Cricket 1908

jtfLY 2 , 1908. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF 1 ’ttE GAME. batting- averages for Ceylon, his figures being 13 innings, once not out, highest score 112, total runs 458, and average 38.16. He was followed by D. L. de Saram (35). In bowling Faviell stocd fourteenth with an average of 15.5 for 33 wickets. His chief scores were :— 102 W orcester Regt. v. Police S.C. 112 ,, v. Colts. 76 ,, v. Garrison. 68 ,, v. Tam il Union C. & A.C. 98* Europeansv. Ceylonese. 08 Triucom alee v. H.M .S. Hyacinth. 65 K andy S.C. v. D.A.C.C. ♦Signifies not out. Some of his bowling performances were as follows : 4 for 22 \ ®uroPeHlls v- Ceylonese. 8 for 22 W orcester Rcgt. v. R .A . 5 for 13 ,, v. W esley College. 8 for 24 ,, v. H.M S. Powerful. In December, 1905, a Ceylon team visited Madras, and Lieut. Faviell did the best work for the tourists. Playing in six inn­ ings, he scored a total of 312 and averaged 52. In 1906 he fell off in bowling, taking only 14 wickets for 307 runs, but did well in batting, his figures being 35 for six innings. His chief performances that year w ere:— 5 wickets for 31 runs for C.C.C. v. Colts, and scores of 105 for C .C.C. v. Sinhalese C .C ., 50 for United Services v. Colts, and 65 for Worcester Regiment v. Nondescript C.C. W h e n play commenced on Monday morn­ ing Brearley required one wicket to make his aggregate for the season a hundred and Hayward wanted 26 runs to complete his thousand. Each player fulfilled his desire in the course of the day, Brearley getting r,id of Iremonger at Manchester with the first ball he sent down and Hay­ ward scoring 69 at the Oval against War­ wickshire. W i t h neither an Australian nor a South African team visiting us this year, Gentle­ men v. Players at L ord’s ranks as the chief 'fixture of the season. For the match, which commences to-day at noon, the following teams have been chosen :— G en tlem en . W. S. Bird B. J. T. Bosanquet W. Brearley J. N. Crawford C. B. F ry P la ye r s . Denton Gunn (G.) H ayward H irst H obbs Rev. F. H . Gillingham L illey (or H unter) A . O . Jones R elf (A. E.) H . H . the Jam Sahib of Rhodes Nawanagar Tarrant, and two of C. G. Napier the follow ing :— G. H . Sim pson-H ay- Buckenham w ard Fielder P. F. W arner Wass Jessop was asked to play but did not accept the invitation, whilst Douglas will be in readiness in case his services may be re­ quired. Barnes and Tyldesley were invited to play, but neither will take part in the match, the latter ow ing to an injury. The selection of Tarrant and Fry has given rise to some criticism, on the ground that the former is an Australian by birth and learnt his cricket in his native land, and that the latter has yet to find his form in first-class cricket. In neither case is the objection a very serious one, and it would be easy to quote precedents to justify the selections. Both sides should prove worthy of the occasion, and a good match should result. Some sympathy may be felt for Blythe, the best left-handed bowler in England at the pre­ sent time, but with Rhodes and Tarrant in the eleven his presence was hardly neces­ sary. Y o r k s h i r e still retain their place at the head of the Championship table with 100 per cent, against their name. At the com­ mencement of their match at Trent Bridge last week they had a few anxious moments, but once they had recovered they were never in serious danger of defeat. At the moment Denton is one of the most reliable batsmen in the country, and he seems to possesses the happy knack of coming off when runs are most needed. The invita­ tion he received to assist the Players at L ord’s, when it was known that Tyldesley would be unable to play, was a compliment he thoroughly deserved. R a lp h W h it e h e a d will have excellent reason to remember his first appearance for Lancashire, seeing that he played an innings of 131 not out and was no-balled ow ing to a doubtful delivery when he bowled in the second innings. He was born at Ashton-under-Lyne in 1884, and has been engaged at various times at Knighton, Radnorshire, Grimsby, and West Derby, and last year played for Enfield, who won the Lancashire League Championship, averaging 23 with the bat and taking seventy-three wickets at a cost of eight runs each. This year he has done well all round with the Ashton C.C. I t is diflicult to know what to think of the prospects of next week’s University match. Earlier in the season the general opinion appeared to be that Oxford were by far the stronger side, but recently Cam­ bridge have shown such good form that many people expect them to prove success­ ful at L ord’s. Where so many good judges disagree, I should hesitate to express a more definite opinion than that I think it will be a match in which almost anything may happen. J. F. Ireland, the old Marl- burian, has been given his Blue for Cam­ bridge, whose team is now complete, but two places are still open in the Oxford side. BOOKS RECE IVED . The Problems of Cricket. B y M ajor P. Trevor. New issue. L on d on : Sam pson, Low , Marston and Co., Ltd. Price, 2s. Od. net. “ Mr. Fry gives the im pression that he has by m aking experim ent discovered exactly w hat strokes he can safely m ake, and sternly resists the tem pta­ tion to attem pt any others. It* is som ewhat credit- ablo to the intelligence o f cricket crow ds that they find pleasure in w atching a trium ph of m ind over m atter. I 11 speaking of cricket it is a m istake to confuse ‘ m ind w ith pure inio.leet -2%e Morning Post. H A M P S H I R E v. S U S S E X . P la y td at P ortsm ou th o n June 29 a n d 30. H a m p sh ire w o n b y 9 w ick et?. Sussex did n ot do so w ell as expected in m aking only 208 on a perfect w icket on the first day. W yatt, goin g on w ith one w icket down for 46, was chiefly responsible for the collapse, tak­ ing six w ickets fo r 76 runs. V ine w as caught, at slip at 26 and at 63 F ry w as bow led in trying to drive and K illick yorked. The ltelfs added 30 fo r the fourth w icket, the younger brother m aking his 54 out o f 96 in 80 m inutes by fault­ less cr ic k e t: he h it nine 4’s. The last w ickct added 29, and the total eventually reached the num ber stated. H am pshire lost Bow ell, Mead, and W hite in 25 m inutes for 11, but H ill and L lew ellyn added 90 in 70 m inutes, and the latter and Sprot 58 w ithout being separated, the score at the end of the day being 159 for four w ickets, Llew ellyn not out 79. L lew ellyn and Sprot rem ained together until they had put on 132 for the fifth w icket in an hour and a-half— an in ­ valuable partnership. Sprot, w ho hit tw elve 4’s, w as caught at slip and gave no chance in m aking 79. L lew ellyn batted three hours and a-half for 141, and m ade only one bad stroke, at 109, w hen he m ight have been caught. He hit seventeen 4’s. The second half of the side did little, but H am pshire established a lead of 100 on the innings. V ine and R obert R elf m ade 95 together in an hour and a-half for the first w icket when Sussex w ent in again, J00 to tin; bad, but B adcock, upon goin g on fo r the second tim e, bow led w ith such effect that he finished off the innings for 150, leaving H am pshire only 51 to w in, a num ber they m ade for the loss of Bow ell. A collection on the ground for Llew ellyn realised £14. Score and a n a ly sis:— S u ssex . First innings. Second innings C. B. Fry, b Llew ellyn ... 33 c Stone, b .....Bad­ cock ................ Vine, c Persse, b Badcock 18 c Sprot, b Bad­ cock ... ... 31 K illick, b W yatt .............. 9 c Stone, b Bad­ cock 0 R clf (R. R .), b Badcock ... 54 b Badcock ... 56 R clf (A. E.), c Stone, b W yatt .............................13 c Bowell, b H ill 0 H. W. Ram sbotham , b W yatt ..........................9 c Mead (W .) b Badcock ... 3 C. L. A. Sm ith, c Bow ell, b W yatt .........................18 b Badcock ... 4 Leach, b Badcock .. ... 9 c Sprot, b Bad­ cock 12 Vincett, c and b W yatt ... 1 n o to u t .................. 4 Cox (G .), not out ............15 c Stone, b Bad­ cock ... ... 11 Butt, b W yatt ........... 17 c Johnstone, b Hill .................. 9 B 9, 1-b 3.............................12 B 4, 1-b 10, n-b 2 16 Total Total ...150 ...208 H ampshire . First innings. Second innings. Mead (C.P.), b C ox ... 4not out ................... 27 Bow ell, c B utt,b R elf (A. E .) 3c Cox,b Relf (R . R ) I Capt. W. N. White, b C ox 2n o to u t ... ... 12 Llew ellyn, b K illick ...141 A. J. L. H ill, c Butt, b K illick ...........................37 E. M. Sprot, c C ox, b K illick ...........................79 Stone, c R clf (A. E.), b K illick ............................... 3 A. C. Johnstone, c B utt, b K illick ...........................15 Badcock, c Sm ith, b Leach 3 H. W. Persse,c R elf (A. E.), b K illick ............................... 4 F. J. W yatt, not out ... 14 B 2, 1-b 1............................. 3 B 9, li-b 3 ...1 2 T o t a l............................. 308 Total (1 w kt.) 52 S ussex . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. <). M. R . W. Badcock ... 16 2 04 3 ... 10 3 44 S P ersse................ 13 3 43 0 ... 5 2 19 0 W y att................ 24.2 9 70 0 ... 10 0 25 0 Llew ellyn ... 0 1 13 1 ... 8 1 19 0 H ill ... 11.2 3 27 2 Badcock bow led tw o 110 -balls. H am pshire. First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R W. Relf (A. E.) ...2 0 4 82 1 Cox ... ... 20 6 105 2 Vincett ... 6 1 22 0 2 0 4 0 K illick ... 20.2 3 57 6 ... 2.1 0 13 0 Vine ................ 4 1 11 0 L e a c h ................ 7 1 28 1 ... 3 0 18 0 R elf (R . R.) ... 3 1 5 1 Relf (R . R .) bow led tw o no-balls and Leach one.