Cricket 1908

A p r il 9, 19 0 8 . CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 63 and 59 v. Surrey at the Oval in 1862. He was a broad-shouldered and powerfully- built man, and could hit very hard when 1 set. Mr. Clement Booth, the Captain of the Cambridge XI. of 1864, wrote*:— “ Bob Kang was certainly the fastest bowler I have ever seen in a ’Varsity XI., while the prettiest sight I have ever wit­ nessed was to see Herbert Marshall long- stopping to him. Remember, in those days the grounds were not so perfect as they are now, and Bob was a little erratic at limes ; but Marshall hardly ever let a bye, and his return was wonderfully pretty, a sort of underhand jerk back to the bowler, the wicket-keeper standing short-slip, as nobody could ‘ take ’ Bob Lang, half of his balls never leaving the ground at all.” Lord Cobham, perhaps better known to cricketers as the Hon. C. (i. Lyttelton, has also testified to his skill. “ I do not recollect seeing him, Booth, Daniel, Marshall, or Bury ever miss a catch,” he wrote; and again, “ He was in his day perhaps the best University bowler ever seen, being very straight for a bowler of his great pace.” In the opinion of the Hon. Robert Grimston he was the finest short-slip in England. In i860 Robert Lang was chosen for the Gentlemen v. Players match at Lord’s. The Gentlemen had won only once since 1849, and nobody was surprised to see them beaten again in an innings. Lang took two wickets, those of Caffyn and John Lillywhite, for 64 runs, and had the pleasure of seeing Hayward play an in­ nings of 132. Two years later he ap­ peared in the Oval match, which witnessed the late Mr. John Walker’s fine innings of 98, and which ended in a draw, the *W . J. Ford’s The. Camh'idf/e University Cricket Club, 1829-1901, page 72. Players, with two wickets in hand, re­ quiring 33 runs to win. In the second innings of the Players Mr. Lang’s bowling v\as ineffective, but in the first he disposed of Caesar, Griffith, and Caffyn for 99 runs. Ten days later he took part in the match at Lord’s in which the sides were re­ stricted to cricketers under thirty years of age ; he took three wickets, including Daft’s, for 98 runs, and the Gentlemen were beaten by 157 runs. Owing to his profession, the Church, he did not keep up the game after 1862. His elder brother Mr. G. L Lang, was the fast bowler of the Harrow XI. in 1854 and 1 8 5 . V _____________________ Mr. T. P age . Mr. Thomas Page, a well-known Eton tradesman, died at Eton on March 28th, in his fifty-ninth year. He was born at Apsley Guise, Bedfordshire, and in 1862 settled in Eton, where his fondness o f , cricket made him many friends. For several years he was a member of the, Windsor Home Park C.C., and was also one of the founders of the Windsor and Fton Alexandra C.C. He scored heavily in his time for both clubs, and frequently headed the batting averages. In 1888, when plaving at Windsor against Ascot, he was hit on the head by a full pitch delivered by Mr. W. A. Tobin. Page ducked down to avoid the ball, as he thought, but instead got into the way of it, and was given out leg-before-wicket bv old Tom Hearne’s eldest son, who said that the ball would have hit the wicket about four inches from the top. Page often played on the same side as the late Prince Christian Victor and Prince Albert of Schleswig-Holstein. He was buried at Eton on the 1st inst. T he R e v . E. M. R e yn o ld s . The Rev. Edward Morris Reynolds, one of the best known lovers of sport in the North of England, died at Ambleside on Friday last. He was a member of the Cambridge Eleven in 1853 and 1854, in each of which years Oxford won by an innings. Mr. Reynolds scored only 18 runs in four innings, but in the 1854 match bowled seven overs for 8 runs and two wickets—those of E. L. Bateman and K. II. L. Willes. Among his contemporaries were Mathew Kempson, C. L. Norman, E. 'I'. Drake, W. Maule, J. M ’Cormick, R. A Fitzgerald, and Henry Perkins. From 1867 to 1870 he was an assistant master at Clifton College, and from 1874 until 1876 occupied a similar position at Haileybury. He was a fine oarsman, and excelled at figure skating and lawn tennis. For over a quarter of a century he was Master of the Coniston Foxhounds. He was born at Clapham, in Surrey, on August 30th, 1830. W. R u ssell . William Russell, whose death occurred at Cowbridge, South Wales, on March 8th, at the age of forty, rendered yeoman service to Glamorganshire for nine years. From 1896 to iq o 6 he was one of the mainstays of the team both with bat and ball. All told, he played 127 completed innings, scoring 2,429 runs, with a highest score of 143—against Berkshire, at Car­ diff, in 1899—ar,d an average of 19. He also obtained 254 wickets at a cost of 3,673 runs. His best year was 1899, when he scored 512 runs, with the fine average of 51, and delivered 301 overs for 455 runs and 30 wickets. In 1894 and 1895 he ap­ peared on four occasions for Middlesex 12nd XI. J.B.P. SPORTS AND GAMES ASSOCIATION. - Complete - CRICKET OUTFITS. CR ICKET BALLS . “ SAG A ” Im perial Crown Ball. Price 5/6, post free. 62/- per do/. “ S.G.A.” Club Ball. 3/6 p >st free. 39 6 perdoz. " S.G.A.” Practice Ball. 2 2, post free. “ S A G A ” CR ICKET STUMPS. Selected Ash County Stumps. Per set, 3/3. Polished Ash, brass ferrules, 3 -. Superior Polished Ash, brass tops, steel shoes. 4/6. Revolving brass tops, steel shoes, ebony bail*. 7/6 . Youths’ Stumps, P oliced Ash, 28in., 1/11 ; with brass ferrules, 2 6 . Superior, w.th brass tops and steel shoes 4 6 . (Carriage forward.) Trade M ark Favourable SAGA , Discount to Regd. Clubs and Schools. CR ICKET BAGS. The "S A G A " Club Bag is the best obtainable. Finest Cowhide, superior fittings, patent lock. Price 3 6 6 . 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