Cricket 1908

J u l y 30, 1908. CR ICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 3 i 7 H. C. McDonell, c Hunt, b Burns .......................... 36 Stone, b Pearson .................(59 Badcock, b B u r n s ............... 9 Newman, not o u t ...............27 B 14 ,1-b 6, w 4.............. 24 B 14 ,1-b 15... 29 Total ...............285 Total (4 wkts )...2(54 WORCESTERSHIBE. First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Badcock ... 26 5 106 2 ... 13.5 2 51 2 McDonell ... 44 8 121 4 ... 3 0 7 0 Newman ... 29 5 82 0 ... 13 4 31 1 M ea d ............... 7.2 1 25 1 ... 21 3 47 1 Llewellyn . 24 10 60 2 Bignell ... 6 1 25 1 ... 13 0 50 1 Hill ............... 5 1 10 0 ... 8 0 24 0 Badcock and Llewellyn bowled one wide, Newman one wide and two no-balls, and Badcock three no­ balls. H am psh ire . First innings. O. M. R. W. B u rn s............. 25 2 110 6 C u ffe............... 25 6 62 2 Pearson ... 7.3 1 22 1 H u n t............... 9 1 18 0 Burrows ... 16 4 37 0 Bird ............... 5 1 12 0 Second innings. O. M. R. W. ... 8 1 46 1 ... 17 1 59 1 ... 15 2 49 1 18 1 81 1 Burns bowled three wides and Pearson one wide. CARMARTHENSHIRE v. DEVON. Played at Llanelly on Ju ly 27 and 28, and won by Devon by an innings and 81 Euns. Score :— F.H.Carroll, b Howell 7 G.F.Orchara, c Davis, b Howell .............. 28 R.G. Cruwys, c Long- croft, b Davies ... 67 Light, c Davies, b Howell ...............25 J.F.Sheeley.c Bowen, b Gee..........................54 W. F. Sturt, b Howell 1 Hawksworth, b Gee ... 13 Davies, c Longcroft, b Howell .............. 13 L.H . Crackwell, b Gee 0 L. Tamworth,' run out 7 Aston, not out ... 2 Byes, &c.... 12 Total...............229 C a r m a r t h e n sh ir e . First innings. Second innings. Hugh Howell, c Hawks­ worth, b Aston .............. 5 Dr.Thomas, b Hawksworth 3 Davies, b Hawksworth ... 1 Cliff Bowen, not out .. 23 F. B. Roderick, st Davies, b Hawksworth .............. E. F. Longcroft, b Hawks­ worth .......................... E. Gee, c Aston, b Hawks­ worth .......................... Hubert John, b Hawks­ worth ........................... D. H. Davies, c Cruwys, b Hawksworth ............... A. Lewis, c and b Hawks­ worth .......................... J. Davies, c Hawksworth, b Aston .. ............... Byes, &c. ............... c Tamworth, L ig h t .............. 1 c Sheeley,b Light 9 b L ig h t ............... 4 c Cruwys, b Hawksworth 15 3 b L ig h t ............... 0 0 c Sturt, b Light 0 0 c Carroll, b Aston 28 0 st Davies,b Light 0 24 b Aston ... c Crockwell, Light ... not out ... Byes, &c. Total... N ATIO N AL PROVINCIAL BAN K v. LONDON an d SOUTH W ESTERN BANK. - Played at Norwood on Ju ly 23 and 24. L ondon and S ou th - W estern B a n k . C. B. Wood, c Pala- mountain, b Man­ ners .........................10 F. Goodall, c Pala­ mountain, b Man­ ners ............. ... 7 S. H. Best, b Richards 5 P. H. Merchant, c Richards, b Man­ ners E. L. Gow, c Pala­ mountain, b Man­ ners ..........................0 F. A . Cattell, b Ric­ hards .......................... 1 12 T. Robilliard, b Ric­ hards.......................... 4 L . B. Long, not out... 11 O. R. Hughes, run out .......................... 6 H. E . Butler c Masters, b Ric­ hards ............... 2 R. S. Mercy b Ric­ hards.......................... 0 B 2 ,1-b 2 Total N a tio n a l an d P rovin cial B a n k . 62 A. B. H . Read, c Best, b Butler ............... K. V. Wright, run out H. E . Moore, c and b G o w ......................... S. Dixon, st Wood, b G o w .......................... H. W. Gibbings, c Robilliard, b Long G. Morgan, run out P. E. H. Masters absent. C. G. E. Jones, c Long, b Best ... 20 J . W. Richards, c Mercy, b Long ... 1 J . Manners, not out 16 \y. B. Palamountain, not out ............. 15 B 7 ,1-b 3, w-b 2 .. 12 Total (8wkts.) 100 T H E C R I C K E T C R I S I S T h e m eeting o f the A dvisory County C ricket Comm ittee, held at L ord ’s yester­ day in order to decide whether an invita­ tion should be forw arded to the Board of Control to send a representative team to E ngland next year, w as attended by : R. S. T. Cochrane Derby. C. E. Green ... Essex G. L. Jessop ... Glouces. W. H. Patterson Kent J . Horner ... Lancs. A. J . Webbe Mdsx. A. J . Darnell Northants. W .E. Denison. . Notts H. Murray Anderdon Somerset J . Shuter ... Surrey Col. Bruce ... Sussex* G. H. Cartland Warks. F. Mudd ... Yorks Australia was represented by L . O. S. Poidevin, and the Minor Counties by Dr. J . Earl Norman. F. E Lacey, the Secretary of the M.C.C., was also pr< sent Lord H arris was in the chair. On the m otion of Mr. J. H orner, seconded by M r. G. L . Jessop, it was decided to request the M .C .C . to invite the Board of Control to send a representative team to E ngland in 1909. T his the Comm ittee of the M .C .C . have consented to do. Lord H aw ke presided over a m eeting of the Yorkshire C ounty C .C . Comm ittee at Leeds on Tuesday, when the follow in g re­ solution was passed :— “ Yorkshire, having been agreeable to the tri­ angular scheme being tried as an experi­ ment in 1909, regret Australia has not consented to join in it. The committee, while provisionally approving of the above, feel that the tours of the Colonials have been too frequent in the past, and that in the interests of County cricket three years should be the interval between these visits, and consequently prefer Aus­ tralia in 1910 to 1909.” On Thursday the follow in g E xchange cable w as received from M elbourne :— “ A strong public feeling prevails here in favour of the cricket triangular scheme. The opinion is also expressed that the Advisory Board should stand firmly by the scheme. With this the Australian players are certain to agree.” “ Everyone is hopeful that we shall get some of the sunniest glimpses of the real cricket spirit from next Wednesday’s meeting of the Advisory Committee to the Marylebone Club. Heavy tragedy parts w ill be out of place by any of the county delegates. The counties have sir.ned; there must be just that manliness of cricket to own up to an unfortunate past which went to mislead the supreme power in cricket. The opportunity of repairing blunders does not come to everyone. The advice to the counties is as before: “ Choose w ell; your choice is brief, and yet endless.” These counties in their perfunctory dabbling with a great question endangered a great cricket friendship by coquetry with a whim of a millionaire. Mil­ lionaires are most out of mischief when they are dispensing questionable benefits in the shape of free libraries. Cricket is a mightier force than most faiths. No wealth must enter to tarnish its virtues. “ Some of the English counties, ashamed of publishing their voting ways when they gave to the world their ungracious messages, must have been forgetful of Australia’s stake in the Em pire; of the blood bonds which bind Aus­ tralia so closely to the Mother Country. And it was lamentable that the injustice should not have been realised until Mr. F. S. Jackson composed for The Times the historic letter which fired the community at large with the sense of the real unfairness to Australia. The times in cricket are out of jo in t; the M.C.C. alone can set them right. And this must be done in spite of any difficulties which the re­ vised voting of the counties may reproduce. The M-C.C. is the supreme authority in cricket; in removing- the bad impressions made by the Advisory Committee’s “ curt ” (the word is Mr. F. S. Jackson’s) resolutions, the M.C.C. will know that it has real English opinion at its back. . . ....................................................... It is not in human nature that any persons who quietly possess power can be as active as those in pursuit of it, but the cricket world is desirous that the M.C.C. Committee shall throw off its lethargy, shall remember afresh the famous exhortation of the Prince of Wales in other oircumstances—“ Wake up, England! ” The M.C.C. must see everything with Australia harmoniously set right. Australia is our oldest cricket partner; Australia possesses the cricket “ ashes.” And Australia has intense cricket traditions, of which England should be made easily aware by remembering what happened at Lord’s in 1878; what happened at the Oval in 1882. And who w ill be forgetting the his­ toric names of Spofforth, Murdoch, Palmer, Boyle, Giffen, Massie, McDonnell and many other great lights of other days? Are our kinsmen with tremendous traditions to fce cavalierly treated at the will of a gfver of a proposed shield for Tests? ” —The Observer. “ This afternoon the Advisory County Com­ mittee will meet at Lord’s, and it remains to be seen whether they w ill execute a complete change of front as compared with the position taken up on the 3rd inst. If th§y do I only hope they will be honest on the point, and not seek to shelter the movement behind some paltry excuse.” —“ Wanderer ” in The Sportsman. A N SW E R S T O C O R R E S P O N D E N T S . L. F. Coupar (Leongatha).— (a) Hir?t has made 694 runs (aver. 28.91) and takep 33 wickets (aver. 37.48) ; (6) G. L. Jessop tyas made 411 runs (aver. 24.17) and taken 10 wickets (aver. 34.60); (c) Address, Cricket Offices, 168, Upper Thames Street, London, E.C. J.B .W .—We do not know where you can obtain a small button or shield with the Middlesex County C.C.'s badge. “ B .L .” (Broadstairs).—September J7th. A .E.B.—The Australian team of 1902 played three matches against South Africa, winning two of them—at Johannesburg by 159 runs and at Capetown by ten wickets—and drawing one, at Johannesburg. A. K. S hapcote .—It is not counted as a ball of the over, and an extra delivery has to be sent down. The over is not completed until six balls have been bowled to meet the require­ ments of the rules. “ L anka .” —We feel that no good purpose would be served by the publication of your letter. The player you name is an Englishman, born in the West Indies. The Derbyshire cricketer has been out of form ; hence his omission from the side. STAFFO RD SH IRE v. NORTHUMBERLAND. Played at Stoke on Ju ly 27 and 28 and won by Staffordshire by an innings and 40 runs. Score and S taffo rd sh ire . P. Briggs, c Marshall. b Elsey .. 79 Brown, b Skinner .. 15 H. D. 8tratton, b Marshall . 65 Barnes, b Elsey . 19 Fereday, c Elsey, b Marshall .. 42 E. H. Bourne, c Wood, b Marshall .. 6 Yost, not out... .. 3 C. L. Winser, c Wil­ kinson, b Milne ... 34 Bucknell, not out ... 46 Mee, c Marshall, b Skinner .....16 H. Eardley, b Mar­ shall ... .....6 Byes, &c... 12 Total ...343 N orth u m berland . First innings. Second innings. F. W. Gillespie, c Stratton, b Mee .......................... 95 b Eardley 0 J . Carr, c Winser, b Eardley .......................... 17 b Eardley 0 Marshall, c Barnes, b Eardley .......................... 1 c Winser, b Eard­ ley .............. 4 Richardson, lbw, b Barnes 4 c Winser, b Vost 30 Cbajabers, c Fereday, b Barnes ........................... 5 b Eardley 0 S, Wood, c and b Barnes .. 1 b Vost ............... 0 T. Ullathorne, b Mee 0 b Eardley 0 Milne, b Mee.......................... 10 c Bourne, b Vost 4 R. N. E . Wilkinson, b Mee 5 c Buckuell, b Vost ............. 15 C.. M. Skinner, not out ... 58 b Eardley 5 JJlsey, b Eardley .............. 34 not o u t .............. 1 Byes, &e........................ 9 Byes, &c. 5 T o t a l.............239 Total 64 S t a f f , r d sh ir e . O. M .R.W . O. M. R.W . Elsey .23 2 62 2 Chambers... 6 0 32 0 Skinner . .24 2 115 2 Richardson 5 0 21 0 Milne .15 1 37 1 Gillespie ... 3 1 11 1 Mtrsl.all 16 2 53 3 Elsey bowled four no-balls. N< rth um uerland . Firbt innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. VV. Baines .. . 35 12 79 3 Mee ...30 9 72 4 Bucknell ...10 2 31 0 Eaidley ...11.3 5 21 3 ... 10 3 30 6 Vost ... 6 0 20 0 ... 9.4 2 29 4 Fereday.. ... 4 2 7 0