Cricket 1908

Nov. 26, 1908. CR ICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 4 5 7 master!” The score sheet reads, “ N. Felix, Esq., b Clarke, 0.” T a y l o r — On November 10th, at Hawk- hills, Chapel Allerton, Leeds, the wife of T. L. Taylor, of a son. T h e Lincolnshire County C.C. expe­ rienced a loss of slightly over £28 on last season’s working, the balance - in - hand beingreduced from .£ 10 2 10s. to £74 9s. 5d. There were, however, several subscrip­ tions still outstanding. Next year the County will play in the Eastern Division of the Minor Counties, so it is hoped that the expenses will not be so heavy as in the past. “ W o r s h ip p in g at the Hambledon Obelisk once a year,” says The Observer, “ will 110 more keep alive the real cricket spirit than a few laurel wreaths laid in Trafalgar Square once a year will keep for England its command of the sea. The real spirit o f cricket is seen little outside House and club cricket; and county cricket will go the way o f all over-pro­ fessionalised competitions unless the county clubs do bestir themselves to think of amateurism, do courageously cschew importation.” A n effort is being made to revive the Montgomeryshire County C.C. The Club was inaugurated in 1899, but was allowed to lapse in the following year owing to several of the best players leaving the country in order to take part in the South African War. The Club has been affiliated to the North Wales Association, and has for its patron Sir W . Williams-Wynn, Bart., the Lord Lieutenant of the county, with the Earl of Powis as president. T h e accounts of the Somerset County C.C. show a deficit on the year of .£280, and a call o f £3 each on the guarantors will realise just £5 short of the sum required to balance the account. The Eight Hon. Sir Spencer Ponsonby-Fane, G.C.B., has consented to re-election as president, and Mr. J. Daniell will again captain the club, while Mr. Gerald Fowler will once more accept the honorary treasurership. Mr. H . E . Murray-Anderdon, J.P., who has been honorary secretary of the Club for twenty-five years, has signified his intention of retiring, but it is hoped to induce him to reconsider his decision. The annual meeting will be held at Taunton, probably on December 5th. O n the 10th inst., B. Tremlin, o f Essex, was married at Blackpool to Miss Ida Heyworth, daughter of the late Mr. James Heyworth, a well-known resident of Colne. On the following day at Easingwold Parish Church, William Ringrose, of Yorkshire, took unto himself a wife in the person of Miss Lilian Bell, youngest daughter o f the late Mr. Francis Bell, o f Easingwold. Mr. G. G. N a p i e r , the Cambridge and Middlesex bowler has left England in order to take up an Army appointment in India. A t the annual meeting of the Minor Counties Association, to be held in the Pavilion at Lord’s on Tuesday, December 8 th, at 10.15 a.m., the following motions will be considered :— By Suffolk:— That in the constitution of the Committee each division shall have the opportunity of having a representative on the Committee. By Glamorganshire:— That the present division of the Minor Count:cs into sections be abandoned and the Championship decided on the same lines as the Championship of the First-Class Counties, five out and home matches being the minimum to qualify a county for the competition. By Wiltshire:— That tho dates of the semi-finals and finals be fixed, and that choice of grounds be drawn for at the Annual meeting. The Committee recommends the following addition to the Rules of the Association:— Should any matter arise not provided for in these rules the Committee shall have power to deal with it. T h e annual report and balance sheet of the Yorkshire County C.C. shows a profit of ±‘588 19s. Od. on last season’s working. The gate receipts amounted to £5,612 14s. 6 d., and out of the profits the Committee, in order to assist the various clubs in effecting further improvements on their grounds, have made grants of £ 1 0 0 each to Leeds, Sheffield, and Bradford, and ,625 each to Dewsbury, Harrogate, Huddersfield, and Hull, and in addition have awarded £15 to each of the pro­ fessional players ( £ 1 0 to he put aside to their investment accounts and £5 each for a memento) in recognition of their success in gaining the Championship. T h e proceeds of next season’s match at Bradford between Yorkshire and Lancashire are to be set apart as a benefit for Schofield Haigh. A c c o r d in g to a return issued by Mr. F. C. Toone, the Yorkshire secretary, showing the attendance and receipts at the various county matches played in Yorkshire last season, the total number o f persons who paid for admission at all matches was 168,110, of which number 41,587 paid to see the Yorkshire and Lancashire match at Sheffield. The year’s gate receipts amounted to ,£5,012 14s. Cd. O f this sum £1,945 3s. 4d. was paid as percentage to the grounds on which the matches were played. The total net gate receipts amounted to £3,067 11s. 2d. I t appears more than likely that Mr. Leslie M. Balfour-Melville, of the Grange C.C., will be the first President of the newly-formed Scottish Union. A better choice it would be difficult, it not im ­ possible, to make. C ap ta in W . L. F o s t e r , D.S.O., left the Army on the 7th inst., after completing fourteen years’ service. The gallant captain has resigned his commission, but had ho remained another year or two on the active list he would have been entitled to a pension for life. Captain Foster has had all his service in the Iloyal Artillery. He has done duty in Egyp't, West and South Africa, and other parts, and has lately been adjutant of “ Horse Gunners ” in the West country. He was in the Transvaal and Somaliland campaigns, and he was mentioned in despatches and gazetted to the Distinguished Service Order for the latter. E a r l C a w d o r presided at Lord’s on October 29th over a meeting of the Board of Control, held for the .purpose of allott­ ing the Test matches in this country next season between England and Australia. The following were also present: The Duke of Rutland, the Earl of Jersey, the Earl of Lichfield, and Mr. John Shuter, representing the M .C .C .; Captain W . E . Denison (Notts), Lord Hawke (York­ shire), Lord Harris (Kent), H. D. G. Leveson-Gover (Surrey), A. J. Webbe (Middlesex), G. L. Jessop (Gloucester­ shire), C. B. Fry (Sussex), H . K. Foster (Worcestershire), J. Horner (Lancashire), Dr. Russell Bencraft (Hampshire), and F. E . Lacey (secretary of the M.C.C.). The dates and places for the five matches were arranged as follows :— May 27, 28, 29, at Edgbaston. June 14, 15, 16, at Lord’s. July 1, 2, 3, at Leeds. July 26, 27, 28, at Manchester. August D, 10, 11, at the Oval. In the event of a tie in the previous results, the Oval match will be played to a finish, but it is not to extend beyond August 14. T h e other fixtures of the tour were' afterwards arranged as follow s:— may. 0.—v. Nottinghamshire, at Trent Bridge. 10.—v. Northamptonshire, at Northampton. 13.—v. Essex, at Leyton. 17.—v. Surrey, at the Oval. 20.—v. M.C.C. and Grouud, at Lord’s. 24.—v. Oxford University, at Oxford. 31.—v. Leicestershire, at Leicester. JUNE. 3.—v. Cambridge University, at Cambridge. 7.—v. Hampshire, at Southampton. 10.—v. Somerset, at Bath. 21.—v. Yorkshire, at Bradford. 24.—v. Lancashire and Yorkshire, at Manchester. 26.—v. Scotland, at Edinburgh (two days). JULY. 5.—v. Warwickshire, at Edgbaston. 8.—v. Worcestershire, at Worcester. 12.—v. Gloucestershire, at Bristol. 15.—v. Surrey, at the Oval. 19.—v. Yorkshire, at Sheffield. 22.-- v. Derbyshire, at Derby. 29.—v. Yorkshire and Lancashire at Hull. AUGUST. 2.—v. South Wales, at Cardiff 5.—v. Lancashire, at Liverpool. 12.—v. West of England, at Exeter. 16.--V. Gloucestershire, at Cheltenham. 19. - v. Kent, at Canterbury. 23.—v. Middlesex, at Lord’s. 26.—v. Sussex, at Brighton. 30.—v. M.C.C., at Lord’s. SEPTEMBER. 2.—v. Essex, at Leyton. 6. —v. An England XI., at Uttoxeter. 9.—Scarborough Festival. 13.—Hastings Festival. The match at Exeter in the second week of August can be played only in the event o f the Test match at the Oval not extending over four days. The Right Rev. C e c i l W ils o n , Bishop of Melanesia, the old Tonbridge and Kent cricketer, had the hon. degree of D.D. conferred upon him by Cambridge University on the 12th inst. He assisted Kent in twenty-seven matches between