Cricket 1908

CR iCKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF T 11 E GAME. J u ly 2 , 190 &. Lancashire, at Skegness. For the 2nd X I. this year he has performed as follow s:— Runs. W kts. Runs, v. Surrey 2nd., at the Oval 30* and 22* 1 for 10ti v. Surrey 2nd.,at Wakefield 18 and 12 5 ,, 33 v. Lanes. 2nd.,at M anchester 79 0 ,, 40 v. N orthum ., at Newcastle 7 and 13 8 ,, 7(5 v. Durham , at South Shields 10 and 3 10 ,, 161 ^Signifies not out. He is a right-hand medium-paced bowler. Reuter reports that “ the South African Cricket Association, in reply to the Aus­ tralian invitation to visit Australia in 1909, has passed a resolution providing that a cablegram be sent to Australia saying that Ihe invitation will be considered when the Association has been definitely informed by the Marylebone Cricket Club of the aban­ donment of the scheme for a triangular contest between England, Australia, and South Africa in 1909.” As the meet­ ing of the Advisory County Cricket Committee takes place to-morrow at Lords, the South African C.A. will very probably have an early opportunity of con­ sidering the invitation referred to. W id d o p (127 not out) and Baxter (107 not out) put on 245 without being separated for the second wicket of Bingley v. Hop- ton Mills on the latter’s ground on Satur­ day. The innings was declared closed with one wicket down for 248. On the same afternoon H. D. Kanza (126) and L. de Montezuma ( m ) added 200 runs for ihe second wicket of London County against Beddington at the Crystal Palace. W h i l s t playing at Llantwit-Major, in Wales, last week a man named Lark was struck by a cricket-ball on the leg, which was broken by the impact. In the first innings of M .C.C. and Ground against Cambridge University at L ord ’s last week, K ing, Llewellyn and V. F. S. Crawford made only 2 runs between them. In the second innings they scored 198. I t is said that M. A. Noble has in pre­ paration a book dealing with the recent tour of the M .C .C .’s team in Australia, and that one of the best-known publishing firms in London will be responsible for its production. Certainly no one should be able to speak with more authority concern­ ing the Test matches than the man who captained Australia so ably, and his opinions should prove interesting as well as instructive. T h e recent Granville (Lee) Week pro­ duced some very interesting cricket and was a great success in every way. On the second day W . M. Bradley took seven wickets for 30 runs for the W anderers; on the Thursday Coleman, of Hertfordshire, obtained nine for 21 for M .C .C ., but was on the losing sid e; on Monday C. E. C. Kendle, who has played a few times for Hampshire, scored 137 against Forest Hill, who had Bradley to bowl for them ; whilst on the Friday A. S. Johnston hit fifteen 4 ’s and a 6 in an innings of 102 against the Brixton Wanderers. W h i l s t Surrey were playing Oxford University at the Oval last week J. N. Crawford visited Repton and appeared for Past v. Present of the School, as the latter will have good cause to remember. In addition to obtaining thirteen wickets, he scored 79 and 153, the Past winning by 100 runs after declaring their second inn­ ings closed with four wickets in hand. For the School, H . S. Altham, who pos­ sesses a Surrey qualification, made 150 and 9. N. J. H o ll o w a y established a record for Leys School on Tuesday by scoring 220 not out against M .C .C . and Ground. He hit thirty-four 4 ’s. A c a s e of Dickinson v. Earle was heard by his Honour Judge Woodfall at West­ minster last week. It was a claim for five guineas for a print. The Evening Standard report stated :—• The case fo r the plaintiff w as that defendant, Captain E arle, gave an order that he should be in cluded in a picture o f last year’s Eton v. H arrow crick et m atch at L ord ’s, and he w as to be next to L ord Euston in the picture. The order covered a print o f th e picture, fo r w hich five guineas w as to be paid. Captain Earle du ly appeared in the picture, and then said his financial position had altered, and he did not w ant th e print. N ext som e point w as raised that he appeared bareheaded, and should have had a top-hat on. C aptain E arle gave evidence that he sat fo r his ph otograph, and chose from the proofs the one in w hich he a j pea le d in a top-hat. In the picture he appeared w i! Lout a hat. D irectly he saw the picture he pointed out the m istake, and said it m ust be altered, or he w ould not have it, “ because I haven’t m uch h a ir.” His Honour found for the plaintiff, with costs, holding defendant had not proved the alleged stipulation that he should wear a hat in the engraving. P la y in g against Gravesend, on the Bat and Ball ground last Saturday, the W an­ derers scored 455 in 185 minutes. A. M. Latham, the Hon. Secretary, led the way with 124, and three other players exceeded the half-century. The score of the match will be found “ in another place.” A c o r r e s p o n d e n t writes to me from Sherborne suggesting the following B team as worthy to be matched with the H eleven mentioned in last week’s Cricket : — B. J. T . Bosanquet, W . Brearley, W . B. Burns, Braund, Board, Bowell, Baker (C.S.), Bowley, Burrows, Buckenham, and Blythe. He also points out that a strong side of cricketers whose names commence with S could be put into the field, and mentions as likely candidates for such an eleven : G. H. Simpson-Hayward, E. M. Sprot, R. II. Spooner, H. L. Simms, Sey­ mour (Jas.), Stone, Sharp, Spring, Santall, Stedman, and Smith (W . C.). O n Monday last His Honour Judge Willis cleared off his cases at Southwark in a little over half-an-hour, and, after studying a paper he borrowed from a gentleman in court, decided to spend the rest of the day at the Oval. “ I should like to teach the cricketers of England how to catch,” his Honour remarked. ‘ ‘ It is shocking. When I am at a match, if a man muddles a fair chance and does not hold the ball, I don’t say that I do not look at his cricket afterwards, but I cannot pay so much attention to .it. George Parr used to declare, “ Die rather than lose a ball,” and 1 think he was righ t.” H is H on o u r , by the w ay, o u g h t to m ake a g o o d bow ler. H e so frequently takes bail. A c o r r e s p o n d e n t writes lo me as follows :— The m atch betw een E a lin g P ark and Boston Park, the fu ll score o f w hich w ill be found else­ where, raises a nice poin t in crick et ethics. Boston P ark, who batted first, scored 120 and E aling P ark m ade 105, T appenden doin g the hat- trick. B oston P ark m ade 84 fo r 5 in their second innings, and then, w ith a view to givin g their opponents a little m ore batting, declared. There w ere 50 m inutes left for play. E aling Park, having nothing to lose b y daring m ethods, went fo r runs and ignored w hat m ay be called the “ courtesy knock ” w ith w hich Tappendon presented them . W ere E aling P ark rig h t? Stricti juris, yes. A nd yet one feels there is another side to the question. Boston P ark had w on the m atch and had only to finish their innings to m ake v ictory secure. The pow er to declare was conferred to enable a definite result to be reached (it had been reached), and not w ith a view to a side losing a one-day m atch w hich they had already w on ! O f course, some folk w ill say that the action of T appenden was Q uixotic. He had no need to declare to w in a gam e already w o n ! T here are m any pretty paradoxes and pu zzling problem s to w h ich this curious m atch gives rise. There can, of course, be no doubt what­ ever that Ealing Park were fully justified in winning the match as they did. The rules state very plainly that a one-day match is decided on the first innings only in the event of the match not being played out. S e r g e a n t D e a r l o v e , of the P Division of Police, stationed at Beckenham, died in the local cottage hospital on Tuesday as the result of a blow on the head from a cricket-ball received whilst batting on the previous day in a match between Penge and Beckenham Police on the Beckenham Recreation Ground. T h e following team will represent Eton against Winchester on the latter’s ground to-morrow and Saturday :— R. L. Benson (captain), G. H. Cartwright, G. W . Catt- ley, A. W indsor Clive, E. W . Foljambe, R. L. Fowler, R. Kenyon-Slaney, L. H. Tennyson, R. H. Tw ining, W . A. Worsley, and either E. G. Carr, F. W . Gull, or J. C. Hollins. L ie u t . W . F . O . F a v i e l l , who is play­ ing this year for Essex, made a good im­ pression upon Ceylonese cricketers during the stay of his regiment, the Worcesters, in Colombo. He was regarded as one of the best European cricketers of the time in Ceylon, though he had his superiors among Ceylonese. In 1905 he headed the