Cricket 1908

37 5 CRICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A ugust 27, 1908, Factory; A rtillery P lace , WOOLWICH. “ O Y 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 nib off or cake. As used at Ken- nington Oval, and highly recommended by K . 8 Kanjiisinhji, Dr. W. G. Grace, 0 . B. Fry. Lord Dalmeny, Australian XI., 1905, G. L. Jossop, Ac., & r. Packcd in zinc boxes, 6d. per box. J. J. REID, 378, Kennlngton Rd., London. TH O S . J. T A T E , A ll E n g la n d C h am p io n sh ip R a c k e t M a k e r. C R I C K E T B A T S and B A L L S . 1 8 , P r i n c e s S t r e e t , C a v e n d i s h S q u a r e , L O N D O N , W The Sportsman say s:—“ The bound volume of Cricket for 1907 is now ready, and affords a valuable record of tlie gamo not only in England, but in Greater liritain.” Trice 8s. 6d., post free 9s. C r i c k e t : A IVEEKL V RECORD OF THE GAME. 168, UPPER THAMES STREET, LONDON E.G. THURSDAY, AUGUST 27 t h , 1908. Pavilion Gossip. The abstract and brief chronicle of the time. — Hamlet. T h e honours of the season have fallen to Yorkshire, and few w ill begrudge the side their success. H avin g gone so far without m eeting w ith a reverse, they w ill natu rally m ake every effort to com­ plete the season without sustaining defeat. They have yet to play Sussex at B righton, M .G.C. and Ground at Scarborough, and the B est of England at the Oval, but only the last match, and then only in the event of a representative side being got together, should occasion them any anxiety. T hey have secured the Championship more by their bowling and fielding than b y batting, and the distinction they have gained is one they thoroughly merit. F r o m The Morning P o s t :— “ It is difficult to see from the ring exactly what makes “ W.G.’s ” innocent-looking slows so difficult to play, but the batsman knows. The ball remains hidden so long in the capacious hand ; it swims a little in the air, and often seems to die away in its flight, and drop sooner than it has any right to. Then every ball is a little higher or a little lower in the air than its predecessor, but the change of elevation is so slight that the batsman is often unaware of it until it is too late. Above all, there is the immaculate length. “ W.G.” is quite a slow bowler, but the occasions when the quickest footed among batsmen have hit him full toss or by lying back have hooked a long bop from him have never exceeded more than four or five in a season. Nor could any amount of hitting knock him off his length If he varied his pitch to a man who was going for him it was always done on purpose, probably to persuade him to have another hit rather than to keep him quiet. This amounts to saying that successful bowling even more than sucecssful batting is a matter of personality.” M a j o r V i s c o u n t B r a c k l e y , who cap­ tained the English team which visited the W est Indies in the early part of 190 5, has been granted the honorary rank of Lieut. - Colonel in the 3rd B attalion B o y al Scots (Lothian Regim ent), in which he has had nearly 18 years’ service. H e served in the B oer W ar as aide-de-camp to Major- G eneral Knox, and afterwards w ith Sir Frederick Carrington’s Rhodesian Field Force. H e was born on November 14th, 18 7 2, and is heir to the third E a rl of Ellesm ere. T h e M .C.C. have presented A . E . B e lf with one of the balls w ith which he bowled when he took seven wickets for 1 1 0 runs in the Gentlem en v. Players m atch at L o rd ’s last month. A silver band encir­ cling the ball bears the incription: — “ A. E . Relf, seven wickets for 110 , G entlem en v. Players, L ord’s, Ju ly 2 and 3, 190 8.” A t a meeting of the Yorkshire Cricket Council a complaint was made by the Featherstone M ain club against Castle- ford on the ground that in a m atch on the 17 th inst. aC astlefo rd p layer “ bowled in black trousers.” Objection was raised at the time, and Featherstone M ain asked whether there was any rule to prevent a sim ilar occurrence in the future. The chairm an said there w as no rule to pre­ vent any such happening, but it was certainly not in keeping with the dignity of Council cricket. I t was decided that an explanation should be sought from Castleford. D u r in g the course o f the Su rrey v. E sse x match at Leyton H ayw ard made his two thousandth run of the season. F rom the appended short table it w ill be seen that in only o n e . year during the past decade has he failed to obtain such an aggregate:— Not Ilighcst Year. Inns. out. Score. Total. Aver. 1899 ... 49 .,,. 4 .. 273 ... 2647 ,. . 58*82 1900 ... 57 .. 7 ..,. 193 ... 2693 .... 53 86 1901 ... 58 .. 8 .. 181 ... 2535 ., . 60*70 1902 ..,. 56 .. 3 ... 177 .. . 1737 .,.. 32*77 1903 .... 64 ... 3 .., *156 .. . 2177 .. 35 68 1904 .. 63 ... 5 ... 203 ... 3170 .,.. 54*65 1905 ., 64 ... 6 ... *129 ... 259*2 ... 44*68 1906 .,.. 61 ... 8 ... 219 .. . 3518 ... 66* 1907 ., 58 ... 6 ... 161 ... 2353 ... 45* §1908 .... 43 . .. 0 . .. 175 .. . 2002 ... 46* * Signifies not out. §His aggregate to the 23rd inst. In all first-class matches in England H ayw ard had, to Sunday last, scored 32,303 runs. This is an excellent record for sixteen seasons, especially as he made only 400 runs in the first and 884 in the second. T h e Times records the death of the Hon. Louisa Charlotte Canning, eldest daughter of Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe, and the last surviving member of the fam ily of the great diplomatist, at F ran t Court, Tunbridge W ells. Lord Stratford, the last survivor of tho historic m atch between Eton and . H arrow at L o rd ’s in 1805, was twice m arried. B y bis first w ife, daughter of M r. Thomas Raikes, Governor of the B ank o f England, he had no issue. H e married his second wife, Elizabeth Charlotte, daughter of M r. Jam es Alexander, of Som erhill, Kent, in September, 1825, and by her, who died in 1882, he had issue of a son, George, who died unm arried in 1878, and three daughters—Louisa, whose death is mentioned above, Katherine, who died in 1884, and M ary, who died three years ago, all unm arried. Lord Stratford de Redcliffe died in 1880, aged 93. H e played for E ton in 1805 as S. Canning and scored 1 2 . C a p t. E . I. M . B a r r e t t , of the Queen's West Surrey Regim ent, has decided to leave the A rm y after less than ten years’ service. H e w as educated at Cheltenham and Sandhurst, and has scored well for H ampshire. A s he is still only twenty- nine years of age there should be a good m any years' cricket yet before him . In 1898 he made two separate hundreds in a m atch, scoring 145 aud 12 4 for H am p­ shire Rovers v . W . H . L averton ’s L eigh ­ ton X I., at Leighton, W estbury, W ilts. I n the m atch between Preston and Broughton, at Preston, on Saturday, the home side had four minutes to play when H allid ay went in seventh w icket down H. GRADIDGE Used by all the TO Leading P layers. £ Made in Men’!, Small Men’s, or College, 6, 5, 4, 4 3 sizes. P r ic e i-l st a f r e e on A p p lica tion . O f all F irst-C lass Outfitters and Dealers. And SON S , Manufacturers o f all R eq u is ite s for C r ick e t , L aw n T enn is , R a c q u e t s , H o ck ey , F oo tba ll, a n d all B ritish Sports. P A T E N T E E S AND SO LE M A K E R S OF TH E Reblading a Speciality.