Cricket 1908

CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF T llE GAME. J u ly 23 , 1908 . H. GRADIDGE “ O Y A L B A . ” R E I D ’ S O V A L . W H I T E . The celebrated preparation for cleaning Cricket and all Buff Leather Qoodi, Warranted not to rnb off or cake. As used at Ken- nlngton Oval, and highly recommended by K. 8 Eanjitsinhii, Dr. W . G. Grace, O. B. Fry, Lord Dalmeny, Australian XI., 1905, G. L. Jessop, Ac., Ac P a c k e d In z in c boxes, 6d. p e r box. J. J. REID, 878, Kennington Rd., London. THOS. J. TATE , A ll England Championship Racket Maker. C R I C K E T B A T S a n d B A L L S . 18 , P r in c e s S tre e t, C a v e n d is h S q u a r e , L O N D O N , W The Sportsman sa ys: —“ T h e b ou n d volum e o f Cricket fo r 1907 is now ready, and affords a valuable record o f the gam e not only in E ngland, b u t in Greater Britain.” P rice 8b. 6d., post iree 9s. Cv t che t : A WEEKL Y RECORD OF THE GAME. 168, UPPER THAM ES S TR EET, LONDON E.C . THURSDAY, JULY 2 3 R D , 1908. Pavilion Gossip. The abstract and brief chronicle o f the time. —Hamlet E v e n t s in connection with the tri­ angular scheme have taken place in quick succession during the past week. On Thursday Reuter’s correspondent at Syd­ ney telegraphed that “ T he secretary o f th e Cricket B oard of Con­ tro l, a fter oom m unicating w ith the m em bers of the Board in the other States, has cabled to the M arylebone C ricket Club stating that the B oard unanim ously and finally declines to join in the proposed trian gu lar contests. T he sec­ retary says that before the idea of triangular contests w as broached a pressing invitation w as extended for a v isit o f an A ustralian team to E ngland, and he thin ks that, in order to keep fa ith w ith the A ustralian B oard, the M arylebone C ricket Club should now exert its influence to b rin g th e visit a bou t.” On Friday the Notts. County C.C. Com ­ mittee passed the following resolution which was forwarded to the M .C.C. :— " T hat tho N otts C ounty C ricket Club Com ­ m ittee are stron gly o f opinion that the A ustralians should be in vited to visit E ngland in 1909, and request the M .C.C. to call a further m eeting of the A dvisory County C ricket Com ­ m ittee. whilst on Monday the Committee of the Essex County C.C. carried a similar mo­ tion, to the effect ,r T h at th is Com m ittee having in form ed the M .C.C. in N ovem ber, 1907, o f its approval of the proposal to in vito an A ustralian eleven for 1909, hereby confirm s th a t approval, and re­ quests the M .C.C. to sum m on a m eeting o f the A dvisory Com m ittee fo r further aotion in the m atter.” The Derbyshire County C.C. Committee on Tuesday afternoon also passed a resolu­ tion in favour of inviting the Australians to England next season. The M .C .C ., having received a requisition from a suffi­ cient number of counties, have fixed a meeting of the Advisory Committee of the Counties to be held at L ord’s on Wednes­ day next at 2.30 p.m. Every representa­ tive attending will be asked to bring the definite views of his county on the subject of the Australian visit. L a s t week’s matches in all parts of the country were sadly interfered with by rain, several, in fact, being abandoned without a ball bowled. At Tunbridge Wells there was only one full day’s play during the W eek, which was extremely regrettable, as the two matches arranged— Lancashire and Middlesex were the visiting sides— would, had they been played out, in all probability have had an important bearing on the County Championship competition. It was estimated that 3,120,000,000 tons of rain fell in the United Kingdom between 7 a.m . on Thursday and 7 a.m. on Friday. The average rainfall in London during July is about two inches, but already 3.35 inches have been recorded. Last week’s experience served to recall some of the dreary times of 1903, 1888, and 1879, to g o no further back. T h e most unfortunate result of the heavy and continuous rain was the abandonment of Hayes’ benefit match. Everyone had been hoping that such a popular and de­ serving player would be favoured with a “ bumper,” and it was cruel luck that the weather should change for the worse and upset all calculations. Mr. Albert Iiornby has generously offered to bring the Lancashire team to the Oval later in the season, and it is probable that the two counties will meet on September 10th and two following days. So it is more than likely that Hayes will yet receive an adequate recognition of his services on behalf of his native county. T h e r e were lively scenes at the Oval last Thursday when half a dozen sufira* gettes were refused admittance to the ground. The women, wearing their “ Votes for Women ” scarves, drove to the cricket ground in cabs, and on alighting began to distribute copies of their cricket cartoon and to sell papers. A large crowd gathered round them, and the police moved them on. The suffragettes walked slowly along, but were not able to make much progress, owing to the crowd, which grew denser. The police thereupon threatened to arrest them if they did not g o right away. An attempt was then made to get into the Oval, but the way was barred. A male sympathiser brought down an official of the Surrey C .C ., who refused to allow the women to pass into the ground whether they paid admittance money or not. “ He seemed quite terrified,” said Miss Dugdale, one of the suffragettes, “ and would not listen to us at all. We only wished to dis­ tribute our cartoons, as is done by other people on the ground, but he was frightened that we were goin g to storm the players apparently.” The women made an attempt to take a stand outside the gates, but they were hustled away by the police amid excited shouts from the large crowds, who neglected the match in the anticipation of seeing more fun from the suffragettes. Eventually three of the women left the scene, but the others, after telephoning to headquarters and receiving a reply to “ H ang o n ,” continued to patrol the neighbourhood. 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