Cricket 1908

270 CRICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J u ly 9 , 1908 , THE PH ILADELPH IANS . ist M atch .—v. SOU TH W ALE S. Played at Cardiff on July 6, 7 and 8. The Phi’adelphians won bv 36 runs. T he visitors gave a disapp oin tin g display on the open ing day, scoring on ly 108 and bein g 84 behind on th e first innings. H a lf the side w ere disposed o f on a good w ick et in three-quarters o f an hour, and Creber (slow ) and N ash (fast- m edium ) bow led unchanged throughout. South W ales lost three w ickets fo r 56, but Silverdale and B an croft rendered th eir side good service by pu ttin g on 77. B oth, how ever, w ere m issed early in th eir innings. S ilverlock m ade his 61 in 125 m inutes b y free and a ttractive cricket, and h it seven 4’s. The P hiladelphians gave a m uch im proved display in their second innings, scorin g 257 in three hours and a-half, but M orris and W ood w ere bothm issed b eforereaching double figures. South W ales w ere set 173 to w in, and b y the tim e stum ps w ere draw n had scored 49 for the loss o f R iches. Y esterday no play took place until three o’clock. S ilverlock ’s innings was very good, but aga:n it K ing the last five w ickets fell for 7 runs, leaving the visitors successful by 36 runs. Score and analysis :— P hiladelphians . J . B. K ing, lbw , b Nash ... 12 c E. S. Phillips, b F. S. W hite, c P enfold, b O reber........... 8 Creber ..................................15 lbw , b Creber ... 23 A. M . W ood, b Nash ... 0 b C reber..................60 F. H . Bohlen, c Penfold, b N ash'.................................................3 b Preedy..................30 J. A . Lester, c N. Phillips, b Creber ............................... l b N a s h .............. 11 Z. N . Graves, c E . S.P hil- st P e n fo li, b lips, b Creber ................ 30 C reber........ 3 C. C. M orris, st Penfold, b Creber *..................................19 c and b Preedy ... 62 H . V . Hordern, c Silver­ lock, b Creber .................... 12 cP reedy.b Creber 29 D. H . Adam s, b Na«h ... I b Creber .. ... 1 F. A . Greene, not out ... 1 n o t o u t ..................12 T . C. Jorda n .b Nash ... 9 c and b Creber ... 2 B 1 , 1-b 3, n -b 1 ................ 5B 15, w 1 ... 16 T o ta l............................... 103 S outh W al N. V. H . Riches, b H ordern 9 T. A. L. W hittington, b H ordern ...................................10 E. S. Phillips, st Jordan, b H ordern ................................ 8 N. C. Phillips, c Graves, b Total ... ES. b K ing ... ...257 ... 16 H ordern ................ ... 15 S ilvcrlock, b K in g .....................61 Bancroft, c Jordan, b H or­ dern ................ ...................36 P enfold, b K ing ...................20 A . G ibson, b K i n g ................. 0 Preedy, b K ing .................. 0 Nash, b K in g ................ ..2 0 Creber, not out .................. 1 B 5, 1-b 5, w 2 ...................12 b K ing .................12 c Lester, b K ing 11 st Jordan, b H ordern ... 3 st Jordan, b H or­ dern ................ 04 c Lester, b K ing 12 c Chester, b K ing 0 lbw , b K ing ... 1 c Lester, b K ing 6 c j W hite, b H or­ dern ................ 0 not out ................ 0 B 8 , 1-b 4 ... 12 Total ...................192 Total ...137 P h ILADEI PffIAN8. O. M . R. W . O. M . R .W . C r e b e r ................ 19 3 55 5 ... 38.5 8 97 7 Nash ................ 18.4 5 48 5 ... 21 8 50 1 Preedy ... 19 4 82 2 Silverlock 2 0 6 0 Nash bow led one no-ball and Preedy a wide. S outh W a lk s . O. M . R . W . O. M . R . W . K in g .. 17 5 7 55 5 ... 27 10 39 7 H ordern ... i2 1 90 5 ... 19.2 2 65 3 Green ... 3 3 26 3 ... 7 2 16 0 Lester ... 3 0 9 0 ... 2 1 5 0 K ing and Green each bow led one wide. J . C. L O V E L L ’S X I . v. B E L S IZ E .— Played at Tulse H ill on July 4. B e lsize . G . H .W atson, c M oun­ tain, b R obinson... 0 B . Crow, c J. A . Lovell, b Robinson 0 B 1 ,1-b 3 T otal G. F . S. Griffin, run out ..............................43 C. F. W elch, not out 21 C. Pearce, c T idy, b Justice ................ 3 E. A . ‘Bush, b R obin- s o n ' ... 14 G . J. S. Pitts, b Robin­ son .............................. 0 J. C. L o v e l l ’s X I . P. P. Tyacke, c sub, b L . Lovell, run out ... 5 P * t t s ............................. 6 J . A . Lovell, lbw , b R . H arrison, lbw , b Pitts .................. 15 Griftin ................ 17 C. L . Ring, c and b K . Robinson, b Griflin 10 Griffin ................. l W . E. S. Justice, c G . B. Simm onds, not W elch, b Griffin ... 2 o u t ............................... 53 C. H . R. Henm an, c H . Tidy, b Pearce ... 24 sub, b P itts ................ 0 B 11, 1-b 6 , n -b 3 20 C. H . M ountain, c — Watson, b Griffin ... 0 ! Tot$l ...153 THE c r i c k e t CRISIS. So much comment has been caused by the second resolution passed at last Friday’s meet­ ing of the Advisory Board at Lord’s that the following newspaper extracts should provide interesting reading. It should be stated that Mr. P.ddevin, whose opinion is given first in the list, is the representative in this country o f the Australian Board of Control; he did not attend last Friday’s meeting as the invitation sent to him did not reach him. “ One w ould like to know what effect the vote of the M inor Counties’ representatives had in deciding the issue. I am prepared to believe that the big counties are against the schem e. It is n ot difficult to understand the support of the sm aller fry ; they have hopes of big dividends from th 6 Tests and financial renovation generally. B ut their hopes for 1909 w ill in all likelihood go unrealised, for in effect, if this resolution be carried out b y the M .C.C., as it can hardly fail to be, it practically m eans a blank in 190i> as far as international cricket goes. The A us­ tralians have m ore than once signified their disincli­ nation to take part in the triangular schem e. Their decision has been the result of m ature consideration, and they are n ot at all likly to alter it n o w .................................Of course the counties m ay do just as they choose in the m atter, but one thinks they are coercing rather than considering the Australians. It was quite understood that M.C.C. had agreed to invite the Australians som e tim e previous to the beginning of negotiations about this schem e. It was tacitly understood so in cricketing circles, both in this country and in Australia, and it was on that understanding that the Board of Control carried out the late visit of M.C.C. to the Antipodes, agreeing at the same tim e not to send a team back im m ediately, but to w ait for another season for the return visit. It w ould be interesting to know w hether the m inutes of any M.C.C. m eeting show a resolution to that effect. Even if they do not there can be no doubt that M.C.C. is under a moral obligation to invite the Australians to com e to England in 1909. The resolution passed at the m eeting 011 Friday can scarcely be regarded as ful­ filling the requirem ents of that obligation. It looks as if M.C.C. w ill be placed in a rather delicate position, for if they carry out the wishes of the Advisory Com m ittee it w ill seem like shirking their responsibilities. O f course it is quite on the cards that it m ay not suit the Australians to com e then, but they are at least entitled to an invitation couched in m ore friendly term s than last F riday’s threatening resolution. Personally, I w ould like to see them com e and take part in a Triangular Tournam ent, but I see no reason w hy they should be forced to com e under term s distasteful to them ­ selves or told to stay at hom e. It is hardly playing the gam e. I w ill leave it at that. ’—L . O. S. Poidevin in The Athletic Nefs. “ Were the counties only true to them selves they w ould, instead of seeking after Tests and more gates and m ore m atches, be continually striving to nurse the am ateurism of big cricket. The knell of the sporting instincts of big cricket w ill be sounded w hen the gam e becom es over-professionalised. The Triangular Tests are the high-road to this state of things. The counties them selves forget what Australian teams have done for them . This dragooning o f Australia i s ........................a bad form of ingratitude on the part of the counties. Had the M.C.C. com m ittee been wise in its generation it w ould in the first instance have referred Mr. Abe Bailey s proposal to South Africa and Australia and left the tw o colonies to com e to som e m utual agreem ent. Then w ould have been the tim e for the M.C.C. to have discussed the pro­ posal. The Australians all through the piece have played an open, frank game. They left their case to the m anliness of the j udgm ent tha not uncom m only dom inates cricketers. The case for South Africa was fought b y circulars and letters.”— The Observer. “ The decision m eans that the South Africans will not be w ith us in 1909 unless the Australians also visit u s.”— The Sportsman. “ In their zeal for the triangular tournam ent the counties arc risking a serious estrangem ent w ith the Australians. W hether the triangular schem e is in itself desirable is a debatable question, on w hich I have m y ow n j>rivate opinion, but I think m ost people w ill agree that to drag the Australians into the contest against their w ill is n ot a policy calcu­ lated to prom ote harm ony and goodw ill in the cricket world. . . . K now ing w hat they do about cricket in England, the Australians I think m ay w ell hesitate to com e here w ith another first-rate team touring at the same tim e and visiting all the same tow ns.” —“ S hort-L eg” in The People. “ The resolution practically am ounts to a refusal to receive the Australians next season, unless they will consent to com pete in the triangular schem e of Test m atches. . . . It m ay lead to a break w ith the Australians, w ith a discontinuance for m any years o f the fam iliar interchange of visits.”— The Sporting Life. “ When the Australians see that the M.C.C. are not prepared to invite them here next year except under conditions laid dow n by the prem ier club it w ill be surprising if they do not see their w ay to altering their decision.” — C. A. L. Payne in The Daily Express. “ I am afraid that the uncom prom ising tone taken at the m eeting o f the A dvisory C om m ittee of the Counties 011 Friday w ill lead to a good deal of friction and ill-feeling w ith Australia. . . . I do not like the attem pt to force the Australians in to the trian­ gular tournam ent against their wishes. Unless there be perfect good-w ill all round, nothing b u t harm can com e of Mr. Abe B ailey’s m uch-vaunted schem e. ”— “ Balin ” in The Referee. “ The advocates of the Im perial Cricket Schem e have assumed an attitude w hich can only be des­ cribed as offensive to the Australians . . . . W ill the Secrttary of the M.C.C. or the clerk to the A dvisory Board publish how the counties voted ? It is n ot im portant to know that Charles F ry, w ho lives near Southam pton, and that Dr. Russell Bencraft, w ho resides in Southam pton, m oved and seconded this im portant resolution. B ut the public, w ho are expected to provide the sinews of w ar for cricket, ought to be told how the shires voted. Were Lanca­ shire, Yorkshire, Surrey and Essex true to their opinions, and were they in the m inority ? O ccasion­ ally m inorities are right. The words ‘large m ajority’ are of no m om ent, because m an is naturally a gre­ garious animal. Few have the courage to stand alone . . . . This resolution appeals to us as offensive, because this is neither m ore nor less than an effort to coerce the C om m onw ealth to enter in to a joust for the cham pionship of cricket w hich they hold. H am pshire and N ortham ptonshire forsooth are put up as the sponsors of a proposal w hich m ay enrich them and other counties w ith slender resources. These shires—like H am pshire and Northam ptonshire —have nothing to lose and n o risk to run, while they have everything to gain, England is 011 the basis of her operations. The South Africans have Mr. Abe Bailey, a m illionaire, at their back. H e is the m an w ho is trying to disturb the cricket of the w hole w orld for the sake of South Africa— the youngest and w eakest pow er in th e cricket w orld. . . . The position of South A frica is insolent. This is entirely a m atter of opinion, but, in spite of w hat we saw in the Test m atches last year, w e do not consider the South A fricans 011 the sam e plane as the Australians. There is 110 com parison w hatever betw een the batting of the rival colonists. In the art of fielding and tactics Australia stands alone. The South African cricketer probably thinks that the ‘ googley ’ covers a m ultitude of deficiencies. . . . . . Really the Australians should have been in England this summ er. Then their visit was under­ stood to be tacitly and m utually postponed until 1909. When the South Africans desire to com e along and bring their Im perial policy w ith them England calm ly tells the m en of the Comm onwealth that the invitation, already given, m ust be w ith ­ draw n except they share in the triangular schem e. It seem s to us little short of dishonourable to treat anybody, and especially old sporting friends, in this w ay.” — The Athletic Neios. “ The interchange of visits w ith the Australians, w hich have gone on so long, and w hich have done so m uch to develop the gam e of cricket, are in grave danger of com ing to an end, and everyone w ho has a care for the gam e m ust realise w hat a trem endous p ity that w ould be. . . . Even supposing the triangular schem e com es into being through the Australians clim bing dow n, they w ill still be suffer­ ing from a sense of injustice, and m atches into w hich one side have been forced against their w ill m ay be lacking the spirit w ith w hich such gam es should be associated.”— “ L on g-L eg” in The Sporting Life. ____________ H E N D O N v. M r . J. M . K IL L IC K ’S X l.-P la y e d at Hendon on July 4. H endon . A . A . W . Sintzenich, b B uxton ................ 0 C. Hawkins, c Hearn, b Leach ................ 28 A . Adam s, n ot out ... 5 R . W . Cryer, b Leach 5 P. K ing, b Leach ... 0 B 13,1-b 4,w -b l,n -b 1 19 C. D . Sneath, Hearn, b K illick 8 C. O. Banks, b K il­ lick .............................. 0 C. Emm ett, c Smee, b K illick ................ 8 G. Chad, b Leach ... 30 F. Tonge, b K illick ... 0 C. Britt, c K illick, b B uxton ................ 0 T ota ................ 103 M r . J. M . K i l l i c k ’ s X I . E . H . K illick, b K ing 7 J. B e d fo rd ^ K ing F. Smee, b K ing ... 15 G. Leach, b Emm ett 67 C. Gale, b Cryer ... 10 R . H . Goode, c Adam s, b K ing ................ 69 G. W . Gale, e H aw - out ............................ 1 kins, b Emm ett ... 4 B 9, w-b 3 .......................12 T . Buxton, c Tonge, b S in tzen ich ................. 9 T o t a l .................216 run S. C. W . Hearn, out .............................. J. Parsons, c and b K in g .............................. S. M . K illick, not out .. B 9, w-b 3