Cricket 1909

CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J une 3, 1909. and effective hitter, and an excellent and fast field. In 1847, when he had almost completed his thirty-ninth year, he was invited to play for Surrey, and did so in the two matches with Kent, scoring 3 and 24 at the Oval, and 0 not oat and 6 at Preston Hall. Of all those who took part in the two matches only Tom Sherman, now in his eighty-second year, survives. Hayward’s score of 24 in the game at the Oval was made against Hillyer and Mynn : the match ended in a tie, Kent losing their last three wickets in attempting to make the winning hit. This old cricketer had two sons who gained distinction as players. Daniel, the elder, played for Cambridge for many years, and is the father of Tom Hayward, of Surrey : he was born on October 19th, 1832, and is therefore getting an old bird now. The second son, Tom, became very famous. He was chosen for all the great matches of his time, and twice made over a hundred in the Gentlemen v. Piavers match at Lord's. Of him much could be written if space permitted, which it does not. Suffice it to say that between forty and fifty years ago he had good claims to be regarded as the best batsman in England. Of his brother, Daniel, it is interesting to recall that he played for Surrey against Sussex at Brighton in 1854, but, records Scores and Biographies , “ This was owing to a mistake, it having been supposed at the time that he was born in Surrey, his father having come from that county.” But the fact remains that three generations of the family have played for Surrey. Appended is a table showing Ihe number of runs made by Hayward in first-class cricket up to the end of last season :— Most Inn- Not in an ings. out. inns. Runs. Aver. 1S93 ......................... 24 2 112 400 18-18 1894 .......................... 37 4 142 884 26'78 1895 .......................... 43 3 123 1,169 29*22 1895-6.......................... 4 0 122 189 47*25 1896 .......................... 54 8 229* 1,595 34-67 1897 .......................... 39 3 130 1,368 38-00 1897-8.......................... 21 3 96 695 38-61 1898 .......................... 38 2 315* 1,523 42‘30 1899 .......................... 49 4 273 2,647 58*82 1900 .......................... 57 7 193 2,693 53‘86 1901 .......................... 58 8 181- 2,535 50‘70 1901-2.......................... 19 1 174 701 38*94 1902 .......................... 56 3 177 1,737 32-77 1903 .......................... 64 3 156* 2,177 35’68 1903-4.......................... 16 0 157 651 40*08 1904 .......................... 63 5 203 3,170 54*65 1905 .......................... 64 6 129* 2,592 44-68 61 8 219 3,518 66’37 58 6 161 2,353 45*25 1906 1907 1908 1 175 2,337 Total ... 877 77 315*34,934 43‘66 He visited Australia in 1897-8, 1901-2, and 1903-4, and South Africa in 1895-6. His highest innings have been :— Score. For Against. Ground. Year. *315 Surrey ... Lancashire ... Oval ... 1898 273 Surrey ... Yorkshire ... Oval ... 1899 *229 Surrey ... Derbyshire ... Derby... 1896 219 Surrey ... Northants ... Oval ... 1906 208 Surrey ... Warwickshire.. Oval ... 1906 *204 Surrey ... Warwickshire.. Oval ... 1909 203 Players ... Gentlemen ... Oval ... 1904 * Signifies not out. On three occasions Hayward has made two separate hundreds in a match for Surrey, two of the instances occurring, curiously enough, in one week in June, 190G, when he scored 144 not out and 100 against Notts, at Trent Bridge and 143 and 125 against Leicestershire at Leicester in consecutive innings. Exactly a year later he and Hobbs made over 100 together for the first wicket of Surrey four times in one week, and since the commencement of the season of 1905 the pair have made a hundred or more for the first wicket on no less than twenty-four occasions—a wonderful record for four seasons’ work. CRICKET IN BELGIUM. Cricket is very little practised by the Bel­ gians, and the majority of the players are English residents. In Brussels for a long time the Brussels Cricket and Lawn Tennis Club was the only club where cricket was played, but the game has been abandoned by them for the past three or four years, and the energies of tbe members devoted to tennis. Happily the game was not allowed to die out in Brussels, as one or two cricket enthusiasts and members of the Brussels Bacing Club started a cricket section, and at present there are a couple of fairly strong elevens, who meet in friendly rivalry the cricketers of the Beerschot Athletic Club of Antwerp and that of Ghent for the De Crawhez Cup, which carries with it the Championship of Belgium. Each year in­ ternational matches are played against France and Holland, but the Dutch cricketers are a long way in front of either of the other countries, and in MM. Posthuma, Schroeder, Rincker, Van Renterghem, Hisgen, Feith, Kool, &c., Holland possesses some really excellent players. The Dutch national team is wholly composed of Hollanders bred and boin, while both Belgium and France have to rely on the English residents for a team. Belgium has a keen cricketer in Count J. d’Oultremont, who is one of the best of the native exponents. This gentleman plays for the Beerschot club, and is ably backed up by Messrs. R. Clayton, Brotherton, Kearney, Joyce, Boyd, and other English residents in Antwerp. The chief supporter of the game in the Brussels club is the popular president, Mr. R. A. Fowler, and amongst the regular players may be men­ tioned Messrs. Frank Smith, J. Macfarlane, T. Heaton, G. Alpen, F. Keates, Tilbury, Slater, H. G. Hart, W. Fomler, etc , while of the Belgian players MM. Seeldrayers, Konig, Lombaert, Guffens, and the brothers Daumerie are the most prominent. At Ghent, a Dutchman, M. Schoenmakers is the moving spirit, and his faithful henchmen are Messrs. Schot, Wright, Moore (pdre et fils), and the two brothers Buckley. Un­ fortunately the two latter have left the country, but I hear that the club will be reinforced by one or two players from the Racing Club. Another club, the Excelsior, has taken up cricket, and are preparing a pitch close to Messrs. Lever Bros.’s soap works at Forest, near Brussels. Thus with five elevens entered for the championship there will be plenty of matches besides the international games. The coming season promises to be a busy one, as besides the above-mentioned com­ petition, the Racing Club are sending over an eleven for a week’s tour in the district of London, where they will probably meet their friends of the Uxbridge, Mortlake, and West Kent Wanderers clubs, who paid visits to Antwerp and Brussels last year. Any cricketers wishing for a game in Brussels should communicate with tbe sec­ retary, Mr. A. G. Slater, 15, Rue Philippe- le-bon, Brussels. The secretary of the Beerschot cricket section is Mr. R. Clayton, 12, Rue Montebello, Antwerp, and both clubs will be glad of games against medium English clubs who are visiting Antwerp or Brussels during the August or September holidays. Important grants are likely to be made by the Brussels Exhibition executive for the propagation of sport, and a vast space is to be reserved near the Exhibition for a playing field. Football is certain to be prominent, but it is said that cricket will not be for­ gotten .—The Sporting Life.. CRICKET IN AUSTRALIA. SYDNEY UNIVERSITY v. MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY. Played on the Sydney University Oval on April 10 and 12 and won by the home side by 148 runs. Miller and Jack made 109 for Melbourne’s first wicket, the former, who batted four hours and 10 minutes for his faultless 110, carrying his bat through the innings. Score and analysis :— S yd n ey U n iversity . First innings. Second innings. O. B. Williams, c Miller, b M cM eekin.........................28 bSpeirs ...........27 E. N. B. Docker, *c and b Parkin ..........................35 c Upton, b Speirs 9 N. G. Ducker, b Hazlitt ... 0 b Hazlitt ........... 4 J. B. Lane, b Parkin...........33 c O’Hara-Wood, b Spcirs ... 12 E. F. McElhone, b Hazlitt 39 c Darby, b Parkin 42 H. H. Massie. jun., run out 15 c Hazlitt, b Speirs 5 R. B. Minnett, b Hazlitt ..31 notout....................78 W. F. Matthews, b Hazlitt 54 c andb H azlitt... 2 W. J. Stack, b Hazlitt ... 50 c Wood, b Parkin 2 W . Makin, c O’ FIara-Wood, b Speirs .......................... 2 b Hazlitt ........... 6 G. C. NVillcocks, not out ... 0 b Parkin ......... 8 B 8, nb 2 ...................10 B 12, nb 1 ... 13 Total ..297 Total ...208 M elbourne U n iversity . First innings. Second innings. W. L. Jack, c Stack, bc Williams, b Makins ...44 M in n ett..................................... 0 C. VV. Miller, not out............110 b Stack ............. 19 H. B. Lewers, b Stack ... 11 cStack,bM innett 14 R. Upton, b Matthews ... 17 c M a k i n , b Matthews ... 8 G. Hazlitt, b Matthews ... 8 b Stack ..........11 N. L. Speirs, b Matthews... 0 b Stack .......... 52 F. R. Kerr, c & b Willcocks 6 b Matthews ... 4 L. Darby, t Willcocks ... 0 b Stack ........... 5 A. O’ Hara-Wood, b Minnett 11 n otou t .......... 16 R. McMeekin, run out ... 0 b M in n ett.......... 0 L. Parkin, b Minnett ... 0 b M in n ett.......... 1 B 5, lb 2, nb 3 .10 B 6, lb 3, w 1... 10 Total ...........217 Total ...140 S yd n ey U n iv e r sity . First innings. O. M. R. W Second innings, u j » i rv »>. O. M. R. W. H a zlitt.......... 23*4 1 106 5 ........... 19-4 3 78 3 McMeekin ... 15 3 51 1 ........... 5 0 24 0 Spe?irs ........16 1 1 10 A /l'7 A Parkin Upton 59 .. 10 0 41 2 ... 3 0 30 0 ... Kerr ... 9 6 4 4 11 2 32 3 5 0 14 0 Hazlitt bowled three no-balls. M e lb o u r n e U n iv e r s ity . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. M innett.......... 24 3 48 2 ........... 12-3 7 21 4 Willcocks ... 20 5 49 2 ............ 5 1 15 0 Matthews ... 23 10 33 3 ............ 19 9 33 2 Stack ........... 18 2 36 1 ............ 16 4 48 4 Makin ........... 12 3 24 1 ............ 5 1 12 0 D u ck er........... 7 2 17 0 ............ 2 1 1 0 Makin bowled two no-balls and Minnett one. GEORGE LEW IN & Co., (Established 1869.) Club Colour Specialists and Athletic Clothing Manufacturers. OUTFITTERS BY APPOINTMENT To the Australians, 1896,1899 and 1902 ; Mr. Stoddart’s XI., 1894-1895, 1397 - 1898; Mr. MacLaren’s XI., 1901-1902 ; West Indian XI., 1900 and 1906 ; South Africans XI., 1901 and 1907; and M.C.C., Lancashire, Kent, Surrey and London Counties, Wanderers, Stoics. Bromley, Sutton, and all Public Schools’ Old Boys’ Clubs.—Write for E stim ates F r e e . Telegraphic Address: “ Leotdde , London.*' Telephone i P .O . Gity 607. 8, Crooked Lane, Monument, London Bridge, E.C.