Cricket 1908

88 CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A p r il 23, 1908. H. GRADIDGE And SONS, Man ufacturers of all Requisites for Cricket, Lawn Tennis, Racquets, Hockey, Football, and all British Sports. PATENTEES AND SOLE MAKERS OF THE Used by all the Leading 1 Players. Made in Men's,. Small Men's, or College, 6, 5, 4, & 3 sizes. P r i c e I . i s l s I r e e 0 1 1 A p p l i c a t i o n . O f all First=Class Outfitters and Dealers. Reblading a Speciality. Factory; Artillery Place, WOOLWICH. IMPORTANT NOTICE, Commencing with the Sprng number of “ C r ic k e t ” the price of the journal was permanently altered to ONE PENNY. The paper will continue to be conducted on the lines which have proved so successful during the past 26 j ears. With the Spring issue was presented to all readers the usual SUPPLEMENTARY SHEET, containing the revised First-Class Fixtures, with Portraits of some of the leading players of the day. THE ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION, post free, to all parts o f the w orld Is 3/9 per annum . The Subscription for the 24 Summ er Numbers on ly 3/-, payable In advance. Subscribers w ho have prepaid at the old rate w ill have their subscriptions adjusted! accordin g to the new terms. Offices: 168 Upper Thames St., London, E.C. C r i c k e t : A W E E K L Y RECORD OF THE GAME. 168 , UPPER THAMES STREET, LONDON, E.C. THURSDAY, APR IL 2 3 r d , 1908. Pavilion Gossip. The abstract and brief chronicle of the time. —Hamlet According to present arrangements six cricketers will be accorded benefits during the season. Their names and the matches set apart for the purpose are:— Date. Beneficiare. Match. June 1. Santall. Warks. v. Yorks., at Edgbaston. June 8. Martin. Middlesex v. Somerset, at Lord’s. July 6. Coe. Leicestershire v. Hants., at Leicester. July 16. Hayes. Surrey v. Lancs., at the Oval. July 30. Llewellyn. Hants, v. Kent, at South­ ampton. Aug. 27. Braund. Somerset v. Surrey, Bath. Martin will receive the proceeds of the Whit-Monday match at Lord’s as a member of the ground-staff. At the Annual General Meeting of the Norfolk County C.C., at Norwich last week, it was stated that the gate receipts had fallen last season from ;£io8 to ^85, but that the ^,24 received from the Test matches with the South Africans had enabled the Club to add ^ 15 to its balance, which now amounted to £122. All the officers were re-elected, including the captain, Mr. L. Barratt. On Sunday afternoon last a special ser­ vice was conducted in Somerleyton Church for the unveiling of a monumental tablet placed there by Lady Crossley in memory of her father, the late General Sir Henry ■Percival de Bathe, Bart., K.C.B., for over fifty years one of the most prominent of the Old Stagers during the Canterbury Week. After the hymn “ On the resur­ rection morning ” had been sung, Vis­ count Coke drew aside the red ensign which covered the tablet, and Sergeant- Trumpeter Medley sounded the “ Last Post.” The memorial is inscribed:— “ To the glory of God and in ever-loving memory of General Sir Henry Percival de Bathe, Bt., K.C.B., of Knightstown, co. Meath, and De Bathe Barton, co. Devon. Educated at Eton ; Page at Queen Vic­ toria’s Coronation ; Gazetted Scots Guards 1839 ; served in the Crimea; ?econd in command of his battalion at the taking of Sebastopol ; present at the battle of Traktir as A.D.C. to Lord Rokeby, and severely wounded ; mentioned in despatches; re­ ceived Crimea, Medjidie, and Turkish medals; was on guard of honour when Prince Consort landed at Gravesend; on guard at the birth and at the marriage of King Edward VII. ; present at the funeral of Queen Victoria; commanded Scots Guards 1864; commanded Northern Dis­ trict 1874 to 1878; Hon. Colonel K ing’s Shropshire Light Infantry; full General 1879. Born June 19th, 1823 ; died at Wood- end, Chichester, January 5th, 1907. This tablet was erected by his loving youngest daughter, Phyllis Crossley. ‘ Father in Thy gracious keeping, Leave we now Thy servant sleeping.’ ” Under the inscription are the family armorial bearings, with the motto, “ Nec parvis sisto. ” An excellent portrait of Sir Percival is to be found in The History of Kent County Cricket, published last season by Messrs. Eyre and Spottiswoode, of London, at a guinea. George Hirst is preparing for the fray. On Good Friday he kicked off at a foot­ ball match in Huddersfield. The Annual Report of the Derbyshire County C.C., I am sorry to see, is not of a very satisfactory nature. The loss of ^492 on the year’s working is attributed to the wet weather experienced and the disappointing play of the Eleven. The receipts amounted to ^2,268 ,the chief items being Share of profits from the South African Test matches ^123, Subscriptions ; £ i , i 8 o , Donations ^95, Ground-rents ^104, and Gate-money only ^751. The expenditure was ^2,760. The Warwick­ shire match was abandoned without a ball being bowled, and the Surrey fixture, owing to rain, produced only £ 13. The Bank account is now overdrawn to the extent of ^1,063. Mention of Derbyshire reminds me that Mr. Lawton has already shown himself to be in form. Playing last week for Dukinfield v. Milnrow, he took seven wickets for 27 runs and played an innings of 64 which included thirteen 4’s. His return to the County Eleven as a regular member should infuse confidence and enthusiasm in the side. For months past there has been consider­ able speculation concerning Nourse’s in­ tention of playing for Surrey in 1909. I am able to state that he has recently ex­ pressed a desire to assist his native county as a professional provided that matters can be arranged satisfactorily, and that he has entered into correspondence on the subject with the powers that be at the Oval. His engagement with Thurston’s at Durban will terminate with three months’ notice at any time after October 31st, 1908. Although Nourse has the best of all qualifi­ cations for Surrey, I can only repeat that, in the event of the Imperial Tournament taking place next year, it would not seem right to find him absent from the side re­ presenting South Africa, for it is with that country that all his great deeds have been associated. The South Africans would need their strongest team to oppose either England or Australia with any chance of success, and the absence from their ranks of such a player as Nourse would seriously prejudice their prospects.