Cricket 1909

CR ICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J an . 28, 1909. In the matches with Harrow he took only two wickets for Cl runs, but against Win­ chester he proved very successful, obtaining ten wickets in 1855, twelve in 1856, eleven in 1857, and, altogether, as many as forty in the five matches. In 1858 and 1859 he was Captain of the Eleven, but in each year the side was beaten both by Harrow and Win­ chester. Concerning his leadership in the former year, Mr. Alfred Lubbock has said in his Memories of Eton and Etonians :— “ Although J. B. Dyne was nominally Cap­ tain, C. L. Sutherland was practically so, and had all the work to do, as Dyne was away nearly the whole of the term at Cam­ bridge, reading. This was the only instance in my recollection of a Colleger being Captain of the Eleven. C. L. Sutherland made an admirable substitute; he was a very keen cricketer, and popular in the school.” Among Mr. Dyne’s contemporaries were T. E. Bagge, who died quite recently, F. H. Norman, the Hon. C. G. Lyttelton aud It. A. H. Mitchell. He was born at High- gate on October 26th, 1839, and had been a member of the M.C.C. since 1888. After leaving Cambridge he played in practically no matches of note, but in August, 1864, he appeared for Middlesex against Buckingham­ shire on the old Cattle Market Ground at Islington. This was the match in which Middlesex followed-on, 218 runs behind, and won by 138. They made 463 in their second innings, every member of the side with the single exception of Mr. Dyne, who scored 8, obtaining double figures. A. W. T. Daniel and J. St J. Frederick made 78, B. B. Cooper 56, I. D. Walker and Pooley 43, and V. E. Walker 38 not out". The match was described in verse by “ William Wilson, a professor of music.” Mr. Dyne’s father, the late Rev. Dr. John Bradley Dyne, head­ master of Highgate School from 1838 to 1874, was elected a member of the Com­ mittee of the Middlesex County C.C. upon the formation of the Club in 1864, whilst a son of the deceased, also named J. B. Dyne, has been a member of the M.C.C. since 1897. M r . J. G o u ld . Mr. John Gould, who had appeared for New South Wales in a few matches, includ­ ing the return with Lord Sheffield’s team in 1891-2, died at Lewisham Hospital, Sydney, on December 4th, in his fortieth year. He was a wonderful boy cricketer, possessing an abnormal leg-break and being a fine batsman, but he never quite fulfilled his early promise, although he did great things in senior cricket for the East Sydney and old Warwick clubs. In January and February, 1894, he toured New Zealand as a member of the New South Wales team, and did so well that he headed the batting averages and was second in the bowling : he made 337 runs in twelve com­ pleted innings, with 105 not out against Canterbury as his highest score, and obtained thirty-three wickets at a cost of 12*93 runs each. Among other well known players making the trip were M. A. Noble, A. C. K. Mackenzie, and S. R. W7alford. M r. F. H a r d c a s tle . Mr. Frank Hardcastle, who played, though with little success, for Lancashire on a few occasions in 1867 and 1869, died from heart failure at 87, Lancaster Gate, London, on November 6th in his sixty-fifth year. He was educated at Repton, and from 1885 to 1892 was M.P. for the Westhoughton Division of Lancashire. J.D. 13. M r. H. K ersh a w . Mr. Hugh Kershaw, of the Staten Island C.C. and the Hon. Secretary of the New York Veterans’ Cricket Association, died from typhoid fever at the fcmith Infirmary, Staten Island, on December 10th in his thirty-eighth j'ear. At one time he was well known in connection with the Zingari, of Boston. He was a native of Manchester. --------- F.F.K. P rerendary N a pie r . The Rev. Charles Walter Albin Napier, one of the oldest of cricketers, died at West Lodge, Chichester, on December 23rd in his ninety-second year. He was bom on October 28th, 1817, and formed one of the Harrow XI. in 1834 and two following years, being Captain in his last. In the Public School matches he met with but little success, scoring only 21 runs in ten com­ pleted innings ; during the three years he played in the Eleven Harrow won two of the matches with Eton but lost all three played against Winchester, who were very strong in bowling at that period. Proceeding to Oxford, Mr. Napier played against Cam­ bridge in 1838 and 1839 but made only 14 runs in his four innings ; in the former year Oxford won by 98 runs, but in the latter, when A. J. Louth bad gone down, Cambridge proved successful by an innings and 125 runs. Mr. R. J. P. Broughton, who playei with him in 1834 and 1835 aud against him in the two University matches, remembers him perfectly and kindly writes, “ He was a good, steady bat, and succeeded me as Captain of the Harrow Eleven.” Prebendary Napier, who was not related to any other well - known cricketer of the same name, was appointed Rector of Wiston, Steyning, Sussex, in 1850, and only resigned the living a few years ago after holding it for over half a century. He became Rural Dean of Storrington in 1876, and was appointed to a prebtndal stall in 1892. The funeral took p'ace on Decembtr 29th at Buncton Cemetery, {Steyning, in a blinding snowstorm. The inscription on the coffin read, “ Charles Walter Albin Napier, Prebendary of Bury in Chichester Cathedral. Died 23rd December, 1908. Aged 91.” The deceased lived long enough at Wiston to have a hill named after h im : the steep slope going up past Wiston old rectory, on the road from Steyning to Washington, is called Napier’s Hill. M r. H. P . P e rk in s. WThilst in the act of boarding a train on October 23rd last, Mr. Henry Phelps Perkins, aged 76, of Lowell, Massachusetts,' U.S.A., was struck by a train which, by the careless­ ness of the train dispatcher, was permitted to pass into the station while the former train was receiving passengers. Mr. Perkins sustained injuries from wljich he died two hours later. From 1854 until his death he was a supporter of cricket in the States, and, while nis playing ceased in 1864, he never lost his interest, and the hold the game has in Massachusetts is largely due to the energy and work he gave to its advancement. He was always in demand to act as umpire in the International games from the visit of the first team to the States until, from advancing age, he declined to act after the visit of the English team of 1897. He had many amusing experiences, one of which he was very fond of relating. W'hen “ W .G .” made his visit with Fitz­ gerald’s team he was bowling and keeping wicket at the same end. One of the New York team jumped out to hit, missed the ball, and was out of his ground about two feet. “ W.G.” slipped in, taking the ball between the batsman and the wicket, and swept the stumps down as he drew the ball to him. On appeal Mr. Perkins replied, “ Not out.” Nothing more was said until at lunch “ W .G.” asked, “ By the way, Mr. Perkins, would you mind giving me the grounds for your decision in my appeal for that stump ? Wasn’t the batsman out of his ground?” “ Yes; he was out of his ground, but did you not infringe upon his territory in taking the ball?” “ W .G.” : “ Perfectly right, I merely wanted to know why you said ‘ not out.’ ” The G.O.M. was unmercifully chaffed for his attempt to bring a new method of wicket-keeping into vogue. Mr. Perkins was very prominent in masonic circles, receiving the highest honours in both the York and Scottish rites. M r. E. H. U. P ic k e r in g . Mr. Edward Henry Umfreville Pickering, who was born at Eton College, where his father was an assistant master, on May 21st, 1838, died at Pelham Lodge, St. Lawrence, Ventnor, on December 18th. He was a well- known, old-time cricket journalist, who retired into private life upon receiving a change in his fortunes in the shape of an unexpected and substantial legacy. Several members of his family were well-known players, but he himself failed to attain celebrity as a cricketer. He was a son of the Rev. E. H. Pickering, nephew of Messrs. W. P. (“ Bull” ) and Henry, and cousin of Mr. F. P. U. As a curiosity it may be recalled that in 1844 his father was hurriedly fetched from Eton in order to assist the Gentlemen against the Players at Lord’s, and that, time being precious, he was obliged to go in to bat “ clothed in customary suit of solemn black.” Hillyer and Lillywhite bowled for the Players, and soon found that in the clerically-dressed gentleman they had an awkwrard customer to deal with : in a match of low scores he made 19 and 20 not out. M r. A l r e r t R ica rd o , J.P. Mr. Albert Ricardo, J.P., of Raymead, Maidenhead, died on December 23rd in his eighty-ninth year. He had been a member of I Ziugari for over sixty years, and of the M.C.C. since 1866. It has been frequently stated that he was an ojiginal member of the former, which is not correct, though he joined the club soon afteiwards. His skill as a cricketer was not great, but his presence in unimportant country-house games was always wrelcome, for he w'as a most cheery and pleasant companion. He was keenly in­ terested in racing in France, and rode in the first steeplechase ever held in that country. Afterwards he raced in England, and in 1847 won the Cambridgeshire with The Widow. M r . J. F. S c o t t . Mr. John F. Scott, at one time well-known in Sydney as a member of the Oriental C.C., died in Sydney Hospital on November 27th, and was buried the following day at Waverley. He died of paralysis, which set in as the result of a fall down the stairs of a ware­ house in New Zealand. He was a cousin of Dr. H. J. H. Scott, and only forty three years of age. A rch d e a co n A . E. Seym our. Archdeacon Albert Eden Seymour, Captain of the Charterhouse XI. of 1859, died at