Cricket 1908

210 CR ICK ET : A W EEKLY RECORD OF TH E GAME. J u n e 18 , 1908 . “ M y highest inning's was 191 against Som erset, at T aunton, for which I batted a trifle over six hours, but the m atch from which I derived m ost pleasure w as that w ith Surrey at the O val. T h ey had won the Cham pionship the year before, and so w e w ere very keen to beat them if possible. T here w as little between us on the first innings, but when w e set them over 400 to w in we thought w e should pull through fairly com ­ fortably. But B rockw ell m ade over 100 and W . W . Read and Lohm ann scored heavily, so that w e w on by less than 50 runs. I m ade 57 and 102, being not out in the first innings, and w as m uch amused to note the unanim ity w ith which the papers said 1 w as only 17 years o f a ge. As a m atter o f fact I had com pleted m y twenty- first year, but, accordin g to som e journalists, I rem ained only 17 for several seasons a fterw ards.” “ D id you m aintain your form o f 1 896?” “ I did not. M y eyes began to trouble m e, and, as they handicapped m e severely and occasioned loss o f form , I w as not sur­ prised that the C omm ittee should ask me to stand down. T here was nothing to do but to take to glasses, which 1 did with m ost satisfactory results. I w as taken into the side again in G eorge B ea n ’s benefit m atch, against Surrey in July, 1898, and have not missed a gam e since. T h u rsd a y’s m atch at Leicester w ill be m y 272nd con­ secutive appearance for S u ssex.” T his record, for record it is, must be considered altogether rem arkable when it is rem em ­ bered how frequently one reads of a player not appearing in a m atch ow in g to an accident, a m issed train, ill-health, tem ­ porary lack of form or som e other o f the innum erable little circum stances which occasionally crops up to disturb arrange­ ments. “ Y ou must have seen plenty o f fine run- g ettin g during your connection w ith the Sussex te a m ?” “ A bsolutely the best innings I ever saw was R an jitsin h ji’s 202 against M iddlesex at H ove eight years a go. M iddlesex had m ade 401 in their first innings and very early in the second afternoon there was a heavy thunder-storm , which prevented further play until the third day, when the w icket w as all in favour o f the bowlers. H ad it not been for R anjitsinhji w e should have cut a sorry figure. H e m ade 202 in three hours in m arvellous fashion, and only V in e o f those who went in after him reached double figures, and he didn’t m ake twenty. R anjitsinhji got about 150 o f his runs by boundary hits, and I think you will find that he and M r. C . L . A. Sm ith put on about 80 together, although the latter made only tw o. In another match he scored tw o separate hundreds in a day against Y ork ­ shire. T he highest innings I have seen him play w as his 285 not out at Taunton about seven years a g o . Som erset, when they had headed our score by over 300, de­ clared their innings with seven wickets dow n, but Sussex replied with 466 for one w ick et, and the m atch w as easily d ra w n .” “ And have you not seen M r. Jessop in form m ore than o n c e ? ” “ H e seems to have a partiality for our b ow lin g. At B ristol last year he scored 240 against us at about the rate o f eighty an hour, and in the return g o t 119 in an hour and a-quarter. In the latter match he m ade 54 runs off the reel, and once when w e were playing at B ristol he made 66 in less than half-an-hour without M r. R ice, w ho w as in w ith him , scoring at all. H e has also m ade 179 and 286 against us at B righton. W hen he gets set it is diffi­ cult to know w hat to bow l to him , for he can adapt him self adm irably to circum ­ stances, and he thinks nothing o f pulling a ball alm ost w ide on the off round to, or over, the boundary at square-leg. And som e o f the grounds seem very small when he has ‘ taken ro o t.’ I have often w on­ dered whether it would be o f any use to toss him very high-pitched lobs, to drop on the bails, as I have heard Dr. E. M . Grace did once at the O val to Jupp. T h e novelty o f the thing m ight cause him to get caught for a small score ; but on the other hand it m ight not. I wish som eone would try the experim ent. ” “ D id you not spend one winter in South A frica ? ” “ Y es, at C ape T ow n , but there is little to record of interest in connection with the visit. O n Saturday afternoons I played for the Green Point Club and during the rest of the w eek coached the boys at the South A frican C ollege. All the wickets were of m atting, off which the ball rises at a great pace. There w ere m any g ood players in W estern Province and Cape T ow n , but from what I heard they were hardly up to the standard o f those in the T ra n sva a l.” “ D id not som e m embers of your fam ily play for Sussex about forty years a g o ? ” “ M y uncle H enry played for about ten years, and once m ade 78 against Surrey. H e w as a left-handed bat, but bow led r ig h t ; he could also keep w icket, and, in fact, did so for the County. H is great feat w as to score 182 not out for a team o f veterans and colts against the Sussex Eleven at B righton. Another uncle, Anthony K illick, was a good cricketer; but played only once for the C ou n ty.” W AN D ERERS v. BROM LEY AN D BICK LEY (B rom ley and B ickley Week— 1st M atch).— Played at Brom ley on June 15. W a n d e r e r s . S. Colm an, not out ...119 H on. S. R. Beresford, c Mark, b N icholls 8 P. H . Slater,b N icholls 0 M. M unden,c Nicholls, b Mark ................ 2 G. U. B. Roose, c Barker, b Mark ... 18 R. Kenw ard, b Mark 47 R. W. Harris, c Barker, b Tw eedy 0 R. M. Bell, b Nicholls 15 L. C. Dolan, c Tweedy, b Tim m is ................ 5 H. T. Bull, c Tucker, b Timm is ................14 N. A. Dam ian, c Reid, b N icholls ................ 0 B 20, w 5 Total W. Tim m is, lbw , b B e l l ..............................3 F. R eid, st Roose, b B e l l ............................. 25 R. R. Barker, c Roose, b Dam ian ................ 9 A.C.Tweedy, st Roose, b Colm an ................87 A. J. Mark, b Bell ... 40 E. P. N icholls, c Beresford, b Bell ... 9 B r o m le y a n d B ic k le y . ... 25 ...253 L. A. Shuter, c Harris, b Dam ian ................41 J. W. W illett, st Roose, b Bell ... 16 A. Cave, c and b Bell 1 G. Davies, c Roose, b Dam ian ................ 4 S. A. Tucker, n ot out 3 B 2, 1-b 1 ................ 3 Total ...241 N A TIO N A L PRO VIN CIAL BAN K 2n d X I. v. FOREST H IL L 2nd X I.—Played at L ow er Syden­ ham on June 13. N a tio n a l P r o v in c ia l B an k 2n d X I. C. A . Shaw, b Baskett F. H . Clouting, run out ............................. 0 S. D ixon, c Baskett, b H unter ................ 69 W. E. K ingw cll, b Bas- k ctt ................ .. 6 M .Faw cett,bN ettleton 10 J. P rice,c and b N ettle­ ton ..............................19 i Total . E. J. Provis, b Roberts A. M oon, c Braugh, b Nettleton ................ E. S. Sm ith, b Baskett C. W. King, c Earner, b Roberts ................ H. E. Ingall, not out Extras ................ F o r e s t H i l l 2nd X I. ...132 C. Moore, c and b W. R. H inton, not out 85 K ingw ell ................10 S. H unter, c Ingall, b P r ic e ............................. 26 G. H . Braugh, not out 87 Extras ................... 16 H . G. N ettleton, b D ixon ................ 21Total (3 w kts.)...245 F. C. Mace, C. H . Barham, L. H . Baskett, H . Barham and F. Earner did n ot bat. S T R E A T H A M v. TO O TIN G . — Played at Streat­ ham on June 8 . S t r e a t h a m . First innings. Second innings. J. E. Raphael, c C. C. c J . F.H osken, b H osken, b J. F. H osken... 5 P a r e z ............. .1 2 N. M iller, b P a r e z ................ 0 c L yon, b Chad­ w ick .............. 17 H . L . Dawson, b J. F. c Butcher, b H osken ............................. 21 Sandilands ... 25 C. L . M organ, lbw , b Parez 1 c and b Parez ... 24 V . F. Feeny, b C. C. st B utcher, b C. C. H osken ..............................33 H osken ... 21 C. J. Parton, b Parez ... 2 c L yon, b Chad­ wick ................ 4 G. V . Campbell, c C. C. c C. C. Hosken, b Hosken, b P a r e z ................ 11 H arvey H . S. Barkworth, not ou t... 16 st Butcher, Sandilands J. F.W . H ooper, st Butcher, C. C. H osken ... 19 J. L . Phillipps, c Harper, b C. C. H osken ................ 3 run out D . O. K err, c Parez, b C. C. Hosken .............. 0 Byes, & c................... 0 Butcher, Chadwick n o to u t ... B 2, 1-b 1 ... 18 b ... 0 b ... 2 .. 4 ... 7 ... 3 137 D . H . Butcher, Cam pbell, b M iller 13 L . V . Harper, c Kerr, b P h illipp s................ 23 J. F . Hosken, b M or­ gan ............................. 14 R . R . Sandilands, b M organ ................ 39 C. C. H osken, b M or­ gan ............................. 6 A . H . Parez. c Phil­ lipps, b M iller ... 14 111 T o otin g . R . M . H arvey, b M organ ................ 5 R. M . Chadw ick, b Phillipps ................ 58 J. C. Peters, b M or­ gan ............................. 0 G. H . L yon, c Raphael, b M iller 12 S. G. W est, not out 8 Byes ................ 4 Total ...193 N A T IO N A L P R O V IN C IA L B A N K v. FO R EST H IL L .—Played at Forest H ill on June 13. F o r u st H il l . Phillips, b H arrison... 21 Owens, run out ... 0 Paton, c Innocent, b Cosser .................91 Balkwell, b M anners 13 Marley, c Harrison, b Cosser ................4t W illiam s, c Oosser, b Richards ................ 1 Hunter, c K ing, b Cosser ................ 0 Silverthom e, b Rich­ ards ............................. 7 Hast, not o u t ................22 W elchm an, st M oore, b Cosser ................17 Goldup, not out ... 20 B 1 9 , 1 -b 3 .. 22 T otal (9 w kts.)*253 •Innings declared closed. N a t io n a l P r j v in c ia l B a n k . A . Harrison, b W elchH . E . M oore, b man ................ 14 W elchm an ... 28 A . B. H . Read, b E. J. Innocent, b W e lch m a n ................ 1 W elchm an ... 1 W . B. Palam ountain, J. W . Richards b b H ast ................ 18 W elchm an ... 1 C. or. E. Jones, b J. Manners, b H a s t ............................. 0 W illiam s 9 A . K ing, b W elchG. A . Cosser, not out 4 man ............................. 10 J. P. K em ble, c B 2 ,1-b 1 3 Goldup, b W elch— m an ............................. 9 T o ta l.. 98 SOUTH H AM PSTEAD v. F IN C H L E Y .— Played at Willesden Green on June 13. F in c h l e y . L. Niederheitm an, b H u gh rn an ................ 1 A. E. Griffith, b Bam ford .. ... 15 H. C. Fisher, c Dove, b Uughmrui ... 32 II. W. M elhuish, b H u g h m a n ................ 2 S. T. Barker, c and b Bam ford ................16 E. H. Riches, c Sher­ well, b A stley ... 34 F. A.Tuck, c H ollings­ w orth, b Hu^hm an 3 P. J. Thornburgh, b A stley .................93 B. Mein, c Sherwell, b T hornhill................13 E. H. Griffiths, not o u t .............................. 1 Extras 16 Total (9 w kts.) ...226 W. de Paula did n ot bat. S outh H am pstead . R. II. Moore, b J. Thornhill, n otou t 6 R ich is ................ 66 G. Sherwell, b Mol- E x t r a s ..................16 huish ... ... 28 | — S. Elston, not out ... 34 T otal (2 w kts.) ...150 G. H. Bam ford, N. Astley, G. H idlings worth, G. Every, R. II. List, R. Hughm an, and E. H. Dove did not bat. It has been suggested that n ext year som e of Som erset’s hom e fixtures be given to W eston-super- Mare. H. F. M ilm an m ade five t’s in an over for W est Sliene v. Waldegrave Park, at Strawberry Hill 011 Saturday. In his innings of 102 he hit tw enty- three 4’s,