price List on Application. S u r r e y C o u n t y C.C., Kennington Oval, S E. I have always used Stuait Surridge’s Bats, ard lave no wish to use any other. DALMENY. S u s s e x C o u n t y C.C., B r i g h t o n . The bats made by Stuart Surridge C o. are excellent in every way. The willow is the right sort, and the shape and balance leaves nothing to be desired. The new blades are fit to meet new balls without fear o f crack or split. C. B. FR Y (Sussex XI.). L o r d ’s C r i c k e t G r o u n d , L o n d o n , N.W. Dear Sirs,—I played with one of your bats right through Lord Hawke's tour in the West Indies, and made 984 runs with it, and also in England at the beginning of the season. It certainly was one of the best bats I have ever had, if not the very best, and those of your make I am now using are going beautifully. Yours truly, P. F. WARNER . To Stuart, Surridge & Co. 175, BOROUGH HIGH ST ., LONDON, S.E.