Cricket 1908

282 CRickfeT A WEEKLY r e c o r d o f f t i E CamE. J u l y 16, 1908. The tourists certainly opened their pro­ gramme in promising fashion, beating bjth South Wales and Worcestershire after being in arrears on the first innings. One of the most interesting features of their cricket so far has been the large score made by Wood in the second innings of the Worcestershire match ; he scored 132 in 200 minutes without a chance, and hit a six and nineteen 4’s. As he is now in his forty-eighth year this must be regarded as no mean feat. He was born on February 21st, 1861, and,before emigrating to America, played for Nottinghamshire in 1878 and for Derbyshire in the following year. D u r in g the last ten days of August the Standard Athletic Club of Paris will be on tour in Kent. The fixtures so far arranged are as under :— Aug. 17* v. St. George’s C.C., at Southw ood. „ 19 v. Deal and Dover, at Deal. ,, 20* v. Thanet C.C., at Thanet. ,, 22 v. Royal Artillery, at Dover. ,, 25 v. A shford C.C. at Ashford. „ 26 v. Gore Court, at Sittingbourne. ,, 27 v. H erne Bay C.C. at H erne Bay. ,, 29 v. Belm ont C.C., at Belm ont. •Two-day m atches. Owing to disappointments two dates are still open for whole-day matches, viz., August 24th and 28th. Clubs wishing to arrange matches for these dates should communicate with Mr. P. H. Tomalin, 3, Rue Fresnel, Paris. As the headquarters of the Standard A. C. will be the King’s Head Hotel, Mar­ gate, it is desired to play matches as near that place as possible. W i t h reference to the overtures made by the New Zealand Cricket Council for the visit of a New South Wales cricket team to the Dominion next season it is extremely probable that the projected visit will take place. The New South Wales Association has not so far been officially approached, but no difficulty is anticipated as regards the preliminary arrange­ ments. The personnel of the team has not yet been discussed, but the correspondence indi­ cates the likelihood that a very good team will be got together, while it is very likely that Mr. W. P. McElhone (hon. secretary to the Board of Control) will accompany the team as manager. The date suggested for the visit is some time in November or December next. “ T h e r e is,” says the Tasmanian Mail, “ a possibility of the team being an Australian one, several prominent Australian cricketers having been invited to make the trip. Should the team be representative of the Commonwealth arrangements will be made with the Board of Control, but, on the other hand, if purely New South Wales, the arrangements will be made with the N .S.W . Cricket Association. It is quite on the cards that the team will include several of Australia’s first-class batsmen, and that the side will be a particularly good one.” I n the Town Hall, Sydney, on June 2nd, H .E . Sir Harry Rawson presented M. A. Noble with the public testimonial which had bten raised in recognition of his leadership of Au-tralia in regaining the “ Ashes,” and of the admiration felt for his prowess and many won­ derful feats of skill on the cricket field, and of his influence on the game in Australia. In handing Iran two cheques, one for /,2, coo and one for /,60, and a silver tea service, Sir Harry Rawson wished him long life and hap­ piness. In his response, Noble said he was proud to know that his achievements on the cricket field were so highly regarded as to jus­ tify a testimonial. He had done his best, but anyone could captain a powerful side, such as that which he had had the honour to lead. It was quite a different matter leading a weak side. As many as 654 runs were made for the loss of six wickets in the match at Canterbury on the 7th inst. between Eastbourne College and King’s School, Canterbury. The visitors, having made 309 for three wickets (M. E Coxhead, 150), declared their innings closed, and in response King’s School scored 345 for the loss of three men. H. Gardner made 158 of the number, and during the course of his innings completed his thousand runs for the season for the School, a feat which has never been performed before. A t Uxbridge, on Saturday, B. J. T. Bosan­ quet scored 47 and 110 for the local club against M .C.C. and Ground. He batted only half-an-hour in his second innings, completing his hundred in 25 minutes. O , THOSE missed catches! The Phila­ delphians, whose fielding in the first two matches of their tour had been spoken of so highly, were sadly at fault at Southampton on Monday. During the day they missed seven catches, and the mistakes proved terribly ex­ pensive. Bowell, who scored 160, was let off when 14, 63 and 83, whrtst Capt. White, who made the second largest score (87) in the innings, was also missed on three occasions. A t Leeds on Tuesday afternoon, in the presence of over five thousand people, the Earl of Wharncliffe presented Lord Hawke with a testimonial, to which lovers of cricket in all parts of the world had contributed, in recog­ nition of his captaincy of the Yorkshire Eleven for a quarter of a century. The sum of £1,8 4 2 was subscribed, and this had been invested chiefly in jewellery and old china, which Lord Hawke had himself chosen. The articles included a diamond tiara, old Worcester dinner and dessert services, a silver soup tureen (date 1817), and a pair of guns. In addition, the County cricketers presented him with a silver teapot, cream and sugar basin (date 182J), and a silver teapot and stand (date 1802). Lord Hawke has done so much in the best interests of the game that to say that he thoroughly deserved this recognition of his services is but to understate the facts of the case to an absurd extent. The Sportsman states: - Lord Hawke, w ho was greeted w ith great cheering, asked how could he adequately express his gratitude to them all? (A v oice: “ Get a good score,” and “ Tha’s reight.” Loud laughter.) The testim onial was m ost generous and the gifts m agnificent. It was but tw elve years ago since he stood very near that Bame spot and received a very pleasing recognition— recognition of their appreciation. He said then it was a red-letter day for him . I f that were so, to-day was a red-letter day three tim es underlined. (Applause.) They had been kind enough once again to allow him to choose his own presents, and he had procured som ething that w ould not run away but be a lasting m em ory of that eventful day and occasion. One m ost gratifying feature w ith regard to this testim onial was the enorm ous num ber of subscribers. (Applause.) A nother interesting phase was the large num ber of subscriptions that had been received from far and distant countries. It only show ed that the York­ shire team was not only popular in Yorkshire, but elsewhere. His loidship was especially grateful to Lord Faber, w ho originated the idea of the m ove­ m ent being taken tip by the Press. L ord Hawke paid a high tribute to the m agnificent services of the county secretary, Mr. Toone. “ H e is far and aw ay,” paid his lordship, “ the best county secretary in England ; his w hole heart and soul arc for Y ork­ shire. H e w orks quietly, but he is always w orking, and to him I am m ore than grateful.” (A pplause.) W hy had the Yorkshire people (asked L ord H aw ke) been so good to him ? lt was, he thought, w ithout being egotistical, because he had tried to do his duty. (Applause.) That du ty had som etim es been hard, but he had been supported during the whole of his cricket career b y som e of the greatest am ateurs and professionals, and, what was equally im portant, by som e of the m ost charm ing fellows who ever stepped on to a cricket field. “ N ow ,” continued Lord Hawke, “ lot us go and play cricket. ” (Applause.) A t Aldershot on Monday the Oxford Harlequins scored 559 f.»r eight wickets against 1st Army Corps, the Hon. C. N. Bruce carrying out his bat for 225 :— H arlequ in s . J. W F. Crawfurd, and b P oore..................118 W. H. B. Evans, b P rie s tm a n ....................67 W. J. H. Curwen, lbw , b Sykes ................. 3 Hon. C. N. Bruce, not out ...............................225 B. Douglas, c Sym ons, b Poore ................. 8 E. F. Chinnery, b H art 43 R . W. Avvdry, st Sym ons, b Poore ... 04 N. R. Udal, c Jones, b Poore ................ 9 C. H . W ild, lbw , b Poore............................. 0 E x t r a s .................22 Total (8 w kts.) ...*559 ♦Innings declared closed. A. J. W ebbeand G. A . M. D ocker did n ot bat. The innings was declared closed first thing on Tuesday, but, owing to rain, the match was given up when the home side had made 27 for one wicket. During the long innings of the Harlequins Major Sykes, in attempting a catch in the long-field, broke a finger, and will probably be unable to play any moie cricket for a month. A l t h o u g h rain played havoc with cricket in almost all parts of the country this week, Yorkshire found time to administer a heavy defeat to Notts at Leeds. At one time it appeared very unlikely that a definite result would be arrived at, but the visitors batted very feebly and were beaten by 140 runs in a low-scoring game. It was a very meritorious win, the result of excellent all-round cricket. Yorkshire still retain their place at the head of the counties with a hundred per cent, against their name, and people are beginning to wonder whether they will emulate the feat performed last year by Notts in going through the season without a reverse. They still have to meet Lancashire at Manchester, Middlesex at Bradford, and Surrey at the Oval, so a good deal may yet happen before the end of the summer.