Cricket 1908

148 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. May 21, 1908. E S S E X COUNTY CR ICKET CLUB. The following particulars of a suggested scheme for increasing the interest in the Essex County C.C., and thereby adding fresh members, have been forwarded for publication :— Hitherto no attempt has been made to secure, by personal canvass, members for the Essex County Cricket Club residing at a distance from Leyton. With systema­ tic organisation, another thousand members at least should easily be secured by enlist­ ing local sympathies. It is clear that the County will not come to the Secretary, so the Secretary must go lo the County. The Secretary should, in future, as much as possible endeavour to associate himself and keep in touch with cricket in every district throughout the County. As a basis of consideration, therefore, the County has been divided into districts. It is pro­ posed to assign each district to a member of a special Committee appointed for this purpose, this Committee to work in con­ junction with the General Committee of the County C.C. Assuming that some such scheme as this is feasible, it would be the duty of each representative to foster and encourage local cricket. With the view of encouraging pro­ mising Public School or University cricketers, “ Gentlemen of Essex ” matches should be arranged to be played on all the best grounds of the County during the season. The district representative should as . much as possible make himself the centre of cricketing interest in his district. As soon as he thinks that the Secretary may be usefully employed, he will summon him from headquarters to canvass likely mem­ bers, and to make himself master of local conditions, through the medium of the district representative. The Committee have appointed the fol­ lowing gentlemen to look after the district in which they live, and it is hoped that support may be accorded them :— C o m m it t e e . H. D Swan (Colchester), Chairman C. F. Clark (Southend) H. C. Owen (Southminster) R. L. Whittaker (Chelmsford) F. R. Round (Witham) C. J. Kortright (Ingatestone) Dale W’omersley (Brentwood) F. R. Pelly (Buckhurst Hill) NeviUe Dawson (Harlow) A. G. Nockolds (Saffron Walden) H. C Borradaile (Grays) O. R Borradaile (Suburban) W . F. Lord (London) with power to add to their number. GEORGE LEW IN & Co., (Established 1869.) Club Colour Specialists and A thletic Clothing Manufacturers. OUTFITTERS BY APPOINTMENT To the Australians, 18%, 1899 and 1902 ; Mr. Stoddart’s X I., 1894- 1895, 1897- 1898; Mr. MacLaren’s XI., 1901-1902 ; West Indian XI., 1900 and 1906 ; South Africans XI., 1901 and 1907; and M C.C., Lancashire, Kent, Surrey and London Counties, Wanderers, Stoics. Bromley, Sutton, and all Public Schools’ Old Boys’ Clubs.—Write for E stimates F ree . Telegraphic Address: “ Leotade , London.*’ Telephone : P.O . City 607. 8, Crooked Lane, Monument, London Bridge, E.C. OBITUARY . R e v . S. W. F e a t h e r st o n e . The Rev. Samuel W7illiam Featherstone, who succeeded Col. J. Fellowes as hon. secretary of the Devon County C.C. in 1903, died at Pinhoe, near Exeter, on Sun­ day last, as a result of a seizure whilst playing on the Exeter golf links on the previous day. He was in his fifty-third vear at the time of his death. Mr. J. F l a n n e r y . Mr. Jerome Flannery, whose death occurred at Brooklyn, N.Y., on May 7th, from tuberculosis, was born in Dublin on February 23rd, 1865, and was educated at the Catholic University in that city. Although a very capable exponent of the game which he loved so well, he will always be chiefly remembered in the United States as the compiler of the American Cricket Annual, with which he was con­ nected for fifteen years, afterwards being identified with Spalding's Cricket Guide. Mr. Flannery organised the Metropolitan District Cricket League, and was its first secretary. He was also President of the New York Cricket Association in 1900, and a member of the Manhatten, Morris Park, and Brooklyn Clubs. His highest score was 102 not out for Manhatten v. St. George’s A.C. in 1897. He was also one of the organisers of the Metropolitan Football League and of the British Public Schools and University Ciubs. Much more could be written of him, but it will suffice to say that by his death one of the most notable figures in the game in the United States has passed from us. F.F.K. L ad y H ele n L a c ey . With much regret we have to announce the death at Torquay on Monday morning last, after a long illness, of Lady Helen Alice Lacey, wife of Mr. Francis Eden Lacey, the Secretary to the M.C.C. Lady Helen was a daughter of the 9th Earl of Ncrthesk and sister of the present peer. She leaves a son and a daughter. In con­ sequence of her death the flags at Lord’s were lowered to half-mast as a sign of respect. S ir E. C. N e pe a n . Sir Evan Colville Nepean, C.B., who died at Windsor on Thursday last, was a member of a well-known cricketing family, being a grandson of the famous Herbert Jenner, elder brother of Messrs. A. A. and C. E. B. Nepean, and father of the late Mr. E. A. Nepean. He married his second cousin, Elizabeth Jenner, niece of Herbert Jenner, through whose family he could claim relationship with the Hart-Dykes, Norman *, Barnards, WTathens, and Bon- ham-Carters. He never made a name for himself as a player. CR ICKET IN THE ARGENT INE REPUBLIC. BOOKS RECEIVED. The Derbyshire Crick>t Guide , 1908. Compiled by L. G. W right and W . J. Piper, jun. Derby : Bacon and Hudson, Colyear Street. Price, 2d. The Hampshire County Cricket Guide , 1908. Com­ piled by E. L. Ede. Southampton and Bourne­ mouth : Henry King, Hants Advertiser Offices. Price, 6d. “ I can remember being caught at the wicket on the leg side at 13 and being given in, and allowed to make another 200 odd twice in one season. But both hits were very very little ones,”—C. B. Fry in The Daily Chronicle, E N T R E R IO S v . B U E N O S A I R E S . Played at C on cordia on A p ril 17. Entre R ios w on by 11 runs. Last month the Buenos Aires Eleven made their third trip to Concordia, and, after leading on the first innings, were beaten by 11 runs. The result would have been closer, and perhaps reversed, had not Gibson, in the second innings of the home side, fallen whilst running after the ball and dislocated his knee, being thereby prevented from batting a second time. Rain had fallen heavily just before the match, and the bowlers held the upper hand throughout. Rathbone made a fine effort to pull off the match for Buenos Aires, and hit six 4’s in his 36. Score and analysis:— E ntre R ios . First innings. Second innings. E. Brown, b Rathbone ... 1 stPurry, b Rath­ bone ... ... 16 A. Harrison, st Purry, b R ath bone........................0 b Fraser.............13 P. Cadet, c Rathbone, b c Rathbone, b Goodfellow.........................20 Goodfellow ... 14 C. A. Godwin, c Gibson, b c Dowson, b R a th bon e........................... 1 Rathbone ... 5 J. H. Webster, c Fraser, b Goodfellow..........................15 b Goodfellow ... 11 J. O. Gil, c Rathbone, b Goodfellow.......................... 9 b Goodfellow ... 1 T. Johnston, st Purry, b R a th b o n e ......................9 b Fraser............. 22 A. Grunwaldt,c Goodfellow, b Rathbone ............... 1 b Dowson ... 1 J. Benzaguen, b Rathbone 4 c Goodfellow, b Dowson ... 0 E. E. Dickinson, c Purry, b Goodfellow.......................... 0 b Rathbone ... 1 H. Fraser, not o u t ............. 0 not o u t ................. 1 Byes, &c. ............... 8 Byes, &c. ... 11 T o t a l .......................... 68 Total.................96 B ueno ) A ires , First innings. Second innings. J. A. Gibson, c Fraser, b Godwin .......................... 0 absent, hurt ... — H. J. Fraser, c Benzaguen, b G o d w in ...................... 7 c Gil, b Cadet ... 3 J. Parr, c Dickinson, b Godwin ...........................17 b C a d e t................ 11 C. A . Rathbone, c and b Godwin .......................... 3 b C a d e t................ 36 J. J. Dowson, not out ... 25 lbw, b Webster... 0 A. P. Campbell, lbw, b G od­ win ......................................0 b Webster ... 1 J. S. Purry, c Grunwaldt, c Grunwaldt, b b W ebster......................... 9 Cadet ................4 G. F. Ingleson, c Cadet, b Godwin .......................... 6 run o u t ................ 12 G. R. Roberts, c Brown, b Webster ......................... 0 not o u t ................ 4 J. Goodfellow, c and b God- c Harrison, b w i n ...................................... 4 Cadet .................0 H. Mitchell, c Gil, b God- c Dickinson, b w i n ......................................0 C a d e t................. 0 Byes, &c........................5 Byes, &c. ... 5 Total ...............76 E ntre R ios . Total ... 77 First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . Rathbone .. 18.2 2 43 6 ......... . 18 2 36 3 Goodfellow 18 8 17 4 ......... . 12 5 19 3 Parr 3 0 7 0 Fraser .. 10 6 15 2 Dowson 7 2 8 2 B uenos A ires . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W . O. M. R. W . Godwin 21.1 0 30 8 ... . 5 2 22 0 Brown 7 1 29 0 ......... 2 0 6 0 Webster ... 5 0 12 2 ......... 8 2 23 2 Cadet .. 8,2 1 15 6 Harrison 3 1 5 0 A. Gander did the hat-trick twice in an innings for Collier’s Wood v. Totterdown on Figg’s Marsh, Mitcham, 011 the 9th inst., four of the wickets being bowled and two caught. His analysis was seven for 27. Last season he took 70 wickets for three runs apiece. N e ttin g f o r T e n n is B o r d e r in g . —Colour and specially prepared, with line attached to Net top and bottom throughout; easy to erect or take away ; 25 yds. Ion?, 3 yds. wide, for 7s. 6d. ; standards for same, 10 ft. high, Is. each. Garden Netting, 30 sq. yds. for Is. ; car. paid on orders over 5s.—H. J G asson , Net Works, Rye.