Cricket 1908

M arch 26, 1908. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 41 A t Derby on the 10th inst., Mr. W . B irelay Delacombe, who last year resigned the Secretaryship of the Derby­ shire County C.C. after holding office nineteen years, was presented with an illuminated address and a silver tea end coffee service by past and present mem­ bers of the County Eleven. The ceremony was performed b y Mr. S. H. Evershed, the President of the Club. I t was March 13th., and the Oval Parson was smoking his Indian cheroot. Twice the ashes fell upon bis manly and expansive waistcoat. “ Oh, Father,” they crie d ; “ what a wicket mess you are making.” But he only murmured “ It is Ember Week.” I t was Lent — and he was soon a loan. T h e recently-issued annual report of the Leicestershire County C.C. shows a loss on the year’s working of over £451, and the debt to the Bank now exceeds £1,400. Owing to the generous response to the recent appeal, however, sufficient money has been either subscribed or promised to cover the deficit and pro- videnew stands for the acc:mmodation of 1,100 spectators. The Club numbers 1,514 members. C o l . L o v ic k B r a n sb y F r ie n d , who played for Kent in 1886 and 1887, has just been appointed to command coast defences, and has been granted the temporary rank of Brigadier-General. At one time he was a very heavy scorer in Army matches. In 1897 he made 208 for United Services v. Aldershot Division, and, in 1885, 198 for Boyal Engineers v. Band of Brothers, whilst at Portsmouth, in May, 1895, he (129) and C ipt. John­ ston (133) put on 200 runs in an hour for Southern District v. Connaught Ringers. M r . G e r a l d W il l ia m H o d g k in s , of Bishops L jdeard, who has played several times for Somerset, has been elected Master of the Taunton Vale Harriers. “ M. A..P .” records th a t: — “ The story of Lord Damley’ s betrothal is a most romantic one. Before he came into the title he was one day playing in a cricket match in Australia, when he had the misfor­ tune to get one of his hands badly injured in fielding a particularly swift ball. He retired to the pavilion in much pain, and a young lady, who was an interested spectator of the game, lent him her handkerchief to bind up his wounded hand. The result was that before the team returned to England the Hon. Ivo Bligh—as Lord Darnley then was —had become engaged to the good fairy of the cricket field who had so kindly come to his aid.” An interesting link with the past has been severed by the death at Rome on the 12th inst. of the Countess Clara Gigliucci, better known in England as Mine. Clara Novello. 8 he won triumphs in all the great cities of Europe as a vocalist before retiring from the concert platform in 1843 to marry Count G ig­ liucci. In 1850 she returned to the stage, and was highly popular during the succeeding decade. The beauty of her voice was first remarked b y the old Hambledon cricketer, John Nyren, whose Young Cricketer's Tutor was published in 1833 and who used to visit the bouse of her father, Vincent Novello, where he met many celebrities, including Leigh Hunt, Charles L im b, Shelley, Hazlitt, Malibran, and Charles Cowden Clarke. The last-named, who “ e d ited ” the Young Cricketer’s Tutor for Nyren, married Vincent Novello’ s eldest daughter, Mary Victoria, who is known to fame as the authoress of the Concord­ ance to Shakespeare’s Plays , a work which took her 16 years to complete. She and her tisters, who also lived to a great age, called the old cricketer “ Papa Nyren.” The late Mary Sabilla Novello, writing in 1903, remarked that he was “ very kind and indulgent to little children, always ready to join heirtily in all their merri­ ments.” It is doubtful whether, apart from Canon Benham, there are many now living who can claim to have met Nyren. F o r the score of the follow ing curious match, played on the Royal Agricultural Ground on January 18th, I am indebted to the Sydney R eferee :— R am blers . V. Riva, b Williams ... C. W. Patrick, c John­ son, b Cunningham R. r. Kelly, c Reeve, b Cunningham C. Johnston, c How- arth, b Williams ... W. Carter, b Cunning­ ham .......................... J. Ryan, c Flower, b Cunningham .......... A. Alderson, c and b W illiam s................... U nion Mikkelson, b Turner 12 Milsop, b Turner ... 10 Williams, c and b Turner .................. 0 Moorhouse, lbw, b Turner .................. 0 Gullett, c and b Turner 26 Flower, b Turner ... 0 Cunningham,cPatrick, b T u rn er.................. 3 When the Ramblers had lost six wickets without a run, it was agreed that twelve a side should be played in order to give a place in the Ramblers’ team to C. T. B. Turner, who was late in putting in an appearance. Sivan wickets fell for 2, eight for 7, nine for 10, and ten for 13. But the last wicket added 82, Rees, though goin g in l*st, making 24 more than all the other b a ‘smen together. Turner then spread-eagled the Banks’ wickets—he took nine for 22—and the Ramblers won com fortably. A PLAYfiR named Hopkins, iu scoring 113 out of 161 for Stanmore-Clifton against Wesley in Sydney on JaLm ry 4th, hit nine 6‘s and eleven 4’s. C. H il l has been elected a member of the Stock Exchange of Adelaide. W . A. H e w e r , who pla yel this month for South Australia against the English­ men, is a member of the Sturt C.C. Unfortunatelv, business duties cause his appearances in the field to be strictly F. Walsh, not out ... 27 E. F. Kelly, lbw, b W illiam s................. 4 Moates, c Howarth, b Williams ........... 0 C. T. B. Turner, c and b Williams ........... 4 J. Rees, c Mikkel­ son, b Gullett ... 61 Byes, etc................. 7 Total B ank . Davis, b Turner Howarth, c Carter, b Patrick ................... Johnson, b Patrick;... Reeves, b Turner ... Whittingham, not out Byes, etc............. Total ........... ..105 limited ; otherwise, it is certain he would have made his mark in great matches before this. Playing at Unley against Port Adelaide on January 25 th and February 1st, he took five wickets for 68 runs in an innings of 312 and had two chances missed off him. When Sturt went in to make the runs he scored 149 of the 294 made for the loss of four wickets. He had, to that date, batted four times this season for Sturt, his scores being 123, 49, 31*, and 149—an aggregate of 352 in three completed innings, giving an average of 117-33. A. G r if f it h s , a fast left-hand bowler, took five wickets in six balls for St. Peter’s A .N .A . v. Summertown, South Australia, on February 1st. The fourth ball only just missed the bails. F o r the follow ing interesting tables I am indebted to the Adelaide Observer : — 1,000 RUNS IN SHEFFIELD SHIELD MATCHES. M. A. Noble.......... 4,378 4,237 J. H. Stuckey ... 1,798 C. Hill ................... H. Donnan ........... 1,784 S. E. Gregory 2,903 G. H. S. Trott ... 1,777 V. Trum per........... 2,636 J. Worrall ........... 1,707 F. A. Iredale 2,466 F. T. Hack ........... 1,559 F. Laver ........... 2,433 A. J. Hopkins ... 1,311 G. Giffen ........... 2,319 C. E. McLeod ... 1,281 W. W. Armstrong 2,266 J. J. Kelly ........... 1,233 J. C. Reedman ... 2,239 2,153 N. C laxton ........... 1,232 H. G raham ........... W. Bruce ........... 1,208 R. A. Duff ........... 2,149 F. Jarvis ........... 1.180 P. A. M cAlister... 2,106 H. Trumble........... 1,150 J. Darling ........... 1,958 A. C. K. Mackenzie 1,090 J. J. L y o n s.......... 1,826 D. R. A. Gehrs ... 1,077 50 WICKETS IN SHEFFIELD SHIELD MATCHES. E. J o n e s................. 209 A. J. Hopkins ... . . 86 G. G iffen................. 192 A. McBeath ... . . 85 J. V. Saunders 163 J. C. Reedman... . . 79 H. Trumble ......... 159 G. H. S. Trott ... . . 74 W. P. H ow ell......... 157 C. T. B. Turner . 73 M. A. Noble ......... 148 A. Cotter ................ . 71 T. R. McKibbin .. 137 F. Laver ................ . 71 C. E. McLeod......... 109 W. W. Armstrong . . 64 J. F. Travers......... F. B. C ollin s......... 90 87 F. Jarvis ................ . 58 The matches played this season between New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia have been included in the compilation of the above tables. T h e Sydney Referee stales that for Morpeth against a Newcastle team on February 6 th, at Newcastle, E. L. Waddy (102) and Sharp (38) scored very rapidly at the start, 60 appeariog in the first five overs. Waddy, who hit 16 4’s, reachedjhis century in an hour. A t Birchgrove, Sydney, on February 8 ih, C. Campbell, a leg-break bowler, took all ten wickets for 16 runs for Glebe III. v. Bilmain III. On January 25th, R. Moss, playing for Carlton A. v. M aserton B., in New Zjaland, took all ten wickets for 10 runs, securing the last nine wickets without a run being made off him. E. B. Barton took six wickets in eight balls, including four in four, for Helensburgh v. W . Gill’s X L , at Kuow - lesly Park, on February 8th. C o lin M c K e n z ie , the up-country cricketer who settled recently in Mel­ bourne and gained a place in the Victorian team, scored 84 out of 111 in 75 minutes for Filzroy against Colling- wood on January 18th. He bit two 6’s, both off Scannell, and eleven 4’s.