Cricket 1909

234 CR ICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. J u l y i, Igog. probably prove a most useful player for the County if be is persevered with. In elub cricket he has been a prolific scorer, and among the many large innings he played last season were the following:— 103* Brighton Brunswick v. Mayfield. 102 Sussex Club & Ground v. Hayward’s Heath. 121 Brighton Brunswick v. Hayward’s Heath. 144f Mayfield v. Sussex Martlets. lOOt Lewes Priory v. Stoics. l l l f Mayfield v. Eastbourne. 158* Brighton Brunswick v. Spencer. 107 Lewes Priory v. East Grinstead. 123 Lewes Priory v. Embryos. •Signifies not o u t; f Made on consecutive days. He was born at Gibraltar on September 26th, 1880, and made his debut for Sussex in 1<J05. D. W . C a r r , the Kent “ googly ” bowler, took all ten wickets for 47 runs in an innings of 147 for Percy Christo- pherson’s X I. against Hemel Hempstead and District on June 23rd. A r t h u r N e w m a n , the Wiltshire cricketer, who is a member of the ground- staff at Lord’s, was responsible for a fine double performance at the expense of Lansdown at Bath on Thursday and Friday last. Playing for M.C.C. and Ground on a difficult wicket, he contri­ buted 163 to a total of 267 and took six wickets for 7 runs. A t one time he was professional to the Lansdown Club, but was never invited to assist Somerset, although qualified for the county. In an article in last Saturday’s Cricket Star on “ The Despised Lob,” Mr. G. H. Simpson-Hayward gives “ four big hints : (1) Conceal your break. You could never see which way Humphreys, the great Sussex ‘ lob’ bowler, was going to turn. This is very important. (2) You must have a thorough understanding with your wicket-keeper. (3) Place field with great care and have the men well under com­ mand. (4) The straight ball is very important.” T h e match at Carshalton on June 19th between Croydon 3rd X I. and Carshalton 2nd X I. was delayed for a few minutes owing to the appearance of a large rat on the pitch. The intruder was eventually run to earth, but who captured the “ brush” is not recorded. P l a y in g for Liverpool against the Devon and Somerset Wanderers at Aigburth on Friday last, C. S. Hannay, of the Rugby Eleven of 1897 and 1898, scored 70 runs out of 71 during a period of his partnership with H. Blease, who headed the Sefton averages last season. W h e n it was arranged that the Australians should visit Blackpool in August, the intention was that they should meet a team drawn from the Minor Counties. As several of the latter will be playing on the dates set apart for the match, however, it has been decided to place an England team in the field against them. It is understood that the side will be drawn largely from Essex and Leicestershire. I n the match between Yorkshire Gentlemen and the Boyal Artillery, at Woolwich on June 23rd and 24th, Capt. Nuttall made 208 for the former in a total of 386 for five wickets and carried out his bat. O n Friday last the Stade Francais beat the Chantilly Cricket Club by an innings and 28 runs. The Stade batted first and scored 91 (H. B. Haslewood 24; E. T. T. Jones 20; and Waghorn 15). Chan­ tilly were all dismissed for 18, chiefly owing to some fine bowling by Hasle­ wood, who took seven wickets for 3 runs (four being with successive balls). Fol- lowing-on, Chantilly scored 45. I n a match between Bramcote and Breastond ten members of the latter side bore the surname of Plackett, whilst there was also one on the opposition side. The Placketts are all related, and there are a number of this growing family in the second eleven also. W h e n play commenced at Bristol on Monday morning in the match between Kent and Gloucestershire Blythe had taken 97 wickets during the season. Before the end of the day he had obtained his 100th. At one period of the game he took six wickets for 6 runs. He is the only bowler who has taken as many as 100 wickets in first-class matches during the present season. P l a y in g for Amicable Excelsior against Neasden Institute on Saturday, G. Tarff took eight wickets for one run and E. Bowering five (with consecutive balls) for five runs. W h a t may be considered the official version of “ the Tarrant incident” has been furnished by the following letter from Mr. Warner which appeared in the Times on Tuesday :— “ The Times of to-day, referring to the leg- before-wicket incident at Lord’s in the Middlesex v. Notts match, says :— ‘ ‘ Mr. Jones protested, and there was a discussion between Mr. Warner, Mr. Jones, and the umpire, when Mr. Jones took exception to the proceedings altogether. If the facts were as we have stated, we think Mr. Warner ought not to have permitted Tarrant to continue his innings. . . . It is setting up a very bad precedent to permit a batsman to take any part in a diseussion at all. . . . The umpire only reversed his decision because the batsman made a protest. ” “ May I be allowed to state that Tarrant made no protest, and took no part whatso­ ever in the discussion between Mr. Jones, Roberts, the umpire, and myself ? On being given “ out” in the first instance by Roberts, Tarrant walked promptly away from the wicket; but when he had got about four or five yards from his crease in the direction of mid-off he said, quite quietly, “ I hit it.’’ The remark was addressed to no one in particular—if to any one person more than another, to mid-off—and certainly not to Roberts, and I am convinced that Tarrant had no intention of influencing him. “ In the discussion which followed—in which, I repeat, Tarrant said not one word —I told Roberts that if he was in any way influenced, however slightly, by Tarrant's remark, he was bound to give Tarrant “ out.” Roberts declared emphatically that he was not so influenced, and repeated his declara­ tion more than once, and that, on consiJer- tion, he gave Tarrant not out because, in his opinion, he had played the ball. “ This is the correct version of what took place. I happened to be in batting with Tarrant at the moment, and I do not see how in the circumstances I could have in­ sisted on Roberts adhering to his original decision of “ out.” That would have been an extraordinary assumption of the umpire’s duty on the part of a captain.” Mr. Warner’s statement makes it quite obvious that the umpire had every j usti- fication for reversing his decision, as stated in last week’s issue. A. E. H a l l iw e l l , the South African wicket-keeper, has arrived in England on a combined holiday and business trip, and is looking forward to seeing the Australians play. T h e Evening Standard records that Judge Willis asked a plaintiff giving evidence at Southwark on Monday what business a firm he had mentioned carried on. The Witness.—They are cricket-bat makers, your Honour, but only in a small way of business. Judge Willis.—Never mind, they turn out good bats, warranted to make 50 not out, perhaps. (Laughter.) The Witness.—If you were behind them, no doubt, sir. A n e w record for the second wicket in Belgian cricket was established on the Racing Club ground, Vivier d’Oie, Brussels, on June 20th, by G. Alpen (100) and J. Macfarlane (78), who put on 154 together without being separated for the Brussels Racing Club A team against the Beerschot C.C. of Antwerp. The same two players hold the record for the first wicket, 205, made last season on the Beerschot ground. O n Wednesday next an interesting match will be played on Duppas Hill, Croydon, between Parkside and eleven members of the Parris family. The latter will consist of ten brothers and a cousin of the same name. O n Monday the luncheon interval in the match on the Saffrons, Eastbourne, between Mr. Leveson-Gower's X II and Cambridge University was extended to an hour, owing to the players being invited to iunch by the Duke of Devonshire. F rom the Daily Telegraph :— “ In 1796 Mr. John Durand asked Wedg­ wood to make a bowl for him as a presenta­ tion to the Carshalton Cricket Club. The medallion on the inside contains a represen­ tation of one of the earliest games of cricket with six stumps. As cricketers know, the previous practice was to have only two stumps at each end. Nine years before the date of this Wedgwood bowl (which will be sold at Sotheby’s on July 7th) the Marylebone Club was founded. A representation of the bowl was shown in the Illustrated London News about 20 years ago. In the latter half of the eighteenth century Carshalton was a