Cricket 1908

CRICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M ay 14, 1908. the suggested triangular tournament between England, South Africa, and Aus­ tralia. He writes :— . What I have been gradually working round to is the trophy which Mr. Abe Bailey very kindly, with quite the best of all possible intentions, proposes to present to the winning team in the coming tri­ angular cricket tournament—I suppose it ought to be called a tournament? There was in several of the sporting papers re­ cently a letter, with the sentiments ex­ pressed and suggested in which many sportsmen will cordially agree. Has Mr. Abe Bailey “ satisfied himself that cricketers desire a trophy?” the writer, “ A Member at Lord’s and at the Oval,” asks. Neither cups nor trophies ever appealed to true cricketers, he says, and “ we do not want the ethics of the football field or the cycling track in the cricket field.” 1 fancy that most Refereaders will be cordially with him. The Field, alluding to the same matter, re­ marks- :— It will be regrettable enough if future visits of Colonial elevens to this country come to be considered as primarily de­ signed for the acquisition of ashes or chal­ lenge cups, and the pleasant programme of matches with the counties as merely a makeweight. As for the offer of a trophy as a material emblem of victory, though it has been freely denounced as in some way conducing to sordid aims, ought it not rather to be dismissed as merely superero­ gatory? In comparison with the victory the prize’s insignificance must appear alto­ gether ludicrous ; one might as well stimu­ late rowing by offering a piece of plate for the Oxford and Cambridge boat race. The above opinions, I am glad to see, coin­ cide with that expressed more than once recently in Cricket. I am pleased to hear that the appeal for increased support made by Mr. C. E. Green at the recent Annual General Meet­ ing of the Essex County C.C. is being well responded to. The danger which threatened the Club now being fully realized, new members are joining the Club every day. It would have been deplorable had it been found necessary to drop the County Club and sell the Leyton ground. T h e following remarks, which appeared in the Jamaica Times of April 18th, refer to the match between Brown’s Town and Endeavour, played in the St. Ann’s Cham­ pionship at Llandovery on the n th ult. :— This match caused much dissatisfaction towards the end, chiefly due to the fact that the umpires did not, as some said, understand their duty and the men of the Endeavour C.C. did not adhere to the laws of. the game. In the first innings the Brown’s Town C.C. made 52 and the En­ deavour C.C. 64. Brown’s Town in their second innings made 64 for six wickets and declared. The Endeavour C.C., not quite understanding a declaration, were reluc­ tant to bat, but after the explanation of A. J. Webb, Esq., a retired English cricketer, went in. The men were slow in their play, consequently the innings was not closed before the time. Being a one day’s match it was decided by the first in­ nings. T h e Sydney inter-Grade season closed ort April n th . North Sydney won the first Grade competition with 22 points, Padding­ ton and Glebe being runners-up with 10 points each. North Sydney teams also won the second and third Grade premier­ ship. E . W. H a r r is o n , of Tasmania, whose batting performances I recently alluded to in “ Gossip,” scored 125 for South v. West at Launceston on March 28th. He went in first wicket down and in partnership with Pennefather (64) put on 178 for the second wicket. A t North Melbourne on March 28th T. S. Warne made 154 not out for Carlton, whose innings was declared closed with one wicket down for 292 :— C arlton . T. S. Warne, not out ... ... 154 F. Delves, b Payne ... 31 T. Collins, not out ... 100 Byes, etc., ... 7 Total (1 wkt.) 292 On April 1st North Melbourne were dis­ missed for 248 (E. V. Carroll, 114), leaving Carlton victorious on the first innings by 44 runs. J. J a r r e t t took eight wickets without a run being made off him for Port Augusta Juniors against Quorn Juniors, in South Australia on April 4th. T h e Western Pacific Herald reports that a most peculiar accident occurred at Navua on the Tamunua cricket-field recently during a game. Two fieldsmen were run­ ning from opposite directions to catch the ball, and were so intent on the play that neither saw the other. The consequence was that the head of one struck the jaw of the other, Mr. Lorking. So severe was the impact that both sides of Mr. Lork- ing’s jaw were broken. They were set by Dr. Ramsay, but it will be some weeks before he quite recovers. The other cricketer escaped with a severe shaking, and was somewhat dazed for a day or two. A c c o r d in g to recent Australian mails, there has been a misunderstanding con­ cerning Western Australia’s guarantee in connection with that State’s matches with the English team. The agreement with the Board of Control read :—“ With refer­ ence to the English matches arranged to be played in your State, your Council must be prepared to allow the Marylebone Club half of the gross takings of the ground only, and to guarantee that this sum will amount to ^250.” Mr. Rush- ton, the Secretary of the W.A. Cricket Association, maintains that the English­ men, having received ^250 for the first match, they were entitled only to half the gross receipts of the return game. It seems that the discussion which ensued on the point became so personal that the con­ duct of some of the Englishmen has been reported to the Board of Control by the W.A.C.A., with a request that that body forward it to the Marylebone C.C. T h e Annual Dinner of the Hampstead C.C. will take place at the Caf£ Royal, Regent Street, to-morrow evening at 7.30, Mr. H. Smith-Turberville in the chair. Applications for tickets, price 7s. 6d. each, may be made to any member of the Com­ mittee or to the Hon. Secretary, Mr. F. C. Wheeler, of 32, South Hill Park, Hampstead, N.W. R. W. J e s s o n , who appeared a few times for Hampshire last year, was in fine all-round form at Oxford last Saturday. Playing for Merton v. Balliol, he made the highest score (33) in either innings of his side and took the whole of the four­ teen Balliol wickets which fell, including all ten for 18 runs in the first innings (41), performing the hat-trick. In the match at Sydenham on the g:h inst. between Sydenham and Brockley Wanderers, E. R. Taylor carried his bat through the latter’s innings of 12 for a single. S. H. Anson took nine wickets without a run. The score of the innings was as follows :— B ro ck ley W an d e r e r s . E. R. Taylor, not out .............. H. L. Bax, b Anson .. H. G. Taylor, c Hickson, b Anson .. G. L. Routledge, b Anson .............. L. H. Bax, b Stowers ............... L. V. Thomas, b Anson......................... F. Gore, Ibw, b Anson J. Hoe, b Anson R. Lamb, b Anson H. C. Arnold, Anson F. G. Arnold, Anson Extras Total 6 12 T h e Artists C.C. held their annual dinner on Friday last at Pagani’s Res­ taurant with Mr. E. A. Abbey, R.A., in the chair. The evening was a great suc­ cess. A la n M a r s h a l's very successful piece of bowling against Derbyshire at the Oval on Tuesday deserves “ bold advertisement” in “ Gossip.” After having several catches missed off him, he took five wickets in 13 balls without a run being made off him. His analysis at this period of the innings worked out as follows :— * * I * W I * * * W I W * W w 1 * 1 • * I * * He was assisted by the state of the wicket, but the performance was remarkable none the less. There are other similar instances upon record, but I believe that, from a figure point of view, it has been surpassed only once—by Reeves, who took five wickets without a run in n balls for Essex v. Derbyshire at Leyton in 1901—r though one must not overlook “ W .G .’s ”