Cricket 1908

2 g8 CRICKET A, WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME. JuLV 23 , 1908 . W eek wound up disastrously by the defeat of the B .W .’s by a strong team of Gran­ ville. Fortunately, Wednesday evening proved fine, and the usual al fresco took p lace; it was well attended and proved the customary success. T h e Canterbury Cricket Association of New Zealand has resolved to request Lord Hawke to select a coach for Canterbury at a salary of ^ 3 5 0 per annum. On June 15th the New South Wales Cricket Association considered a motion {>y M. A. Noble to grant ^ 5 to Cotter, whose illness prevented him from taking part in the third Test match at Adelaide after he had been selected. The motion was nega­ tived by 12 votes to 6. The matter of pay­ ing umpires for last season was brought forward, and it was resolved* that clubs be requested to subscribe jQi for each grade team. In the second innings of Oswestry Grammar School against Ruthin Grammar School at Llangollen on the 15th inst., N. Vears made 122 in a total of 136 for five wickets :-r- N.Vears, c H ill-Jones, b Thom as ...................122 B. A. Lew is, run out 2 G. G. H igham , b Thom as ................... 1 R. V. R oberts, c A. Evans, b Thom as ... 2 Total (5 w kts.)136 Vears made his runs in 42 minutes, and hit twenty-three 4 ’s. A .P . Jones, b Thom as 0 C. H. Pugh, not-out 4 P. Felton, n ot out ... 2 Byes, &c ............... 3 I t was distinctly unfortunate for the Philadelphians that they were obliged to play their first match in London on a ruined wicket, for the state of the ground quite prevented one from judging the strength of the side. It would be unfair to estimate their batting capabilities from their display on Monday, for, com ing from fast wickets to one so seriously affected by the weather, they could not be ex­ pected to give one an idea of their true form. Their fielding, however, was dis­ tinctly good, and they have the satisfaction of know ing that there must be several counties which would not have fared better against the attack of the Australians, Trott and Tarrant, who certainly had everything in their favour. T o such an extent were the conditions against run- getting that the match was completed in a day. D u r in g the course of the match two wickets were taken with consecutive balls on four occasions, K ing being the suc­ cessful bowler twice and Lester and Trott once. At Blackpool the week before last Huddleston performed the feat no less than four times and Dean once for Lancashire against Warwickshire. R e a d e r s of Gossip will remember that in my last budget 1 reproduced some re­ marks from a Scottish evening newspaper relative to the conduct of the spectators at a recent match between Perthshire and Forfarshire. I am glad to be assured, on the authority of J. Anderson, the inter­ national iplayer, who took part in the game, that the report was not based upon fact. Mv correspondent says :— “ In you r issue of the 16th inst. you quote a paragraph from the Edinburgh Evening Neva re­ specting th e Perthshire v. Forfarshire m atch. As a player in that m atch, I thin k it only fair that such a m isrepresentation of the behaviour of the crow d should be contradicted. I venture to *ay that the w riter of the paragraph was not present at the m atch. You cannot expect a crow d num bering about 15,000 persons to w atch a gam e betw een tw o rival counties in silence, but to state that they behaved in a manner w hich som ew hat resem bled a ‘ w ild-beast show ’ is certainly a gross m isre­ presentation. The capital of Scotland is not in favour of County Cricket, but that should be no reason w hy tlicir Press should hold up to ridicule the one gam e w hich is w atched by every Scottish cricketer. I m ay here say that the w orst feature of Scottish cricket is the m anner in w hich the gam e is reported. The accounts are m ostly w ritten by persons w ho have never played the gam e, or, worse still, by the ordinary everyday reporter. W hen you read such a phrase as ‘ a nice cut to leg ’ you w ill get som e idea of w hat we have to endure.” I t was expected that R. A. Young would turn out for Sussex in the match with Lancashire at Brighton this week. At the very last moment, however, he found himself unable to play, but his name was retained on the official scoring-card until the end of the first innings of Lancashire. M e t r o p o l it a n cricketers have the choice of two excellent matches before them to­ day, Lancashire meeting Middlesex at L ord’s and Surrey opposing Kent at Black- heath. The latter game, ow ing to the position of the two sides in the Champion­ ship table, should form the greater attrac­ tion, especially as they have both shown very good form during the present week. A great deal will depend upon the state of the wicket. Should it be soft, I should regard the odds as in favour of K en t; if hard, as favouring Surrey. Whatever the conditions, however, it is bound to be a great match, for the meeting of the sides invariably produces very keen cricket. I t would seem as if at the present time K. L. Hutchings could do nothing right. When one recalls his many brilliant dis­ plays during 1906, it seems altogether re­ markable that in his last five innings for Kent he should have made only six runs. Even the greatest batsmen have, at one time or another, had a somewhat similar experience, and it is very probable, if one may judge from the sequel to like events in the past, that before very long he will again strike his true form and return to century making. If the change in his fortunes should occur during the course of this w eek’s match at Blackheath the hearts of all supporters of Kent cricket would greatly rejoice. Blythe took his 100th w icket o f the season at Cat* ford on M onday. The hearing of the libel action in w hich Sir T. C. O’Brien is defendant was com m enced at the Cork Assizes on Tuesday. Damages to the am ount of £3,000 are claim ed. CR ICKET IN INDIA. B O M B A Y G Y M K H A N A v. H IN D U G Y M K H A N A . Played on the Bom bay ground on June 26, and won by the Hindu G ym khana by 78 runs. Shivram played the highest innings o f the m atch, and took nine wickets. Score and analysis :— H indu G ym k h an a . Divekar, b Clarke ... 18 Banda, c McCallum, b Christie ................17 Shivram, c M orris, b W e s t ..........................66 C. Y. M ehta, c F ar- quharson, b W est... 11 D .K.Te1ang,c Phillips, b S tilem an ................28 Date, run o u t... Nerooker, b C larke. A gasker, c Vines, M cCallum ... 3hete, not out Talpade, not out Byes, &c. *Innings declared closed. D eo did not bat. B om bay G vm khana. 21 35 15 21 T otal (8 w kts.) *231 E. E. Christie, b Shiv­ ram ............................. 1 G. C. Phillips, b Shiv­ ram .............................24 R. N . M orris, c A gas­ ker. b Shivram ... 8 F. P .W tst, b Shivram 25 H . G. W heeler, b Shivram ................4 Comm ander Vines, c Shete, b Shivram .. 19 F. Hearson,b Shivram 52 H idnu G ymkhana . O. M . R . W . 16 2 53 1 I McCullum 17 1 50 2 Christie... 11 2 32 2 1 Phillips... Bom bay Gym khana. O. M. R . W . 6 0 18 0 ; M ehta ... 19 2 73 9 Banda ... 6 1 16 0 I L ieut. M cCallum, Shivram ................ F . T . Clarkp, c Shete, b S h iv r a m ................ C. E . Stilem an, b Banda ................. Lieut. Farquharson, not out ................ Byes, &c. Total Stileman . W est Clarke .. Date Shivram ... Talpade ... O. M . R. W . 9 0 8 1 3 0 O. M . 5 0 2 0 43 1 24 1 8 0 R. W . 26 U 14 1 B R IX T O N W A N D E R E R S v. D U L W IC H . - Played at East D ulw i«h on W ednesday, July 15. B rix to n W an derers. Firat innings. Second innings. A . J. W hyte, b Greene ... 22 F. Odell, b Greene ... ... 1 cG ill,b W illiam s 65 S. F ox, c Cryer, b Greene ..1 5 b Bridger ... 12 C. G. Sm ith, b Cryer ... 0 b Greene.............10 W . A . M itchell, b Procter... 23 C. W . Phillips, b Greene ... 0 st Jordan, b G reene................ 4 E . A . Brym er, c and b Cryer..................... 0 lbw , b Greene ... 9 R . J. Burlington, lbw , b Greene ................ . 3 2 F . P. Rider, c Gill, b Procter ..............................8 b Bridger ... 25 J. N . G oldsm ith, not o u t ... 0 n otou t ................16 B . A . Glanvill, b Cryer ... 4 B 6, 1-b 1 ................. 7 B 16, w -b 2... 18 T otal .112 T otal (6 w kts.) 159 D ulw ich . E. J. Bridger, b G old­ smith ............. 3 T . P. Jordan, run out 6 A . K illick, not ou t ... 5 G otto, c and b G oldsm ith..............0 A . H . W illiam j , Sm ith, b Brym er ... 30 W . H . Puckle, lbw, b Sm ith.............................. 4 H . G . Cryer, run out 12 G. Procter, c Glanvill, b G old sm ith ...............9 A . K . Buer, c W hyte, Brym er ................ 1 F . W . Greene, b Smith. ................14 W . W . Gill, b G old­ sm ith ............... 20 S. T otal B R IX T O N W A N D E R E R S 2nd v . A L L E Y N .- —Played at Dulwich on July 11. A lle y n . R . J. Vining, b Benge 2 R . J. W ells, b Looker 3 E. Joynson, st E d­ m onds, b Benge ... 3 G. Joynson, b H arbert 22 H . R. Frisby, not out 1 C. R . H udson, lbw , b Perks..............................35 A . W ood, c Edm onds, b Storey ................ 7 A . L . Clark, b Benge 46 C. W . B . Bolton, c H ogg, b Perks ... 16 W . E. Pow ell, b Perks 3 R. B . Green, c G ood- all, b P e rk s...............0 B rixton W andrrhbs 2 nd . C.W . Phillips, run out 26 L . D . Looker, run out W . R . Cflesar, c W ood, b Frisby ....................24 H . O. G oodall, c H ud­ son, b Frisby ... 4 A . V . Storey, b G. Joynson ................ 0 C. H ogg, b Frisby ... 11 A . H arbert,b G. Joyn- eon ............................. 3 B7, 1-b2, w 1 ... 10 T o t a l ...............148 9 J . W . E. M urray, not out ..............................15 H . C. E dm unds, c Hudson, b F risby... 9 B 1 1 ,1-b 3, n -b 1 15 T otal (8 w kts.) ...116 F . G . Perkes and W . J. Benge did not bat.