Cricket 1908

2 7 4 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J u ly 16 , 1908 . “ Did you learn much from watching other players?” “ No doubt I learnt a lot of different strokes when playing with and watching such men as Abel, Brockwell, and Hayward. But, with my style of batting, it would be difficult to say that I copied anyone.” “ Can you recall some of the occasions upon which you have scored very quickly ?” “ One of the earliest instances was when playing for Honor Oak against Surrey Colts. They declared at 273, leaving us two hours and twenty minutes to bat. In that time we made 3 13 , of which my share was 210 not out. I was then nineteen years old. For the same club against Battersea in 1897 I made 124 in seventy minutes, and in the following year 202 in an hour and arfalf against West Kent Wanderers. In 1900, when playing for Surrey, I got 80 in fifty minutes against Notts, at the Oval and, just afterwards, 175 in just over two hours against Hampshire at Bournemouth.” “ How would you compare Richardson and Lockwood?” “ They were two such wonderful bowlers that I should not like to judge who was the better. In my opinion it would be best to say they were the two b.st fast bowlers of this generation.” “ What do you think is the best innings you have played for the county ? ” “ When one has many favourite innings to look back upon it is difficult to pick a special one. A 30 or 40 is sometimes a better and more useful innings than 150. The 50 I got against Yorkshire this season is as good as any I have ever made, though the 13 1 against the Australians in 1899 ran it close. Mr. Warner quotes my 202 against Middlesex last year as one of the best innings he has seen.” “ Have you not kept wicket occasionally?” “ Only in a case of emergency. Against Essex at the Oval some years back I caught three out there with Richardson and Lockwood bowling. In a Gentlemen v. Players match, too. on the same ground, I kept for some time, but I don’t envy a wicket-ke.*per a little bit.” “ You have coached in South Africa, I believe ?” “ Yes. I first went there in the winter of 1898-9 to a place called Cradock, in Cape Colony, about 180 miles inland. At that time it was quite a Dutch town, and the cricket was very poor. I was pretty successful for them in their matches, getting an average of 40 for fourteen innings and taking seventy- three wickets at a cost of five runs each. Several of the young players showed good promise, and when I played there again for Mr. Warner’s team in 1906 they had quite a good side. The Kaffirs, who used to take great interest in our cricket, had a club of their own called the * Rosebuds.’ They were excep tionally keen, and I remember once splitting a rubber handle whilst practising and throwing it d nvn; instantly there was a rush of Kaffirs from behind the net to get hold of it. I noticed afterwards that pieces of it were tied on several different bats, and I think they must hive regarded the han ile as a species of charm. Altogether my stay at Cradock was a splendid experience, and I enjoyed it very much. Apart from cricket my friends there gave me a good time, and we had lots of rides across the veldt and plenty of shooting.” “ Did you not once visit the West Indies as a member of a team ? ” “ Yes I went out with Lord Bracklty’s team in 1905. I was a glorious trip, some of the islands being perfectly lovely. We won both Test matches and altogether were successful right through. I made 925 runs in twenty- four innings and took thirty-five wickets for 13.80 runs each. Our slip fielding was great on that tour. Capt. Wynyard, Mr. Simpson- Hayward and I made about eighteen or twenty catches each and I can remember only about two being dropped. It was a treat, too. to travel with such a keen sportsman as Lord Brackley for skipper.” “ Do you consider England stands a good chance of regaining the *ashes ’ if the Australians come over n_*xt year?” “ I haidly think they will come over, bu should they do so we certainly ought to win the rubber for they are by no means as srrung as they used to be. The old ones are getting older and the young min are not yet so good. Why, even with our ‘ second eleven 5 side out there last winter we should probably have won three at least of the Test matches had we taken our chances.” Haye^’ performances for Surrey in all first- class matches to the end of last season may be summarised thus : — C om ­ pleted Year. inns. Runs. Aver. Runs. W kts. Aver. 1896 7 152 21 71 0 1 0 00 1897 7 113 16*14 121 5 24*20 1898 14 256 18*2-i 351 15 23*40 1899 40 1.058 26*45 292 9 32-44 1900 39 1.248 32-00 14 0 — 1901 48 1.4(10 29-16 99 3 33 00 1902 49 1,155 23*57 431 20 21*55 1903 50 1,7(10 35-20 521 18 28 94 1904 54 1,873 34-68 1,099 42 26-16 1905 50 1,794 35*88 1,762 76 23-05 1906 44 1,972 44*81 983 43 22*86 1907 52 1,857 35-71 932 23 40-52 H AM PSTE AD v. stead on July 11 . D. R. Dangar, c Danby, b L. J. Moon ... 26 E. M. M artin,e Danby, b L. J. M oon ... 0 J. R. M acdonald, c Pavitt, b L. J. Moon 16 C. A. Bolter, c Pavitt, b L. J. M oon .. 76 D. R. O sborn, c Bea­ ton, b Paw ling ... 0 L. D urnley Sm ith, c W. R Moon, b Orr 3 H . D. R ustin, b Paw­ ling ............................. 23 H am pstead . E A LIN G . — Played at Ham p- E alino . F. H irsch, c Beaton, b L. J. Moon ... 26 W. H . Fitzgerald, c and b Paw ling ... 27 O. L Mathias, not out ............................. 4 E. Freem an, e L. J. M oon, b Paw ling ... 0 B 6 , 1-b 2 . Total . ...*206 D .J.C ium p,c Mathias, b O sborne ................ 5 E. J. Ross, c Osborne, b Fitzgerald ... 1 F. W. Orr, b Osborne 8 W. II.M oon, b Osborne 3 E. E. Barnett, b O sborne ...............17 L. J. M oon, n ot out...119 W. T. D anby, b Free­ man ............................. 1 E. W. II. Beaton, b Rustin ................26 H. S. Chappell, b Osborne ... ... 4 L. A. Pavitt, e Martin, b Rustin ................. 1 S. S. Paw ling, c Os­ borne, b Freeman .. 1 B 15, w 1 ................ 16 Total . ...202 P U R L E Y v. S T R E A T n A M .-P la yed at P urity on July 11. S treatham . C.M .Thom as,c Pooles, b Lewis ................67 E. B. M iller, c Jack­ son, b Lewis ... 12 It. G. Candy, b Lewis 0 L. E.G illett, c Fowles, b Dalfcy ... ... 4 E. B. G illett, c L jing, b Fowles ................27 E. H. Leaf, b Lewis... 5 A. C. Taylor, c M un- ton, b Fowles ... 0 P ui H . E. Baynes, b H aw orth ................14 IL F itch, b H aw orth 4 M. Pooles, b E. B. G illett ................ 0 R. S. Dalby, c and b H o'm es ....................19 J. G. Laing, c Holm es, b H a w orth ....................13 R. J. Fowles, c. Thom as, b Haworth 0 F. Jackson, c Miller, b H aw orth ... ... I PJ. K. Shattock, c Fowles, b Dalby ... 53 R. J. H aw orth, c Baynes, b Lewis ... 4 F. G. llolm es,c Laing, b Dalby ............... 9 F. K. Sim m onds, not o u t ............................3 B 15,1-b7, w-b 2, n -b 4 28 Total ...212 JCY. R. S. M cM inn, b H aw orth ............... 7 J. Baker-M unton, c and b Holm es .. 0 T. D. Marshall not out .. ... ... 7 A. C. D. Lewis, c M iller, b T hom as... 6 B 10, 1-b 1 Total ... 11 ... 86 T H E M. C . C . T E A M I N AUSTRAL IA . (Continued J'rotn page 102 .) Mr. W. P. McElhone, the Hon- Secretary to the Board of Control, presented the follow­ ing report, which was adopted :— * I have to report that the engagem ent entered into b y the Board for the visit of an English Eleven under the auspices of the M arylebone C ricket Club has now been com pleted, and resulted in the Australians winning four ou t of the five Test m atches, thereby regaining the, ashes. E xcluding the m atches played against Western Australia, and the m atch at Bendigo and against a Victorian X I., the takings am ounted to £18,601 2s., the expense to £7,068 7s. 2d., M arylebone proportion of takings to £6,690 12s. 2d., and the Association’s to £4,842 15s. lOd. The receipts in Western Australia were £S95 5e., and the expenses (including £447 10s. paid to M arylebone) £898 15s. 8 d. The takings in the p a tch es against Queensland and Tasmania did not com e up to ex ­ pectations. In the case of the form er the m atches resulted in a loss, for w hich the inclem ency of the weather was to a great extent responsible, w hilst in the case of the latter the net profits only am ounted to £121 15s. 8 d., and the share to M arylebone £166 6 s. 6 d. “ Com pared w ith the last visit of the English Eleven, the takings in New South Wales w ere much smaller, in Victoria they w ere som ewhat in excess, and the revival of the interest in the gam e in that State is a m atter for congratulation. N ot having the figures of the last tour I am not in a position to com pare takings so far as South Australia is concerned. The share of the M arylebone Club in the takings am ounted to £7,401 15s. 8 d., thus leaving a shortage on the £10,000 guarantee o f £*2,598 8 s. 4d., w hich sum has since been m ade up by New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, and Tasmania, in accor­ dance w ith the net profits derived b y those States, and forwarded to M arylebone by bank draft. After providing for the shortage on the guarantee the net am ount received b y N ew South Wales was £907 10s. 2d., by Victoria £984 17s. 2d., b y South Australia £308 10s. 8 d ., and b y Tasmania £56 14s. “ 1 feel it m y duty to draw your attention to th total am ount charged for the use of grounds, nam ely £3,107 4s. lOd. ; of this sum £1,526 9s. 6 d. was paid to the trustees of the Sydney Cricket G round, and £1,283 U s. 6 d. to the trustees of the M etropolitan Cricket Ground, M elbourne. “ The m em bership roll of the S ydney Cricket Ground was, on July 19, 1907, 2,608, and on March 24, 1908, 2,970, show ing an increase of 362 between these dates. The subscription is £2 2s. annually, w ith an entrance fee of £3 3s. In addition to the profits derived by the trustees from the sales of refreshm ents and the charges for the use of the ground, it w ill be seen that the am ounts received by them from extra subscriptions am ounted at £5 5s. per head to £1,900 10s., besides affording them an additional annual revenue of £760 4s. The num bar of m em bers o f the M.C.C. for the year 1907 was 3,489, and on February 29, 1908, this num bor had increased by 149, on M ay 20 instant the m em bership roll stood at 3,577. “ From the above facts it w ill be seen that the visits of these team s are a sourco of considerable profit and revenue to the grounds m entioned, w ith­ out taking into consideration the free am usem ent provided for their ground members. A n d when it is considered that alm ost the w hole of those m oneys are lost to the gam e, the seriousness of the m atter m ust be very evident to every m em ber of the Board and one calling for im m ediate action on their part. I think it is im perative before any further engagem ents of a like nature are entered into that the term s on w hich the various grounds can be obtained should in every instance be approved by the Board. . * “ I m ust also draw attention to the am ount of players’ fees and expenses, nam ely, £2,387 2s. 5d., w hich am ount does n ot include the sum paid for refreshm ents supplied to the players. It w ill be noted that this am ount exceeded the net profits derived by the Associations from t h e tour by £142 14s. lid . Considering that the Associations have to look to the profits of those tours to enable them to properly m anage, control and carry on the gam e of cricket, it is very evident that in all future tours these and other expenses m ust be consider­ ably reduced, otherw ise serious financial difficulties w ill have to be contended w ith to the detrim ent of the game. “ In conclusion, I thin k the Board m ay justly congratulate itself on having successfully brought to a conclusion the first visit of an English team under its auspices,—W, P. McIJLIJONEJ,”