Cricket 1909

2l6 CR ICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J une 24, igog. “ URINE” For cleaning and whitening Buckskin and Canvas Boots and Shoes, Cricket Pads, &c. Tackedin spunzinc container,with sponge. Of all dealers, or post free 6 d , WILL NOT RUB OFF OR CAKE. STANLEY FEAST&CO, XV™""; CvtcUet: A WEEKL V RECORD OF THE GAME. 168, UPPER THAMES STREET, LONDON, E.C. THURSDAY, JUNE 2 4 th , 1909. ^abtlinn (Bnsstp. The abstract and brief chronicle of the time. — Hamlet. T h e record of the Australians is now as follows: - Matches played, 14; won, 6 ; lost, 3 ; drawn, 5. They have won the toss six times and lost it eight times. As was generally expected, the visit of the Australians to Glasgow provided some useful practice and enabled the side to increase their number of wins. Their innings, the second largest of the tour, amounted to 576 and contained three individual scores of over a hundred, Macartney making 124, Hartigan 115 and Bardsley 108. This was the seventh occasion upon which three centuries have been made in an innings in Great Britain for an Australian team, the first instance being in the game with England at the Oval in 1884, when Murdoch made his historic 211. Last week’s match was very well patronised indeed, and the Western District Cricket Union, who promoted it, are to be congratulated upon the result of their efforts. O n e of the most pleasing features of the game was the success of the Perth and Drunipellier player, C. T. Mannes, who, as was the case with the cricketing Lord Byron, possesses a club-foot. He was born as far back as 1865 and is still a very sound player, but it would seem that he does not bowl so much now as he used to. Exactly twenty years ago he scored 110 for the Gentlemen of Scotland against the Gentlemen of Philadelphia at Edinburgh, and once, when playing for Perthshire against Louis Hall’s North of England Eleven, dismissed Hall, Chatter- ton and Brown with consecutive balls. It is still remembered in Perth how, twenty-three years ago, he and P. R. Lowe made 347 together for the first wicket on the North Inch ground against Auchterarder with fourteen men in the field. A r e m a r k a b l e feature of last week’s game was that, when it became known that J. Reid-Kerr would be unable to be present on the third day, “ it was agreed that A. C. Cullen should bat in his stead, and that any runs he should make should be added to Reid-Kerr’s score.” The latter had carried out his bat for 4 on Friday afternoon, and as Cullen made 3 on Saturday before being bowled, the score-sheet reads: “ J. Reid-Kerr,b Arm­ strong 7.” Such an arrangement cannot, of course, be recognised, and Reid-Kerr must be credited only with the runs he actually made. The idea is one of great possibilities, inasmuch as, in certain cir­ cumstances, it might—on paper, at . least —enable a man to make a hundred in (say) Manchester whilst, in fact, he was present in London or some other place a hundred or two piiles away from the scene of the match. W. B obb took five wickets with con­ secutive balls for Morning Post against Daily News in a London Daily Newspaper League match on Saturday at Merton. B y their double defeat at Tonbridge last week, at the hands of Worcestershire and Lancashire, Kent have seriously jeopardised their chance of regaining the Championship. In each match a fast bowler proved their undoing, Burrows being almost irresistible in the final stage of the game with Worcestershire and Brearley taking twelve of their wickets for 117 runs in the latter part of the week. It cannot be said that their reverse on Saturday came as a surprise, although the margin against them was a very large one, for everywhere it is recognised that Lancashire are this year a very strong side indeed, but it was not expected that Worcestershire, without a Foster in the team, would have proved their masters. Of the 55 matches played by Kent at Tonbridge the county have won 27 and lost 21, the particulars being as follows:— Against. Date of IstMtch. Won. Lost. Dm. Total. Essex ................ .. 1887 3 0 0 3 Gloucestershire... 1902 3 0 1 4 Hampshire... ... 1885 6 0 0 6 Lancashire ... ... 1892 2 5 0 7 Middlesex ... ... 1890 4 4 2 10 Notts.................... .. 1SG9 0 1 1 2 Somerset ... ... 1893 4 0 0 4 Surrey................ .. 1892 0 1 0 1 Sussex................ .. 1872 ‘2 8 2 12 Warwickshire ... 1897 1 0 1 2 Worcestershire ... 1902 1 1 0 2 Yorkshire ... ... 1896 1 1 0 2 Totals ... 1869 27 21 7 55 On their first appearance at Tonbridge Lancashire won by an innings and 330 runs: on their last they proved successful by 312, after declaring their second innings closed with half their wickets in hand. Of the 71 matches played between the counties on all grounds Lancashire have now won 41 and Kent 19, the remaining 11 having been unfinished. The fixture dates back to 1871. I n last week’s match Woolley was out to the second ball he received in his first innings and to the first in his second. Brearley was the bowler in each case. It may comfort him to know that the great Fuller Pilch was bowled first ball twice in a match at Lord’s by Samuel Redgate of Nottingham. W h il s t Brearley, by his great bowling against Kent, was making people wonder what he would have done had he taken part in the Test match at Lord’s earlier in the week, Jessop was showing, at the expense of Hampshire, that he is far from being a spent force. For the third time in his career he made two separate hun­ dreds in a first-class match, and, more­ over, fielded in his usual brilliant manner. H. GRADIDGE A n d S O N S , Manufacturers o f a ll Requisites for Cricket, Lawn Tennis, Racquets, Hockey, Football, a n d a ll B ritish Sports. PATENTEES AND SOLE MAKERS >F THE Used by all the Leading Players. Made In Men's, Email Men1*, or College, 6, 5, 4, d 8 sizes. P r ic e Ltsta F r e e 0 11 A p p lic a tio n . Of all First-Class Outfitters and Dealers. Rebladlng a S p ecia lity. Factory; A r tille ry Plage, WOOLWICH.