Cricket 1908

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TATE , All England Championship Racket Maker. C R I C K E T B A T S a n d B A L L S . 18 , P r in c e s S tre e t, C a v e n d is h S q u a r e , L O N D O N , W The Sportrman sa y s:—“ T he bound volum e of Cricket for 1907 is now ready, and affords a valuable record of the gam e not only in E ngland, bu t in Greater B ritain.” P rice 8 s. 6 d., post free 9s. A W E E K L Y R E C O R D O F T H E G AM E . 168 , UPPER THAMES STREET LONDON, E.C. THUR SDAY , JU N E j i t h , 1908. Pavilion Gossip. The abstract and brief chronicle o f the time. —Hamit t A fortn igh t a g o it was remarked in C ricket of M r. J. N. C raw ford “ As a batsm an his ability is great, and it is probable that, well as he has hitherto perform ed, he is destined to reach still greater heights as a run-getter. ” Exactly a w eek after those words appeared in print, he played by far his highest innings in first-class cricket* scoring 232 against Som erset at K ennington in just under four hours, and, .in partnership with H olland (87), adding 30S runs in 210 minutes for the fifth w icket. It w as a delightful ex­ hibition of free and vigorous cricket, which contained tw o 5 ’s, twenty-eight 4 ’s, and eleven 3 ’s as the m ost remunerative strokes. H e w as tw ice missed, when 189 and 223, but at the time he offered the latter chance he had abandoned safe tac.ics and w as hitting out with the sole idea of scorin g quickly. H e afterwards obtained eight w ickets, and so had much to do with the easy victory secured by his side. I t is worthy o f rem ark that “ V .F .S .,” “ R .T .,” and “ J .N . ” have each made over tw o hundred in an innings on the Surrey ground, the first-named having scored 218 for Y ou n g Amateurs v. Y ou n g Professionals o f Surrey in 1896, and “ R .T . ** 243 for Surrey C olts v. Stanley C .C . four years later. E veryon e was very glad to see Somerset playing again at the O val. It w as four years since the tw o sides had previously met, and it must have seemed to the spectators that the visitors took the .field with a strangely unfam iliar team . If Lionel Palairet and S. M . J. W oods had been able to play they would have been accorded a very hearty reception, for both have perform ed great feats in the past at K ennington, where the crow d is not slow to forget its favourites and their doings. A c o r r e s p o n d e n t draws m y attention to an instance of a whole side being dis­ posed o f without a run. “ H andsw orth Gramm ar S ch ool,” he writes, “ playing on their own ground on M ay 9th against K in g E dw ard’s School, Five W ays, were dism issed for 20 and o. In the second inn ings both J. D . H arris and Lea took five wickets without a run, the form er deliver­ in g forty balls and the latter thirty-six. In the whole match Lea obtained twelve wickets for 10 runs and H arris seven for 7. K in g E dw ard’s School scored 35 and 21 . ’ * A t Snaresbrook on M ay 30th, the In­ gram C .C . disposed of the C ity o f London C .C . for a single— an extra. T h e score o f the innings w as as follow s :— C it y ok L ondon C.C. H arding, lbw, b A . E. Adam s ................. K iiig, b J. Adam s ... Richardson, b A . E. Adams 8 ouch, c Cropper, b A . E . Adam s F. M ills, b J. Adam s H". M ills, b J. Adam s Button, c J. Adam s, b A . E . Adam s Chapman, retired hurt M artin, c Clarke, b J. Adam s ................ M ortim ore, c and b A . E . Adam s ................ Belling*r, n ot out ... B ye................. T otal... A. E. A d am s'a n d J. Adam s each bowled four maiden overs, the form er for five wickets and the latter for four. T h e In­ gram C .C . had previously scored 40, A. E. Adam s m ak in g 20 o f the number. P la y in g for W hitcom b W anderers v. South London Am ateurs, at A cton on M ay 31st, H am ish Stuart, o f the Surrey County C .C ., hit a half-volley on the leg side from a slow leg-break bow ler named G. P . S avage 154 yards from hit to pitch. Last September, when appearing for Sted­ m an ’s Surrey Eleven v. X V III. o f Cobham and District, he hit a fast bow ler high over a hedge n o yards from the w icket. T he inclusion of L . J. M oon in the M iddlesex team has been one o f the out­ standing features o f the past w eek ’s cricket. As he has m ade 50, 99, and 135, he has gained an average of 78 without a not-out to help him . H e is a player w hom everyone w ould be glad to see far m ore often in C ounty m atches. H e learnt his cricket at W estm inster School, and cam e into note by playing an innings of 138 for C am bridge U niversity against the Australians in 1899. H e obtained his Blue in 1899 and 1900, and in the form er year made his first appearance for M iddle­ sex, the county of his birth. H e is one of those players w ho have the happy knack o f being seen at their best when things are not g o in g well wjth their side. But for his innings o f 50 on Thursday, M iddlesex would have fared badly indeed. F. C. S. W il k in s played a som ew hat rem arkable innings at Dunstable on M ay 30th for the local G ramm ar School, obtaining as m any as 114 o f the 137 runs made by his side from the bat. T h e score w as as follow s :— D u n s t a b l e G r a m m a r S c h o o l . F . D . Odell, b Berkeley ................ F. A . M . B. Jenkins, E. R. Fabricius, c and b Allen ................ 3 R . C. Gutteridge, not out ........................11 c Allen, b L iffen ... 6 W . 8 . Reid, b A llen 1 R . L . K losz, lbw , b Berkeley ................ 0 Byes, & c..................10 F . C. 8 . W ilkins, not out .............................114 R . P. Ellis, R . Cook, H . Richardson, and W . H . Ostler did not bat. T heir opponents, Bedford G ramm ar School,