Cricket 1908

A u g u st 13, 1908. CR ICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 347 ha ve n o co n n e ctio n w ith M iddlesex crick et, H ea rn e is n ow , for a bow ler, v erg in g u p o n the veteran stage, but there w ou ld seem to be n o reason w h y he should n o t con tin u e to ob ta in w ick ets for the cou n ty at a reasonable cost for a few years m ore. T h e w ish is certain ly the father o f th e th ou gh t. Y e s t e r d a y a ftern oon ’s play at B ra d ­ ford w as in terestin g in the extrem e, M id d lesex, set 261 ) to w in in on e hundred and fo rty m in u tes, m ak in g a great effort to ob ta in th e ru ns an d alm ost su cceed ­ in g in the a ttem p t. It is, h ow ever, on ly ju st to Y ork sh ire to p oin t out that, had rain n ot in terfered to su ch a n extent w ith the p lay , M id d lesex w o u ld have been set a h eavier task for 110 d eclaration w ou ld ha ve been m ad e. T h e secon d inn in gs o f the h o m e side w as clo sed , as it happened, at a capital m om e n t, and those w h o w ere fortunate en ou gh to w itn ess the stirrin g finish are m u ch in d eb ted to the ju d gm en t o f the Y ork sh ire cap tain for sending M iddlesex in w h en he did. E s s e x have scored p articu larly w ell d u rin g the past w eek, and their success against K en t w as on e w h ich m ost p eop le, I im a g in e, w ou ld sca rcely h ave con sidered the side quite capable of. T h e R ev. F . H . G illin gh am , b earin g in m in d the fa ct that he w as suffering from a dam aged finger, gave on e o f the best disp lays o f his career and cred ited h im self w ith the third cen tu ry o f the in n in gs. D ou gla s also created som e surprise b y m a k in g 115 by free a n d a ttractive crick et, for o n ce quite d epartin g from his usual pain stakin g m eth od s. H is tw o cen tu ry scores durin g the w eek m ust rank as the best p e rfo rm ­ ance o f his career that he has yet accom p lish ed . N o t the least p leasing feature o f the w eek ’s crick et has been the successfu l b o w lin g o f tw o am ateurs w h o are p ra cti­ ca lly n ew to first-class crick et. G resw ell’s p erform a n ce against H am p sh ire stam ps h im as a player o f great p ossib ilities- E v e n a llow in g for the fact that the w icket assisted h im con sid era b ly on T u esd ay a ftern oon , his feat in tak in g seven w ick ets w h ilst o n ly 19 ru ns w ere m ade from him w as o f unusual m erit. B u sh er also did w ell at W orcester against G loucestershire and b ow led d ow n all the eigh t w ick ets credited to h im . F u r therm ore, the m a ­ jo r ity o f his victim s w ere m en w h o w ere p lay ed ch iefly for their battin g and th ere­ fore his su ccess w as m ore n otew orth y than i f th e y h ad been the tail-end players. G r e a t pressure 011 space un fortu n ately prevents adequate referen ce b ein g m ade to th e m a n y fine battin g p erform a n ces o f the last few d a ys. B u t m ore than a w ord o f praise is due to H a rd in ge, Jam es D ou gla s, B rau n d , an d especially S . M . J. W o o d s. T h e last-n am ed, despite the com p a ra tiv ely lo n g tim e h e has been in the p u b lic eye, is still a force to be seriously reck on ed w ith— a fa ct u p on w h ich both he and crick et gen era lly are to be co n ­ gratu lated. M ore p ow er to h im ! OBITUARY. Mu. T. BOW RING . It is with m uch regret that we have to aunounce the death, from blood-poisoning, of Mr. Trevor Bowring. at “ Saxonbury,” Ditton H ill, Surrey, on Friday last, in his twenty-first year. T he sad news reached the Oval on Saturday afternoon, and the flag above the pavilion was at once lowered to half-m ast. Mr. Bowring learnt the game under the watchful eye of the R ev. H . C. L enox T indall at a preparatory school at Oare, near Hastings, and, proceeding to R ugby, obtained a place in the eleven in 1904 , when he did so well that he headed the batting averages with the very useful figures of 29*38 for thirteen com pleted innings. Against M arlborough, at L ord’s, he did very little, scoring only 10 and 20, and liugby were beaten by nine wickets. In 1907 he went into resideuce at Oxford, and, scoring 32 and 37 in the Freshm en's match, obtained his Blue, but made only 12 and 18 not out in the rather low -scoring match at L ord’s which Cambridge won by five wickets. This year he cam e prom inently before the public by playing an innings of 228 for the University against the Gentlemen of England, at Oxford, he aud H . Teesdale ( 108 ) making 3 i8 together for the first wicket. H e m a le his 228 out of 383 in two hundr. d and ten m inutes, hit a six and thirty 4 ’s, and offered only one chance— to M acLaren in the slips when 156 . In the University match he made 14 runs in bis two innings, but t >a great exteut he atoned for his shortcom ings by taking five wickets for 44 runs. (He was a slow bowler with a distinct swerve). B y his death Surrey have lost a most prom ising young cricketer. He played several times for the second eleven of the county during the last three sea«ous, averaging as much as 35*41 for twelve innings in 1906 , when he carried his bat through the innings for 118 at Ashton-under-Lyne against Lancashire 2 nd X I, who had Greg- son, Hallows, and others to bowl for them . In 1901 and 1902 his elder brother, Harvey Bowring, was a m ember of the Hugby eleven. H e was cousin of Mr. W . B. Stoddart, the well-known Liverpool cricketer. Mu. R . COOK. Mr. Robert Cook, for very m any years a member of the E ssex C.C. Comm i«t‘ e, died at bis residence, W hite H ouse Farm , Chelm s­ ford, on Friday last. He .was born at Stratford in February, 1858 , and was there­ fore in his fifty-first year at the time of his death. H e was m uch interested in many sports, and was particularly prom inent in the world of Association football. SOUTH HAMPSTEAD v. U. C. S. OLD BOYS.— Played at Neasden on August 8. U. C. S. O ld B oys . Bayley, run out*.......... 29 Eastman, b Hughman 0 Westhorp, c and b B am fo rd ..................*28 Swanson, e Head, b Hughman..................13 Binney, b Bamford ... 1 Richardson, b Hugh­ man .......................... 0 Roberts, run out ... 0 Griffiths-Jones,bBarn- fo rd .......................... 10 Rudler, b Bamford ... 1 Yarrow, not out ... 8 Purdiss, b Bamford... 4 B 36, lb 4, w 4, nb 1 45 Total ... ...145 S outh H am pstead . R. H. Moore, b Wes- thorp.................. ... 50 fl. W. Brooman, b Roberts ..................14 R.W . Ivist, b Richard­ son ..........................31 S. El&ton, c Binney, b Westhorp..................11 H. G. Head, A. E. Hill, R. W. Hughman and P. B. Boorman did not bat. G. II. Bamford,not out 46 S. Ramsay, b Wes­ thorp .................. 1 G. E. Every, not out 38 B 11, lb 4, w 1... 16 Total (5 wkts', 207 IR IS H CRICKE T. Last week the Philadelphians and a York­ shire U am played three m atches in Ireland, and won them all with a good m argin to spare. As neither of the visiting teams was strong, this fact does not speak well for the present strength of Irish cricket. The Philadelphians, after being beaten by N orth­ amptonshire, perhaps the weakest o f the first-jtflass counties, defeated a representative side in Dublin by an innings and seven runs. Irish cricket has never been particularly strong, but it was, nevertheless, very dis­ appointing to see the visitors have matters so m uch their own way. R . H. Lambert, the best all round cricketer Ireland has ever produced, quite failed to m aintain his re­ putation, seeing that in four innings he made only 22 runs and that his solitary wicket was obtained at a cost of 93 . There is little consolation in the knowledge that Sir T. C. O’Brien, Bart., who could have appeared for the Gentlemen of Ireland, was participating in country-house cricket in Englan-i aud m aking large scores. Irish cricket would seem to be at a low ebb just at present, but I think a great improvem ent would be effected if it could be found practic­ able to arrange a tournament wherein re­ presentative team s of Scotland, Ireland, and W ales could take part. Such a contest would arouse m uch interest in each of the three countries, and, as a consequence, would raise the standard of their cricket. HAM PSH IRE 2 nd X I. v. KENT 2 nd XI. Played at Southampton on August 3 and 4, and won by Kent 2nd X I. by 153 runs. Score K est 2 nd X I. First innings. Second innings. L. R. A. Shuter, c Remnant, b Kennedy.......................... C not o u t ...............65 Munds, c Burrell, b Lang­ ford ... .......................... 9 lbw, b Remnant 56 Hubble, c Remnant, b Langford ;.........................0 b Kennedy ... 66 L. H. W. Troughton, c c Barnes, b Rem- Lawson. b Langford ... 91 nant ..................25 Woolley (C. N.), c Brown, b Langford ............... 1 lbw, b Lawson ... 14 T. E. Bourdillon, b Ken­ nedy......................................18 b Remnant ... 45 W. A. Powell, c Brown, b Barnes .......................... 8 b Barnes............... 1 Skinner, c Brown, b Lang­ ford ......................................25 Preston, b Kennedy ... 5 E. C. Cleveland-Stevens, b K e n n e d y .......................... 0 Morfee. nut out ...............10 c Bacon, b Barnes 16 Byes, &c ............... 4 Byes, ... 4 T o t a l.............177 Total (7 wkts.)*292 •Innings declared closed. H ants 2 nd X I. First innings. Second innings. A. K . Campbell b Preston 46 c and b Preston 13 Remnant, st Hubble, b Clevelaud-Stevens ... 12 cand b Skinner... 48 H. A . Burrell, b Preston ... 1 c Skiimer,b Pres­ ton .............. 6 Langford, run o u t.................. 8 c Bourdillon, b Powell.............. 6 F. H. Bacon, b Skinner ... 6 c Bourdillon, b Powell............64 Brown, b P reeto n ............... 7 b Preston............... 7 M. F. Lawson, not out ... 31 c Powell, b Pres­ ton .............. 0 Rev. H. R. C. Mertens, b Skinner .......................... 3 b Pres(on 0 E. M. C. Ede, lbw, b Pres- c Powell, b t o n .....................................10 Skinner ... 20 Kennedy, b Prestcn ... o notout ........0 R. S. Barnes, b Preston ... 0 b Skinner ... 0 Byes, &c. ... .. 0 Byes, &c. ... 28 Total .. 124 Total ...192 On the first day of last week’s match at Reading l>etwecn Berkshire and Wiltshire 655 runs were m;idc for the loss of only thirteen wickets. E. Garnett’s 282 for Berkshire constitutes a record for the Minor Counties'Championship.