Cricket 1908

CRICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J u l y 9, 19 0 8 . Lang came on wonderfully as a wicket­ keeper, and in the great match at L ord ’s made four catches in each innings, thereby contributing to no small extent to the capital victory gained by Harrow by 79 runs. After their pronounced success over W in­ chester last week, Eton should take the field against Harrow to-morrow with every confidence. A great amount of interest will centre in the doings of G. H. Cartwright, who scored 102 not out and took ten wickets in the match referred to. He is a fast- medium paced bowler, and against Harrow last year obtained eight wickets. The Eton bowling this season is stronger than it was twelve months ago, and the team taken as a whole is well up to average strength. Harrow also are strong in bowling, and in the Hon. Rupert Anson, a son of the Earl of Lichfield, possess an excellent all-round cricketer of very great promise. So far as one can judge, the meeting of the two sides should produce an excellent match. OBITUARY . V is c o u n t C h e l s e a . Viscount Chelsea (Henry Arthur Cado- gan), eldest son of 5th Earl Cadogan, died, after a long illness, in the early hours of Thursday morning last at Temple House, Theobalds Park, Hertfordshire. He was born on June 13th, 1868, and was therefore in his forty-first year at the time of his death. He was educated at Eton, and in 1887 scored 72 not out and 6 against Harrow at L ord’s, his first innings being the result, to quote Cricket , of “ clean and well-timed hitting.” He represented Bury St. Edmunds in Parliament from 1892 until 1900, during part of which time he acted as private secretary to Mr. Balfour, then First Lord of the Treasury. He had been a member of the M .C.C. since 1888. It may be of interest to recall that the Cado­ gan family owned Prince’s ground, in addi­ tion to much other property in the neigh­ bourhood, and that the lease of the cricket ground reverted to them as freeholders on September 29th, 1880. M r . C. L. J o h n s o n . Mr. C. L. Johnson, at one time one of the best-known Irish cricketers, died sud­ denly at Maraisburg, in the Transvaal, on May 31st, in his thirty-eighth year. He was educated at the Royal Naval School, New Cross, and Dublin University, being in the former X I. in 1886 and two follow ­ ing years and in that of the latter from 1889 to 1893. Playing at Dublin against Cambridge University in 1892 he scored 49 and 56 off the bowling of E. C. Streatfeild, C. M. Wells, F. S. Jackson, and H . R. Bromley-Davenport, and later in the year visited America as a member of the Gentle­ men of Ireland’s team, for which he aver­ aged 11.625 with the bat and 12.92 with the ball. For three years he headed the bow ling averages of his University, and in 1890 and 1892 played for Ireland. In 1893, ow ing to ill-health, he left his native coun­ try— he was a County Kildare man— and settled in the Transvaal, and in the follow ­ ing year came to England as a member of the first South African team which visited this country. He did very good service, too, both as batsman and bowler, scoring 508 runs with an average of 14.32 and taking 50 wickets at a cost of 17.27 runs each ; he scored 112 against Liverpool and District and 79 against the Gentlemen of Ireland. On his return to South Africa he played for the Wanderers and the Trans­ vaal, and at Johannesburg in March, 1896, was included in a South African X I. which met Lord Hawke’s team. The deceased was a fast right-handed bowler, a very use­ ful batsman, and a good field. M r . R. W . M o n r o . Mr. Robert Webber Monro, who was born on March 28th, 1838, died on the 10th ult. He was in the Harrow X I. in 1856 and 1857, and appeared for Oxford against Cambridge in i860. There was no match between Eton and Harrow in 1856, owing to the former authorities refusing permis­ sion for the Eleven to g o to Lord’s, and in 1857 the game which took place— not a regular one in the series—was between Etonians under 21 years of age and Har­ rovians under 20. In this match, which the Harrow side won by ten wickets, Mr. Monro scored only a single. Proceeding to Balliol, he obtained a place in the Oxford team in i860, but made only three runs against Cambridge, being bowled by Denzil Onslow in the first innings and by Robert L ang in the second. Among his contemporaries at Oxford were J. M. Dolphin, B. W . Waud, W . H. Bullock, C. G. Lane, and W . F. Traill. In i860 he and W illiam, now Sir William, Hart Dyke represented Oxford at Racquets against Cambridge and won 4— 2. Mr. Monro, late Chief Clerk of the House of Lords, left estate of the gross vale of ^29,372 6s. 9d. He died at his residence, Oakfield, Coombe W ood, Kingston-on-Thames. H A M P S T E A D v. U P P E R T O O T IN G .-P la y ed at Ham pstead on July 4. U pper T ooting . D . H . Butcher, st Beaton, b D um ble­ ton ............................136 M. R. Seymour, c B obertson, b Dum ­ bleton ....................55 R . M . Chadwick, st Beaton, b M onro ... 15 A . H . Parez, c D unk- ley, b Dum bleton ... 2 H on. W . J . French, run cu t 29 R . R . Sandilands, st Beaton, b D um ble­ ton ..............................17 J. F. Hoskin, not out 22 H . G. Yates, b W est 0 G. H . L yon, b W est... 0 D , E . Bartley, not out ............................. 8 B 9 ,1-b 6 , n -b 2 17 Total (8 w kts.)*301 •Innings declared closed. F . Pope Stamper did not bat. H ampstead . H . E . H aym an. st Butcher, b French 87 J. G. Donaldson, c Butcher, b Yates ... 53 E . W . H . Beaton, c Butcher, b Yates ... 6 F. R . D . M onro, c H oskin, b Parez ... 14 G. G. Dum bleton, c Butcher, b Yates... 17 R . D . Robertson, c Chadwick, b Parez 9 H . S. Chappell did not bat. L U D G R O V E 2 nd X I . v. SO U TH LO D G E A .— Played at South Lodge on July 1. S outh L odge A . S. E. L . W est, c Seym our, b Parez .. H . R . H ebert, c Parez, b Yates ................ H . Dunkley, not out R . Leigh Ibbs, not out ............................. B 5 ,1-b l,w 1, n -b 3 10 T otal (8 w kts.)210 J. C. Hunter, c L ee; B arry............................. 0 C. G. W atson, b D un­ ville ............................. 38 D . P. F. Uniache, c and b Dunville ... 1 G. C. Levick. b Barry 10 W . Poyntz-W right, c Im pey, b Burbury... 49 D . R . Law son, b Lees 0 J. C. F . M agnay, run out .............................19 T o t a l.......................149 L udgrove 2 nd X I. R . H . W alker, b W a t- J. E . Im pey, c R igby, son ............................. 16 ' ~ R . M . Lees, b Bour- c h ie r ..............................46 J. F. Burbury, lbw , b Bourchier ................ 19 T . Philipson, b W a t- B 4, w 2 son .............................32 J. Tabor, not out ...2 2 T otal (6 w kts.) 154 J . S. D unville, C. J. D . Sm ith, and P. R. A stley did not bat. J. R . Bourchier, b B arry............................. E. D . Courtney, b Barry................ R. G. L . G arth,not out T . R igby, run ou t ... B 16, w 2, n -b 1... 19 b Bourchier................11 P. S. Guthrie, b W at­ son ............................. 1 G. Barry, not out ... 1 6 D O RSET v. S U R R E Y 2 nd X I . Played at Dorchester on July 1 and 2, and w on by Surrey 2nd X I. by ten wickets. Platt mad-* the highest score in the m atch and took all ten w ickets in an innings. Siore and analysis : — D o rset . First innings. Second innings. P. F. C. W illiam s, 0 Meads, b Platt ............... ... 5 cB a k e r,b P la tt .. 10 Rev. W . H . Arundell, st Vigar, b Smith ................21 b Platt ..................... 0 P. Crummins, c M eads, b Smith ..............................19 st V igar, b Platt 0 W . H . Budge, st V igar, b M eads ... 11 c Vigar, b Platt 4 G. G or on, c and b Platt 56 c Meads, b Platt 1 H . Fowler, c and b Sm ith . . 76 n o to u t ... .. 9 C. P. G oodden, st Vigar, b M eads ................ 0 b Platt ... ... 3 E. Chester - M aster, st Vigar, b Meads ................23 b P lstt ................ 2 Stagey, not out ................22 c Smith, b Platt 2 S. W . Talbot, c Blacklidge, b Smith ............................. 4 c Baker, b P latt 0 Greenhill, absent ................ 0 b P l a t t ................ 0 E xtra s............... ... 11 Extras ... 0 Total P. H . Slater, b T albot 9 Baker, b Gordon ... SO H . S. W rinch, b T al­ bot ............................. 8 Abel (W .), b T a lbot... 0 Harrison, run out ... 13 Blacklidge, Ibw, b Gordon ................ 8 A . W . F. R utty, b G ordon ................15 M eads, lbw, b Gordon ...248 T otal... S urrey 2 nd . X I . 31 Platt, c T albot, b G re e n h ill................97 Vigar, c Budge, b Tal­ bot ............................. 24 Sm ith (F .E .), not out 2 E x t r a s .................17 Extras ...213 Second innings B iker, not out, 17; P latt, not out, 44 ; extras 6. -T o ta l (no w icket), 67. D orset . First innings. Second innings. O. M . R . W .O. M . R . W . P la tt................. 33 9 82 4...16.471510 Sm ith ... 42.3 7 93 4 ... 15 6 16 0 M eads ... 12 3 23 2 Blacklidge ... 7 1 24 0 A b e l................> 3 0 15 0 Sm ith bow led a wide. S urrey 2 nd X I. Second innings. O. M . R . W . First innings. O. M . R . W . Talbot ... 22 5 56 4 Stacey ... 22 2 82 0 Gordon ... 13 2 46 4 Greenhill ... 2.3 0 12 1 61 28 0 5.2 1 33 0 B R IX T O N W A N D E R E R S 2 nd v . L O N D O N A N D W E S T M IN S T E R B A N K 2 x a .-P la y e d at East D ulw ich on July 4. L ondon and W rstm ' nster B ank 2 nd X I . S. G. Tyte, c Bohr­ m ann, b H arbert ... 8 L . G. Black, c D ig- nasse, b Benge ... 20 G. Logan, b Harbert 71 R . S. Hartree, b Storey ................10 H . L . Coom ber, lbw , b Storey ................ 7 A . W . Stephenson, b H arbert ...............10 M . E. H unt, b Benge ................ 6 J . T. M erry, run out .............................. 4 R . F. Ellis, absent ... — A . P.>dmore, n ot out F. Rolls, b Benge B l , 1 -b 10 ... T otal ... 11 B kixton W anderers 2 nd X L . C. W . Phillips, c P od­ m ore, b Coom ber ... 0 W. A . M itchell, b Coom ber .. ... 0 H . C. Dignasso, run out .................................... ... 11 A . H arbert, c M erry, b C o o m b e r ............... 1 A . V . Storey, run out J. E. Bchrm ann, Coom ber J. B. W oodfall, Coom ber 16 H . C. Edm onds, c Hartree, b Coom ­ ber .. ................. D . S. Parsons, st Tyte, b H artree ................. R. C. Sm ith, st Tyte, b H a r t r e e ................ W . J. Benge, not out .............................. Total 53 Clifton College beat Malvern College, at Clifton on Friday and Saturday last, by six wickets. E. G. Read h it seven 6 ’s and seventeen 4’s in an innings of 137 for Heathfield against Tow n ley Park at North D ulwich last Friday. “ O X F O R D & CAM B R ID G E C R IC K E T SCORES Sc B IO G RA PH IES, 1827-1901.” —Crown 8 vo, about 300 pages, cloth. Contains f ull scores o f every inter- University m atch, biographies o f over 700 players. Original price 6 s. A few copies can be had at 2s. 9d. from Betham, Rose Cottage, Sedbergh, Yorks.