Cricket 1909

122 CRICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M ay 13, igog. P la y in g for Tattenhall against Whit­ church on Saturday, May 1st, at Tatten­ hall, L. N. Jones took all ten wickets for 2 runs. P. H. D. Joy, who played a very use­ ful innings of 24 for Somerset against Yorkshire at Bath on Monday, is an old Wykehamist and Oxonian. He was in the Winchester X I. in 1895-7-8-9, but did not obtain his Blue at Oxford. In his four matches against Eton he scored eighteen runs in five completed innings and took twelve wickets at a cost of 18'10 runs each. He bowls left-hand just above medium-pace, is a good field at m id-off or point, and (according to L illy white for 1900) “ a more difficult man to get out than he looks.” F ob the second time within a week a partnership of over 350 has to be recorded in connection with Surrey cricket. On Thursday last Hayes and Hobbs made 371 together for the second wicket against Hampshire, whilst the day before yesterday the latter and Hayward put up 352 for the opening partnership against Warwickshire. Since the commencement of the season of 1905 Hayward and Hobbs have made 100 or more together for the first wicket o f Surrey on twenty-four occasions, their most recent performance being by far the greatest so far as aggregate is con­ cerned. Their previous best was 219 at Worcester the year before last. I t is somewhat remarkable that as many as three Surrey players should have exceeded 200 in a single innings so early in the season. Whatever they may do on rain-spoilt pitches, it is abundantly clear that on hard wickets Surrey are a great batting side. P. H . L a w r e n c e , playing for Burnham v. Holford on Saturday last, took five wickets for 17 runs. All five were taken with consecutive balls —the last of one over and the first four of the next. N o r t h a m p t o n s h ir e are to be congratu­ lated upon the improved form they have been showing this season At the Oval they played a fine game against Surrey up to a certain point, and might have won had their tactics in the last innings been more enterprising, whilst against York­ shire and the Australians they did far better than most people wrould have con­ sidered possible. In Thompson they possess a cricketer of much talent, as a perusal of his recent performances will show, and one, moreover, who should prove of much service to his side for some seasons to come, seeing that he has not yet completed his thirty-second year. P r o m the Morning P o st: — “ First-class cricket cannot continue without the employment of professionals, and there are not wanting signs that the number of paid players in county teams will increase rather than diminish ; an amateur can hardly hope to command a place 011 a sido which is playing matches almost continuously for over three months in every year unless he is either possessed of transcendent abilities or so happily situated as to be able to give all his summer to the game. Hitherto cricket has not become ‘ professionalised ’ ; that is to say, the game has always been of more importance than the money made out of it. We must hope that it will always be so, and at any rate we may confidently exptct that many years will elapse before outside parties seek to gain advertisement out of the game by offering prizes to be competed for by professional players, a calamity which has overtaken the sports of rowing and golf.’ A t Hull on Saturday the Yorkshire team showed a surprising lack o f enter­ prise when they went in for their second innings against Northants. Possessed of the comfortable lead of 110, they made no effort to score fast and force a win, Bhodes especially (us the match report on another page will show) batting very sedately. The tactics adopted were certainly not those one generally asso­ ciates with Yorkshire cricket. A y o u n g batsman named Thomson scored 210 for St. Dunston’s College against Private Banks 3rd X I. at Catford on Saturday in two hours and a-quarter. This is the highest individual score ever made for the College. Thomson’s chief hits were thirty-seven 4’s, and the innings was declared closed with six wickets down for 349. “ T h e abuse of leg play by tho bats­ men, in guarding their wickets, has always been a source of great con­ troversy,” says C. S. Baker, the War­ wickshire player, in the A thletic News. “ The remedy is simple. Abolish the use of leg-guards. I fancy the use of the bat would hold favour against the prospects of a contused shin bone.” T h e tie which was chronicled in con­ nection with last week’s Freshmen’s match at Oxford recalls the fact that the corresponding match at Cambridge in 1890 had a similar ending, Mr. Woods’ side scoring 147 and 219 and Mr. Mac­ Gregor’s 224 and 142. The Cambridge game was a tie when there were still five wickets to fall. Three men were bowled and one caught in the long-field. and, as the captain was not on the ground, Mr. MacGregor had no oppor­ tunity of making the winning hit. W isden observes with much truth:— “ Of course, had Mr. MacGregor been present to take his second innings, his side would in all probability have won.” T h e following message, which appeared in a morning paper on Monday, is too good to be lo st:— S ydn ey, Saturday. In the absence of any reasons, great sur­ prise and apprehensiou are felt out here as a result of the composition of the Australian team against Notts. The inclusion of Frank Laver, the manager, is a source of special surprise. F. A. Ih e d a le . The ease with which some of the good people of Sydney are greatly surprised and caused apprehension is really very touching. Fortunately, the panic does not appear to have spread to Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane, and other cricketing centres of the Commonwealth. S t a n l e y H i l l , the youngest member of the well-known cricketing brotherhood, made his first hundred in senior cricket in Adelaide on April 3rd. Playing for East Torrens against Adelaide, he con ­ tributed 138 to a total of 257 for five wickets and carried out his bat. T h e match at Royal Park, Melbourne, on April 3rd between Emo and Ascotvale, which was played to decide the runners- up in the Victorian Ladies’ Cricket Association, gave rise to a protest of a very unusual nature. Em o won by ten wickets, but Ascotvale lodged a pro­ test on the ground that an on-looker had handled the ball ! t ! A s o m e w h a t remarkable innings was played at Hagley Park, Christchurch (N.Z.), on March 20th by H . A. Bishop for St. Albans against Biccarton. Of the 207 runs made by his side from the bat he was responsible for as many as 15G, the next highest score being only 13 :— S t. A lb a n s. B. B. Wood, b Ellis ... 13 H. A. Bishop, c Har­ per, b Walls ......... 150 O. VV. Allard, c Whitta, b Anthony ........... 2 G. D. Mulgan, b Ellis 1 A. B. Holdship, c Bas­ set, b Ellis ........... 5 I E. E. Crawsliaw, c and b Parker .................12 T. W. Reese, st Cay- gill, b Parker........... 4 J. S. Barrett, b Ellis 7 D. Sandman, c Cay- gill, b Ellis ........... 5 J. Jackman, absent... — A. R. Blank, not out 2 Byes, &c............. 0 Total .213 Bishop’s chief hits were eight 0’s and sixteen 4’s. “ T h e Wellington Cricket Association,” says The Weekly Press, of Christchurch (N.Z.), “ has received an offer from Buckenham, a well-known Essex pro­ fessional, to act as coach for .£250 a year and for second-class expenses coming out, but no action has been taken, pend­ ing the report from the Committee, which is dealing with the matter of a professional coach.” I n a match at Cruz Quebrada on April 17th between H. D. Swan’s team and Lisbon, M. Townsend played a remark­ able innings for the former, as the score will show :— R. C. McIntosh, c Barley, b Henery ... 7 Il.J.Lumby, c Rankin, b S. Rawes ............ 0 M.Townsend, c Frazer, bCuslm io.......................101 T. H. R. L>. Brenan, b Rankin ..................... 3 H. D. S w an ’s XI. H.E.Turner, b Cusli- liie .......................... 0 G. Lethbridge,not out 5 H. D. Swan, not out 0 ftyes, &c............. 12 Total (5 wks)*134 * Innings declared closed. Lisbon won by eight wickets, the winning hit being made off what would in any case have been the last ball of the day. A. E. Newton, the veteran Somerset wicket­ keeper, made 78 for Taunton against Bridgwater on Saturday and carried out his bat. Pcrcy Perrin made 111 (retired) for Essex Club and Ground v. Loughton at Leyton on Friday. J. T. Murray made 221 for St. Peter’s College v. Norwood Early Closers in Adelaide on April 3rd. F o r s a l e . - j o i i n w is d e n s c r i c k e t e r s ’ Almanack from 1S87 to 1903. Well bound and in perfect condition. What offers ? C. M., c/o Cricket , 1GS, Upper Thames Street, London.