Cricket 1909

102 CR ICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M ay 6, 1909. The following Resolution was then passed:— 24. RESOLVED. That Ash - Wednesday, Palm-Sunday and Holy-Wednesday be not considered PJay-days. EDWD. CHAS. MITCHELL (Secy.) A Meeting was held at La Paz on Sunday the 30 day of April 1826 and the following Resolution was passed:— 25. RESOLVED. That during the Play- hours if any Member (having already answered to the List-call) absent him­ self from the Game before it be declared finished by the Master of the ground (according to the hours fixed in the Regulations) he pay the half-toston fine for non-attendance. EDWD. CHAS. MITCHELL (Sccy.) A meeting was held at La Paz on Sunday the 14th day of May 1826 and the following Resolution was passed :— 26. RESOLVED. That henceforward the hour for meeting to play ou Wednesday afternoons be half-past four o'clock instead of four o'clock as hitherto. EDWD. CHAS. MITCHELL (Secy.) A meeting was held at La Paz on Sunday the 11th day of June 1826 and the following Resolution was passed :— 27. RESOLVED. That henceforward the Weekly subscription be increased to Half a Toston and all the Winnings of the Game do go into the Treasury untill the sums advanced by Messrs. Tasker, Botts and Hamilton and the sums that have been or may yet be deposited in the Treasury be paid. EDWD CHAS. MITCHELL (Secy.) A meeting was held at La Paz on Monday the 30th day of October 1826 and the following Resolutions were passed, viz. :— 28. RESOLVED and agreed to unanimously that in consequence of the departure of Mr. Edward Charles Mitchell, Secretary to tho Club, Mr. Andrew Daniel Goodall be appointed as such. (M r . A. D. GOODALL could do no less than accept so decisive a Resolution.) 29. RESOLVED that on Wednesday the 8th day of November 1826 the Members be on the ground to play, at four o’clock p.m. and for non-attendance subject to the Fine according to the sixth resolu­ tion. A. D. GOODALL, Secretary. 30. RESOLVED that Wednesdays be the only Play-day but subject to any altera­ tions that the majority of the Club may deem proper to propose hereafter. A. D. GOODALL, Secretary. The following Resolution was passed at La Paz on Wednesday the 13th day of Decem­ ber 1826 :— 31. RESOLVED, That henceforward the hour for meeting to play be half past three o’clock, allowing a quarter of an hour’s grace. A.D.G., Secy. Lines composed in compliment to the Orotava Cricket Club, and read by P. A. Cologan, Esq., in the Assembly Rooms on the second of February, the night of the Ball and Supper given by the Members. Written by anonymous. SONETO. Mil veces feliz sea aquel combate En que la sangre humana no se vierte,. Ni en fiera ardiente bravo se convierte El hombre contra el hombre que se bate. Y feliz la contienda en que se trate De premiar la destreza del que acierte En el CRICKET ganar, y cuya suerte Anima al corazon que por el late. Y a quien no ha de ser grato el exercicio Que los Britanos en el campo hermoso De Yris* tienen, en que nunca el vicio De la discordia inefable indicio Perturbo la harmonia, don preciosa Que ahora nos obsequia generosa ? The following translation is given on a sheet of note-paper attached to one of the pages of the minute book:— Let us a thousandfold the combat bless, Which seeks not a wrong by a wrong to redress, Not incites a man in a foaming breath To avenge himself by his rival’s death ! Happy the contest which has for sole aim To crown the talent displayed in the game By the conqueror at cricket, his heart Anxiously beating, while acting his part. Where is the man who never charmed has been, Seeing Albion’s sons bowling on the green ? There no discordant sound or angry voice Is heard, for all are gay and do rejoice. There peace, unbroken peace, commands supreme, And bliss and harmony our griefs redeem § The following resolution was passed on Wednesday the 7th day of March, 1827:— 32. RESOLVED, That from this date Mem­ bers not attending at the time of calling the names, pay a fine of two fiscas, as before, and if such Member be similarly absent the following Play-day, to pay a fine of four fiscas, and if not present likewise the succeeding Play-day, to pay a fine of eight fiscas, and so on ad in­ finitum. A. D. GOODALL, Secy. The following resolution was passed on Wednesday the 14th day of March, 1827 :— 33. RESOLVED, Thatbenceforward thehour for meeting to play be four o’clock and allowing a quarter of an hour grace. A. D. GOODALL, Secy. The following resolutions were passed on Wednesday the 4th day of April, 1827 :— 34. RESOLVED, That the resolution No. 32 be expunged and the following substi­ tuted in its place.—That any Member not answering to his name at the play hour appointed pay a fine of two fiscas and should he be similarly absent the following play day, to pay a fine of four fiscas and if likewise absent the third day to pay a fine of six fiscas, and * Yris. Diosa de la Paz. § Mr. Philip Norman, the author of “ Annals of the West Kent Cricket Club,” has kindly supplied the following alternative translation, which adheres more closely to the original than that given above :— “ A thousand times happy may that combat be in whi-ih human blood does not flow, nor does he who fights bravely man to man convert himself into a raging wild beast. And happy the contest in which the endeavour is to reward the skill of him who succeeds in winning at c r ic k e t , and whose good fortune encourages the heart that beats for it. And to whom is not the exercise pleasing that in the beautiful field of the Goddess of Peace the Britons practise, where vice, the unspeakable sign of discord, never disturbed the harmony, precious gift which is now generously presented to us? E d ., Cricket. to continue paying the said fine of six fiscas each succeeding play-day until he answers to his name at the said hour appointed. A. D. GOODALL, Secy. 35. RESOLVED, That anyresolutions passed are not to be altered in any manner during the playing. Season it was pro­ posed, unless with the unanimous ap­ proval of the Club. A. D. GOODALL, Secy. The following resolution was passed on Wednesday the 23rd day of May, 1827, and communicated to Mr. Sayer as follows :— Mr. C harles S ayer , S ir , In reply to the message sent by you to the Club the following resolution was passed and which I am desired to communi­ cate :— 36. RESOLVED that the request of Mr. Sayer, received through Mr. Roque Orea, that he be allowed to withdraw himself from the Club without paying the Fines or weekly subscriptions he is owing, or the Forfeit for retiring, all amounting to Rs. Von. 202*17 be acceded to, but— such not to be considered as a precedent for any future resignation that may take place. A. D. GOODALL, Secy. OBITUARY. Mr. A. W. E vans . Mr. A.'W. Evans, of the West of Scotland C.C., died of pneumonia on April 26th in his sixty-sixth year. He was for almost forty years prominently identified with the game in Glasgow, and even as recently as last season made some useful scores for Partick. He was born in Wales but settled in Scotland at an early age, and had been a member of the West of Scotland C.C. since 1871. It has been said of him :—“ On lively ground he was a veritable sticker, and wonderfully smart on the off-side.” He played several times in the inter-City match between Edinburgh and Glasgow, and in the game of 1876 (when he opened the innings) batted three hours for 85. Two years later he took part in the match wherein J. M. Cotterill made 271 and the Edinburgh total reached 692. His best season was undoubtedly that of 1878, when his average for the West of Scotland C.C. was as high as 40*68. His chief scores for the Club that year were 148 not out v. Perth County, 119 not out v. Glasgow’ Garrison and 116 v. Clapton Park; in other matches during the same season he made 13 (highest score) and 8 for Gentlemen of Scotland v. Yorkshire at Edinburgh and 15 (b Allan) and 10 (b Spofforth) for West of Scotland v. the Australians at Partick. In 1886 be enjoyed another run of success whilst touring in the South of England with his club, scoring 49 v. Gentlemen of Hamp­ shire at Southampton, 40 and 0 v. United Services at Portsmouth, and 115 v. Sussex Club and Ground at Brighton. In the last- mentioned match he made 123 for the first wicket with J. S. Carrick and 136 for the third with T. Anderson. BOOKS RECEIVED. The Derbyshire Cricket Guide, 190!), Compiled by L. G. Wright and W . J. Piper, jun. Derby : Bacon and Hudson. Price 2d. R ICHARD DAFT’S “ Nottinghamshire Marl. ’— Particulars apply, Radcliffe-on-Trent, Notts. [A dvt .