Cricket 1908

I 20 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M ay 7, 1908 H . G R A D I D G E And SONS, Manufacturers o f all Requisites for Cncket, Lawn Tennis, Racquets, Hockey, Football, and all British Sports. Used cy- all the Leading- Flayers. Made in Men's, .-mall Men'8, or College, 6, 5, 4, & 3 sizes. Cricket: PATENTEES AND SOLE MAKERS OK THE P r i c e I . i s t s l-‘ r e e . m A p p l U a l o n . Of all First=Class Outfitters and Dealers. Reblading a Speciality. Factory ; A rtillery P lage , WOOLWICH. IMPORTANT NOTICE. Commencing with the Spring number of ‘ • C r ic k e t ” the price of the journal w as permanently altered to ONE PENNY. The paper will continue to be conducted 011 the lines which have proved so successful during the past 26 ) ears. With the Spring issue was presented to a.l readers the usual SUPPLEMENTARY SHEET, containing the revised First-Class Fixtures, with Portraits o f toiLe of the 1«ading players of the day. THE ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION, post free, to all parts of the w orld is 3/9 per annum . The Subscription for the 24 Summ er Numbers on ly 3/-, payable in advance. Subscribers w ho haye prepaid at the old rate w ill have their subscriptions adjusted.' accordin g to the new terms. Clficcs: 168 Upper Thames St., London,E.C. A W E E K L Y RECORD OF THE GAME. 168, UPPER THAMES STREET. LONDON, E C. THURSDAY, MAY 7™ , 1908. Pavilion Gossip. The abstract and brief chronicle of tbc time. — Hnml /. A t the Annual General Meeting of the M.C.C. at Lord’s last evening Frederick Archibald Vaughan Campbell, 3rd Earl Cawdor, was nominated President of the Club for the coming year. His Lordship was educated at Eton and Oxford, but was not in either Eleven. He was M.P. for Carmarthenshire from 1874 to 1885 and in 1905 became First Lord of the Admiralty in the late Unionist Government. He was born on February 13th, 1847, and became a member of the M.C.C. in 1875. The Earl of Jersey, the Earl of Lich­ field, Mr. Gregor MacGregor, and Lord Dalmenv were elected to the Committee in place cf Lord A 1 verstone ar.d Messrs. R. E. Foster, W. H. Patterson, and P. F. Warner, who retired in rotation. The membership of the Club in 1907 was 5,155, including 365 life-members. O n Saturday last Tom Hayward, play­ ing at Cambridge for Rodney against Commercial Travellers, took five wickets, performing the hat-trick, and was bowled first ball. On the same afternoon James Douglas scored 91 and P. F. Warner 45 for P. F. Warner’s XL v. W. H. White­ head’s XI., at Bearsted, near Maidstone. Warner’s XI. made 214 and Whitehead’s 37, Hendren taking seven of the latter’s wickets for 18 runs. A t the Crystal Palace, London County (243 for nine wickets, innings declared closed) quite outplayed London Hospital (15 and 80 for eight wickets). The feature of the game was V. F. S. Crawford’s fine innings of in , which contained a 6 and twelve 4’s. “ W .G .” was caught when he had made 9, but he atoned for his small score by taking five wickets for 6 runs. J. N. C r a w f o r d had some useful prac­ tice at Coulsdon on Saturday at the ex­ pense of Middlesex Hospital. Playing for Cane Hill Asylum, he scored 56—the only double-figure in a total of i n , which in­ cluded 24 extras—and took four wickets for 32 runs and seven for 9, including the hat-trick. For the same . side Walter Austin look five for 8 and two for 3. Wr. M. B r a d le y took seven wickets for 35 runs for Forest Hill against Spencer, on Saturday, in a total of 106. E. C. Kirk, however, did even better by taking seven for 17 for Spencer, who won by 72 runs. O n e has become so accustomed to asso­ ciate heavy scoring with Eastbourne crick et that it cam e alm ost as a sh ock to find the side m a k in g on ly three runs off the bat in their first in n in gs a g a in st H ail- sham on S atu rda y. B laber took six w ick ets for no runs in the first in n in g s and eig h t for 10 in the secon d. T h e m atch w as m arked by such unusually lo w sco rin g that a record o f the m atch is w ell w orth y o f a place in “ G o ss ip ” :— E astbourne . Fir-t innings. Second innings. W. A. Newc>mbe,b Blaber I b Press ........ 6 Robinson, b Blaber............. 0 b Blaber .. 1 E. P. Milford, b Press ... 0 c White, b Blaber 2 E E. Chartres, st White, b Pre.-s .........................2 b Blaber ... 3 Rev. J. A W . Bell, b Press 0 b Blaber......... 0 E. R. L. Hollins, b Blaber 0 b Blaber........ 0 Grimes, b Blaber ... 0 c Hill, b Press .. 5 E. II Muir-Smith, b Blaber 0 b B laber............. 0 C. Guld-oiiitb, b l ’ress ... 0 n o t o u t ............... 4 L. A. Gaba. not out ... 0 b Blaber... 0 P. G. Wagenrr, b Blaber . 0 b Blab<?r............... 6 Byes, sc. ............... 5 Byes, «frc. ... 3 T . t l .............. 8 T on i .. 30 H ailsham . G. Langley, n Gaba 0 2 F. J. C. Manillier, b 5 C lnrres ... 4 1 M. Iilj«b*»r. b Gal>\ ... 0 II. Cur.if id, Uut out 0 A. K. Burtenshaw, b Grimes P. L. nill* mu out I'. (\ Sitiw b liobiuson J. M C. Col s.l» Robin­ son L. Wh'te, run out T. P. Pivss run ouf, T. liuigd-s b Cii^rtn s Bye . 1 Total Sc.oml initials: Corn ford I) M 'lford, 5 ; White, n<^t out, 2; j»li .w, no. uut, 3. Total (one wicket), 10. On the same afternoon Monarchs (59) dis­ posed of Anerley Reserves, at Portsmouth, for 2 and 7. At the Annual General Meeting of the Northamptonshire County C.C., at North­ ampton on Friday last, it was announced that for the first time in the history cf (he Club its income had exceeded ^3,cco. Twelve gentlemen had generously guaran­ teed ^ 50 each, and but for their support the Club would probably have found itself in a serious position financially. Sub­ scriptions realised only ^1,280 13s. 9d., cr £ 2 0 15s. 9d. less than in the previous year, but there was an increase of £135 16s. 6d. in gate-receipts. An appeal was made for mere subscribers, it being felt that the pre­ sent membership was quite inadequate to support a first-class county eleven. Lord Lilford was re-elected President, and Mr. T. E. Manning was unanimously appointed captain in succession to Mr. E. M. Crosse, who was obliged to vacate the position on account of increased business duties. S e v e r a l County men turned out for Man­ chester against Blackley, at Old Trafford last Saturday, the consequence being that the latter sustained a severe reverse. W. Brearley, A. H. Hornby, C. R. Hartley, Makepeace, llarrv, and Huddleston were all there, and Blackley, who were disposed of for 68, were beaten by ten wickets. Hartley and Hornby opened the Man­ chester innings together and made 50 in 15 minutes, 69 in 20, and 90 in half-an- hour. Hornby, who was first out, scored 53 out of 91 in 30 minutes, and Hartley 67 out of 154 in an hour. The pace slowed down considerably after the pair had been separated, and the total was taken to 211