Cricket 1908

146 CRICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M ay 2 i , 1908 . great player was not out at the close with 153 to his name, and there were still three wickets to fall. Sussex were met for the first time in 1835, anc* were outplayed to such an extent that, when Yorkshire should have gone in to get 21 to win, they “ gave up the match.” Out and home matches with Norfolk comprised the programme of 1836, after which the County eleven did not again take the field until 1844, when they opposed Manchester on the Hulme ground and suffered defeat by five wickets. The same side was met twice in 1845 and beaten on each occasion, but no further matches took place until 1849, when Kent, Lan­ cashire, and Sheffield were all opposed for the first time. Although Yorkshire played only five matches in the latter year as many as twenty-seven different players took part in them. The best-known were Bald- winson, T. R. Barker, G. and John Berry, Chatterton, Andrew Crossland, M. J. Elli­ son, Hunt, Joy, Letby, Sampson, and R. F. Skelton. In 1850 we first come across the name of George Anderson, and in 1855 that of I. Hodgson, who took 139 wickets for the County for 15.90 runs each. The late George Atkinson came, upon the scene in 1861, and it is an interesting fact that, although his fame as a bowler was great, and deservedly so, he took only 74 wickets for Yorkshire, and at a cost of 19 runs each, during his career. First-class matches were, of course, far less frequent in his time than they are now, and during the ten years he assisted the County he took part in only 30 matches, bowling in twenty-four of them. The same year— 1861 —Luke Greenwood, Rowbotham, Slinn, Stephenson, and Thewlis appeared for the first time, and of them only the first-named survives. Slinn was now thirty-four years of age, but as only one Yorkshire match had been played during the previous decade —in 1855—his opportunities of distinguish­ ing himself in County cricket were severely limited. He was a fast round-armed bowler and, in conjunction with Hodgson, per­ formed many notable feats ; in the twelve matches in which he appeared for York­ shire he took 91 wickets for 12 runs apiece. He was a poor field and no bats­ man. W. Cuttell, father of the latter-day Yorkshire and Lancashire cricketer, played his first match in 1862, and in the follow­ ing year the County Club was formed with headquarters at Sheffield. For some years the County met with varying success; thus, in 1865 and 1866 they played twelve matches without win­ ning one, whilst in 1867 they proved suc­ cessful in all seven games played. Freeman played in one match in 1865 and Emmett in 1866, but neither quite foreshadowed his future greatness, though the latter took half-a-dozen wickets for 55 runs. Emmett, throughout his career, took 1,271 wickets for Yorkshire for 12.68 runs each. Free­ man’s figures show 222 wickets at a cost of ten runs a-piece. George Pinder, one of many fine wicket-keepers the County has produced, came to the front in 1867 and continued to assist the side until 1880, whilst Lockwood appeared in 1868, Allen Hill in 1871, and Louis Hall and George Ulyett in 1873, the year which marks the inauguration of the County Championship Competition. Hill, straightest of fast bowlers, played for thirteen seasons, during which he took 563 wickets for 12.70 runs each ; Lockwood scored 7,868 runs with an average of 23.27, Hall 12,079 with one of 24.10, and Ulyett 16,063 with one of 24.37: the last-named also took 484 wickets for 18.18 runs each . B ates ca m e to the fore in 1877, P ea te in 1879, and L ord H a w k e in 1881. T h e debut o f his lord­ ship has com e to be regard ed as a land­ m ark in the h istory o f the C o u n ty ’s crick et, for he has app eared fo r Y o rk sh ire in m ore m atch es than an y other player, an d since he w as first identified w ith the side has w ork ed loyally and w ell in the best interests o f the g a m e and o f those w h o h ave been happy en ou gh to serve under him in the field. T h e am ou n t o f g o o d he h as done for the g a m e cou ld not easily be over-esti­ m ated. G ra du ally be built up the finest C ou n ty team o f recent years— perhaps o f all tim e— and he had the person al satis­ faction o f le a d in g it w hen it ca rried off the C h am p ion sh ip in 1893, 1896, 1898, 1900, 1901, 1902, and 1905. F ar m ore space than can possibly be spared w ou ld be required to deal even briefly w ith the m an y trium phs o f the C ou n ty d u rin g the past three decades, but in ord er that som e idea m ay be obtain ed co n ce rn in g the crick eters w ho have been ch iefly responsible fo r the m any successes en joyed by Y o rk sh ire , the fo llo w ­ in g tw o short tables are reprodu ced from the official Y o rk sh ire C ou n ty C .C . H and- B o o k fo r 1 9 0 8 :— (1.) Batsmen w ho have scored 10,000 Runs. Completed Runs. Inns. Aver. Brown ............. 1C>,3S0 559 29 30 Denton ............. 18,809 603 31*19 Hall ............. 12,079 501 24 10 Lord Hawke ... 13,062 652 20 03 Hirst ............. 20,033 593 33*7S F. S. Jackson ... 10,405 308 33*78 Peel ............. 11,131 523 21*28 Tunnicliffe ... 20,109 749 26*84 Ulyett ............. 16,063 659 24*37 Wainwright ... 12,768 582 21*93 (11.) B ow lers w ho have taken 500 W ickets. Cost per Wickets. Runs. Wicket. Bates .............. 660 11,024 16*70 E m m e tt............. 1,269 16,100 12*68 Haigh ............. 1,359 21,241 15*62 m il ............. 563 7,151 12*70 Hirst ............. 1,757 31,288 17*80 P. S. Jackson ... 506 9,708 19*18 Peate .............. 819 10,286 12*55 Peel ............. 1,550 23,398 15.09 Rhodes ............. 1,674 25,795 15*40 Wainwright ... 1,173 20,230 17*24 P.S.—Emmett,Peate and Peel took respectively 2, 1 and 4 more wickets than they are credited with in the above list, but they are not included as no analysis was kept. N.B.—From the two foregoing lists it will be seen that Hirst and Tunnicliffe have scored more than 20,000 runs ; that the batting averages of Hirst and F. S. Jackson are exactly alike ; and that Hirst has also taken more wickets than any other bowler. THE D ER BY SH IR E GUIDE*. THE HAMPSHIRE COUNTY CR ICKET GU IDE * The value and popularity of this publica­ tion are apparent from the fact that the present is the seventeenth yearly issue of the blue cloth-covered booklet. The frontis­ piece is a portrait of Llewellyn, who takes the Kent match at Southampton in July for his benefit. A biography of the same player follows, after which appears page after page of information relating to the County Club and the County’s cricket. The information furnished concerning local clubs is certain to prove very useful, whilst the tabulated records relating to cricket, boating, billiards, swimming, lawn tennis, etc., will be appreciated. The laws of cricket and of county cricket, a cricket diary, the chief fixtures for 1908, and much other matter will be found in this handy little volume. * The Hampshire County Cricket Guide, 1908. Compiled by E. L. Ede. Southampton and Bourne­ mouth ; Henry King, Hants Advertiser Offices. Price, 6 d .; by post, 7d. The useful little Guide compiled by Messrs. L. G. Wright and W. T. Piper, jun., is now in its thirteenth year and, as usual, is full value for the modest sum asked for it. In addition to all kinds of information relating to the County’s cricket since the formation of the County Club, there is an interesting article by Mr. L. G. Wright entitled “ First-Class Cricket in 1907/’ as well as portraits and bio­ graphies by Messrs. R. S. T. Cochrane and R. B. Rickman. The fixtures of the minor clubs are included in the publication, and space is also found within its 180 pages for the laws of ciicket, the rules of county cricket, umpires* signals, cricket records, and a list of secretaries’ names and addresses. * The Derbyshire Cricket Glide, 1908. Compiled by L. G. W right and W . J. Piper, jun. Derby : Bacon and Hudson, Colyear Street. Price, 2d. N ATIONAL PROVINCIAL BANK v. SIDCUP.— Played at Lower Sydenham on May 16. N ational P rovincial B ank . 3 J. W . Richards, c Bouvier, b W offen- den .......................... A. Harrison, stYoung, b Jones ............. 18 \V. B. PalamouDtain, b Allen ............... 9 C. G. E. Jones, c Bouvier, b Allen ... 45 A. King, c Bouvier, b Jones ... ... 2 H . E. Moore,b Woffen- den ...........................1 S idcu p . S. Woffenden, b Richards ...............15 L. le Bouvier, b Cosser 4 S. S. Moore, c Pala- mountain, b Rich­ ards ............... C. Spreckley, c King, b Cosser.......................... T. Bradshaw, b Cosser G. Wearing, c Harri­ son, b Cosser st J. P. Kemble, lbw, b Jones.......................... A. B. H . Read, Young, b Jones P. E. H . Masters, b Jones.......................... G. A. Cosser, not out... S. Dixon, cand b Jones B 3, 1-b 2, w-b 1 Total ...100 2 10 E. C. Young, b Harri­ son ............... .2 1 H. J. Jones, c and b Harrison ...............21 C. W. Mann, c sub., b Richards ............... 9 R. Wright, not out ... 5 P. G. Allen, not out... 2 B 6, lb 1 ............... 7 Total (9 wkts.)101 J. C. LOVELL’S XI. v. CYPHERS.—Played at Kent House on May 16. C yphers . W. Pitt, b Pitts ... 0 R. H. Jones, b Pitts 15 H. G. Swain, c L. Lovell, b Robinson 33 H. Cath, jun., b Robinson ... ... 2 C. G. Smith, b Pitts 0 H. C. Stembridge, b Harrison ............... 9 H. J. Cheyney, run out ............... ... 22 H. Ovenden, c Moun­ tain, b Robinson ... 10 E. T. Gale, c and b Harrison ............... 1 H. Lambert, not out... 11 R. D. Gale, c and b P it t s ........................... 5 B 3, 1-b S P. P.Tyacke, c Smith, b Swain ........... 9 G. B. Simmonds, b Swain .. ... 3 L. Lovell, c Cath, b P i t t ....................... 9 C. Catchpole, b Pitt 26 R. Harrison, bSwain 16 C. H. R. Henman, not o u t .....................17 J. C. L ovell ’ s XI. Total ... ... 93 K. Robinson, c Cath,b P i t t ........................... C. H. Mountain, b Swain ............... J. A. Lovell, b Pitt ... S. Pitts, b Pitt P. A. Ring, run o u t... B 3, 1-b 3 ............... Total ... 93 Only 29 runs were scored in the match between Kenton Rangers (19)and St. Luke’s (10), at Homerton, on Saturday last. The AMERICAN CRICKETER. F ou n d x d 1877. Published by H. H. Cornish on behalf o f The Associated Cricket Clubs of Philadelphia* An Illustrated Journal of Cricket, Association, Football, Tennis, Golf, and Kindred Pastimes. No. 632, Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.A p r ic e :— 10/- per annum, post paid anywhere. Specimen copie j mailed on request.