Cricket 1909

CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF T H E GAME. JULY 8, 1909. “ Together joined in Cricket’s manly toil.”— B yron . No. 815 . v o l . xxvi ii . THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1909. o n e penny. THE ETON AND HARROW CAPTAINS. Photo by ] [Hills and Saunders, Eton.Photoby] MR. E. H. TWINING (ETON). Mr. B. H. Twining, who succeeds Mr. B.’ L. Benson as captain of Eton, was in the Eleven in 1907 and 1908. In the five Public School matches in which he has appeared he has not done justice to his ability as a batsman, but he has shown himself to be above the average of wicket-keepers. In his two matcl.es with Harrow he made only 39 runs in four innings, but on his three appearances against Winchester he did better, scoring 91 with an average of 22-75. In this year’s match with the last-named he played a sound innings of 38, and in addition to keeping wicket well managed thebowling with fine judgment. He has under him a good all­ round side, which, owing to their recent display against Winchester, should take the field to-morrow with confidence in their own powers. Mr. A. H. Lang, the Harrow captain for the second year in succession, is, like Mr. Twining, a good wicket-keeper and capable batsman. The present is his fourth season as a member of the side, and it is of interest [ITUIsand Saunders, Harrow. MR. A. H. LANG (HARROW). lo recall that in 190G he obtaiued his colours for his batting, the wicket-keeping duties being undertaken by Brandt. In his ihree matches with Eton he has made 24 and 0, 19 and 5, and 8 and 7 not out, but the scores give one little idea of his real merits as a batsman. In the match of 1907, wherein M. C. Bird obtained two separate hundreds, he made as many as eight catches, four in each innings. Mr. Lang is so useful a cricketer that one hopes he will not drop out of the game when he leaves Harrow.