Cricket 1908

CONTENTS OF VOL. XXV11. Answers to Correspondents— 14, 35, 51, 71, 94, 142, 172, 187, 203, 219, 227, 286, 303, 317, 350, 363, 387, 410, 428, 434, 473. Army v. Navy ...................... 135, 151, 220 Articles — A Hundred Years Ago ...........................418 American Cricket ...................................... 321 American Team of 1908, The .............. 102 Antigua, Cricket i n ...................................... 31 Australian Cricket History, Some Chap­ ters of 47, 54, 68, 91,117,397, 404, 427, 444, 474 453, 466 59 398 418 124 338 319 270, 286, 303, 81' ............... 82 ............... 293 ............... 52 ... 382 ... 91 148, 455 ... 257 ... 406 ... I ll ... 62 ... 130 119, 455 ... 347 ... 65 60, 76, Championship, About the Costly Match, A .............. Country House Cricket County Championship, 1873-190S Cricket and National Biography Cricket Bats ........................... Cricket Bibliography Cricket Crisis, The Cricket in 1722... Cricket in Australia .. ............ Cricket Publications of 1907 England Eleven, A n .......................... English Cricketers in Australia ... ETgsex County C.C., The ............... Eton and Harrow Captains, The ... Festival Matches .......................... Field on Blaming the Umpire, The Fijian Cricketers, The ............... Hardstaff, Presentation t o ............... Incogniti, T h e ..................................... Irish C r ic k e t ....................................... Japan, Early Cricket in ............... Kent C r ic k e t ...................................... King Edward VII. and Cricket Lambert’s Cricketers’ Guide Leg-before-wickct ............... Lost-Ball Match, A ......................... Madras Team in Ceylon, The M.C.C. Team in Australia, The Minor Counties Association, T h e............... Nawanagar, Banquet to the Jam of Nawanagar, An Indian Appreciation of the Jam o f .................................................. 461 New South Wales Cricket Finance ... 452 Note’fcorthy Events of 1907,3,19,36,51,67, 83,99 Noteworthy Events of 1908 ... 435, 451 Philadelphia, The Associated Cricket Clubs of ................................................... 53 Remarkable Match, A ............... ... 374 Reminiscences, Some ........................... 78 Reminiscences of Australian Cricket Retirements, Two N otable........................... Rugby, Early Cricket at ........................... South African Cricket ........................... South African Cricket Association, The '<outh Australian Cricket and Cricketers Surrey County C.C., The ........................... Surrey Cricket................................................... Triangular Scheme, A New ............... Two Cricketers of the Year........................... University Captains, T h e ........................... Warrc on Modern Spoit, Dr. ............. Week-End Cricket ....................................... Worcestershire County C.C., T h e............... Yorkshire Cricket At the Sign of the Wicket— 3, 19, 36, 51, 67, 83, 99, 116, 131, 147, 163, 179, 211, 227, 259, 291, 323, 355, 371, 404, 419, 435, 451. Averages (Clubs)— A n tigu a ......................... Bombay Gymkhana ... Brixton Wanderers ... Cape Town ............... Dublin University D urban........................... Granville (Lee) Halifax Cup ............... London Scottish Lovell’s XI., Mr. J. C. Streatham ............... Wanderers ............... A vera ges (F irst-C lass)... A verages (M inor C ou nties) B ed fordsh ire............... ... 434 86, 107 ... 388 ,.. 95 ... 35 99, 274 , 466 443 ... 31 ... 462 ... 464 ... 231 ... 367 ... 151 ... 12 ... 455 ... 432 ... 416 ... 448 ... 432 275, 429, 437 Berkshire Buckinghamshire ............. Cambridgeshire ............. Cornwall .......................... Devon ..................................... D o r s e t ..................................... Durham... ......................... Glamorgan ... ............. H ertfordshire......................... L in co ln sh ire ......................... Monmouth ......................... N o rfo lk ..................................... Northumberland S tafford sh ire......................... S u ffo lk ..................................... Wiltshire ......................... Worcestershire 2nd XI. Yorkshire 2nd X I.................... Averages (Public Schools)— Bedford Grammar School ., Brighton College 87, 395 ... 395 48, 395 87, 454 87, 395 87, 454 87, 395 ... 396 87, 454 48, 430 ... 396 87, 430 48, 396 ... 396 ... 430 48, 396 ... 454 335 428 109, 148, 175, 198, Clifton College..................................................464 Dulwich College ... ...........................464 Eastbourne C o lle g e ......................................464 K ing’s College, Canterbury.......................... 476 Lancing College ......................................476 Marlborough College.............. ............. 476 Mill Hill School ......................................476 Itepton School..................................................476 Royal High School (F.P.)..............................476 Bedfordshire— v. Cambridgeshire .......................... 343, 367 v. Hertfordshire ........................... 278, 378 v. Norfolk ...................................... 263, 354 v. Suffolk ...................................... 327, 367 Berkshire— v. Buckinghamshire.......................... 368, 375 v. Dorset ...................................... 370, 375 v. Surrey 2nd X I.................................. 215, 342 v. Wiltshire ...................................... 324, 354 B ook s received— 14, 32, 35, 51, 71 251, 438, 455, 474. B u ck in g h am sh ire— v. Berkshire ...................................... 368, 375 v. Dorset ...................................... 327, 367 v. M.C.C. & G rou n d ......................................371 v. Surrey 2nd X I.................................. 303, 370 v. Wiltshire ...................................... 318,354 C am bridgesh ire— v. Bedfordshire .......................... 343, 367 v. Hertfordshire .......................... 326, 375 v. M.C.C. & G rou n d ......................................381 v. Norfolk ............. ............... 351, 367 v. Suffolk .............. • ............... 359, 380 C am bridge U n iversity— v. Dublin University .......................... 302 v. K e n t..............................................................190 v. Lancashire..................................................173 v. M.C.C. & Ground .............. 182, 247 v. Oxford Universiiy......................................267 v. Surrey ..................................................228 v. Sussex ...................................... 196, 237 v. Weigall’s XI., Mr. G. J. V. ... 214, 254 v. Woodbrook Club and G rou n d ............... 290 v. Yorkshire ^..................................................150 Averages ..................................................286 Freshmen’s Match ......................................135 Seniors’ Match..................................................126 Trial Match ...................................... 158, 206 C anada v. U n ited States ............................. 448 C arm arthensh ire— v. Cornwall ...................................... 350, 366 v. Devon ...................................... 317, 342 v. G lam organ...................................... 243, 310 v. Monmouthshire .......................... 197, 366 C arn arvon and M erion eth v. F lin tsh ire 400 C en tu ries of 1908, F irst-C lass ................. 437 C h am p ion sh ip , F in a l P osition s in — First Division ... Second Division ........................... C hats abou t C ricketers— Absolon, Mr. C. .......................... Bailey, Mr. A ......................................... Braund, L. C.......................................... Darling, Mr. J. .......................... Llewellyn, C. B. .......................... Macartney, Mr. C. G............................ MacGregor, Mr. G................................. MacLaren, Mr. A. C............................. Noble, Mr. M. A. Wright, Mr. E. L.................................. Young, Mr. R. A ................................... Chats o n th e C ricket F ield — Barlow, R. G.......................................... Bentliall, Mr. W. H ............................. Catton, Mr. J. A. H. ... Crawford, Mr. J. N.............................. Gordon, Sir Home, Bart.................... Hayes, E. G........................................... Huish, F. H .......................................... Killick, E. H.......................................... Leveson-Gower, Mr. H. D. G. Martin, F. ...................................... McElhone, Mr. W. P. ............. Spottiswoode, Mr. W. H.................... C orn w all— v. Carm arthenshire.......................... v. Devon ...................................... v. G lam organ...................................... v. M on m ou th...................................... C orrespon d en ce— Modern Cricket ... ’ ................. Order of the Mouse, The ............... C rick et in th e A rgen tine R ep u b lic— Buenos Aires v. Entre Rios C ricket in A n tigu a ............................ C ricket in A ssa m ........................................ C ricket in A u stralia (see also “ M .C .C .’s T ea m in A u stra lia ” ) ... 15, 76, 293 ... 412 ... 429 l ... 33 ... 369 ... 449 ... 305 ... 81 ... 465 ... 225 ... 49 ... 241 ... 241 ... 337 ... 17 ... 401 ... 161 ... 193 ... 273 ... 289 ... 209 ... 129 ... 177 ... 433 ... 385 350, 366 303, 311 285, 375 261, 380 ... 207 ... 148 31, 40 .. 454 Australian XI. v. Rest of Australia ... 125 Bendigo XV. v. Tasm ania.......................... 75 New South Wales v. Queensland ... 28, 211 New South Wales v. South Australia ... 15 New South Wales v. Victoria ... 29, 35 Queensland v. New South Wales ... 28, 211 Rest of Australia v. Australian XL ... 125 South Australia v. New South Wales ... 15 South Australia v. Victoria........................... 15 Tasmania v. Bendigo XV............................... 75 Tasmania v. Victoria.......................... ... 75 Victoria v. New South Wales ... 29, 35 Victoria v. South Australia.......................... 15 Victoria v. Tasmania...................................... 75 Averages .................................................. 293 Cricket in Barbados ...................... 430, 466 Cricket in Brazil........................................ 446 Rio de Janeiro v. Sao Paulo ... 359,450 C ricket in B u en os A ires— North v. South ...................................... 102 C ricket in C anada ............................ 430, 446 C ricket in C eylon ............................I l l , 320 C ricket in C h in a ............... 29, 396, 464, 475 C ricket in E g y p t ................................................... 439 C ricket in G ibraltar ........................................407 C ricket in In d ia ... 35, 207, 262, 445, 462 Ahmednagar v. Central India ............... 462 Bombay Gymkhana v. Central India ... 462 Bombay Gymkhana v. Hindu Gym­ khana ...................................................46, 298, 432 Bombay Gymkhana v. Islam Gym­ khana .......................... *............... 391, 446 Bombay Gymkhana v. Parsee Gymkhana 391 Bombay Gymkhana v. Poona Gymkhana 432 Central India v. Ahmednagar .............. 462 Central India v. Bombay Gymkhana ... 462 Ceylon v. Southern I n d i a ........................... 46 Hindu Gymkhana v. Bombay Gym­ khana .................................................. 46, 298, 432 Hindus v. Presidency ...........................445 Islam Gymkhana v. Bombay Gym­ khana... ..................................... 391, 446 Madras v. Ootacamund .......................... 142 Ootacamund v. Madras .......................... 142 Parsee Gymkhana v. Bombay Gymkhana 391 Parsees v. Presidency ...........................445 Poona Gymkhana v. Bombay Gymkhana 432 Presidency v. Hindus .......................... 445 Presidency v. Parsees .......................... 445 Southern India v. C e y lo n ........................... 46 C ricket in J am aica ........................................438 C ricket in J a p a n ....................................... 65, 436 C ricket in M ex ico ........................................108 C ricket in N ew Z ea la n d — Auckland v. Canterbury .......................... 44 Auckland v. O t a g o ...................................... 45 Canterbury v. Auckland .......................... 44 Canterbury v. O tago...................................... 44 Canterbury v. W ellington.......................... 45 Otago v. Auckland ... ........................... 45 Otago v. Canterbury...................................... 44 Otago v. Southlands...................................... 125 Otago v. W ellington...................................... 45 Southland v. O ta g o ...................................... 125 Wellington v. C a n terb u ry ......................... 45 Wellington v. O tago...................................... 45 Averages ................................... .............. 46 C ricket in N igeria ........................................390 C ricket in P ortu gal ............................117, 380 C ricket in S i c i l y ................................................... 475 C ricket in Sierra L eon e ................. ... 46 C ricket in S ou th A frica ... 171, 231, 460 {See.also Transvaal Team on Tour, The). Cape Town v. Western Province ... 32, 171 Durbafi v. Maritzburg ........................... 151 Maritzburgv. Durban ............... 151,469 Natal v. Western Province........................... 32 Rest of S.A. v. W anderers............... 448, 460 Wanderers v. Rest of S.A .................. 448, 460 Western Province v. Cape Town ... 32, 171 Western Province v. N atal........................... 32 C ricket in T a sm an ia ............................ 30, 198 C ricket in T rin idad ....................................... 71 C ricket in th e W est I n d i e s ............................476 C um berland v. W estm orela n d ... ... 354 D en bigh sh ire v. F lin t s h ir e ................ 327, 381 D erbysh ire— v. Essex............... ......................... . 253, 30S v. H am pshire...................................... 204, 334 v. K e n t....................................... 196, 260 v. Lancashire....................................... 166, 348 v. Leicestershire ........................... 300, 340 v. Northamptonshire ............... 229, 389 v. N ottingham shire........................... 269, 357 v. Philadelphians ...................................... 365 v. Surrey ....................................... 140, 213 v. Sussex ....................................... 156, 188 v. Warwickshire ........................... 245, 379 v. Yorkshire ....................................... 180, 315 Averages ...................................................423 Devon— v. Carmarthenshire .. ............... 317, 342 v. Cornwall ....303,311 v. G lam ovgan...................................... 278, 326 v. M onm outh....................................... 279, 325 D orset— v. Berkshire ....................................... 370, 375 v. Buckinghamshire........................... 327, 367 v. M.C.C. and Ground ........................... 381 v. Surrey 2nd X I................................... 258, 354 v, Wiltshire ... .„ ... ... 375