Cricket 1908

J u n e 4, 1908. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. in the present contest, E. Barrass, was a noted footballer in the old days in the University paddock, and a fam ous cricketer, J. M. B lackham , spent his juvenile days in that sam e paddock, learn­ ing to play the gam e o f which he subse­ quently becam e so renowned an exponent, especially in the department of w icke4.- keeping. H e did not, however, take to w icket-keeping in the paddock, but he was know n there to all com ers as a very gcod junior batsman, who scored consistently and well against all junior opponents. It was som e years after he left the paddock that he took to w icket-keeping, and the man w ho brought him out, and made him know n to the world as the greatest w icket­ keeper that ever lived, was the ve eran Jack C onw ay, m anager of the first Aus­ tralian team that visited England. When Blackham first kept w icket he ‘ kept ’ with bare hands to C on w a y’s bow ling, ar.d C onw ay w as a fast bow ler who made the ball fairly ‘ hum ’ from the pitch. I make this special reference to Blackham because some day a cricket history c f V ictoria will be written, and it seems to me fitting to record, for the sake of the histcrian, that the m ost celebrated wicket-keeper o f all time picked up his early know ledge of cricket just about the very spot where the beautiful O rm ond C ollege now stands.” T h e C ricket Associations represented on the Australian Board of Control have to jointly contribute £ 2 ,5 9 8 8s. 4d. to bring the guarantee to the M arylebone C .C . up to £ 10,000. The official statement, pub­ lished by the Sydney R eferee, shows the gross receipts to have been £18,601 15s. 2d. ; the ground charges, £ 3 ,1 0 7 4s. iod. ; players’ fees, £ 1 ,9 0 6 11s. 5d. ; players’ expenses, £ 4 8 0 u s . od. {.um pires' fees and expenses, £ 1 5 0 13s. od. ; other m atch expenses, .£1,423 6s. u d . ; while the gross am ount taken by the M .C .C . was £ 7 ,4 0 1 u s . 8d. T he deficit of £ 2 ,5 9 8 8s. 4d. will be contributed by the four A ssociations in the follow in g manner :— V ictoria, £ 1 ,1 3 3 2s. 2 d .; N ew South W ales, £ 1 ,0 4 4 2S- °d* 5 South Australia, £ 3 5 6 3s. 2d. ; and Tasm ania, £ 6 5 is.,, Q u e e n sl a n d beat N ew South W ales at Brisbane at Easter by 171 runs, although the latter placed a very good side in the field, including Carter, E . L . W’addy, B lax­ land, M acartney, Bardsley, Barnes, Dean, and L. A. M innett. Hayes made 98 in the first innings of Queensland and Evans 103 not out in the second. Queensland had not beaten N ew South W ales since April, 1893, when they proved successful at Brisbane by 14 runs. I u n d e r s t a n d that Northamptonshire have a very useful cricke'.er qualifying for them in the person of R . H ayw ood, a native of Eltham , in K ent. T he season before last H ayw ood w as at the “ N ijrsery” at T on brid ge w ith such w ell-know n players as W oolley, B adcock, w ho now plays for H am pshire, and H ardinge, but, despair­ in g of ever gettin g into the County team with so many prom ising young players available, he resolved to throw in his lot with N orthants. H e played his first match for Peterborough on M ay 2nd and scored 104 not out, W hilst on Thursday last he played a not-out innings o f 163 against R am sey. D u r in g the past w eek a vot:n g paper has been sent to each m ember of the Surrey County C .C . so that a poll of the whole membership m ay be taken as to the advisability o f altering Rule III., as pro­ posed by M r. A. M . Latham at the Annual General M eeting on M ay 7th. V otin g papers should be returned to the Secretary by the n th inst. A Special General Meet­ ing of the members will be held in the Pavilion on Thursday, June 18th, at 5 p.m ., at which the result of the poll will be declared and any business arising there­ from will be transacted. T h er e were two instances on M onday of a captain sending his opponents in upon w inning the toss, M r. Leveson-G ower giv in g Essex first innings at the O val and M r. L aw ton sending Sussex to the wicket in the m atch at B righton. In each case the m ove was correct, and it was not Mr. L a w ton ’s fault that Derbyshire went under by 17 runs. Sussex played a capital up­ hill gam e and merited their success, whilst Derbyshire, admittedly the weaker team, did well to give their opponents so close a gam e. A. E. R elf bow led adm irably in both innings and took fourteen w ickets for 75 runs. R . A . Y o u n g has made such good scores in this country during the past few seasons that his failure to show a glim pse of his true form whilst in Australia appears inexplicable. In the m atch with Kent yesterday he accom plished what may per­ haps be regarded as the best perform ance of his life, scoring 106 and 89 against the bow ling of Fielder, Blythe, Fairservice, Hum phreys, and W oolley. H e may not be a batsman that people rush in their thou­ sands to watch, but he is the best in re­ sidence at either University at the present time, and he is probably destined to make many large scores for Sussex. D u r in g the past w eek Lancashire have had a curious experience, g o in g down before N orthamptonshire, one of the weakest of the counties, and beating Notts, who had not been defeated since the year before last, by nine w ickets. Such is the “ glorious uncertainty ” of the gam e. W hilst con gratulating Lancashire upon their victory, it must not be forgotten that N otts were greatly handicapped in losing the services o f W ass through re­ ceiving a severe blow on a knuckle o f his bow ling hand from a ball bowled by Brearley. W hat he would- have accom ­ plished on the w icket had he been able to bow l can only be surmised, but certain it is that his side would not have been beaten by so la rge a m argin. H a m p s h ir e are to be congratulated upon their fine win over Leicestershire yester­ day, seeing that they were 131 behind on the first innings and were set 265 to win. Llewellyn, w ho had made so many good scores during M ay, w as a failure w ith the bat, and it was left to M ead, at one time a m ember of the Oval ground-staff, and Bow ell to carry off the chief honours o f the victory. M ay it prove to be the fore­ runner of many successes ! LONDON AN D W ESTM INSTER BAN K 2nd X L v. TH ORNTON H E A T H .— Played at N orbury on M ay 26 and 27. L o n d o n a n d W e stm in ste r B a n k 2 n d X I. H. S. G. Tyte, c M orland, b Thom as ................ 0 L. G. Black, b Thom as 5 G. Logan, b H iggs ... 9 II. E. Coom ber, lbw H aw k............................. 31 W. H orncastie,c Carey, b H aw k ... ... 15 W. A. W iley, c and b Thom as ................10 G. P. Rhodes, lbw Thom as ................12 T h o r n to n H e a tu . Morland, c Brook, b D e a n ..............................4 Lennox, b Dean ... 3 Bowles, b Dean ... 0 Butcher, c Rhodes, b Dean ... ... ... 4 Thom as, b Coom ber ... 22 Perriss, c Black, b D e a n ..............................14 H aw k, b Dean ... 0 L. P itt Brook, b H ughes ................ 30 D. Dear, c Dart- nell, b Thomas F. Ralls, not out A . Podm ore, Thornaa 37 2 Dean, b Total Higgs, Logan Carey, c B rook,b Pod- m ore .............................. Griffen, not out Barnes (sub), run out Byes ................ 74 STREATH AM v. BLACK H E ATH . — Played at Streatham 011 May 30. S treatham . First innings. Second innings. H . L. Dawson, c and b D ay 26 c Mason, b R ob­ ertson ................ 3 C. J. Parton, c Poore, b D a y ........................................... 6 ea n d b R otertson 7 G. V. Cam pbell, c sub., b Banning ............................. 0 b R obertson ... 0 V. F. Feeny, run out ... 5 not o u t ................ 23 C. L. Morgan, c and b Day 1 c and b Robertson 0 H . T. Cross, c Bush, b c Lewis, b R ob- B anning ... ... ... 2 ertson ... ... 3 J. L. Phillipps, c and b Banning ..............................5 c Poore, b Mason 6 D. O. Kerr, lbw , b Banning 0 b M ason................ 6 E. B. M iller, c L ew is, b e Banning, b Banning ............................. 0 M ason................ 0 E. P. Pulbrook, not out ... 0 b Robertson ... 0 N. Miller, absent ................ 0 b M ason............... 7 B 1, 1-b 7.............................. 8 B yes............... 5 Total... J. R. Mason, st Kerr, b Parton ................46 Capt. H . S. Bush, c Feeny, b Parton ... 66 A. P. Day, c Morgan, b Feeny ................12 R. N. R . Blaker, c Feony, b N. M iller 48 C. J. Robertson, c Kerr, b Parton ... 0 R. H . M arriott, c P ul­ brook, b N. M iller S 53 B lack h eath . Total... 60 H . D. Banning, c Morgan, b Cam pbell 8 C. W. Edwards, c Parton, b N. Miller 0 M. S. Poore, n ot out 10 W. G. Lewis, lbw , b N. M iller ................ 0 M. Christopherson, b Cam pbell ................ 2 L -b ................. 3 Total ...203 A N S W E R S T O C O R R E S P O N D E N T S . S. W ood h am .— N ext week. A. B . B r o w n (A berdeen).— Y ou are correct in your surm ise. E. B. C hea les.— The entire foot m ust be w ithin the return crease when the b all is delivered. See the official notes on L aw X I. P. H . Slater, w ho m ade 119 at the Oval last Thurs­ day and helped Baker (149) to put up 209 for the first w icket of Surrey 2nd X L v. Yorkshire 2nd X I., scored 136 for D ulw ich against Sutton on Saturday . 1