Cricket 1908

344 CR ICK ET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE G A M E . A u g u st 13, 1908. H. GRADIDGE And SONS, Alanufacturers o f all Requisites for Cricket, Lawn Tennis, Racquets, Hockey, Football, and all British Sports. P A T E N T E E S A N D S O L I. M A K E K t . O F T il K Used by all th e m Leading Players. ^ M ade in M en's, Sm all M en's, or College, 6, 5, 4, dt 3 sizes. P r i c e Li st s F r e e o u Ap p lic at io n. O f all F ir s t -C la s s Ou tfitters and D ea le rs . Reblading a S p e ciality. Factory; A rtillery P lace , WOOLWICH. ‘ ‘ O V 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 Goods, Warranted not to rub oft or cake. Aa used at Ken nington Oval, and highly recommended by K . S Ilanjitsinhji, Dr. W. Q. Grace, O. B. Fry, Lord Dalmeny, Australian XL, 1905, Q. L. Jessop, Ac., 8l( . P a ck e d in z in c boxes, 6d. p er box. J . J. REID, 878, Kennington Rd., London. THOS. J. TATE , All England Championship Racket Maker. CR ICKET B A T S and B A L L S . 18 , P r in c e s S treet, C a v e n d is h S q u a r e , L O N D O N , W The Sportsman says:—“ The bound volume of Cricket for 1907 is now ready, and affords a valuable record of tlie game not only in England, but in Greater Britain.” Trice 8s. 6d., post free 9s. CRICKET LIBRARY TO BE SOLD, in­ cluding “ Scores and Biographies,” vols. I. to IV., £4 15s. ; Wisden’s Almanack, 1890 to 1900, £2 10s., 1873, 5s. ; Lilly- white’s Cricketer’s Companion, 1805 to 18S5, £2 5s., or separately ; Lillywhite’s Cricketer’s Annual, 1872 to 1891, £ 1 5s., or separately; Canterbury Week, quarto, 1805, 9s. ; Holland’s Notes, 1851, 4s. ; English Cricketers’ Trip to Canada, 1859, 4s. Od. ; Index to First Class Matches in “ Scores and Biographies,” 5s. ; Scores and Analyses, 1804 to 1881, 3s. Od. ; Cricket Scores, 1730 to 1773, 3s. Od. ; Yorkshire C.C. books from 1893; Fred Lillywhite’s Guide, 1850 to 1800; and others. P a y n e , 04, Franklin Road, Harrogate.—[Advt.] Cr i c k e t : A W E E K L Y R E C O R D O F T H E G A M E . 168, UPPER THAMES STREET, LONDON E.C. THURSDAY , AUGUST 13 t h , 19 0 8 . Pavilion Gossip. The abstract and brief chronicle of the time. — H am id. T h e r e w as a d ram atic finish to the sixty-seven th C an terbu ry W e e k , H a m p ­ shire o v e rco m in g K en t b y a sin gle w ick et after a trem en d ou s stru ggle. T h e result, one o f th e greatest trium p h s in th e w h ole h istory o f H am p sh ire crick et, m u st h ave an im p orta n t b e a rin g u p on the C h a m ­ p ion sh ip , for it has destroyed K en t’s ch a n ce o f gain in g p rem ier h on ou rs and m ad e Y ork sh ire’s success in that d irection p ra ctica lly a certa in ty. N o praise w ou ld be to o h ig h fo r th e splen did gam e H am p sh ire p lay ed . Set 266 to w in on a w ick et w h ich did n o t roll ou t pa rticu larly w ell, th ey p rob a bly did as w ell as even their best friends cou ld h a ve im agin ed w h en th eir n in th w ick et w en t d ow n at 215 . T h a t the last pair, N ew m a n and S ton e, cou ld obtain th e rem a in in g 51 runs against B ly th e an d W o o lle y , to say n oth in g o f F a irservice an d H u m p h re y s, w as n o t im a g in ed fo r a m om e n t, bu t as ten follow ed ten on the scorin g board the interest d evelop ed in to excitem en t, and w h en N ew m a n , b y m ean s o f a fine oft'-drive, m ade the w in n in g h it, the tw o m en receiv ed a rem a rk a b le ova tion , w h ich th ey w ell d eserved. A s H a m p ­ shire h ad ju st b efore been b eaten at D erb y b y 126 ru n s, th eir su ccess over K en t cam e as a com p lete surprise. T h e side w ill certa in ly h ave g o o d reason to rem em b er th eir first appearance at C an terbu ry sin ce 1877 . K en t w ou ld be the last team in th e w orld to m ak e excu ses in th e h ou r o f defeat, and yet, w ith ou t d o in g the slightest in ju stice to H am p sh ire, one m a y p oin t out t h a t ' the side w ere at a great disadvantage in la ck in g the services o f M a son , H u tch in gs, and F ie ld e r. F u rth erm ore, B ly th e h ad an in ju red kn ee, w h ich m u st ha ve caused h im m u ch pain w h en ever he b ow led : the fa ct th at he sent d ow n as m a n y overs as h e did is eloquent te stim on y to his plu ck. M issed catches p layed an im p orta n t part in th e fin a l stage o f the gam e, b u t for that K e n t had o n ly th em selves to b lam e. K e n t and H am p sh ire are old opponents, the series o f th irty-eigh t m atch es p lay ed betw een th e tw o cou n ties co v e rin g a p eriod o f 120 yea rs. E x ce p t in 1867 , h ow ever, the sides d id n ot m eet betw een 1792 and 1875 : n eith er w ere a n y m atch es p layed betw een 1878 an d 1884 n or betw een 1885 a n d 1900 . A sum m a ry o f the m atch es is a p p e n d e d :— a Hambledon Bishopsboume ... Lord’s .................. Cobham Pari: ... Dartford .......... Gravesend ........... Southborough .. Southampton ... Catford.................. Winchester........... Favcrsham ........... Canterbury Tunbridge Wells Tonbridge ........... Bournemouth ... Blackheath Portsmouth Played in K ent. A © rt >> £*> . © 55 £3 . ,0 X * 2 i t § dO (U c ao C« rt e fSM Q EH 1789 ... 1 ,... 0 ... 0 ... 1 1789 ... 0 ... 1 ... 0 ... 1 1790 ... 0 , ... 1 ... 0 ... 1 1792 ... 0 ... 1 .... 0 ... 1 1792 ... 0 ... 1 ... 0 ... 1 1807 ... 2 ... 0 ... 0 . 2 1807 ... 1 ... 0 ... 0 .!! i 1867 ... 0 . 3 ... 1 ... 10 1875 ... 2 . .. 0 ... 0 . 2 1875 ... 1 , ... 0 ... 0 .!! i 1870 ... 0 ,... 1 ... 0 ... i 1877 ... 1 ... 1 ... 0 ... 2 1878 ... 2 . ,.. 0 . .. 0 .. ? 1885 ... 0 .... 0 . .. 0 ... 0 1901 ... 3 ,... 1 .. 0 ... 4 1905 ... 1 .... 0 .,.. 0 ... 1 1905 ,... 1 ... 0 .. . 0 ... 1 1789 ... 12 , 4 ... 1 ... 17 17S9 ... 15 .... 5 .... 0 ... 20 1790 , ... 0 ... 1 .. . 0 ... 1 1789 ... 27 .... 10 . .. 1 . .. 38 Summary A s m a n y as seventeen different grou n d s are m en tion ed in the a bove table, eleven o f th em b ein g in K en t. “ W e alw ays lik e to w a tch (fro m a safe distance) those jo cu n d gam es o f crick et w h ich are p lay ed in ou r L o n d o n p a rk s,” says the G lobe. “ T o the u n train ed ey e, it is h a rd to see w h ere on e gam e b egin s and the n ext leaves off. I t is on re co rd that a fieldsm an in on e gam e h as ca u gh t a batsm a n in another, an d the batsm an has retired, sorrow in g, to the sco rin g bench , an d the m istak e lias/n ever b een d iscovered b y the p layers. A v e ry fair in stan ce o f w h at ca n hap p en at these org ies is given in an even in g paper. ‘ P la y in g for the M a rlb orou g h team against St. M a tth ew s,’ w rites a corresp on den t, ‘ I h it a ball to lo n g -on . A t th e sam e tim e a p la y er on the next p itch hit a ball to squ are-leg. In their descent b o th balls struck o n e a n oth er, and the fieldsm en o n th eir resp ective sides b o th caught th e w ron g b a ll.’ T h is is the sort o f th in g w h ich m ak es us E n g lish m e n w h at w e are. A fter a feyv w eeks o f park crick et a m a n g oes out a,nd faces a storm o f bullets w ith a feelin g q f relief, as if one w h o has escaped from peril an d got in to a p osition o f com p a ra tiv e co m fo rt and safety. N o finer tra in in g fo r o u r T erri­ torials can be im a gin ed . In stea d o f insipid m anoeuvres an d sham figh ts, let th em h a ve a regular cou rse o f p a rk cricket, fieldin g, fo r ch o ice , sh ort-le g .” L o r d H a r r i s , G .C .S .I., w h o has com m a n d ed the R o y a l E a st K en t Y e o m a n ry fo r a lm ost eleven years, has b een a p p oin ted A id e-d e-C am p to the K in g and p rom o ted to th e ra n k o f fu ll C olon el in the n ew T erritoria l A rm y . U n d e r the h ea d in g “ C orrect C rick e t,” th e liv e n in g S ta n d a rd re m a rk s : — “ P eop le w ith an eye fo r coin cid en ce sh ou ld n ote the first in n in gs o f W a rw ick ­ shire against G lou cestersh ire. T h ree m en scored 18 ea ch , tw o m ad e 9 each, tw o 15 , the captain tra n sposed these last