Cricket 1908

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The abstract and brief chronicle of the time. — H am let E v e r y cricketer w ho has the welfare of the gam e at heart must rejoice that the A dvisory C omm ittee, at their m eeting at L ord ’s yesterday, saw fit to rescind their resolutions o f July 3rd by requesting the M .C .C . to invite the B oard of Control to send a representative team to this country next year. T his the Comm ittee of the Club have expressed their willingness to do, and thereby, it is hoped, have put an end to a m ost regrettable situation which should never have been allow ed to occur. ----------- N o county has achieved a greater triumph during the season than that gained by Kent over Surrey at B lack­ heath last w eek. C onsidering that they lost Fielder early in the m atch and that Fairservice was not playing, their success w as nothing less than rem arkable. At the end of the first day they appeared to have the w orst of the m atch, but tw enty- four hours later, so well had they played an up-hill gam e, it w as apparent that Surrey w ould have to m ake a great effort to stave off defeat. O n Saturday i£. was K en t’s policy to m ake runs quickly and trust to their bow lin g being strong enough to get Surrey out cheaply a second time. As it happened, everything cam e off for them , D illon and M ason scoring well and W oolley obtaining w ickets just when a great effort was required of him . W ith ­ out in any way undervaluing the Kent attack, it must be adm itted that the Surrey batting, apart from that of H obbs, was very disappointing and quite unworthy c. the side. T h e player named w as respon­ sible for a great in n in gs in m ore senses than one, and the fact that he made 106 without a m istake renders it the m ore re­ m arkable that the next highest score in the com pleted innings should have been only 16 by K nox. K e n t thoroughly deserved their success, which should stimulate the side to m ake a bold bid for the Cham pionship. If only Messrs. M ason and Burnup could play re­ gularly there would be little chance c : the team not g o in g through the remainder o f the season undefeated and with several wins to its credit. M ason proved such a tow er o f strength to the side in last w e e k ’s match that even one not particularly in­ terested in Kent cricket could help regret­ ting that such a capable all-round cricketer should be unable to play m ore frequently in the great m atches o f the day. It was very appropriate that Kent should gain such a pronounced trium ph over Surrey, for it w as the one-thousandth recorded match played by the county, the first— against London in W hite Conduit Fields— dating.back to 1719. A summary o f all matches played by Kent is appended :— .d •g O « S 'S a i a 0 £ Lost. Drawn. m k<uS £ Total. A u stralian s............. 1882 5 7 0 0 11 Benenden .............. 1S34 2 3 2 0 5 Bexley .............. 1805 0 1 0 0 2 Cambridgeshire 18(51 2 3 0 0 7 Cambridge Univer­ sity .......................... 1908 0 0 1 0 1 Derbyshire ............... 1874 13 9 0 0 22 England ............... 1739 34 45 5 3 87 England, Gents, of ... 1881 1 0 0 0 1 E s s e x .......................... 1792 11 6 8 0 25 Gloucestershire 1887 15 14 14 0 43 Grace’s X I., Mr. W. G. 1871 0 1 1 0 2 H am bledon............... 1768 11 12 2a 0 25 Hampshire ............... 1789 26 9 1 0 36 Hants and Sussex ... 1772 0 1 0 1 2 Herts, Essex and Middlesex X X II.... 1791 0 1 0 0 1 Lancashire .............. 1871 19 40 11 0 70 Leicestershire 1906 5 0 0 0 5 London 1719 2 6 0 4 12 London and Middlel sex .......................... 1735 2 0 0 0 2 London and Surrey... 1726 3 0 0 2 5 London, Middlesex and Surrey.............. 1743 0 1 0 0 1 Maidstone .............. 1777 2 1 0 3 6 M.C.C............................ 1822 2 9 2 0 13 M.C.C. and Ground 1791 21 29 3 0 53 M.C.C. and Hamble­ don .......................... 1791 1 0 0 0 1 Middlesex .............. 1796 17 27 11 0 55 Northamptonshire ... 1906 4 0 0 0 4 Nottinghamshire ... 1837 9 26 23 0 58 Oldfield Club 1794 0 1 0 0 1 Oxfordshire XVI. ... 1849 0 1 0 0 1 Oxford University... 1895 1 2 1 0 4 Philadelphians 1897 1 1 0 0 2 Prince’s C. & Ground 1872 1 0 0 0 1 Somerset ............... 1881 25 8 5 0 38 South Africans 1901 2 1 0 0 3 Surrey.......................... 1731 36 57 266 3 122 Surrey and Middlesex 1733 0 1 0 0 1 Sussex............... 1728 77 57 24 0 158 Sussex, Surrey and Hants .............. 1729 0 1 0 1 2 Town Mailing 1835 2 2 0 0 4 Warwickshire 1890 8 3 5 0 16 West Indians 1906 1 0 0 0 1 White Conduit C.C. 1786 0 2 0 0 2 Worcestershire 1900 10 1 7 0 18 Yorkshire .............. 1849 14 35 18 0 67 In England 1719 385 424 170c 17 996 In America 1903 4 0 0 0 4 Summary ... 1719 389 424 170c 17 100 a signifies inclusion of one tie-match ; b, of two ; ® and c, of three.