Cricket 1908

3 H CR tCKET A- W EEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J u l y 30, 1908. N. C raw ford throughout the m atch. C ra w ford ’s age w as then only 17 and M cD on ell’s but 21. D o u g la s Sm ith, it will interest m any W est country cricketers to know , is d oin g good w ork at G raham stow n, S .A ., as pro­ fessional at St. A ndrew ’s C ollege. At present he is en joyin g a holiday in the Graaff R einet D istrict, where he says In1 finds it m ore difficult to shoot a bushbuck than to teach a schoolboy how to m ake a good drive. O n Saturday a Tournam ent, which pre­ mises to .be a great attraction and suc­ cess, opens in C h ica go under the auspices of the W anderers’ C ricket and A thle.ic Club. W ord has been received from W innipeg that the M anitoba Association is sending one of the best elevens that has ever crossed the border. T h e visit o f the P ilgrim s of Philadelphia will prove an at­ traction also. (O nly players w h o have re­ presented the United States in interna­ tional m atches are eligible for membership in this organization.) W’hile the W in n i­ p eg and Philadelphia team s appear to be strong, it is expected that the T oron to side will be quite as pow erful and that th> three elevens ought to have a great tussel for the honours of the w eek. St. L ouis and P ittsburg are likew ise sending repre­ sentative team s, so it looks as if the W an ­ derers, of C h icago, will have to m ake a strenuous effort to hold the C ham pionship, especially as they have lost several veterans within the last tw o years and the new com ers have not yet supplied the lost ability. T h e Z ingari C .C ., o f T oron to, recently played a series o f five m atches in Phila­ delphia, w inn ing one and draw ing four. T he gam es resulted as follow s :— June 30, Ju ly 1.—At Wissahickon (XII. a-side). Toronto Zingari, 3 11 & 130 for 8 wkts. Philadelphia C.C., 254. Drawn. Ju ly 2 and 3.—At Manheim (XII. a-side). Toronto Zingari, 264 & 98 for 4 wkts. Germantown, 233. Drawn. Ju ly C and 7.—At Belmont. Toronto Zingari, 201. Belmont, 92 & 96. Won by inns. & 13 runs. Ju ly 8 and 9.—At Haverford (XII. a-side). Merion C.C., 330 for 6 wkts., inns. dec. Toronto Zingari, 227 & 247 for 6 wkts. Drawn. Ju ly 10 and 11.—At Haverford (XII. a-side). All Philadelphia, 341. Toronto Zingari, 401 for 10 wkts., inns, closed. Drawn. In the last m atch the tourists had opposed to them Percy C lark and three others who w ere unable to accom pany the team now playing in E ngland. All the expenses in connection with the trip were borne 1 Mr. J. W . W oode, one of the m ost liberal and enthusiastic supporters C anadian cricket has ever had. T h e averages o f the tourists in the five m atches are appended :— BATTING AVERAGES. Not Highest Inns. out. Runs. Score. Aver. G. H. Southam 7 2 256 95 51.20 H. F. Lownsbrougli 7 1 25 4 *70 42.33 AV. W. Wriglit 6 1 199 S6 39.80 A. 11. Gibson ... 7 0 278 107 30.71 W. J . Flcury ... 6 2 112 84 ?S.00 S. R. Saunders ... 8 1 146 *53 20.85 W. S. Greening 7 1 125 45 20.83 .A. A. Beetner ... 6 0 00 38 15.00 J. D. Woods ... 7 1 85 36 14.10 C. L. Ingles ... ... 3 1 24 *10 12.00 II. G. Davidson ... 4 0 37 18 9.25 P. E. Henderson ... 8 0 71 27 8.87 H. G. Wookey... .. 6 1 39 12 7..SO N. Seagram 2 1 6 *4 6.00 •Signifies not out. BOWLING AVERAGES. Ball.®. Mdns. Runs Wkts. Aver. II. G. Wookcy . 678 16 307 25 12.2S W. J. Fleury . ISO 3 110 7 15.71 P. E. Henderson . 150 1 80 5 1C..00 G. H. Gibson . 156 2 98 5 19.60 W. S. Greening . 54 1 26 1 26.00 H. F. Lownbrough .. 306 11 136 4 34.00 J. D. Woods............. . 309 8 206 6 34.33 A. Beemer ............. . 37S 14 250 7 35.71 All the above, with one exception, are you n g Canadians w ho may som e day m ake their mark in E ngland in a visiting team . W ith a little m ore experience they will be superior to those who cam e over in 1887. A t a special m eeting o f the V ictorian C ricket A ssociation on June 22nd it was decided to alter the rules to provide for a single selector of team s. T he executive comm ittee recomm ended that the follow in g matches played in A ustralia be ranked as first class :— (a) International matches. (0) All matches between English or other re­ presentative visiting teams and interstate teams. (c) All interstate matches and matches against New Zealand. (d) A ll matches of a representative character played on even terms and comprising first-class players, including Australia, the Best of Aus­ tralia, North v. South of Tasmania, and the F irst v. Next Eleven of the States competing for the Sheffield Shield. That the above definition of first-class matches be forwarded for the consideration of the Asso­ ciations of New South Wales and South Australia. T he recomm endation w as adopted. It is certainly surprising that a suggestion should be made to regard m atches between North and South o f T asm ania and between the First and N ext Elevens of variou: States as first-class. And how is it to be settled who are, and who are not, the “ first-class players ” referred to in sec­ tion ( d ) ? A t L ord ’s, on M onday, Trott did the hat- trick and M ajor F . G . G u ggisb erg scored n o for M .C .C . and Ground against G range. G u s ta v u s H e n r y S p e n ce r F o w k e , who reappeared this w eek for Leicestershire after an absence of several years, w as born on O ctober 18th, 1880, and is heir to a B aronetcy created in 1814. H e w as edu­ cated at U ppingham , where he was in the Eleven in 1897 and tw o follow in g years. In 1899 he played an innings o f 55 for Leicestershire against H am pshire at Bournem outh, and in January, 1905, set up a record for Indian cricket by scoring 309 for Gordon H ighlanders v. Q u een’s R egim ent at Peshawar. K e n t County xAsylum, playing against Aylesford at B an n in g on Saturday, made 586 for six w ickets in three hours and a half. T he last h ou r’s play produced 230 runs. (*. W . C le g g , the well-know n M etro­ politan cricketer, took his 200th w icket of the season on Saturday and has also made over 1,300 runs. In 1907 he took 354 wickets and for many years past has credited him self with m ore than 200 wickets and 2,000 runs in the course o f the season. 1 h e a r that there is a possibility of W alter Lees being offered the position of coach to the Canterbury C ricket A sso­ ciation of N ew Zealand. D u r in g the past w eek Sussex have indulged in som e heavy scoring at the expense of W orces!ershire and Surrey, and, alm ost unnecessary to add, the Jam Sahib and Fry w ere the persons chiefly concerned. On Thursday the side scored 375 for four w ickets at H ove, and on M onday 345 at the same cost at the O val. In the form er m atch they succeeded in w inning by ten w ickets, but in the latter a draw resulted, Surrey replying to a total of 515 for six w ickets with one o f 540. The Oval match never appeared likely to end in any other w ay, and the interest in the cricket to a great extent suffered. The Jam Sahib played a delightful innings, though his cricket was som ew hat more subdued than was the case a few seasons a go. H is tw o appearances w ith the Sussex team in London this year have been extraordinarily successful, seeing that he m ade over 400 runs and has been dis­ missed only tw ice. There can be but little doubt that if he could devote a w hole sea­ son to the gam e he would very quickly score w ith all his old facility and brilliancy. Even as it is, it m ay well be doubted whether there is a better batsman before the public at the present time. O B I T U A R Y . M r . A . L ame . M r. Arthur Lam b, o f Cheltenham , died at M argate on Sunday last after a long illness in the forty-first year o f his age. H e played for Gloucestershire against Y orkshire at B radford in 1895 and against Lancashire at B ristol in 1896, but w as not on the w inn ing side either tim e. H e scored 24 runs in his four com pleted innings and bowled four overs for 32 runs without obtaining a w icket.